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Habitica is largely based on gamification, or putting real-life tasks in the context of a game to make them more engaging, interesting, and rewarding. Naming your Habits, Dailies, and To Do's in a creative, gamified way is a great way to add flavor to your game.

While Habitica is generally geared towards a medieval theme, players can also adapt the game to other RPG styles. These may include themes such as zombies, cyberpunk, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, science fiction, and more.

Example Habits[]

These are some Habits that could be modified to be more game-like. They accurately describe what the player wants to complete or avoid, but in plain English.


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Use the stairs / take the elevator

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Eat junk food

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Avoid coffee

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Work on creative project

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Re-writing these tasks in an RPG style can make your list more engaging and fun to check off. To avoid being confused later, you can describe the activity in the "Extra Notes" while editing the task.


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Ascend the spire without magic

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Partake of pinguid provende

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One does not simply walk into Starbucks

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Perfect your craft

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Example Dailies[]

These are some examples of Dailies that can be gamified as well.


Daily planning

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Forum moderation

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Actualization statements

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Emailing

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The RPG versions can be written as follows:


Pore over the map

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Swing the Ban-hammer

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Victory chant

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Plainsong

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Pigeon post

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Messenger bird

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Adding Custom or In-Game Images to Tasks[]

Habitica supports emoji and markdown, which can be used to insert images in the title of any Habit, Daily, To Do, or Reward.

Adding an emoji to the task name or notes is as simple as using an emoji elsewhere in Habitica - Use the emoji nickname surrounded by a colon :

To insert an image, use the following Markdown code:

Email-axe

An example of a semi-gamified Daily using an image of an axe from Habitica

![alt text](URLofYourImageHere "optional mouseover title")

Enter the full URL of your image, which must be hosted somewhere on the web (note that the link must be to the actual image not the page it is hosted on and will end in .png or .jpg). The "optional mouseover title" will appear when you hover over the image. (The alt text doesn't display, but it must be present.) The image may be larger than a single line of text, which will increase the size of the task box. If this is undesirable, use a smaller image.

You can use your own custom images to give your tasks the flavor of a particular theme or fandom. A good way to find appropriate images is to search for "icons"; for example, a search for "Game of Thrones icons" or "space icons" will turn up many small images. If you want to use images from your own computer, an easy way to create a web link is to put the images on Dropbox.

You can also use the images of Habitica! An easy way to find in-game images for your tasks is to look on the wiki; for example, the equipment page has images of all the weapons and armor from Habitica, and the pets page has images of all the in-game pets. Right-click on an image and select "Copy image URL" to save the URL of the image to your clipboard. You can then paste it into the Markdown code given above.

Before using any images to gamify your list, it is best to ask the image creator for permission first, even if the images are from an open source project.

Legendary Quests[]

Twelve Labors

Are you writing your dissertation, or completing the Twelve Labors of Hercules? You decide. Use the "Add Checklist" option when editing your tasks.

Another way to gamify your lists is to reproduce a quest from a favorite piece of fiction. This approach especially will require notes to help you remember the actual tasks since there's little chance that the details will align well enough for the titles to help; however, if pretending you're hunting Horcruxes or bringing the One Ring to Mordor helps you finish a project, why not give yourself a fantasy edge?

Hybrid Video Game Tasks[]

You can take elements from your favorite video games to give your tasks more flavor. Do you have a favorite spell or ability from a video game? Or do certain game mechanics remind you of consequences in real life? For example, if you are prone to distraction, taking fall damage (a common game mechanic) may be an apt metaphor. Here are a few example Habits inspired by the Warcraft universe:


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Power Word: Self-confidence

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Cast Seal of Proactivity

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Take Fall Damage

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Gamified Place Names[]

Places where tasks occur can be gamified.

Medieval/Fantasy examples[]

House
Campsite, castle, kingdom, shelter, barracks, keep
Bedroom
Tent, bedchamber, living quarters, camp
Bathroom
Washroom, garderobe, chamber pot, privy, lavatory
Kitchen/Dining Room
Mess hall, great hall, fire pit
Garage
Workshop, smithy, forge
Attic
Ruins, archives, loft, watch tower
Basement
Dungeon, catacombs, cavern, caves, tomb
Park
Forest, meadow, moors
Town/City
Kingdom, village, hamlet, square
Work
Smithy, shop, tavern (depends on your type of work).
Shops
Apothecary (drug store), tailor/seamstress (clothing store), stables (car lot/mechanic), cobbler (shoe store), grocer (grocery store), tavern (eatery), inn (hotel), general store, chandler (Yankee Candles or such?)
Miscellaneous
Healer (doctor), Adventurer's Guild (support group), fortune teller (newsstand), portal (public transit), hire a carriage (cab or bus), court (Social gathering), sheriff/guardhouse
Names that Stay the Same
Library, museum, courthouse, jail

Sci-fi Examples[]

House
Starship/Ship, dwelling, barracks, biodome
Bedroom
Quarters, bunk
Kitchen/Dining Room
Mess hall, lounge, dining hall, cantina
Garage
Hangar, dry dock, cargo bay, shuttle bay
Attic
Upper Deck
Basement
Engineering, cargo hold, brig
Park
Garden World, holopark, hydroponics lab, aviary, atrium
Town/City
Planetside, world, station, base
Work
Bridge, command center, sickbay
Shops
Lounge, acquisitions, requisitions, quartermaster, uniform services, replicator, rations terminal
Miscellaneous
Sickbay, laboratory, engineering, records, archives, judiciary counsel, promenade

Tips[]

The guild (now moved to a Google Drive) 📜 Library of Tasks and Challenges also has some examples of gamified Habits, Dailies, To Do's, and Rewards.

The section on Habits about Directionless Habits offers suggestions on decorating your tasks that may assist on gamifying your lists.

See Sample Tags for ideas on how to manage your tasks with gamified tags.

More Examples[]

Task Gamified Name Extra Notes
Brush your teeth Polish those fangs What better way to show the world who is the fiercest hunter in the universe than by displaying a pair of fine chompers that look simply amazing? (Also prevents bad breath.)
brush teeth / use mouthwash banish bad breath
Brush your teeth clean your calcium
Brush your teeth maintain pearly whites & sunny smile
grocery shopping obtain future sustenance
grocery shopping hunting and gathering
cooking brew a potato potion
cooking alchemical transformation of ingredients
eat or cook slay the hungry beast
eat vegetables slay the vegetable vermin
eat something healthy Forage berries & nuts
drink water replenish molecular H2O
drink water Quaff a potion could use this for medicine or water
order medications stock up on healing elixirs
take meds imbibe essential potions
take meds take healing elixir
apply ice to the affected area Hug Olaf
practice deep breathing summon the air spirits within
take a break, relax, breathe bored out of your gourd
rest improve stamina
go swimming Visit the fishies
exercise Visit the practice yards
exercise maelstrom of movement
light exercise bolster HP fit movement in your life (can be any type of movement, stretching, etc.)
exercise or go for a walk tiptoe through the tulips
go for a walk prance the perilous path alternately: "brave the perilous path" or "prance the petunia path"
go outside brave the wilderness
get some sunlight get radioactive or use a sunlamp
do push-ups Push Back
Wash the dishes Slay the Sink Serpent Every evening, a slithery Sink Serpent awakes to feed on the day's scraps. You must battle this monster for control of the kitchen!
Wash the dishes Put down kitchen mutiny
Wash the dishes Defeat the dirty dishes
Clean the kitchen Scrub the scullery
Clean the bathroom Privy cleaning or "Privy sweeping" for the floor in particular
Clean the porch Clean the courtyard
dust exorcise the dirt demons or vacuum or whatever sort of cleaning you'd like this to be
Cleaning Defend against the vile Messies whatever sort of cleaning you'd like this to be
Cleaning Resist Entropy Clean or straighten up one thing, large or small
Take out the trash Dispose of that! Scour your campsite and dispose of any garbage that may attract monsters -- and flies. No one likes flies.
Take out the trash Take out the midden heap
Take out the compost Take out the goat food
Do the laundry Make offerings to Charybdis Cast your dirty outerwear into the Whirlpool of Washing Tonnes, and get it back with the dirt and grease thoroughly thrashed out of it!
Do the laundry Send clothing to Oz A washing machine spins like a tornado.
Do the laundry subject clothing to the elements

- water (wash) - air & fire (dry) - earth (put away)

Start the laundry Undead dirty laundry (This task title was borrowed from the card game Munchkin.)
Unload the dryer Rescue the laundry from hell
Water the plants baptize the plants
Feed pet(s) power up [pet's name]
Feed pet(s) Save self from being eaten alive by [pet's name]
Feed cat(s) Morning mousing Or "Noon mousing" if you feed your cat in the middle of the day, or "Night mousing" if you feed your cat in the evening -- whatever sounds right
play with pet(s) frolic with the wild ones
clean the litterbox Clean the stables (Or: Muck & scrub the stables) empty, clean, & replace cat litter
Apply flea medicine & isolate pet while it dries Throw [pets] in the dungeon
Read brain booster
Read a book Visit library
Teach something Page & squire training
check email enter the matrix
Call parents Call ancestors
get out of bed escape the nest or "Escape the bed!"
get out of bed daunt your horizontal demons
make the bed erase all evidence you were ever there
shower / bathe embrace the waterfall
wash your hair love your luscious locks
comb your hair tame your tendrils
get dressed (or: get dressed up) prepare sartorial defenses
get dressed (or: get dressed up) from rags to britches
do something you don't want to do surmount the mighty dohnwanna
talk on the phone slay the phone dragon If you struggle with not wanting to talk on the phone when it might be to your advantage, "slay the phone dragon" can mean talking on the phone. On the other hand, if you need to get in the habit of getting away from your phone or smartphone, you can use "slay the phone dragon" to mean getting off your phone.
say something positive about yourself, to yourself mirror, mirror, on the wall
work on a creative activity, meditate, or pray replenish mana
be me work on getting my spark back
Mentally wish positive things for others exercise telepathic powers
Ministry a healing wish ascended to heaven ministry means any act of love towards others
Pray Let THE SON shine on my face
Pray the rosary Protect against negative status effects The rosary is a special form of prayer and meditation.
Read the Bible Harness the power of the light of Jesus
Go to church Visit eternal castle

(Examples that were added by Bluehawkling are from @lynxicon and the Mental Health Warriors Unite party and @therussellhome_chris)

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