> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://aom-empires.gitbook.io/aom/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://aom-empires.gitbook.io/aom/economy/integrations.md). # $ASH token utility * **Prospect land:** Prospect for resources on your land to extract them with a mining facility. * **Build Facilities:** Build Infrastructure such as Research Centers, Mines, or Production Facilities to find new technologies, extract resources, or produce goods. * **Upgrade infrastructure:** Upgrade your infrastructure to increase mining production, storage or production speeds. * **Purchase resources:** Use $ASH to trade on DEX/CEXs to acquire resources you need to further build facilities and produce gear and weapons. * **Unlock a safe:** $ASH holders can stake $ASH to help Citadel players open locked-up safes they find in the game. Opening such a safe requires a credit card payment which will be converted into $ASH and sent in the Empires Safe Unlocking staking program to be shared among its participants according to their staking share. * **Research:** Stake $ASH to research new technologies to acquire Production Licenses that will allow you to sell order permits to players in **AoM: Citadels**, and manufacture the product for them. * **Increase production speed:** Use your $ASH to increase production speed when orders surge * **Earn Resources:** Stake $ASH to earn various resources during special events to further grow your resource inventory * **Delegate $ASH:** Increase your own or your favorite corporation's production by delegating your $ASH. * **Credit Card payments:** Players who use credit cards to purchase Cosmetics or Order Licenses have their payments converted into $ASH tokens who are then sent back to the selling Corporation * **Various payments:** Throughout AoM, various transaction fees are fed in the form of $ASH into AoM's staking program, making the staking economy sustainable. More use cases are in the process of being added to the game. ### --- # 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://aom-empires.gitbook.io/aom/economy/integrations.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.