# 🔰 Get Started {% hint style="info" %} This section will explain the basics and get you started to explore the Light Year universe. {% endhint %} Light Year offers various combinations of strategies and playstyles. After developing a deeper understanding of the game mechanisms, players are encouraged to formulate their own strategies to achieve different objectives. Depending on playstyle preferences, here are the two basic modes players can start with: * DeFi Farmer, or * P2E Gamer. ### DeFi Farmer By staking crypto assets (i.e., LP-Pancakeswap) in the staking pool, DeFi farmers can obtain mining power. After assigning mining power to each individual mining facility, DeFi farmers can mine each Commodity Token (i.e., Iron, *Silicon*, *Gold*, and *Energy*) with the mining speed according to the assigned mining power. The staking pool has no mandatory lock-up period nor performance fee for withdrawing players' staked crypto assets. The staking pool is routed through Pancakeswap which guarantees its safety. #### DeFi farmers may use Commodity Tokens in the following ways: * Spend Commodity Tokens to upgrade mining infrastructure to improve mining efficiencies. * Mint starships using Commodity Tokens to explore the Light Year universe * Obtain *LC* by depositing Commodity Tokens in the daily burn pool * Swap Commodity Tokens on the marketplace ### P2E Gamer Gamers may obtain Commodity Tokens and *LC* by swapping them in the marketplace. Tokens allow gamers to mint NFTs: * Use Commodity Tokens --> Mint Starships * *Use LC* --> Mint Heroes To explore the Light Year universe, gamers need to assemble fleets to undertake missions. A fleet is composed of starships which determine the performance rating of the fleet. Within the fleet, Heroes can be assigned to starships to enhance the overall performance. #### P2E gamers may deploy fleets to undertake the following tasks: * PvE: Explore outer space, fight through levels of enemies, and be rewarded with Commodity Tokens and rare drop-offs. * PvP: Deploy fleets to attack other players, and plunder their base for unclaimed Commodity Tokens * Instance Dungeon: Deploy fleets to attend weekly black hole adventures. Fighting through space battles and obtaining more commodities, P2E gamers can mint more starships, further expand their fleets, and upgrade their starships. Moreover, gamers can use *LC* to summon more powerful heroes which will increase their in-game performance. Simply deposit Commodity Tokens into the daily burn pool to receive LCs in return. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.lightyear.game/getting-started/get-started.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.