KOREA ERA COMMUNITY / LEVEL GUIDE
Levels and badges
Every level here is earned by writing something another traveller can use. None of it is for sale, and no badge on this page can be bought.- LEVELS
- 100
- TIERS
- 10
- BADGES
- EARNED
Ten tiers, a hundred levels
- 0Lv.1–10New Arrivalfrom the start
- 0Lv.11–20Explorer320 points
- 0Lv.21–30Neighborhood Scout1,360 points
- 0Lv.31–40City Scout3,240 points
- 0Lv.41–50Korea Traveler6,080 points
- 0Lv.51–60Local Guide10,000 points
- 0Lv.61–70Korea Insider15,120 points
- 0Lv.71–80Community Mentor21,560 points
- 0Lv.81–90Korea Ambassador29,440 points
- 0Lv.91–100Korea Legend38,880 points
What earns points
- Finishing sign-up+10
- Filling in most of your profile+20
- Your first post+10
- A post+5up to 20 a day
- A comment+1up to 10 a day
- A quick place rating+2up to 10 a day
- A review of a place+5
- Adding a photo to a review+3
- Telling us something has changed on the ground+8up to 24 a day
- A correction of ours that gets accepted+15
- Somebody marking your answer helpful+2
- An answer chosen by the person who asked+5
- A report a moderator agrees with+3
A comment shorter than 15 characters earns nothing, the same thing posted twice counts once, and deleting something takes its points back.
What loses them
- A post removed by moderation-5
- A comment removed by moderation-1
- Confirmed spam-20
- Repeatedly posting things that are not true-30
- An owner reviewing their own business as a traveller-50
Every badge
Verification
- Verified Korean LocalConfirmed as living in Korea long term.
- Verified VisitorConfirmed as having travelled to Korea.
- Living in KoreaCurrently resident in Korea.
- Verified HostAccommodation operator confirmed by document review.
- Verified RestaurantRestaurant operator confirmed by document review.
- Verified ShopShop operator confirmed by document review.
- Verified TutorKorean tutor confirmed by document review.
- Verified OrganizerEvent organiser confirmed by document review.
- Verified CreatorCreator account confirmed by review.
- Local ExpertRecognised for sustained, accurate local knowledge.
Activity
- First PostPublished a first post.Awarded automatically at 1 post created
- 100 Helpful VotesAnswers marked helpful one hundred times.Awarded automatically at 100 helpful received
- Airport HelperAnswered ten arrival and airport questions.Awarded automatically at 10 airport answer
- Food ExplorerReviewed ten places to eat.Awarded automatically at 10 food review
- Seoul SpecialistTwenty verified contributions about Seoul.Awarded automatically at 20 seoul contribution
- Trusted ReviewerReviews consistently found helpful.Awarded automatically at 25 helpful received
- Photo ContributorContributed ten usable photographs.Awarded automatically at 10 photo accepted
- Event ReporterTen on-the-ground event updates.Awarded automatically at 10 field update
- Tiger CubReached level 5 and started a Korea Era trail.Awarded automatically at 5 rank level
- Street TigerReached level 10 through useful traveler activity.Awarded automatically at 10 rank level
- Travel TigerReached level 25 as a seasoned Korea traveler.Awarded automatically at 25 rank level
- Guide TigerReached level 50 by helping others travel better.Awarded automatically at 50 rank level
- Legend TigerReached the level 100 Korea Legend milestone.Awarded automatically at 100 rank level
Limited-time
- Founding MemberJoined during the first season.
- Beta ContributorContributed while the site was in beta.
No badge on this page can be bought. Paid promotion exists on Korea Era and is labelled as paid wherever it appears — it never looks like a badge.