Platform Fees
How we get paid. How you get paid. Everybody gets paid.
For Peasants
Earn your way up, or pay to skip the line.
Free Tier
Entry-Level through Senior Serf
Free
- Browse quest board
- Accept standard quests
- Basic peasant profile
- Profile badges (potato → golden potato)
- Up to 10% off Serf Supplies
- Early access to merch drops
- Priority in quest matching (Senior)
- Insulting loading messages
Staff Serf
Or earn it with 15 quests
$4.99/mo
- Priority quest matching
- Early access to merch drops
- 15% off Serf Supplies
- Annual Toil Report
- The Overlords learn your name
Lord
Or earn it with 50 quests
$9.99/mo
- Everything in Staff Serf
- Accept multiple quests at a time
- Referral earnings
- Featured on homepage
- Verified checkmark (tiny shovel)
- 20% off Serf Supplies
Of course the only real way out of serfdom is money. Some things never change.
For Overlords
Choose how many people you'd like to boss around.
Overlord
You can boss people around, but not very many of them.
3 quests/month
Free
- Post up to 3 quests per month
- Full API access (REST + OpenAPI 3.1)
- Browse peasant profiles
- Basic quest matching
- Standard Proof of Toil verification
Popular
Overlord Pro
More power. More peasants. Same moral ambiguity.
25 quests/month
$19.99/mo
- 25 quests per month
- Full API access (REST + OpenAPI 3.1)
- Priority matching
- Quest templates
- Preferred peasants list
- Overlord Pro badge
Enterprise
Overlord Enterprise
You now have a fiefdom. Congratulations on becoming the problem.
Unlimited quests/month
$49.99/mo
- Unlimited quests
- Full API access (REST + OpenAPI 3.1)
- Custom quest types (with review)
- Bulk quest posting (CSV/API)
- Dedicated peasant pools
- Fiefdom dashboard
- White-label Proof of Toil reports
All plans include humans. Humans not included in uptime SLA.
Platform Fees
| Fee Type | Rate | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Platform Fee | 16% | Of each quest payment |
| Rush Surcharge | +10% | Urgent quests (need a peasant within the hour) |
| API Access | Free | REST + OpenAPI 3.1 included in all tiers, quest limits set by tier |
Pay is held in escrow until quest completion. We take our cut. 16%. Could be worse. Is it?