Punkham Mayhem · Alpha July 7, 2026 · Base Network

THE CITY DOESN'T WAIT.

Punkham Mayhem is a persistent browser-based crime RPG on Base. Your ReBased Punk is your crew leader. $JUNK is your fuel. Gritty Borough is yours to take, if you're fast enough.

Apply for Alpha Watch the feed ↓
GRITTY BOROUGH
30
Alpha Seats
40
Outlets in Gritty Borough
10K
ReBased Punks on Base
1B
$JUNK Max Supply

How it works

COMMIT CRIMES.
OWN GRITTY BOROUGH.

No tutorial. No onboarding wizard. You log in and the city is already moving. Here's the loop.

LOG IN

Discord OAuth. No wallet required to start. You're an Associate by default, free to play, free to earn. Connect a wallet with a ReBased Punk to become an Operative.

COMMIT CRIMES

You have 10 Action Points. They refill hourly. Spend them on robberies and muscle jobs. 100 scenarios. Low, medium, and high risk. Your Punk's rank affects your odds.

EARN JUNK

Every successful crime earns $JUNK. Critical successes earn significantly more. JUNK is your score, your currency, your leverage. The leaderboard is $JUNK-denominated.

OWN TERRITORY

Muscle an outlet, it's yours. Lose it, vengeance strike window opens: 24 hours. Crews control territory. Territory means power. Season resets every 4 weeks. Nothing stays permanent.

Live feed

GRITTY BOROUGH
IS ALREADY BREATHING.

Live during alpha

Preview events shown. Live feed active July 7.

The public crime feed requires no login. Anyone can watch Gritty Borough in real time.

Closed alpha

30 SEATS.
ONE SEASON.
NO RERUNS.

Season 1 of Punkham runs July 7 – August 4, 2026. Thirty players. One district. The crew that controls the most outlets at season end is written into the borough's history. If Day 3 retention hits our threshold, Season 2 goes public. If it doesn't, we rebuild before we scale.

Alpha launches in
—
—
—
—

Applications open June 7, 2026.
Applications close June 28, 2026.
Selected players announced June 30.

Two ways to play

Free

ASSOCIATE

  • Discord login only, no wallet needed
  • Full access to crime system
  • Earn $JUNK from robberies
  • Associate leaderboard
  • No outlet territory control
  • No crew leadership
ReBased Punk required

OPERATIVE

  • Everything Associates get
  • Full territory control, muscle and own outlets
  • Crew leadership, up to 3 Punks
  • NFT rank tiers, Street Soldier → Enforcer
  • Vengeance strike mechanic
  • Operative leaderboard, season prizes
Built on Base. Real contracts. Real game.
Chain Base (L2) · Mainnet
ReBased Punks (ERC-721) 0x0f4e83…752616
$JUNK Token (ERC-20) 0x3ef455…6287AB
Status v1.1 PRD locked · Alpha July 7

FAQ

STRAIGHT ANSWERS.

No. Associates play free with Discord login only, no wallet, no NFT. You earn $JUNK, compete on the Associate leaderboard, and participate in the crime system. To become an Operative (full territory control, crew leadership, NFT rank tiers), you connect a wallet holding a ReBased Punk.
$JUNK is an ERC-20 token on Base that functions as the game's primary currency. It is explicitly designed as a utility token, not an investment. In-game, $JUNK is your score, your status, and your power. On-chain JUNK import is available for existing holders. Existing $JUNK holders from Phase 1 can import their balance into the game.
Applications open June 7 and close June 28, 2026. Selection prioritises: ReBased Punk holders, people who will realistically play daily, and people willing to give honest feedback when things break. Follower count is not a criterion. Selected players are announced June 30 via Discord.
Season 2 is targeted for August 11, 2026, but only if the alpha achieves our Day 3 return rate threshold. We have published this threshold publicly. If the number doesn't hit, we fix the loop before scaling. We'd rather ship a game people play than a game people leave.
v1 ships a locked scope: Discord OAuth, wallet connect, NFT detection, two crime types (robbery + muscle), 100 scenarios, outlet territory control for T1/T2 outlets, crew formation, $JUNK earn + burn, a season leaderboard, the public crime feed, and the vengeance strike mechanic. Syndicates, territory wars, fear mechanics, and additional districts are Season 2 features. We do not tease features that are not shipping.
It's a real product. The PRD is locked at v1.1. The backend is PHP + MySQL. The game has a live crime feed endpoint, real DB schema, real contract integrations on Base, and an alpha date with a published retention threshold that determines whether Season 2 proceeds. No whitepaper. No "we're building" language. The game launches July 7.