# At the Hatchery ## Step 1: Minting your First Pok To begin your farming adventure:\ \ 1\. Connect your Web3 wallet to

Connect your wallet

2\. Ensure you have sufficient (base) ETH for transactions 3\. Visit the Hatchery to mint chickens (buying an option)
4\. Select the option type - [PAYG Options](/pokpok/getting-started-game-mode/at-the-hatchery/payg-model.md), [Spread Options](/pokpok/getting-started-game-mode/at-the-hatchery/water-poks-spread-options.md), [Digital Options](/pokpok/getting-started-game-mode/at-the-hatchery/fire-poks-digital-options.md) 5\. Choose an Essence for your Pok (option in ETH or BTC). Illustration below is for Grass-based Pok with an ETH Essence 6\. Pick an Option Type: \- Put Option: You predict that price of ETH will go down \- Call Option: You predict that price of ETH will go up 7. Select Duration, Meal Plan and Trade Size:\ \ • The Duration decides how many days before your Pok matures on the date shown at 0800h UTC\ \ • The Meal Plan entails how you would like to break the payment up.\ \ \- The Economy meal plan has lower upfront cost, but is more expensive overall.\ \- The Nourishing meal plan has higher upfront cost, but is cheaper overall.\ \ • The Trade Size lets you purchase a Full Size Option position (1 ETH as underlying asset) or Half Size Option position (0.5 ETH as underlying asset). For Half Size, the final profit will be based on (the difference between Price at Maturity and Strike Price) x 0.5
8\. The summary of the order is shown for your review before minting. Click on mint and watch your Pok spring to life! *Pro Farmer Tip: Start with one chicken and get comfortable with feeding schedules before expanding your flock!* --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## 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://pokpok-1.gitbook.io/pokpok/getting-started-game-mode/at-the-hatchery.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.