The Gainlings is a hybrid PVP and P2E game involving tokens in a shootout tournament to steal each other's minting value. Tokens have random attributes like attack, defense, and weight, influencing their combat ability and cooldown duration. Attributes are stored in metadata along with the token's "bounty" and "stack." Tokens start with a bounty equal to their minting cost. In the arena, tokens engage in 1v1 fights for survival. The loser is burned, splitting their bounty between the winner's stack and bounty. The winner enters cooldown based on their weight. The game ends when one token remains or all belong to a single address. The sole survivor wins their bounty and stack.