# How to Create your first Recursive Collection ## Initial Steps 1. Visit and select the "Recursive" collection type. 2. Fill out the form with the basic information of the collection: Collection Name, Creator Name, Collection Size and the Launch URL (the unique identifier of the collection). Make sure you define if your collection is Pixel Art or Non Pixel Art. 3. Click "Next".

## Traits 1. In the traits section you can configure the layers and traits of your collection. You can start by clicking "+ Add New Layer" and setup your first layer (eg. Background). 2. Click the "Configuration" icon to setup the rarity of each trait and each layer. Setup "Block" rules between layers and rename Layers and Traits. 3. Click the "Add Pre-Inscribed Trait" and you can add traits that are already inscribed by pasting the inscription id of the trait. 4. If preparing the Layers and Traits is taking a bit of time, you can backup your configurations at any time by clicking in "Backup Traits Data". This will download a json file with all the information of your traits and can be used to restore it by clicking in "Restore Traits Data" and upload the backup file. 5. In case your traits images have different dimensions, you'll be warned to choose the proper dimension that will be used to generate the final images that will be minted by minters at launch. 6. Once you confirm that your Layers and Traits have been properly setup for your collection, click on "Next".

## Preview 1. At this step you can review that your collection is properly generated. In the "Collection Size" section define the supply of your collection, and click on "Generate Collection" to randomize your collection generation. 2. Make sure to verify "Rarity Summary" and filter your assets by traits for faster lookup. 3. Once you have reviewed that the details of the collection are correct, click "Next".

## Inscribe 1. At this step, you will inscribe all the traits that you uploaded in the Traits step. Make sure to define the network fees at which you want to inscribe the traits and click "Inscribe Step". Your signed wallet will prompt you to sign the transactions required to inscribe your traits. 2. Once all the traits are inscribed, you will have to inscribe the deployer inscription of your collection. This is required for your collection to be properly rendered on-chain by following the BRC69 standard. Click "Inscribe Deployer" to proceed and sign the deployer inscription transaction. 3. Once both the traits and the deployer are inscribed, click "Next". ## Phases 1. Fill in the information for the Public phase of your launch. You can specify the collection launch time, how many mints can any address mint during public phase and the price per mint in BTC. Please make sure to select a date time scheduled in at least 12 hours, and keep in mind that there is a maximum limit of 2 BTC raised for a single collection. 2. If you want to add any Whitelist Phase click on "Add new WL Phase" and fill the information for the whitelisted phase, like Phase name, Launch Time, Duration in hours, mint per address and price. If you have any mint price make sure to add the Team Address where you'll receive the proceeds for the mint. 3. Click "Next"

## Publish 1. This is the last step before launching your collection, make sure to upload the preview image that will be show in the Luminex Collections table and a description. 2. Connect and verify your X Account. This can be a project specific account, or the creator's account. 3. Once you confirm that all the details are correct, click "Publish" and your collection will be sent for review. Review usually takes maximum 12 hrs.

## Owner Section 1. Log in to your creator address to make changes to the collection settings on the Mint Page of your collection. You can edit collection details such as pausing or ending the collection, adding new whitelist addresses, reducing supply, and downloading the inscription ids file to be uploaded on Magic Eden for secondary market submissions. 2. Once the collection is approved by the Luminex team, it will automatically be shown in the Luminex Collections table.

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