Welcome to $RENO – the Renovation.Reviews community currency
$RENO is the reward currency for this community. The premise is simple: every helpful thing you do here – posting, reviewing, helping, reading, showing up – earns $RENO. That score puts you on the global leaderboard, unlocks tier upgrades, awards titles, and (eventually) qualifies you for real-world reward drops.
The little widget in the bottom-right corner of every page tracks your progress in real time. This page is your one-stop guide to how it works.
Want the official explainer of $RENO as a community coin? See What is $RENO Coin?
How $RENO is earned
Your balance is tracked automatically by the gamification engine. The headline rules:
- Posting – replies and topics earn $RENO. Bigger thoughtful posts earn more.
- Likes received – when others find your post helpful, you earn.
- Likes given – spreading recognition earns you a smaller amount too.
- Daily visits + reading – consistency is rewarded.
- Trust Level promotions – TL2, TL3, TL4 each unlock big bonuses.
- Leaderboard placement – Top 100 / Top 10 / Podium each unlock exclusive titles.
Open the $RENO tab in the widget to see your live balance and tier.
The tier ladder
| Tier | $RENO required |
|---|---|
 Beginner |
0 |
 Bronze |
100 |
 Silver |
1,000 |
 Gold |
5,000 |
 Platinum |
25,000 |
 Diamond |
50,000 |
Each tier upgrade triggers a confetti celebration and updates your widget ring color.
The quest catalog – 200+ quests across 15 categories
Quests auto-complete the moment you cross their threshold. No claim button. You’ll see a toast slide in from the top-right when one fires.
| Category | Quests | What it tracks |
|---|---|---|
 Onboarding |
8 | First post, avatar, bio, first like, wallet linked, first read |
 Reviewer |
24 tiers | Total posts (1 → 10,000) |
 Topic Starter |
15 tiers | Topics created (1 → 2,500) |
 Helper |
16 tiers | Likes given (1 → 25,000) |
 Beloved |
16 tiers | Likes received (1 → 25,000) |
 Days Visited |
18 tiers | Login days (1 → 1,500) |
 Reader |
13 tiers | Posts read (10 → 250,000) |
 Voyager |
13 tiers | Distinct topics opened (1 → 25,000) |
 Time Read |
12 quests | Total reading time (5 min → 1,000 hours) |
 Trust Level |
4 quests | TL1 → TL4 promotions |
 Charity |
5 quests | Community charity participation |
 $RENO Holder |
20 tiers | Hold 10 → 1,000,000 $RENO |
 Leaderboard |
11 tiers | Reach rank Top 1,000 → #1 |
 Streaks |
14 tiers | Consecutive-day visits (2 → 365) |
 Milestones |
20 quests | Cross-category combos (e.g. 50 topics + 500 posts) |
Open the Quests tab in the widget for the full live list, with progress bars on each one. The Trophies tab shows a visual grid of every achievement available to you.
Titles you can unlock
Each title is a real Discourse badge with allow_title: true. Granted automatically by Discourse on a periodic schedule once your server-side stats cross the threshold – no claim button, no admin action, no client-side trust.
Posting
| Title | Earned by |
|---|---|
| Veteran Reviewer | 100 posts |
| Master Reviewer | 500 posts |
| Grand Reviewer | 1,000 posts |
| Legend Reviewer | 5,000 posts |
| Topic Lord | 100 topics created |
| Topic Sage | 500 topics created |
| Topic Architect | 2,500 topics created |
Likes & affection
| Title | Earned by |
|---|---|
| Generous Soul | 1,000 likes given |
| Patron Saint | 10,000 likes given |
| Beloved | 100 likes received |
| Adored | 1,000 likes received |
| Worshipped | 10,000 likes received |
Reading & exploration
| Title | Earned by |
|---|---|
| Days Devoted | 30 days visited |
| Loyal Veteran | 365 days visited |
| Pillar | 1,000 days visited |
| Bookworm | 10,000 posts read |
| Bibliophile | 100,000 posts read |
| Voyager | 5,000 distinct topics opened |
| Astronaut | 25,000 distinct topics opened |
| Marathoner | 100 hours total read time |
| Endurance | 500 hours total read time |
| Sage | 1,000 hours total read time |
$RENO holdings
| Title | Earned by |
|---|---|
| $RENO Bag | 1,000 $RENO |
| $RENO Whale | 10,000 $RENO |
| $RENO Legend | 50,000 $RENO |
| $RENO Titan | 250,000 $RENO |
| $RENO God | 1,000,000 $RENO |
Trust Level promotions automatically unlock the Regular (TL3) and Leader (TL4) titles via Discourse’s built-in trust system.
How titles are awarded (and how exploit-proof it is)
The widget catalogs many quests as in-flight progress. Stat-based titles like the ones above are always backed by a Discourse badge:
- Discourse runs a SQL query against authoritative server tables (
user_stats,gamification_scores) on a periodic schedule. - The moment your real stats cross the threshold, the badge is granted automatically.
- Once granted, the title appears in your profile preferences → Title dropdown for you to select.
Security model:
- The widget showing “you earned the title” is informational. The actual title selector only shows titles whose backing badge has been granted by the server.
- Manipulating browser state (devtools, localStorage edits, cookie spoofing) cannot grant a badge – the grant query reads only server-side stats.
- Latency: Discourse’s badge processor runs periodically (typically hourly). If you just crossed a threshold, the title may take up to an hour to appear in your selector.
- Other widget achievements (charity quests, completionist counters, streak tiers) live in localStorage as personal trophies but do not grant titles – they’re outside the verifiable surface and are kept honest by being non-economic.
Tips & tricks
- Quality > quantity. Long, helpful, well-formatted posts attract likes. Likes received are worth more than likes given.
- Stack milestones. A single well-rounded month of activity (post + topic + like + read + visit) cracks open multiple categories at once.
- Run streaks. Streak quests scale fast and award some of the highest-value titles. A 100-day streak alone is worth 25,000 $RENO.
- Read widely, not just deeply. Voyager and Reader count different things – diversity of topics opened vs. depth of reading time.
- Trust Level matters. Hitting TL3 (Regular) and TL4 (Leader) each unlock 4-figure $RENO drops and exclusive titles.
- Watch the leaderboard. The top 10 and top 3 awards are exponentially valuable. Even cracking Top 100 unlocks the Top Tier title.
Linking your Solana wallet (optional)
In the future, $RENO may be airdropped to wallet addresses. To get on the airdrop list, head to your profile preferences and fill in the Solana Wallet field. It’s optional – your forum score doesn’t depend on it. Linking it also auto-completes the Set Wallet onboarding quest worth 500 $RENO.
Quick links
Full leaderboard – see where you stand
$RENO Payment Ledger – public, append-only audit trail of every drop and credit- $RENO Coin FAQ – the official explainer
Rewards category – airdrops and announcements
Your preferences – set your wallet, choose your title
If anything is broken, post in #site-feedback. Welcome to the community.