Inconveniences

I wouldn't wish them on you.

In the previous section, we talked about Inconveniences, which is the main cause of wagon vulnerability. Suffering an inconvenience, and not being able to counter it, will make our wagon vulnerable to ambushes by other players.

Player ambushes suffered by wagons cause their elimination and subsequent NFT burning unless they have 1 or more Extra Supplies. But we'll talk about that later.

Here's a list of generable inconveniences:

1. Poison (P).

2. Illness (I).

3. Disease (D).

4. Psycho (Y).

5. Injury (J).

6. Native Tribe Attack (M).

7. Cold Temperatures (C).

8. Wagon Damage (W).

9. Food Shortage (H).

10. Oxen Problems (X).

11. Blocked Path (B).

12. River (R).

13. Quicksand (Q).

Each trail will have a limited set of generable inconveniences for the wagons traveling on it.

Wagon vulnerability

As we mentioned earlier, each NFT has two items that provide immunity to two types of inconveniences. However, if a wagon does not have the corresponding item, and becomes vulnerable, it can still count on its Extra Supplies to survive ambushes.

A vulnerable NFT wagon cannot be transferred (and therefore sold), cannot purchase Extra Supplies, and cannot even settle down. The only thing you can do when your wagon is vulnerable is hope no one will ambush it until the next letter will be generated.

Inconvenience generation

About every 255 blocks added to the blockchain (~50 minutes), the Pioneers NFT smart contract will generate a new victim letter and an inconvenience for each trail. Every wagon whose name starts with that letter will be affected by the inconvenience on its respective trail, making it vulnerable to other players' ambushes until another letter is generated.

If you have any doubts about the unpredictability of the blockhash, we recommend reading the FAQs.