Trick Shots & Killscore Multipliers

What Killscore Changes

Killscore is a post-kill value modifier: finish a creature with flair — spins, headshots, distance, improvised tools — and its sell price rises before you ever reach a merchant. It is an economy engine first and a style system second, and it stacks multiplicatively with cooking. Two achievements frame the range: Noob wants a kill with no multiplier at all, Impressive wants you to hit 5x.

Every Confirmed Modifier

These multiply together instead of adding. Point Blank alone is barely noticeable; chain four or five conditions inside the same second and the score compounds well past the 5x achievement gate.

Worked Payout Examples

• $18 Striped Bass killed with 360 + Headshot + Last Bullet: 18 × 1.5 × 1.25 × 1.25 ≈ $42.
• $450 Golden Tuna, same combo: ≈ $1,054.
• Add a full 1.5x cook on top of that Tuna: ≈ $1,581 for one frame-perfect fish.

Arithmetic uses the documented factor table above; underlying sell prices come from our fish database. Treat edge-case rounding in-game as authoritative.

The Reliable 5x Recipe: Seagull Hunting

1. Equip a hitscan gun — shotgun for close work, sniper when you want distance credit.
2. Find a low-health airborne seagull hovering over water.
3. Line up a long-range headshot: range + head + aerial target layers Fly Fishing, Headshot, and distance-flavored bonuses in one squeeze.
4. Fire mid-spin if you dare — 360 stacks on top and pushes marginal attempts over the line.

Need the opposite — a completely flat kill for Noob? Pick a motionless ground creature and empty your magazine from plain range: no spins, no headshots, no last-bullet drama. Flatness is the achievement.

Where to Practice

Never practice on bosses. The ideal dojo is a lone starter-beach critter whittled to a sliver — plenty are cataloged in the fish database — so failures cost seconds, not ammo runs. Once triggers feel automatic, graduate to live targets during normal play and let the practice pay for itself.