Four million NCG sounds like a fortune. At recent prices, it’s worth roughly $16,000 to $18,000, spread across a whole player base over two months.
On October 6, 2026, Nine Chronicles marked its sixth anniversary with a post on X. The team said more than 4,000,000 NCG, the game’s in-game currency, will go to players over the next two months. The biggest piece is 3.2 million NCG from Arena. On October 20, the game also plans to add Hard World 2, a new Anniversary Dungeon, and permanent Collections and Titles. But the token behind the rewards has been losing ground for months, and the post leaves out most of the details.
A Token That Keeps Falling Behind
NCG trades outside the game as WNCG, or Wrapped NCG. That’s a version of NCG released on Ethereum so people can buy and sell it. Over the past 90 days, WNCG lost 9.0% of its value. Other gaming tokens gained 28.2% over the same time. Over six months, the gap is wider: WNCG is down 19.0%, while gaming tokens are up 37.8%.
In the last month, WNCG rose 1.9%, but other gaming tokens jumped 26.8%. Over a full year, gaming tokens fell 70.0%, and WNCG did worse at 77.3%. In the day after the announcement, WNCG ticked up 0.9% while gaming tokens slipped 2.5%. That’s too small to change the bigger picture.
In the last 30 days, WNCG traded between $0.004086 and $0.004592. That’s where the $16,000 to $18,000 value of the 4,000,000 NCG comes from, assuming NCG is worth about the same as WNCG. The 3.2 million NCG from Arena works out to roughly $13,000 to $14,700. That money is shared by many players, and it shrinks if the token keeps lagging.
Big Numbers, Few Details
The post lists six parts of the reward push: 3.2 million NCG from Arena, 2× rewards, a Stage 500 mission, monthly spend missions, growth boosts, and an item called the Adventurer’s Rune. The art shows a party of round, red, berry-like creatures with leafy tops. They float around a two-tier cake with a single candle, balloons, gifts, and confetti.
On the surface, 4,000,000 NCG sounds generous. But there’s a catch. The post never explains how the NCG is split up. Arena is the game’s competitive mode, so much of that 3.2 million will likely go to players who rank well, not to everyone. The post also doesn’t say which rewards are doubled, or what players must spend to complete the “spend missions.” For the full details, it points to a message on the game’s Discord server, not a public page.
Players already have basic questions. Under the game’s YouTube videos, commenters ask how to turn leftover Arena medals into NCG after a season ends, and which stages are best for farming crafting materials.
Haven’t We Heard This Before?
Big NCG prize pools aren’t new here. On April 3, 2026, the same X account promoted Odin Championship #16 with 500,000 NCG and Heimdall Arena Season 21 with 400,000 NCG.
Those events didn’t stop the slide. WNCG is down 19.0% over six months, while other gaming tokens rose. If large prize pools kept bringing in new players, the token would likely look healthier. So why should a bigger pool work better this time?
The Game Looks Good, but Players Have Serious Complaints
To be fair, the game looks good. Nine Chronicles uses a colorful, side-view cartoon style. In one battle, a spiky-haired swordsman faces a giant beast covered in chains and mechanical parts, while big critical-hit numbers and combo counters pop up on screen. It feels close to classic 2D action RPGs like Dungeon Fighter Online, and it’s easy to follow.
But good looks only go so far. On Google Play, some players praise the art and call the game fun and relaxing. They like grinding without spending NCG, plus the crafting and Arena rewards. Many others are angry. Several reviewers call the game a scam and say NCG withdrawals were suspended without a clear answer from support. One reviewer called the team “robbers, thieves whatever you call them.” Others complain about missed attacks in combat, an unbalanced Arena, long loading screens, bugs, and rewards stuck on onboarding screens. For a reward event paid in NCG, the withdrawal complaints matter most.
Our fake-review check found one warning sign. A large group of copy-and-paste five-star reviews praise Planetarium, the game’s publisher, without saying anything about the gameplay. The detailed reviews tend to be the critical ones. Comments under the game’s YouTube videos look real, though, with no clear signs of spam or bots.
Is the Community as Big as It Looks?
Nine Chronicles has 133,289 followers on X. About nine hours after it went up, the anniversary post had 4 likes, 1 repost, 1 quote, no replies, and 1,287 views. That’s fewer than one view for every 100 followers. Engagement can grow, but that’s a quiet start for a post promising millions in rewards.
The game’s Discord has 74,934 members, down by about 264 over the past month. That still ranks 32nd out of 702 games we track by Discord size. But crypto Discord servers often fill up with inactive accounts. A large server next to a near-silent announcement suggests far fewer people are paying close attention.
The Bottom Line
Nine Chronicles has lasted six years, which is more than many blockchain games can say, and it still looks good. But the 4,000,000 NCG is worth far less than it sounds, the token keeps trailing other gaming tokens, key reward details sit behind a Discord link, and players are complaining about withdrawals. Until the team explains how the rewards are split and answers those withdrawal concerns, anyone watching this project should stay cautious.
