Vault Passport: Liquor Vault and four more, one record
Every Vault has its own XP and tiers; the Passport is what connects them.
Start your Vault PassportLiquor Vault XP is not Vault Passport
Logging a pour earns Liquor Vault XP and moves you along the Liquor tier ladder. That same entry also adds to your global XP, which moves you along a separate Passport ladder with its own names and thresholds. One action, two ladders.
The two ladders are built differently, too. The early Liquor tiers are XP alone. Higher up, each tier also asks for breadth: a minimum number of different spirit types you have logged and, higher still, a minimum number of different brands. XP on its own will not carry you past the early tiers.
Your XP in each Vault
Cigar, Liquor, Wine, Beer and Coffee each keep their own XP total and their own tier. Pouring all year builds your Liquor tier; it does nothing for your Wine tier until you actually log a wine.
Global XP and Passport tiers
Global XP accumulates from activity across all five Vaults at once. Passport tiers are named and thresholded separately from any single Vault's ladder, and they are pure XP: reach the number and the tier is yours, with nothing else to satisfy.
What earns XP
XP comes from real activity: logging a pour, adding a bottle to your Bar, publishing a review, the first time you log a new brand or a new type of spirit, rating a pairing of a spirit and a cigar you have not paired before, starting or replying to a forum thread, posting or commenting in the community, and earning badges. A birthday adds to your global XP too.
Badges
Badges are earned separately, for specific things. Each has its own art, a description of what it takes and a rarity, and they are grouped by the Vault they belong to, with the cross-Vault ones kept separate.
Where you stand
Your passport lists the Vaults you have started, each with its tier name, its tier number and its XP. For your Passport tier and for each Vault you have started, a ladder shows the tiers and how far you are from the next one. A breakdown shows where the XP came from rather than only how much there is.
The leaderboard ranks XP two ways, this month, which resets, and all time. You can narrow it to the people you follow and point it at any one Vault or at your global total.
Common questions
- What is Vault Passport?
- The progress record that connects Cigar, Liquor, Wine, Beer and Coffee Vault under one account. Each Vault keeps its own XP and tier, all of it also counts towards your Passport tier, and badges are earned separately for specific things.
- Is Vault Passport the same as Liquor Vault XP?
- No. Liquor Vault XP and your Liquor tier come from your activity in Liquor Vault, plus cigar pairings, which count in both Liquor Vault and Cigar Vault whichever side you log them from. Vault Passport tracks global XP earned across all five Vaults on a separate tier ladder with its own names and thresholds.
- Do I need a separate account for each Vault?
- No. One account carries your activity and your Passport across every Vault.
- How do I earn XP?
- By logging pours, adding bottles to your Bar, publishing reviews, logging a new brand or type of spirit for the first time, rating a cigar pairing you have not recorded before, taking part in the forum and community, and earning badges. A birthday adds to your global XP too.
- How many Passport tiers are there?
- There are twenty Passport tiers, each with its own name and XP threshold, separate from any single Vault's ladder, and Liquor Vault has its own twenty-tier ladder too. Your own tier is shown on your passport in the app, and the ladders are listed on this page when the live data is available.
Liquor Vault tiers
XP is necessary but not sufficient on this ladder: from tier 7 up, each tier also requires what is listed under “Also requires”. Tiers showing a dash there need XP alone.
| Tier | Name | XP threshold | Also requires |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sipper | 0 | — |
| 2 | Taster | 50 | — |
| 3 | Enthusiast | 150 | — |
| 4 | Aficionado | 300 | — |
| 5 | Connoisseur | 600 | — |
| 6 | Collector | 1,000 | — |
| 7 | Curator | 1,800 | 3 types |
| 8 | Sommelier | 3,000 | 4 types |
| 9 | Blender | 4,500 | 10 brands · 5 types |
| 10 | Cellar Master | 6,500 | 15 brands · 6 types |
| 11 | Master Taster | 9,000 | 20 brands · 7 types |
| 12 | Distiller | 12,000 | 30 brands · 8 types |
| 13 | Head Distiller | 15,500 | 40 brands · 9 types |
| 14 | Master Distiller | 19,500 | 50 brands · 10 types |
| 15 | Grand Master | 24,000 | 60 brands · 12 types |
| 16 | Virtuoso | 29,000 | 70 brands · 13 types |
| 17 | Luminary | 34,500 | 80 brands · 14 types |
| 18 | Patriarch | 40,500 | 90 brands · 15 types |
| 19 | Eminence | 47,000 | 100 brands · 16 types |
| 20 | Legend | 55,000 | 110 brands · 18 types |
Vault Passport tiers
| Tier | Name | XP threshold |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vault Initiate | 0 |
| 2 | Vault Apprentice | 200 |
| 3 | Vault Explorer | 600 |
| 4 | Vault Adept | 1,300 |
| 5 | Vault Enthusiast | 2,400 |
| 6 | Vault Connoisseur | 4,000 |
| 7 | Vault Expert | 6,200 |
| 8 | Vault Curator | 9,200 |
| 9 | Vault Scholar | 13,200 |
| 10 | Vault Artisan | 18,500 |
| 11 | Vault Master | 25,000 |
| 12 | Vault Grandmaster | 33,000 |
| 13 | Vault Sage | 43,000 |
| 14 | Vault Champion | 55,000 |
| 15 | Vault Virtuoso | 69,000 |
| 16 | Vault Luminary | 85,000 |
| 17 | Vault Paragon | 102,000 |
| 18 | Vault Eminence | 120,000 |
| 19 | Vault Immortal | 135,000 |
| 20 | Vault Legend | 150,000 |