Rank Roadmap

The Rank-Up Cost Formula (Live)

The cost to rank up is not read from ranks.yml — it is computed live in RankManager.calculateRankUpCost():

The prestige multiplier (1 + prestige × 0.5) is what makes each prestige cycle progressively harder — without it, every P0→P10 climb would cost the same, and prestiging would be trivially fast.

The Full Rank Ladder (Prestige 7 sample costs)

Below is the complete ladder with the live cost at Prestige 7 — the "standard endgame" prestige. Multiply by the prestige factor for other tiers (P0 = 1.0×, P5 = 3.5×, P8 = 5.0×). Costs shown are cost to rank up TO that rank, not cumulative.

E = Exa (10^18), P = Peta (10^15), T = Tera (10^12), G = Giga (10^9).

The Eight Tiers of the Cursus Honorum

The 100 ranks are grouped into eight thematic tiers, each representing a phase of the Roman political career. Tier names match the section comments in cursus_honorum.yml:

The Sell-Multiplier Curve

Each rank grants a sell multiplier on all mined-block income. The curve is set in ranks.yml multipliers: map and roughly tracks 1.0 + (rank-1) × 0.015:

The sell multiplier stacks multiplicatively with prestige, Sarcina, and booster multipliers — a Rank 100, Prestige 10 player with a +50% prestige multiplier and a Sarcina Lv 10 (+10%) gets 2.49 × 1.50 × 1.10 = 4.11× on every sell before boosters and enchants.

What Unlocks at Each Rank

Prestige — The 25-Tier Reset Ladder

At Rank cap, you can /prestige to reset rank to 1 in exchange for a permanent multiplier and a new Roman title. The cost scales by 1,000,000 × 1.8^(level-1) Denarius plus 100,000 × 2^(level-1) Auctoritas. Aureus is NEVER minted by gameplay — only the cursus-honorum milestones award it.

Prestige Multiplier Formula

Each prestige tier grants five multipliers, all linear in the tier level:

Multipliers are applied to the gross value before tax. See Prestige for the full effects list per tier.

The Cursus Honorum Milestones

cursus_honorum.yml defines bonus rewards at prestige 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 — each fires a server broadcast and grants currency:

The Prestige Reset — What You Keep and Lose

/rankskip — Bypass with Aureus

You can skip the entire prestige cycle (Rank 1 → cap → prestige) with the /prestige skip command, paying Aureus:

skip_cost(level) = 15 × 1.15^(level-1)

There is a 30-second cooldown between skips. Skip is silent — no server broadcast — so it doesn't spam chat if you chain multiple tiers.

Recommended Roadmap for New Players

1. R1 → R10 in Day 1. Cheap rank-ups + the Rank-10 broadcast. Mine starter ores, buy token_boost + fortune.
2. R10 → R25 in Week 1. Iron ore unlocks, critical_strike + beacon_boost enchants open up. First Sarcina upgrades (Capacity Lv 5, Autosell Lv 3).
3. R25 → R50 in Month 1. Diamond ore at R50. Push Sarcina Multiplier to Lv 10. Begin saving for first prestige.
4. First prestige around R100. Don't rush — you want Lv 25+ on your core enchants so the next climb is faster.
5. Each prestige cycle: 1–4 weeks. With +5%/$ per prestige, the loop accelerates.
6. P5 unlocks pet rewards + 1,000 ⬡. A natural milestone for the mid-game.
7. P10 unlocks Aureus rewards. Save for /rankskip on later cycles.
8. P25 = Summus Deus. The eternal endgame. Expect months of play.

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