Yield Guild Games (YGG)
Unlock Schedule
Yield Guild Games (YGG) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
The chart shows gross modeled releases of every allocation: vesting unlocks, new issuance and reserve distributions, each allocation counted once. These have different meanings; a scheduled release is not evidence that tokens entered circulation or were sold. Review the coverage, sources and assumptions below.
Each color segment in the chart corresponds to a specific allocation group described in the Allocations section below. Underlying assumptions and data models used to reconstruct this schedule are explained in detail under Assumptions, while broader utility insights and token use cases are covered in Tokenomics & Utility.
Tokenomics & Utility
YGG’s original white paper set out an aggregate issuance of one billion tokens. Its allocation assigned about 45% to community programs, 24.9% to investors, 15% to founders, 13.3% to the treasury, and 1.85% to advisers. The community share was intended for activities including member rewards and staking programs. These figures describe the original allocation plan rather than the number of tokens held by any group today. (yieldguild.io)
Governance is a central purpose of the token. YGG’s published design gives holders a way to take part in decisions about the guild and its resources. The token has also served different roles in specific programs. Members previously received YGG through quests, while staking was used in GAP and later in YGG Play to support participation features. Those programs ended: GAP staking closed in 2025, and YGG Play’s staking service closed with the platform in 2026. (yieldguild.io)
Treasury decisions form another part of the token’s economic model. In 2025, YGG bought tokens on the open market and placed them in a dedicated wallet. A buyback is a treasury action, separate from a member reward or an automatic payment to every token holder. The guild’s newer work may create further uses for coordination and payments, but each program sets out its own role for YGG. (yieldguild.io)
Assumptions
All one billion YGG tokens were minted in July 2021; the later schedules concern when existing tokens became available or were distributed. The whitepaper specifies founder and advisor vesting, investor lockups, and budgets for treasury and community programs, while official announcements date a community airdrop, a public-sale claim opening, and liquidity-provider rewards. Most investor tranche amounts and community spending dates remain unresolved, and some named programs cannot be assigned exclusively to an original budget. The chart can show the genesis mint and supported dated releases separately; month-level vesting boundaries are estimates, and undated budgets are not presented as paid.
- Original treasury allocation: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Seed and Series A investors: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- New-account and badge acquisition rewards: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- First-action and game-winner bonuses: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Level-up, onboarding, esports and loyalty rewards: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- New-game growth airdrops: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- DAO contribution rewards: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Reserve for future community programs: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Budgeted YGG staking rewards: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Guild Advancement Program Season 1: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Onchain Guild Ecosystem Pool: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- 1. https://etherscan.io/tx/0x08305052e8fb943227741fd08c6ca98813d716605bb66dad8ad3ed639ccf4031
- 2. https://etherscan.io/token/0x25f8087ead173b73d6e8b84329989a8eea16cf73
- 3. https://www.securities.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/YGG-Whitepaper-English.pdf
- 4. https://medium.com/yield-guild-games/ygg-token-sale-tokenomics-1d75c66584e9
- 5. https://medium.com/yield-guild-games/ygg-2021-year-end-retrospective-5957dcafc212
- 6. https://medium.com/yield-guild-games/how-to-claim-your-ygg-community-airdrop-e41ed10e4577
- 7. https://medium.com/yield-guild-games/ygg-community-airdrop-behind-the-design-b9954b8e5669
- 8. https://medium.com/yield-guild-games/introducing-yggs-guild-advancement-program-fea88b29e660
- 9. https://medium.com/yield-guild-games/ygg-guild-advancement-program-season-1-wrap-up-a78803b46954
- 10. https://yieldguild.io/news/ygg-to-distribute-3-6m-ygg-tokens-to-ygg-ron-liquidity-providers-on-ronin
- 11. https://yieldguild.io/news/ygg-onchain-guild-launches-7-5m-ecosystem-pool-to-capitalize-on-yield-generating-opportunities
- 12. https://yieldguild.io/news/buybacks
- 13. https://yieldguild.io/news/a-further-25-million-ygg-tokens-bridged-to-abstract
Allocations
Parts of this allocation with their own release dates are charted as their own allocations; the chart shows the rest here.
Not yet scheduled: 100,408,557.505 tokens of its parts have no release date yet. The chart shows them as TBD from today, not as unlocked.