Bonuses

**Bonuses** are ways to earn more points. It helps to get systems easier. The points are received after completing a level.

In this article, there are bonuses you can get and how many points/lives they will award you.

## ProgressDOS

Entering the correct code in syscode.exe awards **3000 points**. You can find the system code once you open the Progress Computer boot menu.

Entering the correct code in colorcode.exe awards **3000 points**. Very similar to syscode.exe. Can be used once.

Finding bonus.exe awards **1000** to **7000 points**. It also works if you get lucky with unknown.exe.

Finding easteregg.exe awards **3000 points**.

Deleting cheats.txt returns the message "Fair play!" and awards **500 points**. Also works when feeding Bin this file.

Entering the correct code in HEX awards **500 points.** Very similar to syscode.exe and colorcode.exe. Can stack multiple times.

Deleting System32 (System16 in Progressbar 3.14 and NOT 3.60), Progressbar or SYSTEM awards **3000 points**.

Entering the correct code in codex.exe awards **5000 points**.

## Browser

Collecting browser points on the Progressnet awards **the total amount of browser points**. When you complete a level, the browser points, cookies and memes count will be reset.

Collecting cookies on the Progressnet awards **5 points per cookie**.

Clicking on memes on the Progressnet awards **10 points per meme**.

## ProgressBASIC

Successfully running a program in ProgressBASIC will net a command bonus. The amount of points you gain depends on how big the program is, and the bonuses are added together to give the player many points. Printing "recursion" will add **1000 points** to the total and this can be repeated a limited amount of times.

## Gameplay

Getting a bonus from a Dog (Cathorse in BarOS) awards **100** to **1000 points** (**500 points** if obtained from Mailbox).

Completing a 3D Screensaver bonus game mode doubles the score and awards extra **4000 points**.

Completing a Matrix bonus game mode doubles the score and awards extra **6000 points**.

Shutting down the system by Shutdown awards **500 points**.

Hitting a ball awards **10 points** per hit and putting it on Bin awards **2500 points**.

Placing flags correctly in Progress Sweeper awards **150 points** per flag.

Cleaning a Bin awards up to **25000 points**.

Tapping a Heart with an eye gives you **3000 points**.

Finishing a sliding puzzle in Progressbar Largehorn and Wista or in Bar System 2 to BarOS 13 gives you **3000 points**.

Getting a lucky number 7 in Progressbar XL awards **10 points**.
Getting 9 and 5 number in Progressbar XL awards **3000 points**.

Getting a fibonacci number in Progressbar XL awards some points depending on the fibonacci sequence. The more you collect fibonacci number, the more points you may get. (e.g. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, etc.)

Correctly removing a spam email on Mailbox awards **250 points**.

Tapping on a bonus In the Mailbox gives you the amount of points the message says.

Collecting Idle Network points awards the amount of points stored in it (capped at **95000 points**).

Tapping a Sad Bar that has a panic attack during the BSOD on BarOS 10 onward and BAR/X, and then tapping the "Don't panic!" button awards **2500 points**.

Typing rm -rf in Terminus on BarOS 10 onward and BAR/X awards **6000 points**.

Tapping Ctrl, Alt and Del in sequence to activate Processes awards **2500 points**.

Closing Suspicious programs on Processes awards 2500 points.

Closing a pop-up of any kind awards **5 points**. Defeating the System32 pop-up awards **2500 points**.

Getting a level with Professional, Expert, Master, Adept or Grand label awards some points.

Professional - **1000**

Expert - **3000**

Master - **5000**

Adept - **7000**

Grand - **10000**

Old label icons before 0.6202:

Professional

Expert

Master

Adept

Grand

Beating a level on an operating system awards an OS bonus, the magnitude of which is dependent on the specific OS used.

Old icons from versions before 0.50:

By not closing pop-ups in Hardcore, the game awards you **5000 points**.

Completely eliminating the first set of bricks that appears in a round in *Progressoid* nets the clearence bonus, worth **251 points**.

## Challenges

Daily Challenges are a way of earning more Points. Three are available at once, and they can be rerolled by force-closing the game. Completing one of the three Daily Challenges awards **5000 points**. Additional **10000 points** are earned by completing all three daily challenges, and then completing a level. There are many possible daily challenges:

* Catch blue segments (Unused)

* Catch yellow segments (Unused)

* Collect: (x\*5)%: Collect a certain amount of blue or yellow segments.

* Catch x red segments: Lose a certain amount of times by getting red segments.

* Catch x mascots (Cathorses in BarOS): Accept a gift from a certain amount of dogs (in Relax, Normal or Hardcore) or bump into a certain amount of dogs (in Progressstein3d).

* Close x paperclips (Progreshes in BarOS): Close a certain amount of Clippy pop-ups.

* Close x Mines: Close a certain amount of mine pop-ups.

* Close x pop-ups: Close a certain amount of pop-ups of any kind.

* Complete x levels: Successfully complete a certain amount of levels at any difficulty.

Completing all three daily challenges:

## Patterns

Since 0.5605, completing a pattern for the first time awards you an achievement associated with it.

Getting a fully blue progress bar displays the message "Perfectionist!" and awards **1000 extra points** as well as an extra life.

Getting a fully blue progress bar apart from the last segment displays the message "95%" and awards **500 extra points**.

Getting a fully yellow progress bar displays the message "Nonconformist!" and awards **4000 points**.

Getting a fully yellow progress bar apart from the last segment displays the message "Nonconformist: 95%" and awards **1000 extra points**.

Getting 50% blue and 50% yellow in the progress bar displays the message "Yin and Yang" and awards **1000 extra points**. Pure Yin and Yang awards 1000 extra points.

Getting a progress bar with alternating blue and yellow segments displays the message "Zebra!", and awards **5000 extra points**. The Yin and Yang bonus will also be awarded.

2x Zebra awards **5000 points**. The Yin and Yang bonus will also be awarded.

3x Zebra awards **5000 points**. Pattern: BBBYYYBBBYYYBBBYYYBB.

4x Zebra awards **5000 points**. The Symmetry bonus will also be awarded.

Getting a progress bar with two stripes displays the message "Two stripes" and awards **5000 extra points**. Symmetry bonus will also be awarded.

Getting a symmetrical progress bar displays the message "Symmetry" and awards **1500 extra points**. Yin and Yang bonus can be awarded (sometimes).

Getting a blue progress bar apart from the first and last segment displays the message "Tube" and awards **2000 extra points**. The Symmetry bonus will also be awarded.

Getting a yellow progress bar apart from the first and last segment displays the message "Anti-tube" and awards **4000 extra points**. The Symmetry bonus will also be awarded.

95 in Morse code awards **5000 extra points**. This is achieved by having an YYYYYYYYBYBYBYBYBYBY or BBBBBBBBYBYBYBYBYBYB pattern, where Y represents yellow segments and B represents blue segments. As the name suggests, this is a representation of the numbers 9 and 5 in morse code: ----. .....

Getting a fully pink progress bar displays the message "Magic pink" and awards **3000 extra points** as well as an extra life.

Getting a fully gray progressbar displays the message "NULL" and awards **5000 extra points** as well as an extra life.

Getting a full progressbar with only the random segments displays the message "???" and awards **N/A extra points** as well as an extra life.

Getting a x2 segment at 95% of progressbar or getting a x3 segments at 90% of progressbar will award **1000 extra points**.

Getting a x3 segment at 95% of progressbar will award **2000 extra points**.

## Misc

Reporting a bug awards the player **2500 points**.

Tapping on a stuck pixel (called "dead pixel"s in-game) gives **2500 points**.

Completing the ProgressData Refinement Department event gives you **9095 points**.

Setting the year to 00 in an unprotected system awards **1900 points**.

Hitting the red area in the overclock minigame awards **50 points**.

Hitting the yellow area in the overclock minigame awards **250 points**.

Hitting the green area in the overclock minigame awards **500 points**.