# Getting Started

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With the general purpose of building a "Freemium" game, [**Monsterra**](https://monsterra.io/) lets players join the game with initial "Free" items. 

*Note: All of these items are NOT NFT items. Thus users do not have the possession right to any of them. Most of the action for a full game loop in Monsterra will be offered for free.* 

* Players will not have to spend tokens on purchasing free items but they can convert "Free" things to NFT items by spending **MSTR tokens**. 
* Players can have chances to earn token and "NFT items" from "Free" gameplay. 

The "free items" the players will receive when entering the game include:

* A land with basic structure including some kinds of plot: 1 core plot, 1 pasture plot, 1 breeding plot, 1 hatching plot, 1 storage food plot, 1 barrack plot and 1 defense plot. 
* 2 Soulcores.

## Collect more Mongens 

There are two primary ways to obtain more Mongens. 

* **Incubation:** Users can obtain a random Mongen by incubating a Mongen Soulcore in Land. 
* **Trading:** Users can buy Mongen from others by trading through the Auction marketplace. 

## Buy a new land 

Instead of building a land from scratch, players can buy a new Land on the **Monsterra NFT marketplace** or receive it from another player's transfer.