Hello Lunacians! We're back with another topic. 2 months before I've planned to start scholarships. For me, building out a small Axie scholarship program was the best way to get involved.

By creating Axie scholarships, you can gain relatively passive income off of the in-game tokens earned from your scholars playing the game. After a few days of deep research into Axie Infinity, I felt confident enough to get started with my own scholarship program.

What are Axie Infinity Scholars?

Axie scholars are other people that play Axie Infinity with Axies you own in order to earn in-game tokens. You lend your Axies out for gameplay only, while still retaining ownership of the Axies.

Many people are choosing the scholarship route in order to gain relatively passive income off of the Axies they have invested in. Buying a starting team of three Axies to start earning can be a relatively expensive investment, so scholarships bring the game to more people.

Once you have loaned your Axies, Scholars cannot sell your Axies, breed your Axies, or withdraw their earnings from gameplay. All of this is set up to be tied back to the Axie owners’ Ronin wallet, making the Axie owner responsible for running their own program.

Scholars can be based anywhere in the world, but the Philippines in particular has shown high interest in play-to-earn games. In the Philippines, Axie has positively impacted many lives and given people new ways to earn a living.

Most scholars are or quickly become very good at playing the game, especially if you provide high-quality Axies for them to battle with. When scholars play, they earn Smooth Love Potion (SLP), which can be swapped for Ethereum or many different currencies, or used in-game for breeding.

Most scholars start out in Adventure mode, but pivot to PVP (or player vs. player), where you can usually earn more SLP. Scholars also complete daily quests for more tokens.

I won’t get into the details of selecting your first three Axies here — stay tuned with us for more on that, Just be sure your Axies are near 100 percent purity and virgin (or no breeds), with strong parts to defeat your opponents. Your Axies should complement each other in battle.

Select your Battle Strategy

The usual way to approach scholarships is to use your three strong Axies to breed highly pure Axies, which you then give to your scholars to play. You can also buy Axies from the marketplace instead. Each scholar needs three Axies to battle, and at the time of this post, it costs 0.5 AXS plus 1800 SLP to breed an Axie for the first time.

A word to the wise: don’t skimp on your first three Axies, or your offspring's purity will suffer fast, making them less effective and less valuable. I learned this the hard way as I made it through about four breeding rounds before I stopped. You don’t want to give bad Axies to your scholars as they won’t be able to earn much SLP, no matter how good they are at the game. Set your scholars up for success and you’ll all win.

Setting up Axie Scholar Accounts

There are a few steps involved; basically, you need to set up Ronin accounts (with their own unique emails and passwords) for each of your scholars.

Then, you gift (send) the Axies to those accounts — still tied to your main Ronin wallet. Your scholars log in with these unique emails and passwords, which allows them to play your Axies without actually owning them.

It’s a good idea to set up all your accounts before onboarding your scholars, and be sure to keep a Google Sheet with emails, passwords, and Axie types to stay organized on which scholar owns what.

What to Look for in an Axie Infinity Scholar

Selecting scholars is subjective, but there are a few things you should look out for when picking your Axie scholars.

Are they experienced in playing video games?
Which device will they play on (mobile or PC)?

• Do they have a stable internet connection?
• Do they have a Ronin wallet set up?
• Do they know how to play Axie Infinity? Many new scholars won’t know too much about playing Axie, but you can also ask how familiar they are with the game.
  You can find scholars on Discord and Twitter for free. Many have been waiting weeks if not months to get a chance at a scholarship. As of publishing, there is a huge supply of people waiting for a chance from all over the world..

I chose to join a small Discord of other scholarship owners, which already had a strong pipeline of scholars available. I paid a small fee to have my own channel in the Discord for my team, and source scholars from there. This is an alternate way to find scholars.

Finding an Axie Scholar Step-by-Step

Short questionnaire with some scholar screening questions
Scholarship expectations, details, SLP payment dates, and terms of cancellation
Once they agree, confirm their name and their Ronin wallet address (for future SLP payment)
Send account login info, Add them to the team Discord, and let them know if they have questions or issues to contact me or the channel moderator
So far, this has worked out really well for me. Everybody has a different onboarding flow and scholarship setup, so find what works best for you and your prospective scholars. Hope everyone will like it. A person who feels appreciated will always do more than what is expected. Need your appreciation. Thank you!