How to Read Your Mythic Plus Rating in WoW Retail

Open Group Finder and select the Mythic+ Dungeons panel to see your rating in World of Warcraft Retail. Your overall rating summarizes your best qualifying results across the season's dungeon pool. Inspect the individual dungeons to see where a new result can help. Running the same level again can be good practice, but you need to improve a result that contributes to your rating to raise the total.

Read the overall number and the dungeon entries

1. Open Group Finder with I if you use the default binding, then open the Mythic+ panel.
2. Find the overall rating for the character you're playing. Check that you're looking at the current season.
3. Hover or inspect each dungeon's entry. Look at your recorded result, including the key level and completion time where shown.
4. Find an uncompleted dungeon or one with a result weaker than the others. Check what key level you can reasonably complete there before applying to a group.

Read the dungeon entries before drawing conclusions from the total. Two players with the same rating can have very different experience. One may have played every dungeon at a similar level, while another has strong results in a few and little experience in the rest. If you want to know how ready you are for a specific dungeon, your result for that dungeon is a better place to start.

Understand what makes a new result count

Key level and performance against the dungeon timer affect the score for a run. A new run helps your overall rating when it improves the result the system is using for that dungeon. Repeating a lower key won't reduce an existing better result. Repeating a familiar key can still be worthwhile for gear, weekly progress, or practice.

Don't assume that any higher key automatically improves your score. Finishing more slowly can change the result. Check the recorded time and the score report once the dungeon ends. A run that goes over time can still be useful for other objectives even when it fails to improve your rating.

If you see a result for the dungeon but your total doesn't move, compare the new run with the previous one. Check whether the interface shows an improvement for that dungeon, rather than looking only at the fact that you completed a key. Your previous result may still be the one that counts.

Choose a key based on your current record

Start with a missing dungeon if you can do it safely. A first result there can add to the rating while giving you practice with a route you haven't completed this season. If every dungeon already has a result, look for the one where a realistic increase in level or a cleaner timed run would help most.

For example, if most of your dungeons are timed at around the same level but one is several levels behind, work on that one before spending the evening repeating your strongest dungeon. Read the major mechanics, practice any boss you're unsure about, and tell the group what sort of run you intend to do.

Consider the people you're playing with. A slightly easier run that the group knows how to time can be a better choice than a harder run where everyone is learning a different mechanic. Once the group can complete the route reliably, raise the level and check whether the score improves.

Keep rating separate from other weekly goals

The Great Vault and Mythic+ rating use results for different purposes. If your goal is a Vault choice, read the Vault panel and check the number and difficulty of completions it requires. If your goal is rating, check your weakest relevant dungeon result. A run can help one goal and leave the other unchanged.

If you use a third-party score display, compare its season and character with the in-game panel before troubleshooting a mismatch. Give the result time to appear if you just finished the run. When asking a group about a key, state the dungeon and the level you want to attempt so everyone can judge the run itself.

After each improvement, look again at the dungeon list. The next best target can change as soon as you fill a gap. That habit gives you a concrete goal for the next session instead of treating the overall number as the only measure of progress.