> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.hoard.world/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.hoard.world/the-world/how-to-play.md). # How to play Hoard World runs on Robinhood Chain. You need a wallet that can connect to it and a little ETH for gas. ## 1. Connect Open the app (the link is on the [Links](/more/links.md) page) and press **Connect wallet**. The app asks your wallet to switch to Robinhood Chain if it is on another network. Until a wallet is connected the world shows demo numbers so you can look around. ## 2. Collect Scales Walk to the **Market** and talk to the Trader. You pay USDG and receive HOARD. Amounts under one whole HOARD are Scales. The 3% fee is shown before you confirm, split into the half that buys SPY for nested Hoardlings and the half that builds the wall. ## 3. Hatch a Hoardling The moment your balance reaches a whole HOARD, a Hoardling exists in your wallet. In the Nest it shows as an egg the first time you see it. Tap it and it hatches. Hatching is ceremony: the Hoardling was already yours. ## 4. Nest it Talk to the Nest Keeper and choose **Nest a Hoardling**. From that moment the Hoardling's hoard grows with every canonical trade. The Nest shows each Hoardling's accrued value and the total waiting to be claimed. Claim it as SPY whenever you like; unnesting settles what is pending. ## 5. Borrow, or lend * At the **Bank**, the Teller lends USDG against your HOARD. Pledge HOARD, see the liquidation price, borrow up to 45%. Bind a nested Hoardling to the loan and the limit is 65%; the Hoardling keeps earning while bound. * The Clerk takes USDG into the lender pool. Lenders take 40% of interest actually paid, plus the 2% HOARD pledge fees, both streaming to their shares over seven days. ## 6. Watch the wall The Mason shows the wall's USDG depth and the price range it is buying in. Two keeper actions are open to anyone: deploy idle USDG into the wall, and rebalance it when the market has moved enough. ## The HUD * Top left: your HOARD, your USDG, the HOARD price and the wall depth. * Bottom right: the speaker toggles the music, **World Map** leaves a building, and the wallet button shows your address and HOARD value. * Notices under the HUD tell you what the chain is doing: reading, a transaction waiting for your signature, a confirmation with an explorer link, or a plain-language reason when a contract refuses. ## Deep links `?at=bank`, `?at=nest`, `?at=market` and the other building ids open the app inside that building. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.hoard.world/the-world/how-to-play.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.