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# Catalyst

### What are catalysts?

Catalysts are a crucial part of Weird Ape's equipment, they will help your Weird Ape or your squad to collect more loot during expeditions.

Catalysts have a limited lifespan, <mark style="color:orange;">**the effect lasts between 10 and 25 expeditions**</mark>, <mark style="color:orange;">**the more expedition you pay in $WAC, the slower it will be consumed.**</mark>

A Catalyst lasts for 10 Banana Cola runs or 25 $WAC runs and anything in between.

Catalysts are CRC-1155 NFTs (so they will be transerible and tradable on the secondary market) and can be consumed by a squad (1-5 Voxel Apes) to increase their chance to collect more loot for each expedition until it breaks (can span over seasons).

There are **three different types** of catalysts, they all have the same duration but increase the chances of collecting more loot in different ways:

![SULFUR](https://736161068-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FL7zZEWq2FqGcNad7m63Y%2Fuploads%2FN2xG64AVS0fnVrsBcBVA%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=5cb62bc4-de0e-406e-bb86-58c4a757d153) ![ERBIUM](https://736161068-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FL7zZEWq2FqGcNad7m63Y%2Fuploads%2FyCtMS9gxV9su5uoE6IBV%2Fimage%20\(1\).png?alt=media\&token=95e3d309-c1c0-4402-98c7-d0f2b3045b5c) ![COBALT](https://736161068-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FL7zZEWq2FqGcNad7m63Y%2Fuploads%2F02hxFb97AWCd6BO9aDnV%2Fimage%20\(2\).png?alt=media\&token=25c8eef9-92d6-4550-b5a8-0f63ea1b38aa)

| Type       | Effect                                                                |
| ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Sulfur** | <p>20% chance for double Weirdonite <br>10% chance for double XP</p>  |
| **Erbium** | <p>40% chance for double Weirdonite <br>20% chance for double XP</p>  |
| **Cobalt** | <p>100% chance for double Weirdonite <br>50% chance for double XP</p> |

### How are they distributed?

Catalysts can be generated by spending **70&#x20;**<mark style="color:orange;">**Vials**</mark>.

Vials are distributed daily to all [<mark style="color:orange;">**Lady Weird Apes**</mark>](/weird-apes-club/2d-nfts/lady-weird-apes.md) and [<mark style="color:orange;">**Baby Weird Apes**</mark>](/weird-apes-club/2d-nfts/baby-weird-apes.md) staked.

**• Lady Weird Ape yields 5&#x20;**<mark style="color:orange;">**green vial**</mark>**&#x20;every day.**

**• Baby Weird Ape yields 5&#x20;**<mark style="color:orange;">**blue vial**</mark>**&#x20;every day.**

Once the 70 Vials are collected, Ladies and Babies can redeem it to get a random catalyst.

**Redeeming 70 green vial, the Lady has a higher probabilistic advantage of obtaining a rarer catalyst than a Baby.**

![GREEN VIAL](https://736161068-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FL7zZEWq2FqGcNad7m63Y%2Fuploads%2F9HfRlXKDUzRa4JAs8b5O%2Fimage%20\(1\).png?alt=media\&token=c827df1c-142c-4655-9b4c-97df87ad4bd6) ![BLUE VIAL](https://736161068-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FL7zZEWq2FqGcNad7m63Y%2Fuploads%2FuWowt3fzCQjk3Rrp7ONT%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=a01ac2e5-8d5f-41d7-91e4-3394e6e530e9)