Launching on Arkena is a vetted flow. You apply with your
collection brief, the team reviews it, and you receive a
single-use invite code that unlocks arkena.io/create.
The application form is wallet-less — you verify ownership with X (Twitter) and fill in the brief. Once approved, the invite arrives via the email you supplied; from there you create the collection on-chain with your own wallet.
Open the apply form
Head to
arkena.io/apply.Verify your X account
Click Sign in with X at the top of the form. Each application is tied to a single X handle — one pending submission per account. Until X is verified the rest of the form stays hidden.
Fill in the form
Required fields are marked with a red asterisk; the rest are optional but help the review. A live preview panel on the right of the form updates as you type, so you can see how the collection card will read on the launchpad.
Required
- Collection name — what holders will see on the launchpad.
- Description — concept, story, what you're building. Up to 1000 characters.
- NFT images — between one and five sample images that represent the visual direction. JPG, PNG, or WebP, up to 5 MB each.
- Email — where the invite arrives once you're approved.
Optional but recommended
- Estimated mint date — free-form text. A target month,
a quarter, or
TBAis fine. - Supply, price (CC), royalty % — your current plan. Leave blank if you're still deciding; the binding values are entered on-chain in the launch wizard, not here.
- Project Links — official channels for the collection (Discord, Telegram, Website, X, Other). Each link type can only be added once except Other.
- Team Links — personal handles for team members. X and Other are available.
Submit
Send the application. You'll see a confirmation with a reference ID — that's all the action needed in the browser. The next signal is the invite email.
Managing your applications
A small My Applications button appears next to the doc link once you have at least one submission. Open it to:
- See every application you've submitted on this X handle, each tagged with a status pill (pending / approved / rejected).
- Click any row to view the full detail with all the fields you sent.
- Edit or Cancel Application are available only while the application is still pending. Edit reopens the form pre-filled (sample images stay attached and can be swapped individually); Cancel pulls the submission out of the review queue — there is no recovery, you'd have to submit a new one.
- Approved and rejected applications open as read-only; rejections include a short note from the admin team explaining why.
What happens next
We read the project description, click through the team's X profiles and the project's socials, and reverse-image-search the sample artwork against collections on Canton and other chains. Decisions typically land within a couple of business days; if something is unclear, we'll come back for more detail rather than reject outright.
When the invite arrives
The email contains a single-use code prefixed with CR-. The
code is bound to one wallet on first use — once you claim it on
the Launch a collection
page, no one else can.
What's next
- Launch a collection to redeem your invite and configure the on-chain side.
- Fees and pricing for the marketplace + royalty math holders see at mint time.