Mastery Rank

Mastery is an in-game method of tracking a player's relative skill level and how much of the game's content they have experienced. Mastery points, collected by leveling up unique equipment or warframes, increase a player's rank at certain cumulative checkpoints. (As an anti-exploitative measure, some weapons require a minimum level before mastery experience is given.) Ranks do not currently give any active advantages to players besides unlocking level capped weapons and warframes. Upon clicking the profile menu, it is possible to take a closer look at one's mastery progression: the number above the mastery bar itself represents the total cumulative point "pool," whereas the number below the bar displays the amount of mastery needed for the next immediate rank.



Gaining Mastery Points
To gain mastery points, a player must level up unique equipment. Leveling up weapons earns 100 mastery points per level gained for a total of 3000 and leveling up warframes earns 200 mastery points per level gained for a total of 6000. Sentinels and their weapons do not award mastery points upon leveling up. Completing challenges does not give mastery points and instead gives equipment experience. As mentioned previously, to prevent exploitation, certain weapons have a minimum level they must attain before mastery points are distributed; namely the Lato and the Mk-1 Braton. When a weapon or warframe is at the maximum rank, selling and repurchasing the same equipable will not grant more mastery points when leveling it up again, however repurchasing an item previously not leveled all the way to 30 will grant points on further progression, e.g. by leveling it past the point it was left on before. Dual weapons, such as the Dual Broncos or Akbolto, will still count towards the mastery level, even when you leveled up the single weapons, e.g. Bronco and Bolto  Leveling up polarized equipment (equipment that the player used  Forma  on in order to select a new polarity slot after leveling the equipment to 30) will not gain the player any more mastery points.

Tests
In order to be promoted to the next master level, a player must pass a short trial by combat. There are multiple tests available chosen in sequence, the complete listing of which is currently incomplete due to the limited availability of warframes and weapons to level.

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The player will enter the trial equipped with whatever equipment is currently active in the arsenal. The player cannot be in a party when testing meaning he or she must complete the trial alone. If the test is failed, the player will not be allowed to try again for 24 hours. Mastery points are still gained for later levels, even while maxed out for current level and having failed the test; these points simply go towards the next immediate mastery rank.

Do not take tests with sentinels equipped as they can fail you for the weapon specific tests if they have attacking precepts (e.g. Sidearm Test)

Standard Test
In the Standard Test, six enemy units must be dispatched within one minute. The environment is similar to the old tutorial environment, marked by a bright white and flat landscape. The enemies currently consist of Grineer light and medium units. It is recommended to stay inside or close to the starting circle as not to lose track of possible enemy spawns and risk failure. Turning bloom off in graphics options may make seeing the enemy a little easier.

Survival Test
When assigned the Survival Test, players must survive an unlimited onslaught of enemies for a given period of time. An attempt to leave the area will result in the screen fading to white, and the relocating of the player/attempted escapee to the center of the arena. There is no detrimental effect for attempting to flee, such as an automatic mission failure. Enemies span the light to medium range, with no heavy or special units encountered to date.

The test area is marked by six pillars encircling the center; it is possible to climb these pillars to gain higher ground at which to shoot from. Keep in mind, however, that enemies can and will still reach you, regardless of height. Thus, it would be wise to prioritize melee units first because of their high potential damage output.

This test is encountered upon going from Mastery Rank 3 to 4. The player is expected to live for 1:25 mins. (Tip: easiest method to complete is to equip a Shade sentinel and cloak next to the horde until the time limit).

Sidearm Test
The Sidearm Test bears striking resemblance to the Survival Test both in anatomy and mechanics, but the player is only allowed to use his or her sidearm. The testing area is orange, with towers surrounding the central circle. Rather than surviving, the player is tasked with dispatching a certain number of enemies within a set time limit. The number of enemies that need to be dispatched is unclear, as they will continue spawning in until a certain limit is reached (when the last is killed, the test ends, regardless of how much time you have left). In the test for Mastery Rank 1 to 2, three waves are encountered.

Melee Test
The Melee Test resembles the Sidearm Test both in anatomy and mechanics, but the player is only allowed to use his or her melee weapon. The number of enemies that need to be dispatched is unclear, as they will continue spawning in until a certain limit is reached (when the last is killed, the test ends, regardless of how much time you have left). In the test for Mastery Rank 2 to 3, three waves are encountered.

Terminal Hacking Test
Mastery 4 advancement to 5. There are two to three waves of three Terminals which must each be successfully hacked within a time limit which is displayed onscreen by a countdown timer as the test begins.

The player begins the test in the center of a circle surrounded by three terminals which are colored red and have the standard Locked symbol. The player must approach and hack each terminal which then turns green, displaying the unlocked symbol. When the 3rd terminal of the first wave is successfully hacked the terminals disappear and three new red locked terminals appear, each of which requires a slightly more complex hacking sequence to complete than the first wave. The third wave's three terminals feature the most complex patterns in the test, being more complicated even than those seen throughout normal gameplay. Note that if the player fails to hack an individual terminal they may still continue the test by re-hacking that terminal until successful, as long as time remains on the overall test countdown timer.

Tips:
 * You may use Ciphers if you want to make the Mastery advancement faster and easier.

Target Tracking Test
So far only seen in the rank 6 mastery advancement test, 5 to 6. (Confirmation on previous levels?)

The player begins the test standing on a brightly lit circular platform on the floor of a dark room. A number of metallic spheres appear all around and above the player, one of which will glow white. The player's camera will be turned toward the first target at the beginning of each of the three rounds required to pass this test. After shooting the white sphere, green lines will connect unlit spheres in succession for two to roughly six links before stopping at another sphere which turns white like the first, designating it as the next target. This process is repeated a number of times in a single "round" with short pauses between each round. The test completes after three rounds.

Tips: 
 * If no glowing white spheres appear on your screen, it is advisable to spin and look around as quickly as possible. A very limited amount of time is given to react between the switching of targets.
 * Damage is not a matter of concern in this test; thus any accurate weapon with a large magazine size (to avoid wasted time reloading) will do nicely. Shotguns are also a viable option since the test counts one shot per round, not per pellets.
 * Upon missing the white sphere, the original white sphere will be voided, reverting into a normal sphere. A new white sphere will appear elsewhere, so it may be better to shoot the sphere accurately rather than rushing it and missing.

An example of a Tenno taking the Target Tracking Test:



Wall Run Test  Video
Mastery 8, 10, and 11 (unconfirmed as of U10, there are new mastery tests). You will be tested on your ability to perform multiple wall runs while shooting a white orb each time. It is recommended to bring a warframe at normal sprint speed, equipped with stamina mods and an automatic weapon. A fast warframe with sprint mod and single shot weapon will increase your difficulty in shooting these orbs.

The environment will be a single platform and a short ramp. There will be a white orb present and shooting it will reveal a wall to the left of the ramp. You will have to do a horizontal wall run and proceed to shoot another orb. This will reveal another wall to the right. Perform another horizontal wall run on it and a third orb will appear. Shoot this down and it will reveal a vertical wall. After the second wall run, you'll have to do an vertical wall run on this wall and bounce backward onto another platform. Repeat this two more times and you have completed the mission.

Stealth Test
In Update 10 for rank 9 (possibly more, needs confirmation), you will be tested in your Stealth skills.

You will start in a grey or orange room, equipped with only your melee weapon. Sentinels are not available. This means you cannot use Shade's cloaking power, or ranged weapons fitted with Suppress or Hush mods.

There are three stages, each with an increasing number of enemies and increasingly-complex patrol patterns.

Your goal is to kill all of the enemies and stay undetected. Successful elimination of all enemies will unlock the next room.

Detection results in a restart of the current room. Three detections will cause you to fail the test.

Frames with stealth-oriented powers (Ash, Banshee, Loki) and silent ranged kill capabilities (Ash) are strongly recommended.

Carousel Test  Video
In Update 10 for rank 12 (possibly more, needs confirmation), you will be tested in your ability to shoot enemies, while being aware of your surroundings. The player starts on a platform, facing a carousel like structure, with two disks, connected with a large pillar in their centers. Between the disks, are a set of lasers, which separate the quadrants of the disks, and slowly rotate around the disks. Circling the carousel, is a circular platform.

The player's goal, once they have jumped onto the bottom disk of the carousel, is to walk around the disk, in between the rotating lasers, while shooting a number of enemies, which spawn on the outer circular platform. Eliminating all enemies will trigger success of the test.

Tips: 
 * The lasers move at about walking speed, and position can be judged by the set in front of the player.
 * The lasers instantly kill the player, similar to ones present in Tower Void Defence, but the player is permitted to use revives available to them, if they die.
 * A relatively accurate weapon is recommended, as the enemies are at mid to long range.

Reason For Mastery
The mastery system works to indicate how much affinity has been earned for weapons and frames. At rank 4 you are allowed to buy anything from the market. If you intend to research weapons in your Dojo, you will need to be rank 7 in order to be able to craft all weapons. After that, leveling up mastery rank is currently purely cosmetic. Further content may be added that will incentivise higher mastery ranks.

Notes and Bugs

 * The high score list is based on number of kills, not mastery level.
 * Certain weapons and Warframes have a minimum mastery rank requirement (XP Locked).
 * Bug: The Paris makes your weapon disappear on melee only tests.
 * Bug: On the Melee Test, Furax (and Dual Heat Swords)won't show up, but the damage from the weapon and mods will still apply. Verified, but actually attacking is annoying as it may cause delayed deaths while fighting).
 * Even if you have reached the maximum mastery points required to take the test for the next level,all the mastery points gained while at maximum are kept for the next level.
 * A bug is present with the new tutorial if you played before it was introduced then tried out the new tutorial you will skip the next Mastery test. This is a feature for new players where they are able to skip Mastery test 0-1 however since you hadn't played it yet you get the 'free mastery' on your next level up.

Rank List
The ranks are as follows: please help to improve the wiki by editing this page with accurate information.

The current maximum rank based on 103 weapons and 18 warframes is Level 18, Gold Eagle with 810,000 total mastery points (Included: 3 Vandal Weapons, 9 Prime Weapons, 2 Prime Founder's only Weapons, 2 Prime Warframes, 1 Prime Founder's only Warframe). 5500 points away from Level 13.

Experience needed for each level is calculated by the formula: $$10000(\frac{Rank}{2})^2$$

Note that rank 1 is obtained by the tutorial or you need 2500 Mastery Points without it, which is $$10000(\frac{1}{2})^2$$

Show/Hide Rank list

Format:

Rank #Rank Number#: Rank Name
 * Exp: The amount of experience that must be earned before test may be started.
 * Test: The test given to players to rank up.

Rank 0: Pre-Initiate

 * Exp: 2,500 Mastery Points.
 * Test: Standard Test, Corpus faction.
 * Note: This test can be skipped, and you will start as Rank 1 if you do not skip the tutorial.
 * Video

Rank 1: Initiate

 * Exp: None.
 * Test: Standard Test, Grineer faction.

Rank 2: Silver Initiate

 * Exp: 10,000 Mastery Points.
 * Test: Sidearm Test, Grineer faction.
 * Video

Rank 3: Gold Initiate

 * Exp: 22,500 Mastery Points (12,500 points difference from Silver Initiate).
 * Test: Melee Test.
 * Video

Rank 4: Novice

 * Exp: 40,000 Mastery Points (17,500 points difference from Gold Initiate).
 * Test: Survival Test.
 * Video

Rank 5: Silver Novice

 * Exp: 62,500 Mastery Points (22,500 points difference from Novice).
 * Test: Terminal Hacking Test.
 * Video

Rank 6: Gold Novice

 * Exp: 90,000 Mastery Points (27,500pt Difference from Silver Novice).
 * Test: Target Tracking Test.

Rank 7: Disciple

 * Exp: 122,500 Total Mastery Points (32,500 points difference from Gold Novice).
 * Test: Standard Test. Consists of all three factions with level span between 22-26.
 * Video

Rank 8: Silver Disciple

 * Exp: 160,000 Mastery Points (37,500 points difference from Disciple).
 * Test: Wall Run Test.
 * Video

Rank 9: Gold Disciple

 * Exp: 202,500 Mastery Points (42,500 points difference from Silver Disciple).
 * Test: Stealth Test.

Rank 10: Seeker

 * Exp: 250,000 Mastery Points (47,500 points difference from Gold Disciple).
 * Test: Wall Run Test.

Rank 11: Silver Seeker

 * Exp: 302,500 Mastery Points (52,500 points difference from Hunter).
 * Test: Wall Run Test.
 * Video

Rank 12: Gold Seeker

 * Exp: 360,000 Mastery Points (57,500 points difference from Silver Hunter).
 * Test: Carousel Test
 * Video

Rank 13: Hunter

 * Exp: 422,500 Mastery Points (62,500 points difference from Gold Hunter).
 * Test:

Rank 14: Silver Hunter

 * Exp: 490,000 Mastery Points (67,500 points difference from Seeker).
 * Test:

Rank 15: Gold Hunter

 * Exp: 562,500 Mastery Points (72,500 points difference from Silver Seeker).
 * Test:

Rank 16: Eagle

 * Exp: 640,000 Mastery Points (77,500 points difference from Gold Seeker).
 * Test:

Rank 17: Silver Eagle

 * Exp: 722,500 Mastery Points (82,500 points difference from Eagle).
 * Test:

Rank 18: Gold Eagle

 * Exp: 810,000 Mastery Points (87,500 points difference from Silver Eagle).
 * Test: