RON Farming Guide: How to Earn with Katana (2026)
RON farming today means providing liquidity on Katana DEX, the exchange built into the Ronin app, and earning a share of the trading fees. You can no longer stake RON for rewards: Ronin’s own announcement says “There’s currently no way to stake your RON and earn rewards.” That is a big change from older guides, which described validator staking and farming as two ways to earn. This page explains what is left, what it costs you in risk, and what we could and could not confirm.
Updated October 2026. Checked against Ronin’s blog and documentation and DefiLlama data on October 21, 2026.
Key takeaways
- RON staking is not available. Ronin said so in its “Ronin is Home” post on May 13, 2026.
- The main way to earn from RON-related activity now is to add liquidity to Katana DEX pools and collect trading fees.
- Katana V3 pools have three fee tiers: 0.01%, 0.3% and 1%. Part of each fee goes to liquidity providers and part to the Ronin Treasury.
- Katana has a farming feature, but rewards are paid in whatever token the farm creator picks, and we could not confirm any farm that is live today.
- Earnings are never guaranteed. Impermanent loss, smart contract risk and price risk can outweigh the fees you collect.
Can you still earn rewards by staking RON?
No. In its May 13, 2026 post “Ronin is Home”, Ronin wrote: “There’s currently no way to stake your RON and earn rewards.” Ronin became an Ethereum Layer-2 in May 2026, and the same post says holders have no staking route to rewards.
The same post describes what replaced it:
- RON emissions fell from 45 million RON a year to 5 million RON a year.
- Future emissions flow to builders through a reward system called Proof of Distribution, paid in seasons of about one month.
- Builders, not token holders, are the target of that program. Holding RON in your wallet does not enter you into it.
If you see a site promising RON staking APRs, check the date on it. For background on the chain and the migration, read our Ronin Network guide.
What does RON farming mean now?
Farming is a loose term. Older guides used it for any way of putting crypto to work. Today there are two separate ideas worth keeping apart:
| Activity | What you do | Status in October 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Validator staking | Lock RON with a validator for a share of rewards | Not available to holders. Ronin says there is currently no way to stake RON and earn rewards. |
| Providing liquidity | Deposit two tokens into a Katana DEX pool and earn trading fees | Available on Katana V2 and V3. |
| Farming LP tokens | Stake your pool tokens in a farm for extra reward tokens | Feature exists. No live farm confirmed. |
| Builder rewards | Build an app that earns Proof of Distribution payouts | For builders only. |
So “ron farming” in 2026 mostly means liquidity provision. It is a way to earn fees for taking on risk, not a savings account.
How do you earn by providing liquidity on Katana DEX?
Katana DEX is an automated market maker. Traders swap against pools of tokens that users like you have deposited, and the pool charges a small fee on each swap. Liquidity providers share those fees. Our Katana DEX guide covers the exchange itself.
You use the Liquidity page in the Ronin app, at app.roninchain.com/liquidity, with a Ronin Wallet. Ronin’s documentation lists these steps.
Katana V2 pools
- Open the Liquidity page, connect your Ronin Wallet and select the V2 Pools tab.
- Open a pool and enter an amount. Katana works out the matching amount of the second token.
- Approve both tokens if this is your first time, then review the LP tokens and your pool share.
- Confirm in your wallet and check My position.
In V2, fees are shared according to how many LP tokens you hold. LP tokens are receipts that show your share of the pool.
Katana V3 pools (concentrated liquidity)
- Select the V3 Pools tab and open a pool.
- Choose a fee tier. If no pool exists for that tier, your position creates one.
- Set a minimum and maximum price for your liquidity.
- Enter the token amounts, approve them, and confirm in your wallet.
V3 fees go to positions whose range covers the current swap price. They are not reinvested for you, so you claim them separately.
What are the Katana V3 fee tiers?
Ronin’s pool guide gives the following split for each V3 tier. Its advice is that “the higher the volatility, the higher the fee tier you should choose.”
| Fee tier | To liquidity providers | To Ronin Treasury | Meant for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.01% | 0.005% | 0.005% | Stablecoin pairs |
| 0.3% | 0.25% | 0.05% | Most trading pairs |
| 1% | 0.85% | 0.15% | High-volatility pairs |
Here is a hypothetical example, with round numbers chosen only to show the arithmetic. Suppose $100,000 of swaps passes through a pool in the 0.3% tier. The pool collects $300 in fees. $250 goes to liquidity providers and $50 to the Treasury. If you owned 1% of the liquidity that was active at the time, your share of that $250 would be $2.50.
What is a V3 price range and why does it matter?
In V3 you choose the price band where your liquidity works. A narrower band means more capital efficiency, so the same deposit can earn more fees while the price stays inside it. Ronin’s guide shows a range of about 0.999 to 1.001 giving roughly 2,000 times the efficiency of a full-range position.
The trade-off is stated plainly in the same guide: narrow ranges “come with the risk that the price might move outside your range, rendering your liquidity inactive.” Ronin’s add-liquidity page adds that once the price leaves your range, your position “will not earn fees and be concentrated to one of two tokens.”
Are there any live RON farming rewards on Katana?
We could not confirm one. Here is what the official pages say, and what they do not.
- Ronin’s docs describe farms: you stake LP tokens and earn “another ERC-20 token, which is chosen by the farm creator.”
- Farming is “available for a limited number of pools at any given time.”
- Only whitelisted Ronin addresses can create farms, after submitting an address to Sky Mavis.
- Pools with a farm are marked with a yellow lightning symbol and a RON icon.
- The docs do not list current farms, reward rates, or say that RON is paid as a reward in any of them.
The Ronin app itself did not load for us outside a browser session, so we could not read the live pool list. Open the Liquidity page and look for the lightning symbol yourself. If a pool shows an APR, treat it as a snapshot: farm rewards run for a set period and the reward token can change in price.
We are not quoting any APR here, because we could not read one from an official source on the date we checked.
What are the risks of providing liquidity?
Ronin’s docs warn that “earning a profit through providing liquidity isn’t guaranteed.” Three risks matter most.
Impermanent loss
Impermanent loss is the gap between what your pool deposit is worth and what the same tokens would be worth if you had simply kept them in your wallet. It appears when the two token prices move apart. It is called impermanent because it shrinks if prices return to where they started, but it becomes real when you withdraw.
Here is a hypothetical worked example in a simple 50/50 V2-style pool. The numbers are made up to keep the math easy and are not a forecast.
- You deposit 1,000 RON and 1,000 USDC when RON costs $1. Your deposit is worth $2,000.
- RON then rises to $2. The pool rebalances automatically, so your share becomes about 707 RON and 1,414 USDC.
- That share is worth about $2,828.
- If you had just held the tokens, you would have 1,000 RON at $2 plus 1,000 USDC: $3,000.
- The difference is about $172, or roughly 5.7% less than holding.
The same size of loss happens if RON falls to $0.50 instead. Trading fees you collected along the way would offset part of it, and in a quiet pool they might not offset much. Which side wins depends on volume, and no one can promise it in advance.
Smart contract risk
Your funds sit in code. If a contract has a bug or is exploited, you can lose deposits, and there is usually no one to reverse it. Using established pools, approving only the amounts you need, and revoking old approvals reduce exposure but do not remove it. Our guide to the official RON token contract address helps you avoid fake tokens.
Price risk
Both tokens in a pool can fall in value at once, and fees will not cover that. Pools with a RON pair are exposed to RON’s price. Pools with small or “Seed” tokens can also have thin liquidity, which makes it harder to exit at a fair price.
Nothing here is investment advice. Only deposit what you can afford to lose.
How big is Katana DEX right now?
DefiLlama showed about $9.3 million of total value locked in Katana DEX on October 21, 2026, with about $247,000 of volume in the previous 24 hours and about $13.9 million over 30 days. Small pools mean each swap moves the price more, so check price impact before you trade or deposit.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Following an old guide that still talks about RON validator staking.
- Judging a pool by its APR alone and ignoring impermanent loss.
- Setting a very narrow V3 range and never checking it again.
- Forgetting to claim V3 fees, which are not added to your position automatically.
- Keeping no RON in the wallet to pay gas. Our guide on how to buy RON covers that.
Frequently asked questions
Can I still stake RON?
No. Ronin’s May 13, 2026 post “Ronin is Home” says there is currently no way to stake your RON and earn rewards. Ronin became an Ethereum Layer-2 in May 2026.
How does RON farming work in 2026?
RON farming now mostly means adding liquidity to Katana DEX pools and earning a share of the trading fees. Katana can also pay extra reward tokens through farms, but we could not confirm any farm that is live today.
What are the Katana V3 fee tiers?
Katana V3 pools charge 0.01%, 0.3% or 1% per swap. Ronin’s guide splits these as 0.005% and 0.005%, 0.25% and 0.05%, or 0.85% and 0.15% between liquidity providers and the Ronin Treasury.
What is impermanent loss?
Impermanent loss is the shortfall between your pool deposit and the same tokens held in a wallet when their prices move apart. In a hypothetical 50/50 pool, RON doubling in price leaves a depositor about 5.7% behind simply holding.
What happened to RON emissions?
Ronin cut emissions from 45 million RON a year to 5 million RON a year in May 2026. Future emissions go to builders through the Proof of Distribution reward system.
Is Katana DEX safe to use?
No DeFi app is risk free. Ronin’s docs say profit from providing liquidity is not guaranteed, and smart contract and price risks apply. Never deposit funds you cannot afford to lose.
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