Mercenary Rank

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Mercenary Rank, also known as Assault Rank, is the rank system used by Salaheem's Sentinels in Treasures of Aht Urhgan content.

Increasing Mercenary Rank unlocks additional Imperial Standing rewards from Imperial Gate Guards and affects Sanction duration.

Players begin as Private Second Class after joining Salaheem's Sentinels. On HorizonXI, the current ToAU mission table lists the PSC Wildcat Badge as a reward from Immortal Sentries, while President Salaheem grants Assault access.

Rank-Up Points

Mercenary Rank promotions are earned by completing Assault missions and accumulating rank-up points.

Expected rank-up point behavior:

• First successful completion of a specific Assault mission: 5 rank-up points.
• Repeat successful completion of a previously completed Assault mission: 1 rank-up point.
• Failed Assault mission: 0 rank-up points.
• Rank-up points cap at 25 until the next promotion quest is completed.
• Any excess points earned after reaching the cap are lost until the player promotes.
• Abquhbah can provide a rough progress assessment through the Mercenary Assessments dialogue.

Promotion NPCs

NPC	Location	Purpose
Naja Salaheem	I-10	Begins most promotion quests and manages Salaheem's Sentinels.
Abquhbah	I-10	Provides Mercenary Assessments and begins certain promotion quests.

Ranks

Abbr.	Mercenary Rank	Badge	Unlock / Promotion	Start NPC	Notes
PSC	Private Second Class	PSC Wildcat Badge	Immortal Sentries	Naja Salaheem	Initial Mercenary Rank. Grants access to early Aht Urhgan mercenary systems.
PFC	Private First Class	PFC Wildcat Badge	Promotion: Private First Class	Naja Salaheem	Requires enough rank-up points from successful Assault missions.
SP	Superior Private	SP Wildcat Badge	Promotion: Superior Private	Naja Salaheem	Requires enough rank-up points from successful Assault missions.
LC	Lance Corporal	LC Wildcat Badge	Promotion: Lance Corporal	Abquhbah	Requires enough rank-up points from successful Assault missions.
C	Corporal	C Wildcat Badge	Promotion: Corporal	Naja Salaheem	Requires enough rank-up points from successful Assault missions.
S	Sergeant	S Wildcat Badge	Promotion: Sergeant	Naja Salaheem	Requires enough rank-up points from successful Assault missions.
SM	Sergeant Major	SM Wildcat Badge	Promotion: Sergeant Major	Naja Salaheem	Requires enough rank-up points from successful Assault missions.
CS	Chief Sergeant	CS Wildcat Badge	Promotion: Chief Sergeant	Abquhbah	Requires enough rank-up points from successful Assault missions.
SL	Second Lieutenant	SL Wildcat Badge	Promotion: Second Lieutenant	Naja Salaheem	Requires enough rank-up points from successful Assault missions.
FL	First Lieutenant	FL Wildcat Badge	Promotion: First Lieutenant	Naja Salaheem	Requires enough rank-up points from successful Assault missions.
Cpt	Captain	Captain Wildcat Badge	Promotion: Captain	Abquhbah	Final Mercenary Rank. Expected to require completion of all 50 Assault missions and Aht Urhgan Mission 48: Eternal Mercenary. Benefits may include free Runic Portal travel, free Alzadaal Undersea Ruins access, and an additional Imperial Army I.D. Tag reserve slot.

Benefits

Higher Mercenary Rank may provide the following benefits:

• Access to additional Imperial Standing rewards from Imperial Gate Guards.
• Increased Sanction duration.
• Progression through Assault promotion quests.
• Access to higher-rank Assault missions.

See Imperial Standing for rank-gated reward lists and Sanction for Sanction duration.

Notes

• Mercenary Rank is separate from nation Rank.
• Rank-up progress is earned through successful Assault completions.
• Promotion quests reset the player's stored rank-up points after completion.
• Captain is the final Mercenary Rank, but HorizonXI release timing is unknown at this time.

Related Pages

• Assault
• Imperial Standing
• Imperial Gate Guard
• Sanction
• Salaheem's Sentinels
• Naja Salaheem
• Abquhbah
• Aht Urhgan Mission 2: Immortal Sentries
• Aht Urhgan Mission 3: President Salaheem