# How to: Bond more tokens to collator

Steps to bond more tokens to the collator:

1. Mint Liquidity on [app.mangata.finance](http://app.mangata.finance)

<img src="https://3624648318-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FLbqvmGewRWFC8kc3j3Y5%2Fuploads%2FoVXDhfhqHpTtOKNVWIJs%2FUntitled.png?alt=media&#x26;token=25d8c23c-428e-4e64-80b4-3c7775deb136" alt="" data-size="original">

2. Open [Subscan](https://mangatax.subscan.io/account/) on your mint liquidity extrinsic

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3. Go inside extrinsic via extrinsic hash: Example link: <https://mangatax.subscan.io/extrinsic/0xaf8a27765ff6114b7382fffe43220f846339c8c394282dba5cc5e60898c3b4ff>
4. Scroll Down to events and open liquidity\_minted event Bottom number is amount of liquidity you got - copy it somewhere

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5. Schedule bond increase: Visit the UI: [Developer → Extrinsics](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fprod-kusama-collator-01.mangatafinance.cloud#/extrinsics)
   * Make sure your account is selected
   * parachainStaking.scheduleCandidateBondMore
   * Put the number from the screenshot on step 4 into the “more” section and enable the “Include Option” toggle with `useBalanceFrom: ActivatedUnstakedReserves`.

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6. Wait for 2 sessions (1 session on the testnet is 6 hours)
7. Execute bond request: Visit the UI: [Developer → Extrinsics](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fprod-kusama-collator-01.mangatafinance.cloud#/extrinsics)
   * Make sure your account is selected
   * parachainStaking.executeCandidateBondRequest
