# The River

*The River* is the home of the *Lazy Bears*. 

You can stake your *Bear* NFT on the River to earn $FISH (ERC-20 token). 

However as more Bears begin to be staked on *The River*, the fish supply will dwindle. 

To cope with this, you can choose to either stake between three options.

1. **Peaceful**
2. **Hungry**
3. **Frenzy**

Each option will yield different amount of $FISH.

In the beginning, the community can get away with staking ***Frenzy***, but as the *Bear* population grows, the river will not be able to keep up, and it will run dry.

Will you Bears work together... or be greedy on your quest for $FISH?

## River Mechanics

### Carrying Capacity

 The carrying capacity of The River is 271,828 $FISH

This means that the $FISH population cannot exceed 271,828 $FISH

### Population Growth

$FISH repopulate every epoch at a rate of 2x (100%).

Repopulations are calculated using each *Bear* staked, and is done ***after*** each Bear has received their rewards.

### Epoch

Each epoch lasts 6 hours.

The community must manually change the epoch. 

### Burn rates for $FISH 

Peaceful : 5 $FISH burned per epoch for every *Peaceful Bear* staked

Hungry: 10 $FISH burned per epoch for every *Hungry Bear* staked

Frenzy: 15 $FISH burned per epoch for every *Frenzy Bear* staked

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This only affects the River Supply, For more info on $FISH rates check out the $FISH page
{% endhint %}

### How much do Bears get?

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