Promotion

OverviewSpace Rig Promotion

Promotion Terminal in the Memorial Hall

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I'm proud of you. You've done well for yourself since you joined the Company. I recall you joining up as a scrawny greenbeard, and figured you'd join the dead down in the deeps in short order. However, consider my position changed... you've grown into your role and have more than proven yourself. It's my personal pleasure to announce that management has granted your promotion. Rock and Stone, miner! Well done. - Mission Control

Promotion acts as a prestige system for players who have hit the maximum level on a class and want to continue gaining XP for that class. Upon reaching level 25, a class stops gaining XP and a special Promotion Assignment becomes available at the assignment terminal. Once it is completed, that class can pay a fee to be promoted, resetting it to 1. Previously unlocked items and upgrades are not reset. The Promotion terminal can be found in the Memorial Hall.

The Promotion Assignment doesn't have to be done on the class that is being promoted. The player may choose to undertake the required missions on any class, just like any other assignment.

While it is not strictly necessary to promote classes, the first promotion enhances character options and unlocks a new game mode (see below). Moreover, promotion is the only way to progress past player rank 33, which is the limit if all four classes stay at their maximum 25. A number of cosmetic items are awarded from Prestige Assignments, which become available only at certain ranks and stretch out as far as 100.

Promotion Benefits

Promotion Granted screen

After any one class is promoted, the player is permanently granted access to the following. These effects are account-wide and apply to all four classes.

• The ability to activate Machine Events randomly found in the caves of Hoxxes IV
• New assignments: Breach The Core and the Weekly Core Hunt
• Access to the Forge

In addition, the first promotion of a class confers the following benefits for that class only:

• Access to Deep Dives
• +1 Active Perk Slot
• +1 Honor Badge
• Ability to continue leveling that class by resetting it back to 1

Promotions of any class beyond the first one provide the following rewards:

• One Blank Matrix Core, one Weapon Overclock and a Matrix Core Cosmetic
• +1 Honor Badge
• Ability to continue leveling that class by resetting it back to 1

Honor Badge

Promotion fee example

Available Honor Badges

Honor Badge represents the amount of time the player has put into their dwarves, tracked separately for each class. It is granted upon first promotion and borders the character portrait with a bronze border and one white star. Every subsequent promotion will add another white star, for a maximum of three. After the fourth promotion, the border switches from bronze to silver, and the amount of white stars is reset back to one. Upon reaching three more promotions, the border switches from silver to gold, then gold to platinum, platinum to diamond, and finally diamond to legendary - the highest border for the Honor Badge.

Promotions after that will not change the border, however will still allow the player to continue gaining class levels. The game tracks how many times each class is promoted even past Legendary III, when promotions don't bring any visual change.

The list of Honor Badges goes as follows:

Honor Badges     

Honor Badge	Effective Level	Total XP Cost
Bronze I	26	315,000
Bronze II	51	630,000
Bronze III	76	945,000
Silver I	101	1,260,000
Silver II	126	1,575,000
Silver III	151	1,890,000
Gold I	176	2,205,000
Gold II	201	2,520,000
Gold III	226	2,835,000
Platinum I	251	3,150,000
Platinum II	276	3,465,000
Platinum III	301	3,780,000
Diamond I	326	4,095,000
Diamond II	351	4,410,000
Diamond III	376	4,725,000
Legendary I	401	5,040,000
Legendary II	426	5,355,000
Legendary III	451	5,670,000

Promotion Costs

The costs of promoting the same class increase in a linear fashion after each promotion, but this increase is separate for each of the four classes.

• Promoting all four classes once costs 128, 135, 128, 131, 126, 131 and 35 681.

• Reaching the Legendary III badge on all four classes (18 promotions for each) costs 15 342, 16 181, 15 340, 15 702, 15 104, 15 703 and 5 472 040.

Detailed costs for each class and promotion can be found in the table below.

Promotion Costs     

Rank	Driller	Engineer	Gunner	Scout
Bronze I	8919 Credits 66 Jadiz 65 Umanite 63 Enor Pearl	8919 Credits 64 Croppa 63 Enor Pearl 68 Bismor	8921 Credits 66 Magnite 66 Umanite 63 Bismor	8922 Credits 64 Croppa 69 Jadiz 62 Magnite
Bronze II	11595 Credits 86 Jadiz 85 Umanite 82 Enor Pearl	11595 Credits 83 Croppa 82 Enor Pearl 88 Bismor	11597 Credits 86 Magnite 86 Umanite 82 Bismor	11599 Credits 83 Croppa 90 Jadiz 81 Magnite
Bronze III	15162 Credits 112 Jadiz 111 Umanite 107 Enor Pearl	15162 Credits 109 Croppa 107 Enor Pearl 116 Bismor	15166 Credits 112 Magnite 112 Umanite 107 Bismor	15167 Credits 109 Croppa 117 Jadiz 105 Magnite
Silver I	19622 Credits 145 Jadiz 143 Umanite 139 Enor Pearl	19622 Credits 141 Croppa 139 Enor Pearl 150 Bismor	19626 Credits 145 Magnite 145 Umanite 139 Bismor	19628 Credits 141 Croppa 152 Jadiz 136 Magnite
Silver II	25508 Credits 189 Jadiz 186 Umanite 180 Enor Pearl	25508 Credits 183 Croppa 180 Enor Pearl 194 Bismor	25514 Credits 189 Magnite 189 Umanite 180 Bismor	25517 Credits 183 Croppa 197 Jadiz 177 Magnite
Silver III	33179 Credits 246 Jadiz 242 Umanite 234 Enor Pearl	33179 Credits 238 Croppa 234 Enor Pearl 253 Bismor	33186 Credits 246 Magnite 246 Umanite 234 Bismor	33190 Credits 238 Croppa 257 Jadiz 231 Magnite
Gold I	42990 Credits 318 Jadiz 313 Umanite 304 Enor Pearl	42990 Credits 308 Croppa 304 Enor Pearl 328 Bismor	42999 Credits 318 Magnite 318 Umanite 304 Bismor	43004 Credits 308 Croppa 333 Jadiz 299 Magnite
Gold II	56011 Credits 414 Jadiz 408 Umanite 396 Enor Pearl	56011 Credits 402 Croppa 396 Enor Pearl 427 Bismor	56024 Credits 414 Magnite 414 Umanite 396 Bismor	56030 Credits 402 Croppa 433 Jadiz 389 Magnite
Gold III	69390 Credits 513 Jadiz 506 Umanite 490 Enor Pearl	69390 Credits 498 Croppa 490 Enor Pearl 529 Bismor	69405 Credits 513 Magnite 513 Umanite 490 Bismor	69413 Credits 498 Croppa 537 Jadiz 482 Magnite
Platinum I	83839 Credits 594 Jadiz 585 Umanite 567 Enor Pearl	83839 Credits 576 Croppa 567 Enor Pearl 612 Bismor	83857 Credits 594 Magnite 594 Umanite 567 Bismor	83867 Credits 576 Croppa 621 Jadiz 558 Magnite
Platinum II	96325 Credits 607 Jadiz 598 Umanite 580 Enor Pearl	96325 Credits 589 Croppa 580 Enor Pearl 626 Bismor	96347 Credits 607 Magnite 607 Umanite 580 Bismor	96358 Credits 589 Croppa 635 Jadiz 570 Magnite
Platinum III	107028 Credits 620 Jadiz 611 Umanite 592 Enor Pearl	107028 Credits 602 Croppa 592 Enor Pearl 639 Bismor	107052 Credits 620 Magnite 620 Umanite 592 Bismor	107064 Credits 602 Croppa 649 Jadiz 583 Magnite
Diamond I	115947 Credits 634 Jadiz 624 Umanite 605 Enor Pearl	115947 Credits 614 Croppa 605 Enor Pearl 653 Bismor	115973 Credits 634 Magnite 634 Umanite 605 Bismor	115986 Credits 614 Croppa 662 Jadiz 595 Magnite
Diamond II	123974 Credits 647 Jadiz 637 Umanite 617 Enor Pearl	123974 Credits 627 Croppa 617 Enor Pearl 666 Bismor	124002 Credits 647 Magnite 647 Umanite 617 Bismor	124016 Credits 627 Croppa 676 Jadiz 608 Magnite
Diamond III	131109 Credits 660 Jadiz 650 Umanite 630 Enor Pearl	131109 Credits 640 Croppa 630 Enor Pearl 680 Bismor	131139 Credits 660 Magnite 660 Umanite 630 Bismor	131153 Credits 640 Croppa 690 Jadiz 620 Magnite
Legendary I	137353 Credits 673 Jadiz 663 Umanite 643 Enor Pearl	137353 Credits 653 Croppa 643 Enor Pearl 694 Bismor	137383 Credits 673 Magnite 673 Umanite 643 Bismor	137399 Credits 653 Croppa 704 Jadiz 632 Magnite
Legendary II	142704 Credits 686 Jadiz 676 Umanite 655 Enor Pearl	142704 Credits 666 Croppa 655 Enor Pearl 707 Bismor	142736 Credits 686 Magnite 686 Umanite 655 Bismor	142752 Credits 666 Croppa 718 Jadiz 645 Magnite
Legendary III	147164 Credits 700 Jadiz 689 Umanite 668 Enor Pearl	147164 Credits 678 Croppa 668 Enor Pearl 721 Bismor	147197 Credits 700 Magnite 700 Umanite 668 Bismor	147213 Credits 678 Croppa 731 Jadiz 657 Magnite

Trivia

• Promotions were known as Retirement in Update 18: Job Opportunities and changed in Update 19. Instead of keeping all unlocked class items, Retirement reset all unlocked class items.
• Update 30: Going 1.0 added three more Honor Badge: Platinum, Diamond and Legendary.