# How to compete? {% hint style="warning" %} Just you can earn prizes in Chronoforge and our NFT collectibles may be tradable on marketplaces does ***not***** mean you should try to earn a living wage or expect to profit overall from playing a game**. Any game that claims '*everyone will earn*' by playing is a ponzi-scheme. Don't plan your life or finances around playing this game. {% endhint %} ### Start Date Season 1 will begin upon $CHRONO TGE - roughly one month after game launch 10th September 2025. ### Eligibility To prevent against bots and exploitative work practices, our seasonal competition ladder (with $CHRONO prizes) are not open to Free to Play. For your characters to rank on the leader boards for Season 1 you need **one** of the following: * Your account purchased the [Founder's Edition](https://chronoforge.gg/) - all your characters (both non-NFT and NFT) are eligible for the leader board! OR... * Your character is already an [NFT adventurer](/collectibles/adventurers.md). This character is eligible for the leader board! OR... * You burnt a [Chronos Hoard](https://magiceden.io/collections/abstract/0x89a8d30ab57ba1ac147198caf452ab6e08ca66d9) (obtain by burning a [Totem NFT](/collectibles/totems.md)) to your character in our web app \[instructions to follow closer to competition start] --- # Agent Instructions: 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: ``` GET https://guide.chronoforge.gg/competition-and-rewards/how-to-compete.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. 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.