Funding your wallet

Facts checked 1 Nov 2026

Hiring a tutor crew on adalia.exchange is done from a wallet of your own, such as Ready X or Braavos. Before you hire, that wallet needs a little SWAY, for the hire and your crew's supplies, and a little STRK, for the network fees on adalia.exchange. This lesson shows you how to get both.

How much you need

• SWAY: A week's hire of a tutor crew costs 700 SWAY, and food and leases add a little more. A dollar buys hundreds of thousands of SWAY, so $1 or $2 covers your whole training.
• STRK: Starknet's own token, used to pay the network fees on adalia.exchange. $1 of STRK should last a long time.

Step 1: Get some USDC into your wallet

USDC is a digital form of the US dollar, and it's the easiest thing to swap for SWAY and STRK. There are two ways to get some:

• In the Game's Store: Sign in to Influence with your wallet, open Store, choose SWAY, and click Add Funds beside your Wallet Balance to pay by card. The smallest top-up is about $11, which gives you roughly $10 of USDC. When we last checked (31 Oct 2026) this top-up was temporarily unavailable; if it still is, use your wallet instead.
• In Your Wallet: Ready X and Braavos can buy crypto by card through providers such as Ramp Network, Banxa, and Topper. These ask you to verify your ID first, aren't available in every country, and their fees take a big share of small purchases: a little over £5 bought about $3 of USDC in our test.

Step 2: Swap some USDC for SWAY

The game's Store does this for you. Signed in with your wallet, open Store and choose SWAY. Under Swap USDC for SWAY, pick an amount or type your own ($1 or $2 is plenty), check the Estimated SWAY, then click Review Swap and confirm in your wallet. See Your first SWAY for more.

Step 3: Swap a little USDC for STRK

STRK isn't sold in the game's Store, but your wallet can swap for it directly; no exchange is needed:

1. Open your wallet and choose Swap (Ready X) or Swap Tokens (Braavos).
2. Swap from USDC to STRK, and enter about $1.
3. Check the amounts, then confirm.

Good habits

• Start Small: You only need a few dollars to train. There's no need to buy more until you know what you want.
• Check Before You Confirm: Read the amounts and the token names on every swap before you approve it.
• Only Use Official Links: Download your wallet only from its maker's own site, and never type your recovery phrase into any website.

With SWAY and STRK in your wallet, you're ready for the next lesson: Connecting your wallet to the Academy.