Fuel is an essential resource for vehicles when it comes to racing. In moon karts, that is where Auto vault comes in. Auto vault enables players to generate fuel which is crucial for racing. This is achieved through card staking.

Moon Karts players can stake their cards in the auto vault in order to generate fuel. The amount of fuel generated for a player depends on the rarity and kind of card that player staked.
Cards of higher rarity generate fuel at a faster rate when staked. Each staked card have their own individual fuel generation rate, and the overall generation rate is determined by summing up the individual fuel generation rate. This makes players to become very strategic with fuel generation by strategically choosing specific cards that would ensure maximum fuel generation.

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Auto vault strategies and mechanics

Minimum duration for staking and cooldown

In order to generate fuel, a card must be staked for a minimum amount of time. If the card is unstaked before this time elapses, a cooldown period will be triggered, which would temporarily prevent that card from being used.

Formula for fuel generation

The formula for fuel generation is based on the combined fuel generation rate of all the staked cards. As a result, it is important for players to carefully improve their collection of cards as better cards and card combinations would ensure better fuel generation rate. In simple terms, accumulate better cards and your fuel generation rate would increase when staked.

The need for Scripts and auto vault upgrade

Cards are not the only thing needed for fuel generation. In order generate fuel, the script tokens are also needed. Players need to also stake at least 10 script tokens to generate fuel. In case you're wondering what the script tokens are, they are the stablecoin of the Arcade Colony ecosystem.
Hence in the auto vault, 10 script tokens are required to be staked for every card that is to be staked by a player at a particular time. In other words, for a player to stake a card for fuel generation, the player also has to stake up to 10 script tokens.
However, in the long term, players would have to upgrade their auto vault to generate greater quantities of fuel. Upgrading the auto vault would require spending and staking the script and the COLONY tokens

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Managing and using fuel in moon karts

One interesting thing about Fuel in moon karts is that it cannot be traded or transferred. It is an essential resource needed to participate in multiplayer races. There is a fuel storage capacity for every player, and if this capacity is exceeded, the extra fuel is lost. You can see that this system encourages the players to learn to manage resources in the ecosystem. Upgrading cards improves a player's chances of generating more fuel, and this is more motivation for players to invest in their collection of cards.

In moon karts, the better a vehicle is, the more fuel it consumes. Furthermore, in each race, the amount of fuel consumed is determined by the cards used in the race in terms of rarity, type and level.

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