TBC Arena Point Calculator
Enter your team rating to see how many arena points you earn each week in The Burning Crusade. The calculator uses the formula from patch 2.2 onward, compares all three brackets and works out how many weeks you need for the gear you want.
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How arena points are calculated
Every week, at the weekly reset, each arena team that played enough games earns points based on its team rating. From patch 2.2 onward the formula is the same:
Rating above 1500: points = 1511.26 ÷ (1 + 1639.28 × e−0.00412 × rating)
That gives the points for a 5v5 team. A 3v3 team gets 88% of it and a 2v2 team 76%, rounded down. The curve rises fastest between about 1600 and 2100 rating and flattens out above 2400, where the formula can never go past 1,511 points for 5v5.
Arena points by rating
| Team rating | 5v5 | 3v3 | 2v2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,200 | 278 | 244 | 211 |
| 1,300 | 300 | 264 | 228 |
| 1,400 | 322 | 283 | 244 |
| 1,500 | 344 | 302 | 261 |
| 1,600 | 465 | 409 | 353 |
| 1,700 | 607 | 534 | 461 |
| 1,750 | 683 | 601 | 519 |
| 1,800 | 760 | 669 | 578 |
| 1,850 | 838 | 737 | 637 |
| 1,900 | 914 | 804 | 694 |
| 1,950 | 986 | 868 | 749 |
| 2,000 | 1,054 | 928 | 801 |
| 2,100 | 1,174 | 1,033 | 892 |
| 2,200 | 1,270 | 1,117 | 965 |
| 2,300 | 1,342 | 1,181 | 1,020 |
| 2,400 | 1,395 | 1,227 | 1,060 |
| 2,500 | 1,432 | 1,260 | 1,088 |
Who gets points
- 10 games a week. Your team must play at least 10 rated games in the week.
- 30% participation. You personally must have played in at least 30% of your team's games that week.
- Best team only. If you are on a 2v2, a 3v3 and a 5v5 team, you get the points of whichever pays the most, not all three.
- Cap of 5,000. You can't hold more than 5,000 arena points. Anything over the cap is lost, so spend points before you get close.
Example
A 3v3 team at 1800 rating earns 669 points a week. If you need 3,000 points and have none, that is 5 weeks. Push the same team to 2000 rating and it earns 928 a week, which cuts the wait to 4 weeks.
Tips
- 5v5 pays the most per rating point, but it is harder to find five players. Many players keep a 5v5 team just for points.
- Play your 10 games early in the week so you can't miss the minimum.
- Some gear also needs a personal rating, which is separate from the points you earn. Check the item before you save for it.
- Honor and arena points are different currencies. For the old honor rank system see our vanilla calculator.