Key Takeaways
- Cambria has seen over 120,000 players sign up and currently has over 3,100 players online.
- The prize pool now exceeds $1 million.
- Players have wagered $1.18 million during Cambria’s Gold Rush Season 2 event.
Cambria, one of Web3 gaming’s most popular upcoming titles, has garnered over $1 million from players amid its “Gold Rush Season 2” event.
Inspired by the likes of Ultima Online and RuneScape, Cambria’s “risk-to-earn” massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) offering is off to a strong start as Web3 gaming takes off in 2025.
Cambria’s Gold Rush
According to Dune data, hardcore MMO RPG, Cambria, has pulled just over $1.26 million in total purchase volumes as of April 21, 2025. Since officially kicking Season 2 off ten days ago on April 11, 2025, over 9,000 active players have loved the game’s high-risk, high-reward gameplay offerings.
Most of this volume was garnered on day one of Season 2, which drew in just over $491,000. Over the next few days, volumes would average $100,000.
Though the dropoff could have continued, volumes have remained steady at around $70,000 since April 15, 2025. So far, over 22,000 battles have taken place, and a total of $1.18 million has been wagered.
Web3 Wagering
Cambria is rather unique in that players are invited to wager their assets in player versus enemy (PvE) and player versus player (PvP) modes that could see them lose assets or win big.
However, it’s worth noting that players aren’t required to wager assets to enjoy the game in its entirety. Just as you can in RuneScape and other MMOs, there’s still a load of in-game activities such as levelling up skills like fishing and mining, trading with other players, exploring dungeons, etc.
In game-modes such as Dual Arena, Degen Wars, and Royal Charters, however, players are required to wager tokens individually, stake a significant amount of assets collectively as a clan, or mint non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to participate in specific programs.
Eddie is a gaming and crypto writer at CCN. Covering the often weird and wonderful world of Web3 with an adoring, but skeptical eye.
Prior to CCN, Eddie has spent the past seven years working his way through the crypto, finance, and technology industry. He began with PR and journalism with Bitcoin PR Buzz and BitcoinNews.com, eventually working his way to become a copywriter with a dozen firms, including the likes of Polkadot before returning to journalism in 2023.
Having studied Radio production and journalism at University in the UK, Eddie spent a few years making podcasts and presenting on a local London radio station as he built up his writing chops.
A lifelong skateboarder, Eddie can often be found at the skatepark or touring the streets looking for something new to try. That, or kicking back playing JRPGs on his original PSP.
