# Earnings & Rewards {% hint style="info" %} Every reward in weRate is earned through **real actions**, validated by **presence**, and amplified by **skill, consistency, and trust**. {% endhint %} ### 🎯 What You Can Earn weRate currently features three primary reward types: * **XP (Experience Points) :** Used to level up your active Terry and unlock long-term progression. * **LP (Leaderboard Points) :**Used to rank users against one another and distribute competitive rewards. * **Rate :** Our utility unit earned or granted through activity on the weRate platform. It can be used to access or redeem platform rewards and benefits. Each reward serves a **different purpose** and follows **different calculation rules**. {% hint style="info" %} In the future, weRate, will also introduce a tradable token. Project name Stardust (aka $Rate) {% endhint %} *** ### 🧠 Core Design Principles The reward system is built around a few key principles: * **Presence-first**\ Rewards are tied to real visits, real actions, and real people. * **Quality over spam**\ Writing a meaningful review is more valuable than repeating low-effort actions. * **Skill-based amplification**\ Progression comes from how you allocate your Terry’s skill points and how you play over time. * **Transparent mechanics**\ All reward formulas are deterministic or clearly probabilistic and visible to users. *** ### 🔁 How Rewards Are Earned Rewards are earned through actions such as: * Completing weekly quests * Writing reviews * Participating in leaderboards * Completing achievements * Special events or campaigns Each action starts from a **base reward**, which is then modified by your Terry’s multipliers and skills. *** ### 🧩 Active Terry Rule At any given moment, **only one Terry is active**. * XP progression applies only to the active Terry's "[ambition](/using-the-werate-app/terries/skills-points/ambition.md)" skill * LP calculations are based on the active Terry's "[focus](/using-the-werate-app/terries/skills-points/focus.md)" and "[luck](/using-the-werate-app/terries/skills-points/luck.md)" skills * RATE rewards are influenced by the active Terry’s "[influence](/using-the-werate-app/terries/skills-points/influence.md)" skills Owning multiple Terries offers strategic flexibility, but rewards are always calculated from the Terry that is active in your backpack. *** ### 📈 Multipliers, Not Flat Rewards Rewards are not fixed numbers. Instead, they are calculated as: * **Base reward** * Modified by **rarity** * Modified by **level-based multipliers** * Modified by **skill bonuses** (Ambition, Focus, Luck, Influence) This creates a system where: * Early decisions matter * Progress compounds over time * Long-term contributors are meaningfully rewarded Detailed formulas are covered in the dedicated XP, LP, and RATE pages. *** ### 🧭 What Comes Next This page gives you the big picture. The following pages will go deeper into: * How XP works and how leveling is calculated * How LP powers rankings and prize pools * How RATE are earned, boosted, and redeemed Together, these systems form a transparent, fair, and sustainable reward economy built on real-world trust. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://whitepaper.werate.io/using-the-werate-app/earnings-and-rewards.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.