Krillion

What is Krillion?

Krillion is a free daily trivia game played in the browser at krillion.io. Once a day, every player in the world sees the same seven prompts — anything from "name a coffee shop chain" to niche knowledge questions — and races to type an answer for each before the timer runs out.

The official tagline sums up the whole game in one line: "Rare answers sink you deeper." Correctness is only the floor — a wrong answer scores nothing no matter how obscure it is. Once an answer is accepted, its rarity decides the reward: the obvious pick that thousands of players also typed bobs near the surface for a handful of points, while a correct answer almost nobody found sinks all the way down to the jackpot tier.

Krillion Wiki is a fan-made reference for the game, and this page is the hub for everything gameplay-related. Below you'll find how a daily dive works, how the six rarity tiers turn answers into points, what your final score and depth mean, and the habits that reliably push answers deeper — each linked to a full guide elsewhere on the wiki.

How a daily dive works

Each Krillion day has one dive, and the dive has a fixed rhythm:

1. Seven shared prompts. Every player gets the same seven prompts for the day, so scores are always comparable. The prompt families rotate — places, brands, wordplay, pop culture — and the wiki keeps a running breakdown of Krillion prompt categories.
2. 25 seconds per prompt. The clock is short by design. The fastest idea in your head is usually the crowd's answer too, so the game rewards a brief pause before you commit.
3. Correctness first. Answers are validated before they score, and some correct-sounding entries are rejected outright — the answer validator guide explains why. A wrong answer scores nothing; correctness is the floor, rarity is the score.
4. Score, depth and bearing. The seven prompt scores add up to your dive total. Your depth is the total times ten — a 420-point dive sinks to 4,200m — and your total also maps to a named bearing band:

A new dive starts every day at the same time worldwide — what time does Krillion reset has the exact hour and timezone table — and the score calculator lets you test how swapping one answer from Rare to Deep Cut changes your total before you commit.

Rarity tiers at a glance

Krillion scores every accepted answer into one of six rarity tiers. The game rates how familiar an answer is: picks that occur to thousands of players land shallow, while correct answers that almost nobody thinks of sink deeper and are worth far more.

Two tiers are worth naming on their own. Too Clever is the "almost deep" tier: you dodged the obvious answer, but plenty of players had the same clever idea — treat it as progress. One in a Krillion is the jackpot that gives the game its name: a correct answer so uncommon you were, almost literally, one in a krillion.

There is no XP-style progression to grind — the tiers are the levels, they reset with every dive, and the bearing you finish with works as a per-day rank. The full tier dictionary, including how tier points interact with percentile-style standings, lives in Krillion rarity tiers explained.

Tips for deeper answers

Depth is a knowledge-positioning problem, not a speed problem. Four habits move answers deeper:

• Produce a second-best idea. The first answer that jumps to mind during the 25-second window is the crowd's answer. The single highest-value habit in Krillion is slowing down just enough to type your second-best idea instead.
• Audit your shallows. After each dive, find the answers that scored Plankton or Too Clever — those are your crowd-instinct tells. For each one, name the deeper sibling you could have given.
• Study real reveal sheets. Past dives are archived daily in the answer library, and every answer of the day page shows which answers reached Deep Cut and One in a Krillion — real examples beat abstract advice.
• Drill your weakest prompt family. If place-name prompts always sink you, work that family in isolation; the theme packs in the modes and packs guide concentrate one domain at a time.

The complete strategy set, including score-guarding tactics for unlimited mode, is in tips to beat your score.

Is Krillion free? Ads, unlocks and sync

Krillion is free to play — the daily dive costs nothing, and ads support the game. Per the official FAQ, any unlock removes ads across the whole site, so a single purchase cleans up the experience everywhere rather than per page. Signing in with a Google account keeps your streak and progress in sync across devices.

There is also an unlimited way to play beyond the daily dive: the unlimited dive guide covers how extra dives work and how they interact with your daily results. A full breakdown of what is and isn't behind a paywall is in is Krillion free.

Who makes Krillion?

Krillion is developed by a solo developer. The official FAQ states it directly — when asked whether the game is made by a team, the answer is "No, just me." The developer keeps a low public profile and is not officially named, so this wiki doesn't speculate. What is on the record: the answer pool aggregates dictionaries, wikis and encyclopedias with a personal curation pass, and the rarity ratings get a manual review on top of the automated familiarity scoring.

More background, including what the official FAQ says about the game's roadmap, is in who made Krillion. If you spot something on this page that has drifted out of date, the contact page reaches the wiki maintainer.