Trophies are small awards you collect as you use OutaStory — for reading,
for writing, for sticking around. They cost nothing and you never have to
claim them.
Where to find yours
Open /profile/trophies. The page shows your own
trophies. Trophies are not shown on public author pages, so nobody
else sees your shelf unless you tell them about it.
The header reads "Earned / " — how many of the total you have
collected so far. Above the grid sit three filters:
- All — everything, earned and not.
- Earned — only the ones you already have.
- Locked — the ones still ahead of you.
Every trophy you already hold carries an "Earned " stamp, so you
can see when you got it.
What there is to collect
There are 57 trophies, sorted into 8 groups:
- Reading
- Writing
- Serialized stories
- Community
- Milestones
- Voice
- Membership
- Special
We deliberately don't list the individual trophies here. The set changes
over time, and a list would go stale — open the page and browse the
Locked filter instead.
How trophies are earned
There are three broad shapes:
- Running counters. Many trophies watch a number that grows as you
use OutaStory — stories read, for example — and unlock the moment you
pass a threshold. - Time. Some depend simply on how long you have had your account.
Nothing to do but keep it. - One-off events. Some unlock the first time you do a particular
thing.
You never have to collect or accept a trophy. When the condition is met,
it unlocks on its own and appears under Earned.
Mystery trophies
Some entries show as "???" — no name, no artwork — until you earn
them. That is deliberate, not a loading problem and not a bug. They
are meant to be a surprise, and the "???" turns into the real name and
art the moment you unlock it.
So a locked shelf full of question marks is exactly what it should look
like. There's nothing to fix and nothing you're missing.
Credit rewards
Some trophies carry a reward, shown on the trophy itself as
"+ credits". When you earn one of those, the credits land in your
wallet — Credits and your wallet
explains what credits are and what you can do with them. Trophies without
that label are simply for the collection.
Nothing to switch on
There is a companion article on what happens the moment one unlocks, and
on the five ordinary reasons a trophy has not: When you earn a trophy —
and why one hasn't unlocked.
Trophies track quietly in the background while you read, write and take
part. Reading a story you enjoy, publishing a chapter, joining a
writing contest or talking to other
readers in the comments all feed
the same counters. Come back to the page every now and then and see what
has turned up.