Players can purchase power upgrades using SOL. Each package permanently increases attack damage and grants a bonus $GHOST mint:

Ghost Hunter features a 30-day streak cycle with milestone rewards every 5 days. Players must attack at least once every 24 hours to maintain their streak:

• •Streak counter increments when the player attacks on consecutive days
• •Missing a day resets the streak to day 1
• •Day 5: +100 $GHOST
• •Day 10: +150 $GHOST
• •Day 15: +200 $GHOST
• •Day 20: +250 $GHOST
• •Day 25: +300 $GHOST
• •Day 30: +350 $GHOST (total: 1,350 $GHOST per 30-day cycle)
• •After day 30, the streak resets to day 1 and the cycle begins again
• •A 24-hour countdown timer in the Battle page shows time remaining to keep streak alive

Each Hunter receives a unique referral code derived from their wallet address. When a new player registers using this code:

• •The referrer earns 5% of all $GHOST tokens the referred player earns from ghost kills (including kill bonus)
• •The referrer earns 3% (in $GHOST equivalent) of any SOL the referred player spends on boosts
• •The referrer earns 5% of the referred player's daily streak bonus rewards
• •Self-referral is prevented at the protocol level
• •Referral rewards are credited automatically upon each qualifying transaction

Ghost Hunter features unlimited daily earnings — there is no daily cap on $GHOST earned from attacks or kills. This design philosophy maximizes player engagement and rewards active gameplay.

Economic balance is maintained through the 1-hour attack cooldown, which naturally limits how frequently players can earn. Daily earning analytics are still tracked for internal monitoring purposes.

Ghost Hunter features a 10-tier badge achievement system. Badges are awarded when players land the killing blow on a ghost within a specific level range:

Each badge can only be earned once per wallet. Total potential ghost tier badge earnings: 5,500 $GHOST.

All badges are displayed in the Hunter Profile page. Players can select one badge as their profile display badge.

Ghost Hunter features a seasonal Battle Pass system with 30 tiers of rewards. Each season runs for 30 days, and players earn XP to progress through tiers by playing the game. Rewards are auto-claimed instantly when a tier is reached. Season 2 introduced new reward types including items, pets, titles, and avatar frames.

XP is earned through: Attacking a Ghost Boss (+80 XP), Killing a Ghost Boss (+480 XP), and Spinning the Wheel (+120 XP). Total XP required for Tier 30: 46,500 XP.

Premium track also awards higher $GHOST per tier (Tier Level × 40) plus all free track rewards. Total premium completion bonus: +88 Permanent DMG and Boss Cooldown reduced to 40 minutes. Season 2 premium rewards also include exclusive items, pets, titles, and animated avatar frames.

Players who purchase premium mid-season automatically receive all premium rewards retroactively for tiers already completed. Each season's rewards are exclusive and will not return in future seasons.

The Spin Wheel offers additional rewards through two tiers. Free spin cooldown: 12 hours.

• •Referral commission: 5% on $GHOST rewards from spins
• •Each spin grants +240 Battle Pass XP

Ghost Hunter features a guild system that enables players to form teams of up to 50 members and earn collective bonuses. Guilds add a social layer to the game, rewarding coordination and group activity.

• •Players can create a guild for 0.2 SOL or join an existing one
• •Maximum 50 members per guild
• •Guilds earn XP from member kills and attacks
• •Guild levels unlock bonuses: +2% damage bonus per level, +1% ghost reward bonus per level
• •Max guild level: 20
• •Guild leaderboard tracks weekly performance
• •Members earn roles: Member, Officer, Leader — based on contribution

A story-driven quest system provides structured progression with 5 chapters and 25 total quests. Each chapter unlocks sequentially, guiding players through the Ghost Hunter narrative.

• •5 story chapters with 5 quests each (25 total quests)
• •Quests unlock sequentially within chapters
• •Quest types: KILL (defeat ghosts), DAMAGE (deal total damage), STREAK (maintain streaks), LEVEL (reach ghost level)
• •Rewards: $GHOST tokens + XP per quest completion
• •Chapter completion bonuses
• •Quest progress tracked per wallet

The item system introduces consumable buffs and equipment with a 5-tier rarity structure. Items can be purchased from the shop, dropped from ghost kills, or crafted from materials.

• •10 unique items across 5 rarity tiers (Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary)
• •Item types: Damage potions, cooldown scrolls, ghost charms, ghost lures
• •Items purchasable with $GHOST tokens from the in-game shop
• •Items can be used in battle for temporary buffs
• •Items dropped randomly from ghost kills (rarity-weighted)
• •Inventory management with equip and use mechanics

Weekly tournaments allow players to compete for SOL prize pools. Entry requires a SOL fee, and the top performers share the winnings based on total damage dealt during the tournament period.

• •Weekly tournaments with SOL entry fees (0.05 SOL)
• •Score = total damage dealt during tournament period
• •Top 3 players share the prize pool (50% / 30% / 20%)
• •10% house fee on prize pool
• •Auto-finalization after tournament ends
• •Tournament leaderboard with real-time rankings

Companion pets provide passive combat bonuses and level up alongside the player. Each pet has a unique element theme and rarity tier, with bonuses that scale as the pet gains experience. Season 2 introduced 2 Legendary-tier pets with powerful bonuses.

• •10 unique pets across 5 rarity tiers (Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary)
• •Free starter pet (Shadow Wisp) for all players
• •Premium pets purchasable with SOL (0.05 - 0.30 SOL)
• •2 Legendary pets: Inferno Dragon (DAMAGE) & Celestial Kitsune (GHOST_PCT)
• •Pets provide passive bonuses: DAMAGE bonus or GHOST_PCT (ghost reward percentage)
• •Pets gain XP from attacks and level up (max level 50)
• •Bonus scales with pet level: bonusBase × (1 + (level-1) × bonusPerLvl)
• •One active pet at a time — can be renamed and fed (+50 XP per feed)
• •Element themes: Shadow, Spirit, Ghost, Phantom, Fire, Thunder, Poison, Void, Inferno, Celestial

The Forge allows players to craft items from materials dropped during ghost battles. Higher-level ghosts drop rarer materials, creating a natural progression incentive.

• •4 crafting materials dropped from ghost battles: Ectoplasm (15%), Shadow Shard (8%), Phantom Core (3%, level 5+), Spirit Essence (1%, level 10+)
• •10 recipes to craft items from materials
• •Some recipes require SOL crafting fee
• •Crafted items go directly to inventory
• •Material drops scale with ghost level

The marketplace enables true peer-to-peer item trading powered by an on-chain escrow system built on Solana. When a buyer purchases an item, a single atomic transaction executes two SOL transfers: the full listed price goes directly to the seller's wallet, and a 5% marketplace fee goes to the protocol treasury. Both transfers are verified on-chain before the item changes hands, ensuring trustless and secure commerce.

• •True P2P trading: seller receives SOL directly to their Phantom wallet
• •Atomic dual-transfer: both payments in one Solana transaction (no partial execution)
• •On-chain verification: backend confirms both transfers before item delivery
• •Anchor smart contract with MarketplaceState PDA for fee enforcement
• •Self-trade prevention: buyers cannot purchase their own listings
• •Browse, search, and filter listings by item name and rarity
• •Real-time market stats: active listings, total sold, volume, floor prices
• •Cancel listings at any time (item returned to inventory)
• •Marketplace pause/resume and fee adjustment by admin (on-chain governance)

The PvP Arena introduces competitive player-versus-player combat with $GHOST token wagers. Matches use a best-of-3 format with an ELO rating system and a 5-tier ranking system for balanced matchmaking.

• •Best-of-3 asynchronous PvP matches
• •$GHOST wager matches (free or wager mode)
• •Power + random(1-20) determines round winner, 20% critical hit chance (1.5x damage)
• •ELO rating system (K-factor: 25)
• •5 tier ranks: IRON → BRONZE → SILVER → GOLD → DIAMOND (power + ELO based)
• •Matchmaking: ±1 tier difference accepted for balanced fights
• •$GHOST matches: Winner takes 95% (5% house cut to Burn Pool)
• •Winner: own wager unlocked + net profit added to totalGhostEarned
• •Loser: wager deducted from totalGhostEarned + escrow unlocked
• •$GHOST escrow: tokens locked on match creation, refunded on cancel
• •PvP leaderboard sorted by ELO rating
• •Match history with round-by-round results and tier badges

Dungeons offer multi-room exploration with escalating difficulty and boss encounters. Players progress through rooms, facing increasingly powerful enemies for greater rewards.

• •5 dungeons with 3 difficulty tiers (Normal, Hard, Nightmare)
• •5 rooms per dungeon with escalating difficulty multipliers [1x, 1.3x, 1.6x, 2x, 3x]
• •Room 5 is always a boss room
• •First daily run free, additional runs cost SOL
• •Rewards: $GHOST tokens from reward pool, scaled by difficulty
• •Difficulty multipliers: Normal 1x, Hard 1.5x, Nightmare 2.5x
• •Dungeon leaderboard tracks fastest completions
• •Dungeon badge milestones: 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 clears (150-800 $GHOST rewards)

The Lore & Codex system reveals the world-building narrative of Ghost Hunter through unlockable entries tied to gameplay achievements. Players discover the hidden history of the ghost realm as they progress.

• •36 lore entries across 7 categories: Origins, Ghost Types, Phantom Lord, Hunter Legacy, World Lore, Evolution, Hidden
• •Entries unlock based on player achievements: ghost level, kills, quests, badges, streaks, dungeon completions, PvP wins
• •Reading progress tracked per wallet
• •Hidden entries discoverable through special gameplay milestones

Community raid event where all hunters attack the same boss together. A new World Boss spawns every 12 hours.

Limited NFT collection on Solana providing permanent in-game bonuses and token claim priority.

Multi-layered bot prevention system protecting game integrity.

• •Ghost Challenge: Human verification required for all new players (pick correct ghost color, 3 rounds)
• •Backend Enforcement: All routes protected — challengeCompleted=false blocks ghost spawn, attack, spin, login, missions
• •Referral Threshold: 10 attacks minimum to activate referral rewards
• •Rate Limiting: Max 5 referrals per hour + IP-based referral limits
• •Auto Cleanup: Bot account removal cron runs every 12 hours, stale ghost cleanup every hour
• •Suspicious Activity Detection: High registration rate monitoring, referral abuse tracking per IP

Tower Defense is an infinite-wave strategy mode where hunters build and upgrade towers to defend against waves of enemies. The mode features deep progression with rune gacha, skill trees, and a prestige system.

• •8 tower types (5 free + 2 SOL purchasable + 1 prestige-exclusive), each with 5 upgrade levels
• •8 enemy types + 3 boss variants (Mini Boss, Mega Boss, Nightmare Boss)
• •12 runes with gacha system (Common → Mythic rarity), 3 rune sockets per tower
• •4 skill trees: Offense, Defense, Economy, Strategy — 40 total skill nodes
• •Prestige system: reset at wave 50+ to earn prestige tokens for exclusive upgrades
• •Offline earnings: 60% rate, max 8 hours accumulation
• •13 SOL purchase options (towers, runes, skill resets, speed boosts)
• •Leaderboard: top 100 by highest wave reached
• •$GHOST rewards per wave clear, scaling with wave number

The Daily Shop presents 4 rotating offers per day, drawn from a pool of 30 unique items. Each player sees different offers based on wallet-seeded randomization, ensuring a personalized shopping experience.

• •30 unique offers in the pool (damage boosts, pet XP, spin credits, items, buffs)
• •4 offers shown per day, refreshed daily at midnight UTC
• •Wallet-seeded selection ensures fairness (no duplicates per day)
• •SOL-priced items with reveal animation on purchase
• •Each offer can only be purchased once per day

Daily Challenges provide 3 unique tasks each day from a pool of 10 challenge types. Completing all 3 earns a bonus reward, encouraging diverse gameplay.

• •10 challenge types: attack, kill, spin, earn GHOST, use items, PvP wins, dungeon clears, tower floors, etc.
• •3 challenges assigned per day, tracked via backend
• •Individual rewards per challenge completion
• •500 $GHOST bonus for completing all 3 daily challenges
• •Resets daily at midnight UTC

Mystery Chests drop randomly during gameplay with a 10% chance. Opening a chest requires a key purchasable with SOL, adding an element of surprise and anticipation to every session.

• •10% drop chance from ghost kills
• •Key cost: 0.03 SOL to open
• •9 possible rewards: $GHOST, permanent damage, pet XP, spin credits, BP XP, rare items, and more
• •Rarity-weighted reward pool with visual unboxing animation

Beyond passive referral commissions, hunters earn milestone rewards for reaching referral count thresholds. These provide escalating bonuses that reward community builders.

Ghost Hunter features a cosmetic customization system allowing players to personalize their profile with avatar frames and colored names. Cosmetics are purely visual and do not affect gameplay balance.

• •Avatar Frames: 5 free + 5 paid animated frames
• •Color Names: 4 free + 4 paid gradient name colors
• •Frames and colors visible on profile, leaderboard, and PvP
• •Some cosmetics earnable through Battle Pass, referral milestones, and achievements
• •3 visual themes: Phantom Dark, Emerald Abyss, Crimson Eclipse