🌲 One Year of Wild Forest Economy: How we are building deflationary tokenomics

TLDR for those who don’t want to read the full article:

Over the past year we’ve built a truly sustainable, deflationary economy → fewer tokens hitting the market, more tokens permanently removed, and stronger upward pressure on $WF value. 

• 25M+ $WF Spent: Players sunk 25,056,051 $WF into rank-ups, perks, mints & more.
• 17.5M $WF Rewards: Given back through leaderboards, bounties & incentives.
• Deflationary Impact: Net 6,022,466 $WF removed → 25.58% annual deflation rate.
• Token Burns: First-year burn = 23.5M $WF (10M already gone, 13.5M burning soon).

And to amplify this effect, there’s only one thing that matters: growing the player base. The bigger the community, the more $WF gets spent, burned, and locked out of circulation, and that’s exactly what we’re laser-focused on right now !!!

What’s Next: 

• PvE mode: is A single-player grind mode to provide a soft onboarding entry point
• Tournaments & Trial Decks: Skill-based, NFT-free entry with prize pools, designed to boost e-sports potential.
• Scholarships: Infrastructure for managers/whales to run scholars more effectively.
• Web2 user acquisition: Experimenting with UA funnels and onboarding to expand beyond the crypto audience.

Deflation locked. Utility growing. Demand scaling. $WF is stronger than ever.

✅ Token Spending

Between July 2024 and July 2025, players spent an impressive 25,056,051 $WF in the game. This includes:

• 11,851,609 $WF in Rank-up fees
• 5,732,999 $WF in the Shop (Premium Battle Pass, Shards, Gold)
• 1,018,351 $WF in Unit mint fees
• 6,453,092 $WF in Perk rerolls

These strong spending patterns show that Wild Forest provides meaningful and engaging sinks that give $WF real utility.

🏆 Rewards Distributed

In the same period, we distributed a total of 17,518,342 $WF in rewards to players:

• 14,291,260 $WF via Leaderboard rewards, including Trophy Packs
• 2,000,000 $WF via Bounty Board rewards

1,227,082 $WF through Bounty Board bonuses from Buybacks and Token Share Program initial incentives.

💸 Deflationary Tokenomics

Of the 25,056,051 $WF tokens spent since December, 1,515,243 $WF were returned to players through the Token Share Program. That leaves a net of 23,540,808 $WF extracted from circulation, while 17,518,342 $WF were added back through rewards.

This means that 6,022,466 MORE tokens were extracted from the circulation vs distributed, or an annual deflation rate of 25.58%.

Why do we think this is exciting?

Because it shows that our economy is removing significantly more tokens than it distributes. This kind of deflationary behavior typically drives token value up over time, especially as utility and demand increase.

What makes this even more promising is that we achieved this level of deflation despite weaker sinks in the early months and lower activity during the market downturn in 2025.

As we grow our player base (our current top priority), we expect token spending to increase exponentially, reinforcing the demand and further token price growth. This also directly impacts rewards for players and empowers the ecosystem. It’s simple: the more the game grows, the more valuable $WF becomes. And that’s the kind of foundation we’re proud to build on together. 🌲🔥

🔥Treasury and Burns

To make this even more exciting, we will burn every $WF token spent for the first year in the game.

Excluding rewards from the Token Share Program, the total amount stands at 23,540,808 $WF. We've already burned 10,000,000 $WF, which leaves a remaining 13.5 million $WF to be permanently removed from circulation.

🗓️ Looking Forward

As mentioned earlier, our top priority right now is user acquisition, and we’re aligning our roadmap around scalable, high-impact growth initiatives.

Our vision moving forward includes the following:

1. PvE Game Mode: A single-player grind mode to provide a soft onboarding entry point into the game before PvP.
2. Tournaments & Trial Decks: Skill-based, NFT-free entry with prize pools, designed to boost e-sports potential.
3. Scholarship Tools: Infrastructure for managers/whales to run scholars more effectively.
4. Web2 User Acquisition: Experimenting with UA funnels and onboarding to expand beyond the crypto audience.

With this strategy in motion, our faith in the bright future of Wild Forest is stronger than ever. And with your continued support, we’re confident Wild Forest will become one of the leading games in the Web3 space. 🌲🔥

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