How to Earn in Upland

Guide directory also lists other businesses that provide other tools. Properties that are part of collections typically have much higher markup values. If you are able to mint one of those properties, it is a great way to increase your net worth quickly. If you own a home or other type of structure on your property, the value of that property is significantly higher than a property without one. The value of a structure has no base definition in the game, and is completely determined by the market. You can sell properties for both UPX and USD.

Block explorers, Legits and other items can be sold in Metaventures for UPX, as well as for USD.  Learn more here about how to sell your asset in a metaventure as a sub-merchant.  Here you can find a list of the different types of metaventures that exist and what can be sold.
Utilize the Upland Guide Maps to find specific metaventures to buy or sell from.

A metaventure is an in game store.  When other players list their assets in your store on consignment, you can earn (2-10%, as defined by you).  Assets can be sold for both UPX and USD. Lean more about registration requirements here. Here you can find a list of all the different types of metaventures that you apply to open.

Upland has created the Upland Developer Network (UDN) and UDN Pro for players to be able to access the community developer tools. These will enable you to integrate your 3rd party games and tools into Upland.  Through these dev shops, you are able to sell goods for UPX.  As part of the UDN Pro, there is an UPX buy-back program for revenue over 20M UPX.  Learn more about dev shops and the Layer 2 metaverse here.

Guide directory also lists other businesses that provide other tools. Properties that are part of collections typically have much higher markup values. If you are able to mint one of those properties, it is a great way to increase your net worth quickly. If you own a home or other type of structure on your property, the value of that property is significantly higher than a property without one. The value of a structure has no base definition in the game, and is completely determined by the market. You can sell properties for both UPX and USD.

Every property in Upland produces an annual yield.  The base annual yield is currently 4.9%.  Through consistent engagement players can increase this yield to up to 15.2%  Learn more about these gamified yields.  These earnings can be collected on a 3 hour basis. The yield is calculated from the mint price of the property. Read hear to understand the property card and how to calculate important factors like mint price, neighborhood value and monthly earnings.

By completing a property collection within Upland, you are rewarded with a one time bonus for completing it. The rarer the collection is to complete, the higher the bonus is.

You can also complete collections by minting collection properties, or buying or trading them on the secondary market. Certain collections require you to hold the properties in that collection for a minimum period in order to collect the one time bonus.

New neighborhood collections can also be spawned through neighborhood rating collections.

Read more about collections here, and the strategy for creating your first collections.

Once you have completed a collection, the properties you have selected to be a part of that collection have their earnings multiplied by the factor of that specific collection, providing you with a greater yield. You only earn this additional boost if the collection is active. These earnings are also paid out on a 3 hour basis.

Treasure hunts involve you sending your block explorers to different properties within a city to try and find a treasure within a short period of time. If you are able to find the treasure you will win UPX or there is also a possibility of winning spark. Note that you are not guaranteed to win, and it can cost you money, as you must use sends to travel across a city. There is a learning curve for treasure hunting and it is not recommended for new players with a small net worth and minimal liquidity. Part of the strategy is owning a large number of properties spread across the city so that you can send yourself to your own properties, which do not cost UPX or using up a send. If you are able to master the skill of treasure hunting, this can be a good source of revenue. If you haven't started hunting yet, make sure you read up on our top 5 things to understand before treasure hunting.

Block explorers, Legits and other items can be sold in Metaventures for UPX, as well as for USD.  Learn more here about how to sell your asset in a metaventure as a sub-merchant.  Here you can find a list of the different types of metaventures that exist and what can be sold.
Utilize the Upland Guide Maps to find specific metaventures to buy or sell from.

Upland has created missions that walk you through some of the basic mechanics of the metaverse.  By completing these missions, Upland will provide you with UPX.

A metaventure is an in game store.  When other players list their assets in your store on consignment, you can earn (2-10%, as defined by you).  Assets can be sold for both UPX and USD. Lean more about registration requirements here. Here you can find a list of all the different types of metaventures that you apply to open.

Earning through metaventures however is not guaranteed.  Before you think of opening your first shop, check out this video on how you can lose UPX as a metaventure owner.

When someone visits a property that is not their own, the player must pay the visitor fee. Depending on the city, the visiting fees vary. The minimum and maximum prices can vary from 5 UPX to 100 UPX. Within the fixed range, the owner of a property is able to set the visiting fees for each of their properties. It is important to note that if you receive a visit from a visitor, the fee is not immediately paid out. Only once he becomes an uplander is the visitor fee paid out. If you are playing for free, there are many communities who will visit your properties to help you reach uplander status. Aside from this, do not expect that receiving visits will be a substantial source of revenue for you. Read more about sends here.

Spark is the resource used to build structures on your properties. Read more about spark and how to get it here. If you own spark, there are numerous people and/or groups that are willing to pay you to rent your spark. See the Upland Guide Directory. In the future there will be the ability within the game to rent out your spark, but for now all the deals are made directly between the players, typically within discord channels. You can be paid by UPX transfers, visits to your property purchasing of burner properties.

Upland has created the Upland Developer Network (UDN) and UDN Pro for players to be able to access the community developer tools. These will enable you to integrate your 3rd party games and tools into Upland.  Through these dev shops, you are able to sell goods for UPX.  As part of the UDN Pro, there is an UPX buy-back program for revenue over 20M UPX.  Learn more about dev shops and the Layer 2 metaverse here.

Players who manufacture 3D assets from factories earn 2.5% royalties on all sales regardless of where the asset is sold.  At the end of each month, the royalties are paid out to the creator.  Learn more on this page.

There are a variety of different contests that Upland holds and in many instances players who rank at the top are able to win spark.  Some of these regular contests are active during the different Upland Seasons.  Learn more about these seasons and contests here.

For every race held on your speedway where players are racing for stakes, you as the track owner will earn 5% of the prize pool.

Learn more about speedway metaventures.

Racing is a fun way to play and compete in the metaverse.  You need a vehicle (car/kart), and a block explorer.  You can also earn UPX through racing competitions.  Wager UPX, and the winners win more than just bragging rights.  Learn more about how the payouts work for racing.

Learn more about car racing.

Many players have the need to transfer UPX between players.  One example of this is if a player is running a contest.  If I wanted to give away 100,000 UPX, historically this was done through buying a "burner" property from another player.  This features (introduced February 2022) allows for the transfer of UPX without it being tied to an asset.  Note that in order to send/receive UPX in the fashion you must have completed the KYC process for the ability to sell for USD.

By owning a transportation terminal, you are able to share in the profits made from ticket sales from that terminal.  The total monthly sales from a specific terminal are shared (20%) between the owners based on the relative UP2 size.  Learn more about terminal ownership and the calculation here.

Treasure hunts involve you sending your block explorers to different properties within a city to try and find a treasure within a short period of time. If you are able to find the treasure you will win UPX or there is also a possibility of winning sparklet. Sparklet can be found in approximately 5% of the standard treasures.  Note that you are not guaranteed to win, and it can cost you money, as you must use sends to travel across a city. There is a learning curve for treasure hunting and it is not recommended for new players with a small net worth and minimal liquidity. Part of the strategy is owning a large number of properties spread across the city so that you can send yourself to your own properties, which do not cost UPX or using up a send. If you are able to master the skill of treasure hunting, this can be a good source of revenue. If you haven't started hunting yet, make sure you read up on our top 5 things to understand before treasure hunting.

During sparklet weekend there are competitive treasure hunts that guarantee the winners sparklet.  This is a great opportunity for players who are experienced in treasure hunting to earn more sparklet.

During selected periods, players who login to Upland consecutively for 7 days will be rewarded a variable amount of sparklet, with 10 being the minimum.

When you level up to the following statuses, you are guaranteed to receive spark:

• Earn 500 sparklet for leveling up to director
• Earn 1000 sparklet for leveling up to executive
• Earn 2000 sparklet for leveling up to chief executive

During sparklet weekend Upland offers players bonus spark when leveling up to the next status.  Even leveling up to Uplander will get you sparklet! Learn about the special level up bonuses here.

There are a variety of different contests that Upland holds and in many instances players who rank at the top are able to win sparklet.  Some of these regular contests are active during the different Upland Seasons.  Learn more about these seasons and contests here.

Upland has the Share and Build Sparklet Airdrop Platform where players are able to engage in missions within Twitter that involves sharing, liking and commenting on Upland tweets to win points that are converted to Sparklet.  Learn more here.

Players are able to download their block explorers to the Ethereum blockchain and sell them on marketplaces like Opensea.

Learn more about connecting your MetaMask wallet to Upland and how to download your block explorer to OpenSea.

See the block explorer collection here.

Sparklet is an upcoming ERC-20 fungible token that will be released on the Ethereum Blockchain.  Players will be able to not only trade sparklet on the open crypto market, but upload it to Upland in the form of Spark.  1 spark is the equivalent of 1000 sparklet.  Once the sparklet is converted into spark, it can be used to construct buildings, and manufacture 3D items within Upland.  Learn more about spark and sparklet.