The Keep:The Knights Chambers

In early August 2023, alongside the decision to discontinue the Tavern and all guilds, Habitica staff stopped tracking and offering tiers for wiki editing.

With the exception of the application creation form, which has been removed in order to prevent accidental application creations, this page has been left as-is for historical reference as well as technical reasons. Thank you.

Ye olden days were filled with stories of knights and dragons. Deeds of heroes will be sung here.
One or two thalers will be exchanged for the deeds of our knights and scribes.

How to Help on the Wiki

For guidance on how to help, please read Guidance for Scribes (for wiki editors) and/or Guidance for Linguistic Scribes (for wiki translators) and join the Wizards of the Wiki guild.

Types of Wiki Changes that Earn Tiers

Tiers are awarded for changes made to the wiki's article pages but not to content in The Keep, blog posts, or on user pages and walls.

Small wording changes can sometimes improve an article but by themselves are not enough for a Tier. Please be cautious with wording changes as it can be a matter of opinion whether one set of words is better than another. High quality content additions or improvements are preferred. Fixing grammar and spelling is appreciated but also is not enough by itself for a Tier.

Applying categories to pages might add some value; unfortunately, this has been misused in the past as a quick method to obtain Fandom points. Therefore, category changes will be ignored when checking eligibility for Tiers, except in special circumstances. Please also be aware that the wiki has a formal system of categories so any category assignments that fall outside this system are likely to be reverted and counted against Tiers. Please ask in the Wizards of the Wiki guild if you would like clarification.

If you are uncertain about what kind of changes to make, you are welcome to ask in the Wizards of the Wiki guild. Although wiki admins can be contacted on their message walls, the guild is a better place to ask for advice.

Contributions to Habitica outside of the wiki are not considered for Scribe Tiers.

Requesting a Contributor Tier

When you feel ready to start an application for a Scribe or Linguistic Scribe Tier, use the form in the Starting your Application section below. You can start an application before your contributions are sufficient for a Tier; starting an application as soon as you begin editing may help you track your contributions.

Fandom's achievement points are used as a rough indication of when a wiki editor might be ready for a Tier; however, the actual work performed is the main consideration, and Tiers granted might not correspond to points gained. You can see your own achievement points in the "About" section of your User page on the wiki (you may need to disable your ad blocker to see it, and note that some of the non-English wikis don't have that feature enabled). Below is a very rough indication of how many points are related to each Tier (however reaching these points does not necessarily mean that you will be given the associated Tier):

Tier 1: 100 wiki points
Tier 2: 300 wiki points
Tier 3: 650 wiki points
Tier 4: 1200 wiki points
Tier 5 and above: Awarded at the discretion of Habitica's staff.

The entries in each application are checked manually to see how much they count towards Tiers (and assigning Scribe Tiers is a slow process).

The higher Tiers are always harder to get than the lower Tiers.

If you already have a Tier from some other way of contributing, then apply for the next Tier. For example, if you're at Tier 3 (e.g., from being a Socialite, Storyteller, and Artisan), then apply for Tier 4. Note though that if you apply for the "wrong" Tier, admins will ensure that you end up with the correct Tier, so it doesn't matter if you don't specify the correct Tier in your application.

Tiers are awarded at the discretion of the wiki admins. If your application is unsuccessful, the wiki admins will advise you on the further contributions that are required in order for your application to be approved.

As a general guideline for all types of contribution to Habitica, when a Tier is assigned, it's usually for a body of work in a single field (e.g., a pure Scribe Tier or a pure Blacksmith Tier). Occasionally, there are case-by-case exceptions to this rule.

After you've been awarded a Tier, do not keep updating the same application; start a new application for your next Tier. Each contribution should be mentioned only on one application. For example, if you've added a section to the Pets page and mentioned it on your Tier 1 application, and are then awarded that Tier, then that contribution should not be included in your Tier 2 application.

One overriding rule that can change everything else: The staff have final say over Tiers and can make decisions that might conflict with the other guidelines. However, this would only be done for a reason that seems fair to the staff.

Starting your Application

Please begin your application by typing your Habitica username and desired Tier (i.e., [Username], Tier [x]) into the box below and clicking the "Sing of your deeds" button.

This will take you to the an application template, which you can fill out and submit. If the template is not opening properly, please switch your default editor to the source editor under your editing preferences and try again. Please delete the application instructions/explanations within the brackets and add your signature (produced by typing four tildes, or copy/pasting the following: ~~~~) before submitting.