Introducing the Verified Collection Curator Tag and Rewards

Let’s be real: back in the day, modding meant spending your whole weekend drowning in 50 open browser tabs, and praying the game would launch. [url=
https://www.nexusmods.com/collections?collectionStatus=listed&sort=downloads]Collections[/url] turned that whole technical headache into a glorious, single-click breeze. 



Anyone who’s built one knows it’s definitely not just slapping a bunch of cool mods together and calling it a day. It takes serious elbow grease, endless testing, and a tonne of love behind the scenes. You spend your time untangling mod conflicts, helping players out in the comments, and - most importantly - championing our amazing mod authors. It's high time that effort got proper recognition, which is why today, we are thrilled to officially launch [b]Verified Collection Curator Tag & Rewards! [/b]



Before taking a look at the new perks, we want to be completely clear: this new system is 100% additive to our Mod Author rewards. The [url=
https://help.nexusmods.com/article/138-donation-points-how-they-work]Donation Points[/url] system remains entirely untouched, existing mod author benefits remain fully intact, and no site resources are being diverted. Best of all, because this programme works hand-in-hand with our Verified Mod Author programme, creators who both publish mods and curate collections can earn both badges and stack their rewards simultaneously across both tracks!



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[size=5]A Shiny New Badge & Community Access[/size]



A Curator equivalent of the Verified Mod Author badge is long overdue - and we’ve taken this opportunity to give them both a little makeover. As soon as you hit your first milestone - 3,000 unique downloads - you’ll unlock the official Verified Curator tag. This shiny badge will be proudly displayed on your profile page so the community can easily recognise your contributions. We’ve also nudged your total unique collection and mod downloads down to sit with endorsements, profile views, and kudos, to make things a little less cluttered. 



Verification also opens up exclusive community spaces! You’ll gain direct access to Curator channels within the Mod Author Discord and dedicated forum areas, giving you a space to chat, collaborate, swap tips, and share feedback with fellow Curators and developers.





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[size=5]Reward Tiers & Unlockable Perks[/size]



The goodies don’t stop there. Your progress is tracked using your lifetime unique collection downloads across all of your published collections. Like our Mod Author benefits, Curator perks scale across milestone tiers - set slightly higher to honour the craft of mod creation while ensuring Curators get proper recognition.



Rewards unlock automatically as soon as you hit each milestone:



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[*][b]3,000 Unique Downloads:[/b] Unlocks site-wide ad-free browsing on Nexus Mods, exclusive access to private Mod Author and forum channels, and the official Verified Curator tag (complete with a celebratory burst of confetti when your notification pops up!).

[*][b]9,000 Unique Downloads:[/b] Unlocks 1 month of free Premium Membership.

[*][b]18,000 Unique Downloads:[/b] Unlocks an additional month of free Premium Membership.

[*][b]36,000 Unique Downloads: [/b]Unlocks Lifetime Premium Membership on Nexus Mods.

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[size=5]Claiming Your Benefits[/size]



You’ll receive a site notification and email the instant you cross a milestone threshold. Whenever you unlock free Premium, redeeming it is easy - just head to [url=
https://users.nexusmods.com/account/billing]Billing → Rewards in your account settings[/url] to claim your reward. If you are already an active Premium subscriber, any earned reward months will be banked safely to activate when you’re ready.





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Collection Curators who have already surpassed these tiers should expect to receive notification of these new perks today via site notification and email.



Once you've claimed your perks, drop into the Discord to say hello, and let us know your thoughts in the comments. We are doing more work in the rewards space than ever, with loads more to come, and we’d love to hear your feedback as we continue building better tools and spaces for our Creators!


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