Spark

1. Sparklet can be found during treasure hunts. Depending on which city and what difficulty level of hunt you are doing you can win anywhere from 10 to 60 spark. Watch this video about treasure hunting to learn about the top 5 tips to get you started treasure before you begin treasure hunting.
2. Sparklet is sold through the Upland store. When it is on sale, you must register for the sale, and only a limited amount is sold. Players are placed in a lineup, and is not a first come first serve sale. The first spark sale was in June 2021. Sparklet is sold at a base rate of $460/ 1000 sparklet, assuming you are purchasing 1000 spark, which is the maximum that is sold in the store. Watch this video to understand everything about purchasing sparklet from the store.
3. Leveling up to Director (1,000,000 UPX) rewards you with 500 sparklet. Getting to Executive (10,000,000 UPX) rewards you with 1000 sparklet, and chief executive (100,000,000 UPX) gets you 2000 sparklet.
4. Upland has regular promotions for players rewarding them spark for leveling up to Upland statuses, including Uplander and Pro during specific times. Learn more about sparklet weekend here.
5. Sparklet was given to all players in Upland as part of the global launch of spark, which took place on May 31, 2021. The amount of sparklet awarded to each player was a function of in game status, amount of fiat money invested in the game, and activity within the game.
6. Sparklet is awarded as part of regular contests run by Upland.
7. You can earn sparklet by logging in daily for one week straight.  Learn more about this in our YouTube video. Note that you must have verified your identity in order to receive these bonuses.

The sale of sparklet in June 2021 was the first indication of Upland placing a price point on sparklet. You cannot sell or transfer it to other players within the metaverse.  Players are able to sell their sparklet by downloading it to the Ethereum blockchain through Upland's portal.

In order to receive sparklet in many of the avenues detailed above you must verify your identity.  Learn more about the KYC process here.

This can be a personal preference, but chances are you don't have a lot of sparklet when you are constructing your first structure.

A micro house is a good choice as it requires the smallest amount of sparklet hours.  Note that you are unable to open a metaventure in  a micro house.  Watch this video as we compare why we recommend building a micro house instead of a small townhouse.

As you start to obtain more sparklet, you have additional options.  Watch this video where I analyze apartment buildings, and why the average player might want to avoid building an apartment building that requires a lot of sparklet.

Given that the cheapest structure you can build requires 500,000 sparket hours, and I only have a small fraction of a sparklet, what are your options? IMPORTANT - you should always have your sparklet contributing to a build, otherwise you are wasting the resource. The minimum amount of spark required to start a building is 50 sparklet. With this amount, it will take you over 400 days to build your house!

1. Start building your own home! Yes, this could take over a year, but its always a good idea to invest in yourself. Try and get some of your friends to help contribute to your build, or you may rent sparklet from other players to help you complete your building faster.
2. Rent out your sparklet. Players looking to build their homes faster will pay you for helping them build.

Watch this video to learn how to get started with your first home construction, and check out our property building guidelines that will help you determine how to properly position your home and choose the right building colors.

Structures are needed to open a Metaventures, or in game businesses. You also need a place to call home and vote.  Learn more about defining your Upland home. A home is also a place where you will be able to display your Legits and other NFTs.

Building homes also contribute to the neighborhood score. New neighborhood collections will be spawned if a neighborhood is one of the first to reach a not yet published development thresh hold. This is not limited to only the number of structures built in the neighborhood, but also the type of structure.  Learn more about neighborhood ratings in this video.

Watch this video detailing the top 5 reasons you need a home in the metaverse.

Upland is still developing new features, and this is what we know so far about homes:

1. New collections will be spawned based on the amount and types of buildings in a neighborhood. Watch the video here.
2. You can define your in game home. This will also factor in the calculation of which neighborhoods will spawn new collections.  You will be able to vote at a neighborhood, city, and Upland level.  To vote, you are required to have a home.  Learn more here. 
3. In the future, you will be able to rent out space in your homes (based on the number of living spaces your structure has)
4. You will be able to open a business within your home (or rent out store space).
5. Sell your property on the secondary market (note that the home is tied to the land, and they must be sold together). A property with a home has a higher sale value.

Chances are you don't have a lot of sparklet. If you have 1000 sparklet, the smallest structure you can build requires 500 sparklet hours. This means the time it will take is 500,000 sparklet hours / 1000 sparklet = 500 hours (appx. 21 days). This means that if you only have 150 sparklet the time it will take is 500,000 sparklet hours / 150 spark = 3333 hours (138  days or 4.6 months). Read here to find out how to get more sparklet.

If you are not receiving the daily popup to get your daily spark login bonus, where after 7 days of consecutive login, you receive sparklet:

1. You have not verified your identity.  Learn how to do so here.
2. Go into settings, and there is an option to turn it on.