Achievements
Every rule of the island’s rewards, in the open. They recognise quality and help, never raw volume.
- XP comes from helping others: useful reviews, accurate field reports and solved problems. Downloads never give XP.
- No daily streaks, no loot boxes and no leaderboards that shame anyone.
- Everything is retroactive: accounts from 2023 onwards keep what they already earned.
- You can hide your rank and activity in your privacy settings.
Survivor ranks
Every member has a Survivor rank that grows with the XP earned by helping the community. It can’t be bought and it’s never lost for inactivity.
| Survivor rank | XP needed |
|---|---|
| Survivor rank: Castaway | 0 XP |
| Survivor rank: Scavenger | 50 XP |
| Survivor rank: Forager | 150 XP |
| Survivor rank: Trapper | 400 XP |
| Survivor rank: Builder | 1,000 XP |
| Survivor rank: Pathfinder | 2,500 XP |
| Survivor rank: Veteran | 6,000 XP |
| Survivor rank: Legend of the Island | 15,000 XP |
| Action | XP | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Review with at least 80 characters of text | +20 | 3 per day |
| A “helpful” vote on your review | +5 | 50 per day |
| Field report (does it work on this build?) | +10 | 5 per day |
| Bonus: your report matches the consensus after 72 h | +5 | No limit |
| Comment marked as the solution or pinned by the creator | +15 | No limit |
| Bug report marked as resolved by the creator | +15 | No limit |
| Your kit reaches every 10 followers | +10 | No limit |
| Complete your profile | +10 | Once |
| Complete the Day 1 checklist | +10 | Once |
| Follow your first mod or creator | +2 | Once |
| Creator: compatible version within 14 days of a breaking game update | +30 | Once per game build |
Actions on your own content don’t count. XP is audited and can be reversed if it came from abuse.
Creator tiers
Creators climb tiers automatically with the lifetime downloads of all their mods, history before v2 included. Each tier adds a stamp to the profile and a frame to the avatar.
- Creator tier: Campfire
1K downloads
Tier stamp and avatar frame.
- Creator tier: Lean-to
10K downloads
Tier stamp and avatar frame.
- Creator tier: Cabin
50K downloads
Tier stamp and avatar frame.
- Creator tier: Treehouse
100K downloads
Tier stamp and avatar frame.
- Creator tier: Fortress
500K downloads
Tier stamp, avatar frame and a spotlight on the home page.
- Creator tier: Landmark
1M downloads
Tier stamp, avatar frame and a spotlight on the home page.
Badges
Badges fill each survivor’s field notebook. Locked ones show as dashed outlines with a hint, so you always know what’s next.
Original survivors
- Original Survivor 2023
Account created in 2023, before SOTF Mods v2 launched.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
- Original Survivor 2024
Account created in 2024, before SOTF Mods v2 launched.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
- Original Survivor 2025
Account created in 2025, before SOTF Mods v2 launched.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
- Original Survivor 2026
Account created in 2026, before SOTF Mods v2 launched.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
Creator
- Crash Landing
Publish your first mod.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
- First Blueprint
Publish your first build.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
- Pillar of the Island
Make a library that at least 3 mods by other creators require.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
- Patch Day Hero
Release a compatible version within 7 days of a breaking game update.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
- Island Favorite
Have a mod rated 4.5 or higher with at least 20 reviews.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
- Well Documented
Reach a listing quality of 100 on one of your mods.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
Community
- First Field Report
Send your first compatibility report.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
- Field Medic
Send 10 compatibility reports that match the community consensus.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
- Bug Hunter
Have 5 bug reports marked as resolved by the creators.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
- First Review
Write your first review with text.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
- Voice of the Island
Receive 50 helpful votes on your reviews.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
- Helping Hand
Have 5 comments marked as the solution or pinned by a creator.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
- Cartographer
Make a public kit that reaches 10 followers.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
First steps
- Survived Day One
Complete the Day 1 checklist.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
Awards
- Mod of the Week
Have one of your mods chosen as Mod of the Week. Can be earned again.
0% of survivors · 0 holders · Can be earned again
- Staff Pick
Have one of your mods picked by the staff. Can be earned again.
0% of survivors · 0 holders · Can be earned again
Roles
- Verified Creator
Creators verified by the SOTF Mods team.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
- Ranger
Moderators who keep the island safe.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
- Translator
Helped translate SOTF Mods into another language.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
Secret
- Secret badge(Locked)
Keep exploring. Some things on the island are only found at night.
0% of survivors · 0 holders
Mod milestones
Every mod celebrates its download milestones, counted back to its first day. They appear as a timeline on the mod page and the biggest ones are announced on Discord.
- 1K
- 5K
- 10K
- 25K
- 50K
- 100K
- 250K
- 500K
- 1M
Mod of the Week
Every Monday the mod with the strongest momentum among unique downloads wins, as long as it’s published, not broken on the current build and well rated. The same creator can’t win twice in a row within two weeks.
Day N on the island
Every profile shows how many days have passed since the account was created. Pure identity: it gives no points.
Fair play
- Downloads never give XP, so there’s nothing to gain from inflating them.
- Votes and reports between accounts on the same network within 24 hours don’t count.
- Brand-new accounts weigh half in ratings and compatibility until they build trust.
- Sudden download spikes are reviewed by the Rangers.
- Every XP point is recorded and can be reversed if it came from abuse.