The following is an INCOMPLETE list of events that affect point totals in Mark of the Ninja. Please add or correct based on your own play.
| Kills |
| Title | Pts | Notes |
| Peasant's Death | +200 | Start a hand-to-hand fight with an enemy and then stab them when they fall |
| Imperfect Kill | +200 | Initiate kill animation but fail to press the correct button combination |
| Silent Assassin | +400 | Sneak up on a target, initiate kill animation and correctly press the displayed button combination |
| Leap of Faith | +400 | Perform a stealth kill from the side of a wall or ledge |
| Prowling Spider | +600 | Perform a stealth kill from inside a crawl space at ground level |
| Hangman's Hymn | +600 | Perform a stealth kill while spider dangling from a grapple point |
| Emperor's Abyss | +400 | Perform a stealth kill from below a guard while hidden under grating |
| Friendly Fire | +600 | One enemy kills another for you (commonly when guards are Terrorized) |
| Hound's Slumber (undetected) | +400 | Incapacitate a guard dog while undetected |
| Hound's Slumber (detected) | +200 | Incapacitate a guard dog while detected |
| Bloody Whisper | +800 | Use Bloody Whisper unlockable skill on a guard that has been Disabled |
| Slippery Slope | +600 | A guard dies by falling damage, whether because of being terrorized or being knocked off an edge. |
| Traitor's Coffin ** | +400 | While hiding behind a door, perform a from hiding stealth kill on a distracted guard. Immediately activates and stacks "Hidden Body (+250)" but removes you from hiding. |
| Object Kill | +600 | Kill one or more guards with an environmental set piece (e.g. a Chandelier) |
| Stealth |
| Title | Pts | Notes |
| Distracted | +150 | Environmental distraction (e.g. shattered street lamp) |
| Item Distracted | +150 | Use an item to create a distraction (e.g. Noisemaker) |
| Undetected | +200 | Undistracted guard passes you on patrol -or- terrorized guard passes you without being alerted |
| Power Disabled | +200 | |
| Lock Picked | +250 | |
| Body Hidden | +250 | Hide a body |
| Oblivious | +400 | Hide a body (successfully tested in doorway hiding spots) and have an undistracted guard unknowingly pass the hiding spot on his regular patrol |
| Guard Disabled | +250 | Incapacitate a guard (e.g. with Upgraded Smoke Bomb) |
| Extras |
| Title | Pts | Notes |
| Artifact Recovered | +500 | |
| [Special item?]* | +1000 | |
| Guard Terrorized | +300 | |
| Negatives |
| Title | Pts | Notes |
| Alarm Sounded | -800 | Will subtract immediately when alarm sounds (Guards can be killed before finishing calling in alarm requests and this will not be subtracted) |
* [Special item?] No text, just score update. Occurs when you pick up a Voice of the Hisomu Scroll,
possible there are other items. Will give you +1000 even if the scroll had been picked up in a previous run through the level.
** Note for Traitor's Coffin: To perform skill, you must unlock and purchase the Technique "A Brief Shadow,"
this skill will not trigger using the Technique "Twilight Gate."