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Locks

Locks

Your locks are your royalty-earning power in the CLAIM stream. Each lock is a veCLAIM NFT that represents CLAIM you’ve committed to the Furnace. The more veCLAIM you hold — and the longer you hold it — the larger your share of Baron royalties from every takeover.

The Locks page (/locks) is where you view and manage all your lock positions.

Lock lifecycle

Locks follow a natural progression:

  1. Created — You lock CLAIM through the Furnace and receive a veCLAIM NFT
  2. Active — The lock earns royalties based on its veCLAIM balance. You can top up, extend, or merge it.
  3. Decaying — As the lock approaches expiry, veCLAIM decays toward zero (unless AutoMax is enabled)
  4. Expired — veCLAIM reaches zero. The lock stops earning royalties.
  5. Unlocked — You withdraw your CLAIM principal to your wallet

Key actions

Top up

Add more CLAIM directly, or use ETH through the Furnace, to grow an existing lock. Topping up increases the lock’s principal and veCLAIM but does not change its expiry (unless the lock is AutoMax, which automatically keeps it at max duration).

Extend

Push the lock’s expiry further into the future, increasing its veCLAIM. Extending early prevents decay and keeps your royalty share strong. Locks can only be extended, never shortened.

Extending also earns a bonus on your existing locked CLAIM for the additional time committed. The bonus is funded by the Furnace reserve and uses the same duration-weight system as new entries — longer extensions earn proportionally bigger bonuses. See The Furnace — Extension bonus for details.

AutoMax

AutoMax keeps the lock perpetually at maximum duration (1 year), so veCLAIM never decays and the lock maintains peak earning power. AutoMax locks also receive extension bonuses automatically — protocol keepers trigger them daily, so you pay no gas and take no action.

To exit: disable AutoMax. This resets the lock to a fresh 1-year expiry and starts a countdown during which veCLAIM gradually decays.

To create a new AutoMax lock with shareholder royalties auto-compound in one step, see The Furnace — Eternal Lock.

Merge

Combine two locks into one (irreversible). Useful for reducing lock sprawl and concentrating your veCLAIM into a single position. If either lock has AutoMax, the merged lock keeps AutoMax and resets to maximum duration.

Unlock

When a lock has expired (and AutoMax is off), you can withdraw the underlying CLAIM principal to your wallet. This burns the veCLAIM NFT.

Collecting royalties

The Locks page also shows your accrued ETH royalties and gives you two collection options:

  • Collect ETH — Withdraw to wallet (liquid)
  • Collect & Lock — Route through the Furnace for more veCLAIM with a bonus (compounding)

See The Furnace — What you earn for details on royalties and auto-compound. For a one-action setup, see The Furnace — Eternal Lock.

Status and eligibility

A lock may be ineligible for certain actions when:

  • Listed on Market — Frozen while listed. You can’t top up, extend, merge, unlock, or use it as an auto-compound destination. Delist first.
  • Expired — Can’t be used as a compound destination or extended. Unlock and relock if you still want a live destination.
  • Near-expiry (< 7 days) — Cannot be used as a compound or entry destination. Extend the lock or create a new one.
  • Not owned by your connected wallet — Switch to the wallet that holds the NFT.

Tips

  • Keep one healthy “destination lock” for auto-compound: not listed, not expired, owned by you.
  • If a lock doesn’t appear in Furnace or LP Vault pickers, check if it’s listed or expired.
  • If the Locks page says your locks are unavailable, use Retry. That is different from the real No locks yet state.
  • Extend early to prevent veCLAIM decay — waiting until the lock is nearly expired means you’ve already lost earning power.

See also

Strategy & TipsMarket