Virtual Rewards 5.0

A new round of Virtual Rewards has been announced! On February 3, 2026, 4,000 virtual caches will be awarded, and to be eligible to be selected, the following criteria must be met:

• You must have three (3) non-event geocaches published in 2025
• Your geocaching account must have been created prior to July 29, 2025

Anyone who received a Virtual Reward in the past is eligible and those who opted in for Virtual Rewards 2.0 and 3.0 and/or qualified for Virtual Rewards 4.0, and did not recieve one, will have a higher liklihood of receiving a 5.0 reward. Other than that, the selections will be random, but more heavily weighted in countries that have less virtual caches.

I might actually be eligible this time around! I haven't had three geocaches published, yet, but I put one out in May and I plan to put one out this month. That just means one more! I wasn't eligible for Round 4, the geocache I published didn't get enough favorite points, but I'm pretty sure I was eligible for Round 3, and opted in. I've got work to do, wish me luck!