Alien Worlds Raises Union DAO Share of Planet Mining Rewards From 35% to 45%

In Brief:

• Custodians in Alien Worlds (official site) may now route as much as 45% of their planet’s mining rewards to a wallet they select, compared with 35% before.
• The update covers the Union DAOs. Each of the six planets has one: Eyeke, Kavian, Magor, Veles, Neri and Naron.
• The limit started at 10% in May 2025, when DAOs first gained the ability to redirect part of their planet’s mining reward pool, and it has been raised several times since.

Union DAO custodians in Alien Worlds now control a bigger portion of planetary mining rewards. On every planet, custodians can direct up to 45% of that planet’s mining rewards to a wallet of their choosing. The old ceiling was 35%.

Announcing the change on X, Alien Worlds wrote: “The Union DAOs now have greater control over mining rewards.”

The team said the raised cap hands “each DAO more flexibility to support initiatives that benefit their planet and community.”

What the change lets custodians do

These rewards are drawn from each planet’s mining reward pool, called DTAP, and custodians decide which wallet receives them. As a result, a bigger slice of each planet’s emissions can now be steered toward projects its governing council selects, rather than going straight to players.

Alien Worlds’ December 2025 year-in-review noted that redirected funds could cover tools, games, events and creative work on a planet. The cap back then stood at 25%.

According to the project’s Union DAO documentation, custodians review proposals, offer feedback and steer projects until they are finished.

How the limit climbed

Up to May 2025, every planet’s entire DTAP was paid out directly to miners and landowners. In that month, Alien Worlds allowed planetary DAOs to divert as much as 10% of the pool to an account they chose, with the aim of funding new games, initiatives and player-run projects.

The ceiling had reached 25% by the close of 2025, then moved to 35%. This latest update takes it to 45%.

In a little over a year, the allowance has grown to more than four times its starting level.

Who serves on the councils

Each planet has its own Union DAO, making six in total. Running for custodian requires a candidate to stake 5,000 Trilium. Originally, the five candidates who drew the most votes became custodians for the week that followed.

Those rules are no longer as rigid. During 2025, Alien Worlds handed every DAO the authority to decide how many custodians its planet has and to change its own election timeframes.

That means the body choosing where as much as 45% of a planet’s mining rewards end up is now sized and scheduled by the planet’s own DAO.

Background

The Union DAO system took the place of an arrangement under which a planet’s whole mining pool went to the players working it. Every rise in the cap has shifted more of that pool under the control of elected custodians.

Prior to the first change, miners and landowners received 100% of each planet’s DTAP. With the new ceiling, custodians can send up to 45% of it to a wallet of their choice.