# How to boost rewards

One of the main incentive for PAWN is the ability to boost your rewards on contributed liquidity. Vote locking PAWN allows you not only to acquire voting power to participate in the DAO, but also to earn a boost of up to 2.5x on the liquidity you are contributing to Pawnfi.

Each pool will have its own boost factor

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Boost = Min((0.4 x Contributed Liquidity) + Total Gauge Liquidity x Voting Power/Total Voting Power x 0.6), Contributed Liquidity)/ Contributed Liquidity
{% endhint %}

From this formula, you can see that you will have a higher boost by locking more and longer PAWN token.

## Applying your boost

If you see your new boost after current boost: then you do not need to do anything else.

If your current boost hasn't moved, you will need to claim PAWN from each of the gauge you have staked iToken in to update your boost. After doing so, your boost should be showing.

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Your boost will not be updated until you perform an operation on a gauge.
{% endhint %}


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