# 5.2 - Managing your veNEST

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If your veNEST is deposited in the **HYPE Engine Vault (HEV)**, you **cannot** perform the actions below until you **withdraw from it**.
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To withdraw:

* Go to **Dashboard** → find your position in the lock tab → **Manage Position** → 'Deactivate' from HEV - <https://app.usenest.xyz/dashboard>

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Once the veNEST NFT is back in your wallet as a manual position, you can manage it normally.

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### Extend (increase lock duration)

Extend expiry to maintain voting power.

* **Max lock:** up to **6 months**
* Voting power is **linear** with time:
  * 100 NEST for 6 months → 100 veNEST
  * 100 NEST for 3 months → 50 veNEST
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### **Increase (add more NEST)**

Add more NEST into an existing veNEST position.
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### Merge

Combine multiple veNEST NFTs into one position. Useful for simplifying management and concentrating vote weight.

### Auto-Max (set-and-forget power)

Auto-Max is designed to keep your lock near maximum duration so vote weight doesn’t drift down.

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Why it matters: if you don’t maintain duration, voting power decays toward expiry (example guidance shows \~**4% voting power reduction per epoch** on a max lock left to decay).
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### Transfer

Because veNEST is an NFT, it can be transferred (and may be tradable on supported marketplaces like Hyperwarp).

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Reminder: Buyers inherit the lock’s remaining duration, future rewards and for selling marketplace liquidity can be thin with discount required for sale.
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### Unlock

Unlock your veNEST position back into NEST.&#x20;

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Your veNEST must be in a [manual position](/governance-venest/5.1-venest-basics.md#voting-manual-vs-automated) for your NFT unlock time to start.
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