List of Island "Pick Ups"

[Karl Jak]

Another clarifying note -- Your 'final ranking' is determined by your total Pick Ups.

Maybe I don't need to clarify, but this means how many of the drops you grab. Killing/Defeating someone and taking their stuff might allow you to get Artefacts to beat out the rest of the people, but what you 'scavenge' won't count for your 'final ranking' (unless you scavenge the Main Quest Items and win the game, in which case -- good on you).

tl;dr - you gain nothing by sitting around and not going after stuff, unless you hope to pull a fast one at the end game (good luck)