Splinterlands Time-Table

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Historical Time Table of Splinterlands

I have been working on putting together a historical timeline of events for Splinterlands. It is not difficult to gather, but rather difficult to put together in a short and consumable format. I know @bjangles is working on a graphical display, which I am looking forward to see. However, I wanted to update a series of tables. These are not of numbers and dates I have staring for a while, so it is possible that I made mistakes in these table, so please help me fact check if you can.

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Thanks to @saydie for these assets!

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Splinterlands Overall Timeline Table

YearMonthEvent
2018MayAlpha card set launched (May 26)
2018SeptemberBeta card set launched (September 18)
2018OctoberSplinterlands Hive account established
2019NovemberUntamed card set launched (November 30)
2020FebruarySplinterlands Credits introduced; mobile app alpha released
2020JuneCollection Power system ToS change implemented
2020AugustDice card set launched (August 26)
2020SeptemberCollection Power Phase 3 update
2020OctoberLand expansion presale announced
2021JanuaryTournament entry fee ToS change (10 DEC)
2021FebruaryPlayer’s Handbook published
2021JulyUntamed set active with DEC burning
2021AugustSPS token introduced; scaling updates ToS change
2021SeptemberSeason-end reward and cooldown ToS changes
2021DecemberChaos Legion card set launched (December 8)
2022JanuaryChaos Legion cards integrated
2022SeptemberRiftwatchers card set launched (September 27)
2022DecemberLand Phase 0.5 launched (December 13)
2023AprilLand Phase 1.0 launched
2023NovemberLand Phase 1.5 launched (November 28)
2023DecemberRebellion card set launched (December 5)
2024MarchFree-to-play and rule set ToS changes
2024AprilTerms of Service updated
2024OctoberSplinterlands Auction: Auctioned 100 max-level copies of Heloise the Hollow
2025MarchLand Phase 1.75 launched (March 18); Survival Mode and Kelan Gaines released
2025AprilConclave Arcana presale started (April 22); Land and leaderboard ToS changes

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Card Pack Set Launch Dates

Card SetLaunch DateNotes
AlphaMay 26, 2018First set, introduced core gameplay
BetaSeptember 18, 2018Expanded card pool
OrbMay 27, 2019Launch to celebrate 1 year anniversary
UntamedNovember 30, 2019Introduced complementary cards
DiceAugust 26, 2020Mini-set, DEC-based purchases
Chaos LegionDecember 8, 2021Major set with new mechanics
RiftwatchersSeptember 27, 2022Mini-set, SPS-based purchases
RebellionDecember 5, 2023Fifth core set, new gameplay elements
Conclave ArcanaMay 13, 2025Upcoming, presale started April 22, 2025

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Land Updates Timeline

DateEvent Description
October 2020Announced presale for Land expansion, detailing sale of Plots, Tracts, and Regions; expansion expected in Q2–Q3 2021 but delayed.
December 13, 2022Launched Land Phase 0.5: Players could redeem Land Claims into digital Land Deeds and view unsurveyed land locations.
April 2023Launched Land Phase 1.0: Enabled surveying of claimed deeds to reveal Land Type, Rarity, and Geography; introduced Starter Packages.
November 28, 2023Launched Land Phase 1.5: Introduced staking of cards and DEC to build worksites and produce resources like Grain, SPS, and Research.
March 18, 2025Launched Land Phase 1.75: Introduced new resources (Wood, Stone, Iron) for SPS and Research production; opened new DEC pools and Trade Hubs; Totem Fragments became harder to obtain (only via Research or castle/keep taxes).
April 2025Updated Land ToS: Removed cooldown for season rentals post-season and made Runi removals from Land plots cooldown-free, easing land management.

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another great historical document and overview of SL AZ and @bjangles! Knowing the past will guide us unto the future..

That is a nice and already a long list of achievements / milestones

This is getting reblogged and bookmarked on my browser. Nice work AZ, it puts things in perspective!!!

Thank you Dave. I have been searching for dates of different events often, now I have bookmarked this.

This is cool, its good to see how far we've come and track progress. Especially to rub it in the faces of people who claim "the game is dead"

Good work my man.

Many thanks. I wanted to get to a one stop place to get at least a basic idea of when different things happened. I am always a bit foggy. So I did this for myself. Hopefully community will also find value in it.

I really liked the Dice packs. I ended up pumping gains from other project into a lot of those packs.

Yes, Dice summoners, like Lorna and Mylor was meta cards for a long time!

I still use Mylor pretty regularly in brawls.

Very cool to see! I'll check out the visualized version bjangles posted :-)

Thank you, please let me know if you find any error

The most fascinating to me is how the game has evolved in the last year. I think I mentioned that before, but how so many problems were successfully tackled is just amazing. There will always be some things to tweak, but it is great to see the turn-around since Chaos Legion.

I have spend 7 years of my life on this game, perhaps 2 to 6 hours every day for 7 years straight. I have invested probably nearly half a million dollars into it. This is my baby, my family. It is not a question of success of failure for me. This is now a significant part of my life.

That's a lot of money and energy. And even if it's not a question of success or failure - it's still beautiful to see our babies evolve and grow!

It was and still is. It is a lot of fun, and excellent way to meet people. I have seen many lives change. Some made a lot of money, some lost a lot! People bought cars, houses, real-life land, businesses. Then people also lost tens of thousands of dollars.

I don't even want to know about the money part in my account... I'm not even trying to maximize profits in order to cash, but in order to build a stronger deck each time. Honestly, it would also be very hard for me to turn my in-game assets into FIAT, anyway. And for me, it's still a game, not an investment. But who knows, maybe I'll finance Lily's college by playing Splinterlands, that would be cool - and it's still around 12 years, so much can happen.

Wow, this is great! The work you've put into this is amazing. I highly recommend it. It's not easy to take seriously something that will make people happy. Well done, really!

Let me ask you this, maybe you can recommend; in which position you prefer to use halving alchemist in a broken arrow battle?

This is a treasure trove of information! I didn’t realize just how much has happened in the past few years. The introduction of Chaos Legion in 2021 was such a big deal, and now seeing the game add more layers like the staking system and new resources makes me really excited for the future.

It looks great! very cool. 😎🤙

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