The Yakkamon team has raised the bar for what counts as a valid referral. From now on, a referral only counts once the trainer you referred has earned 100 points of their own. A sign-up on its own no longer pays anything.
Why it changed
Referral codes spread fast enough overnight to cause scaling problems, and in reviewing the surge the team found 4,783 accounts that had signed up using temporary-domain email addresses as part of a referral farming operation. Those accounts have been banned.
The 100-point requirement is the fix. It keeps the reward pointed at trainers who bring in real players, and makes bulk code-spamming worthless. The team also flagged that email codes and X connections were failing under load, with a fix rolling out.
What it means in practice
Referrals still pay 30 points each and they're still uncapped — but the work no longer ends when someone signs up. Here's how long a new trainer needs to reach 100 points:
| How your friend plays | Time to 100 points |
|---|---|
| One-time quests first (55 pts), then daily nurture | About 7 days |
| Daily nurture only, no quests | About 13 days |
| Deposits even the 5 $FLOWER minimum | Considerably faster |
The one-time quests are the fast route: link a wallet, connect X, join the Discord and post five times is 55 points before they've nurtured once.
What to do differently
Stop treating a sign-up as the finish line. The highest-value thing you can do now is help the people you refer actually get started — send them the quest list, tell them to nurture daily, and check in during their first week.
The rest of the rules are unchanged
Referrals are still reviewed before rewards are finalised, so the points stay provisional until then. These still don't count:
- Unverified accounts — sign-ups that never complete verification.
- Multi-accounting — alt accounts, throwaway or temporary-domain emails, shared devices and wallets.
- Bots and automation — bulk or scripted sign-ups.
- Inactive sign-ups — accounts created purely to farm a bonus, with no real activity. The 100-point rule now enforces this automatically.