SkyWars is one of the most played games on Hive, but above all, one of the longest to grind. With 600 levels and the competitiveness of the mode, the experience should be easier and faster to earn. I have played 37,000 games, more than 12,150 wins and 56,800 kills but I am only Prestige IV, and I still have 200 levels left. Many grinders are discouraged from grinding SkyWars because its XP distribution is still slow and requires a lot of effort and time.
To solve this problem, I have several ideas for XP improvements:
-----------------------Actual XP-----------------------
SkyWars (Solos, Duos & Squads):
Kill: 12XP
Team elimination bonus: 8XP
Killing the kill leader bonus: 10XP
Mystery Chest: 15XP
Win: 50XP
SkyWars Mega:
Kill: 10XP
Team elimination bonus: 8XP
Killing the kill leader bonus: 5XP
Mystery Chest: 10XP
Win: 50XP
-----------------------New XP-----------------------
SkyWars (Solos, Duos & Squads):
Kill: 15XP
Team elimination bonus: 8XP
Killing the kill leader bonus: 10XP
Mystery Chest: 20XP
Win: 100XP
To be among the 3 finalists: 25XP (Solo only)
Win as the kill leader bonus: 5XP
Every 10 ores mined: 2XP (max 10XP)
Use a spell: 2XP
SkyWars Mega:
Kill: 12XP
Team elimination bonus: 8XP
Killing the kill leader bonus: 10XP
Mystery Chest: 15XP
Win: 75XP
Win as the kill leader bonus: 5XP
Every 10 ores mined: 2XP (max 10XP)
Use a spell: 2XP
-----------------------Challenges-----------------------
I already made a post about this, I put the link here: Add a Challenges for SkyWars
Daily challenges should grant 100XP and main challenges should grant 500XP, just like the other minigames.
These XP changes would make the game more enjoyable, especially when you’re not very good at PvP, you could earn some XP in other ways (but NOT by camping).
If Hive plans to add more prestiges and levels to its games, then it must absolutely apply this XP change for SkyWars.
-----------------------Example of solo games-----------------------
If you play a game with the following results, without rank and with the current XP:
4 kills (final kill bonus), 1 Mystery Chest, 2 spells used, 25 ore mined, win as kill leader (among 3 finalists):
4x(12XP+8XP) + 15XP + 50XP = 145XP
145XP / (566,100x6) = 145XP / 3,396,600 (because 600 levels = 3.4M XP)
This means 0.0043% completion per game of this kind (with Ultimate rank it would be around 253XP so 0.0075%)
It takes an infinite amount of time. Literally.
So, considering that all our games end with a win with at least 4 kills, without rank:
23,100 wins. With rank, that would be 13,200 wins.
If you play a game with the following results, without rank and with the new XP:
4 kills (final kill bonus), 1 Mystery Chest, 2 spells used, 25 ore mined, win as kill leader, among 3 finalists:
4x(15XP+8XP) + 20XP + 2x2XP + 4XP + 25XP + 100XP + 5XP
250XP / 3,396,600 per game.
This means 0.0073% completion per game of this kind (with Ultimate rank it would be around 437XP so 0.0129%)
It would therefore require, considering that all our games end with a win with at least 4 kills and the other XP sources mentioned, without rank:
8,200 wins. This is already much more manageable, because with rank it would be 4,700 wins. If we take my winrate of 33% for 37K games, it would require 14,100 games, which is much more reasonable.
This XP system should be adopted, and absolutely if Hive adds Prestige 10 to SkyWars.
-----------------------Edits-----------------------
Edit 1 (30/08/2026) :
About the 3 finalists xp system :
I think it should be for all SkyWars modes.
Solo : Last 3 teams standing earn 25XP
Duos : Last 3 teams standing earn 25XP (alive players only)
Squads : Last 2 teams standing earn 25XP (alive players only)
Mega : Last 2 teams standing earn 25XP (alive players only)