What's New

Hello everyone,

It's a real pleasure to see that there are more and more of us on geocoins.io. Some adjustments became necessary so that everyone can play with as little frustration as possible, whatever their level. Let's take a look at what's new together.

What's new

1. Multiple winners per geocoin (PvP) 

When lots of players are online, the same geocoin can be won by several people (the number goes up with the crowd). After the first winner, a countdown gives the others time to grab the remaining copies.

2. Improved hold deposit

Unlock permanent deposit slots (for gold) and rent a temporary one. When everything is full, you choose which geocoin to replace — or you get 1 forge point instead.

3. "For glory" achievement

How it works

Once you've reached your hourly or daily geocoin limit, you can no longer win new ones. From now on, if you still answer correctly, your right answer counts "for glory": you don't win the geocoin (it stays up for grabs for others), but you still get your forge points, and the "For glory" achievement progresses. A little ⓘ in the game is there to remind you how it works.

Grace window

After a "for glory" win, the other players have a few seconds to try to grab the geocoin still in play. A countdown is shown to everyone in the quiz and on the home bar. Geocoins played "for glory" now appear in the history, even if no one won them. Click a geocoin to see the winner (if there is one) and the list of players who played for glory or stored the geocoin in their deposit.

Depositing a valuable geocoin during glory time

If an epic, legendary or shiny geocoin appears while you've reached your hourly or daily limits, you'll have the option to place it in the hold deposit (claimable from the next day).

If you don't own the geocoin, placing it in the hold deposit is offered directly. If you already own the geocoin, two buttons appear: "Answer (deposit)" to place a copy in the hold deposit, or "Answer (glory)" to earn a forge point instead. In both cases, the geocoin can still be won by players under their limit — so it may be won in several copies.

Rebalancing

• Removed the "Serial Killer" achievement

• The "On fire" achievement no longer requires a single long, unique streak but several streaks of any size (3 geocoins in a row or more).

• The thresholds to reach the legendary rank of each achievement have been lowered.

• Lowered limits:

  • the maximum number of geocoins per hour drops from 20 to 15;

  • the maximum number of geocoins per day drops from 60 to 40;

  • the maximum number of forge points earnable as compensation drops from 200 to 100.

Fixes

• No more "connection issue" when answering a quiz once your limit is reached. - bug found by Nounourspirit

• Fixed several wrong answers to questions - bug found by nounourspirit, Aklem and Arnokovic

• New discreet anti-cheat protections against bots - "some tried, they had problems".

Once again, a huge thank you for your support 💚. See you on Discord for what's next.

Hello fellow geocachers!

Whether you're a relentless Shiny hunter, a true quiz ace, or you simply want to introduce the game to your friends, let's take a look together at all the lovely surprises and improvements from the past 9 days.

What's new

Summer season

The spring season is ending to make way for the summer season. To mark the occasion, 8 new geocoins are up for collecting.

400 new questions for Shiny Day

The shiny whaaat? Shiny Day! For the occasion, from 10am to 10pm on 28 June, the spawn rate of shiny geocoins increases dramatically and varies throughout the day.

Make the most of this special event to discover 400 new questions, added to the 200 already in place.

And a little tip: keep an eye on your new daily shiny limit, boosted for this special day.

Evolving achievement geocoins

Fixed achievements are replaced by geocoins that climb in rarity as your counter crosses milestones. Each time you level up, a milestone popup lets you know. An EVOLVING badge appears on the geocoins affected by this mechanic.

The "Beginner Seller", "Seller" and "Super Seller" geocoins are merged into a single geocoin. Same goes for the "Beginner Buyer", "Buyer" and "Super Buyer" geocoins.

At the Forge: making an evolving geocoin shiny is only possible at legendary rank. If you had used the forge to make achievement geocoins shiny before this update, your account has been automatically refunded the forge points you spent.

New achievement geocoins are arriving

• Dazzling: collect shiny geocoins to unlock this achievement

• On fire!: answer several quizzes in a row

• Streak Breaker: end the streak of a player on fire.

• Smelter: melt down geocoins at the forge

• Legendary: collect legendaries (duplicates don't count)

Training mode

A new quiz track makes its appearance, running alongside PVP. It's designed for a gentle start. Here there are several winners per round (no "first to answer takes all") and common geocoins only.

Demo mode

Let people try the game with no sign-up at all! Winnings are kept and credited as soon as the account is created.

Market

The maximum selling cap goes from 20 to 50 geocoins per person. The Buy tab has been fully reworked to offer a simplified search by rarity with new filters (owned / my listings).

The listing duration is now shown, and you can withdraw your own listing directly from the Buy tab.

A more precise leaderboard

Normal and shiny geocoins are counted separately. Ties are broken by forge points, then by gold.

Redesigned profile 

Labels are clearer and your total number of shinies is proudly displayed in "My account".

Smooth updates

A banner alerts you as soon as a new version is deployed, so you can refresh the game.

Fixes

• The release notes are now multilingual (FR, EN, DE, ES) and dark-mode friendly.

• 100% Mobile Friendly: no more screen overflow, unclosable windows, or keyboard and scroll bugs on iOS! - bug found by Arnokovik and Tristaaaaan

• Wrong descriptions for the new achievements - bug found by Nebola

• Wrong achievement count - bug found by Nebola

• The penalty for players on fire wasn't applied correctly - bug found by Arnokovic

• The shiny limit now resets correctly every day - bug found by Nounourspirit

• Cross-mode protection: no more phantom lockout - bug found by Aklem

• Reliable listing withdrawal in the Buy tab (legendaries) - bug found by Tristaaaaan

• Fixed loss of focus on the leaderboard search bar - bug found by Letintin45

• Error displaying questions on some phones when the daily limit was reached - bug found by Mathémax

• Error displaying the latest contested geocoins on some phones - bug found by Mathémax

• Error displaying the game menu on some phones - bug found by Mathémax

• The geocoin deposit window couldn't be closed when players reached the daily limit - bug found by Nounourspirit

Thank you for your unwavering loyalty and your encouragement, and keep reporting bugs! 💚 See you on Discord for what's next.