Score

Score is a measure of how much a player has achieved in Polytopia. Points are earned in four categories: Army and Territory, Cities, Monuments and Temples, and Science. Points are lost when a city is captured by an enemy, a building is destroyed, or a unit is killed or disbanded.

The following is a breakdown of how score is calculated.

Army and Territory:

• Units: 5 points per star of a unit's cost. Super units are worth 50 points each. (They have a theoretical cost of 10 stars.) Ship and battleship upgrades do not give extra score. Converted units do not change score for either player.
• Territory: 20 points per tile in the player's territory.
• Exploration: 5 points per explored tile.

Cities:

• Cities: 100 points plus 50 points per level above level 1.
  • Each population gained is worth five points, and upgrading to level 2 gives a 40 point bonus, upgrading to level 3 gives a 35 point bonus, etc. for a total of 50 points per level above level 1. Upgrading to a level of 10 and above will give negative points (not counting park or super unit points).
• Park: 250 points each.
• level 1 city + 9 tiles territory = 280 points

Monuments and Temples:

• Monuments: 400 points each.
• Temples: 100 points plus 50 points per level above level 1.

Science:

• Technology: 100 points per tier of the technology.

Starting Scores by Tribe

These scores can be used to guess which tribe opponent players are using.

Score	Tribe(s)
415	Aquarion
465	Luxidoor
515	Xin-xi, Imperius, Bardur, Elyrion, Kickoo
520	Oumaji
530	Polaris
565	Bardur, Imperius, Kickoo (with upgraded capital)
615	Zebasi, Yadakk, Ai-Mo
620	Quetzali, Hoodrick
630	Cymanti
650	Yadakk (with roads diagonal expansion and new warrior)
665	Zebasi (with upgraded capital)
730	Vengir

NOTE: If someone spawns in a corner, due to the update where lighthouses have to be revealed by exploration, that corner tile will be obscured by the clouds. This will result in 5 points less than usual. For example, if someone has a starting score of 510 points, they have spawned in a corner and are playing any of the 515 point tribes.

Perfection Difficulty Bonus

A difficulty bonus is applied to the final score in the Perfection game mode. This bonus is equal to 100% plus 41% of the natural logarithm of the number of opponents, with an additional 20%, 40%, or 80% when the difficulty level is normal, hard, or crazy, respectively. The maximum difficulty bonus, with 15 crazy-level opponents, is 291%.

Difficulty Bonus (Easy Difficulty Level)
Number of opponents	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Difficulty bonus (%)	100	128	145	157	166	174	180	185	190	195	199	202	205	208	211

References

• Score Counting by K3IZ3N