Aerodrome Base Launch
Launch a Base ERC-20 token on Aerodrome Classic with WETH liquidity, staged launch buys, tax controls, and starter strategies.
Sumo supports Base launches through Base Aerodrome. The flow deploys a Base ERC-20 launch token, creates an Aerodrome Classic volatile WETH pool, adds initial liquidity while public trading is still closed, runs launch-wallet buys, then opens public trading.
Prerequisites
Before launching, make sure you have:
- Token metadata ready: name, ticker, image, description, and social links
- Total supply and token decimals
- ETH on Base for deployment, pool setup, initial liquidity, launch buys, and gas buffers
- A launch plan: target supply control, pool-token percentage, bundle wallet count, and optional tax settings
- One dev wallet, one tax wallet, and the configured number of bundle wallets
Launch Flow
1. Info
Choose Base Aerodrome in the Launchpad field, then enter the token and profile details.
| Field | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Launchpad | Yes | Select Base Aerodrome. The launchpad is locked after the draft is saved. |
| Profile Name | Yes | Internal Sumo profile name used after launch |
| Token Name | Yes | ERC-20 token name |
| Ticker | Yes | ERC-20 token symbol, auto-uppercased |
| Total Supply | Yes | ERC-20 total supply before decimals |
| Decimals | Yes | ERC-20 display decimals, commonly 18 |
| Image | Yes | JPG or PNG image, up to 2 MB |
| Description | No | Public token description |
| X, Telegram, Website | No | Public social links attached to the profile |
2. Buy Mode
Base Aerodrome uses the shared EVM buy setup controls.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Supply Control Target | Total supply controlled by dev-retained supply plus launch-wallet buys. Range: 1% to 99.99%. |
| Initial Liquidity ETH | ETH supplied by the dev wallet during pool setup. |
| Initial Liquidity Tokens | Percentage of total supply supplied to the pool. The remainder stays with the dev wallet. |
| Estimated ETH Required | Estimated initial liquidity, launch buys, gas buffers, and CEX funding buffers when enabled. |
| Estimated Market Cap | Estimated from Aerodrome pool reserves after launch buys, using the ETH/USD reference price. |
| Dev Supply | Read-only value derived from total supply minus pool-token percentage. |
| Bundle Buy | Read-only value derived from supply-control target minus dev-retained supply. |
| Bundle Wallets | Number of Base wallets used for launch buys. Base launch methods support up to 200. |
| Funds Per Bundle Wallet | ETH reserved per bundle wallet for gas. Minimum 0.01 ETH. |
| CEX Funding | Optional Husher funding path for distributing ETH to launch wallets. |
| CEX Funding Buffer Per Wallet | Extra ETH added per wallet when CEX funding is enabled. Minimum 0.01 ETH. |
| Advanced Controls | Slippage, bundle supply jitter, and bundle priority fee in gwei. |
Tax Controls
Base Aerodrome launch tokens support configurable taxes, wallet limits, and tax clog behavior.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Initial Buy Tax / Initial Sell Tax | Taxes used during the initial post-launch tax window. |
| Final Buy Tax / Final Sell Tax | Taxes used after the tax switchover block window. |
| Tax Switchover Blocks | Number of blocks before final taxes replace initial taxes. Base defaults are longer than Ethereum defaults. |
| Max Supply Per Wallet Limit | Optional maximum token balance per non-excluded wallet. |
| Tax Clog | Accumulates tax tokens on the contract and allows swaps to ETH for the tax wallet through Aerodrome. |
| Max Tax Swap Amount | Maximum tax-token amount sold in one automatic swap. |
| Min Blocks Between Tax Swaps | Cooldown between automatic tax-token swaps. |
3. Wallets
Add or generate wallets for each required Base role.
| Role | Description |
|---|---|
| Dev Wallet | Deploys the token, creates the Aerodrome pool, adds liquidity, opens trading, and receives retained supply. |
| Tax Wallet | Receives tax proceeds and submits later tax or limit updates. |
| Bundle Wallets | Execute launch buys before public trading is opened. |
Holder, sniper, and injection wallets are not used by Base Aerodrome launches.
4. Funding
Save the draft before funding. If CEX funding is enabled, deposit the estimated Base ETH into the funding wallet, check the balance, then use Fund to distribute ETH through Husher. If CEX funding is disabled, fund the dev, tax, and bundle wallets directly and use Check Balances.
The funding table tracks ETH requirements for the dev and bundle wallets. It supports address copying, allocation randomization, per-wallet allocation edits, and balance checks. The dev allocation and final bundle allocation are auto-balanced from the target.
5. Strategies
Optionally add starter strategies to the profile before launch. These strategies are saved with the draft and can be reviewed after the token is live.
6. Launch Preview
For Base Aerodrome, the preview action sequence is:
- Deploy Token - Deploys the generated Base Aerodrome launch token from the dev wallet.
- Create Pool - Creates the Aerodrome Classic pool, sets launch-wallet fee exemptions, and adds initial liquidity while public trading remains closed.
- Launch - Starts the durable launch runner. It submits bundle-wallet buys in batches, opens public trading after the launch buys are confirmed, activates the profile, and submits ownership renounce.
Background Launch Runner
Base launches continue in the background after the Launch action starts. The preview shows launch progress while the runner submits and confirms launch buys.
After Launch
When all launch buys confirm and public trading opens, the profile becomes active and opens in Live Trading.