Mario Kart Tour race points system

This page details the system used to calculate total points in Mario Kart Tour races, using data gathered during the Ice Tour.

Overview

Race points are earned in three ways: base points from the driver, kart and glider being used, bonus points earned by performing actions during the race, and position points, based on finishing position, driver level, and several other factors. Upon earning enough points in a given race, players can earn from that race up to 5 total Grand Stars, which are necessary to unlock further cups and tour gifts in the current tour.

Base points

The base points of the driver, kart and glider selected are added to the initial score of 0 before the race begins. Base points can range from 800 total points for base-level Normal items to 1600 points for maxed-out High-End items. Individual items' base points can be increased through experience points obtained at the end of the races or through point-boost tickets that provide 50 experience points each. The experience points are used to fill a gauge that when filled will increase the base points until the maximum amount has been reached. The amount of experience points needed to fill the gauge increases every time the gauge is filled.

Base points of drivers, karts and gliders
XP level	Drivers					Karts and gliders
	Normal	Super	High-End	Total XP	XP to next level	Normal	Super	High-End	Total XP	XP to next level
1	400	450	500	0	8	200	220	250	0	6
2	408	459	512	8	9	204	224	256	6	7
3	416	468	524	17	10	208	228	262	13	8
4	424	477	536	27	11	212	232	268	21	9
5	432	486	548	38	12	216	236	274	30	10
6	440	495	560	50	13	220	240	280	40	11
7	448	504	572	63	14	224	244	286	51	12
8	456	513	584	77	15	228	248	292	63	13
9	464	522	596	92	16	232	252	298	76	14
10	472	531	608	108	18	236	256	304	90	15
11	480	540	620	126	20	240	260	310	105	16
12	488	549	632	146	22	244	264	316	121	17
13	496	558	644	168	24	248	268	322	138	18
14	504	567	656	192	26	252	272	328	156	19
15	512	576	668	218	28	256	276	334	175	20
16	520	585	680	246	30	260	280	340	195	21
17	528	594	692	276	32	264	285	346	216	22
18	536	603	704	308	34	268	290	352	238	23
19	544	612	716	342	36	272	295	358	261	24
20	552	621	728	378	39	276	300	364	285	26
21	560	630	740	417	42	280	305	370	311	28
22	568	639	752	459	45	284	310	376	339	30
23	576	648	764	504	48	288	315	382	369	32
24	584	657	776	552	51	292	320	388	401	34
25	592	666	788	603	54	296	325	394	435	36
26 (max)	600	675	800	657	—	300	330	400	471	—

Bonus points

Many actions performed in-game give the player a number of bonus points. There are a wide variety of point-giving actions, ranging from hitting another player with an item to picking up a coin or simply running into a traffic cone. The base points are modified by many multipliers and bonuses before being added to the player's score. The full formula to calculate the bonus points of a single action, as given in the game's FAQ, is as follows:

• base points for performing action
• × multiplier from kart's favored course
• × multiplier from kart's level
• + increase from kart's special skill
• + increase from glider's special skill
• + combo bonus
• + driver's bonus-points boost
• + kart's bonus-points boost
• + glider's bonus-points boost

The final result is rounded up to the nearest whole number. Each of these items is covered in detail in the following sections.

Action base points

Each action in a race has a default number of points associated with it, called the base points of the action.

Item actions

These actions are performed with specific items or in Frenzy mode.

Item-based actions
Action	Base points	Cause	Item(s)
Banana accuracy	25	An opponent hits a Banana held or dropped by the player	File:MKT Icon TripleBanana.pngFile:MKT Icon BananaBarrels.pngFile:MKT Icon LuckySeven.png Indirect: File:MKT Icon GiantBanana.pngFile:MKT Icon YoshiEgg.pngFile:MKT Icon BirdoEgg.png
Birdo's Egg accuracy	25	A Birdo's Egg hits an opponent or is hit by an opponent while held	File:MKT Icon BirdoEgg.png
Blooper deployed	10	A Blooper sprays ink on an opponent	File:MKT Icon LuckySeven.png
Bob-omb accuracy	25	An opponent hits a Bob-omb or is caught in its blast	File:MKT Icon Bobomb.pngFile:MKT Icon DoubleBobomb.pngFile:MKT Icon BobombCannon.pngFile:MKT Icon LuckySeven.png
Boomerang accuracy	25	A Boomerang Flower hits an opponent or is hit by an opponent while held	File:MKT Icon BoomerangFlower.png
Bowser's Shell accuracy	25	A Bowser's Shell hits an opponent or is hit by an opponent while held	File:MKT Icon BowserShell.png
Bubble	10	The player spends time equivalent to a Glide Time inside a Bubble (AddScoreIntervalWhileItemType018)
Bullet Bill accuracy	25	The player hits an opponent while using a Bullet Bill, or with a mini Bullet Bill in Frenzy mode	File:MKT Icon BulletBill.png
Coin	5	Occurs twice when the player rolls a Coin item
Dash Ring	10	The player touches a Dash Ring activated by any driver	File:MKT Icon DashRing.png
Destroyed a Spiny Shell	100	The player uses a Super Horn when a Spiny Shell is nearby	File:MKT Icon SuperHorn.pngFile:MKT Icon LuckySeven.png
Fire Flower accuracy	25	An opponent hits a Fire Flower fireball thrown by or circling the player	File:MKT Icon FireFlower.png
Frenzy action	1	The player uses an item in Frenzy mode
Frenzy Finish	100	The player finishes the race while in Frenzy mode
Frenzy strike!	25	The player hits an opponent in Frenzy mode (excluding Mega Mushroom and Heart Frenzy)
Giant Banana accuracy	25	An opponent hits a Giant Banana held or dropped by the player	File:MKT Icon GiantBanana.png
Green Shell accuracy	25	An opponent hits a Green Shell held or thrown by the player	File:MKT Icon GreenShell.pngFile:MKT Icon TripleGreenShell.pngFile:MKT Icon LuckySeven.png Indirect: File:MKT Icon YoshiEgg.pngFile:MKT Icon BirdoEgg.png
Heart	25	The player activates a Heart (outside of Frenzy mode)
Heart accuracy	25	The player hits an opponent while in Heart Frenzy mode
Ice Flower accuracy	25	An opponent hits an Ice Flower snowball thrown by or circling the player	File:MKT Icon IceFlower.png
Lightning accuracy	5	A driver is hit by Lightning activated by the player
Mega Mushroom strike!	25	The player hits an opponent while mega	File:MKT Icon MegaMushroom.png
Mushroom	10	The player uses a Mushroom item	File:MKT Icon TripleMushroom.pngFile:MKT Icon LuckySeven.png
Red Shell accuracy	25	A Red Shell thrown by the player hits an opponent or is hit while held	File:MKT Icon RedShell.pngFile:MKT Icon LuckySeven.png
Repelled a Blooper	100	The player uses a Super Horn as a Blooper is preparing to hit	File:MKT Icon SuperHorn.pngFile:MKT Icon LuckySeven.png
Spiny Shell accuracy	25	A Spiny Shell hits or bombs an opponent	File:MKT Icon SpinyShell.png
Spiny Shell dodged!	50	The player uses a Mushroom item to avoid a Spiny Shell when the latter is nearby	File:MKT Icon TripleMushroom.pngFile:MKT Icon LuckySeven.png
Super Horn accuracy	25	The player hits an opponent with a Super Horn	File:MKT Icon SuperHorn.pngFile:MKT Icon LuckySeven.png
Yoshi's Egg accuracy	25	A Yoshi's Egg hits an opponent or is hit by an opponent while held	File:MKT Icon YoshiEgg.png

Object interactions

These actions are performed by interacting with hazards or other elements that appear on one or a few tracks.

Object interactions
Action	Base points	Object	Hit with	Track(s)
Barrel	10	Barrel	MegaMushroomBullet BillSuper Horn Bob-ombBowser's ShellGreen ShellRed ShellSpiny Shell Boomerang FlowerFire FlowerIce FlowerBirdo's EggYoshi's Egg	London Loop
Cheep Cheep	10	Cheep Cheep		3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon
Clampy	10	Clampy		3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon
Crate	10	Crate		London Loop
Jar	10	Jar / Snake jar		3DS Shy Guy Bazaar
Snake jar	10
Snow block	10	Snow block		SNES Vanilla Lake 1
Snowperson	10	Snowperson		DS DK Pass N64 Frappe Snowland
Traffic cone	1	Traffic cone		SNES Mario Circuit 1R, R/T GBA Bowser's Castle 1R 3DS Toad Circuit 3DS Daisy Hills R 3DS Rock Rock Mountain 3DS Neo Bowser City R 3DS Rainbow Road R New York Minute 1R Paris Promenade 1 Paris Promenade 2
Wooden cutout	10	File:Boo Wooden Cutout MKT.png Wooden cutout		SNES Ghost Valley 1 GCN Yoshi Circuit DS Luigi's Mansion Paris Promenade 1
Goat	10	Goat	MegaMushroomBullet BillSuper Horn Bob-ombBowser's ShellGreen ShellRed ShellSpiny Shell Boomerang FlowerFire FlowerIce FlowerBirdo's EggYoshi's Egg	3DS Daisy Hills
Goomba	10	Goomba		3DS Toad Circuit R 3DS Mario Circuit Paris Promenade 1
Sidestepper	10	Sidestepper		N64 Koopa Troopa Beach 3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon
Flying Shy Guy	?	Flying Shy Guy	MegaMushroomBullet BillSuper Horn Bob-ombBowser's ShellGreen ShellRed ShellSpiny Shell Boomerang FlowerFire FlowerIce FlowerBirdo's EggYoshi's Egg	3DS Shy Guy Bazaar
Piranha Plant	10	Piranha Plant		SNES Choco Island 2 GCN Yoshi Circuit SNES Choco Island 2 SNES Ghost Valley 1R Paris Promenade 1 Paris Promenade 2
Chain Chomp	?	Chain Chomp	MegaMushroomBullet BillSuper HornBowser's Shell	London Loop SNES Mario Circuit 2T 3DS Rainbow Road
Metal ball	10	File:MKT pinball.png Metal ball		DS Waluigi Pinball
Pipe	10	Pipe		SNES Mario Circuit 1 SNES Ghost Valley 1R SNES Mario Circuit 2 SNES Mario Circuit 3 SNES Choco Island 2T SNES Vanilla Lake 1 GCN Yoshi Circuit 3DS Toad Circuit 3DS Daisy Hills 3DS Mario Circuit Paris Promenade 1
Rolling rock	10	Rolling rock		3DS Rock Rock Mountain
Snowball	?	Snowball		DS DK Pass
Thwomp	10	Thwomp		GBA Bowser's Castle 1 Tokyo Blur 2
Train	10	Train		N64 Kalimari Desert
Star Thwomp	10	Star Thwomp	Bullet BillSuper HornBowser's Shell	SNES Rainbow Road
Gate Spin!	10	Finish Line gate	Bob-omb	3DS Rock Rock Mountain 3DS Neo Bowser City
Star Ring	10	Star Ring		3DS Rainbow Road SNES Rainbow Road R/T

General actions

These actions can be performed on most or all tracks.

General actions
Action	Base points	Cause
Coin	5	The player touches a coin on the track
Dash Panel	10	The player touches a Dash Panel
Glide Time	10	The player spends a certain amount of time gliding (based on AddScoreIntervalWhileGlide)
Item deflected!	5	The player deflects an incoming projectile with the item on their kart
Item destroyed!	5	The player hits a stationary item with one of their own items
Jump Boost	10	The player hits a ramp, Jump Boost field, or other jump at speed
Mini-Turbo	5	The player releases a blue Mini-Turbo
Mushroom	10	The player touches a Mushroom on the track
Payback	50	The player lands a hit on an opponent who had landed a hit on them earlier in the race
Rocket Start	10-30	During the countdown, the player presses the screen and releases before "GO!" appears
Slipstream	30	The player receives a Slipstream speed boost
Smash	50	The player hits a small opponent while normal-sized to flatten them
Super Mini-Turbo	15	The player releases an orange Super Mini-Turbo
Ultra Mini-Turbo	30	The player releases a pink Ultra Mini-Turbo

Tour-exclusive actions

A few tours have introduced elements to every track that give points with a special message when interacted with. These actions have also had one or more associated spotlight drivers, to whom the action awards far more base points.

Tour-exclusive actions
Action	Base points	Special base points	Special drivers	Cause	Tour(s)
Happy Holidays!	10	110		The player hits a festive tree with an item or while invincible	Winter, London, Holiday
Happy New Year!	10	60		The player hits a kadomatsu with an item or while invincible	New Year's

Interim rank points

Points are earned when crossing a Finish Line to begin lap 2 or enter another segment of the track. The points earned depend on the player's position and the engine class used. 200cc is considered identical to 150cc here, as it is across the rest of the points calculation. The action triggered also allows one extra second on top of your normal combo time before the next action.

Interim rank points
Action	Base points
1st place!	50	100	200
2nd place!	40	80	160
3rd place!	30	60	120
4th place!	25	50	100
5th place!	20	40	80
6th place!	15	30	60
7th place!	10	20	40
8th place!	5	10	20

Kart bonus-points multiplier

The base points of the action are first multiplied by the bonus-points multiplier of the kart, determined in two parts. The first part is a simple multiplier dependent on the kart's tier on the course: top-tier karts receive a x2 bonus, middle tier karts receive x1.5, while bottom-tier karts receive the default x1. A further multiplier is applied based on kart rarity and level, as shown in the below table. The multipliers stack, so x1.1 on top of x2 becomes x2.2.

Kart level multiplier
Level
1	1.0	1.05	1.1
2	1.05	1.1	1.15
3	1.05	1.1	1.15
4	1.1	1.15	1.2
5	1.1	1.15	1.2
6	1.15	1.2	1.25

Special skill boost

Every driver, kart, and glider has a special skill that separates it from the others. For drivers, the special skill is a unique item, such as the Boomerang Flower or Coin Box; these are covered in the "Item Actions" section above. For karts, the special skill is a boost to a general action, such as Mini-Turbo or Jump Boost, which awards more points and a bigger speed boost when performed. For gliders, the special skill is a boost to a general item, such as the Banana or Super Horn, which increases the chance of rolling that item and awards more points for landing a hit (or simply using the item, in the case of Mushrooms). The point bonus for kart and glider actions is added directly to the score after the multipliers, and depends only on the item's rarity; it is not affected by level or course tier.

Kart skills

Kart special skill boosts
Special skill	Bonus points			Awarded actions
File:MKT Icon DashPanel.png Dash Panel Plus	5	10	15	Dash Panel
File:MKT Icon JumpBoost.png Jump Boost Plus	4	6	8	Jump Boost
Mini-Turbo Plus	2	3	4	Mini-Turbo Super Mini-Turbo Ultra Mini-Turbo
File:MKT Icon RocketStart.png Rocket Start Plus	30	50	80	Rocket Start
Slipstream Plus	10	20	40	Slipstream

Glider skills

Skills with missing points values mean there are no gliders of the given rarity with that skill, as of the Ice Tour. Note that the Coin and Mushroom boosts only apply to rolled items, and not those picked up from the track.

Glider special skill boosts
Special skill	Bonus points			Awarded actions
Banana Plus	10	20	—	Banana accuracy
Blooper Plus	5	—	—	Blooper deployed
File:MKT Icon Bobomb.png Bob-omb Plus	—	20	30	Bob-omb accuracy
File:MKT Icon BulletBill.png Bullet Bill Plus	—	20	30	Bullet Bill accuracy
Coin Plus	—	—	3	Coin (item)
File:MKT Icon GreenShell.png Green Shell Plus	10	20	30	Green Shell accuracy
Lightning Plus	—	5	8	Lightning accuracy
File:MKT Icon MegaMushroom.png Mega Mushroom Plus	10	—	30	Mega Mushroom strike!
Mushroom Plus	5	—	15	Mushroom (item)
File:MKT Icon RedShell.png Red Shell Plus	—	20	30	Red Shell accuracy
File:MKT Icon SuperHorn.png Super Horn Plus	—	20	30	Super Horn accuracy Repelled a Blooper Destroyed a Spiny Shell

Combo bonus

when performing multiple actions within a short period of time, you receive a combo bonus for each successive action. The length of time allowed depends on the level and course tier of the glider used, though time limits are suspended while gliding, riding in a Bubble or in Frenzy mode. The combo points themselves, however, only depend on the glider's tier on the course. The first action in a combo is awarded a combo bonus of 0, and successive actions each get an increase depending on glider tier:

• Top-tier: bonus increases by 3 points with each action
• Middle-tier: bonus increases by 2 points with each action
• Bottom-tier: bonus increases by 1 point with each action

There is also a cap to the combo bonus that depending on engine class:

• 50cc: actions beyond the 6th receive the same bonus as the 6th
• 100cc: actions beyond the 11th receive the same bonus as the 11th
• 150/200cc: actions beyond the 16th receive the same bonus as the 16th

This leads us to the following table for max combo bonus:

Maximum combo bonus points
Glider tier
Top-tier	15	30	45
Middle-tier	10	20	30
Bottom-tier	5	10	15

Bonus-points boost

Perhaps the most confusing part of the points system, the bonus-points boost is a single points bonus that is added to every single action performed, up to and including the 200th. The driver, kart, and glider are each considered separately in calculating the bonus. If an item in use is top-tier for the course and at level 2 or above, its bonus points boost is determined by the following formula:

• Item base points
• × (item level - 1)
• × (cc / 30,000)

where 200cc is still treated as 150cc. As an example, say you have a level 3 Bowser, maxed out at 675 base points, and you use him for a 200cc race at Bowser's Castle 1T, one of his top-tier courses. Then the bonus-points boost would be:

• Base points: 675
• × (lvl 3 - 1) = 1350
• × (150 / 30,000) = 6.75

Thus, you would earn 6.75 extra points per action. Let's say you also use the Bull's-Eye Banzai at level 2, but with minimum 200 base points:

• Base points: 200
• × (lvl 2 - 1) = 200
• × (150 / 30,000) = 1.00

The kart would thus be worth a meager 1 point per action. Finally, on the opposite end of the spectrum, say you use a level 6 Swooper, with max 400 base points:

• Base points: 400
• × (lvl 6 - 1) = 2000
• × (150 / 30,000) = 10.00

Your total bonus-points boost for this setup would be 17.75 points per action. You can earn up to 40 bonus points per action in this manner if you use a maxed-out level 6 High-End driver, kart, and glider. The bonus-points boost is reapplied at the end of the race, effectively doubling its total; more on that in the final section.

Position points

At the very end of the race, points are given based on the player's level and finishing position, along with another helping of the bonus-points boost. Nintendo gives the position points formula as:

• Base position points
• × position bonus
• + driver's bonus-points boost
• + kart's bonus-points boost
• + glider's bonus-points boost

Base position points

The base points you earn for finishing 1st are called base position points. These range from 2000 to 4980, depending on player level and engine class:

Player lvl	Base position points			Player lvl	Base position points			Player lvl	Base position points
1	2000	2200	2400	34	3260	3460	3660	67	3940	4140	4340
2	2050	2250	2450	35	3280	3480	3680	68	3960	4160	4360
3	2100	2300	2500	36	3300	3500	3700	69	3980	4180	4380
4	2150	2350	2550	37	3320	3520	3720	70	4000	4200	4400
5	2200	2400	2600	38	3340	3540	3740	71	4020	4220	4420
6	2250	2450	2650	39	3360	3560	3760	72	4040	4240	4440
7	2300	2500	2700	40	3380	3580	3780	73	4060	4260	4460
8	2350	2550	2750	41	3400	3600	3800	74	4080	4280	4480
9	2400	2600	2800	42	3420	3620	3820	75	4100	4300	4500
10	2450	2650	2850	43	3460	3660	3860	76	4120	4320	4520
11	2500	2700	2900	44	3480	3680	3880	77	4140	4340	4540
12	2540	2740	2940	45	3500	3700	3900	78	4160	4360	4560
13	2580	2780	2980	46	3520	3720	3920	79	4180	4380	4580
14	2620	2820	3020	47	3540	3740	3940	80	4200	4400	4600
15	2660	2860	3060	48	3560	3760	3960	81	4220	4420	4620
16	2700	2900	3100	49	3580	3780	3980	82	4240	4440	4640
17	2740	2940	3140	50	3600	3800	4000	83	4260	4460	4660
18	2780	2980	3180	51	3620	3820	4020	84	4280	4480	4680
19	2820	3020	3220	52	3640	3840	4040	85	4300	4500	4700
20	2860	3060	3260	53	3660	3860	4060	86	4320	4520	4720
21	2900	3100	3300	54	3680	3880	4080	87	4340	4540	4740
22	2930	3130	3330	55	3700	3900	4100	88	4360	4560	4760
23	2960	3160	3360	56	3720	3920	4120	89	4380	4580	4780
24	2990	3190	3390	57	3740	3940	4140	90	4400	4600	4800
25	3020	3220	3420	58	3760	3960	4160	91	4420	4620	4820
26	3050	3250	3450	59	3780	3980	4180	92	4440	4640	4840
27	3080	3280	3480	60	3800	4000	4200	93	4460	4660	4860
28	3110	3310	3510	61	3820	4020	4220	94	4480	4680	4880
29	3140	3340	3540	62	3840	4040	4240	95	4500	4700	4900
30	3170	3370	3570	63	3860	4060	4260	96	4520	4720	4920
31	3200	3400	3600	64	3880	4080	4280	97	4540	4740	4940
32	3220	3420	3620	65	3900	4100	4300	98	4560	4760	4960
33	3240	3440	3640	66	3920	4120	4320	99 (max)	4580	4780	4980

Position multiplier

When finishing in a rank other than 1st, a simple multiplier is applied to the base position points, with diminishing returns for lower ranks:

• 1st: x1.00
• 2nd: x0.85
• 3rd: x0.75
• 4th: x0.65
• 5th: x0.55
• 6th: x0.45
• 7th: x0.35
• 8th: x0.20

Bonus-points boost

The driver, kart, and glider each apply their bonus-points boost again at the end of the race. The formula is largely unchanged, but an extra step is added:

• Item base points
• × (item level - 1)
• × number of actions (capped at 200)
• × (cc / 30,000)

Since the same boost is applied to each action during the race, this will be roughly equal to the bonus-points boost earned throughout the race, although it tends to be slightly less due to the favorable rounding on individual actions' boosts.