The game
What is Gemborn?
Gemborn is a cozy idle gem-mining game that runs inside Telegram as a Mini App. Your mine digs gold on its own; you send the full lift up, upgrade your pickaxe, lift and depth, hatch Gemborn workers from eggs, fuse them into rarer ones and collect 30 rare gems. Through Season 1 your play builds an Airdrop Score for the $GEMB airdrop on The Open Network.
How do I start playing?
Open @GembornBot in Telegram and tap Play. There is nothing to install and no account to create: Telegram signs you in. Your first lift of gold is ready right away.
Is Gemborn free to play?
Yes. Gemborn is free and shows no ads, ever. Optional purchases with Telegram Stars or GRAM only make progress faster; everything in the game can be reached by playing.
Which devices and languages does it support?
Gemborn runs wherever Telegram runs: iPhone, Android, Windows, macOS and Linux. The game speaks ten languages (English, Russian, Arabic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian, Persian, Turkish and Vietnamese) and opens in your Telegram language.
Do I have to keep the game open?
No. The mine digs while you are away, until the lift is full. A bigger lift holds up to 60 minutes of mining, and Auto-Lift (from the Shop, the Lucky Wheel or the Gem Pass) empties the lift for you for up to 12 hours after your last visit.
How many levels are there?
100 levels and 11 ranks, from Digger to Gem Emperor. The first levels come in minutes; a free player who plays every day is around level 55 after a year, and level 100 is for the most dedicated miners.
How do workers and eggs work?
Gemborns are workers in six rarities, from Quartz (+3 gold a minute) to Diamond (+300). They hatch from eggs with the odds always shown: Quartz 60%, Amethyst 25%, Sapphire 10%, Emerald 4%, Ruby 0.9% and Diamond 0.1%. Fifty eggs without an Emerald or better guarantee one. Up to six dig in the mine at once.
What is fusion?
Three Gemborns of one rarity plus some gold make one Gemborn of the next rarity. It is the main way to reach Rubies and Diamonds. A Diamond can then grow by levels up to level 50.
What is the Weekly Raffle?
A free weekly draw. You collect tickets by playing (claims, daily gifts and daily tasks, up to 15 a week) and every Monday at 00:05 UTC fourteen players win a Gem Pass, Epic eggs or big gold prizes. The draw is provably fair and tickets are never sold.
Payments
What can I buy, and how do I pay?
Optional items such as the Gem Pass (30 days of +25% mining, Auto-Lift and more), eggs, boosters, bundles and gold packs. You pay with Telegram Stars or with GRAM from your wallet; GRAM is 20% cheaper than the Stars price.
Does buying help my airdrop?
No. Bought gold, bundle gold and VIP bonuses never count toward the Airdrop Score. Purchases make the game faster and more comfortable, but the score follows real play.
Are there ads in Gemborn?
No, and there never will be. The game is funded only by optional purchases.
The airdrop
How do I qualify for the $GEMB airdrop?
Play Season 1 and complete the checklist in the game: connect a wallet, be active on 7 days, reach level 5, join the @gemborn channel, follow Gemborn on X, take part in the channel and reach full trust. Your Airdrop Score then decides your share. See the airdrop guide.
How is the Airdrop Score calculated?
Activity 40% (active days, full at 90), mined gold 25% (under a square root, full at 1,000,000), Gem Book 15% (30 gems), friends 10% (25 verified friends) and the Weekly Raffle 10% (4 weeks), multiplied by your trust weight. The final formula is published at least two weeks before the snapshot.
When is the TGE?
At the end of Season 1, which lasts about three months. The snapshot date is announced in advance in the @gemborn channel.
Which wallet do I need?
Any wallet on The Open Network that supports TON Connect, for example Tonkeeper or Wallet in Telegram. Connect it in the game's Settings; it signs a one-time proof and one wallet belongs to one player.
Is $GEMB already trading?
No. $GEMB does not exist yet. Any token sold as $GEMB before the official announcement in our channels is not ours.
Can I play on several accounts?
Each person should play one account. Multiple accounts, bots and farms are filtered out by the trust weight and behavioural checks and can be excluded from the airdrop.
Safety
Is Gemborn safe?
The game uses only what it needs from Telegram (your ID, name, username, photo and language). It never asks for your phone number, your seed phrase or your private keys. All game math runs on our server. Read the privacy policy for the details.
Where are the official links?
The game is @GembornBot, news are on @gemborn, X is @Gemborngram and the website is gemborn.com. Anything else is not us.