# venue

**Taco Venues** are the main aggregation centers and interfaces to the [Taco Universe](https://whitepaper.tacostudios.io/gaming/taco-universe). They are upgradable and customizable NFTs which are able to: 

* Convert SHING into Ingredient NFTs
* Passively generate SHING, ONI, and TACOG tokens
* Change name and appearance
* Unlock Taco Universe features and services
* Add permanent and temporary bonuses for selected games

Users are able to manage their Venues in the [Taco Universe App](https://onelink.to/tacouniverse) or the [Taco Website Dashboard](https://tacocrypto.io/venues).

### **Venues Type & Rarity**

There are 6 different Venue rarities: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary, and Mythic. The number of minted Venue NFTs decreases as rarity increases.

Higher rarity Venues provide more passive SHING to holders and are also able to create inherently rarer Ingredients which can be converted for a higher amount of TACO and split into larger Ta-cores.

Every Venue has a **type** directly linked to one or more Ingredients NFTs. This determines the [Ingredient NFTs](https://whitepaper.tacostudios.io/nft-collection/collection/ingredient) a Venue is able to craft by burning SHING tokens within it.

<table><thead><tr><th width="132">Name</th><th width="122">Rarity</th><th width="285">Type</th><th width="275">SHING base rate</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Stand</td><td>Common</td><td>Taco, Salt, Pepper, Cumin, Cilantro, Chili Powder</td><td>Stands can craft only <strong>one</strong> Common Ingredient of their type every 6 hours</td></tr><tr><td>Truck</td><td>Uncommon</td><td>Onion, Tomato, Lettuce, Garlic, Lime</td><td>Trucks can craft only <strong>one</strong> Uncommon Ingredient of their type every 6 hours</td></tr><tr><td>Kiosk</td><td>Rare</td><td>Potato, Red Bean, Avocado, Sour Cream</td><td>Kiosks can craft only <strong>one</strong> Rare Ingredient of their type every 6 hours</td></tr><tr><td>Bar</td><td>Epic</td><td>Mushroom, Chicken, Meat</td><td>Bars can craft only <strong>one</strong> Epic Ingredient of their type every 6 hours</td></tr><tr><td>Restaurant</td><td>Legendary</td><td>All Common and Uncommon types</td><td>Restaurants can craft any Common and Uncommon ingredient every 6 hours</td></tr><tr><td>Club</td><td>Mythic</td><td>All Rare and Epic types</td><td>Clubs can craft any Rare and Epic ingredient every 6 hours</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Learn more about Ingredients crafting in the [Features and Services](https://whitepaper.tacostudios.io/nft-collection/collection/broken-reference) page.
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Learn more about [Venue Upgrades here.](https://whitepaper.tacostudios.io/gaming/taco-universe/venues/upgrade-requirements)
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## **Buying a Venue**

Venues are available either from a [Venue Packs](https://app.tacocrypto.io/marketplace?symbol=WAX\&page=1\&schema_name=pack\&match=venu) or [individually](https://app.tacocrypto.io/marketplace?symbol=WAX\&page=1\&schema_name=venue) on the Secondary Marketplace.

There are 3 different Venue packs available, here are the contents and opening percentages:

* **Small Pack -** Contains 1 Venue
* **Big Pack -** Contains 2 Venues
* **Whale Pack -** Contains 3 Venues

| Rarity    | Small Pack | Big Pack | Whale Pack |
| --------- | ---------- | -------- | ---------- |
| Common    | 69.20%     | 67.00%   | 65.10%     |
| Uncommon  | 23.40%     | 24.20%   | 24.90%     |
| Rare      | 5.50%      | 6.30%    | 6.60%      |
| Epic      | 1.80%      | 2.20%    | 2.80%      |
| Legendary | 0.10%      | 0.20%    | 0.40%      |
| Mythic    | 0.00%      | 0.10%    | 0.20%      |