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The complete guide to Relic — the drop system for collectibles on Solana. Whether you're here to pull for prizes or to launch your own drop, this covers how everything works, end to end.

Overview

Relic is a drop platform for collectibles on Solana. Creators load real prizes — NFTs, tokens, USDC, or physical items — into a drop, and collectors pull for them with USDC. Think of it like a transparent, on-chain version of a blind box or gacha machine: you pay a fixed price per pull, the machine draws a real item by published odds, and you keep it, sell it back for USDC, or have the physical version shipped to you.

What makes Relic different from a typical mystery-box site:

Provably fair — every pull is verifiable on-chain. You can prove the result wasn't tampered with, yourself.
Collateral-backed — every drop posts USDC collateral to guarantee its sell-back payouts. The money is always there.
Real ownership — you can keep your win, cash it out instantly in USDC, or redeem a physical item shipped to your door.
Transparent up front — price, rarity odds, average value, and collateral status are all shown before you pull.

Core concepts

Drops

A drop is a single machine, launched by a creator, that holds a pool of prizes. Each drop has a fixed price per pull (in USDC), a set of rarity tiers with odds, and the prizes stocked inside it.

Pulls

A pull is one play. You pay the drop's price, the machine draws one prize using the published odds, and the result is revealed in a cinematic unboxing.

Rarity tiers & odds

Relic uses six tiers — Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary, and Grail. Each drop sets a relative weight per tier; those weights are normalized over the tiers that actually have inventory and shown as exact percentages on the drop page. Odds only ever change when a tier sells out.

Prize types

A drop can hold any mix of:

NFTs — escrowed on-chain and transferred to you when you claim.
Tokens / memecoins / USDC — a fixed amount sent straight to your wallet on a win.
Off-chain collectibles — items tracked by the platform (often paired with a physical item).
RWAs (real-world assets) — physical items shipped to you; any NFT can also back a physical.

Expected value (EV)

Each drop shows the average value of a pull across its live inventory. Comparing EV to the pull price tells you the house edge — Relic shows it so nothing is hidden.

For collectors

1. Connect a wallet

Connect any Solana wallet (Phantom, Solflare, Backpack, etc.). Relic is fully self-custodial — you approve every transaction, and Relic never has access to your wallet. You'll need USDC to pull and a small amount of SOL for network fees.

2. Pick a drop

Browse the marketplace. Every drop shows its price, rarity odds, average value, whether sell-backs are fully backed by collateral, and what's inside. On-chain prizes link to Solscan and show a verification badge so you can confirm the NFT collection or token is real.

3. Pull

Hit pull and approve the USDC payment. The item is only drawn after your payment confirms on-chain — and if the machine can't deliver an item for any reason, you're automatically refunded. Then the reveal plays.

4. Provable fairness

Before you pull, Relic commits to a hashed server seed. After the pull it reveals the seed, and your browser verifies that the hash matches — proving the outcome was locked in before you played and couldn't be changed. You can audit any pull yourself.

5. Keep it, sell it back, or ship it

After a collectible reveal you choose:

Claim — the NFT is transferred to your wallet.
Sell back — instantly cash out for USDC at the drop's buyback rate, paid from its collateral vault. Instant and final.
Redeem & ship — for physical (RWA) items, pay shipping and have the real thing delivered.

Token/memecoin/USDC prizes skip this step — they're sent straight to your wallet on the win.

6. Disputes & reviews

If a physical order never arrives or shows up damaged or wrong, open a dispute from My Orders before it completes — that pauses the order and refunds you (item value + shipping) if upheld. After an order completes you can leave the seller a 0–5★ review, shown publicly on their profile.

Free demo pulls

Most drops offer a free demo pull. Unlike typical gacha sites, Relic's demo runs on the real odds and real in-stock inventory — the exact same draw as a paid pull, just no charge. What you see is genuinely what you could get.

For creators

Launch a drop

Set a name, cover, price per pull, and rarity odds. Choose a buyback rate (what sell-backs pay, as a % of insured value) and optional per-rarity stock floors (pause the drop when a tier gets low so rare items aren't over-exposed). Verify your X account for a creator badge that shows on your drops.

Stock inventory

NFTs — pick them from your wallet; they're escrowed on-chain into the drop's treasury (programmable NFTs supported).
Tokens / memecoins / USDC — deposit a supply and set the per-win amount and rarity; winners are paid instantly from escrow.
Off-chain collectibles — list an item with a name, value, and image.
Physical (RWA) — toggle any item as a real-world asset and set domestic / international shipping fees.

Price it right

Your pull price should be above the drop's expected value (EV) so the prize pool isn't drained — that gap is your margin. Relic shows EV as you build. A common target is a 15–25% house edge (EV ≈ 75–85% of the pull price).

Earnings & withdrawals

Pull revenue flows into your drop's collateral vault as it backs sell-back liability; you withdraw the surplus above what's needed to stay fully backed. Suppliers (if you open your drop to them) earn a revenue share on items they stocked. Earnings are private and unlocked with a one-time wallet signature.

Manage a drop

Pause, resume, or permanently close a drop anytime, edit its details, and work the shipping queue for physical orders. A per-wallet cooldown limits one launch per wallet every 30 minutes to keep the marketplace clean.

The collateral vault

This is the heart of Relic's trust model. Every drop holds a collateral vault — USDC the creator deposits to guarantee its sell-back payouts.

A drop can't go live until it holds enough collateral to cover the sell-back value of its winnable inventory (required collateral = buyback rate × insured value of available items).
Each pull's revenue tops the vault up; each sell-back is paid out of it. Because the pull price beats EV, the vault refills faster than sell-backs drain it (a bankroll model).
If sell-backs drain the vault below what's required, pulls pause automatically until the creator tops it back up — so a sell-back is always honored.
The creator can only withdraw the surplus above the required reserve, never the money backing outstanding payouts.

On every drop you'll see whether sell-backs are fully backed — that badge is the collateral vault working.

Trust & safety

Provably fair

Commit-reveal fairness (a hashed server seed committed before the pull, revealed after) lets anyone verify a pull's outcome was locked in beforehand.

Collateral-backed payouts

Sell-backs and refunds are guaranteed by each drop's on-chain collateral, not a promise.

On-chain verification

Prizes are auditable: NFT collections are checked against their verified on-chain collection, and tokens are checked against community-verified lists — with badges on the drop so you can spot a fake before pulling.

How custody works

Escrowed NFTs and USDC are held in Relic's on-chain treasury, and every release, payout, transfer, and refund is settled on Solana for anyone to audit. Combined with each drop's posted collateral and provably-fair draws, that makes Relic on-chain, collateral-backed, and fully verifiable — your wins and payouts are guaranteed by real funds and public records, not promises.

Address privacy

Your saved shipping address is locked behind a one-time wallet signature — only you can read or change it. No user can ever see another user's personal information.

Moderation

Drops that violate the rules can be force-removed by the platform, which refunds the creator's collateral and permanently locks the drop.

Shipping & fulfillment

Physical (RWA) items run through a full fulfillment loop with buyer protection at every step:

You redeem the item, pay the shipping fee in USDC, and your saved address is used to create the order. Your win's collateral stays locked and the backing NFT stays in escrow.
The creator ships it and enters the carrier + tracking number.
Orders are tracked end-to-end through ShipStation's paid carrier-tracking API, pulling delivery status directly from USPS, UPS, FedEx, or DHL.
On confirmed delivery, a 3-day window opens; then the order auto-completes — the NFT releases to your wallet and the collateral unlocks.
At any point before completion you can open a dispute for a full refund (item value + shipping) if something goes wrong.

Shipping fees are set per item by the creator (separate domestic and international rates), and Relic compares your country to the seller's to charge the right one automatically.

Payments & network

Currency: all pulls, sell-backs, refunds, and shipping use USDC on Solana.
Network fees: keep a little SOL in your wallet for transaction fees (typically a fraction of a cent).
Self-custody: you sign every transaction; Relic never holds your wallet keys.
Platform fee: free for the first week after launch (creators keep 100%), then an industry-standard 7.5% that funds $RELIC buybacks.

$RELIC token

$RELIC is the platform's token on Solana, launched via Meteora's dynamic bonding curve.

Supply: 1,000,000,000, with liquidity 100% permanently locked.
Fees → buybacks & burns: trading-fee revenue is used to buy $RELIC off the market and burn it, permanently reducing supply. Burns are verifiable on-chain.
Contract address: shown in the site footer (copyable + linked to Solscan) — always verify the CA there before trading.

Creator fees → $RELIC flywheel

For the first week after the platform launches, Relic takes 0% — drop creators keep 100% of their pull revenue. After that, an industry-standard 7.5% platform fee applies, and that revenue is used to buy back $RELIC on the open market — tying the platform's growth directly to the token.

FAQ

›Do I need crypto to use Relic?

Yes — pulls are paid in USDC on Solana, and you need a small amount of SOL for network fees. Connect any Solana wallet to get started.

›Is the demo pull rigged like other gacha sites?

No. The demo uses the real odds and the real in-stock inventory — the same draw as a paid pull. We don't inflate it.

›What happens if a pull fails after I pay?

You're automatically refunded. The item is only drawn after payment confirms, and any failure to deliver triggers a refund from the treasury.

›How is sell-back guaranteed?

Every drop posts USDC collateral covering its sell-back liability, and pulls pause if that ever runs low — so a sell-back is always payable.

›What if my physical item never arrives?

Open a dispute from My Orders before the order completes. If upheld, you're refunded the item's value plus shipping from the seller's collateral.

›Is my shipping address private?

Yes — it's gated behind a one-time wallet signature, readable and editable only by you.

›Can anyone launch a drop?

Yes — connect a wallet, optionally verify your X account, post collateral, and launch. One launch per wallet every 30 minutes.

Glossary

Drop — A single machine holding a pool of prizes, with its own price and odds.

Pull — One play — pay the price, draw one prize.

Rarity tiers — Common → Uncommon → Rare → Epic → Legendary → Grail (rarest).

Odds — The published probability of each tier, normalized over tiers with inventory.

EV (expected value) — The average value of a pull across a drop's live inventory.

Sell-back / buyback — Cashing a win out instantly for USDC at the drop's set rate.

Collateral vault — The USDC a drop holds to guarantee its sell-back payouts.

RWA — Real-world asset — a physical item shipped to the winner.

Provably fair — A commit-reveal scheme that lets you verify a pull wasn't tampered with.

Grail — The rarest, highest-value tier.

Still have questions? Reach out to support or read the quick How it works overview.