Axie Infinity Announces Land Item Smart Contract Migration
Axie Infinity said in a post on X that it will migrate its Land Items to a new smart contract that supports REP-15. According to the project, the upgrade is intended to prepare the infrastructure for integration with Terrariums. The migration is scheduled to start at 15:00 on July 7 and will continue until the full process is completed.
During the migration window, Land Items will remain under the ERC-721 standard, meaning the NFT format of the assets will not change as part of the transition. The team also stated that users do not need to take any manual steps. The migration will be handled on the protocol side, and Axie Infinity will publish a follow-up announcement after completion to confirm when normal functionality resumes.
What Will Happen to Listed and Active Items
Axie Infinity specified several operational changes that will apply while the migration is underway. First, any Land Items that are currently listed will be taken down. Second, active items will be locked for the duration of the migration. Third, all trading related to Land Items will be paused until the process is fully completed.
Once the migration is finished, the platform will mint back the same quantity of items with the same ID values and return them to users’ wallets. This means holders are expected to retain equivalent assets after the contract transition, without changes to item identity. In practical terms, the move is a backend contract upgrade designed to preserve asset continuity while enabling future Terrariums integration.
Operational Significance of the Upgrade
From an infrastructure perspective, the announcement shows that Axie Infinity is aligning its Land Item framework with a contract environment that supports REP-15. While the project did not disclose additional technical details in the notice, it made clear that the migration is directly tied to upcoming product integration plans involving Terrariums.
The official communication emphasized continuity and minimal user burden. Asset holders are not required to initiate transfers, claim replacements, or interact with a separate migration interface. Instead, the process will rely on automatic delisting, temporary locking, trading suspension, and post-migration reminting of identical IDs into the original wallets. The source for the announcement is Axie Infinity’s official X post.