| Last Updated | Changes |
| 10/16/2023 | First version published |
| 9/12/2024 | Blue Buzz! |
| 10/10/2024 | Buzz Adjustments |
On-Site Currency? Buzz?
Buzz is the Civitai on-site currency!
From using generative AI features and collaborating with Creators to tipping fellow Civitans and personalizing your Civitai profile, Buzz can now be used in a variety of useful ways on Civitai.
How do I get Buzz?
There are a number of avenues to obtain Buzz! While direct purchase provides immediate access to Buzz, it’s by no means necessary. Civitai is designed to ensure its most active, committed, and helpful members are rewarded for their engagement and contributions!
- Direct purchase! Directly purchasing Buzz with a credit card provides immediate access to Buzz. See below for details!
- Engage on Civitai.com! Free Buzz is awarded by reacting to images, reviews, and comments, and also when other Civitans add your content to collections, or post images to models you’ve uploaded.
- Tips & transfers! If other Civitans like your content, they can send a tip! The tip system can also be used to share or transfer Buzz between users.
- Contest Rewards! Participate in our regular contests to earn Buzz.
- Bounties! Submit entries to Bounties via the Bounty Board System.
- Creator Compensation – When resources you’ve uploaded are used by others in the Image Generator, you’ll receive a cut of the generation cost! See your Buzz Dashboard for more information;
- Begging! Submit your begging images to the Buzz Beggar’s Board and you might be tipped by a generous Buzz Benefactor!
- More! We have a number of other Buzz-earning avenues planned.
New users will receive 100 Blue Buzz when they create their account.
Purchasing Buzz
Should you wish to buy Buzz, it can be purchased from the Buy Buzz button in the main profile-picture menu, at the top right of the screen, or via a number of other links around the site, including on the Buzz Dashboard.
?? It is important to note that when making any form of payment to Civitai, you will be redirected to the Civitai.green safe-site. After completing your purchase, you can navigate back to Civitai.com.
Buzz, and Memberships, purchased via Civitai.green can be used across all Civitai domains.
What can I do with Buzz?
We will be gradually integrating Buzz into site features and actions, but right now you can use Buzz to;
- Tip your favorite creators! Share your Buzz with other creators to show your appreciation of their work.
- Post Bounties! Need a service, but don’t have the time or knowledge to achieve it? Post a Bounty with a Buzz reward and have the Community help you out.
- Train a LoRA! You can spend your Buzz to train LoRA with the Civitai on-site LoRA Trainer! The LoRA trainer is a great way to create your own models if you don’t have the required hardware, or know-how, to train locally. Now, with a little Buzz, you can let our infrastructure do the hard work – creating anything you can imagine, via a simple wizard!
- Create images with the Civitai Image Generator! Images are priced on a sliding Buzz scale, based upon Step Count, and model architecture.
Types of Buzz
Buzz is split into two distinct types, each with its own rules for earning and usage. The key difference is in how they’re acquired and where they can be spent. When interacting with Buzz across the platform, pay close attention to the color-coding: Blue and Yellow.
These visual cues will help you quickly identify which type of Buzz you’re working with, whether you’re earning it through activities or spending it in the generator. Understanding the distinctions between these types ensures you make the most of your Buzz!
- Yellow Buzz – Yellow Buzz is your primary currency for most platform transactions. It can be accrued via;
- Direct purchases
- “Passive” community rewards (e.g. users reacting to your content)
- Tips from other creators
- Winning Bounty Submissions
- Participating in the Creator Compensation program
- Winning Civitai Contests
- Blue Buzz – Blue Buzz is your “creation” currency, and can be earned in various ways including;
- Awarded to new accounts upon creation
- “Active” community rewards (e.g. posting images, following new users)
- Claimable once daily from the Image Generator
- Earned for each ad impression you scroll past while browsing the site
Both types of Buzz can be used to generate images and train LoRAs on-site, but Blue Buzz can only be used for these functions, and cannot be traded between Civitai accounts.
The Buzz Interface
You can keep track of your on-site currency balance from the Buzz Dashboard page, accessible from https://civitai.com/user/buzz-dashboard, and from the Main Menu;
You can access the Buzz Dashboard page from either the Buzz dashboard link on the main profile-picture menu, or by clicking your Buzz balance in the top left of the menu header.
Selecting the Buy More Buzz option opens the payment processor options, allowing you to fund your Civitai account.
The My Buzz Dashboard page shows your current Buzz Balance, Recent Blue and Yellow Transactions, a chart with your credits and debits, and will list a number of avenues to earn (and spend!) your Buzz balance.
Buzz, at-a-glance
How to earn and spend your Buzz, at-a-glance!
| Type of Buzz | Earning | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow Buzz | Direct Purchase | Accessing Early Access Resources |
| Tips from other Creators | Generating Images | |
| Winning Bounty Entries | Tipping to Creators | |
| “Passive” community rewards (e.g. users reacting to your content) | Posting Bounties | |
| Creator Compensation | Purchasing profile cosmetics | |
| Winning Civitai Contests | Training LoRAs | |
| Claiming from the bi-weekly newsletter | Getting your content Featured on the homepage! | |
| Blue Buzz | Daily collection from the Generator | Generating Images |
| “Active” community rewards (e.g. posting images, following new users) | Training LoRAs | |
| Scrolling past on-site ads (0.25 Buzz per ad impression) |
Buzz Problems?
Having problems with your Buzz? Contact a Civitai Community Manager at [email protected]
