Game modifier / Hidden (mod)

Compatible game modes: Variant (osu! ... In osu! ... Unlike osu! ... By default, in osu! ... In osu!mania, the Hidden mod is a variant of the Fade In mod. The current version of the Hidden mod in osu!

Contests / Monthly Beatmapping Contest

catch) autofanboy rew0825 N/A Results May 2021 (osu!) DeviousPanda kuyusu kuyusu Results May 2021 (osu! ... taiko) Jaltzu Ph0eNiiXZ N/A Results May 2021 (osu!mania) Kawawa lemonguy N/A Results June 2021 (osu!) ... kuyusu ScubDomino kuyusu Results June 2021 (osu!catch) Jemzuu Unlucky_w N/A Results July 2021 (osu!) ... bIG data fowwo bIG data Results November 2023 (osu!mania) tyrcs oct4 oct4 Results December 2023 (osu! ... acnozei 0ppInOsu fowwo Results February 2024 (osu!mania) Disguise tyrcs tyrcs Results March 2024 (osu!

Beatmap / Circle size

Other values can be used by manually editing the .osu file of a map. osu! In osu! ... Circle size is derived through the following formula: r = 54.4 - 4.48 * CS Where r is the radius measured in osu! ... pixels, and CS is the circle size value. osu!taiko In osu!taiko, circle size does not affect gameplay. osu!catch In osu! ... catch, circle size determines the size of the catcher and the fruit. osu!mania In osu!mania, circle size refers to the key count.

Game modifier / Flashlight (mod)

In osu! ... And similarly to osu! ... This also requires complete memorisation of the beatmap. osu!catch In osu!catch, the Flashlight mod's behaviour is the same as in osu! ... And due to the nature of osu!catch, the visible area is notably larger than in osu! or osu!taiko. ... Much like osu! and osu!taiko, this also requires complete memorisation of the beatmap. osu!mania In osu!

Beatmap / Overall difficulty

The maximum allowed hit error for each hit object in osu! and osu!mania, centred on the hit object's correct time, is defined by the tables below. ... Note that in the stable version of osu!, hit windows in osu! and osu! ... This is because in osu! and osu!taiko, a hit is considered inside a hit window if hit error < round(hit window), while in osu! ... For example, the hit window of a Great in osu!taiko at OD 5 is ±34.5 ms, instead of the ±35 ms the table gives. In osu! ... 300 80 - 6 × OD 100 140 - 8 × OD 50 200 - 10 × OD osu!

Staff log / Staff log 2018

Alumni (2018-01-08) Moved spboxer3 from osu! Alumni to Global Moderation Team (2018-01-09) Moved Atrue from Global Moderation Team to osu! ... Alumni (2018-01-18) Moved Pittigbaasje from Global Moderation Team to osu! Alumni (2018-01-27) Moved Elfin from Global Moderation Team to osu! ... Alumni (2018-01-28) Moved Fycho from osu! Alumni to Quality Assurance Team (2018-01-29) Moved Myxo from osu! ... Alumni (2018-09-04) Moved Doyak from Global Moderation Team to osu! Alumni (2018-09-09) Moved Mir from Quality Assurance Team to osu! ... Alumni (2018-11-07) Moved Pereira006 from osu!

BruinGG tournaments / SoCal Fall Festival

SoCal Fall Festival The SoCal Fall Festival is an upcoming 1v1 osu! tournament hosted by BruinGG in collaboration with Gaucho Gaming and osu! UCI. ... In addition to the osu! ... supporter tag, Cooler Master CK552 with Gateron Red switches 8 months of osu! supporter tag, Cooler Master MM720 , 4th place 6 months of osu! ... supporter tag Organisation There are five organizers for the osu! ... Fe (Scientia#3691) Links Discord server Forum thread Rules Related Discord servers BruinGG Gaucho Gaming osu!

People / Featured Artists

Featured Artists Featured Artists (FA) are music artists that have worked with osu! ... The osu! team sometimes collaborates with artists to create new tracks for use in osu!, called osu! originals. ... All songs in the Featured Artist program are non-exclusively licensed for use in osu!. ... The work-in-progress development build of osu!, dubbed osu!(lazer), will mark these maps prominently in-game. ... Featured Artists with osu! accounts Featured Artists with an osu!

Gameplay / Score

ScoreV1 ScoreV1 is the colloquial name for the original, default scoring system in osu!. ... While commonly referred to by a single name, the algorithm itself deviates quite a lot depending on the active game mode: osu! and osu! ... catch use a strictly combo-based score multiplier applied on score values for each hit object osu! ... For detailed descriptions of how ScoreV1 works in each game mode, see: osu! osu!taiko osu!catch osu! ... , drumrolls for osu!taiko, and bananas for osu!catch.

News styling criteria

Anyone interested in contributing to or writing news posts, reach out in the #osu-news channel of the osu! Discord server. ... servers (i.e. assets.ppy.sh) or be placed in the osu-wiki GitHub repository. ... Preferred: "osu!", "osu!taiko", "osu!catch", "osu! ... , "taiko", "catch", "mania" Acceptable: "OSU!", "OSU!TAIKO", "OSU!CATCH", "OSU! ... MANIA", "TAIKO", "CATCH", "MANIA" (in contexts where text is styled in uppercase) Not acceptable: "osu!standard", "standard", "osu", "Osu!"

Gameplay / Combo burst

In osu! and osu!catch, a character will burst out from either the left or right side of the window. ... In osu!taiko, a collection of flowers will burst behind pippidon. In osu!mania, a character will burst from the right side of the stage by default. ... For osu!, osu!taiko, and osu! ... For osu!mania, the stars will shoot out from the left and right sides of the stage. Note: Combo bursts can be disabled in the options.

Staff log / Staff log 2010

January Moved James from osu! Alumni to Beatmap Approval Team (2010-01-25) Moved DawnII from osu! ... Alumni to Beatmap Approval Team (2010-01-26) Moved kingcobra52 from osu! ... Alumni (2010-06-19) Moved Takuma from Beatmap Approval Team to osu! Alumni (2010-06-24) Moved Rolled from osu! ... Alumni to Beatmap Approval Team (2010-06-25) Moved Alace from osu! Alumni to Beatmap Approval Team (2010-06-25) Moved ztrot from osu! ... Alumni to Beatmap Approval Team (2010-06-25) Moved Mogsworth from osu!

Guides / Tablet purchase guide

Tablet purchase guide If you've been playing osu! ... Tablet Vendors osu!store Notice: The osu!store no longer sells osu!tablets. ... For osu! ... For osu! ... For osu!

Contests / Twin Trials Contest

Links Contest listings osu! osu!taiko osu!catch osu! ... Mapping judge panel 6 months of osu!supporter, Elite Mapper contest points, Mappers' Pick profile badge 4 months of osu! ... catch wwwww, Rocma, Greaper, Chatie osu! ... See the Twin Trials - Voting phase news post for more details. 4 months of osu!supporter, Community Pick profile badge 2 months of osu! ... supporter each Expert playlist leader: 1 month of osu!

Beatmapping / Combo

Combo (or comboset) refers to a set of hit circles and sliders in osu! and osu!catch beatmaps. ... Each combo starts with a hit object marked with a new combo. osu!taiko and osu!mania do not use combos. osu! In osu! ... More health is recovered with Geki and Katu hit scores, which can be given from the last hit object in a combo. osu!catch In osu!

Guides

Guides Below is a sorted list of guides created by members of the osu! community, most of which originated from the osu! ... forums and have been ported over to the osu! wiki. ... Custom sample overrides How to change a map's artist or title How to resolve BSS issues How to start a beatmap project How to time Songs Music theory osu ... the correct beat Using custom hitsounds Timing Songs with #/8 Signatures Modding Main page: Modding Common modding mistakes How to get your map modded osu ... OpenGL support issues Recording osu!

Staff log / Staff log 2019

Alumni (2019-04-10) Moved Protastic101 from Quality Assurance Team to osu! Alumni (2019-04-10) Moved Regraz from Quality Assurance Team to osu! ... Alumni (2019-09-04) Moved Yason from Global Moderation Team to osu! ... Alumni (2019-09-10) Moved Blaizer from Developers to osu! Alumni (2019-09-11) Moved Daru from Developers to osu! ... Alumni (2019-09-11) Moved mm201 from Developers to osu! Alumni (2019-09-11) Moved TheVileOne from Developers to osu! ... Alumni (2019-10-23) Moved Yason from osu!

Help centre

Account osu! ... When having problems with osu! crashing, if osu! doesn't give you a crash log the only place to find one is through Event Viewer. ... Press Ctrl + F and type osu! in the find box. It will find the first crash log from osu!. ... Frame Time Graph The Frame Time Graph is a feature of osu! ... When faced with tricky performance issues in osu!

Game modifier / Easy (mod)

If the player has no remaining lives and the life bar has dropped to zero, the play will fail like normal. osu! In osu! ... Note: The points mentioned above are elaborated upon in the "Let's talk Easy Mod" feature request to improve the mod. osu!taiko In osu! ... Unlike in other game modes, using the Easy mod in osu! ... catch In osu!catch, the effects the same as in osu! ... osu!mania In osu!mania, the effects are the same as in osu!

Game modifier / Auto (mod)

The Auto mod will always get an SS grade, with the exception of a few special cases. osu! In osu! ... , when encountered with a spinner, the Auto mod will spin to a maximum of 477 spins per minute (SPM) in a anticlockwise rotation. osu!taiko In osu! ... catch In osu! ... mania In osu! ... Trivia When watching an Auto replay, the username displayed in the leaderboard will be "osu!".

Beatmapping / New combo

New combos are an integral part to colourhaxing. osu! In osu!, each hit object has its own combo number and combo colour. ... Note: Spinners force the next hit object to start a new combo. osu!catch In osu! ... Unlike in osu!, fruits do not have a combo number. Other game modes osu!taiko and osu!mania do not use new combos.

Judgement / Geki

Geki comes from the Nintendo DS game Elite Beat Agents, which osu!'s gameplay is based on. Screenshots Other game modes osu! ... taiko Geki is only shown on the results screen for successful large note hits. osu!catch osu!catch doesn't have Geki. osu! ... mania Geki denotes a perfectly timed hit, and its osu!mania sprite is a rainbow-coloured 300, often called MAX. ... Storyboard DS Games Geki triggers the best tier on the storyboard during the gameplay, which usually shows very strong spirit during the sequence. osu!

Judgement / Katu

Katu See also: Geki Not to be confused with osu!taiko's Katu. Katu (喝), Katsu, or Beat! ... Katu comes from the Nintendo DS game Elite Beat Agents, which osu!'s gameplay is based on. ... Screenshots Gameplay in iNiS games Elite Beat Agents: Without a Fight/Jumpin' Jack Flash - YouTube Osu! Tatakae! ... Ouendan 2: Countdown - YouTube Other game modes osu! ... This value is not shown on the results screen. osu!mania In osu!mania, Katu is shown as a 200.

Vocaloid Mapping Contest / Vocaloid Mapping Contest 2

supporter, Elite Mapper contest points 3rd place 1 month of osu! ... Links Announcement news post osu! contest listing osu!taiko contest listing osu!catch contest listing osu! ... Judges osu! NatsumeRin, Noffy, Mafumafu, Natsu, Shanipika, Nyxa osu!catch Jemzuu, Greaper, autofanboy, Chatie osu! ... taiko Alchyr, aceticke, Hivie, Lumenite-, Jonarwhal- osu! ... - 3rd Cipse The Cuckoo Bird's Beautiful Youth - osu!

Game modifier / Relax (mod)

nature, the mod is typically utilised to analyse/practice difficult patterns on beatmaps, or for when players want to give their tapping hands a rest. osu ... In osu! ... , enabling the Relax mod only requires the player to hover their cursor over hit objects; all hit objects will be automatically tapped by osu!. ... taiko In osu!taiko, the Relax mod removes colour judgement: the correct colour for the note is hit regardless of the colour given. ... As opposed to osu!, the Relax mod in osu!taiko will display score, combo, and misses. osu!catch In osu!

Legal

Their links can also be found in the footer of the osu! website. osu! copyright policy osu! music licensing osu! privacy policy osu!

Game modifier / Hard Rock (mod)

In osu!, (along with the increase in difficulty settings) the Hard Rock mod flips the beatmap on it's X-axis (shown below). ... taiko In osu!taiko, the Hard Rock mod increases the slider velocity as well as the overall difficulty (OD). ... This mod is widely regarded as the most commonly used mod in osu! ... Which is even smaller than a typical score difference between a GREAT and GOOD hit (550 points at 100x combo or above). osu!catch In osu! ... mania Notice: Using this mod on osu!mania will result in an unranked play. In osu!

Featured Artists / Featured Artist playlists

Featured Artist playlists Featured Artist playlists are published in osu!(lazer) highlighting Featured Artist content across all game modes. ... Access the playlists via the play menu on osu!(lazer) and filtering by Featured Artists in the top right corner. ... Base scoring 1st 10 2nd 5 3rd 3 4–5th 2 6–10th 1 osu! ... and osu! ... , osu!taiko, and osu!

Guides / How to resolve BSS issues

Exit osu! (This is to make sure that the changes are applied properly.) Open the .osu difficulty files with any plain text editor (e.g. Notepad). ... This is located in the osu! installation folder. Open osu! again and try to upload your beatmap. ... Exit the beatmap editor and then delete the beatmap in osu!. Exit osu! ... Open the .osu difficulty files with any plain text editor (e.g. Notepad). Enter anything as username for the Creator, but do not use your username. ... Import it into osu! and try uploading it again. If this fails, you may want to create a new topic thread in the Help subforums to seek further help.

Twitter

Twitter osu! has several Twitter accounts, each serving specific purposes. ... Most are very low traffic but will help to keep you informed outside of the osu! ecosystem. ... @osu_nat News, announcements, and short community surveys by the NAT (not run by the osu! team). ... @osu_tcomm News and announcements of various types from the Tournament Committee (not run by the osu! team). ... Personal @ppy The osu! creator's personal Twitter account, which is not strictly related to osu!, but still covers a vast part of it.

Community / Manga

Manga This article lists osu!-related manga works made by the community. osu! Combat Championship The best osu! ... Default wants to improve at the rhythm game "osu!". She asks her friend pippi, but pippi doesn't give her a clear answer... ... NamiComi 2024-04-20 Corsace Closed 4koma Miscellaneous side stories centred around Corsace Closed: The Manga @corsace_ on Twitter (1, 2, 3, 4) 2024-04-23 osu ... Winner's Circle The adventures of Default and pippi as they work their way through the competition to become "osu! champions!"

Ranking criteria / Ranking Criteria Council

Only members involved in osu! ... Following its completion, the Ranking Criteria subforum was re-opened for community-submitted proposals. osu! ... members pishifat (Organizer) Okoratu (Organizer) Monstrata Zexous hehe Doyak Myxo Wafu Mir -Mo- Naxess Plaudible Shiirn osu! ... taiko members Okoratu (Organizer) Raiden (Organizer) Aldwych Arrival hikikochan Nardoxyribonucleic Nwolf qoot8123 OnosakiHito osu! ... catch members JBHyperion (Organizer) Deif (Organizer) He Ang CTB Kurokami Zak ZiRoX osu!mania members Note: The original osu!

Contests / A Labour of Love contest

Community vote Prizes Runner-up: 3 months of osu!supporter Winner: 6 months of osu! ... supporter Winner: 6 months of osu! ... supporter Winner: 6 months of osu! ... supporter + Overall runner-up profile badge Winner: 6 months of osu!supporter Overall winner profile badge Elite Mapper, Elite Storyboarder, and osu! ... mixer user titles Submission bundled with new osu!

Game modifier / Summary of game modifiers

Summary of game modifiers Main page: Game modifiers Note: All mods used in osu!mania will never increase the score multiplier. ... to osu!mania during play, not on osu!mania-specific beatmaps! ... 0.66x 0.70x 0.74x 0.78x 0.82x 0.86x 1.00x 0.90x 0.90x xK mod with Co-op score multipliers Notice: This table only affects beatmaps converted from osu ... to osu!mania during play, not on osu!mania-specific beatmaps. And as such, the Co-Op mod gives no penalty on osu! ... 0.90x 0.90x 0.90x 0.90x 7K 0.70x 0.78x 0.86x 0.90x 0.90x 0.90x 0.90x 0.90x 0.90x Inverse mods Note: All mods cancel out the Target Practice mod. osu

Client / Interface

These are the four you will see: is osu! is osu!taiko is osu!catch is osu! ... Circles: The total amount of hit circles (osu! and osu!taiko), fruits (osu!catch), or regular notes (osu!mania) in the beatmap. ... Sliders: The total amount of sliders (osu!), drumrolls (osu!taiko), juice streams (osu!catch), or hold notes (osu!mania) in the beatmap. ... Spinners: The total amount of spinners (osu!), dendens (osu!taiko), or banana showers (osu!catch) in the beatmap. ... Click on the Mode button to open a list of game modes available in osu!. Alternatively, you can press Ctrl and 1 (osu!), 2 (osu!taiko), 3 (osu!

Contests / triangles Beatmapping Contest

supporter Winner: 6 months of osu!supporter + Community Pick profile badge Mapper panel Focused on mapping content Prizes Runner-up: 3 months of osu! ... supporter Winner: 6 months of osu! ... supporter Winner: 6 months of osu! ... supporter + Overall runner-up profile badge Winner: 6 months of osu! ... supporter each Expert playlist leader: 1 month of osu!

Changelog

Changelog The changelog is a page where the osu! ... The changelogs for the website and osu! ... Changes to the changelog itself may be viewed in the ppy/osu-web repository on GitHub. ... On October 28, 2015, a graph with osu! ... Over the years, it has accumulated a vast collection of posts centred around osu!

Score / ScoreV1

ScoreV1 Index page for ScoreV1 articles. osu! osu!taiko osu!catch osu!mania

Game modifier / Co-op (mod)

The Co-op mod is a game modifier for osu! ... For osu!mania-specific beatmaps, the xK is split to half (e.g. 7K -> 4K + 3K = 7K). ... Score multiplier The following table only affects beatmaps converted from osu! to osu! ... 0.82x 1.00x 0.90x 0.90x 0.90x 0.90x 0.90x 0.90x 7K 0.70x 0.78x 0.86x 0.90x 0.90x 0.90x 0.90x 0.90x 0.90x Note: The Co-op mod gives no penalty on osu ... A detailed explanation about the second playfield can be found under Game mode/osu!mania § Co-op.

Community / Project Loved

Below are the listings where these submissions can be viewed: osu! submissions osu!taiko submissions osu!catch submissions osu! ... channel of the osu! ... The mapper is strongly encouraged to apply these suggestions, but they are not required to. osu!-specific criteria Beatmaps of the osu! ... Further information Most of the organisation and planning for Project Loved is done in the #osu-loved channel of the osu! Discord server. ... taiko Project Loved Discord server osu!catch Project Loved Discord server osu!mania Project Loved Discord server

Gameplay / Judgement

Judgement Game mode articles osu! osu!taiko osu!catch osu!mania Mechanics Combobreak Geki Katu Notelock Slider break

Staff log / Staff log 2012

Alumni (2012-04-29) May Moved Andrea from Beatmap Appreciation Team to osu! ... Alumni (2012-05-02) Moved Gonzvlo from Beatmap Appreciation Team to osu! ... Alumni (2012-05-25) June Moved Skyripper from osu! ... Alumni to Beatmap Appreciation Team (2012-06-26) July Moved jericho2442 from Beatmap Appreciation Team to osu! ... Alumni (2012-08-06) Added [Delirium] to Global Mod Team (2012-08-10) Moved Odaril from Beatmap Appreciation Team to osu!

Contests / Official beatmapping contest support

Beatmapping contests are eligible to receive support from the osu! team provided they meet certain criteria. ... For any queries or clarifications, please consult the #tournaments channel in the osu! ... For solo osu! contests, there should be at least 15 valid submissions. For solo osu!taiko, osu!catch, or osu! ... The judges may be anonymised publicly, but the osu! team may ask for un-anonymised judge details if necessary. ... s Featured Artist library or other songs explicitly permitted for use in osu!. The contest's initial announcement must be published on osu!'

Disambiguation / NM (disambiguation)

NM (disambiguation) NM can have multiple meanings: Normal mod The difficulty of a beatmap: NM, for osu!mania. Normal, for osu!. ... Muzukashii, for osu!taiko. Salad, for osu!catch.

Disambiguation / Easy (disambiguation)

Easy (disambiguation) Easy can have multiple meanings: The game modifier The difficulty of a beatmap: Easy, for osu!. Kantan, for osu!taiko. ... Cup, for osu!catch. EZ, for osu!mania.

Disambiguation / EZ (disambiguation)

EZ (disambiguation) EZ can have multiple meanings: The Easy game modifier The difficulty of a beatmap: EZ, for osu!mania. Easy, for osu!. ... Kantan, for osu!taiko. Cup, for osu!catch.

Help centre / Installation and registration

Installation and registration Main page: Help centre This section is dedicated to issues with installing osu! and creating your own account. ... Installation Main page: Installation How do I download osu!? Simply click Download now found at the centre of the official osu! website homepage. ... Registration Main page: Registration Where do I register for osu!? Download osu! through here, then run it.

Gameplay / Grade

Silver S and SS grades are only achievable when using the Hidden, Flashlight, or Fade In game modifiers. osu! ... Over 80% GREATs and no misses OR over 90% GREATs B Over 70% GREATs and no misses OR over 80% GREATs C Over 60% GREATs D Any other passing score osu ... catch SS 100% accuracy S 98.01% to 99.99% accuracy (an S rank is possible even with several misses, like in osu! ... mania) A 94.01% to 98.00% accuracy B 90.01% to 94.00% accuracy C 85.01% to 90.00% accuracy D Any other accuracy under 85.00% osu! ... mania SS 100% accuracy S Over 95% accuracy (an S rank is possible even with several misses, like in osu!

Modding / Kudosu

A user must have 200 kudosu in osu! or 150 kudosu in osu!taiko, osu!catch, or osu!mania in order to apply. ... , is a portmanteau of kudos and osu!.

Slider Velocity Showdown / Slider Velocity Showdown

Slider Velocity Showdown The Slider Velocity Showdown (SVS) was the first iteration of the osu! ... supporter 2 months of osu!supporter 1 month of osu! ... The chosen song must not breach the osu! song content rules; if you would not upload it to your profile, then do not use it here. ... Anything that violates the osu! rules will be disqualified. Each contestant is limited to a single difficulty of any level. Your map must be an osu! ... Sending in .osu files only is not allowed. If you do not know how to export a .osz file, please follow this guide.

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