# Boosting TONIC rewards

Tectonic offers a way to increase your TONIC rewards through a process called "boosting." This involves locking your TONIC tokens to gain additional benefits.​ Learn more [here](https://tectonic.gitbook.io/docs/protocol/tonic-rewards-boost).

In order to boost your TONIC rewards from supplying or borrowing on Tectonic, you **first** need to do 2 things:

1. Hold [xTONIC](https://tectonic.gitbook.io/docs/guides/staking-tonic#commonly-asked-questions). (For more details on how to obtain xTONIC, check out our guide [here](https://tectonic.gitbook.io/docs/guides/staking-tonic#commonly-asked-questions))
2. Lock your xTONIC in a Vault. (Check out our guide [here](locking-xtonic) for more info)

Once you have completed the steps above, you will be given a market-specific [boost multiplier](https://tectonic.gitbook.io/docs/protocol/tonic-rewards-boost#multiplier-tiers) based on the amount of xTONIC locked and the vault's maturity.&#x20;

### How to boost TONIC rewards:

1\) You can "activate" your boost on the [Markets](https://tectonic.finance/markets) page.

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**OPTIONAL 1a)** You have the option to [stake a NFT](locking-xtonic/increasing-vault-rewards-with-nfts) (from an approved NFT collection) on your vault in order to further increase your boost multiplier.

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2\) Click on the “Boost” button and indicate which markets to apply the boost multiplier to.

**Note:**

* You can select up to 2 markets
* The markets that are displayed are the ones that you are currently supplying or borrowing from only
* You can only select the markets that currently have TONIC incentives (with the exception of CRO markets. Suppliers and/or borrowers of CRO will not receive a boost)

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3\) Once the above steps are completed and valid, click “Confirm”, and confirm your transaction on your Wallet

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4\) Upon successful confirmation, you would have successfully boosted up to 2 markets

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