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key: mechanic/rpg-grind--rested-progress
type: mechanic
id: rpg-grind--rested-progress
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title: Rested progression reserve
summary: >-
  Rest or absence builds a bounded reserve that accelerates later active
  actions.
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  - RPG grinding
  - Scaling and focusing
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  - id: source-6ed07a0e27af2c57
    title: Final Fantasy XIV
    url: 'https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/game_manual/view/#entry-hud_parameter'
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  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Rested progression reserve
    description: >-
      Rest or absence builds a bounded reserve that accelerates later active
      actions.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/rpg-ffxiv-rested.webp
      width: 760
      height: 110
      game: Final Fantasy XIV
      sourceUrl: 'https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/game_manual/view/#entry-hud_parameter'
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        https://lds-img.finalfantasyxiv.com/game_manual/na/24/fd90d3f83bfef48a6723179e0ca88b6f99a402.jpg
      credit: Square Enix
      rights: © Square Enix. All rights reserved.
      caption: The crescent moon indicates rested bonus accumulation
      alt: The crescent moon indicates rested bonus accumulation
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          label: Rested experience bonus accrues in a sanctuary
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    tips:
      - Distinguish bonus accumulation from consumption and show its limit.
    examples:
      - title: Final Fantasy XIV
        url: 'https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/game_manual/view/#entry-hud_parameter'
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provenance: >-
  Original editorial RPG grind taxonomy authored for gamemechanics.pro on
  2026-10-20 and expanded to cover activities, progression goals, reward rules
  and constraints. All original thirty family/branch/variant identities are
  preserved. Official developer and publisher sources support only the
  specifically described released-game observations; design variants and
  scenarios are hypothetical.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
catalogKey: catalog/rpg-grind
---
# Rested progression reserve

id: rpg-grind--rested-progress
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/rpg-grind--rested-progress
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/rpg-grind--rested-progress/

Rest or absence builds a bounded reserve that accelerates later active actions.

## At a glance

![The crescent moon indicates rested bonus accumulation](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/rpg-ffxiv-rested.webp)

[Final Fantasy XIV](https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/game_manual/view/#entry-hud_parameter) · © Square Enix. All rights reserved.

1. Rested experience bonus accrues in a sanctuary

- Distinguish bonus accumulation from consumption and show its limit.

- [Final Fantasy XIV](https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/game_manual/view/#entry-hud_parameter)

## How it works

Rest or absence builds a bounded reserve that accelerates later active actions.

## Variants

### Variants

<a id="rested-progress-options"></a>

- Accumulate bonus-experience reserves while away. <a id="rested-progress-option-1"></a>
- Spend the reserve only on qualifying actions. <a id="rested-progress-option-2"></a>
- Use separate reserves for professions or combat. <a id="rested-progress-option-3"></a>

## Design example

After resting, the hero earns increased experience until a rested reserve is spent.

## Context and limits

A systematic RPG grind reference: 110 mechanics and 330 variants in 18 sections. Four layers answer different questions: what the player repeats, what develops, how rewards arrive and what constrains the loop. It covers single-player RPGs, ARPGs, MMORPGs and adjacent management and accumulation systems. Every mechanic has an explanation, variants and a hypothetical example; coverage, combinations and verified game observations follow the catalog.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial RPG grind taxonomy authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and expanded to cover activities, progression goals, reward rules and constraints. All original thirty family/branch/variant identities are preserved. Official developer and publisher sources support only the specifically described released-game observations; design variants and scenarios are hypothetical.

- [Final Fantasy XIV](https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/game_manual/view/#entry-hud_parameter) (id: source-6ed07a0e27af2c57)

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