It has been quite some time since my last post about [Soulkeep](https://soulkeep.splinterlands.com/) which I published on February 6, 2025. Although I have not published recent posts about Soulkeep during this time interval I have played some tournaments. Today I return to share my gaming activity on this **Tower Defense game** playable directly from the [Splinterlands](https://splinterlands.com/register?ref=libertycrypto27) site.  I enjoy playing on Soulkeep in the tournament mode but I can't always play every day even though I want to. By the way, every day I get a free ticket to play in the daily tournament and being able to play at least once a day would be a good step for me but I often don't have the free time to do that because there are many games I play and my daily free time is limited. I also like the policy adopted by Soulkeep to ensure fair play because **on Soulkeep bots and multiaccounts are not allowed**. On Soulkeep the tournament mode is divided into **10 leagues** that have increasing entry requirements. I play in **league 2** but could easily advance to league 3 because: - it is easy to complete the 5 gateway levels of Battle mode in league 2 - I achieved the requirements in Fiend Souls eliminated to advance to league 3.  However, I chose to stay in league 2 because if I advance to league 3 I have to stake another 9K SPS to soddify the 10K SPS staked entry requirement for league 3.  Screenshot from [Soulkeep Reward Updates](https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/e/2PACX-1vQJLWiQyNf_6_p77Lqi9rvBTyOQ2H6D1zu9dPEr3DWJRc_IuWO2tAP9JyK66zHgEaVnPkZ7nKLPhvPZ/pub?pli=1) **I like playing on Soulkeep but I like playing on Splinterlands even more** and I don't want to take 9K SPS staked out of Splinterlands because it would produce a decrease in my SPS and Glint boost on Splinterlands where I play with two accounts in the Modern Format and where my average daily gain in SPS for my gaming activity is higher than the average daily gain I get from playing on Soulkeep.  [Battle Link](https://splinterlands.com/battle/sl_a72d3d54e2e593975d082f6f0df50567?ref=libertycrypto27) Today to play in the tournaments mode I used my daily Free ticket.  When there were 12 hours and 33 minutes to the end of the daily tournament, the score to beat was 13118 points achieved by player BIGJAMMIN in three attempts.  If you have never played on Soulkeep you should know that the **tournaments** are divided into **two parts**: - **1 base level** - **1 bonus level**. Today my base level consisted of **8 Waves** and had the **Battle Rules**: - **Magic Dispeller**: Magical Resistance for Fiends Goes Up Each New Wave: 7% per wave - **Spawnier**: Quicker Spawn Time Between Each Burst of Fiends, Getting Faster Each New Wave: 18% per wave  To play the basic level, I chose the towers and speels that you can see in the next image.  In **WAVE 1/8**: - I positioned Celene in front of my gate entrance in the upper left corner. - I used the CHEAPO spell to decrease the cost of the Quad Killer tower I placed so that I could reach the paths going to both of my two gates. - I placed 1 Knife Tosser in a position further back than the other two towers.  I got through the first wave easily because no enemies arrived at my gate. In **WAVE 2/8**: - I increased the attack range of the Quad Killer tower by spending 50 mana.  - I placed another Knife Tosser tower near the enemies' right entrance.  In **WAVE 3/8** I added three more towers: 1 Voodoo Sapper and 1 Knife Tosser. I also used the Heartgiver spell to increase my life points: 10 -> 15  In **WAVE 4/8**: - I moved Celene to a position central to my two gates. - I added two towers: 1 Charnel Pit and 1 Voodoo Sapper.  In **WAVE 5/8**: - I used the Buildmaster spell to reduce the cost of upgrades to two of my towers. - I upgraded the damage statistic of the Quad Killer tower. - I increased the attack range of the leftmost Knife Tosser tower.  My choices in wave 5/8 were not good and I started wave 6/8 with only two life points.  In **WAVE 6/8** I changed strategy trying to recover the strategic mistakes made in the previous wave: - I moved Celene to defend the gate in which I suffered the most attacks - I used the spell Kansas Twist to slow down enemies - I added a Shock Therapy tower to protect the gate in the upper right corner. - I used the spell Mana Mania  I passed wave 6/8 but was left with only one life point.  In WAVE 7/8: - I used the spell Kansas Twist to slow down enemies. - I increased the attack by 2 Knife Tosser - I increased the attack range by 1 Knife Tosser - I used the spell Mana Mania  Unfortunately, my game adventure today ended in wave 7/8 with a final score = 3696 points.  With such a low score I will hardly get into the top 50 of the daily ranking that allows to receive a prize but I had fun playing even if I did not pass the base level of the tournament mode.  We learn by making mistakes and the mistakes I made in wave 5/8 did not allow me to access the bonus level. I will try to play again tomorrow and try to improve my score. I hope my post will be helpful in understanding the dynamics of playing Soulkeep and the mistakes not to make :) I will end this post by showing the financial results of my gaming activity that I have achieved so far by playing on Soulkeep. As a result of my gaming activity, I have earned a total of **1509.74 SPS** but I have also spent **476 DEC** in tickets during the time interval when the free daily ticket was removed. Considering the Rewards-Costs difference I earned 39.94 SWAP.HIVE = $10.14  I did not play consistently every day and because of that my game rewards could have been much higher but when a game entertains me the financial side takes a back seat for me. I hope I have given you useful information and thank you for taking the time to read my post :)  ## References and links **Splinterlands**: https://splinterlands.com?ref=libertycrypto27 **Soulkeep**: https://next.splinterlands.com/soulkeep/play-now **Soulkeep Whitepaper**: https://doublecoconut.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/42000108034 Any game that permits the purchase of NFT and tokens is never just a game but is also an investment and should always be considered as such. **I am not a financial advisor and the information in this post is not financial advice**. If you decide to invest in a Blockchain-based game you should always do so by your own choice, after making your own personal evaluations and after considering all possible risk factors. **My advice is to always invest only what you can afford to lose lightly!**  Unless otherwise indicated, the images in this post are screenshots taken from the sites: [https://splinterlands.com/](https://splinterlands.com/register?ref=libertycrypto27) Splinterlands Discord: https://discord.gg/splinterlands https://www.doublecoconut.com/ Images containing calculations, tables and formulas are my property The font used in my images or edited by me is Open Source The dividers with the Hive logo in this post were created by me and if you like them you can use them too, the Hive logo is property of https://hive.io/   _{Gif by @splinterlands}    # Soulkeep: La mia attività di gioco giornaliera + l'analisi finanziaria della mia attività di gioco.