How to Buy Star Atlas on Raydium

Star Atlas is a blockchain-based gaming ecosystem built on the Solana blockchain, with ATLAS serving as its primary in-game currency. Users who already hold assets such as SOL or USDC in a compatible Solana wallet can swap them for ATLAS through a decentralized exchange (DEX). Star Atlas’s official support documentation currently lists Raydium among the Solana DEXs that can be used to swap tokens for ATLAS. This article is for informational purposes and is not financial advice. Do Your Own Research (DYOR) before making any transaction.

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How to Buy Star Atlas on Raydium

The basic process involves preparing a Solana-compatible wallet, funding it with SOL or USDC, connecting the wallet to Raydium, selecting ATLAS as the token to receive, reviewing the transaction details, and approving the swap.

You should keep some SOL in the wallet for Solana network fees, even if you are using USDC to purchase ATLAS.

What Is ATLAS?

ATLAS is the main in-game currency of the Star Atlas ecosystem. Star Atlas states that ATLAS can be used to purchase ships, resources, crew, and other assets associated with its games and marketplace. The token is issued on Solana, so transactions involving ATLAS use Solana-compatible wallets and infrastructure.

ATLAS is separate from POLIS, which Star Atlas identifies as its governance token.

What Is Raydium?

Raydium is a decentralized exchange and liquidity protocol operating on Solana. It allows users to swap Solana-based tokens directly from compatible self-custody wallets rather than depositing funds into a centralized exchange.

Raydium’s current documentation supports wallet connections and token swaps through its web interface. The platform supports modern Solana wallets capable of signing the versioned transactions used by Raydium.

How to Connect Your Wallet to Raydium

Before beginning, make sure your wallet supports Solana and contains the SOL or USDC you intend to swap.

1. Open the official Raydium interface and navigate to its swap function.
2. Select Connect Wallet.
3. Choose your compatible Solana wallet.
4. Approve the connection request in your wallet.
5. Confirm that the wallet address and balance shown by Raydium are correct.

Raydium recommends verifying that you are using the genuine raydium.io website because phishing copies can imitate cryptocurrency applications.

How to Swap SOL or USDC for ATLAS

Once your wallet is connected:

1. Select SOL or USDC as the token you want to swap.
2. Select ATLAS as the token you want to receive.
3. Enter the amount.
4. Review the quoted exchange rate and estimated amount of ATLAS.
5. Check the minimum received, price impact, slippage settings, network costs, and available route.
6. If the details are correct, select the swap option.
7. Review the transaction in your wallet.
8. Approve the transaction.

Raydium’s swap interface displays information such as the quoted price, slippage, route, minimum received amount, and estimated network costs before confirmation.

If you are selecting ATLAS manually, take particular care to verify that it is the legitimate Solana ATLAS token rather than another token using the same or a similar name.

How to Check Your ATLAS After the Swap

After approving the transaction, wait for the transaction to be confirmed on Solana. Raydium should provide a transaction confirmation and an explorer link when the swap succeeds.

You can then:

• Open your Solana wallet and check its ATLAS balance.
• Review the transaction history.
• Open the transaction on a Solana block explorer.
• Confirm that ATLAS was credited to the intended wallet address.

If the balance does not immediately appear, check the transaction status on an explorer before attempting another swap.

Buying ATLAS through Raydium involves swapping SOL or USDC from a Solana-compatible wallet. The process is relatively straightforward, but beginners should pay close attention to the token selected, wallet address, Solana network, quoted rate, minimum received amount, slippage, and transaction costs.

Raydium’s interface and liquidity conditions can change, so review the information displayed at the time of the transaction. Most importantly, verify the official website and correct ATLAS token information before connecting a wallet or approving a transaction.