¶ Introduction
Anima staking has arrived in the Realmverse!
Stakers can now single side stake Anima, and earn attractive boosts by staking their positions to Realms, as Realm owners compete to have the most attractive staking destination. Realm owners can build their "Anima Refinery Capacity" to earn rewards from Anima staked to their Realm.
This article will introduce the concept of Gamified Anima staking and the key players involved.
¶ Realmverse Control
Staking introduces a Brand new metric to the Realmverse: Control.
Control measures the ratio of Anima burned over the last 30 days in Realmverse. Anima Staking APR is linked to Control, meaning the more anima is burned via gameplay, the higher the staking rewards. It is in the hands of to players to maintain activity in the Realmverse to maximize rewards.
¶ Meet the Players
Anima staking has two roles: Stakers and Realmers. Each role is deeply interconnected, and works together to power the Realm economy. Let's take a look:
¶ Staker
Stakers help secure the economic layer of the Realmverse by staking their Anima and boosting their yield by interacting with Realms
- Single Side Anima Staking
- Boost Staked Anima by interacting with Realms
¶ Realmer
Realms are the lands of the Realmverse. They provide the fundamental building blocks and structures that power the economy. Activities include
- Provide Staking Boosts for Anima Stakers
- Attract Anima stakers and earn rewards
¶ The Staker
¶ Staking Anima
Transfer of Ownership: If you transfer an Anima Chamber, you are transferring ownership of the staked Anima along with it.
When you stake $ANIMA, you receive an Anima Chamber structure that represents your $ANIMA position. The $ANIMA in the chamber requires 30 days to become a fully active Anima Chamber.
You start accruing $Anima rewards immediately, and can stake the Anima Chamber on a Realm for an added bonus.
- $ANIMA is staked
- You receive an NFT representing your staked position (technically similar to how Uniswap represents your staked LP position).
- Note: The amount of $ANIMA staked in Anima Chambers are immutable. You can’t partially add or remove $ANIMA to/from an existing Chambers(except when compounding rewards).
¶ Unstaking Anima
$ANIMA is never locked. You can always burn the Anima Chamber and redeem $ANIMA along with the staking rewards.
To unstake Anima, head to the Anima Chambers Management page, select your desired Chambers and hit "Unstake".
When you choose to do that the following happens:
- Anima rewards are automatically collected for the Staker and the Realmer.
- Staked $ANIMA is released to the owner of the Anima Chamber.
- The Anima Chamber NFT is burned
¶ Boosts: Assigning Anima Chamber to a Realm
Boosts received from assigning it to a Realm are linearily vested - over 5 days. Stakers will receive full boosts after 5 days of assigning it to a Realm.
Activate a boost for your Anima Chambers by assigning it to a Realm. This will increase the APR of your Chamber.
Realmers build structures to attract activity on their Realm to increase their Productivity score. The Productivity gains of this Realm over a 30-day period determines relative to amount of total Anima staked is your bonus, which can be up to 100% of BASE APR.
Calculation: The boost is based on the ratio of the Realm's productivity gains to the total Anima staked on the Realm. The bonus rises linearly and is capped at 100% when the Productivity gains to $ANIMA staked ratio reaches 5:1.
¶ Boost Formula
¶ Examples:
- You stake 50,000 Anima and the Realm's productivity gains total is 10,000, the boost would be 100%:
- You stake 5,000 Anima and the Realm's productivity gains total is 10,000, the boost would still be 100% as it’s capped at 100%.
- You stake 500,000 Anima and the Realm's productivity gains total is 10,000, the boost would be 10%:
There is no limit to the amount of Anima that can be staked on a Realm, however the more $ANIMA staked the higher the required Realm productivity to reach the full bonus.
This forces the Realmers to compete for highest productivity in order to get the most $ANIMA staked on their Realms.
Realms that do not create enough productivity gains may see stakers move their Anima Chambers to other, more productive Realms in search of higher boosts.
¶ First Time
- Anima rewards are automatically collected for the Staker.
- The Anima Chamber is assigned to a Realm (stays in your wallet).
¶ Reassigning to a Different Realm
- Anima rewards are automatically collected for both the Staker and the owner of the Realm.
- The Anima Chamber is unassigned from the current Realm.
- The Anima Chamber is assigned to a new Realm (remains in your wallet).
¶ Transferring Anima Chambers between wallets
The 30-day $ANIMA vesting period remains unaffected during transfers.
The following happens when you transfer the Chamber between wallets (this includes transfers and selling your Anima Chamber):
- The rewards are automatically collected for both the Realmer and Staker
- The Anima Chamber is unassigned from the Realm
¶ Collecting Rewards
There is a 30 day reward accrual limit. Make sure you collect your rewards every 30 days
Apart from the actions that automatically claim your rewards, you have an option to manually collect your rewards into your wallet. Remember that rewards stop accruing after 30 days, so be sure to collect them monthly.
¶ Compounding Rewards
You can also compound $ANIMA rewards into the Anima Chamber they came from. This skips the vesting period that comes with creating a new Chamber.
¶ Vesting
$ANIMA vesting accrues over time, accumulating every second. However, should you choose to withdraw your staked $ANIMA, the vesting counter will reset to zero. The vesting period spans a total of 30 days. Consequently, after staking your $ANIMA in the Anima Chamber for the first 30 days, you can collect your first full rewards.
It's important to note that the 30-day vesting period aligns with the 30-day rewards accrual limit. Therefore, to maximize your rewards, you should wait until the end of this 30-day period before making your first collection. Following this initial 30-day period, you can then proceed to claim your rewards daily if you wish.
This system is in place to stop rapid staking and unstaking of $ANIMA based on bursts in the available Rewards Pool.
¶ Determinate Factors that Affect Rewards
- Factors: Your staking rewards depend on three key factors:
- The total $ANIMA burnt globally in the last 30 days.
- The Anima burn rate over the last 30 days.
- The ratio of your $ANIMA staked to the current circulating supply.
- Limitations
- There is a 30 day linear vesting period for rewards.
- There is a 30 day staking reward cap, so make sure to collect rewards up to every 30 days.
- The rewards pool fluctuates daily based on moving averages of Anima burns, burn rate and circulating supply. Time your reward collection well to receive the highest rewards.
¶ Realmers
It's important to note that when Productivity is mentioned below, its talking about 30-day average Productivity gains NOT total Productivity accumulated.
Realms are the "lands" of the Realmverse. They build the resources Adventurers need for their activities. In turn, Realms receive benefits that allow them to earn $ANIMA rewards.
The Realmer's goal is to build up their 30-day average Productivity to attract Stakers to their Realm. In return, Realmers get $ANIMA rewards emitted from their Realm.
¶ Building Labs and Monuments
- Process: As a Realmer, you can build Labs and Monuments. Adventurers use these structures and burn Anima in the process, which increases your Anima Refinery capacity and Productivity.
- Impact: Higher productivity attracts more stakers to your Realm, as it enhances their potential rewards. Higher Anima Refinery capacity allows you to receive more rewards from the $ANIMA staked on your Realm.
¶ Attracting Stakers
- Process: Stakers are attracted to stake their Anima on your Realm based on the Productivity-to-Anima staked ratio. Higher Productivity ratios make your Realm more appealing to stakers.
- Calculation: The ratio is calculated by dividing the Realm's Productivity gains by the amount of total $ANIMA staked in all Anima Chambers. A higher ratio translates to higher potential boosts for the Stakers, which attracts more $ANIMA staked.
¶ Vesting
Realm rewards use a 30-day average of staked $ANIMA, capped by the current amount of $ANIMA staked. Therefore, Anima Chambers assigned to a Realm take 30 days to fully contribute towards staked $ANIMA rewards. This occurs in daily increments at the reset time, which is midnight UTC.
This system is in place to deter users from temporarily increasing their productivity and inviting many new stakers in a short period, only to stop contributing to the Realm's Productivity gains after receiving the rewards.
¶ Earning Rewards
If an Anima Chamber is removed from a Realm, the Realmer still receives the accrued $ANIMA rewards. Realmers can also collect their rewards at any time.
Realm side $ANIMA emissions are divided into two categories:
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$ANIMA staked within your Anima Refinery capacity - rewarded with same base APR as the stakers, without the boost.
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$ANIMA overflow - $ANIMA staked above Anime Refinery capacity - rewards from the overflow $ANIMA are reduced to 20% of the base APR.
¶ Collecting Rewards
You can collect $ANIMA rewards at any time.
¶ In-Depth Mechanics
¶ Anima Reward Pool
Monthly rewards from staking Anima are calculated based on the following factors:
- Amount Burnt: The total Anima burned through in-game activities.
- Burn Ratio: A moving 30-day average of the Anima burned.
- Base Percentage: This can range from 0% to 10%.
| Burn Ratio | Rewards Percent |
|---|---|
| 100% | 10% |
| 50% | 5% |
| 0% | 0% |
For example:
If 4,000,000 Anima is burnt and the burn ratio is 50%, the reward pool size would be 200,000 $ANIMA:
¶ Global staking boosts
The ratio of $ANIMA staked in both Liquidity Pools and $ANIMA staking affects the whole Realmverse. There will be multiple ways this comes into play in the future. For starters, we're introducing a global LootBox drop chance boost in Adventurer Battles.
| Staked Anima Ratio | Max LootBox Drop Chance |
|---|---|
| 100% | 60% |
| 50% | 45% |
| 0% | 30% |
The overall staked ratio is calculated as follows, based on 30-days averages of all the values: