PieterPost explains
Discover how the postbox hunt score works, why gold postboxes matter, and how to climb the leaderboard.
Each successful claim adds hunt score. The leaderboard ranks players by total hunt score.
There are currently 9,781 active postboxes in the Netherlands.
Regular postbox
Every standard postbox is worth 1 point. There are 8,903 regular postboxes in the Netherlands.
Medical postbox
Medical postboxes are marked as a special and are worth 3 points total. There are 492 medical postboxes in the Netherlands.
Lowered slot
Lowered-slot postboxes are also specials and are worth 3 points total. There are 482 lowered-slot postboxes in the Netherlands.
End of the world
The Eemshaven postbox at the northeastern edge of the Netherlands is worth 5 points. There is 1 of these in the game.
Border chaos village
The Parallelweg 2 postbox in Baarle-Nassau is worth 5 points. There is 1 of these in the game.
Double trouble
Some postboxes share one exact map coordinate. Clear both at the same spot to unlock Double trouble and earn +3 bonus points. There are 4 shared-location groups in the Netherlands.
Double special
A postbox that is both medical and lowered becomes a double special worth 9 points total. There are 98 double specials in the Netherlands.
Badges unlock by hitting find milestones, claiming special postboxes, clearing shared-location combos, completing places, or becoming the first mayor of a place.
Unlocks after finding 1 postbox.
Unlocks after finding 10 postboxes.
Unlocks after finding 25 postboxes.
Unlocks after finding 50 postboxes.
Unlocks after finding 100 postboxes.
Unlocks after finding at least one medical postbox.
Unlocks after finding at least one lowered slot.
Unlocks after finding the Eemshaven postbox at the very edge of the Netherlands.
Unlocks after finding the Parallelweg 2 postbox in Baarle-Nassau.
Unlocks after finding every postbox at one shared map coordinate.
Each place has its own completion badge. The example below shows the idea: clear every active postbox in one place and that place gets its own badge.
The first player to clear every active postbox in a place becomes its postbox mayor forever, even if more postboxes appear there later.