# Basics
## Stages
The game is divided into 3 stages
#### 1. Stage: Public Mint
Everyone is allowed to mint. Minted tokens will still be unrevealed.\
Duration: 24h
#### 2. Stage: Fight
The battlefield is open now and the Gainlings can attack each other.\
Duration: Until they are all dead.
## Start conditions
The strength of each Gainling is defined by the mint. All the Gainlings have equal base values for attack, defense and weight but the total value is also directly influenced by the parts the Gainling got during the mint. You can lookup the stats of each part in the traits tables.
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[traits](https://the-gainlings.gitbook.io/the-gainlings/strategy/traits)
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The base values for all of the Gainlings are:
Attack: 1000\
Defense: 250\
Weight: 1200
Here is an example of a Gainling and how the total values are composed
