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# Influence

### 🪙  Boost your Credit earnings

Influence increases all **credit rewards** you earn in the app.\
This applies to credits from quests, achievements, Patron, and all future credit-based systems. <mark style="color:orange;">**But excludes leaderboard earnings.**</mark>

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#### 💡 What Influence Does

Influence boosts <mark style="color:orange;">**Credits**</mark> earned from:

* Weekly quests
* Achievements
* Patron rewards
* Any credit-based event

If your goal is to exchange <mark style="color:orange;">**Credits**</mark> for gift cards or real rewards, Influence is essential.

{% hint style="info" %}
Credits earned from leaderboards are not impacted by influence skill.
{% endhint %}

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#### 🧮 Formula

```
Total Credits = BaseCredits × (1 + Influence × 0.0025)
```

Each Influence point adds **0.25 percent** more <mark style="color:orange;">**Credits**</mark>.

* `BaseCredits` = <mark style="color:orange;">**Credits**</mark> normally earned
* `Influence` = skill points

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#### 🔍 Example

* <mark style="color:orange;">**BaseCredits**</mark>: **100**
* Influence: **40**

**Calculation:**

<mark style="color:orange;">**Total Credits**</mark> = 100 × (1 + 40 × 0.0025)\
\= 100 × 1.10\
\= **110 credits**

You earn <mark style="color:orange;">**+10 credits**</mark> from Influence.

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#### 📈 Why Influence Matters

Influence compounds dramatically:

* Every credit payout becomes larger
* Large quests & Patron rewards scale sharply
* More <mark style="color:orange;">**Credits**</mark> → more gift cards, raffle tickets, real-world rewards

Influence is the **strongest attribute for maximizing real-world value**.

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#### ✅ Best For

* Users who care about real rewards
* Players completing many quests
* Long-term contributors accumulating credits