XP and Levels
XP is the engagement currency. It climbs your level (1 to 50), unlocks badges, and never decays. Every action below adds XP, none take it away.
Four principles
- Always positive. XP never decays and can never be removed after a day. Once earned, it stays; your level only goes up.
- Daily ceiling. The daily quest actions pay at most +47 XP a day; finishing your weekly challenges adds between 50 and 155 XP a week, depending on the picks, plus the +15 all-done bonus. Designed for sustainable play, not grinding.
- Streaks reward consistency. Daily check-ins build a streak. Hit 7d, 14d, 30d... up to 365d for milestone bonuses ranging +25 to +1000 XP.
- Levels unlock identity. 50 levels grouped into 10 tier titles (Newcomer to Canton OG). Each tier has its own color and seal across the app.
Daily quests
Daily quests reset every UTC midnight. Seven quests plus an all-quests bonus. Your first 3 votes and your first 3 interests each day pay XP, not just the 1 each quest asks for, so these actions pay at most +47 XP a day.
Below level 8, a live campaign you joined still lets you vote for its project and mark interest in it.
Most these actions pay in a day: +47 XP.
Weekly challenges
Each Monday at 00:00 UTC, 3 or 4 challenges are randomly selected from a pool, never repeating the previous week's set. Difficulty ranges from easy (15 XP) to hard (40 XP). Completing all of your week's challenges unlocks a +15 XP "all done" bonus.
8 of the 15 challenges in the pool:
Earn Scout, Diversifier, Feedback Champion, New Horizons and All-Rounder ask for votes, interest marks or feedback, so a week deals them only from level 8.
Streak milestones
Daily check-ins build a streak counter. Each milestone grants its XP bonus each time a streak reaches it, and its badge once. Missing a day breaks the streak; the next check-in starts a new one from day 1.
- 7 days+25 XP
- 14 days+50 XP
- 30 days+100 XP
- 60 days+200 XP
- 90 days+350 XP
- 100 days+500 XP
- 180 days+500 XP
- 365 days+1000 XP
Other XP sources
One-time and event-based grants outside the daily/weekly cycle.
The 10 tier titles
50 levels grouped by 5 into 10 titled tiers. Your current tier shapes your color accent across the app.
How XP-to-level scales
The XP requirement per level grows polynomially. The base formula is round(5 × level^2.4), so each level needs more XP than the one before. From level 36 onward, the requirement gets gradually harder (up to 2.5× the base by level 50) so the top tier is genuinely rare.
Badges
Each earned badge grants a one-time XP boost and stays on your profile forever. Categories cover streaks, contributions, exploration, and seasonal events. Some badges are exclusive to specific campaigns or eras.
FAQ
Does XP ever decay or get removed?
Mostly permanent. If you undo a project vote or remove an Earn interest within the same UTC day you earned the XP for it, that specific XP is removed and your level recalculates. After UTC midnight the XP becomes permanent and never decays. Quests reset at UTC midnight, and each one completes once a day.
What's the maximum daily XP I can earn?
The daily quest actions pay at most +47 XP a day: +5 for the check-in, +2 for each of your first 3 votes, +5 for voting a new project, +3 for visiting one, +2 for each of your first 3 interests, +2 for the compare tool, +1 for each of the first 10 projects you explore, and the +10 all-quests bonus. Finishing your weekly challenges adds between 50 and 155 XP a week, depending on the picks, plus the +15 all-done bonus. Other XP sources (submissions, badges, streaks) are event-based and not capped.
What happens if I miss a daily check-in?
Your daily quest XP for that day is forfeit, and your streak breaks: your next check-in starts a new streak at day 1, so the streak milestones (+25 to +1000 XP) reset their countdown.
How do I level up faster?
The fastest sustainable path is the daily check-in, every daily quest open to you (the votes and the interest mark open at level 8, sooner for a live campaign you joined, and the all-quests bonus needs every quest) and the weekly challenges. Pair that with submitting quality projects (admin approval = +100 XP per project, +22 bonus when your edit fixes a project marked as needing help) and your streak hits 7/14/30 day milestones. Avoid grinding views; the daily cap is real.
What's the highest level anyone can reach?
Level 50 (Canton OG). The XP curve gets steeper from level 36 onward, so reaching 50 takes 149,430 XP. Daily quests, weekly challenges and streak milestones pay at most about 28,700 XP a year, so that is years of daily play, or many approved submissions. Currently the rarest tier on the platform.
Can I lose a level if I stop using CCTools?
No, levels don't drop from inactivity. XP earned more than a day ago is permanent and never decays, so your tier title and color persist. The only counter that resets is your daily streak, which starts again at day 1 on your next check-in after a missed day.