Gear Score

Information is mostly up to date, some minor things are outdated. Hover for more details.Gear Score last updated on: Patch:6.6#Patch 6.
Dark and Darker is currently on update: Patch:6.7#Hotfix 74.

Description

Each item in your team's inventory is worth a particular Gear Score value. The highest Gear Score across your whole team is then used to place you into 1 of 3 brackets used for Match Making. These brackets only affect the gear scores of the players you're matched with; they don't affect Monsters' stats, loot rarity, etc.

Items in your inventory that aren't equipped also contribute to this Gear Score, even excess consumables.

Item's Gear Score

Different Items provide different Gear Scores.

As of a recent update, utility items of poor and common rarities no longer count towards gearscore

Note: Stacks of items count gear score for each item in the stack. For example, a stack of 3x green Potions will contribute 3x6=18 gear score.

Weapons

Two-Handed
Rarity	Gear Score
Junk	1
Poor	2
Common	4
Uncommon	45
Rare	60
Epic	90
Legend	120
Unique	175

Primary Weapon One-Handed
Rarity	Gear Score
Junk	1
Poor	1
Common	2
Uncommon	27
Rare	36
Epic	54
Legend	72
Unique	125

Secondary Weapon One-Handed
Rarity	Gear Score
Junk	1
Poor	1
Common	2
Uncommon	21
Rare	28
Epic	42
Legend	56
Unique	100

Armors

Head, Hands, Foot
Rarity	Gear Score
Junk	1
Poor	1
Common	1
Uncommon	12
Rare	16
Epic	24
Legend	32
Unique	40

Chest, Legs, Back
Rarity	Gear Score
Junk	1
Poor	1
Common	1
Uncommon	15
Rare	20
Epic	30
Legend	40
Unique	50

Accessories

Necklace, Ring
Rarity	Gear Score
Junk	0
Poor	0
Common	0
Uncommon	9
Rare	12
Epic	18
Legend	24
Unique	30

Utilities

Utility
Rarity	Gear Score
Junk	0
Poor	0
Common	0
Uncommon	6
Rare	8
Epic	12
Legend	16
Unique	20

Note: Items that are both Weapons and Utilities follow the Utility rule, not the Weapon rule

Exceptions

The following are exceptions to the above mentioned rules. They are only exceptions if listed below.
If an item is not listed below it follows the above Gear Score conventions.

Misc

Misc items do not have any Gear score.

Example Misc Items:

Misc are any items that cannot be equipped by anyone such as Coin Purses, Arrows, Bolts, Treasure, Hunting Loots, etc.

Gold Coin Purse

Arrow

Bolt

Diamond

Troll Pelt

Brackets

Ironmace can change this very easily due to matchmaking being server sided , so this information can easily get out of date.

Normals brackets

• Low Gear Bracket(0-24)
• Moderate Gear Bracket(25-124)
• High Gear Bracket 125+

HR brackets

• Minimum threshold for entry (225+)

Game will take the gear score of the highest player and put you in that bracket.

History

• Hotfix 58: Experimental minimum Gear score in HR of 225
• Hotfix ? but before HF58: Brackets changed to 0-24, 24-124, and 125+ for Normals
• Hotfix 52-1: Poor/Common Utilities are now worth 0 GS. Poor/Common Weapons and Armor are now worth less GS. Brackets changed to 0-24, and 25+ for Normals, no brackets for HR
• Hotfix 46: Junk/Poor/Common Gear score decreased significantly for Weapons and Armor (specifics at the patch note page)
• Patch ?: Brackets changed from 1-199, 200-399, 400+ to 1-299 and 300+
• Patch ?: Gear Score mechanic released