Change validators

Easily change your validators anytime without having to unstake your tokens on SubWallet.

Validator performance and nomination times can change, affecting how many staking rewards you earn. To get the most out of your staking, it's a good idea to check on your validators regularly and see how they perform.

We recommend reviewing them from time to time to help keep your rewards steady.

You don't need to unstake your tokens to nominate different validators. You can simply change your selected validators.

SubWallet currently supports changing validators on Polkadot & Kusama only. We will soon support this feature on other networks.

Step 1: Open the SubWallet extension and choose the "Earning" tab at the bottom of the screen. In the Your earning positions screen, select the stake funds you want to view.

Step 2: Click the icon in the Account info field to view your selected validators.

If you are in "All accounts" mode, click the icon instead.

Step 3: In the Your validators screen, select "Change validators".

Step 4: Select the validators you'd like to nominate by clicking the icon next to the validator's address.

You can select up to 16 validators on Polkadot and 24 validators on Kusama.

You can use the Sort function to find the most suitable validator that fits your needs. Click the icon in the top right corner and choose your sorting criteria.

Once done, hit "Apply {x} validators", with {x} is the number of validators you've selected.

Step 5: Check the information and confirm your request by clicking "Approve".

Please note that after you click "Approve", you will have to wait until the next era (1 era = 24 hours) for your staked funds to be nominated for the newly selected validators. You can check out this page to see when the next era will come.

Step 6: Your request has been submitted!

You can either click "Back to home" to return to the homepage or "View transaction" to see transaction details in the History tab.