Earn & claim rewards
BarkSwap pays out several kinds of rewards depending on what you do. This page is the one-stop map of what you can earn, where it comes from, and how to claim it.
Rewards don't auto-arrive in your wallet — you claim them. That's standard and keeps gas costs under your control. The flip side: build a weekly habit so nothing sits unclaimed.
The four reward types
| Reward | Who earns it | Comes from | Where to claim |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trading fees (LP) | Liquidity providers | Swaps in your pool | Your position / Pools |
| BARK emissions | LPs who stake their position | The weekly mint, via the gauge | The gauge / farm |
| Fees + bribes (voter) | veNFT holders who voted | Pools you backed this epoch | Votes / Rewards |
| Rebase | All veNFT holders | The weekly mint (anti-dilution) | Votes / Lock |
Read the ve(3,3) page if you want the picture of how these fit together.
If you provide liquidity
- Trading fees accrue to your position automatically. Open the position and claim fees whenever you like.
- BARK emissions only accrue while your position is staked in the gauge. Open the farm/gauge and claim — or claim when you unstake.
See Provide liquidity for the full flow.
If you lock and vote
- Make sure you voted during the epoch — voting is what entitles you to a pool's fees and bribes.
- After the epoch flips, go to Votes / rewards and claim fees and bribes for the pools you backed.
- Claim the rebase into your veNFT to offset the week's new emissions.
Two easy ways to grow faster: re-lock claimed BARK to increase your veNFT (bigger vote, bigger share next week), or add claimed tokens back into your liquidity position. Compounding is how the flywheel works for you instead of just around you.
A simple weekly routine
The whole system rewards a five-minute habit. Once a week — Thursday is natural, since the epoch flips then:
- Claim everything: LP fees, emissions, voter fees + bribes, and the rebase.
- Re-vote with your veNFT for the coming epoch.
- Optionally compound — re-lock or re-add what you claimed.
That's it. Do that each week and you're capturing the full ve(3,3) reward stack.
Most rewards keep waiting until you claim them. Your vote, though, is per-epoch: if you don't re-vote, you simply earn no voter fees or bribes for that week. The routine above keeps you covered.