We definitely find these to be the most likely to reward points. They are also very easy to complete. However, there are a few drawbacks with them that you should pay attention to.

The most obvious is that some cost money. They may also not be something that you as gamers, would be interested in buying in the first place. Also you're probably on the site to get stuff for free, so why spend money right? However if it’s something you’re interested in purchasing anyway then at least this way you’ll get a points reward too.

The second is that you have to be aware who you're giving your personal information to. Research any place you're going to give your information too. If you see lots of negative reviews or comments mentioning it's a scam, avoid it.

So what does that leave? Look for trial Quests from large businesses. Netflix, Amazon, Huluu, Blockbuster, Fedex, UPS, Redbox Instant. These are all trusted companies. Make sure you are really on one of their sites before submitting anything; don't fall for third party sites. Read the terms of the trial, how long you have to cancel it, what you get, how long you have to keep it active for to be eligible for the points reward. These companies are willing to pay for these referrals because people sign up for the rewards and fail to cancel them in the allotted time. Don't be one of these people. Also note that this requires a valid credit card to complete these Quests, something not everyone has. However if done correctly these Quests can easily offer 10k-40k points for free, just for remembering to cancel a subscription!

These are the most basic activities you can do and almost always reward points. You simply click on a video and watch it. Sometimes you're also required to "Like" or “follow” a service on Facebook/Twitter or allow it to post about how you liked the video, which is why we recommended the throw-away accounts.

The downside to videos is that there aren't a ton of them and they don't offer a large number of points per view. Best to view them as minor boosts or a quick way to make up a small number of points to reach a goal. It's usually possible to view multiple videos at one time as long as they're from the same vendor which should speed things up quite a bit.

Sometimes particular vendors offer tasks as opposed to the standard Quests. You will see a list of tasks that they currently have and the reward for completing them. They vary greatly in their pay out and time investment. We find the best one to be the task that's commonly offered to write questions about a keyword. It's pretty easy, you're given guidelines and then words that you're asked to write questions about. So your words might be "Timex Watches" and you can write a simple question like "Where are some places you can buy Timex Watches?" It's super easy and as long as you follow the guidelines you'll be eligible for a bonus pay out once the question is reviewed!

The tasks are a good steady way to earn points. They always pay out and aren't terribly hard. However some of them can be rather time consuming. The ones that require you to do web searches and record information about them can really eat up some time.

Also be aware that you should follow the guidelines and try to submit quality work. Whatever you entered is reviewed and not only will you lose your chance at bonus points it's actually possible for you to receive less tasks Quests from them if your accuracy is low enough. Some have built in checks that if you don't pass you don't even get the chance to complete the Quests. So there's no way around the time requirement for this one.

Okay, here's where things start getting tricky. Surveys are hit or miss on whether or not they reward you, and some can be quite long. After you get going you'll start to notice some of the surveys look similar to each other. That's because they're offered by the same companies. Pay attention to which ones reward and which ones don't and if you open a survey and it looks similar to ones you've had problems with getting points then just close it and look for more.

A few things that can really help increase your chance of getting points: Clear cookies every time before starting a survey! Either reset your VM to the clean state, use CCleaner or set up a quick click on your browser to do this! Make sure you follow it to the end. Take screenshots of the last page or confirmation e-mail! Make sure you're at the very end; many times there is a small "next" or "continue" button that can be hard to see. Always search them out.

Even when following all this it's not a 100% chance you'll get credit for a survey, so be prepared to do a few. Aim for ones that have a high payout so if it works it'll make up for the time you may have spent on other ones. Avoid anything 100 points or less. Avoid surveys you know are going to be excessively long.

Also, like for Premium Quests, be aware of what information you're submitting. Don't submit anything you don't want in the public or that can be shared and always use a secondary email address.

Yikes! Here's where you'll really need that computer protection. Just be warned. You'll be asked to download random software and install it. Once again you'll want to clear cookies before doing this for sure. These are some of the more temperamental Quests and once again don't expect to receive credit every time. Same thing applies about vendors, you'll notice some installers look the same. Pay attention to which ones work for you and which ones don't. Stick to the ones that do. Always screenshot the completed installation box along with the icon on your desktop or start menu. You'll need to reset the Sandbox or VM after just a few of these because performance will become poor.

We find that downloads are only worth doing if you’re willing to sit there and run through a bunch of them. They don't take much time and have a good points reward. Failed pay outs can really be helped by submitting the screenshots, which we'll go over below. However it's still not a 100% chance any one quest will reward so be prepared to do a bunch!

Everything else is pretty much a game of chance. Basically if it sounds easy enough give it a shot, but don't be disappointed if you get nothing.

Remember there's always other ways to earn points on the site outside of Quests, daily logins, social follows and playing arcade games rewards points and there’s a full list of achievements that have huge pay outs, the benefit to these is they're 100% safe and reliable, but you can't unlock the non-daily achievements more than once.

Every vendor has a support page to submit appeals when you don't get your points. This is why you should take screenshots of every survey completion page or installation completed. Our users have great success submitting vendor appeals when it came to the Download installations! Make sure your screenshot has the box that pops up when Installation is complete and the icon on your desktop or start menu and there's a good chance you'll get your points. We suggest using a program called Lightshot to easily capture and save screenshots, but simply having paint open and hitting PrntScrn and pasting it into paint works fine too. Just be sure to name your screenshots so you know which ones go with which Quests.

We hope this helps our heroes thinking of taking on our Quests and keeping safe out there! Just remember if you're willing to put in the time you absolutely can get games for free and it's NOT HARD even if it can be a bit time consuming! Hopefully what we’ve shared will make your points earning more efficient! GOOD LUCK HEROES!