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# Ranks

Ranks provide long-term progression through the Survival server. Advancing can unlock additional commands, utilities, storage, or other perks.

## Check your progression

* Use `/ranks` to open the current rank menu, requirements, and perks.
* Use `/rankup` when you meet the requirement for your next rank.

The in-game menu is authoritative. Rank prices, challenge requirements, and perks may be rebalanced, so verify the displayed requirement before spending money or completing a progression step.

## Progression order

The published progression path is:

1. Initiate
2. Recruit
3. Apprentice
4. Innovator
5. Creator
6. Novice
7. Explorer
8. Pathfinder
9. Artisan
10. Adept
11. Savant
12. Expert
13. Guardian
14. Noble
15. Vanguard
16. Sovereign
17. Commander
18. Overseer
19. Archon
20. Paragon

Some steps use money while milestone ranks may require completing a trial or progression path. Open `/ranks` for the current requirement and the exact perks granted at each step.

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Complete the introductory tutorial before focusing heavily on rank progression. It introduces systems that later rank requirements may use.
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