Mint from a launch

The launchpad is where new collections go live. A drop is a fixed-supply mint a creator runs from the marketplace — you pick how many you want, sign once, and the NFTs land in your wallet at the price the creator set. This is a primary mint: the CC goes to the creator, not to a previous holder.

1. 1

   Browse the launchpad

   Open arkena.io/launchpad. The featured drop sits at the top in the Mission Briefing card; the tabs split the rest of the catalog by status — Live drops are minting right now, Upcoming ones haven't started, Past drops have finished or sold out.

   Mission briefing · live

   Arkena Genesis Badge

   by arkena::a3f1…d4f8

   Founding-class drop for early Arkena holders.

   Minted

   268/1000

   Price

   12.00 CC

   Royalty

   2.5%

   Enter drop

   Live(38)

   Upcoming(0)

   Past drops(4)

   Minting

   Cantonauts

   by arkena::7d4c…b2a1

   Minted142 / 500

   Minting

   Specters

   by arkena::e189…44ff

   Minted89 / 200

   Sold out

   Phase One

   by arkena::ff02…0d3e

   Minted200 / 200

2. 2

   Open a drop

   Click any card to open its drop page. You'll see the full description, the creator's party, the supply, the per-wallet limit, and the price. The creator sets all of these at launch — they don't change while the drop is live.

3. 3

   Pick a quantity and mint

   In the mint panel, step the quantity up to whatever you want — bounded by the per-wallet cap and what's left in the drop. The total CC updates live. Click Mint and the wallet popup opens with one signing prompt for the whole batch — one signature, N NFTs.

   Arkena Genesis Badge

   by arkena::a3f1…d4f8

   Minted

   268 / 1000

   Price

   12.00 CC

   Ready to mint

   live

   Per wallet

   Max 50

   Remaining

   732

   QuantityMax 50

   −

   3

   +

   Total36.00 CC

   Awaiting signature · mint 3

   Behind the scenes, the backend mints each NFT as part of a single atomic transaction. You either get every NFT in the batch or none — there's no partial mint at this step.

4. 4

   See them in your profile

   Once settlement confirms, the freshly minted NFTs appear in your profile under Items, each with its own token ID and the Mint entry in your activity log linking to the on-ledger transaction.

   ItemsListedActivity

   3 items

   Genesis #027

   Not listed

   Genesis #058

   Not listed

   Listed

   Genesis #103

   18.50 CC

   empty

Phases and whitelists

A drop can run in phases — typically OG first, then Whitelist, then Public. Each phase has its own price and per-wallet cap, and only addresses on the creator's allow-list can mint during the gated phases. If you're not on the list, the mint button stays disabled until the public phase opens.

The launchpad shows you which phase is active right now, how long is left on the clock, and what the remaining allocation looks like.

When things don't work

• Sold out. The supply hit zero before your transaction landed — the drop card flips to Sold out and the mint button disables. You'll see it on the secondary market once holders start listing.
• Per-wallet cap reached. You already minted up to the wallet limit in this phase. Wait for the next phase or buy on the secondary market.
• Phase closed. The drop moved on to the next phase between your page load and your click. Refresh to see the current price.
• Insufficient balance. Your CC balance is below quantity × price. Top up before retrying.

What's next

• Want a single item from a finished drop? Buy it on the secondary market — see Buy an NFT.
• Running your own drop? See Create a collection for the creator side of this flow.