Scoring
Your score is a measure of your planet's military and economic power. It determines your rank on the leaderboard, who can attack you, and whether your alliance is on track to win.
The exact formula is known only to the game engine. What we can tell you is what drives it.
What counts toward score
Three things contribute to your score:
Fleet value is the largest component by far. It is calculated from the total resource cost of all your surviving ships — both those on your planet and those in active fleets. A planet with a massive fleet ranks high even if its orbital count is modest.
Orbitals contribute meaningfully. Each orbital adds to your score. A planet with 100 orbitals is significantly more valuable than one with 20 — both to the scoreboard and to attackers looking for targets worth raiding.
Buildings contribute the least. They matter, but they will never carry your score on their own.
The weighting is intentional. Score rewards active players. You cannot reach the top of the rankings by building a well-defended economy and never fighting. You need ships — a lot of them — and you need to use them.
Why fleet value dominates
A planet with a massive fleet but modest orbitals can outrank a planet with 120 orbitals and no ships. This is by design.
Ships are expensive, require ongoing research to unlock, take time to build, and can be destroyed. Maintaining a large fleet requires constant engagement — scanning for resources, initiating orbitals to fuel production, replacing losses. It's the activity of fleet maintenance and warfare that drives the highest scores.
This also creates a risk: your fleet value drops the moment you take serious losses in battle. A major defeat doesn't just cost you ships — it costs you ranking points. Recovery requires rebuilding, which takes time and resources.
Three ways to win
At the end of every season, three winners are crowned:
Best Planet
The single highest-scoring planet when the season ends. This is the individual ranking — the player who built the biggest fleet, controlled the most orbitals, and emerged from the season on top.
Best Galaxy
The galaxy with the highest combined score across all its member planets. Galaxy victories reward coordinated local play — defending each other, sharing targets, and building a collective military presence that no single galaxy can match.
Best Alliance
The alliance with the highest combined score across all members. This is the most prestigious win category. Alliance victories require sustained coordination across an entire season — shared intelligence, coordinated attacks, mutual defense, and a roster of active players who consistently grew and fought together.
Score and attack rules
Your score affects who can attack you and who you can attack:
- You cannot attack any planet with less than 20% of your score
- No planet with more than 5× your score can attack you
This means large score gaps create natural protection. A new player at 10 000 score cannot be farassed by a 200 000-score veteran. But a player at 80 000 score is fair game for someone at 100 000 — close enough to attack, valuable enough to bother.
Growing your score through combat comes with a consequence: you become a more attractive target yourself. The top-ranked planets in any season are not only the most powerful — they're also the ones everyone else is trying to raid.
Tracking your score
Your current score and rank are displayed on your planet overview at all times. Alliance and galaxy standings are visible from the galaxy and alliance screens.
Keep an eye on who is growing faster than you. A neighbor who suddenly jumps in score has either been very active or has been raiding successfully — both are worth knowing.