Levels and Achievements

How XP, levels, and achievements work today.

Reading and contributing both earn XP, at the rates below, and moderators can award bonus XP by hand. Levels, achievements, and leaderboard rank all key off the same XP total.

What earns XP#

Action XP Rule
A day you read on 5, plus 1 per chapter Up to 20 chapters count, so at most 25 XP a day
A glossary correction you submitted gets accepted 15 Once per person per term
A novel report you filed gets approved 20 Once per person per novel

Moderators can also award bonus XP for other contributions.

How reading XP is counted#

  • A chapter counts when the reader displays it, once per chapter per day. Rereading the same chapter the same day adds nothing.
  • Days run on UTC. A day's reading XP is added after that day ends, not while you read.
  • You need to be signed in. Reading while signed out isn't recorded.
  • The daily cap is deliberate. A long reading session earns the same 25 XP as a 20-chapter one, so levels reflect showing up over time, not one marathon.

Note Reading XP counts every day since September 13, 2026, when the site began recording reading days. Reading from before that date is part of your preserved starting balance.

I didn't get XP for an edit#

Accepted glossary corrections and approved reports aren't credited instantly. A background job adds new XP to everyone's total once an hour. If your edit or report was just accepted, wait up to an hour and check your profile again before assuming something's wrong.

Two other reasons an accepted edit earns nothing: you already earned XP for that term (each term pays once per person), or the edit changed only the notes and no field such as the translation, gender, or type.

Levels#

Your level is based on your total XP. Progress toward your next level shows as a bar under your name on your profile, with the text "X XP to level Y". Levels run from 0 to 100. Level 100 is the maximum, shown as "Maximum level" instead of a progress bar.

XP required for some levels:

Level Total XP
1 5
5 125
10 500
20 2,000
40 12,000
60 52,000
80 252,000
100 (max) 1,002,000

As you level up, your profile shows a stage title alongside your level number:

Stage From level
Newcomer 0
Wanderer 1
Wayfarer 5
Storyseeker 10
Lorekeeper 20
Chronicler 40
Luminary 60

The XP breakdown on your profile, visible only to you, splits your total into a preserved starting balance (from before the current progression system), XP earned since (shown as Reading and Contributions), and any bonuses or adjustments.

Achievements#

Achievements ("Awards") are earned by reading, contributing chapters, editing the glossary, filing reports, and writing reviews. Each has a rarity tier, from most to least common:

Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary, Mythic.

Your Awards section groups unlocked achievements by rarity and shows how many you've unlocked out of the total.

An achievement you haven't unlocked yet shows as Locked, with a progress bar and count (for example "12 / 25 accepted entries"), visible only to you.

A small number of achievements are hidden: they don't appear on your profile at all, locked or otherwise, until you unlock them.

Display titles#

Most achievements can become a display title. Choose one from the Display title dropdown in your Awards section, or pick No title. See Profiles and Privacy for where this lives on your profile.

Progression notifications#

You're notified when:

  • You level up ("Level Up — Level N")
  • You unlock one or more achievements ("Achievement Unlocked")
  • You receive bonus XP from a moderator ("Bonus XP")

See Notifications for how to manage what you're notified about.

Leaderboards#

The leaderboard is at Leaderboard. It's separate from Popular, which ranks novels rather than readers.

Two boards:

Board Ranks Periods
Overall Lifetime total XP All time only
Readers Recorded active reading days This week, this month, all time

Turn off Leaderboard participation in your privacy settings to opt out of both boards. See Profiles and Privacy.