# How to Earn

> Deposit an asset into a vault, mint its shares, and redeem them later.

## What Is Earn

Earn puts an asset you hold to work. You deposit it into a vault, the vault invests it in a strategy, and the yield that strategy earns raises the value of your deposit.

The deposit mints the vault's shares, which you keep in your wallet. As the yield comes in, each share is worth more of the asset, so when you redeem them you get back what they are worth by then.

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## How to Earn

Five steps, from choosing a vault to redeeming your shares.

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Shares, APY, wallet requests, and when you can redeem are answered in the [FAQ](/docs/info/faq#earn).