diff --git a/packages/apps/public/index.html b/packages/apps/public/index.html
index 74473c1ee9..b46526c896 100644
--- a/packages/apps/public/index.html
+++ b/packages/apps/public/index.html
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
         /* --color-table-foot: rgba(254, 240, 240, 0.66); */
         /* --color-table-head: rgba(254, 240, 240, 0.8); */
         --color-text: rgba(244, 242, 240, 0.8);
+        --opacity-gray: 0.1;
       }
 
       [data-theme="light"] {
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@
         /* --color-table-foot: rgba(78, 78, 78, 0.66); */
         /* --color-table-head: rgba(78, 78, 78, 0.8); */
         --color-text: rgba(78, 78, 78, 0.8); /* 1 */
+        --opacity-gray: 0.75;
       }
     </style>
     <style>
diff --git a/packages/page-accounts/src/Accounts/index.tsx b/packages/page-accounts/src/Accounts/index.tsx
index 760ff3f2eb..b6dad44722 100644
--- a/packages/page-accounts/src/Accounts/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/page-accounts/src/Accounts/index.tsx
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ function Overview ({ className = '', onStatusChange }: Props): React.ReactElemen
 
       Object.values(ret).forEach((a): void => {
         a[0][1] = 'start';
-        a[0][2] = 3;
+        a[0][2] = 4;
       });
 
       return ret;
diff --git a/packages/page-assets/src/useAssetIds.ts b/packages/page-assets/src/useAssetIds.ts
index 8c15202dd6..2eecb7ab42 100644
--- a/packages/page-assets/src/useAssetIds.ts
+++ b/packages/page-assets/src/useAssetIds.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import type { EventRecord } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces';
 
 import { createNamedHook, useApi, useEventChanges, useMapKeys } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
 
+const EMPTY_PARAMS: unknown[] = [];
+
 const OPT_KEY = {
   transform: (keys: StorageKey<[u32]>[]): u32[] =>
     keys.map(({ args: [id] }) => id)
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ function filter (records: EventRecord[]): Changes<u32> {
 
 function useAssetIdsImpl (): u32[] | undefined {
   const { api } = useApi();
-  const startValue = useMapKeys(api.query.assets.asset, [], OPT_KEY);
+  const startValue = useMapKeys(api.query.assets.asset, EMPTY_PARAMS, OPT_KEY);
 
   return useEventChanges([
     api.events.assets.Created,
diff --git a/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/Validator/Status.tsx b/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/Validator/Status.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3815e7b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/Validator/Status.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2023 @polkadot/app-staking authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import type { Validator } from '../../types';
+import type { Heartbeat } from './types';
+
+import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
+
+import { Badge } from '@polkadot/react-components';
+import { useAccounts } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
+
+interface Props {
+  heartbeat: Heartbeat;
+  isChilled?: boolean;
+  isPara?: boolean;
+  isRelay?: boolean;
+  nominators?: string[];
+  validator: Validator;
+}
+
+function Status ({ heartbeat: { authoredBlocks, isOnline }, isChilled, isPara, isRelay, nominators, validator: { isElected } }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
+  const { allAccounts } = useAccounts();
+
+  const isNominating = useMemo(
+    () => nominators && nominators.some((a) => allAccounts.includes(a)),
+    [allAccounts, nominators]
+  );
+
+  const emptyBadge = (
+    <Badge
+      className='opaque'
+      color='gray'
+    />
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+      {isNominating
+        ? (
+          <Badge
+            color='green'
+            icon='hand-paper'
+          />
+        )
+        : emptyBadge
+      }
+      {isRelay && (
+        isPara
+          ? (
+            <Badge
+              color='purple'
+              icon='vector-square'
+            />
+          )
+          : emptyBadge
+      )}
+      {isChilled
+        ? (
+          <Badge
+            color='red'
+            icon='cancel'
+          />
+        )
+        : isElected
+          ? (
+            <Badge
+              color='blue'
+              icon='chevron-right'
+            />
+          )
+          : emptyBadge
+      }
+      {isOnline
+        ? authoredBlocks
+          ? (
+            <Badge
+              color='green'
+              info={authoredBlocks}
+            />
+          )
+          : (
+            <Badge
+              color='green'
+              icon='envelope'
+            />
+          )
+        : emptyBadge
+      }
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export default React.memo(Status);
diff --git a/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/Validator.tsx b/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/Validator/index.tsx
similarity index 65%
rename from packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/Validator.tsx
rename to packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/Validator/index.tsx
index 48288676db..86e4647e4a 100644
--- a/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/Validator.tsx
+++ b/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/Validator/index.tsx
@@ -1,43 +1,48 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2023 @polkadot/app-staking authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import type { BN } from '@polkadot/util';
+import type { SessionInfo, Validator } from '../../types';
 
 import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
 
 import { AddressSmall, Table, Tag } from '@polkadot/react-components';
 import { useToggle } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
 import { FormatBalance } from '@polkadot/react-query';
+import { formatNumber } from '@polkadot/util';
 
+import Status from './Status';
 import useExposure from './useExposure';
+import useHeartbeat from './useHeartbeat';
 
 interface Props {
-  activeEra: BN | null;
   className?: string;
-  isFavorite: boolean;
-  points?: string;
-  stashId: string;
+  isRelay: boolean;
+  points?: number;
+  sessionInfo: SessionInfo;
   toggleFavorite: (stashId: string) => void;
+  validator: Validator;
 }
 
 interface PropsExpanded {
   className?: string;
-  stashId: string;
+  validator: Validator;
 }
 
 function ValidatorExpanded ({ className = '' }: PropsExpanded): React.ReactElement<PropsExpanded> {
   return (
     <tr className={`${className} isExpanded isLast`}>
       <td />
-      <td></td>
+      <td />
+      <td />
       <td />
     </tr>
   );
 }
 
-function Validator ({ activeEra, className = '', isFavorite, points, stashId, toggleFavorite }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
+function Validator ({ className = '', isRelay, points, sessionInfo, toggleFavorite, validator }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
   const [isExpanded, toggleExpanded] = useToggle();
-  const exposure = useExposure(stashId, activeEra);
+  const exposure = useExposure(validator, sessionInfo);
+  const heartbeat = useHeartbeat(validator, sessionInfo);
 
   const pointsAnimClass = useMemo(
     () => (points && `greyAnim-${Date.now() % 25}`) || '',
@@ -48,17 +53,27 @@ function Validator ({ activeEra, className = '', isFavorite, points, stashId, to
     <>
       <tr className={`${className} isExpanded isFirst packedBottom`}>
         <Table.Column.Favorite
-          address={stashId}
-          isFavorite={isFavorite}
+          address={validator.stashId}
+          isFavorite={validator.isFavorite}
           toggle={toggleFavorite}
         />
+        <td
+          className='statusInfo'
+          rowSpan={2}
+        >
+          <Status
+            heartbeat={heartbeat}
+            isRelay={isRelay}
+            validator={validator}
+          />
+        </td>
         <td className='address relative all'>
-          <AddressSmall value={stashId} />
+          <AddressSmall value={validator.stashId} />
           {points && (
             <Tag
               className={`${pointsAnimClass} absolute`}
               color='lightgrey'
-              label={points}
+              label={formatNumber(points)}
             />
           )}
         </td>
@@ -70,6 +85,7 @@ function Validator ({ activeEra, className = '', isFavorite, points, stashId, to
       <tr className={`${className} isExpanded ${isExpanded ? '' : 'isLast'} packedTop`}>
         <td />
         <Table.Column.Balance
+          className='relative'
           label={
             exposure?.waiting && (
               <>
@@ -85,7 +101,7 @@ function Validator ({ activeEra, className = '', isFavorite, points, stashId, to
         <td />
       </tr>
       {isExpanded && (
-        <ValidatorExpanded stashId={stashId} />
+        <ValidatorExpanded validator={validator} />
       )}
     </>
   );
diff --git a/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/Validator/types.ts b/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/Validator/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0fcbdf0187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/Validator/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2023 @polkadot/app-staking authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+export interface Heartbeat {
+  authoredBlocks?: number;
+  isOnline: boolean;
+}
diff --git a/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/useExposure.ts b/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/Validator/useExposure.ts
similarity index 72%
rename from packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/useExposure.ts
rename to packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/Validator/useExposure.ts
index 98864d1f80..3290aa6dbf 100644
--- a/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/useExposure.ts
+++ b/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/Validator/useExposure.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import type { PalletStakingExposure } from '@polkadot/types/lookup';
+import type { SessionInfo, Validator } from '../../types';
 
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
@@ -31,11 +32,11 @@ interface Result {
 const OPT_EXPOSURE = {
   transform: ({ others, own, total }: PalletStakingExposure): Exposure => ({
     others: others
-      .sort((a, b) => a.value.unwrap().cmp(b.value.unwrap()))
       .map(({ value, who }) => ({
         value: value.unwrap(),
         who: who.toString()
-      })),
+      }))
+      .sort((a, b) => b.value.cmp(a.value)),
     own: own.unwrap(),
     total: total.unwrap()
   })
@@ -52,23 +53,26 @@ function getResult (exposure?: Exposure, clipped?: Exposure): Result {
     );
 
     if (others.length) {
-      waiting = { others, total: others.reduce((total, { value }) => total.iadd(value), new BN(0)) };
+      waiting = {
+        others,
+        total: others.reduce((total, { value }) => total.iadd(value), new BN(0))
+      };
     }
   }
 
   return { clipped, exposure, waiting };
 }
 
-function useExposureImpl (stashId: string, activeEra: BN | null): Result | undefined {
+function useExposureImpl ({ stashId }: Validator, { activeEra }: SessionInfo): Result | undefined {
   const { api } = useApi();
 
-  const exposureParams = useMemo(
+  const params = useMemo(
     () => activeEra && [activeEra, stashId],
     [activeEra, stashId]
   );
 
-  const fullExposure = useCall(api.query.staking.erasStakers, exposureParams, OPT_EXPOSURE);
-  const clipExposure = useCall(api.query.staking.erasStakersClipped, exposureParams, OPT_EXPOSURE);
+  const fullExposure = useCall(params && api.query.staking.erasStakers, params, OPT_EXPOSURE);
+  const clipExposure = useCall(params && api.query.staking.erasStakersClipped, params, OPT_EXPOSURE);
 
   return useMemo(
     () => getResult(fullExposure, clipExposure),
diff --git a/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/Validator/useHeartbeat.ts b/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/Validator/useHeartbeat.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dbe947af0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/Validator/useHeartbeat.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2023 @polkadot/app-staking authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import type { Option, u32 } from '@polkadot/types';
+import type { Codec } from '@polkadot/types/types';
+import type { SessionInfo, Validator } from '../../types';
+import type { Heartbeat } from './types';
+
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+
+import { createNamedHook, useApi, useCall } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
+
+const OPT_BLOCKS = {
+  transform: (authoredBlocks: u32): number =>
+    authoredBlocks.toNumber()
+};
+
+const OPT_BEATS = {
+  // Option<WrapperOpaque<PalletImOnlineBoundedOpaqueNetworkState>>
+  transform: (receivedHeartbeats: Option<Codec>): boolean =>
+    receivedHeartbeats.isSome
+};
+
+function useHeartbeatImpl ({ stashId, stashIndex }: Validator, { currentSession }: SessionInfo): Heartbeat {
+  const { api } = useApi();
+
+  const params = useMemo(
+    () => currentSession && ({
+      authoredBlocks: [currentSession, stashId],
+      receivedHeartbeats: [currentSession, stashIndex]
+    }),
+    [currentSession, stashId, stashIndex]
+  );
+
+  const authoredBlocks = useCall(params && api.query.imOnline.authoredBlocks, params?.authoredBlocks, OPT_BLOCKS);
+  const receivedHeartbeats = useCall(params && api.query.imOnline.receivedHeartbeats, params?.receivedHeartbeats, OPT_BEATS);
+
+  return useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      authoredBlocks,
+      isOnline: !!(authoredBlocks || receivedHeartbeats)
+    }),
+    [authoredBlocks, receivedHeartbeats]
+  );
+}
+
+export default createNamedHook('useHeartbeat', useHeartbeatImpl);
diff --git a/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/index.tsx b/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/index.tsx
index ffc3d0cd73..c0309068ea 100644
--- a/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/index.tsx
@@ -1,78 +1,85 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2023 @polkadot/app-staking authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import type { SessionInfo } from '../types';
+import type { SessionInfo, Validator } from '../types';
 
 import React, { useRef } from 'react';
+import styled from 'styled-components';
 
+import Legend from '@polkadot/app-staking/Legend';
 import { Table } from '@polkadot/react-components';
 
 import { useTranslation } from '../translate';
 import usePoints from './usePoints';
-import Validator from './Validator';
+import ValidatorRow from './Validator';
 
 interface Props {
   className?: string;
+  isRelay: boolean;
   sessionInfo: SessionInfo;
   toggleFavorite: (stashId: string) => void;
-  validatorsActive?: string[];
-  validatorsFavorite?: string[];
+  validatorsSession?: Validator[];
 }
 
-function Validators ({ className = '', sessionInfo: { activeEra }, toggleFavorite, validatorsActive, validatorsFavorite }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
+function Validators ({ className = '', isRelay, sessionInfo, toggleFavorite, validatorsSession }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
-  const points = usePoints(activeEra);
+  const points = usePoints(sessionInfo);
 
   const headerActive = useRef<[string?, string?, number?][]>([
-    // favorite, details, expand
-    [t<string>('validators'), 'start', 3]
-  ]);
-
-  const headerFavorite = useRef<[string?, string?, number?][]>([
-    // favorite, details, expand
-    [t<string>('favorites'), 'start', 3]
+    // favorite, badges, details, expand
+    [t<string>('validators'), 'start', 4]
   ]);
 
   return (
-    <>
-      {validatorsFavorite && (
-        <Table
-          className={className}
-          header={headerFavorite.current}
-          isSplit
-        >
-          {validatorsFavorite.map((stashId) => (
-            <Validator
-              activeEra={activeEra}
-              isFavorite
-              key={stashId}
-              points={points?.[stashId]}
-              stashId={stashId}
-              toggleFavorite={toggleFavorite}
-            />
-          ))}
-        </Table>
-      )}
-      <Table
-        className={className}
-        empty={validatorsActive && t<string>('No session validators found')}
-        emptySpinner={t<string>('Retrieving session validators')}
-        header={headerActive.current}
-        isSplit
-      >
-        {validatorsActive?.map((stashId) => (
-          <Validator
-            activeEra={activeEra}
-            isFavorite={false}
-            key={stashId}
-            points={points?.[stashId]}
-            stashId={stashId}
-            toggleFavorite={toggleFavorite}
-          />
-        ))}
-      </Table>
-    </>
+    <StyledTable
+      className={className}
+      empty={validatorsSession && t<string>('No session validators found')}
+      emptySpinner={t<string>('Retrieving session validators')}
+      header={headerActive.current}
+      isSplit
+      legend={
+        <Legend
+          isRelay={isRelay}
+        />
+      }
+    >
+      {validatorsSession?.map((v) => (
+        <ValidatorRow
+          isRelay={isRelay}
+          key={v.key}
+          points={points?.[v.stashId]}
+          sessionInfo={sessionInfo}
+          toggleFavorite={toggleFavorite}
+          validator={v}
+        />
+      ))}
+    </StyledTable>
   );
 }
 
+const StyledTable = styled(Table)`
+  td.statusInfo {
+    padding: 0 0 0 0.5rem;
+    vertical-align: middle;
+
+    > div {
+      display: inline-block;
+      max-width: 3.6rem;
+      min-width: 3.6rem;
+
+      .ui--Badge {
+        margin: 0.125rem;
+
+        &.opaque {
+          opacity: var(--opacity-gray);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    + td.address {
+      padding-left: 0.5rem;
+    }
+  }
+`;
+
 export default React.memo(Validators);
diff --git a/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/usePoints.ts b/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/usePoints.ts
index ce42c0a6c3..c94b980997 100644
--- a/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/usePoints.ts
+++ b/packages/page-staking2/src/Validators/usePoints.ts
@@ -2,35 +2,35 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import type { PalletStakingEraRewardPoints } from '@polkadot/types/lookup';
-import type { BN } from '@polkadot/util';
+import type { SessionInfo } from '../types';
 
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
 import { createNamedHook, useApi, useCall } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
-import { BN_ZERO, formatNumber } from '@polkadot/util';
+import { BN_ZERO } from '@polkadot/util';
 
-type Result = Record<string, string>;
+type Result = Record<string, number>;
 
 const OPT_POINTS = {
   transform: ({ individual }: PalletStakingEraRewardPoints): Result =>
     [...individual.entries()]
       .filter(([, points]) => points.gt(BN_ZERO))
       .reduce((result: Result, [stashId, points]): Result => {
-        result[stashId.toString()] = formatNumber(points);
+        result[stashId.toString()] = points.toNumber();
 
         return result;
       }, {})
 };
 
-function usePointsImpl (activeEra: BN | null): Result | undefined {
+function usePointsImpl ({ activeEra }: SessionInfo): Result | undefined {
   const { api } = useApi();
 
-  const pointsParams = useMemo(
+  const queryParams = useMemo(
     () => activeEra && [activeEra],
     [activeEra]
   );
 
-  return useCall(activeEra && api.query.staking.erasRewardPoints, pointsParams, OPT_POINTS);
+  return useCall(queryParams && api.query.staking.erasRewardPoints, queryParams, OPT_POINTS);
 }
 
 export default createNamedHook('usePoints', usePointsImpl);
diff --git a/packages/page-staking2/src/index.tsx b/packages/page-staking2/src/index.tsx
index f7165f61d0..50cc4cc669 100644
--- a/packages/page-staking2/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/page-staking2/src/index.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import React, { useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
 import { Route, Switch } from 'react-router';
 
 import { Tabs } from '@polkadot/react-components';
-import { useFavorites } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
+import { useApi, useFavorites } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
 
 import { STORE_FAVS_BASE } from './constants';
 import { useTranslation } from './translate';
@@ -15,27 +15,16 @@ import useSessionInfo from './useSessionInfo';
 import useValidatorsActive from './useValidatorsActive';
 import Validators from './Validators';
 
-function splitValidators (favorites: string[], validators?: string[]): { validatorsActive?: string[], validatorsFavorite?: string[] } {
-  if (!validators) {
-    return {};
-  }
-
-  const validatorsFavorite = validators.filter((a) => favorites.includes(a));
-
-  return validatorsFavorite.length
-    ? { validatorsActive: validators.filter((a) => !validatorsFavorite.includes(a)), validatorsFavorite }
-    : { validatorsActive: validators };
-}
-
 function StakingApp ({ basePath }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const { api } = useApi();
   const [favorites, toggleFavorite] = useFavorites(STORE_FAVS_BASE);
-  const validators = useValidatorsActive();
   const sessionInfo = useSessionInfo();
+  const validatorsActive = useValidatorsActive(favorites, sessionInfo);
 
-  const { validatorsActive, validatorsFavorite } = useMemo(
-    () => splitValidators(favorites, validators),
-    [favorites, validators]
+  const isRelay = useMemo(
+    () => !!(api.query.parasShared || api.query.shared)?.activeValidatorIndices,
+    [api]
   );
 
   const itemsRef = useRef([
@@ -55,10 +44,10 @@ function StakingApp ({ basePath }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
       <Switch>
         <Route>
           <Validators
+            isRelay={isRelay}
             sessionInfo={sessionInfo}
             toggleFavorite={toggleFavorite}
-            validatorsActive={validatorsActive}
-            validatorsFavorite={validatorsFavorite}
+            validatorsSession={validatorsActive}
           />
         </Route>
       </Switch>
diff --git a/packages/page-staking2/src/types.ts b/packages/page-staking2/src/types.ts
index bd61badf8b..645529e8b4 100644
--- a/packages/page-staking2/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/page-staking2/src/types.ts
@@ -4,5 +4,16 @@
 import type { BN } from '@polkadot/util';
 
 export interface SessionInfo {
-  activeEra: BN | null;
+  activeEra?: BN | null;
+  currentEra?: BN | null;
+  currentSession?: BN | null;
+}
+
+export interface Validator {
+  isElected: boolean;
+  isFavorite: boolean;
+  isOwned: boolean;
+  key: string;
+  stashId: string;
+  stashIndex: number;
 }
diff --git a/packages/page-staking2/src/useElectedValidators.ts b/packages/page-staking2/src/useElectedValidators.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13ae7b8df5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/page-staking2/src/useElectedValidators.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2023 @polkadot/app-staking authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import type { StorageKey, u32 } from '@polkadot/types';
+import type { AccountId32 } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces';
+import type { SessionInfo } from './types';
+
+import { useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
+
+import { createNamedHook, useApi, useMapKeys } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
+
+interface Cache {
+  currentEra: SessionInfo['currentEra'];
+  elected?: string[];
+}
+
+const OPT_ELECTED = {
+  transform: (keys: StorageKey<[u32, AccountId32]>[]): string[] =>
+    keys.map(({ args: [, stashId] }) =>
+      stashId.toString()
+    )
+};
+
+// since this would only change once per era for the full runtime,
+// we just store it globally to not have expensive map-key lookups
+const cached: Cache = {
+  currentEra: null
+};
+
+function useElectedValidatorsImpl ({ currentEra }: SessionInfo): string[] | undefined {
+  const { api } = useApi();
+
+  const electedParams = useMemo(
+    () => currentEra && (!cached.currentEra || !cached.currentEra.eq(currentEra))
+      ? [currentEra]
+      : null,
+    [currentEra]
+  );
+
+  const elected = useMapKeys(electedParams && api.query.staking.erasStakers, electedParams, OPT_ELECTED);
+
+  useEffect((): void => {
+    if (currentEra && elected) {
+      cached.currentEra = currentEra;
+      cached.elected = elected;
+    }
+  }, [currentEra, elected]);
+
+  return useMemo(
+    () => (
+      currentEra &&
+      cached.currentEra &&
+      cached.currentEra.eq(currentEra) &&
+      cached.elected
+    ) || elected,
+    [currentEra, elected]
+  );
+}
+
+export default createNamedHook('useElectedValidators', useElectedValidatorsImpl);
diff --git a/packages/page-staking2/src/useSessionInfo.ts b/packages/page-staking2/src/useSessionInfo.ts
index 0b6e8c7d0a..7f75882292 100644
--- a/packages/page-staking2/src/useSessionInfo.ts
+++ b/packages/page-staking2/src/useSessionInfo.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2023 @polkadot/app-staking authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import type { Option } from '@polkadot/types';
+import type { Option, u32 } from '@polkadot/types';
 import type { PalletStakingActiveEraInfo } from '@polkadot/types/lookup';
 import type { BN } from '@polkadot/util';
 import type { SessionInfo } from './types';
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
 import { createNamedHook, useApi, useCall } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
 
-const EMPTY_RESULT: SessionInfo = { activeEra: null };
-
 const OPT_ACTIVEERA = {
   transform: (activeEra: Option<PalletStakingActiveEraInfo>): BN | null =>
     activeEra.isSome
@@ -19,15 +17,20 @@ const OPT_ACTIVEERA = {
       : null
 };
 
+const OPT_CURRENTERA = {
+  transform: (currentEra: Option<u32>): BN | null =>
+    currentEra.unwrapOr(null)
+};
+
 function useSessionInfoImpl (): SessionInfo {
   const { api } = useApi();
   const activeEra = useCall(api.query.staking.activeEra, undefined, OPT_ACTIVEERA);
+  const currentEra = useCall(api.query.staking.currentEra, undefined, OPT_CURRENTERA);
+  const currentSession = useCall<u32>(api.query.session.currentIndex);
 
   return useMemo(
-    () => activeEra
-      ? { activeEra }
-      : EMPTY_RESULT,
-    [activeEra]
+    () => ({ activeEra, currentEra, currentSession }),
+    [activeEra, currentEra, currentSession]
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/page-staking2/src/useTaggedValidators.ts b/packages/page-staking2/src/useTaggedValidators.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a4950ae02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/page-staking2/src/useTaggedValidators.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2023 @polkadot/app-staking authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import type { SessionInfo, Validator } from './types';
+
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+
+import { createNamedHook, useAccounts } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
+import { objectSpread } from '@polkadot/util';
+
+import useElectedValidators from './useElectedValidators';
+
+function sort (a: Validator, b: Validator): number {
+  return a.isFavorite === b.isFavorite
+    ? a.isOwned === b.isOwned
+      ? 0
+      : a.isOwned
+        ? -1
+        : 1
+    : a.isFavorite
+      ? -1
+      : 1;
+}
+
+function withElected (validators: Validator[], elected?: string[]): Validator[] {
+  return elected
+    ? validators.map((v): Validator => {
+      const isElected = elected.includes(v.stashId);
+
+      return v.isElected !== isElected
+        ? objectSpread({}, v, { isElected })
+        : v;
+    })
+    : validators;
+}
+
+function withSort (allAccounts: string[], favorites: string[], validators: Validator[]): Validator[] {
+  return validators
+    .map((v): Validator => {
+      const isFavorite = favorites.includes(v.stashId);
+      const isOwned = allAccounts.includes(v.stashId);
+
+      return v.isFavorite !== isFavorite || v.isOwned !== isOwned
+        ? objectSpread({}, v, { isFavorite, isOwned })
+        : v;
+    })
+    .sort(sort);
+}
+
+function useTaggedValidatorsImpl (favorites: string[], sessionInfo: SessionInfo, validators?: Validator[]): Validator[] | undefined {
+  const { allAccounts } = useAccounts();
+  const elected = useElectedValidators(sessionInfo);
+
+  const flagged = useMemo(
+    () => validators && withElected(validators, elected),
+    [elected, validators]
+  );
+
+  return useMemo(
+    () => flagged && withSort(allAccounts, favorites, flagged),
+    [allAccounts, favorites, flagged]
+  );
+}
+
+export default createNamedHook('useTaggedValidators', useTaggedValidatorsImpl);
diff --git a/packages/page-staking2/src/useValidatorsActive.ts b/packages/page-staking2/src/useValidatorsActive.ts
index b065145282..b1665e1192 100644
--- a/packages/page-staking2/src/useValidatorsActive.ts
+++ b/packages/page-staking2/src/useValidatorsActive.ts
@@ -2,18 +2,33 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import type { AccountId32 } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces';
+import type { SessionInfo, Validator } from './types';
 
 import { createNamedHook, useApi, useCall } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
 
+import useTaggedValidators from './useTaggedValidators';
+
 const OPT_VALIDATORS = {
-  transform: (validators: AccountId32[]): string[] =>
-    validators.map((a) => a.toString())
+  transform: (validators: AccountId32[]): Validator[] =>
+    validators.map((a, stashIndex) => {
+      const stashId = a.toString();
+
+      return {
+        isElected: false,
+        isFavorite: false,
+        isOwned: false,
+        key: `${stashId}:${stashIndex}`,
+        stashId,
+        stashIndex
+      };
+    })
 };
 
-function useValidatorsActiveImpl (): string[] | undefined {
+function useValidatorsActiveImpl (favorites: string[], sessionInfo: SessionInfo): Validator[] | undefined {
   const { api } = useApi();
+  const validators = useCall(api.query.session.validators, undefined, OPT_VALIDATORS);
 
-  return useCall(api.query.session.validators, undefined, OPT_VALIDATORS);
+  return useTaggedValidators(favorites, sessionInfo, validators);
 }
 
 export default createNamedHook('useValidatorsActive', useValidatorsActiveImpl);
diff --git a/packages/page-staking2/src/useValidatorsAll.ts b/packages/page-staking2/src/useValidatorsAll.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0dc7da54f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/page-staking2/src/useValidatorsAll.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2023 @polkadot/app-staking authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import type { Changes } from '@polkadot/react-hooks/useEventChanges';
+import type { StorageKey } from '@polkadot/types';
+import type { AccountId32, EventRecord } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces';
+import type { SessionInfo, Validator } from './types';
+
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+
+import { createNamedHook, useApi, useEventChanges, useMapKeys } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
+
+import useTaggedValidators from './useTaggedValidators';
+
+const EMPTY_PARAMS: unknown[] = [];
+
+const OPT_VALIDATORS = {
+  transform: (keys: StorageKey<[AccountId32]>[]): AccountId32[] =>
+    keys.map(({ args: [id] }) => id)
+};
+
+function eventFilter (records: EventRecord[]): Changes<AccountId32> {
+  const added: AccountId32[] = [];
+  const removed: AccountId32[] = [];
+
+  records.forEach(({ event: { data: [id], method } }): void => {
+    if (method === 'Bonded') {
+      added.push(id as AccountId32);
+    } else {
+      removed.push(id as AccountId32);
+    }
+  });
+
+  return { added, removed };
+}
+
+function mapValidators (validators?: AccountId32[]): Validator[] | undefined {
+  return validators && validators.map((a) => {
+    const stashId = a.toString();
+
+    return {
+      isElected: false,
+      isFavorite: false,
+      isOwned: false,
+      key: `${stashId}::-1`,
+      stashId,
+      stashIndex: -1
+    };
+  });
+}
+
+function useValidatorsAllImpl (favorites: string[], sessionInfo: SessionInfo): Validator[] | undefined {
+  const { api } = useApi();
+  const startValue = useMapKeys(api.query.staking.validators, EMPTY_PARAMS, OPT_VALIDATORS);
+
+  const validators = useEventChanges([
+    api.events.staking.Bonded
+  ], eventFilter, startValue);
+
+  const validatorsIndexed = useMemo(
+    () => mapValidators(validators),
+    [validators]
+  );
+
+  return useTaggedValidators(favorites, sessionInfo, validatorsIndexed);
+}
+
+export default createNamedHook('useValidatorsAll', useValidatorsAllImpl);
diff --git a/packages/page-staking2/src/useValidatorsWaiting.ts b/packages/page-staking2/src/useValidatorsWaiting.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1489961c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/page-staking2/src/useValidatorsWaiting.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2023 @polkadot/app-staking authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import type { SessionInfo, Validator } from './types';
+
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+
+import { createNamedHook } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
+
+import useValidatorsActive from './useValidatorsActive';
+import useValidatorsAll from './useValidatorsAll';
+
+function excludeValidators (from?: Validator[], exclude?: Validator[]): Validator[] | undefined {
+  return from && exclude && from.filter(({ stashId }) =>
+    !exclude.some((v) => v.stashId === stashId)
+  );
+}
+
+function useValidatorsWaitingImpl (favorites: string[], sessionInfo: SessionInfo): Validator[] | undefined {
+  const activeValidators = useValidatorsActive(favorites, sessionInfo);
+  const allValidators = useValidatorsAll(favorites, sessionInfo);
+
+  // both active and all is already sorted and tagged, so we don't
+  // need to re-sort the waiting list
+  return useMemo(
+    () => excludeValidators(allValidators, activeValidators),
+    [activeValidators, allValidators]
+  );
+}
+
+export default createNamedHook('useValidatorsWaiting', useValidatorsWaitingImpl);
diff --git a/packages/react-components/src/Table/Column/Balance.tsx b/packages/react-components/src/Table/Column/Balance.tsx
index 391670798f..f808c1f2ff 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/src/Table/Column/Balance.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-components/src/Table/Column/Balance.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { FormatBalance } from '@polkadot/react-query';
 
 export interface Props {
+  children?: React.ReactNode;
   className?: string;
   colSpan?: number;
   label?: React.ReactNode;
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ export interface Props {
   withLoading?: boolean;
 }
 
-function Balance ({ className = '', colSpan, label, labelPost, rowSpan, value, withLoading }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
+function Balance ({ children, className = '', colSpan, label, labelPost, rowSpan, value, withLoading }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
   return (
     <td
       className={`${className} ui--Table-Column-Balance number`}
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ function Balance ({ className = '', colSpan, label, labelPost, rowSpan, value, w
           />
         )
       }
+      {children}
     </td>
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-components/src/Table/Column/Id.tsx b/packages/react-components/src/Table/Column/Id.tsx
index 6caddd4907..e27b6e3e11 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/src/Table/Column/Id.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-components/src/Table/Column/Id.tsx
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ import styled from 'styled-components';
 import { formatNumber } from '@polkadot/util';
 
 export interface Props {
+  children?: React.ReactNode;
   className?: string;
   colSpan?: number;
   rowSpan?: number;
   value: BN | number;
 }
 
-function Id ({ className = '', colSpan, rowSpan, value }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
+function Id ({ children, className = '', colSpan, rowSpan, value }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
   return (
     <StyledTd
       className={`${className} ui--Table-Column-Id`}
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ function Id ({ className = '', colSpan, rowSpan, value }: Props): React.ReactEle
       rowSpan={rowSpan}
     >
       <h2 className='--digits'>{formatNumber(value)}</h2>
+      {children}
     </StyledTd>
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-components/src/Table/index.tsx b/packages/react-components/src/Table/index.tsx
index d4a0d4e0dc..e2910ea24a 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/src/Table/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-components/src/Table/index.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
 
-import Columar from '../Columar';
+import { useWindowColumns } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
+
 import Body from './Body';
 import Column from './Column';
 import Foot from './Foot';
@@ -24,45 +25,62 @@ interface Props {
   isInline?: boolean;
   isSplit?: boolean;
   legend?: React.ReactNode;
+  maxColumns?: 2 | 3;
   noBodyTag?: boolean;
 }
 
-function extractBody (children: React.ReactNode, isSplit?: boolean): { body: React.ReactNode | React.ReactNode[], bodySplit: [React.ReactNode[], React.ReactNode[]] | null, isEmpty: boolean } {
+interface BodyState {
+  body: React.ReactNode | React.ReactNode[];
+  isEmpty: boolean;
+  isSplittable: boolean;
+}
+
+function extractBody (children: React.ReactNode, isSplit: boolean): BodyState {
   if (!Array.isArray(children)) {
     return {
       body: children,
-      bodySplit: null,
-      isEmpty: !children
+      isEmpty: !children,
+      isSplittable: false
     };
   }
 
   const body = children.filter((child) => !!child);
   const isEmpty = body.length === 0;
-  let bodySplit: [React.ReactNode[], React.ReactNode[]] | null = null;
-
-  if (!isEmpty && isSplit) {
-    const half = Math.ceil(body.length / 2);
-
-    bodySplit = [
-      body.slice(0, half),
-      body.slice(half)
-    ];
-  }
+  const isSplittable = !isEmpty && isSplit;
 
   return {
-    body: isEmpty || bodySplit
+    body: isEmpty
       ? null
       : body,
-    bodySplit,
-    isEmpty
+    isEmpty,
+    isSplittable
   };
 }
 
-function TableBase ({ children, className = '', empty, emptySpinner, filter, footer, header, headerChildren, isFixed, isInline, isSplit, legend, noBodyTag }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
-  const { body, bodySplit, isEmpty } = useMemo(
+function splitBody (body: React.ReactNode[], numColumns: number): React.ReactNode[][] {
+  const result = new Array<React.ReactNode[]>(numColumns);
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < numColumns; i++) {
+    result[i] = [];
+  }
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < body.length; i++) {
+    result[i % numColumns].push(body[i]);
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+function TableBase ({ children, className = '', empty, emptySpinner, filter, footer, header, headerChildren, isFixed, isInline, isSplit = false, legend, maxColumns, noBodyTag }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
+  const { body, isEmpty, isSplittable } = useMemo(
     () => extractBody(children, isSplit),
     [children, isSplit]
   );
+  const numColumns = useWindowColumns(maxColumns, isSplittable);
+  const bodySplit = useMemo(
+    () => isSplittable && (numColumns > 1) && splitBody(body as React.ReactNode[], numColumns),
+    [body, isSplittable, numColumns]
+  );
 
   const headerNode = (
     <Head
@@ -85,18 +103,18 @@ function TableBase ({ children, className = '', empty, emptySpinner, filter, foo
             <table className={tableClassName}>
               {headerNode}
             </table>
-            <Columar isPadded={false}>
-              <Columar.Column>
-                <table className={tableClassName}>
-                  <Body>{bodySplit[0]}</Body>
-                </table>
-              </Columar.Column>
-              <Columar.Column>
-                <table className={tableClassName}>
-                  <Body>{bodySplit[1]}</Body>
-                </table>
-              </Columar.Column>
-            </Columar>
+            <div className='ui--Table-Split'>
+              {bodySplit.map((body, index) => (
+                <div
+                  className={`ui--Table-Split-Column-${numColumns}`}
+                  key={index}
+                >
+                  <table className={tableClassName}>
+                    <Body>{body}</Body>
+                  </table>
+                </div>
+              ))}
+            </div>
           </>
         )
         : (
@@ -127,9 +145,19 @@ const StyledDiv = styled.div`
   max-width: 100%;
   width: 100%;
 
-  &.isSplit {
-    > .ui--Columar {
-      margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
+  .ui--Table-Split {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
+
+    > .ui--Table-Split-Column-3 {
+      max-width: 33.3%;
+      min-width: 33.3%;
+    }
+
+    > .ui--Table-Split-Column-2 {
+      max-width: 50%;
+      min-width: 50%;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-hooks/src/index.ts b/packages/react-hooks/src/index.ts
index 8fb0b95d41..bd471f1890 100644
--- a/packages/react-hooks/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react-hooks/src/index.ts
@@ -78,4 +78,5 @@ export { useTreasury } from './useTreasury';
 export { useTxBatch } from './useTxBatch';
 export { useVotingStatus } from './useVotingStatus';
 export { useWeight } from './useWeight';
+export { useWindowColumns } from './useWindowColumns';
 export { useWindowSize } from './useWindowSize';
diff --git a/packages/react-hooks/src/useMapEntries.ts b/packages/react-hooks/src/useMapEntries.ts
index be42154f86..b36615c6db 100644
--- a/packages/react-hooks/src/useMapEntries.ts
+++ b/packages/react-hooks/src/useMapEntries.ts
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ interface Options <T> {
 }
 
 // FIXME This is generic, we cannot really use createNamedHook
-export function useMapEntries <T = any> (entry: QueryableStorageEntry<'promise'> | null | false | undefined, params: unknown[], { transform }: Options<T> = {}, at?: string | null | false): T | undefined {
+export function useMapEntries <T = any> (entry: QueryableStorageEntry<'promise'> | null | false | undefined, params?: unknown[] | null, { transform }: Options<T> = {}, at?: string | null | false): T | undefined {
   const [state, setState] = useState<T | undefined>();
   const checkRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
 
   useEffect((): void => {
-    if (entry) {
+    if (entry && params) {
       const check = stringify({ at, params });
 
       if (check !== checkRef.current) {
diff --git a/packages/react-hooks/src/useMapKeys.ts b/packages/react-hooks/src/useMapKeys.ts
index 99a87ed9e6..8bebd735e6 100644
--- a/packages/react-hooks/src/useMapKeys.ts
+++ b/packages/react-hooks/src/useMapKeys.ts
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ interface Options <T> {
 }
 
 // FIXME This is generic, we cannot really use createNamedHook
-export function useMapKeys <T = any> (entry: QueryableStorageEntry<'promise'> | null | false | undefined, params: unknown[], { transform }: Options<T> = {}, at?: string | null | false): T[] | undefined {
+export function useMapKeys <T = any> (entry: QueryableStorageEntry<'promise'> | null | false | undefined, params?: unknown[] | null, { transform }: Options<T> = {}, at?: string | null | false): T[] | undefined {
   const [state, setState] = useState<T[] | undefined>();
   const checkRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
 
   useEffect((): void => {
-    if (entry) {
+    if (entry && params) {
       const check = stringify({ at, params });
 
       if (check !== checkRef.current) {
diff --git a/packages/react-hooks/src/useWindowColumns.ts b/packages/react-hooks/src/useWindowColumns.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3084a174ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-hooks/src/useWindowColumns.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2023 @polkadot/react-hooks authors & contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+
+import { createNamedHook } from './createNamedHook';
+import { useWindowSize } from './useWindowSize';
+
+function useWindowColumnsImpl (maxColumns: 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 = 3, isActive = true): number {
+  const windowSize = useWindowSize(isActive);
+
+  return useMemo(
+    () => isActive
+      ? windowSize.width >= 1500
+        ? Math.min(3, maxColumns)
+        : windowSize.width >= 1050
+          ? Math.min(maxColumns, 2)
+          : 1
+      : 1,
+    [isActive, maxColumns, windowSize]
+  );
+}
+
+export const useWindowColumns = createNamedHook('useWindowColumns', useWindowColumnsImpl);
diff --git a/packages/react-hooks/src/useWindowSize.ts b/packages/react-hooks/src/useWindowSize.ts
index ed56fe3677..e653fa6166 100644
--- a/packages/react-hooks/src/useWindowSize.ts
+++ b/packages/react-hooks/src/useWindowSize.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,18 @@
 
 import type { WindowSize } from './ctx/types';
 
-import { useContext } from 'react';
+import { useContext, useRef } from 'react';
 
 import { WindowSizeCtx } from './ctx/WindowSize';
 import { createNamedHook } from './createNamedHook';
 
-function useWindowSizeImpl (): WindowSize {
-  return useContext(WindowSizeCtx);
+function useWindowSizeImpl (isActive = true): WindowSize {
+  const windowSize = useContext(WindowSizeCtx);
+  const staticRef = useRef(windowSize);
+
+  return isActive
+    ? windowSize
+    : staticRef.current;
 }
 
 export const useWindowSize = createNamedHook('useWindowSize', useWindowSizeImpl);