Join a Valtrums battle and deposit tokens

To take part in a Valtrums battle, you back one community (crew) by depositing its token before the battle starts. Your share of any prize is based on how much you deposit compared with the rest of your community.

Before you start

• A connected wallet with a little testnet NEAR.
• Some of the token you want to back. Get it from the faucet.
• A battle with the status Deposits open. Deposits close at the start time.

Deposit into a battle

1. Open the battle

   Go to Arena and open a battle that shows Deposits open. Under Meet the competing crews you can see each community and how much it holds.

2. Choose a community

   In Position & actions, pick the community you want to back. To bring in a new community, choose a supported token that isn't in the battle yet. Joining adds its community.

3. Save your spot

   Select Save your spot and approve in your wallet. This registers your position in that community. You only do this once per community.

4. Deposit your tokens

   Enter an amount under Deposit your tokens. Select Check transaction preview to compare the call with what the service expects, then Authorize and sign with wallet.

5. Check the result

   After the transaction, the app reads your position back from the arena and tells you what happened:

   • Credited: the arena added this amount to your position.
   • Partly credited: the arena added less than you sent. The rest was refunded or is still on its way.
   • Not credited: your position didn't change. The transfer may have been refunded.

Why does my deposit say "In escrow"?

A deposit only becomes part of your position when your community has both a fresh safety approval and a backing approval. Until then, Your position shows In escrow: "Held in escrow while the audit and backing approvals are pending." It changes to Deposited when both are in.

Valtrums checks communities and refreshes their approvals automatically, so you don't need to do anything. Join well before the start time: if a community's approvals aren't in place when the battle locks, its deposits can't count. See Token safety.

Rules to know

• Deposits close at the start time. A deposit sent after that is returned, and the battle page says so.
• Only real deposits count. You are credited only for the tokens the arena actually receives.
• Your share is by amount. If you deposit 600 of your community's 1,000 tokens, you get 60% of the winners' share of every losing deposit.
• Deposits stay locked until a final winner exists. That includes overtime and communities that were eliminated in earlier rounds.