Ranks and Points

By finishing maps on DDNet servers, you can gain ranks and points.

Ranks

Every time any player finishes a map, their finish time is logged to a file. These times are known as ranks. If you are in team 0, your times are simply referred to as ranks, but if you finish in any team (1-63), you're times are known as team ranks. All rank and team rank data can be viewed on the DDNet website as either Global or Regional ranks.

Ranks (team 0)

Finishing a map in team 0 gains you a rank for that map. Team 0 is the default team a tee is assigned to when joining a server. Even though it is referred to as team 0, you can think of it as being "not in a team". If a group of tees is halfway through a map in team 0, you can cross the start line and catch up to them. This would not be possible of those tees were in a team, because you wouldn't be able to interact with them. This allows for players to "cheat" parts, or do what is known as team 0 skipping. For this reason, non-team ranks recorded for a map are usually much faster than team ranks, because they probably skipped a number of parts, taking advantage of being in team 0.

Team Ranks (teams 1-63)

Before crossing the start line on a map, you can join a team by using the /team chat command. In a team, if one player kills they will be put back into team 0, so they will not be able to go catch up to the rest of their old teammates. If you use the /lock command, you prevent anybody else from joining your team unless you invite them with the /invite command. If your team is locked, any tee who kills will result in killing the entire team, but it will keep you in the same team rather than placing you back in team 0. Finishing a map in a team gains you a team rank for that map. Since team 0 skipping is not possible in a team, the recorded team ranks for any given map are often a better representation of players playing the map as the design intended.

Global Ranks

Global ranks is a term that refers to all map finishes globally. This includes finishes on every server from every region. If you go to the map pagefor any map, you can see the global ranks by default. This page displays both global ranks and global team ranks (referred to as "records" and "team records").

Regional Ranks

Regional ranks is a term that refers to map finishes across all servers in a specific region. If you go to the map page for any map, you can click on a specific region in the sidebar to see regional ranks for that map. For example, here is the USA ranks for the map "Sunny Side Up". These are the regional ranks for USA.

Running the /rank command while connected to a server on any map will show you your global and regional ranks.

Points

You earn points for finishing a map you've never finished before. DDNet has several categories of maps, explained by the list below.

• Novice - The simplest maps for beginners.
• Moderate - Moderate maps for intermediate players.
• Brutal - Challenging maps for advanced players.
• Insane - Very difficult maps for experts.
• Dummy - A second tee that you can control (known as a dummy) becomes deep-frozen, the goal is to move the dummy to the finish line.
• DDmaX - DDracemaX maps. One of the first racing mods. These are maps that existed on an old server called DDracemaX which existed between 2009 and 2014.
• Oldschool - Old maps that brings nostalgia to old players. These are old non-DDmaX maps that existed before DDNet.
• Solo - Play the map alone. No dummies or interference with other users (you can chat with other players).
• Race - Maps from the Race gamemode, mostly made up of hook/unhookable tiles and focusing on the movement with the grenade launcher.
• Fun - Maps to have fun (no points).

Every map has a difficulty indicated by its star value. The higher the star value, the harder the map is. A map can have anywhere between 0 and 5 stars. Below is a chart of the different map categories and their point amounts per star value.

	Novice	Moderate	Brutal	Insane	Dummy	DDmaX	Oldschool	Solo	Race
1★	1	7	18	34	10	4	6	4	2
2★	2	9	21	38	15	8	12	8	4
3★	3	11	24	42	20	12	18	12	6
4★	4	13	27	46	25	16	24	16	8
5★	5	15	30	50	30	20	30	20	10

The point values for each category/difficulty are calculated as follows.

points = stars * multiplier + offset.

Server Difficulty	Multiplier	Offset
Novice	1	0
Moderate	2	5
Brutal	3	15
Insane	4	30
Dummy	5	5
DDmaX	4	0
Oldschool	6	0
Solo	4	0
Race	2	0

According to this formula and chart, you can conclude that a Brutal map with a star value of 3 would be 24 points. A Moderate map with a star value of 0 would be worth 5 points.

You can check your points in-game at any time by entering the /points chat command. Your points are also displayed at the top of your Player Profile.

Team Rank Points

If you look at your Player Profile, you'll notice next to your points that there is another section labeled Team Rank. The points listed here are an entirely separate points system from your regular points. You can gain Team Rank points by completing maps in any team (1-63) with a rank of 10 or lower. The Team Rank points awarded for these finishes are based on the chart below.

Place	Points
1st	25
2nd	18
3rd	15
4th	12
5th	10
6th	8
7th	6
8th	4
9th	2
10th	1

Your Team Rank points value might change if other players get faster times than you.

Rank Points

If you look at your Player Profile, you'll notice next to your points and Team Rank points that there is another section labeled Rank. The points listed here are an entirely separate points system from your regular and Team Rank points. You can gain Rank points by completing maps in team 0 with a rank of 10 or lower. The Rank points awarded for these finishes are based on the chart below.

Place	Points
1st	25
2nd	18
3rd	15
4th	12
5th	10
6th	8
7th	6
8th	4
9th	2
10th	1

Your Rank points value might change if other players get faster times than you.