How to Play — Homestead Kingdom

How to play

Five things. That's the whole game.

You already have everything you need: a YouTube account and an opinion.

Watch the episode

Each episode shows the work, the numbers and what the realm needs next. The vote is announced on screen and pinned in the comments.

Cast your vote

Reply to the pinned comment with the current episode's word — one word, that's it. +10 Council XP.

Call the Prophecy

Predict what happens next on the homestead. Start a separate comment with PROPHECY: and your call. Right answers score +10 next episode — open to everyone, vote or not.

Pick your Guild

Reply GUILD: with your pick — Builders, Growers, Herdsmen, and five more. Add EXPERTISE: too if you've got one. +10 when paired with a vote.

Climb the ranks

Council XP is yours and never resets. Eleven ranks, Newcomer to Elder of the Council. Everyone who joins in Season One is a Founder, permanently.

The reward

How you earn Council XP

Seven actions

How you earn Council XP

One of each, per person, per episode. Three of them the Tally counts automatically from your comments right now; the rest are awarded by hand, by the Steward, and come online in later episodes.

+10

Cast a voteOnce per episode. The backbone of the whole thing.

+10

Get the Prophecy rightScored next episode, on camera. Open to everyone, vote or not.

+10

Complete the Council QuestA new small ask every episode — check the pinned comment. Only pays out alongside a vote.

Voting streakPer consecutive episode voted.

+15

Homestead trivia, answeredGet the episode's question right.

+25

Comment of the WeekChosen by the Steward. Coming in a later episode.

+50

Your idea or your name gets adoptedIf I actually build your idea, or use the name you gave something, it goes into the Codex under your handle — permanently. Coming in a later episode.

What will never earn you XP: liking, subscribing, or watch time. Not because I don't want those — I'd love them. But I can't verify them per person, and a ledger that guesses is not a ledger. Every point on this page traces back to something you actually typed.