TL;DR
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Immutable redesigns its weekly rewards program with five dynamic tiers.
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The new model allocates $60,000 weekly based on points earned across games.
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Integrated titles include Guild of Guardians, Gods Unchained, Illuvium and MetalCore.
Immutable rolled out a redesigned $60,000 weekly rewards program on February 19, 2026, replacing its prior flat distribution with a five-level tiering model tied to sustained in‑game activity, according to PlayToEarn and other reporting. The change aims to direct incentives toward consistent, high‑quality engagement and to reduce exploitative bot and sybil activity across Immutable’s game hub.
The new structure links rewards to “Weekly Points” earned across Immutable Play’s integrated titles and a unified player identity, the Immutable Passport, enabling cross‑game tracking and a meritocratic split of the weekly pool.
What changed and how it works
Immutable introduced five tiers—Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic and Legendary—where players move up by completing quests and accumulating Weekly Points across games such as Guild of Guardians, Gods Unchained, Illuvium and MetalCore, according to PlayToEarn and eGamers reporting. The tiered model replaced episodic drops with continuous performance‑based incentives, allocating larger shares of the $60,000 pool to the most active players.
Immutable also integrated the system with Immutable Play, a hub hosting more than 270 titles, and relies on the Immutable Passport to unify identity and onboarding via standard email or social logins. PlayToEarn described the upgrade as introducing “a new dynamic tiering system designed to reward consistent and genuine gameplay.”
Security, token mechanics and historical context
The tiering change was explicitly designed as a defense against automated exploitation. Immutable applied behavioral analytics and automated anomaly detection to make sustained high‑tier performance costly for bots, with the platform projecting a material drop in detectable bot‑driven transactions and an increase in unique human‑verified wallets in the quarters after launch, according to PlayToEarn and eGamers.
Immutable ran The Main Quest in April 2024 using a $50 million token pool for acquisition, and launched Perpetual Rewards in April 2025—distribution that exceeded $1 million in $IMX tokens—before consolidating Immutable X and a zkEVM into a single, EVM‑compatible Immutable Chain on February 11, 2026. The tiered model was launched on February 19, 2026, as the next step in aligning acquisition with long‑term retention.
Economically, $IMX remains the ecosystem’s utility token. Under the current protocol cited in PlayToEarn, 2% of NFT and game transactions are redistributed to stakers and ecosystem participants, a mechanism aimed at creating a circular economy that rewards holding and usage while limiting dilution pressures.
- Operational transparency: unified cross‑game profiles display Weekly Points, tier and leaderboard status in real time.
- Fraud mitigation: behavioral analytics elevate the cost of botting; Immutable expects measurable declines in automated exploitation.
- Token flows: 2% transaction redistribution benefits stakers and aligns incentives for treasuries holding $IMX.
- Onboarding and retention: Immutable Passport reduces friction for new users while consolidating player value.
“This overhaul introduces a new dynamic tiering system designed to reward consistent and genuine gameplay,” PlayToEarn reported, summarizing the platform’s rationale.
For traders and crypto treasuries the immediate effects are operational: improved signal quality in on‑chain activity, potentially firmer staking yields tied to real platform usage, and a lower likelihood of short‑term token sales driven by exploitative reward capture.
Immutable projected that the new model would reduce detectable bot transactions and lift human‑verified participation within the quarter following deployment; market participants should monitor on‑chain trading volume, staking inflows and NFT transaction counts across Immutable Play in the coming weeks as the system stabilizes.
