Progression System

Ranks & Progression

Every member starts as a Ronin. Earn your place through activity, fair play, and community involvement.

⚔️
Ronin
New recruit. Every member begins here. Welcome to the Empire.
🗡️
Ashigaru
Foot soldier. You've been active and shown you belong here.
🏹
Samurai
Dedicated warrior. Trusted, skilled, and well known in the community.
🐉
Hatamoto
Elite guard. A pillar of the community and an event organiser.
👑
Shogun
The council. You lead the Empire.
⚔️ ——→ 🗡️ ——→ 🏹 ——→ 🐉 ——→ 👑
Rank Details

Perks by Rank

Each rank unlocks new perks in addition to everything below it.

⚔️
Ronin

New recruit. Every member begins here. Welcome to the Empire.

  • ✓Access to all public servers
  • ✓Access to Discord general channels
  • ✓Welcome from the community
🗡️
Ashigaru

Foot soldier. You've been active and shown you belong here.

  • ✓All Ronin perks
  • ✓Dedicated Ashigaru Discord channel
  • ✓Ability to suggest server changes
  • ✓Priority queue on full servers
🏹
Samurai

Dedicated warrior. Trusted, skilled, and well known in the community.

  • ✓All Ashigaru perks
  • ✓Samurai Discord lounge
  • ✓Exclusive Samurai role cosmetics (per-game)
  • ✓Early access to beta servers & events
🐉
Hatamoto

Elite guard. A pillar of the community and an event organiser.

  • ✓All Samurai perks
  • ✓Hatamoto Discord command channel
  • ✓Ability to host official community events
  • ✓Reserved server slots on all servers
  • ✓Staff-direct communication channel
👑
Shogun

The council. You lead the Empire.

  • ✓Full admin perks
  • ✓Shape the future of RoninEmpire
  • ✓Votes on major community decisions
  • ✓Direct line to server infrastructure
Progression

How Do I Rank Up?

🎮
Be Active Play on the servers regularly and participate in the Discord. Rank-ups are based on consistent activity over time.
🤝
Be a Good Community Member Help newcomers, follow the rules, stay out of drama. Staff notice who contributes positively.
📋
Staff Review Rank promotions are reviewed and approved by the Shogun council. There is no formal application for member ranks — just be yourself and the ranks will come.
⭐
Want to be Staff? Hatamoto and Shogun ranks are staff positions. When applications are open, you can apply here.