How to Play Ringside

Ringside is a pixel idle boxing game: your boxer fights on their own, and you decide how they grow. This guide explains every part of the loop so your first hour goes smoothly.

The basic loop

1. Fight. Your boxer fights automatically, fight after fight, and climbs through stages. Title fights against champions guard the belt and give keys.
2. Open bags. Every fight drops a gear bag, win or lose. Open them to find gear.
3. Equip and sell. Wear anything better, sell the rest.
4. Grow. Train for permanent stats, unlock moves from chests, and prestige once your gear is maxed.

You can also leave the game: Ringside keeps earning while you are away.

Gear bags and rarities

Your boxer wears eight pieces of gear: gloves, headgear, boots, a mouthguard, shorts, wrist tape, a champion robe and a title belt. Each slot holds one item, and each item has a rarity.

There are eight rarities, from weakest to strongest: Common, Rare, Epic, Legendary, Exotic, Mythic, Ascended and Cosmic. A higher rarity means stronger stats, and also a higher sell value.

• Open bags as soon as you have them. Better gear makes the next fights easier.
• Equip an item only if it beats the one you wear. Sell everything else.
• Upgrade your bag to find better gear. You can keep opening bags while an upgrade runs, but only one upgrade runs at a time.

Moves and chests

Chests hold boxing moves such as the uppercut, cross-counter and parry. Moves change how your boxer fights.

• Keys open chests. You get keys from title fights and from the shop.
• Moves you do not own yet are three times as likely to drop, so your collection fills quickly.
• Level up the moves you own with protein.
• Every chest has a Drop odds link that shows exactly what it can contain.

Training

Workouts raise your base stats for good.

1. Open the Train tab and pick a workout.
2. Close the game. The workout runs on a timer.
3. Come back when it ends. Ringside can send you a notification when a workout is done.

There is a daily limit on how many workouts you can start. Workouts that are already running still finish.

Earning while you’re away

Your boxer keeps fighting while the game is closed, and your purse fills up. When you come back, a welcome-back screen shows what you earned.

The purse holds a limited number of hours of income, so collect it before it is full. Upgrade Deep Pockets to make it hold more.

Prestige

When all eight gear slots hold Cosmic items, you can prestige.

• You keep: gems, protein, keys, moves, training and the stats of your eight Cosmic items.
• You reset: stage, cash, bag level and equipped gear.

You start again from stage 1, and rivals pick up two stages behind where you stopped. Workouts also give stronger bonuses after you prestige.

Ads and Remove Ads

Ringside is free to play. Optional ads give bonus rewards, such as a doubled purse, faster fights or a quicker bag upgrade. Daily limits apply.

Remove ads is a one-time purchase. It gives you every ad reward instantly, forever. Daily limits still apply, and you can restore it on a new phone with Restore purchases in the Shop or Settings.

Beginner tips

• Open your first bags right away. The early fights are built so that a full set of Common gear can finish stage 1.
• Start a workout before you close the game, so your boxer grows while you are away.
• Check the purse when you return, and upgrade Deep Pockets if it keeps filling up.
• Spend protein on the moves you actually own.
• Keep going until all eight slots are Cosmic, then prestige.

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