How to play
Give a valid answer today. Learn how rare it was tomorrow.
Ten open prompts.
Every daily climb has ten prompts across ten knowledge routes. You get 25 seconds to type one valid answer. There are no multiple-choice hints.
Keep trying until time runs out.
Everest checks each submission against the accepted route book. A valid answer locks immediately. If a guess cannot be verified, the question stays active and the same 25-second server clock keeps running, so you can submit another answer. Unverified retries are retained for review if needed.
Rarity waits for the crowd.
During the live climb, checkpoints show your progress through the questions. Scores and altitude stay hidden. After the Eastern calendar day closes, Everest compares all valid answers for each prompt and measures how often each canonical answer was chosen.
Return for your final altitude.
After the route closes at midnight Eastern, Everest holds an overnight review window for unconfirmed answers. Final population scoring begins after 8:00 AM Eastern. Your final elevation points, rarity tiers, altitude, and Everest Rating then lock using the day’s player pool.
Simple prompts. Different depths.
Everest questions are written to be understood immediately and to allow many valid answers. Some topics are easier to recall than others, but the real challenge is choosing a valid answer that fewer players think of.
Ten routes, ten ratings.
You build category ratings in History, Geography, Science, Sports, Entertainment, Business, Technology, Civics, Food & Culture, and General Knowledge. Your overall Everest Rating reflects sustained performance across many finalized climbs.
The Summit Board.
The global leaderboard uses finalized Everest Ratings only. Provisional scores never move the leaderboard. One established climber holds the summit at a time.
Monthly Summit Series — coming later.
Everest is designed to eventually support special monthly competitions for top established climbers using fresh, unseen prompts and tighter verification. The Summit Series is not active yet. Details will be published before any competitive season opens.
Official climbs are server-timed, limited to one attempt per account per day, and scored only after the daily population closes. Practice climbs do not affect the Summit Board.