Progression

This page explains progression in Warhammer Online and the rewards you can earn while playing.

Game progression bars

In Warhammer Online, three main bars appear on the user interface:

• Experience bar - Gold ,
• Renown bar - Purple,
• Influence bar - Blue.

Experience bar

The Experience bar shows how much experience you have gained during your travels. You gain experience from activities such as map unlocks, Tome unlocks, killing mobs or players, completing quests, and participating in Open RvR.

A character starts at Career Rank 1. Filling the bar grants a Career Rank. There are 40 of these in the game. After you reach Career Rank 40, you will no longer gain experience.

Each Career Rank grants:

• A slight increase to your basic stats.
• The ability to wear better gear.
• New abilities, tactics, and morales at no additional cost.
• From Ranks 11 to 19, a Mastery Point at every odd Rank.
• From Ranks 20 to 40, a Mastery Point at every Rank.

Renown bar

The Renown bar shows how much Renown you have gained. You earn Renown by participating in player-versus-player activities in scenarios and Open RvR, including killing players, healing your team, capturing objectives and zones, and carrying supplies.

A character starts at Renown Rank 0. Filling the bar grants a Renown Rank. The maximum Renown Rank is 255, though the ranks up to RR (Renown Rank) 100 are the most relevant to this page. Renown Rank can be higher than your Career Rank.

When you gain a Renown Rank, you receive:

• The ability to wear better gear.
• One Renown Point at each rank.
• A new title at Ranks 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100.
• One Mastery Point at Ranks 40, 50, 60, and 70.
• An automatic server-wide announcement at Ranks 80, 90, and 100.
• Access to a special cosmetic vendor above Rank 80.

Influence bar

Influence is a blue bar. Unlike Experience and Renown, it is tied to the area and activities rather than directly to your character.

You can fill the Influence bar through several types of activities:

• For each WAR Story chapter, earn Influence by completing related Public Quests.
• For each Tier RvR area, such as High Elf T1 or Chaos T4, earn Influence through Open RvR activities such as killing enemy players, capturing keeps, and locking zones.
• In a dungeon, earn Influence by killing bosses.
• For Event Influence, complete the tasks described on the event page.
• Ranked Scenario is currently disabled. Do not treat it as an active weekly Influence activity.

Each type of Influence has three thresholds: Basic, Advanced, and Elite. When you accumulate enough Influence Points to reach a threshold, you can choose a reward. You may choose only one reward, so choose carefully.

To claim rewards from WAR Story chapters or Open RvR, visit a Rally Master in the chapter area or warcamp.

To receive Event rewards, visit one of the heralds.

Mastery

Every character can earn and spend Mastery Points and Renown Points to improve their effectiveness in battle.

Career Mastery

Career Mastery lets you specialize in one of the three Paths or combine points across them.

Gaining Mastery Points

You can have up to 31 Mastery Points.

• 25 from Career Ranks: 5 between Ranks 11 and 19, and 20 between Ranks 20 and 40.
• 4 from Renown Ranks: one each at RR 40, 50, 60, and 70.
• 2 from the Sovereign or Warlord armor sets, which add 2 points to one Career Path.

Spending Mastery Points

To spend Mastery Points, visit a Career Trainer. Trainers are available in Tier 1 warcamps, the capital cities of Altdorf and The Inevitable City, Guild Halls, and The Garden Of Qu'aph.

After selecting Buy Mastery abilities, you will see one of the skill trees. The other two are available on tabs you can switch between. Each Path has 15 levels and the same setup:

• At level 3: Tactic
• At level 5: Ability
• At level 7: Tactic
• At level 9: Ability
• At level 11: Tactic
• At level 13: Ability
• At level 15: Rank 4 Morale

You can spend Mastery Points in every tree, mixing them all.

To advance, click "+" to increase the level of the path. Important! To purchase an Ability, Tactic, or Morale on a Path, select it and spend the required Mastery Points. For example, purchasing the Tactic at level 3 requires 4 Mastery Points. You do not need to select every option; choose the Abilities, Tactics, and Morale you want from one or more Paths.

After selecting what you want, click Train. To change your setup, click Respecialize. This resets your spent Mastery Points for free.

If you want to experiment, check the RoR Career Builder.

Saving Your Mastery Trees

Career Trainers and Renown Trainers can save up to 5 builds. Use Mastery Build Switch to save or load a setup, including its selected abilities, tactics, and morale.

Renown Mastery

Renown Mastery increases your effectiveness through your stars, critical chance, and defences.

Gaining Mastery Points

You can have up to 80 Renown Points. You gain a Renown Point per Renown Rank

Spending Mastery Points

To spend Renown Points, visit a Renown Trainer. Trainers are available in Tier 1 warcamps, the capital cities of Altdorf and The Inevitable City, and The Garden Of Qu'aph.

After selecting Buy Renown abilities, you will see a list of perks and your available and spent Renown Points. Select a perk and click the Train button. Each perk has multiple levels, and you can acquire it multiple times to increase its bonus. To change your choices, click Respecialize.

Note! Before you reach Career Rank 40, you can spend Renown Points only up to your current Career Rank. After you reach CR40, you can spend all of them.

If you want to experiment, check the RoR Renown Builder.

Saving Your Mastery Trees

Career Trainers and Renown Trainers can save up to 5 builds. Use Mastery Build Switch to save or load a setup, including its selected abilities, tactics, and morale.

Tips for Gaining Renown

• Take advantage of AAO ("Against All Odds") and aim for player kills, objective capping, or even supply running in zones where your faction is highly outnumbered. AAO will multiply your renown gains for all of these activities, up to a maximum of 400%.
• Pick up a Potion of Acclaim to boost your Renown gain by 25% for 72 hours. (This potion continues running even if you are logged out.) This 25% boost stacks with AAO.