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description: About Hero NFT & Benefits
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# Hero Tier

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5,000 <mark style="color:blue;">Hero</mark> NFTs will be available for the community at 10 EGLD or 10,000 ORCA each. See below how are the funds distributed after the mint:&#x20;

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The advantages of minting a Hero NFT are as follows:

* **Play**: Access to Orcas organizations in games (strategic clans/guilds built in a way to maximize the gains) is granted to the owners of at least one Hero NFT.
* **Earn**: Owners of the Hero NFTs will split a fraction of [Hero Vault](../orcas.gg/the-treasury) profits (\~10.00 APR)
* **Staking Rewards**: those who own Casual NFTs will generate a passive income of 0.8 ORCA/day as a token, see [Token Utility](../orcas-token/token-utility). NFT owners will earn ORCA tokens if they keep their NFTs staked. 37M ORCA tokens will be distributed as staking rewards for 10 years.
* **Token Airdrop**: Minters using EGLD for mint will receive 1,000 ORCA for each Hero NFT.
* **Community**: Access to dedicated Discord channels (exclusive content and opportunities) based on the NFT Tier

\== Costs to upgrade a Hero NFT to a superior tier ==

|                    Hero                    |     EGLD    |  -  |       ORCA      |
| :----------------------------------------: | :---------: | :-: | :-------------: |
|  <mark style="color:orange;">Legend</mark> | 15 and Hero |  or | 15,000 and Hero |
| <mark style="color:purple;">Dominus</mark> | 40 and Hero |  or | 40,000 and Hero |
|    <mark style="color:red;">Apex</mark>    | 90 and Hero |  or | 90,000 and Hero |

Using EGLD to upgrade will make you eligible for the Token Airdrop. The process will be covered manually initially and later via a self-service portal.

<figure><img src="https://1579921301-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FhqxIcKD3jqVsikdEGLCy%2Fuploads%2FKhA7uabcqJFgJiX8EUZw%2Fahero_upgrade_egld.PNG?alt=media&#x26;token=a1def37a-0ccc-474e-9fe8-aea9f7e2afd1" alt=""><figcaption><p>Upgrading Hero NFT to Legend using EGLD</p></figcaption></figure>

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1. Make sure your Casual NFT is in your wallet (otherwise, there are 30-day unstacking period)
2. In our [Discord](../orcas-token/community) server open a request/ticket via the **#open-a-ticket** channel, choosing the "Tier Upgrade" category.
3. Wait for the team to give you instructions. Then, a few additional steps must be followed based on your chosen path for the upgrade.&#x20;

A general overview and more information about [Tiers and Prices](minting-and-prices) can be found [here](minting-and-prices).
