Krillion Rare Tier (60 Points): What It Really Takes
Rare is Krillion’s third tier: 60 points, 600 meters of dive depth, for an answer that is clearly correct and clearly uncommon. It is the line where a dive starts feeling good — above the textbook answers, below the true obscurities.
The Rare tier in the data
Counted from every daily sheet we have logged since launch — July 16 through September 17, 2026, 64 days and 448 prompts:
| Tier | Score | Depth | Total answers | Avg per prompt | Most in one prompt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rare | +60 | 600 m | 13,451 | 30.0 | 347 |
Average basis: the tier appears in all 448 logged prompts.
Rare answers average 30 per prompt — far fewer than Deep Cut's 138.8, because the rarity bar is higher. The tier sits at the shoulder of the inverted pyramid: answers here are individually uncommon enough that most players never consider them, but not so obscure that only specialists know them. It is the widest band of 'achievable obscurity' in the game.
Real Rare examples
From launch day's "name an animal whose name starts with K" prompt — July 16, 2026's sheet shows the full roster these came from:
- Katydid — the leaf-mimicking insect
- Kestrel — the small hovering falcon
- King crab — the giant cold-water crustacean
How to land Rare consistently
Rare is the first tier your second instinct reaches. The habit: hear the prompt, deliberately skip the answer everyone will type, and take the next association that is still safely valid.
Our first-answers guide teaches the four-second skip-and-sweep routine with real sheets.
Drill the instinct in practice mode — real past dives, real tiers, no timer and no risk.
Neighbors on the ladder
One tier down is Schooler (30 points) — the textbook answer you learned in school. One tier up is Deep Cut (85 points), where answers get genuinely obscure.
Landing Rare doubles a Schooler’s score; reaching Deep Cut from Rare is a further 25-point climb that usually requires real domain knowledge.
The full six-tier ladder — scores, depths and fresh examples from the latest dive — lives on the rarity tiers pillar.
Frequently asked questions
What does Rare mean in Krillion?
Rare is the third rarity tier, worth 60 points — 600 meters of dive depth at 1 point per 10 meters. It marks an answer that is clearly valid but clearly uncommon: most players never think of it, yet it needs no specialist knowledge to accept.
How many Rare answers does a Krillion prompt have?
Across 448 logged prompts, Rare averages 30.0 answers per prompt and totals 13,451. The most Rare answers ever seen on one prompt is 347. For comparison, Deep Cut averages 138.8 per prompt — Rare rosters are far shorter because the bar is higher.
Is a Rare answer good in Krillion?
Yes — 60 points beats Schooler (30), Too Clever (15) and Plankton (10), and a full dive of Rares scores 420 points, well above average. Consistent Rare-plus play is exactly what the strategy guides on this site train, before you start hunting Deep Cuts.