Badges and ranks

Everything a profile can carry, and exactly what each one asks for. Nothing here is bought, and nothing is handed out for being popular.

Rank

Rank is time, and only time — how long your account has existed. It cannot be sped up by writing more, reading more, or paying anything, which is the whole reason it means something.

Rookie
The start of the journey.
from the start
Apprentice
You've been here for a year.
1 year
Adept
Two years of experience.
2 years
Veteran
Three years of dedication.
3 years
MasterShodan
Four years — the threshold of mastery.
4 years
Old SchoolKōdansha
5+ years — a legend, here since the start.
5 years

Badges you earn

Each one is worked out from what actually happened — your stories, your reading, your communities — every time a profile is opened. Shown in colour here so you can see what they look like; on a profile the ones you haven't earned stay locked, with the same rule written next to them.

First PagesNormal
Publish your first story.
Publish 1 story.
OC ArchitectNormal
Create your first character with every profile field filled.
Give one character a tagline, a bio, an avatar and at least one parameter.
World BuilderRare
Link 3+ characters into one connected universe.
Link 3 characters to the same series.
Fan FavoriteMythic
One of your works is liked by 25 different readers.
Have 25 different readers like one story.
MangakaRare
Finish a series of 10 chapters or more.
Mark a series complete with 10 or more chapters.
SenseiMythic
Deliver three well-received series, finished months apart.
Complete 3 series that each reach 15 likes, in 3 different months.
First ChapterNormal
Read your first chapter through to the end.
Finish 1 chapter.
BookwormNormal
Read a whole series, start to finish.
Finish every released chapter of a series with 5 or more of them.
TheorycrafterMythic
One of your theories is liked by 10 different readers.
Have 10 different readers like one of your comments.
CuratorRare
Build a library with real range to it.
Follow 10 stories spanning 4 different genres.
Loyal ReaderRare
Follow an author and read one of their series all the way through.
Follow an author, then finish every released chapter of one of their series (5+ chapters).
Hidden GemMythic
You saw it before anyone else did. Repeatedly.
Be among the first 10 to like 3 stories that each go on to pass 50 likes.
Welcome CommitteeNormal
Write 3 greetings welcoming newcomers to a community.
Post 3 greetings.
CollaboratorNormal
Enter a community event.
Enter 1 community event.
Event HostRare
Host a community event.
Create 1 community event.
FounderRare
Found a community that grows to 10 members.
Found a community that reaches 10 members.
MentorRare
Newer members you answered are still here and still posting.
Reply to 3 members who joined a community after you, and have each of them go on to post 3 times.
PeacekeeperRare
Reports you filed turned out to be right, and something was done.
File 3 reports that staff act on.
PillarLegendary
The community you founded stays large and lively.
Found a community with 25 members where 8 different people posted in the last 30 days.
Founding MemberMythic
Join during the launch season — the window never opens again.
Create your account on or before December 31, 2026.

Badges only Enishio grants

These say who an account is, not what it did, so there is no activity that could earn them. They are gold, they are never given to a reader or a writer, and every grant is recorded against the staff member who made it.

Official
An account run by Enishio itself.
Granted by Enishio. Not something a reader can earn.
Librarian
Chooses and publishes what goes into the classics library.
Granted by Enishio to whoever keeps the shelves.
Founding Team
Built this place.
Granted by Enishio. There is no second way in.

Thresholds can be retuned as the platform grows, and nothing is ever taken back when they are. A badge you have earned stays earned.