None of this is bought. A higher rank gives you COMMAND (coordinating others) and PRESTIGE (being recognised) — never force: not one extra charge, not one faster pixel. Painting is exactly as easy at Spark as at Keeper of the Flame.
Requirements: —
Unlocks: 0-min beacon · 0 beacons at once · ping every 0s · 1 audience/day
Requirements: 5 lights standing
Unlocks: 20-min beacon · 1 beacon at once · ping every 3s · 1 audience/day
Missing: 5 lights standing
Requirements: 15 lights standing · 2 days in vigil
Unlocks: 28-min beacon · 1 beacon at once · ping every 3s · 1 audience/day
Requirements: 40 lights standing · 3 days in vigil
Unlocks: 35-min beacon · 1 beacon at once · ping every 2s · 1 audience/day
Requirements: 80 lights standing · 4 days in vigil · 1 title
Unlocks: 45-min beacon · 1 beacon at once · ping every 2s · 2 audiences/day
Requirements: 150 lights standing · 5 days in vigil · 2 titles
Unlocks: 60-min beacon · 2 beacons at once · ping every 2s · 2 audiences/day
How to earn it: Be in the top 3 by lights standing.
How to earn it: Keep a light standing for more than 3 days.
How to earn it: Repaint 15 cells that La Máquina had taken.
How to earn it: Come back to keep vigil on 3 different days.
How to earn it: Claim your lights with your email (#5) — never required to play.
How to earn it: Keep vigil while the beta lasts. Cannot be earned after launch.
How to earn it: Keep vigil during an era — one per era, named after it, forever.
How to earn it: Reclaim 3 cells La Máquina had taken during a siege that ended defended — one per siege, named after its era.
How to earn it: Your work stood against a Siege and fell — it stays told, with its size and its defended hours.
How to earn it: Hold at least 15 cells of a Common Work's outline the instant it is fully lit — one per work, named after it.
How to earn it: Hold at least 15 cells of a Common Work's outline the instant its era falls with the work unfinished — one per work, named after it.
Every watcher has their own deterministic seal: the same player always gets the same emblem, in any browser. 4 flame shapes × 4 bases × 8 colours = 128 combinations, plus a rare halo (1 in 16). A sample:
Not by pixels painted — that would reward spam. The peak is the MAXIMUM lights standing anyone held AT ONCE: it rewards having built something that lasted. The series starts the day this ranking went live.
| # | Watcher | Peak | Days | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | n20 | 263 | 31 | Guardian | |
| 2 | Last Wick 8 | 183 | 4 | Spark | |
| 3 | Ember Beacon 52 | 97 | 6 | Spark | |
| 4 | Skyler | 43 | 2 | Spark | |
| 5 | Last Torch 91 | 30 | 4 | Spark | |
| 6 | Ember Torch 65 | 20 | 2 | Spark | |
| 7 | Steady Spark 34 | 20 | 1 | Spark | |
| 8 | Ember Lantern 19 | 19 | 2 | Spark | |
| 9 | Golden Wick 48 | 2 | 1 | Spark | |
| 10 | Distant Spark 28 | 1 | 1 | Spark | |
| 11 | Distant Wick 51 | 1 | 0 | Spark |
You don't have a peak yet — light something that lasts.