Only Your Top Plays Count
Each score’s pp is multiplied by 0.95 for every place below your best: total = p × 0.95n−1. The wiki’s example turns plays of 110, 100, 100, 90 and 80 pp into about 110, 95, 90, 77 and 65. Old scores far down the list end up worth under one percent of their value, so a new top play is worth far more than many average ones.
Bonus pp From Ranked Scores
You also get bonus pp for the number of ranked maps you have a score on: 416.6667 × (1 − 0.995min(N, 1000)). That tops out at 413.894 pp at 1,000 scores and reaches half of it at about 137 scores, so passing lots of ranked maps early in your career is a cheap boost.
What Raises a Score’s pp
- Accuracy: a full combo at 80% accuracy can be worth only about two-thirds of a 95% score.
- Aim and speed: approach rate and hit-object density; Double Time raises speed sharply, Half Time lowers it.
- Mods: Hidden, Hard Rock and Flashlight add pp for high-accuracy plays (aim is not counted in osu!taiko or osu!mania).
- Combo: the October 28, 2024 update removed combo scaling in osu!, and a 2021 change made misses on long maps less punishing.
How to Farm pp
Play ranked maps just above your comfort level until you can set clean, high-accuracy scores, then add Hidden or Double Time on maps you already master. One new top play lifts your total more than ten scores that fall outside your top 50.
Accounts
See our osu! page for the account sellers we list and the risks.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is osu! pp calculated?
Each score is weighted by 0.95 per place below your best, then up to 413.894 bonus pp is added for the number of ranked scores you have.
Does combo still matter for pp?
Not in osu! since the October 28, 2024 update removed combo scaling, though misses still cost pp.
Sources
Checked October 13, 2026. Game systems change with patches, so confirm numbers in game.
