[Molly]

In 4D we use an exploring reward true to our general Quests&Puzzles theme.

Instead of rewarding the player for discovering the Entry to a new zone, we reward them for fully exploring it, i.e. reaching the "Core room". The way we do this is to place a Zone Flag in that room. If the zone is for Newbies, the flag will be openly placed on the floor, but more often it's concealed in some of the many tricky ways our Builders can think of.

This system is used for several different types of long-time and short-time rewards.

All players can collect the zone flags, and each batch of 10 different ones is worth three Bronze Tokens, (our main quest currency), when turned into an immortal. Naturally we keep track of the flags, so the player also gets a Certificate, with a list of the zone flags they turned in so far.

But originally the Flags are part of a continuous Clan contest, where the first Clan member to discover a new Zone flag wins it for their Clan, and gets it displayed in their Clan Hall with his/her name on it.

There is also a long-term Quest attached to this, where the Clan that collects the largest number of flags will win a large price, once 100 zone flags are in the game. (We usually launch them in batches of 10, and so far 92 flags are in, so next batch will be the Big one).
At the same time the players who produced the largest number of Clan flags and individual flags will be rewarded.

After we reach the number of 100, the count will start all over again. Currently there are over 200 zones in the game, so the flag context can continue for quite a while.