Stake your Punker NFTs to earn $PUNK every day. But this isn't just about earning — you also have to pay taxes to stay alive. The tax rate keeps rising over time, and if you fall behind or miss a payment, other players can audit and even execute your NFT to knock you off the leaderboard.

This game is all about who survives the longest. Use your best strategy, stack as much $PUNK as you can, and stay alive until the very end.

There are 5000 Punkers in total, but only 500 will survive to the finish line. If you're one of the last ones standing, you'll earn $PUNK rewards from all the taxes and activity generated on the platform. So make sure you don't die halfway through — this is a survival game, have fun!

Getting started is simple — stake your Punker NFT and you'll start earning $PUNK immediately. But keep in mind, once you're in, the clock starts ticking.

• Stake: Lock your Punker NFT into the staking contract to start earning
• Earn Daily: Your NFT earns $PUNK every day automatically based on its rarity
• Pay Tax: You must pay daily tax from your earnings to keep your NFT alive
• No Unstake: Once you stake, there is no unstake button. You're in the game until you survive or die
• Transfer or List = Auto Unstake: If you send your NFT to another wallet or list it on any marketplace, it automatically gets unstaked and all unclaimed $PUNK is forfeited

Your NFT earns $PUNK daily based on rarity. But every NFT must also pay a daily tax — and the tax increases over time. Early days are profitable, but as the game progresses, the gap between earning and tax shrinks. Common Punkers break even at Day 51. Rarer NFTs have more breathing room.

Tax is the same for all rarities. The difference is how much room each rarity has to absorb it. Click each rarity below to see the full earning vs tax breakdown:

If you survive the full 60 days without missing a single tax payment, here's how much $PUNK each rarity walks away with:

You can stake at any point — but the later you join, the harder it gets. Your earn rate always starts at personal Day 1. But your tax rate follows the global game clock from the moment you stake.

Miss a tax payment? You got 48 hours before your NFT is dead. The system won't kill you. Other players will.

See someone who hasn't paid tax? That's your target. Trigger their audit or execution and collect $PUNK for it. Hunt or be hunted.

Every Punker falls into one of two categories — alive or dead. There's no in-between.

Survivors:

• Active NFTs that are staked and paying tax
• Continue earning $PUNK daily
• Visible on the leaderboard

Graveyard:

• NFTs that were executed by other players for unpaid tax
• Dead NFTs stay in your wallet but can never earn $PUNK again
• Permanent death — no revival, no second chance, no exceptions
• Displayed in the Graveyard as a memorial for fallen Punkers
• Dead NFTs can be sold or transferred, but death follows the token — the new owner cannot stake or earn with it either

All $PUNK from taxes, penalties, bounties, and forfeited earnings go into one pool — the treasury. That's the prize the last 500 survivors are fighting over.

Leaderboard rank = total $PUNK accumulated. Updates in real-time. Every tax paid, every bounty claimed, every day survived moves you up or down.

How's it split? Based on your leaderboard rank among the final 500. Not equal. Higher rank = bigger cut. The ones who stacked the most and survived the longest eat the most.

Not all Punkers are built equal. Here's when each rarity starts sweating — and when they're most likely to die:

Every active Punker holder gets a Survivor Certificate — a dynamic card that shows your rank, level, and stats. It's your badge of survival in the PUNKERS game.