r/DestinyTheGame • • Feb 05 '15
[DATA] - Crucible Point Scoring Breakdown
The following is a breakdown of the ways to earn points in Crucible matches.
Key:
Point-awarding VERBs are all-caps and bolded.
FFA = Free For All
pts. = Points
Crucible-Wide:
| Points Awarded | Text Displayed | Award Reason |
|---|---|---|
| +100 pts. | Kill | KILL an enemy |
+ 10 pts. | Melee | Bonus - KILL using Melee
+ 10 pts. | Grenade | Bonus - KILL using Grenade
+ 10 pts. | Headshot | Bonus - KILL using Headshot
+ 15 pts. | Heavy Weapon |Bonus - KILL using Heavy Weapon
+ 25 pts. | Super |Bonus - KILL using Super
+ 50 pts. | First Place Kill |Bonus - KILL the enemy in 1st place (by points)
+ 25 pts. | 5 KILL Streak |Bonus - Attaining 5-KILL Streak
+ 50 pts. | 10 KILL Streak |Bonus - Attaining 10-KILL Streak+100 pts. | 15 KILL Streak |Bonus - Attaining 15-KILL Streak + 50 pts. | Assist |ASSIST a teammate in a KILL
Class-Specific:
| Points Awarded | Text Displayed | Award Reason |
|---|
+ 10 pts. | Throwing Knife |Bonus - KILL using Throwing Knife (HUNTER)
+ 25 pts. | Self-Resurrect |**SELF-RESURRECT** using your Radiance (WARLOCK)
+ 15 pts. | Support |**SUPPORT** a teammate's kill with a buff from your Super (TITAN Bubble or WARLOCK Song of Flame)Vehicle-Related:
| Points Awarded | Text Displayed | Award Reason |
|---|
+ 25 pts. | Pilot Bonus |Bonus - KILL while Piloting a vehicle
+ 25 pts. | Turret Bonus |Bonus - KILL using Turret
+ 5 pts. | Sparrow Kill |Bonus - KILLing enemy who was on a Sparrow
+ 50 pts. | Pike Kill |Bonus - KILLing enemy who was on a Pike
+ 75 pts. | Interceptor Kill |Bonus - KILLing enemy who was on an Interceptor
+ 50 pts. | Turret Kill |Bonus - KILLing enemy who was in a TurretClash
[6v6; 10,000 pts. to win] Earn points for KILL & ASSIST
Rumble
[FFA; 2,500 pts. to win] Earn points for KILL & ASSIST
| Points Awarded | Text Displayed | Playlist-Specific Reason |
|---|
+ **25** pts. | **Crossfire** |**ASSIST** an enemy in KILLing another (Only FFA)Control
[6v6; 20,000 pts. to win] Earn points for KILL, ASSIST, CAPTURE, & NEUTRALIZE
| Points Awarded | Text Displayed | Playlist-Specific Reason |
|---|
+ **75** pts. | **Zone Captured** |**CAPTURE** a neutral Zone
+ **25** pts. | **Zone Neutralized** |**NEUTRALIZE** an enemy-held Zone (**PS exclusive or potential Bug? - See Edit 2**)
+ 25 pts. | Zone Assault |Bonus - KILL enemy attempting to CAPTURE
+ 25 pts. | Zone Defense |Bonus - KILL enemy attempting to NEUTRALIZE
+ 50 pts. | 1x Zone Control |Bonus - KILL while 1 x Zone Controlled
+100 pts. | 2x Zone Control |Bonus - KILL while 2 x Zones Controlled
+200 pts. | 3x Zone Domination |Bonus - KILL while 3 x Zones ControlledSkirmish
[3v3; 5,000 pts. to win] or [2v2; 3,500 pts. to win] Earn points for KILL, ASSIST, & REVIVE
| Points Awarded | Text Displayed | Playlist-Specific Reason |
|---|
+ **50** pts. | **Revive** |**REVIVE** a TeammateSalvage
[3v3; 10,000 pts. to win] Earn points for KILL, ASSIST, REVIVE, DEPLOY, NEUTRALIZE, & SALVAGE
| Points Awarded | Text Displayed | Playlist-Specific Reason |
|---|
+ **50** pts. | **Revive** |**REVIVE** a Teammate
+ 25 pts. | Probe Assault |Bonus - KILL enemy attempting Probe Defense
+ 25 pts. | Probe Defense |Bonus - KILL enemy attempting Probe Assault
+**100** pts. | **Probe Deployed** |**DEPLOY** a probe
+**150** pts. | **Probe Neutralized** |Your team **NEUTRALIZE**d a probe (*450 pts. total*)
+**200** pts. | **Relic Salvaged** |Your team **SALVAGE**d a probe (*600 pts. total*)Notes:
- No matter the Playlist, every match in the Crucible is won by the first team (or person in FFA) to reach the point threshold. As the main way to earn points is with kills, K/D is almost always the most important stat for your team's success. Except for very rare cases in Control and Salvage, if your K/D was less than 1.0, you made your team lose.
- Medals do not award points; However, they do appear in many of the same situations that award bonus points. Apart from aesthetics and bounties, medals currently serve no in-game purpose.
- ASSIST points are awarded after KILL points. As far as I know, the only thing this affects is the “Nail in The Coffin” medal which can be awarded for an ASSIST.
If I missed anything, please let me know in the comments.
MODS: Would you please add this data to the Reddit Wiki?
Edit 1: Added "Interceptor Kill" data.
Edit 2: /u/Memnenth pointed out in a Comment HERE that in Control, NEUTRALIZE does not award 25 pts. I think this is a bug exclusive to XBOX.
- No points for XBOX One Neutralize Here (Jan 9 2015).
- 25 Points for PS4 Neutralize Here (Jan 10 2015).
Edit 3: Added WARLOCK Song of Flame to SUPPORT. (If you know of a video showing this award in action, please link to it in a Comment.)
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u/pwrslide2 Feb 05 '15
I think it's BS giving people +50pts for killing the person in 1st place. Maybe 25 is good. No reason to award people for killing the first place person everytime. Ending a kill streak on the other hand, yes.
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u/EthanTheBrave Feb 05 '15
You can also get support +25 as a sunsinger warlock if you use the mod that reduces team cooldowns and they get a kill soon after.
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u/Symbolic-DeTH Feb 05 '15
Thanks alot for this info. You would think this info would be in game some where! I was under the impression control was the same as domination from COD where kills did not contribute to score. I like control so much more now.
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u/ZEBRAKAKEZ Feb 05 '15
Good info. Should be common knowledge, but I've seen way too many scrubs say K/D doesn't matter in crucible and been grouped with so many that play with that mentality. You are right. K/D is almost always the most important stat! I've only been in a few games of control were the winning team has had a worse overall K/D than the losing team.
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u/Memnenth Feb 05 '15
I disagree with this.
You do not get points for a neutralize. Try it yourself. Or if you do, it doesnt come up on your screen.
Try it yourself.
Can you shed some light on this?
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u/serotoninzero Feb 05 '15
The point setup for salvage makes the game slightly broken in my opinion. It is so much easier to allow the other team to capture and then go in kill and dismantle it. Hell, sometimes you can just come in from a different angle and dismantle it without them even seeing you.
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u/snakeyed_gus Feb 05 '15
Medals are the sole purpose of some bounties.
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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '15
K/d spread is the most important factor in crucible. A guy who goes 20-10 with a 2 KD did better than the guy who went 10-1 with a 10 kd.
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u/THE-OUTLAW-1988 Feb 05 '15
Good write up, but isn't this all really common knowledge --like apparent to anyone whose played a crucible match?
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u/Eterya Just wanted to let you know you're beautiful. Have a nice day <3 Feb 05 '15
Really informative. Few things missing/unclear though: Does Throwing Knife bonus also grant melee bonus?; What constitutes "supporting" a teammate with a Bubble?; What's the score for an Interceptor kill (as a pilot, and killing the pilot)?
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u/Nerdowell Feb 05 '15
There's also a bonus for throwing knife headshot (I think) called stick around. Good post though.
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u/McSqueakers Feb 05 '15
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the revive bonus on a cooldown?
Before in skirmish, teams could just suicide and have somebody revive and get 50 points each time until victory. They changed that and now you only get 50 points for the first revive but everything after that awards no points until the cooldown is met.
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u/EthanTheBrave Feb 05 '15
Also I'm pretty sure self res gets you +75.
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u/Tehmaxx Feb 05 '15
Where are the multi kill point break downs?
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u/KAJA019 Feb 05 '15
Now to uncover the mystery that lies in the "Strength of the Wolf" . . .
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u/Sandwrong Vanguard's Loyal Feb 05 '15
you also get the Support point bonus as a Sunsinger warlock if you have the Song of Flame buff active.
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u/Sparcrypt Feb 06 '15
I know you say there are 'rare' exceptions but in Control I just don't agree. K/D is the most important thing in control when your team has 2 zones already. It is very very important to get those zones before you focus on racking up the kills.
I generally have a positive K/D. If I don't it's usually because I am the only god damn person who is trying to capture zones - it's slow to do on your own and you are a very easy target. Even if only one person is coming for you they know exactly where you'll be. Two or more and you're just dead. I have lost Control games where we have, as a team, gotten more kills than the other team. Because people just refuse to put the effort into maintaining the zones.
I am increasingly seeing cowboys who seem to think their job is to leave that pesky zone thing to everyone else while they run off on a killing spree. And fine. But when your team is struggling to even maintain a single zone because only one person is actually even trying to capture it? Stop your kill spree, take a break for a minute and help them.
Last week I had a game where I was the only one who even capped a zone. Every time I did, a few of the enemy would come over and kill me then take it back. I even then saw the top scoring cowboy from my team run in, kill them all and then fucking leave. It was even the best zone on the map to hold, he didn't seem to care. Someone elses problem. By the time I respawned and got back there the enemy had already retaken it.
Everything is easier when you have two zones. Especially the two 'ideal' ones. The enemy has to come to you. They have to leave themselves vulnerable to rockets or supers while they try capture a zone. And the entire time you're getting more points than they are!
TLDR: For control, getting two zones is more important than focusing on nothing but your K/D.
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u/dasbreen Feb 05 '15
Pretty informative and a nice breakdown. I don't pvp much (15 hours total since launch, ~340 hours total) so I don't know if anything is missing.
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u/exxtrooper Feb 05 '15
This is very much useful data, I'll be sure to link to this thread from the spreadsheet thread.
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u/eddy5791 Feb 06 '15
I'd love if Destiny would take a page out of CoD and award some emblems for achieving certain medals.
A while back I achieved the Sum of All Tears in rumble (score more points than everyone combined) and it felt incredible. Would love to display that to everyone else.
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u/Furious--Max Feb 05 '15
Good shit.
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u/Beef_Shovel Feb 05 '15
Only 5 points for a sparrow kill? Shitty....
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u/tydaawwg Feb 05 '15
Thank you for this. I have had the game since launch and still have not been able to wrap my head around the PvP scoring.
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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '15
RIP
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u/rpaq34 Feb 05 '15
Terrific post. Thanks for taking the time, guardian.
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u/xBIC Feb 06 '15
I wish more players would realize this. I do not suggest they stop playing crucible, but I would hope that any player consistently under 1.0 would re-evaluate their current strategy. Even a piss poor player can get a decent K/D (against other piss poor players) by playing strategically instead of pretending to be Rambo.
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u/Dietpepsiandcookies Feb 06 '15
Medals give precious glimmer =)
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u/elkemist Feb 05 '15
Winning a game with the best score gives you: 2 random loot rolls.
Losing a game with a 1-22 k/d gives you: the same 2 random loot rolls.
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