---
key: mechanic/rpg-grind--weekly-caps
type: mechanic
id: rpg-grind--weekly-caps
lang: en
title: Weekly caps and reward eligibility
summary: >-
  A period permits a limited number of rewards or currency units regardless of
  run count.
updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
status: active
url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/rpg-grind--weekly-caps/'
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aliases: []
tags:
  - RPG grinding
  - Schedule and pacing
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  - source-ec81ae3b15929ea5
sources:
  - id: source-c11a21306075e68e
    title: 'Guild Wars 2: Wizard’s Vault rewards'
    url: >-
      https://www.guildwars2.com/en-gb/news/new-rewards-in-guild-wars-2-secrets-of-the-obscure/
    verifiedAt: null
  - id: source-ec81ae3b15929ea5
    title: Final Fantasy XIV
    url: >-
      https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/uiguide/currency/currency-ats/ats_number.html
    verifiedAt: null
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  - catalogId: rpg-grind
    id: weekly-caps
    title: RPG grinding
    url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/rpg-grind/#weekly-caps'
    categoryIds:
      - cadence-controls
supersededBy: []
attributes:
  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Weekly caps and reward eligibility
    description: >-
      A period permits a limited number of rewards or currency units regardless
      of run count.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/rpg-ffxiv-currency-13.webp
      width: 896
      height: 544
      game: Final Fantasy XIV
      sourceUrl: >-
        https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/uiguide/currency/currency-ats/ats_number.html
      originalUrl: >-
        https://lds-img.finalfantasyxiv.com/uiguide/na/6a/da90fc8309d4f3b790a3b4ddfef806ef91b0bb.jpg
      credit: Square Enix; official guide screenshot
      rights: >-
        Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Official game guide or
        publisher-distributed screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT
        and CC BY 4.0.
      caption: The weekly allowance is full while total storage has room
      alt: The weekly allowance is full while total storage has room
      markers:
        - x: 67
          'y': 88
          label: This week’s 450-token allowance has been fully earned
    tips:
      - Distinguish the period’s earning allowance from total currency storage.
    examples:
      - title: Final Fantasy XIV
        url: >-
          https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/uiguide/currency/currency-ats/ats_number.html
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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
---
# Weekly caps and reward eligibility

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

A period permits a limited number of rewards or currency units regardless of run count.

## At a glance

![The weekly allowance is full while total storage has room](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/rpg-ffxiv-currency-13.webp)

[Final Fantasy XIV](https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/uiguide/currency/currency-ats/ats_number.html) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Official game guide or publisher-distributed screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. This week’s 450-token allowance has been fully earned

- Distinguish the period’s earning allowance from total currency storage.

- [Final Fantasy XIV](https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/uiguide/currency/currency-ats/ats_number.html)

## How it works

A period permits a limited number of rewards or currency units regardless of run count.

## Variants

### Variants

<a id="weekly-caps-options"></a>

- Cap valuable currency earned per period. <a id="weekly-caps-option-1"></a>
- Separate activity access from reward eligibility. <a id="weekly-caps-option-2"></a>
- Choose which rewards consume a periodic allowance. <a id="weekly-caps-option-3"></a>

## Design example

A player may help friends raid, but receives personal chests only up to a weekly limit.

## 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.

- [Guild Wars 2: Wizard’s Vault rewards](https://www.guildwars2.com/en-gb/news/new-rewards-in-guild-wars-2-secrets-of-the-obscure/) (id: source-c11a21306075e68e)
- [Final Fantasy XIV](https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/uiguide/currency/currency-ats/ats_number.html) (id: source-ec81ae3b15929ea5)

CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors