# $RENO 101 for New Forum Members: Quest Categories, Tier Ladder, and How to Reach Bronze in Your First Week **URL:** \ **Category:** Ontario\ **Tags:** onboarding, rewards, gamification, community, leaderboard, sammsimon1968\ **Created:** [April 29, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/reno-101-for-new-forum-members-quest-categories-tier-ladder-and-how-to-reach-bronze-in-your-first-week/47025 "2026-04-29T17:07:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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If you have just signed up to home.renovation.reviews and are wondering what $RENO is and how you actually earn it, this is the practical walkthrough. The full mechanics are at [Welcome to $RENO — Quests, Rewards, Leaderboard](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/welcome-to-reno-quests-rewards-leaderboard/47008) and the public payout record is at [$RENO Payment Ledger](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/reno-payment-ledger/47016) — this topic covers what new members need to know in their first week. ## What $RENO is, briefly $RENO is the community currency for the forum. It is contribution-only — you do not buy it, there is no presale, and there is no claim button. Your balance grows automatically as you participate in ways the forum already rewards: posting, replying, getting likes, visiting on consecutive days, completing trust-level milestones, and engaging with the leaderboard. The score is server-side and updates in the background. You will never see a “claim” prompt because there is nothing to claim — the score itself is the record. ## The 15 quest categories The gamification engine credits $RENO automatically against 15 categories: - **Onboarding** (8 quests) — completing your profile, adding a Solana wallet, reading the welcome topic - **Reviewer** (24 quests) — posting reviews, replies, and follow-ups in the contractor-review categories - **Topic Starter** (15 quests) — starting new threads and seeing them gather replies - **Helper** (16 quests) — answering questions in the homeowner help categories - **Beloved** (16 quests) — receiving likes on your posts at increasing thresholds - **Days Visited** (18 quests) — visiting the forum on consecutive days - **Reader** (13 quests) — reading topics from start to finish - **Voyager** (13 quests) — visiting different categories - **Time Read** (12 quests) — cumulative time spent on topics - **Trust Level** (4 quests) — promotions through Discourse trust levels - **Charity** (5 quests) — participating in charity threads (Samm Simon 251 KM run for cancer research) - **$RENO Holder** (20 quests) — crossing balance thresholds and holding for streaks - **Leaderboard** (11 quests) — placing on the daily, weekly, and monthly leaderboard - **Streaks** (14 quests) — daily-visit and posting streaks - **Milestones** (20 quests) — major contribution milestones (100th post and similar) Most members hit several categories every week without trying. The point of the breakdown is to show you which contribution shapes count — there is no single “main” activity. ## The tier ladder Your forum title is set automatically by your $RENO balance: - **Beginner** — 0 - **Bronze** — 100 - **Silver** — 1,000 - **Gold** — 5,000 - **Platinum** — 25,000 - **Diamond** — 50,000 The title is granted by a Discourse badge tied to your server-side $RENO score, not stored client-side, so it cannot be manipulated by editing the page in devtools. When you cross a tier threshold, the badge granter (a SQL pass that runs hourly) re-grades your title in the next sweep — usually within an hour, sometimes sooner. ## What to focus on in your first week The fastest path from Beginner (0) to Bronze (100) for most new members: 1. **Complete your profile, add your Solana wallet, read the welcome topic** — Onboarding category covers ~30 $RENO right there. 2. **Visit the forum on 7 consecutive days** — Days Visited category adds another ~20-40 $RENO over the week. 3. **Answer one homeowner question substantively** — Helper category adds ~15-30 depending on how the answer is received. 4. **Get one of your posts liked** — Beloved + leaderboard ripple usually adds another ~10-25 over the next few days. That puts most active new members at Bronze within their first week. Silver (1,000) is achievable in 3-4 weeks of regular contribution. Gold and above are for long-term members. ## A note on the Solana wallet field When you sign up, the form has a Solana wallet field. Filling this in is what makes you eligible for on-chain settlement when $RENO mints to mainnet. Pre-mint, your balance is recorded forum-side; post-mint, the same balance settles to the wallet you linked here. The payment ledger at [$RENO Payment Ledger](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/reno-payment-ledger/47016) has columns for both pre-mint and post-mint rows, so the audit trail carries through the on-chain handoff. If you signed up without adding a wallet, you can add or update it later in your Discourse user settings. ## Common questions - **Do I lose $RENO if I stop posting?** No. The score is monotonic — it only goes up. Tier titles persist. - **Can I send $RENO to other users?** Not pre-mint. Post-mint, on-chain transfer will be the mechanism. - **What is the payment ledger?** A public, append-only forum thread that records every $RENO payout event. Anyone can audit it: [$RENO Payment Ledger](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/reno-payment-ledger/47016) - **Where is the leaderboard?** /leaderboard/1 — top 100 active contributors by $RENO score. * * * Track your $RENO progress on this topic as you work through your first month. Top contributors at the homeowner-and-trades intersection are tier-up candidates. Drop a reply with your first-week numbers.