Comment by llamageddon01 on 04/04/2021 at 10:57 UTC*

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View submission: A Guide to Reddit Lingo

Part 01 - Award Types and Notifications: Special Note

- Awards

Awards are tokens of appreciation given by Redditors to other Redditors in recognition of merit for their contributions, whether they be heartwarming, helpful, hilarious or otherwise distinctive.

There are many types of Reddit Awards, ranging from ones that look pretty on your comment or post but do nothing else, through to ones that give you Reddit Coins, periods of advert-free Reddit Premium and/or even a trophy for your Reddit Profile. Some are animated, and some Highlighting awards make a comment really stand out from other replies. Another set of awards give you Coins and others give accumulated benefits, such as Party Train, where for every five awarded on one post, the better the benefit and the icon. These enable several people to pool together to eventually show this[1].

1: https://www.redditstatic.com/gold/awards/icon/Train/Train_argentium_128.png

Seasonal award variations are added and retired from time to time. Some subreddits have Mod Awards or other special awards exclusively for that sub, and some awards give Coins to both the recipient and the community - a pool that mods can use in their sub to give out Community Awards. Some awards require you to have Reddit Premium to give (but not receive) them, such as the All-Seeing-Upvote or Narwhal Salute.

The awards I describe below are just the ones that give gifts as well as the award (coins, premium or a highlight) and the availability, costs and types were correct at time of writing. I may or may not update accordingly as these change quite frequently.

- Award Types: Gifts Both Coins and Reddit Premium

The main awards that give both Reddit Coins and Reddit Premium are:

*Party Train:* Costs 75 coins to give. Every 5 awarded to the same post or comment gives the recipient 100 coins and a week of free Reddit Premium. The 5 awards do not have to come from the same person. It’s interesting to note here that if the same person gives 5 Party Trains to one post or comment, it will give the same benefits to the recipient as Gold but only costing 375 Coins - a saving of 125 Coins. However, the giver will not get points towards a Gilding Level Trophy.

*Gold:* Costs 500 Coins to give. This gives the recipient an immediate 100 Coins and a week of free Reddit Premium. The giver gets one point towards a Gilding Level Trophy.

*Platinum:* Costs 1800 Coins to give. This gives the recipient 700 Coins for the month and one month of free Reddit Premium. The giver gets four points towards a Gilding Level Trophy. See the note on the Platinum Award below.

*Argentium:* Costs 20,000 Coins to give. This gives the recipient an immediate 2,500 Coins and three months of free Reddit Premium. Both giver and recipient get a trophy for their Reddit profiles.

*Ternion All Powerful:* Costs 50,000 Coins to give. This gives the recipient an immediate 5,000 Coins and six months of free Reddit Premium. Both giver and recipient get a trophy for their Reddit profiles.

There are rumours of admin-only awards greater than this which cannot be purchased. You might even encounter one. Treasure the moment.[2] *See Also:* Gilding Level Trophies.

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/PrequelMemes/comments/g15hel/every_day_general_grievous_adds_a_unique/

- Award Types: Highlighting Awards

These don’t give any gifts but do make your comment look very distinctive.

*Aww-some:* “Use the Aww-some Award to highlight comments that are absolutely adorable.”
*Brighten My Day:* Costs 500 coins to give. “The clouds part and the sun shines through. Use the Brighten My Day Award to highlight comments that are a ray of sunshine.”
*Eureka!:* Costs 500 coins to give. “Now that is a bright idea. Use the Eureka Award to highlight comments that are brilliant.”
*Starry:* Costs 500 coins to give. “Use the Starry Award to highlight comments that deserve to stand out from the crowd.”

I’ve taken the price off the Aww-some award because it was withdrawn early 2021.

- Award Types: Community Awards

Community Awards give coins to both the recipient and the community.

*Awesome Answer:* Costs 250 coins to give. This gives 100 coins to both the recipient and the community.
*Mind Blown:* Costs 250 coins to give. This gives 100 coins to both the recipient and the community.
*Original:* Costs 250 coins to give. This gives 100 coins to both the recipient and the community.
*Timeless Beauty:* Costs 250 coins to give. This gives 100 coins to both the recipient and the community.
*Today I Learned:* Costs 250 coins to give. This gives 100 coins to both the recipient and the community.
*Bless Up (Pro):* Costs 500 coins to give. This gives 100 coins to both the recipient and the community.
*Heart Eyes:* Costs 500 coins to give. This gives 100 coins to both the recipient and the community.
*Helpful (Pro):* Costs 500 coins to give. This gives 100 coins to both the recipient and the community.
*Made Me Smile:* Costs 500 coins to give. This gives 100 coins to both the recipient and the community.
*Wholesome (Pro):* Costs 500 coins to give. This gives 100 coins to both the recipient and the community.

There may be other Community Awards unique to the subreddit you are in.

- Award Types: Coin Awards

Coin Awards give coins and no other benefits to the recipient only.

*2020 Veteran:* Costs 200 coins to give. This gives 100 coins to the recipient.
*Coin Gift:* Costs 300 coins to give. This gives 250 coins to the recipient.
*Pot O' Coins:* Costs 1000 coins to give. This gives 800 coins to the recipient.
*This:* Costs 300 coins to give. Every 3 awarded to the same post or comment gives the recipient 250 coins. The 3 awards do not have to come from the same person.

Some figures are based partly on an original post by u/memedbyshrek at r/AwardBonanza. Another comprehensive list of award types is shown here[3].

3: https://github.com/androiddevnotes/reddit-awards/

- Awards: A Note on the Platinum Award

Platinum is not like any other Reddit premium award in that you might not get the coins immediately, depending on other factors such as any awards you might have previously won. Those who pay for their premium subscription get 700 regular Reddit coins delivered every 31 days, and those who are awarded Platinum get theirs the same way. Getting your 700 Platinum coins also depends upon when in the month you won the award[4].

4: https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/kr7wzl/the_code_is_unfrozen_heres_your_first_super_short/gi8rmjn/

Let’s say you are an ordinary Redditor with no premium, paid for or gifted.

You got 4 awards in the first week of January in this order: 1. Platinum, 2. Platinum, 3. Gold, 4. Platinum. Hooray! 13 whole weeks of Reddit Premium in total!

However, in January you will only get 800 coins, 700 of which might not even be given straight away. The 100 gold is given immediately, the plat is given as described above. That’s the coins from your awards numbers 1 and 3. You get your first four weeks of Reddit Premium.

Sometime in February, four weeks after your first coin delivery you’ll get another 700 coins, from award number 2. By now you are into your second four weeks of Reddit Premium.

Sometime in March, four weeks after your second coin delivery, you get nothing. You are into your ninth week of Reddit Premium; the gold week. But you already had your 100 gold coins in week 1 because they were given immediately you won the award.

One week later in March, maybe even April, you get 700 coins from award number 4, the final platinum.

Your Reddit Premium then ends after 13 weeks. You will be notified by Reddit when your coins arrive: *Gadzooks! Your monthly Coins have been delivered! Your 700 monthly Coins have been added to your balance! Thank you for supporting Reddit as a Premium member!*

- Award Notifications

With few exceptions, if you get a Reddit award, the awarder will have spent hard-earned or even purchased Reddit coins to give it.

When you receive an award from a fellow Redditor, you will receive a Notification in your Inbox that says something like this:

An anonymous redditor liked your comment so much that they've given it the Platinum Award. As a reward, you get a sparkling medal on your comment and a one month trial of Reddit Premium[5] to improve your experience! Dashing.*

5: https://www.reddit.com/premium

There will be a short list of the benefits (if any) to your award, followed by instructions on how to use your Coins (if you were awarded any):

You can use your Coins to give Awards to posts and comments that are inspiring, helpful, funny, or whatever. Press the Give Award button beneath the post or comment and follow the prompts, it's that easy!*

Finally, there will be an opportunity to reply to whoever awarded you:

Want to say thanks to your mysterious benefactor? Reply to this message. You will find out their username if they choose to reply back.*

Awards can be given anonymously, and most are. Even so, it’s only polite to thank someone for giving you an award and this is best done by responding to the Award Notification than editing your awarded post. “Thanks for the Gold, kind stranger!” or “Thanks for the award, Kind Redditor” are the traditional responses. Reddit loves traditions.

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