How to Stake Virtuals on Base

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11/12/2026

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Staking
, the token of Virtuals Protocol, means locking it in the veVIRTUAL contract on Base for a set number of weeks. The lock counts as voting power, and the longer the term, the more voting power it carries. It is a lock, not a deposit you can pull at any time: the
comes back when the term ends.

How The Lock Works

  • You choose the term. Anywhere from one week up to the contract's maximum, which read 104 weeks when this was written.
  • Voting power decays. A lock without auto-renew starts at its full weight and runs down to nothing over the term. Once the term is over you can withdraw the
    .
  • Auto-renew holds it at the maximum. With auto-renew on, the lock stays at the longest term and does not decay until you switch auto-renew off. The countdown to withdrawal only starts then.
  • A lock stays with the address that opened it. It can't be moved to another wallet, though its voting power can be delegated.

Staking By Hand

  1. Get
    on Base and a little
    on Base for gas.
  2. Open the staking page in the Virtuals app and connect your wallet.
  3. Enter the amount, pick the term and whether to auto-renew, approve the contract to move your
    , then stake.

Stake With Plug

Use in App
The plug stakes 1
for 4 weeks with auto-renew off, on Base. Change the amount, the number of weeks or the auto-renew switch before you run it. Your wallet sends the approval and the stake, so the lock is your wallet's, the same as staking in the Virtuals app.

What It Costs

Virtuals charges no fee to stake. You pay Base gas, which comes to well under a cent at November 2026 prices. The real cost is time: the
can't be sold or moved until the lock ends.

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