🔔 The Bell Goes Silent: Random Rewards Replace Scheduled Events
🔔 The Bell Goes Silent: Random Rewards Replace Scheduled Events
🔔 The Bell went silent
CryptoMines overhauls its reward system to eliminate timezone advantages and scheduled events.
The Bell now triggers randomly on every successful extraction—no announcements, no fixed windows. Players simply run missions and may receive rewards unpredictably.
Three reward tiers:
- MINI (common): Scales with mission size
- JACKPOT (uncommon): Discord announcement included
- MEGA (rare): Full chamber payout
Key mechanics:
- Triggers on any completed extraction (Classic or Quick)
- Larger missions = higher potential rewards
- Instant payout to spendable balance
- Fleet returns intact—no losses
Previous system used 8 random 5-minute windows daily with a 1,000 per-run cap and 30,000 accumulative pool.
New approach removes all scheduling, making rewards purely activity-based. More corridor activity = more Bell triggers.
The change addresses fairness concerns from players in different timezones who couldn't participate in fixed-time events.
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