Earn XP & Points

The rewards you earn just by taking part, XP and Network Points, what each is for, and how they differ from your server's Coins.

HoneyGate rewards you for being part of the community. This page covers the two rewards you build up automatically, XP and Network Points, and the difference is worth knowing, because they're used for different things. Your server may also run its own Coins balance on top, and there's a comparison of all three at the bottom.

XP: your progress in this server

XP (experience points) is earned inside a single server and stays with that server. The more active you are, the more XP you build up. XP is what pushes you up through levels.

You earn XP automatically. There's nothing to claim. Here's the usual mix:

• Chatting. You get a little XP for messages. There's a short cooldown, so spamming doesn't help.
• Voice calls. You earn XP per minute while you're actually active in voice. Being muted in a corner or parked in the AFK channel doesn't count.
• Reactions. Some servers give a small bonus for reactions.

The exact amounts are set by each server owner, so they vary from place to place.

Check your XP any time with /xp rank in the server. You get a personal rank card, a picture with your rank, level, progress bar, and message/voice stats, that only you see. Curious about a friend? Add them with /xp rank member:@name. See the full standings with /xp top, which shows each member's level and tells you where you sit at the bottom.

XP is per server. Your XP in one community doesn't carry over to another. Each server has its own ladder to climb.

Network Points: your reputation across HoneyGate

Network Points work differently. They're counted across every HoneyGate server you're in, so they act like a reputation score that follows you. You earn them from specific things rather than general chatting:

• Winning HoneyGate games (the games your server runs through HoneyGate).
• Joining a new HoneyGate server — a one-time bonus, given the first time you earn in that server. It tops up your spendable balance only, so it can't be used to farm reputation by hopping servers.

Your all-time Network Points are a reputation score that only ever goes up. It never drops, even when you spend. That's the number on your public profile, and it's what decides your place on the network leaderboard.

Alongside that reputation score you have a spendable balance. If a server's shop prices items in Network Points, that's what you spend there. More on the shop below.

Your spendable balance can be higher than your all-time total, and that's normal. The new-server bonus tops up what you can spend without counting toward reputation. Your rank always comes from the all-time number, never from the spendable one.

Tipping is separate. Sending tips to other members uses a different, per-server balance — your server's Coins — not your Network Points. See Tipping for how that works.

"Points" can mean two things, so check which one you're looking at. Network Points are the cross-server currency described here. A server's Coins (see Coins & the economy) are its own balance, and a server owner is free to rename them — including to "Points". If a number sits next to a single server's name, it's that server's Coins. Your Network Points appear on your portal and your public profile.

So… what's the difference, simply?

Spending what you earn

Some servers run a shop with items and special roles you can buy. Items can be priced in XP, Network Points, or the server's Coins, and in crypto communities, sometimes in a token. If your server has one, browse it with /shop and buy with /buy. Whatever's on offer is set by the server owner.

Where to see it all

Your member portal shows your recent XP, your level, and the leaderboards in one place, no commands needed.