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# Invite a Friend

Bring friends into Pawtato Land with your personal invite link

Every player has a personal **invite link**. Share it, and anyone who joins Pawtato Land through it is credited to you - which counts toward the **Inviter** [badges](/pawtato-land/gameplay/achievements.md) and shows up as your **Invites** number on the [leaderboard](/pawtato-land/gameplay/leaderboards.md) and in your player profile.

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📍 **Jump in:** [Open Invite a Friend in Pawtato Land](https://pawtato.gg/?iaf=1)
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## The Invite panel

Open the panel from your **player profile** - the **Invites** pill or the green **Invite a Friend** button, on either the **Profile** tab or the **Statistics** tab.

Inside you'll find:

* **Your invite link**, which you can click to copy.
* **Share invite link** - opens your device's share sheet on mobile, or copies the link on desktop.
* Two counts: **Joined** and **Counted**.

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The panel deliberately shows **numbers only, never names**. The people who accepted your invite never agreed to be shown to whoever's link they clicked, so no nicknames or avatars are exposed.
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## Joined vs. Counted

These are two different numbers, and the gap between them is the point:

* **Joined** - everyone who created an account through your link.
* **Counted** - the invites that actually **qualify**. This is the number the badges, the leaderboard column and your profile statistics all use.

Seeing "5 joined, 2 counted" tells you your link is working even before the others have played enough to count.

### What makes an invite count

A friend counts once their account is a real one - not an anonymous session - and they have genuinely started playing. Clicking your link alone isn't enough, and **inviting yourself does not count.**

## Every share link is an invite link

You don't have to hand out the raw link. **Every** result you share from Pawtato Land - a fishing catch, a [herbalism](/pawtato-land/gameplay/adventure/herbalism.md) harvest, a chest or Pouch haul - carries your invite code along with it, so a visitor who signs up from your post is credited to you automatically.

## Inviter badges

Invites feed a ladder of six [Achievement](/pawtato-land/gameplay/achievements.md) badges, each matched against your **Counted** total:

<table><thead><tr><th width="240">Badge</th><th width="160">Counted invites</th><th>Achievement points</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>🤝 <strong>Friendly Inviter</strong></td><td>1</td><td>200</td></tr><tr><td>⚡️ <strong>Power Inviter</strong></td><td>5</td><td>500</td></tr><tr><td>🛡️ <strong>Bronze Inviter</strong></td><td>10</td><td>1,000</td></tr><tr><td>⚪️ <strong>Silver Inviter</strong></td><td>25</td><td>2,000</td></tr><tr><td>🟡 <strong>Gold Inviter</strong></td><td>50</td><td>2,500</td></tr><tr><td>💎 <strong>Diamond Inviter</strong></td><td>100</td><td>3,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

The reward is **Achievement points only** - inviting pays you rank on the [Achievements leaderboard](/pawtato-land/gameplay/leaderboards.md#achievements-leaderboard), never anything spendable.

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Referral farming, link spam and unsolicited promotion are against the [Rules](/pawtato-land/gameplay/rules.md).
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## How to invite a friend (step by step)

1. Open your **player profile** and click the **Invite a Friend** button (or the **Invites** pill next to it).
2. Copy your invite link, or hit **Share invite link** to push it straight into a message, post or chat.
3. Your friend opens the link and creates their account - the code rides along through sign-up, including social logins.
4. They show up immediately under **Joined**.
5. Once they've actually started playing, they move into **Counted** - and your Inviter badge progress moves with it.