Ranking and Grading

In the Tower, Weapons, Inventory Items, Wands, Pockets, Lighthouses, Mobiles and even the different skills mastered by Rankers and Regulars (e.g. Intelligence, Weapon Mastery) are all given ranks according to their level.

Both Rank and Grade are used in this relation and bear the same meaning.

We do not yet know by who or how these ranks are decided. But it is safe to assume that a Ranker's or a Regular's ranking will change as he/she gains strength and obtains more skills.

This Rank and Grade is not to be confused with the (overall) rank that only Rankers have and which is given by the Ranking Administration Office. ==What follows about the ranking of people has been wrongly extrapolated from the stat cards that have become obsolete . Besides in his last blog post SIU made a statment about (and therefore confirmed) the existance of B-rank and C-rank regulars, which makes what was assumed there wrong.==

The Levels of Ranks
The ranking system goes from SS+ as the highest and down to 10F as the lowest. The scaling goes as following (it applies for classification of items/weapons/etc too):



It is assumed that any Ranker's final Grade being above A makes them a High Ranker.

Known Examples of Ranked Skills of High Rankers, Rankers and Regulars
Known examples:

High Rankers:

 * Yu Han Sung overall 8A
 * Yu Han Sung Intelligence 2A
 * Yu Han Sung Shinsoo Control 7A
 * Yu Han Sung Shinsoo Resistance 4C
 * Yu Han Sung Physical Ability 8E

Rankers:

 * Lero-Ro overall 10B
 * Lo Po Bia Ren overall 10B
 * Mule Love overall 2C
 * Quant overall 5C

Regulars:
Note that all Regulars who pass the tests on the 20th Floor automatically become E-ranked.
 * Androssi Zahard overall 6E (in Part 1 )
 * Anak Zahard overall 10E (in Part 1 )
 * Koon Agero Agnis overall 3F (in Part 1)
 * Phonsekal Laure overall 5F (in Part 1 )
 * Hatsu overall 7F (in Part 1 )
 * Rak Wraithraiser overall 7F (in Part 1 )
 * Hong Chunhwa overall 7F (in Part 1)
 * Ship Leesoo overall 8F (in Part 1 )
 * Aleksai Amigochaz overall 8F (in Part 1)
 * Sunwoo Nare overall 9F (in Part 1)
 * Blarouse overall 9F (in Part 1)
 * Levin overall 10F (in Part 1)
 * Parakewl overall 10F (in Part 1)

Known Examples of Ranked Weapons and Items
It is unknown how weapons and other items are ranked, but it's likely linked, in part, to the quality of raw materials that were used in their creation. For example, the Lighthouses used by Regular class Light Bearers in Part 1 consisted of low purity Suspendium that required shinsoo manipulation to float and move. This is in contrast to one of Hatsu's swords, which was capable of floating without any use of shinsoo to power it. In the case of wands, it is known that the contract of a wand is one of the main factors in determining its rank.

A-ranked weapons and items are extremely rare, to the extent that even Rankers seldom own them. So rare are the A-ranked and above weapons and items that only High Rankers could be expected to own more than one. To illustrate just how rare and precious A-rank Weapons/Items are, one may notice that none of the following rankers; Lero-Ro, Lo Po Bia Ren or Quant have been seen using one.
 * White Oar: the only S+ Rank weapon in the Tower (a Sword)
 * Golden November: an S-rank weapon (weapon type unknown)
 * Black March: an A-rank Needle ( w hen ignited )
 * Green April: a 7B-rank Hook (most likely A-rank when ignited)
 * Narumada: a 7D-rank Sword
 * Carrier: Of the 10 Carriers which were created, three are A-rank and seven are B-rank. Adori Zahard owns one.
 * Vagnil: A spear which can be used as a bow (probably D-rank or C-rank), turns into a B-rank when ignited.
 * Opera: Rank currently unknown but likely S-rank, considering it's one of the the highest grades of Lighthouses in the Tower.

Notes and Trivia

 * Notice that it seems as if the normal numeric system is not used for S+ or higher rank weapons. Maybe because there are so few S+ or higher rank weapons.


 * Since all Regulars receive an E-Grade Pocket when entering the tower, it seems safe to assume that E is the lowest kind of pockets.

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