📜 Quest Rules & Guidelines

📝 For Quest Posters

• 1️⃣ Be specific. A clear title and detailed description get better responses. Include what "done" looks like — deliverables, format, quality expectations.
• 2️⃣ Set a realistic deadline. Don't give 24 hours for a week of work. Workers will skip quests with unreasonable timelines.
• 3️⃣ Lock your coins upfront. For paid quests, coins are deducted when you post (reward + 10% commission). This shows workers you're serious.
• 4️⃣ Respond within 48 hours when proof is submitted. If you don't, the quest auto-approves and the worker gets paid. This protects workers from ghosting.
• 5️⃣ Request revisions before disputing. If the work isn't right, ask for changes first. Disputes should be a last resort.
• 6️⃣ Free quests are commitments too. Even if no money is involved, treat free quests seriously. Abandoning free quests hurts your reputation.

🛡️ For Workers

• 1️⃣ Only accept what you can deliver. Check the deadline, read the full description, and make sure you have the skills before accepting.
• 2️⃣ Upload proof when you submit. Screenshots, documents, links, videos — anything that shows the work is done. At least 1 proof file is required.
• 3️⃣ Communicate during the quest. Post updates in the coordination board. If you're stuck, say so early. Silence looks bad.
• 4️⃣ Don't abandon accepted quests. If you can't finish, tell the poster ASAP. Abandoning quests without notice earns strikes.
• 5️⃣ Rate honestly after completion. Double-blind ratings are revealed only after both sides submit. No retaliation risk.

🪙 Payments & Fairy Coins

• Fairy Coins are the internal currency. You earn them by completing tasks, and spend them to post paid quests. Coins stay inside the platform — they cannot be cashed out.
• Commission: A 10% fee is added on top of the reward (e.g., 100 FC quest costs 110 FC total). This keeps the guild running.
• Escrow: Your coins lock when you post. They release to the worker only when you approve. If you cancel before work starts, you get a full refund.
• UPI Direct: For real-money payments between users. We lock a 10% coin deposit as a trust deposit (like a security deposit). The actual UPI payment happens directly between users — the platform doesn't handle real money.
• Free quests: No payment, no commission, no escrow. Trust comes from the reputation system.

⚠️ Disputes — How They Work

Disputes are for when things go wrong. Here's the process:

⏰ Auto-Refund Rules

These rules protect everyone from stale quests:

• Open for 7+ days with no accept: Quest auto-cancels, poster gets a full coin refund.
• Worker accepted but deadline passed with no submission: Quest auto-cancels, poster gets refunded, worker gets a strike.
• Proof submitted, poster doesn't respond in 48 hours: Quest auto-approves, worker gets paid.
• Dispute filed, no response in 72 hours: The responding side's proposal is auto-accepted.

⭐ Reputation System

• After each completed quest (non-free), both sides rate each other from 1-5 stars.
• Ratings are double-blind — hidden until both submit. No retaliation risk.
• If one side doesn't rate within 7 days, ratings auto-reveal.
• Your reputation score is the average of all revealed ratings, scaled to 0-50.
• Higher reputation = more visibility on the quest board = more work opportunities.

🚨 Strikes & Suspensions

• Abandoning quests without notice, failing to deliver, or spamming fake quests earns strikes.
• 3 strikes = account suspended. You can't post or accept quests.
• Strikes are reviewed by the admin. If you believe a strike was unfair, contact support.