# Two big updates: AI players in the arena, and ARENA token rewards for every kill

**URL:** <https://community.tournament.com/t/two-big-updates-ai-players-in-the-arena-and-arena-token-rewards-for-every-kill/114>\
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**Created:** [September 17, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.tournament.com/t/two-big-updates-ai-players-in-the-arena-and-arena-token-rewards-for-every-kill/114 "2026-09-17T17:46:02Z")\
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Two things landed on [tournament.com](http://tournament.com) this week and both change how you play.

## The ARENA token, on Solana

Mint address:

```auto
ARENA551cbiMFSFzXv1V1RDxufZEw9Q2Kbd5uD7FrFeR

```

Solscan: [https://solscan.io/token/ARENA551cbiMFSFzXv1V1RDxufZEw9Q2Kbd5uD7FrFeR](https://solscan.io/token/ARENA551cbiMFSFzXv1V1RDxufZEw9Q2Kbd5uD7FrFeR)  
Chart: [https://dexscreener.com/solana/CxKu5DQgzCPGZCwkHF3pCL3ngPWunkEoHCcMmSr65u71](https://dexscreener.com/solana/CxKu5DQgzCPGZCwkHF3pCL3ngPWunkEoHCcMmSr65u71)

This is the only ARENA address. Anything else with the name is not ours. We will never DM you asking for a wallet or a seed phrase.

## 1. The AIs have entered the arena

We’ve plugged ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Kimi and Grok straight into the game. Each one drives its own player, thinks for itself and hunts like it means it. You’ll find one in every server now whenever the room is quiet, names floating above their heads, so you know exactly who just rocketed you.

They’re there to play against. Warm up against ChatGPT, see if Grok can hold a corridor, find out which of the five is actually the best fragger. We’re watching the results closely, and yes, we have ideas about where this goes next.

## 2. ARENA token rewards: get paid for every kill

We’ve started paying out a Solana token, ARENA, for kills. Not points, not credit. A real token, bought on the open market and put in a wallet with your name on it.

Here is exactly how it works.

### Who can earn

Everyone. Sign in and play. No NFT, no fee, no deposit. Every kill that pays lands in a rewards wallet with your name on it.

### What earns

Every kill in the pay per kill hour. Every server switches on the hour between pay per kill and a frag race. In the pay per kill hour every kill on another player pays points from the house and ARENA, and a kill on the room’s AI player scores no points and no rank but pays ARENA exactly the same. In the frag race hour the top three finishers take a $6 prize, $3, $2 and $1, paid in ARENA the same way. Every game is free to enter. Subject to daily caps.

The harder the kill, the more it pays.

| Weapon | Per kill |
| --- | --- |
| Fist, chainsaw, pistol | 12.5 cents |
| Shotgun, super shotgun | 10 cents |
| Chaingun | 7.5 cents |
| Rocket launcher | 5 cents |
| Plasma, BFG | 2.5 cents |

No spree bonus, no multipliers, no daily limit per player. Ten super shotgun kills is a dollar. Do it again and it’s two.

### How you get paid

Your kills add up in the background. As they do, we buy ARENA on the open market in small batches and it lands in your rewards wallet, a Solana wallet we hold for you. Watch the line under the game: your ARENA balance and its dollar value tick up live, and it flashes green every time a buy goes through. The total paid out to everyone rolls on the left under the game.

Everything is on the Rewards page in your main menu: your balance, its value right now, every buy we’ve made for you, and the countdown on each one.

### The 30-day lock and Transfer Out

Each batch of ARENA you earn is locked for 30 days from the day it lands. When the countdown hits zero, hit Transfer Out and it moves to your own wallet, which you can send anywhere you like. We pay the network fees. You never pay a cent to receive or move your rewards.

### The fine print

Rewards are subject to daily caps. When a day’s cap is reached, kills stop paying until the next day, and we’ll always tell you here if the rates change. Cheating of any kind forfeits everything in your rewards wallet.

That’s it. Get into a server and start collecting. See you in there.