Quick Start & FAQ

From zero to your first on-chain run in a few minutes, and answers to the questions players ask most.

Quick Start

1. Open the game

→Desktop: play in the browser at app.dungeonsandmoles.com with keyboard and mouse.

→Android: the Solana Seeker dApp Store listing is in review. A phone browser shows a landing page, not the game.

The first launch plays a short guided run, no wallet needed — see Your First Run.

2. Try it as a guest (optional)

Press Play as Guest on the sign-in screen and pick Easy, Medium or Hard. Guests get full Campaign-style runs with a starter item pool, but nothing is saved and PvP, quests and the marketplace need a wallet. See Guest Mode.

3. Switch your wallet to devnet

Wallet	How
Phantom	Settings → Developer Settings → turn on Testnet Mode, then pick Solana Devnet (not Testnet).
Solflare	Settings → General → Network → Devnet.
Backpack	Settings → turn on Developer Mode, then select Solana Devnet as the network.

Wallet menus change between versions; if a step moved, look for “developer”, “testnet” or “network” in your wallet's settings.

4. Get free devnet SOL

Copy your wallet address, open faucet.solana.com, choose Devnet, paste the address and request SOL. If the faucet asks you to sign in with GitHub or tells you to wait, do that or try later.

→0.2 SOL is enough to start Campaign.

→0.5 SOL or more lets you try every mode, including the PvP stakes.

5. Sign in and create your profile

Connect Phantom, Backpack or Solflare, choose a name and sign once. This creates your on-chain profile. New profiles start with 20 free Campaign runs. See Account & Wallets.

6. Fund your game wallet and play

Your first run asks for a 0.09 SOL deposit into your in-game wallet (the session signer). It pays the on-chain rent for your runs and signs every move for you, so there are no wallet pop-ups while you play. The deposit is not spent: the rent comes back when each session closes, and you can withdraw the balance from the Profile card on the Hub whenever no session is open. See Sessions.

What the SOL Is For

Action	Cost	Comes back?
Campaign run	0.09 SOL game-wallet deposit (a run locks about 0.065 SOL of rent)	Yes, when the session closes
Duel	0.10 SOL deposit + 0.1 SOL stake	Deposit yes; the winner takes 95% of the 0.2 SOL pot
Pit Draft	0.1 SOL stake	The winner takes the pot, as in Duels
Gauntlet	0.10 SOL deposit + 0.01 SOL entry	Deposit yes; entries fund the prize pool
More Campaign runs	0.05 SOL for 20, after the 20 free ones	No

Each on-chain transaction also costs a tiny network fee. Accepting a quest creates a small progress account paid from your wallet.

Rewards

→Duels and Pit Draft — the winner takes 95% of the pot. See Duels.

→Gauntlet — every 15-day epoch, the prize pool is split by points among everyone who scored, and paid to your wallet. See Gauntlet.

→Quests — daily, weekly and seasonal quests pay run consumables, free runs and cosmetics. Tap Accept before you play, or the run won't count. See Quests.

→Campaign — clearing stages unlocks new items for your pool. See Campaign.

All SOL won in the game is devnet SOL.

Report a Bug or Get Help

Join the Discord. Use #support when you're stuck and #bug-reports for bugs, one post per bug. Include:

→Your wallet's public address

→The mode: Campaign, Gauntlet, Duel or Pit Draft

→Web or Android, and which device

→What you did, what happened, what you expected, and a screenshot

FAQ

Does it cost real money?

No. Everything runs on devnet, and devnet SOL is free from the faucet. There is no token and no airdrop.

The faucet says it sent SOL, but my wallet shows 0.

Your wallet is probably still on mainnet. Switch it to Devnet (step 3) and the balance appears.

Do I get my deposit back?

Yes. Rent from each session returns to your game wallet when the session closes, and anything above 0.11 SOL flows back to your main wallet automatically. Withdraw the rest from the Profile card on the Hub when no session is open.

It says a session is already open, or keeps asking me to override.

Press Resume Adventure to continue it, or Abandon & Start New once to close it on chain and get its rent back. Override is a last resort: it leaves the old session's rent behind. Abandoning a Duel also forfeits its 0.1 SOL stake.

A move or a fight is stuck.

Wait 30 seconds, then reload. Your run lives on chain, so a reload puts you back where you were.

Does my guest progress carry over to my wallet?

No. Guest runs are local and nothing is saved. Your wallet profile starts fresh, with 20 free Campaign runs.

Can I play in my phone's browser?

Not yet. On phones, app.dungeonsandmoles.com shows a landing page. Play on a desktop browser, or on Android once the Seeker dApp Store listing is live.

Which wallets work?

Phantom, Backpack and Solflare, on web and Android.

What happens when I lose?

In Campaign, you only lose the run: cleared stages stay cleared and you can retry. In Duels and Pit Draft, you lose your stake.

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