First of all, apologies if I have overlooked something. Perhaps I am no longer up to date. It caught my attention just now when I wanted to distribute boosts and ratings.
The last time I actually got a boost to pass on was: April 2025. Just to be on the safe side: I’m talking about boost that I can pass on. By the way: I don’t have any boosts that are expired this year.
So I took a look at what I’ve printed: Well, quite a bit, but always very small projects from users that were finished in less than an hour. The big projects were all my own, for which you probably don’t get any boost. I always thought that we at least get a monthly boost to distribute, but I guess I was wrong?
About my setup: A1, but please note: old firmware! Maybe that’s the problem? I won’t update it because I don’t change a running system. However, Bambu Studio is on the latest version. I use the Bambu cloude function. So from PC (Bambu Studio) to printer. Is it mandatory to use the latest firmware to get Boost?
Perhaps I am overlooking something. I would just like to have some boost again to support small creators. Can anyone give me a hint or point me in the right direction? Thank you.
i don’t think the issue is with your A1 old firmware but it also might be your A1 old firmware. maybe it is something they implemented under the hood.
and the boost tickets rules was changed since june 2025, and if i remember correctly in the announcement that they were testing the june makerworld new rules on some users before hand.
now in case you missed it, they said that obtaining the tickets will depend on whom you will boost after, which in my opinion is an unfair decision.
as per their update said “you will not earn boost tickets if you boost simple designs constantly”.
I stopped getting boosts to give out - I think my account got flagged for “boost trading” because I boosted a friend’s models without printing them and my friend sent me some boosts. Maybe this happened to you too.
I have no idea what is going on either! I too have not received any boosts to hand out in four or five months,
in the last four or five boosts that I did hand out were to highly complex models that I did print.
I also don’t think it’s your firmware, but I may be wrong. I am printing on a X1C & H2D both with the latest Firmware and version bambu studio but it doesn’t seem to make a difference.
It is incredibly disappointing because I too would like to Boost my favourite models,
but cannot.
That could possibly be the reason. I took another look at the designs I usually promote: they were relatively simple, but lovingly crafted and well thought out. They were little helpers in everyday life. I’d rather support small creators than people who have already received thousands of boosts.
I’ll give an example of what I boosted last time. I don’t know if it will be considered simple because it’s flat and quick to print. I think I can answer that myself anyway; probably no one knows exactly what ‘simple’ means.
Thank you very much, at least now I know what the problem is.
MakerWorld does not know what simple means. I have suspected that the only thing that makes a model “complex” is being 1 or more plates. I personally do not think that the matrix that MakerWorld uses is real or defined enough to make a reasonable decision.
I have been testing a theory over the past few months. MakerWorld does not want you to be using all of your boosts! I went a few months using them right when they arrived, but now I wait and only use 2 out of the 3 boosts. I have been getting all 3 boosts. From what I can tell, it really does not matter what you boost as long as you print a few things. https://makerworld.com/en/models/1664540-happy-gilmore-drinking-ball#profileId-1761358
I wouldn’t consider this particularly complicated. 2 boosts to it and I was not deducted the next week
They originally said that you had to print two models of at least one hour each.
This was later changed to two models of at least half an hour each.
They then said (without any sense of self-awareness), that you had to print complex models as they had always said from the beginning (which was utter lies).
Originally, the Boosts were to reward smaller designers to combat the apparent ease with which bigger and more established designers were gaining so much traffic they had an ease of gaining points. So, something to help level (unevenly) the playing field.
Now that rewriting of history has occurred, these appear to be the rules.
Activities that help you get them
Print at least two models
They must have at least 30 minutes each (per print) from the profile (you dragging it out doesn’t help)
Activity in ratings (no specific data on how much)
Rating complex models (no specific data on what complex means)
Activities that may diminish you getting them
Rating simple models (no specific data on what simple means)
Looking at them the wrong way
Stating an opinion (not sure if this means positive or negative)
The day of the week has a Y in it
Looking funny (not humorous)
Being funny (not weird looking)
Some of the second list are hyperbolic, but are equally likely to those which are not.
If I told you three were true, could you guess which three?
It’d be great to get a few boosts when we buy the expensive filament from Bambu. We could buy it elsewhere, but I prefer to order it from Bambu for reasons. With an average order value of over $100, a gesture like this would be really appreciated, especially since it’s not for ourselves, but to reward others.
Or we could get a regular boost for six months to give away when we buy a new printer.
Never mind, it’s just an idea, but at least I know the ‘mistake’ was mine because I probably boosted too many ‘simple’ models and printed only ‘simple’ models via MakerWorld.
I’ve asked for this before. Its the only sustainable fair system (transplantly). I have been writing up feature request for ‘premium boosts’ but not finished yet.