What Is Merit In PUBG ? And Why You Should Care About It

PUBG Mobile is a very popular battle royale title in the world. In the game, if you take a look at your profile, you will find that you have a thing called Merit points sitting at the corner of your profile. So what is Merit in PUBG? I am glad you asked because that is something you really should know if you care about your PUBG Mobile account.

In this article, we will give you the answer to these questions What is Merit in PUBG Mobile? Why is it so important? And how to increase it?

 1.What is Merit in PUBG?

In PUBG Mobile, they have a system to measure the behaviors of players, and it is Merit. All players in PUBG Mobile start with 100 Merit points. You can check your Merit points in your PUBG Mobile profile. There is also a Merit History that keeps track of how your Merit points increased and decreased.

The maximum amount of Merit in PUBG Mobile a player can obtain is 100 and the minimum is 0.

Your Merit points will represent your behaviors in the game. It will be decreased if you have some inappropriate behaviors in the game such as being racist, cheating, team killing,... PUBG Mobile uses these points to make sure players will have a good overall playing experience.

2. Why you should care about Merit in PUBG?

So what is it about these Merit points that you should care about? Well, if you have low Merit points in PUBG Mobile, you will be taken away certain privileges and get penalties. The lower the Merit point you have, the worse it will become. Basically, you would want to keep your Merit points in PUBG Mobile above 90 points and absolutely don't let it fall below 60 points.

Low Merit Penalties

Here is the list of penalties you will get when your Merit points reach certain thresholds.

• 60 - 90 points: You will get a 30% reduction on your Battle points and Experience points.
• 60 points or less: You will not be able to find multiplayer matches in Duo or Squad when your Merit points are lower than 60. Also, you will get a 50% Battle points and Experience points reduction.
• 0 points: You will get a week ban.

Things that reduce your Merit points

• Teaming up with a cheater: You will not get punished the first time. Within a 7-day period, for each time you do it again, you will lose 15 Merit points.
• Team killing (detected by system): The first time, you will lose 10 Merit points. The second time within 7 days, you will lose 15 Merit points. After that, you will lose 30 Merit points each time.

• Team killing (reported by players): Get reported for killing teammates will be even worse. The first time, you will lose 20 Merit points. The second time within 7 days, you will lose 30 Merit points. After that, you will lose 60 Merit points each time.
• Cheating: Your account will get banned and you will lose 60 Merit points when the ban period is over.

100 Merit points perks

• The maximum daily BP earned is increased by 200.

3. How to increase Merit in PUBG?

When you have less than 60 Merit points, you cannot find matches in Duo or Squad mode anymore. If your Merit points somehow get reduced to less than 60 points, you need to increase Merit point in PUBG Mobile if you want to play with other players again.

So how to get 60 Merit in PUBG? In order to get back your Merit points, the only way is to play Classic Solo matches with good behaviors. The better your results in a match, the more Merit you will earn.

• Top 10: You will get 3 Merit points.
• 11th - 50th place: You will get 2 Merit points.
• 50th place to 100th place: You will get 1 Merit point.

So basically, in order to get more Merit points as possible, you need to play as many Solo matches as possible with good results. The best map to do this is Livik map because it is the smallest map in PUBG Mobile. With a size of only 2x2 km, it will take you around 10 minutes on average at most each match.

Also, make sure you don't violate the rule of PUBG Mobile while playing. The amount of Merit reduction is much more than the amount of Merit you can earn. Otherwise, you will have to keep playing Solo forever.

>>> Read more: 5 Best Sub-Machine Guns In PUBG Mobile Season 19