Understanding Behavior Scores
Learn how Dead Ark's behavior score system works - how to unlock your scores, what they mean, and how to maintain good community standing.
Dead Ark uses a behavior score system to measure community standing. Unlike traditional systems, your scores must be earned through real platform engagement - they start locked until you prove yourself through actual participation.
🔒 Why Are Scores Locked?
- ▪Meaningfulness: Scores represent real behavior, not arbitrary numbers
- ▪Fairness: Everyone starts equal and earns their standing
- ▪Anti-Gaming: Prevents multi-account farming
- ▪Quality Signal: Only engaged members have visible scores
New members start with locked behavior scores for good reason:
This ensures that behavior scores actually mean something - they reflect your real contributions to the community.
🎯 How to Unlock Your Scores
- ▪Create posts and threads - Start conversations
- ▪Comment on content - Engage with the community
- ▪Mark content as helpful - Reward quality contributions
- ▪Submit moderation reports - Help keep the community safe
Unlock Requirement: 30 Qualifying Interactions
Complete any combination of these activities:
Progress Tracking:
Visit your `/account/behavior` page to see your progress towards unlocking scores. You'll see a progress bar showing exactly how many more interactions you need.
📊 The Three Scores
- ▪Measures overall conduct and community contributions
- ▪Starts at neutral baseline (70/100)
- ▪Increases with positive behavior, decreases with violations
- ▪Range: 0-100 (higher is better)
- ▪Measures reliability in trust-based interactions
- ▪Must be earned through positive trust activities
- ▪Important for trading, collaboration, and leadership
- ▪Range: 0-100 (must be built up)
- ▪Measures platform contributions and impact
- ▪Earned through creating value for the community
- ▪Reflects your standing and influence
- ▪Range: 0-100 (must be built up)
Once unlocked, you'll see three behavior scores:
1. Behavior Score (starts at 70)
2. Trust Score (starts at 0)
3. Reputation Score (starts at 0)
⚖️ Score Ratings
- ▪90-100: EXCELLENT - Outstanding community member
- ▪70-89: GOOD - Positive contributor in good standing
- ▪50-69: FAIR - Average standing with room for improvement
- ▪30-49: POOR - Below average, review guidelines
- ▪0-29: CRITICAL - Serious issues, immediate action needed
Scores are rated on a 5-tier system:
💡 Best Practices
- ▪Follow community guidelines at all times
- ▪Contribute thoughtful, helpful content
- ▪Engage respectfully with other members
- ▪Report violations (don't engage with trolls)
- ▪Build trust through consistent positive behavior
- ▪Toxic behavior (harassment, hate speech)
- ▪Spam or low-quality content
- ▪False or malicious reports
- ▪Violating community guidelines
- ▪Repeated negative patterns
To Maintain Good Scores:
What Hurts Your Scores:
🔄 Score Recovery
- 1.Review Guidelines: Understand what went wrong
- 2.Improve Behavior: Make consistent positive contributions
- 3.Redemption Path: Complete tasks to recover standing
- 4.Time Heals: Scores improve with sustained good behavior
If your scores drop:
Note: Once unlocked, scores never re-lock - but they can drop to 0 through violations. Rebuilding takes time and consistent positive engagement.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How long does it take to unlock scores?
A: Depends on your activity level. Active members typically unlock within 1-2 weeks.
Q: Can I speed up unlocking?
A: Yes! Post threads, comment thoughtfully, mark helpful content, and report violations. All count toward the 30-interaction threshold.
Q: Will violations before unlock count?
A: Yes. Violations are tracked in the background. When you unlock, any past violations will affect your starting scores.
Q: Can scores be re-locked?
A: No. Once unlocked, scores remain visible permanently. However, they can drop to 0 through bad behavior.
Q: What if I have excellent scores?
A: Keep it up! High scores unlock privileges like leaderboard ranking, leadership opportunities, and community recognition.