Your Passport travels with you
Your Passport is your permanent Welpdom identity. Your name, verified membership, Renown, Credits, achievements and contribution history remain with your account as the world grows.
The Founding Period
Preserve the history. Build what comes next.
Welpdom 1.1 establishes your permanent Passport and the progress you will carry into the world. Welpdom 1.2 turns the history of Welp Here We Are into Lost Records to recover, Collections to preserve and communities to build, with its first public release planned for early 2027.
Welp history becomes discoverable
Reactions, reviews, Patreon exclusives, Vault recordings and original Welp content can become Lost Records recovered through play.
Renown records your legacy
Renown is permanent, cannot be spent or purchased, and comes from verified Welp participation. Higher Renown levels will unlock titles, advanced opportunities, civic privileges and access to more of the world’s technology tree.
Building Credits shape what comes next
Building Credits are spendable. They will support homes, construction, upgrades and settlement projects—and can be earned repeatedly rather than simply collected once.
Work creates future Credits
When the interactive world opens, gathering, building, exploration, research, production and other useful settlement assignments are planned to become the primary ways to earn more.
Participation cannot be replaced
Supporting tiers receive a modest stipend, but major civic projects will still require residents, resources and genuine community participation.
Active in Welpdom 1.1
How Renown is earned
Renown records verified participation in Welp Here We Are. It is permanent, cannot be spent and is awarded automatically when one of the activities below is confirmed.
Paid membership month
Patreon
+5
Renown
Once per confirmed month
Recognizes continued support equally across paid tiers, without multiplying Renown by dollars spent.
Verified request accepted
Jotform + Command Centre
+3
Renown
Once per unique request
Awarded only after a request is matched to a Passport and accepted into the Welp workflow.
Verified request fulfilled
Command Centre
+10
Renown
Once per completed request
Created when the requested content is confirmed recorded, regardless of whether it was short-form, long-form or a Solo Session.
Live gathering check-in
The Welpdom
+2
Renown
Once per event
Awarded when a signed-in member redeems the attendance code shared during a scheduled Welp livestream or gathering.
Livestream Bonus redeemed
The Welpdom
+2
Renown
Once per event
Awarded for redeeming a separate, time-limited bonus code shared during a livestream. Each Passport can redeem that code only once.
Membership anniversary
Patreon
+25
Renown
Once per verified year
A retention milestone based on verified membership history, including free Welp members.
How the record stays fair
- Renown is permanent and cannot be spent or transferred.
- Every award must point to a verified source event with a unique external identifier.
- Reprocessing an import cannot award the same event twice.
- Corrections use visible reversal entries; ledger history is never silently rewritten.
- Patreon tier changes do not multiply past or future Renown.
The central Welpdom 1.2 journey
Explore. Recover. Preserve. Build.
Lost Records connect the illustrated world directly to the reactions, artists, shows and community history behind Welp Here We Are.
Explore
Undertake activities and expeditions.
Recover
Find a Record connected to Welp content.
Carry
Keep it in your Field Kit or campsite storage.
Archive
Deposit it for the wider Welpdom.
Build
Develop Archives and themed community institutions.
Personal discovery
A recovered Record belongs to the finder until it is deposited. Carrying capacity and storage make the choice to preserve it meaningful.
Shared Collections
Once archived, a Record becomes part of the community’s shared history. Collections can eventually qualify communities for artist-, show- or medium-focused buildings, groups and events.
Confirmed for Welpdom 1.1
Your first Building Credits
Founding Credits are not a separate currency. They are the first Building Credits placed in your Passport during the Founding Period. They carry forward at full value when the interactive world opens.
Granted once
Founding Allocation
Every verified citizen begins with Credits so nobody enters the world empty-handed. The amount is based on the membership level verified when the allocation is granted.
Granted each verified month
Monthly Stipend
A modest monthly amount recognizes continued support. Higher tiers receive slightly more, but work and participation—not tier alone—will drive progress once the world opens.
Verified membershipAllocationStipend
Free member305
$5 Supporter408
$10 Guild member5010
$15 VIP6012
Before the world opensKeep them, or earn limited extras through announced founding challenges.
When the world opensSpend them on residences, construction, upgrades and settlement projects.
They do not affect RenownRenown records your standing and cannot be spent. Credits are resources you choose how to use.
Allocations are granted once. Stipends require verified membership for that month and appear in the Credit Ledger. Historical membership earns Renown and achievements rather than retroactive monthly Credits. Building Credits are in-world resources: they have no cash value and cannot be sold or transferred between citizens.
How to earn more
Credits come from contribution—not from Renown.
During Welpdom 1.1
The Founding Period
Citizens receive their one-time allocation and verified monthly stipend. Selected one-time founding achievements and announced community challenges will offer limited opportunities to earn extra Credits before the map opens.
Planned for Welpdom 1.2
Work inside the world
Choose timed assignments such as gathering, construction, exploration, research or production. Completed work earns Credits, resources, profession experience or project progress depending on the assignment.
Routine Welp participation earns Renown. Work performed inside the Welpdom earns Building Credits. Important firsts and major accomplishments may also unlock achievements.
Why build the Welpdom?
A campsite becomes a settlement. A settlement can become a metropolis.
Every citizen begins with a campsite in Welp Central. Residents will contribute resources, labour and Credits to shared projects. As population and participation grow, the community can qualify to advance through settlement, village, town, city and metropolis stages.
Build useful places
Workshops create jobs. Libraries organize Welp history. Theatres host screenings. Town Halls support proposals and civic decisions.
Unlock new possibilities
New settlement levels open buildings, professions, assignments, technology and more ambitious community projects.
Explore beyond home
Roads, bridges, ports and expeditions can reveal new territory and eventually connect communities across the larger map.
Leave a visible mark
Founders and contributors remain recorded in the history of the homes, landmarks and institutions they helped create.
Buildings are intended to provide real functions—not merely decorate the map. Final requirements, production rates and unlocks will be published only after the private Founding Grounds prototype has been tested.
Available during the founding launch
- ◆ Permanent Passports and saved progress
- ◆ Verified Patreon membership
- ◆ Renown levels and achievement history
- ◆ Founding Credits and a transparent ledger
- ◆ Connected request activity
Planned for the opening of the world
- ◇ Lost Records and personal Collections
- ◇ Community Archives and themed institutions
- ◇ Campsites, homes and settlements
- ◇ Exploration, gathering and construction
- ◇ Professions, groups and community projects
These systems are under private development and may change as we test balance, accessibility and technical reliability.
One history · many communities