How XP, badges & ratings work

Everything on a robot card is computed from match records; manual and imported records carry a source and verification status. Nothing resets. Season 2026-27 values below are live from the event system.

XP and badges accrue from combat events only.

⚡ XP — the effort economy

XP only goes up. You earn it for showing up and fighting, not just winning — every match pays, and bonuses stack on top.

First match of the event+50
Every match you fight+25
Complete all scheduled matches+25
Go the distance (lose only on the judges’ cards, never KO’d)+25
Win by judges’ decision+100
Win by KO / tap out / out of the arena+150
Win by forfeit+50
Fast KO — under 60 seconds+50
Flash KO — under 30 seconds+75
Weapon kill (disable the opponent’s weapon)+25
Giant slayer (beat a much higher-rated bot)+75
Phoenix (win right after being KO’d)+50
Make the finals cut+100
Quarterfinal win+150
Semifinal win+200
Runner-up+250
CHAMPION+400
Sportsmanship award+75
Pit crew assist+25
Judged awards (Best Hit, Most Destroyed, Design…)+100

🎖 Builder levels

Career XP moves you up the ladder. Levels never go down.

ROOKIE 0+APPRENTICE 250+BUILDER 750+ENGINEER 1,500+VETERAN 3,000+ELITE 6,000+LEGEND 10,000+

🤖 Robot ranks

Ranks measure longevity only — how many events a robot has competed in. Championships are permanent title badges (one per event won, stamped with its season), never a rank. The current holder of a class's most recent championship carries a live 👑 Reigning Champion status that transfers the moment a new champion is crowned.

PROSPECTEvery robot starts here
CONTENDER3+ events competed
VETERAN6+ events competed
LEGACY12+ events competed

🏅 Badges

Badges are permanent achievements computed from your fight history. Tiered badges (I/II/III) show the highest tier reached.

Every badge declares who owns it — robot, builder, or either — and the window it is measured over: event, season, or career.

🩸FIRST BLOODFirst career KOrobot · career
🪓KNOCKOUT ARTISTCareer KOs (5 / 15 / 30)robot · career
💥FLASHKO in under 30 secondsrobot · career
⚫LIGHTS OUTKO in under 15 secondsrobot · career
🌀WOMBO COMBO3 KOs in one eventrobot · event
💣DOOMSDAYWon a final by KOrobot · career
🗡️GIANT SLAYERBeat a bot rated 200+ higher (1 / 3 / 10)robot · career
😈NEMESISBeat the same opponent 3 timesrobot · career
👑UNTOUCHABLEWon an event undefeatedrobot · event
🏆CHAMPIONWon an event — one permanent title per championship, stamped with its seasonrobot · career
🥈FINALISTReached an event finalrobot · career
🛡️IRON CHASSISAn event with zero KO lossesrobot · event
🥊THE DISTANCEJudges’ decisions survived (5 / 15 / 30)robot · career
🐱NINE LIVES3 JD wins in one eventrobot · event
🏃MARATHON5+ fights in one eventrobot · event
🔥PHOENIXWon the fight right after being KO’drobot · event
🔄REDEMPTIONBeat a bot that beat yourobot · career
🎬DEBUTFirst eventeither · career
🛞ROAD WARRIORCareer events (3 / 6 / 10)either · career
🎨FRESH PAINTDebuted a brand-new robotbuilder · career
🎭MULTICLASSFielded 2 weapon archetypesbuilder · career
🧪MAD SCIENTISTFielded 3 weapon archetypesbuilder · career
🗓️VETERANCompeted across 3 seasonseither · career
🤼RUMBLE ROYALEWon a rumblerobot · career
📣CALL-OUTWon a grudge match you called outrobot · career
🤝GOOD SPORTSportsmanship awardbuilder · event
💢BEST HIT OF THE DAYBest Hit of the Day awardrobot · event
🧨MOST DESTROYEDMost Destroyed awardrobot · event
⭐CROWD FAVORITECrowd Favorite awardeither · event

⚔️ IRL Combat Rating

Each robot carries an IRL Combat Rating — a standard Elo score that starts at 1000 and moves after every fight: beat a stronger bot, gain more; lose to a weaker one, lose more. A bot is provisional for its first 8 rated matches (its rating moves faster while the system learns). Beating a bot rated 200+ points above you is a Giant Slayer win.

⚠ This is IRL’s own rating, computed only from IRL fights. It is not your Robot Combat Events (RCE) ranking — that lives on robotcombatevents.com and is unaffected by anything here.