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# Use Pollen

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There are many ways to use your Pollen, whether for comfort or performance, and you will find a use for it across all of our game mechanics.

<details>

<summary>Forager Level Up</summary>

Essentielles dans la collecte de $CATKN et de Pollen, les abeilles butineuses jouent un rôle crucial dans l'évolution de votre progression. Ces précieuses travailleuses ont besoin, lorsqu'elles sont ouvrières, de Pollen pour monter de niveau et augmenter leur efficacité dans la collecte des ressources.

Pour obtenir des détails spécifiques sur le lien entre le niveau de vos abeilles butineuses et la quantité de Pollen nécessaire, veuillez vous référer au tableau de Level-up/Pollen disponible. Ce tableau vous fournira des informations détaillées sur la progression et les exigences de Pollen associées à chaque niveau de vos abeilles butineuses.

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*Level-Up / Pollen Table*

Learn more about [Level Up](/whitepaper/move-to-earn/endemic-bees/level-up.md)

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<summary>Age a Bee</summary>

Using Pollen allows you to **accelerate a bee’s aging by 5% to 25%**, depending on the amount applied.

This gives the user the ability to **reach age-related bonus thresholds faster**, or even **reach the maximum age (100%) more quickly** in order to attempt to obtain an endemic bee.

The **cumulative “artificial” aging across all of your bees cannot exceed 25% per day**.

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Aging / Pollen Table

| % Aging | Pollen Cost |
| ------- | ----------- |
| 5%      | 100 Pollen  |
| 10%     | 150 Pollen  |
| 25%     | 250 Pollen  |

{% hint style="info" %}
The Pollen cost required to age a bee will dynamically evolve once the total CATKN supply exceeds **50,000,000**
{% endhint %}

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<summary><strong>Speed Up Your Bees’ Level Up</strong> <em>(currently unavailable)</em></summary>

Pollen provides users with **greater convenience** when interacting with the game’s various mechanics.

A modest amount of Pollen can **speed up the level-up process of your bees**, thereby **reducing the amount of $CATKN required** to accelerate those levels.

**Table coming soon**

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Level-Up Acceleration / Pollen Table

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<summary>Increase Your Honey Pot Upgrade Chances (currently unavailable)</summary>

The user can gain additional **success rate percentages** when upgrading their Honey Pots in exchange for a certain amount of **Pollen**.

**Table coming soon**

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Upgrade % / Pollen Table

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<summary><strong>Increase Your Chances of Obtaining a Longer Incubation Period</strong> <em>(currently unavailable)</em></summary>

Pollen is a **key element in the development of bee larvae**.

During a mint, the user may choose to add Pollen in order to **increase the chances of obtaining a longer incubation period**.

This decision is made **before knowing the type of larva generated**.

The larva resulting from the mint receives the **“Mint+” distinction**, which grants it, when placed into incubation, an **enhanced probability of accessing extended incubation periods**.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Larvae benefiting from the **Mint+ distinction cannot be listed for sale while still in the larval stage**.

However, this restriction **does not affect the ability to sell the bee once incubation is complete**
{% endhint %}

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Incubation / Pollen Table


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