The VAULT is ADC’s flagship weekly darts series — a high-energy, structured competition designed to bring players of all levels together in a fast-paced format. You play at your local venue, earn ranking points every week, and the best performers progress from local events all the way to regional finals, national finals and beyond.
Think of it as a darts ladder that anyone can climb: turn up, play, earn points, move up.
All VAULT events are played IN PERSON, at real venues, on real boards. There is no online play. You register online (via DartsAtlas), but you turn up and play at the venue on the night.
No — and this is the key thing to understand. Each region runs a 7-week series, and every VAULT event held in that region combines into the same series. One night is just one event; the series is the competition.
The night’s winner takes the prize money on the night — but the series ranking is what carries you to finals.
Any ADC member. There are no ability requirements, no invitations, no trials — if you have a membership and there’s a VAULT event near you, you can enter. Beginners are genuinely welcome; the format and the LEVEL UP pathway (see below) are built so that developing players have their own route to finals, not just the top guns.
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Registration opens on DartsAtlas.com 7 days before each event. Popular venues sell out — enter early rather than on the day.
7 weeks, followed by finals. Then a new series starts and 12 more national-finals spots are up for grabs.
Even if you don’t make the knockouts, a full group gives you 5 matches — guaranteed darts for your entry fee.
With 4 boards running simultaneously and short formats (best of 3 / best of 5), a full 24-player event typically runs through in one evening. Groups play first, knockouts follow straight after.
Marking (also called chalking) means scoring a match — recording the scores on the tablet/board for two other players. It’s how every darts night in the world runs, and everyone shares the load:
By entering, you agree to complete all your matches and fulfill your marking duties. Leaving early without completing them can lead to sanctions (see Conduct, below).
Tell the organiser as early as you possibly can — use the Contact button on the DartsAtlas event page to message them directly. Life happens — but no-showing without notice hurts the draw and the other 23 players.
The event still runs — it’s just tiered BRONZE or SILVER for points depending on turnout. Fewer players also means a better shot at a deep run, though for fewer points.
Yes — if an event doesn’t reach the minimum entries needed to run, it will be cancelled.
Don’t enter unless you can stay to complete all your matches and any marking duties you’re allocated. This is the single most common way players get in trouble.
This is taken seriously. Real example from the UK series: a player left the venue before the quarter-finals not realising he was down to mark one, and received a 1-week suspension from all VAULT events. The marking allocations aren’t voluntary — bottom of each group marks a quarter-final, losing semi-finalists mark on, one marks the final. If you’re ever unsure whether you’re needed, ask the organiser before you leave. “I didn’t know” doesn’t lift a suspension.
Yes. Your entry buys you a place in an event where everyone shares the marking — that’s what keeps a 24-player night moving on 4 boards. Group markers are allocated, and knockout marking falls to the players knocked out at set stages.
Use the Contact button on the DartsAtlas event page to message the organiser directly, as early as possible — a no-show without notice hurts the draw and 23 other players, and repeat offences can be sanctioned.
Every VAULT event earns you points based on how far you go. How many points depends on the size of the event that night:
BRONZE event (5–8 players)
Stage | Points |
Group stage | 1 |
Semi-final | 2 |
Runner-up | 4 |
Champion | 8 |
SILVER event (9–16 players)
Stage | Points |
Group stage | 1 |
Quarter-final | 2 |
Semi-final | 4 |
Runner-up | 8 |
Champion | 16 |
GOLD event (17–24 players)
Stage | Points |
Group stage | 1 |
Quarter-final | 4 |
Semi-final | 8 |
Runner-up | 16 |
Champion | 32 |
Bigger fields = more points. Winning a packed GOLD night is worth four times a small BRONZE night.
Your points attach to the region where the event is played — not the region you’re from.
Example: you live in the Eastern region but you play an event in the Western region. Those points go on the Western table.
You are free to play anywhere you wish — enter events in any region, any venue — but the points always stay with the table where the event was held. If you regularly play across two regions, you’ll be building two separate rankings, one on each table.
It rewards quality over pure grinding. A player who can only make one night a week can still compete on the table with someone who plays four — you can’t buy the rankings by volume alone.
Points attach to the regional table where the event is HELD, not where you live. If you’re chasing a finals spot, concentrate your events in the region whose table you want to climb.
Yes — enter any VAULT event you like, anywhere in the country. Your membership covers all of them.
Yes — qualification comes from the ranking table, and you rank wherever you play. Live in one region, top-12 in another? You’ve qualified through the region where you earned the points.
They link together. Every event in your region — every venue, every night — combines into the same 7-week series. The night’s winner takes the cash on the night, but every result also earns series points on the regional table.
Each series has its own qualification race (top 12 / top 16 / top 32 per series). A new series is a fresh chance to qualify — a bad series never buries you.
No. Extra events can only replace weaker results or leave your ranking unchanged. There is zero downside to playing more.
Every leg you play at a VAULT event is scored on DartsAtlas, and your 3-dart average is tracked across the series automatically. Every stat and recording is on the ranking site at adcthevaultlevelup.netlify.app — your average, your points, your position, all updated after every event.
All VAULT and LEVEL UP ranking tables — plus finals qualification standings — live at adcthevaultlevelup.netlify.app, updated after every event. DartsAtlas shows event-by-event results, and links are shared on the ADC website and social channels.
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Entry fees feed the series prize funds and finals — the money at the end of the ladder:
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This is the heart of the VAULT: every series, multiple pathways open up depending on where you finish.
The top 12 players per series, per region qualify for the VAULT National Finals. Every series adds 12 new qualifiers, building toward a stacked national finals field.
The VAULT National Finals will have a starting pot of £100,000 (combined UK & Ireland) — and a percentage of every single entry adds to that pot. Every £6 entry, every venue, every week grows the prize the qualifiers play for.
The National Finals are also your route to the MODUS Super Series — televised darts against the best amateur players in the world. Qualify through your region, perform at the National Finals, and the biggest stage opens up, with a GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP spot for the winner.
The top 16 per series share the regional prize fund even if they miss the top-12 cut.
Regional leaders qualify for Finals Day (held in the weeks after the 7-week series). Finals Day is:
VAULT is open to all players of all abilities — and the LEVEL UP system is what makes that real. At the end of each series, there are LEVEL UP Regional Finals in three average bands:
Something for everyone: whatever your level, you’re racing against players of a similar standard for a genuine finals spot — the top-tier players can’t gatecrash your category. And it doesn’t stop at regionals: players in these categories also have the opportunity to qualify for the National Finals in their category.
Bottom line: whatever your level, there’s a route out of your local venue and into a final.
VAULT is open to all players of all abilities — and the LEVEL UP system is what makes that real. At the end of each series, there are LEVEL UP Regional Finals in three average bands:
Something for everyone: whatever your level, you’re racing against players of a similar standard for a genuine finals spot — the top-tier players can’t gatecrash your category. And it doesn’t stop at regionals: players in these categories also have the opportunity to qualify for the National Finals in their category.
Bottom line: whatever your level, there’s a route out of your local venue and into a final.
Sanctions escalate:
Nobody wants to use them — turn up, play your games, mark when it’s your turn, and you’ll never hear about them.
The venue puts $100 cash into the prize fund on the day of each event