You won. Here is exactly what that gets you, and one thing about it that surprises people.
The prize
| Reward | Amount | How it arrives |
|---|---|---|
| Stars from the host | 5 | You tap to claim |
| Orbs | 2 | You tap to claim |
| Aura | 10 | Automatic |
Identical in every Challenge. The host does not set it and cannot increase it.
The Stars go to the friendship, not the wallet
This is the part worth understanding.
Your 5 Stars come from the host, through your friendship with them. They raise your received Star count and pull you and the host closer together in each other's Galaxies.
They do not land in your giveable balance. You cannot then spend them on somebody else.
It is the same as if your friend had opened your profile and given you 5 Stars directly — because that is essentially what happened. You did something for them; they celebrated you for it.
Why it works that way
If winning games filled your wallet, the biggest givers in Buddzy would be the best players rather than the most generous friends. Stars are the friendship metric, so they only ever move between friends.
The 2 Orbs are the actual spendable prize, and they are the same 2 Orbs a Reveal winner gets. No game pays better than another.
Claiming
The moment the host crowns you, your win is recorded. Next time you open the app you get a full-screen "You Won!" celebration — the same one Reveal uses — and you tap to collect.
There is no deadline and no way to miss it. But there is also no silent deposit: the reward is a moment, not a background transaction. That is true across the whole app.
People's Choice
Separate from the host's verdict, participants can vote for a People's Choice. Winning that is its own thing — the crowd picked you rather than the host — and it is shareable in its own right.
Sharing it
Finishing a Challenge produces a share card carrying the result as a sentence: "I was crowned the winner of Sam's Challenge". It is built on your device, so it exists the instant the result does.
You can share that you won, that your entry took People's Choice, or simply that you took part. The host can separately share who won.
The first share you complete each day is worth 20 Aura — the single biggest Aura reward in Buddzy.
If the Challenge falls through
No rewards go out unless at least 2 friends submitted proof. Below that the Challenge fails, nobody is crowned, and nothing is paid.
Any Aura you already earned for submitting — 3 points — is yours regardless. That was for showing up, and you showed up.