DEVIANTART-What are badges and fragments?

 

When you want to express your appreciation for a deviation or comment beyond a favourite or like, you can award a badge! Badges you award will appear on that deviation or comment—as well as on the deviant's Profile.

You can award badges to:

• Deviations that inspire you
• Helpful resources or tutorials
• A heartfelt reply to something you shared
• A clever, witty comment that made you laugh

How do Badges work?

There are three types of permanent badges: Quartz, Hype, and Diamond. To give them to a deviation or comment, you’ll need fragments, which are essentially tokens used in exchange for badges. 

When you award a badge to a deviation or comment, the recipient will also receive fragments, which they can then use to award their own badges. The standard badges are as follows:

• Quartz (costs 10 Fragments)
  • Award a Quartz badge to your favorite deviations and comments. The recipient of a Quartz badge will receive one fragment.

• Hype (costs 100 Fragments)
  • When the Hype badge is given to a deviation, that deviation’s visibility will be boosted on Browse pages for a short period! The recipient of a Hype badge will also receive 10 fragments.

• Diamond (costs 300 Fragments)
  • The recipient of a Diamond badge will receive 100 fragments, and, if they’re not already a Core Member, they’ll also get a one-month Core Membership for free!

Once you grant a Diamond badge to a deviant, you cannot grant the same deviant a Diamond badge for 12 months. 

Limited-Time Badges

Quartz, Hype, and Diamond badges may not be the only badges you can award to deviations or comments. Occasionally, special badges may be available as well, such as the Heart, Gold Coin, and Snowball badges! Watch team for updates regarding limited-time badges.

How do I earn fragments?

Fragments can be earned in three ways:

1. When someone awards a badge to your deviation or comment, you’ll receive fragments.
2. As a Core Member, you’ll receive fragments each week.
3. You can win fragments in official DeviantArt contests and challenges.

You can find out how many fragments you currently have in the drop-down menu under your avatar.

Ready to start?

Here's a guide to giving badges and fragments!

Common Questions

When do Core Members receive their weekly fragments?

After upgrading to Core Membership, you’ll receive a week’s worth of fragments immediately.

You’ll then receive fragments every Friday while your Core Membership is active. (The exact time on Friday can vary and may not fall on a Friday depending on your time zone.) 

If you upgrade to Core Membership on a Friday and the week’s fragments have already been distributed earlier in the day, you will only receive your welcome fragments and not the additional Friday fragments.

Can I transfer fragments to another deviant?

No, fragments are non-transferable.

Can I purchase fragments or badges?

No, you cannot purchase fragments or badges at this time.

Can I take back a badge I’ve given?

Badges cannot be rescinded after they are awarded.

If I gift a Core Membership to a friend, will they receive fragments?

Yes, gifting a Core Membership works the same way as purchasing it for yourself.

Profile Badges

Llamas and bowties and cake, oh my! Find out more about Profile badges here!