Play2Educate | Stay safe from scammers and hackers. Protect your Axie Infinity account and crypto wallets.

4 min readSep 4, 2021

Please help. My Axie Infinity account was compromised. My Ronin wallet is now empty. What should I do?

You should be concerned. You could be leaving your cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and Axies open to hackers and scammers. After all, people, not bots nor computers, create digital threats to take advantage of others for their own gain.

And with the growing popularity of Axie Infinity comes the increasing potential for cyber-risks. Predators are lying in wait to attack vulnerable gamers and scholars to snatch their well-earned SLPs through cyber hacks and phishing scams.

So how do you prevent these cyber criminals from accessing the information you don’t really want them to have? Outsmart them with these four critical steps to secure your Axie Infinity account and crypto wallets.

Beware of fake MetaMask and Ronin links

NEVER TYPE IN YOUR SEED PHRASE IN ANY WEBSITE OR GIVE TO ANYONE.

Phishing links on search engine results pages is one of the most common ways hackers and scammers manage to steal from other people’s crypto wallets. They could use the same method to swipe your Axies, too.

So before you do anything else, double-check that you’re on the official website for the following vanguards:

MetaMask: https://metamask.io/
Ronin Wallet: https://skymavis.com/wallet
Official Axie Infinity MP: https://marketplace.axieinfinity.com/
Offical Sky Mavis Ronin to Metamask Bridge: https://bridge.roninchain.com/

Secure your data backups

Disaster strikes at a moment’s notice. You can lose or break your phone any time. And when you do and you don’t have backups of your Metamask and Ronin accounts, it’s bye-bye SLPs and Axies.

They’re serious when they say to write down those 12 to 24 words generated when you created your Metamask and Ronin accounts. Don’t even think about storing them digitally. Make sure you write them down. It’s the simplest and safest way to back up your accounts.

Write down your seed phrase and password on a piece of paper. Keep this paper safe in your home. If you ever lose your devices you can always retrieve this piece of paper and reclaim all your digital assets.

Use trusted Exchanges for your SLP swaps

To ensure your SLPs are exchanged safely, please ensure you use trusted crypto exchange platforms to securely exchange your crypto assets.

Please see below the best recommended exchange to swap SLP to PHP:

Ronin to Binance P2P : https://www.binance.com/en

More information regarding to SLP exchanges can be found here on the Sky Mavis FAQ : https://www.notion.so/axie/Great-Migration-FAQ-fc64fd460c8046b2a45d8798d06c0feb

Protect your devices

When you use devices connected to the internet, you are susceptible to online threats.

Downloading cracked games and apps, streaming pirated content, and visiting untrusted websites could expose not just your Axie Infinity account and crypto wallet to cybersecurity vulnerability, they also threaten your personal data and other sensitive information.

Take your data security seriously. You can use a different device to handle your Ronin wallet alone or use a cryptocurrency hardware wallet to store and encrypt your digital assets.

Here are some other steps to protect your devices.

Ways to keep your devices safe

Update your devices

It may be tempting to click on that “Remind me later” button when your operating system prompts you for software updates, but don’t do it.

Operating systems like Android, iOS, Windows, and macOS consistently push out security updates to fix weaknesses, remove bugs and help patch security flaws hackers love exploiting.

Don’t download files from shady websites

These days, it’s common that unsecured web pages host viruses, malwares, and Trojans disguised as helpful information. So, just as you take extensive precautions when submitting personal information online, you should be equally careful when downloading files to your devices.

Keep safe out there.