Classic mode: ten throws, every ring counts
Classic is the mode everything else is measured against. Ten throws, no target restrictions, highest total wins. It is also the mode where the throwverse bonus quietly decides your score.
The rules
Classic gives you ten throws. Every ring scores — there is no "wrong" landing except a complete miss outside the board. Your final score is the sum of every throw, multiplied along the way by your distance, any power-up you rolled, and your current combo, plus the throwverse bonus at the end.
Because every ring pays, Classic is the most forgiving mode for building a combo: any landing inside the outer ring counts as a scoring hit and keeps your streak alive. That single fact shapes the whole strategy.
The throwverse bonus usually decides the game
Land three or more throwverses in a single game and you bank 250 points for the third, and another 250 for every one after it. It is a flat bonus — no distance multiplier applies to it — but it is large enough to dominate the scoreline.
| Throwverses | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonus | +250 | +500 | +750 | +1,000 | +1,250 | +1,500 |
Ten throws at Medium distance, released cleanly through the centre, should produce roughly eight or nine throwverses — a bonus in the region of 1,600–1,750 points. The same ten throws at Master distance produce one or two centres on average, which usually means no bonus at all.
So which distance should you actually pick?
This is the question Classic really asks. The per-throw expected value climbs with distance, because the multiplier climbs faster than your accuracy falls. But the throwverse bonus pulls hard in the other direction. Putting both together for a ten-throw game, assuming a well-timed centre release every time:
| Distance | Multiplier | Centre hit rate | Throw points | Throwverse bonus | Approx. total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy | ×1 | ~100% | ~1,000 | ~+2,000 | ~3,000 |
| Medium | ×2 | ~87% | ~1,930 | ~+1,670 | ~3,600 |
| Hard | ×3 | ~50% | ~2,620 | ~+750 | ~3,370 |
| Expert | ×4 | ~26% | ~3,100 | ~+140 | ~3,240 |
| Master | ×5 | ~14% | ~3,400 | ~0 | ~3,400 |
Modelled from the game's own variance and multiplier constants, before combo multipliers and power-ups. It assumes a perfectly-timed centre release on every throw, which nobody achieves — real totals sit below these, and the gap widens as distance increases.
The headline: Medium is the value pick in Classic, and Easy is closer than it looks. Master wins on raw throw points but forfeits the bonus that Medium collects almost every game. Only once your centre-release timing is genuinely reliable does pushing past Hard start to pay.
Keep the combo alive — it is free
Every consecutive scoring throw raises your multiplier by 0.2, capping at ×2 from the sixth hit onward. In Classic any landing on the board scores, so your combo should essentially never break. If it does, you threw off the board entirely.
This is why the outer rings are not wasted throws in Classic. A 10-point Ring 5 landing still advances your combo, and that combo is multiplying every throw that follows. Read the combos and bonuses guide for the full curve.
A ten-throw routine that works
- Throws 1–2: calibrate. The reticle takes a fresh random path every throw, but its sweep rate is fixed by your distance. Use the first two throws to lock onto that rhythm rather than chasing the dot.
- Throws 3–8: hunt centres. This is where the bonus is won. Commit to the centre crossing every time; a Ring 2 near-miss still pays 75 base and keeps the combo.
- Throws 9–10: count. If you are sitting on exactly two throwverses, every remaining throw is worth an extra 250 on top of its face value. Take the centre. If you already have five or six, the marginal centre is still 250 — take it anyway.
There is never a good reason to play safe in Classic. The bonus structure only rewards centres, and the combo does not care which ring you hit.