Tatsumeeko is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) being built to launch on Immutable X. My colleague Nivesh spotted the game earlier this year, noting it was backed by the entertainment giant Animoca Brands, and developed by the team behind the Tatsu Discord bot used by 1.6 million people, the article is available here.

Back in the day, Nivesh noted that the Meekolony game characters were a potentially good investment, trading at more than double their initial sale price of 0.5 SOL. Today, those characters, which originally sold out in nine minutes, now trade at over eight times the sale price. Perhaps because they qualified holders for a whitelist spot in Tatsumeeko’s upcoming land sale.

Land and characters are at the heart of MMORPGs like Tatsumeeko. Source: Twitter

The sale of Tatsumeeko’s 2,500 land parcels is the focus of today’s email. It’s due to take place between October 18th and 21st, with the first few days dedicated only to Meekolony holders (the allowlist snapshot has been taken). The last day’s public sale is the way to take part if you are not on the list. Up to 1,450 land parcels will be available here for 0.1 ETH. 

Like most in-game or metaverse land, Tatsumeeko land parcels come with varying rarities and attributes and produce in-game perks and assets, giving them value. I also spy a likely hidden benefit that no one’s talking about yet, which I’ll save it til later. Don’t skip ahead though, getting there is half the fun.

Each parcel is a pack of 10 x 10 tiles forming four individual 5 x 5 plots of land. Each plot can be one of seven different terrain types and have one of four rarity levels: bronze, silver, gold, and aether. Rarer land will have more artifact slots, with bronze having one and aether having four. The slots can be equipped with artifacts – objects that add powerful perks to in-game activities. 

A parcel of four plots of 5×5 land. Source: Tatsumeeko whitepaper.

The artifacts should be highly desirable in the game and can be obtained through loot drops. Playing the game’s varied activities is one way to get loot, but land owners will receive weekly drops and can also stake land to potentially get  more loot. 

Some land parcels will spawn with monster dens that award extra drops, boosting the chances of receiving artifacts. Considering the range of objects that can be received and sold by owning land, all signs point to parcels being the game’s productive assets. 

Land parcels have a one in five chance to spawn a monster den. Source: Tatsumeeko.

If this reminds you of the recent Digidaigaku sale that we wrote about, you’re not alone. Digidaigaku NFTs are productive assets too, making money for their owners means the collection has now put in another 8,000 ETH in volume and has an average price of over 10 ETH.

Digidaigaku has effectively been in up-only mode since minting for free. Source: OpenSea.

Aside from what Tatsumeeko land will do in the game, the land sale itself also has a value-adding mechanic offering another way to profit from the event because it has two reveal stages. Whilst this isn’t anything new, and dates haven’t been announced, there may still be an opportunity. 

At minting, each plot’s terrain and traits will be hidden, with only terrain being unveiled at the first reveal stage. There are no details saying one type of terrain is better than another, but some will sell to book profits during this period, probably those with multiple allowlisted wallets. 

The first wave of people cashing out should present a speculative opportunity to purchase parcels at good prices before the second reveal stage. After the second reveal, all rarities and traits will be uncovered, sending the value of some land soaring.

And that other idea I had? Well, the land in this sale is referred to by Tatsumeeko as ‘district land’. Think of it as something generic. Later on, there’ll be a sale of land from the game’s ‘event and town areas’. 

To date, metaverse land sales have shown that land in important locations typically holds the most value and can drive up the prices of the assets needed to get allowlisted for it. A good example is the value of Apecoin prior to the sale of Otherdeeds for Otherside metaverse by Yuga Labs. 

As the minting date of April 30th approached, Apecoin and other assets needed for the allowlist jumped in price, presenting buyers the difficult but pleasurable,choice of selling to book profits, or holding the assets to be able to get Otherdeeds NFTs.

APE price increased over 2x before the Otherdeed land sale (red box). Source: Coin Market Cap.

Metaverse land gets value just as land does in real life. Land in cities is generally much more expensive than land in the middle of nowhere because it’s where people need to be to earn money, socialize, and be entertained. Tatsumeeko will mimic this by having areas that game designers draw people to through fun and rewarding in-game activities.

Well, how do you get this prime real estate? I asked, and was told it hasn’t been announced yet. I would bet though, that holding land from this sale, and probably Meekolony NFTs as well, will be the ticket to getting allowlisted for the future sale. So consider loading up now.

Until next time

Disclosure: At the time of writing, the author held several NFTs, ETH, and other cryptocurrencies. Read our trading policy to see how SIMETRI protects its members against insider trading.