Sorry, just back on this. It occurred to me that if one were to assume that Mana was in fact maxed out due to Empowered traits (as you said, unlikely), it would be akin to saying the bonuses for Mana Gen and Damage add up to .9, from your earlier equation:
Which I think can then be rejected, since it would leave that extra .4 that you mentioned unaccounted for 
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Basically, we now have an equation that can be verified or refuted based on othersâ findings. Most of the situations I tested involve controls (no gen mana, max mana, max damage, etc). But if we really want to test it, we need weird cases, like max mana but 2:1 damage.
From a min-maxer point of view, we already knew how to get most points from one of the first posts: use dayâs colors, win fast by overwhelming opponent and donât lose a troop, earning yourself as close to 5.2 multiplier as possible, or 9800 daily points.
But from the formula point of view, only more data points will fully confirm or deny. Now to do my fights, including keghammer and possibly a loss, then come back with results.
EDIT 1 (4x Keghammer on yellow day):
3170 points, 1170 without defense bonus.
1170/250 - 1 = 3.68
Our color bonus was 48% so 4 Ă .48 = 1.92
3.68 - 1.92 = 1.76 (matching earlier Keghammer fight)
Damage dealt: 94 from keghammers
Damage received: 5 from skull damage
No mana generated (unless considering empowered, which would be 48)
Enemy mana: 12
Conclusions:
A) If mana bonus 0:
Damage bonus = 1.76 - .4 - 46 = .9 (as above)
B) If mana bonus is max:
Mana + Damage = .9
And from full formula we would have:
5.2 - 1 - 2 (color) - .5 (turn) - .4 (survival) = Mana + Damage
5.2 - 3.9 = .9
1.3 != .9
B is not possible so that leaves A as the only possibility. Thus, Mana bonus must max out at .4 and Damage must be .9. Q.E.D. 
EDIT 2 (Widow queen on yellow day):
Team used:
Score: 803
803/275 - 1 = 1.92
Facts:
Turns: 12, so .38
Survival: .3 or .4 (guess weâre testing summons too)
Total enemy life + armor: 383 (384 from bloodthirst)
Total life + armor of sacrificed troop: 277
Total damage received: 39 [9 (3 troops hit by kraken trait), 1 (bloodthirst), 29 (skull)]
My mana:
Just from mana on troops, 120/22 > 4. Even removing mana from MC, and incorrectly using the maximum enemy mana, 108/26 > 4. So mana bonus must be maxed (unless 4:1 ratio is not maximum)
A) At .3 survival:
Damage bonus = 1.92 - .4 - .38 - .3 = .84
Based on .225 damage multiplier, this means .84/.225 = 3.733 ratio of damage dealt vs received.
B) At .4 survival:
Damage bonus = 1.92 - .4 - .38 - .4 = .74
Based on .225 damage multiplier, this means .74/.225 = 3.289 ratio of damage dealt vs received.
I donât see any way for the Widow Queenâs ally kill damage (277) to be included that would fit anywhere in that formula. Yet, if we disregard it entirely, damage should be maxed at .9 (closer to option A, which means any death subtracts from survival bonus, even if you summon something to take its place.)
On the other hand, maybe damage is maxed at .9 (as per fire bomb experiment in earlier post) but mana is the one thatâs missing either .6 or 1.6.
Would be happy to hear anyoneâs idea on what might be happening or what I mightâve overlooked.
NOTES: Both heroes has barriers that blocked some damage and Holy St. Astra had trait that blocked 25% of Widow Queenâs spell damage.
Faced low guild today: first opponent had all troops < 20 total Armor+HP, so Dust Devil +3 Ironhawk meant 1298 points on single cast kill.
Next opponent had a couple of 20+ total Armor+HP, so the kill was with 2 Dust Devil +2 Ironhawk, 2 turns, opponent just did a normal 3-gem match
Score was 1369 as per screenshot: any idea why so incredibly far from the ~1430 max?
Isnt the max 1560, not 1430? Since you took a couple turns, and the enemy collected mana, you wont be at max. @blindnighto can hopefully help with more precise info.
1560 on 2nd battle? i REALLY need to improve my GvG performance then!
Derp. Right. Each fight has different number of points. Help Blind lol.
The maximum multiplier is 5.2 per fight, so the max per fight is:
1300, 1430, 1560, 1690, 1820
for a total of 7800 per day (+2000 for defense)
Your data from first match matches what youâd expect: 250x5.19 = 1297.5, or 1298
Your 2nd match didnât take into account the mana multiplier. Your team did not generate any mana (empowered troops do not count as mana).
This means that instead of the 5.18 multiplier you expected from 2 turns, i.e. 1425 points, you got 4.98 multiplier (loss of .2), due to generating less mana than the enemy.
Thanks for the eloquent explanation: back to the drawing board for similar future cases.
I read the topic and itâs really interesting ! To be sure by the way, the current values are still :
And what about a defeat ? I often see something like 210 points when I lose the first round, and more likely 280 points when itâs the last round. So the bonus value should be around 0,8. How it is counted ?
You missed the 1 for winning.
E.g. the formula on this page https://gemsofwar.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000340936-Point-Scoring-for-Guild-Wars is:
FINAL_SCORE = BASE_SCORE + BASE_SCORE * (COLOR_BONUS + SURVIVAL_BONUS + SPEED_BONUS + MANA_BONUS + DAMAGE_BONUS)
BASE_SCORE = whatever value of the battle youâre fighting (250 for soldier - 350 for paragon)
COLOR + SURVIVAL + SPEED + MANA + DAMAGE = 4.2
So:
FINAL_SCORE = BASE_SCORE + BASE_SCORE * 4.2
FINAL_SCORE = BASE_SCORE * 5.2
MANA and DAMAGE are weird to track. There are many discussion in and out of the forum regarding what counts as mana/damage, whether barrier/submerge/entangle protect you and whether status effects count. But they add up to 1.3 (subtracting all the values you listed from 5.2).
Either way, all this can be boiled down to the following:
If you lose, by definition you wonât get the WIN and SURVIVAL bonus. Likely, youâll also have dealt less DAMAGE to your opponent and, if they looped you, you might also have much less MANA. As for COLOR, I always assumed it was based on the colors you went into the battle with. Meaning I assumed that if you went into the battle with 4 troops of the dayâs color, your lowest points would be BASE_SCORE * (2 + TURN_BONUS). However, the page says
TURN_BONUS = How many turns it takes you to win
So thatâll require more testing. Unfortunately, itâs green day and the enemy teams are are very very VERY difficult to lose to because they are so low level and thereâs no self-kill with green so I canât test the color bonus theory. Will try again next way and maybe get some closure on points when losing.
Hey folks,
I wanted to revive this one year old thread to maybe get some more details about the formula. But first some backstory to my research so far:
I read this thread almost one year ago and due to my nature and personal satisfaction I wanted to solve this puzzle the devs gave us here. I created an OO Calc sheet and filled it with my calculations and some research that has been done so far by @blindnighto, @Jonathan and @cyberkiwi.
Thx for your work
As a reminder the formula on the âofficialâ webside is:
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Due to my research I could figure out and confirm the following:
2 - (0.5 x Amount of troops and/or weapon in your starting team that DONâT match the color of the day)
Maximum Bonus: 2 x Basescore
0.01 x (50 - Actions performed by the player)
Maximum Bonus: 0.5 x Basescore
0.1 x Amount of missing troops and/or weapon at the end of the battle
Iâm pretty sure that summoning a new troop, once one of your troops/weapon died, will give the same score as no troop/weapon ever died. So it only matters how many troops are alive at the end of the battle.
Maximum Bonus: 0.4 x Basescore
The 5.2x multiplier they could figure out was very helpful and is probably mostly correct since it gives me always the same results.
Basescore x 5.2 - Basescore x (CB + (0.5 - SB) + (0.4 - MTB)) = Your Score without the following:
The Mana Bonus (MB) and the Damage Bonus (DB) are currently still unsolved and there also must exist a hidden Loose Bonus (LB).
The combined MB + CB seems for me to be something between
0.01 x Basesecore and 0.3 x Basescore
The LB is a bit strange and gives me headaches.
My lowest score I could achieve by loosing on purpose was 102 points.
My highest scores NEVER went over the Basescore (Which is the proof for the false formula from the âofficialâ webside).
I was also able to proof that Deathmark and Devour you enemies are not that devastating as most people think since they still give you the full score based on the other boni.
What Iâm currently lookin for and where Iâm lookin for some volunteers to help me:
For all of the battles I need the exact endscore, which enemy type it was (Soldier - Paragon) and the exact amount of actions you performed.
Edit: If you have any suggestions, what else could be tested, let me know 
The formula only applies when you win, not when you lose.
Each one seems to contribute [base score] * max(0, min(4, [your number] / [their number])) / 8
They only matter indirectly, through the damage ratio bonus. Instant kills donât change the damage counter.
Doesnât change the score, color gets factored in at the start, troops at the end.
IF their formula is still correct, what I doubt.
But anyways I tried several attempts and lost on purpose with similar results.
When CB was 2 I got 203 - 206 points.
When CB was 0 I got only 102 - 104 points.
That leads me to an assumption that there is a specific divider of your score if you loose (or vise versa a multiplier if you win).
