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# Raid Leaderboards
Raid Leaderboards bring competitive progression to Raids, allowing parties to measure their performance against others and earn rewards worthy of the challenge.
**Leaderboard Brackets**
Raid Leaderboards are divided into three competitive brackets, determined automatically by your party’s average Power Level (Combat + Vitality ÷ 2).
**Elite**
The most competitive bracket with the highest rewards. Fortune favors the brave.
* Requires a party average of 751+ Power Level
**Major**
A mid-tier bracket with more accessible competition and moderate rewards.
* Requires a party average of between 551–750 Power Level
**Minor**
An entry-level bracket designed for newer Raiders.
* Requires a party average of between 250-550 Power Level
* Typically includes parties using T1-T6 gear, and/or parties with less than 3 characters
* Ideal for players experiencing Raids for the first time and/or are still progressing
Note: Players do not manually select a bracket. Placement is determined automatically by your party’s average Power Level. Bracket thresholds may be adjusted before launch.
**How raid leaderboard scoring works**
Your Raid score has 2 parts: Offense and Defense.
* Each stage is scored individually, then added up at the end of the raid trip.
* Add them together for your Total Score.
Offense score (damage and speed) Offense rewards killing the boss fast. You get more offense points when:
* Your team deals more boss damage per round
* The boss goes down in fewer rounds
In plain terms: hit hard, end the fight quickly.
Defense score (survival and toughness) Defense rewards surviving boss pressure. You get more defense points when:
* More of your team is alive at the end of the stage
* Your team survives more boss attacks
* Your team finishes with more HP remaining (uses less HP overall)
* If all characters have been defeated, there will be no defensive score for that stage.
In plain terms: stay alive, take hits well, and keep your HP high.
If party members are defeated during a stage, you get a **Defeated Penalty**:
* Being defeated reduces both offense and defense for that stage, so keeping your whole team from being defeated matters even if you win.
Note: a Raid Score will only be established when:
* Your party kills Nexarion
* You “Return To Nightvale”
* Your party is defeated\
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**Additional Rules/Details:**
* A Raid Score will ONLY be calculated if you’ve started the Raid AFTER the Leaderboard has started (in other words, if you are sitting at Stage #2 and waiting to claim until the new Leaderboard starts then your party will not generate a Raid Score for the next Leaderboard; you must start a fresh Raid session AFTER the Leaderboard has started).
* Only your 3 best Raid entries will be noted on the Leaderboard. As you get a higher score, your lowest score of the original 3 are replaced (example: if you originally had 20k, 18k, and 17k and then scored a 19k then your 3 entries would be the 20k, 19k, and 18k scores)
* These benefits were previously outside the scope of the Power Level calculation but are now being included into the calculation (as they give bonuses while in Raids): Mage class (due to damage boost), Battle Drum, Ancient Turtle Shell, and Banner of Valor (in short, these will increase your party’s average Power Level)
*Note: We may adjust Leaderboard variables, rules, and rewards for future Leaderboards.*