Challenge Ranks

There are also some ranks that are beyond others in difficulty, so much so that we don’t expect many to achieve them. That is why they are separated into their own category. All of them require full video recording of the fight as proof. Ranks must be completed solo*. These ranks cannot be completed in AXCZs

(*Setting up a multigoid-instance using Megaships or Incursion Missions with the help of another CMDR is allowed, provided that the video includes proof of them jumping out of the instance. ‘The Swarm’ is also exempt from this rule)

Decent Pilot

The Next Challenge Is Up To You

An exceptionally challenging achievement where you must demonstrate mastery over all aspects of AX combat.
Achieve all of the following ranks!

– The Swarm
– Hephaestus Shunned
– Astraea’s Clarity
– Snake Eater
– Cerberus’ Bane
– Myrmidon
– Soaring Sleipnir
– 100% Club
– Vanguard
– Herculean Conqueror
– Serpent’s Nemesis
– Sole Survivor
– Apollo’s Wrath

Vanguard

A Challenge Of Versatility

Myrmidon

A Challenge Of Speed

“If you want time, buy the magazine.”

Awarded to pilots who can achieve a solo Medusa kill in under one of the following time requirements:

– 16’00’’000’’’ – Small Ship
– 8’00’’000’’’ – Medium Ship
– 6’00’’000’’’ – Large Ship

Applications to be submitted using the /speedrun command in the #speedrun channel in our Discord. Strictly no gibbing.

100% Club

A Challenge Of Evasion

“What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge bullets?”

– Kill a Basilisk (or harder) variant Interceptor solo (alone), without your hull ever dropping below 100% for the whole fight, as shown on the ship’s UI.
– Hull repairs are not allowed

Soaring Sleipnir

A Challenge Of Intuition

“I can do it with my eyes closed!”

– Kill a Medusa (or harder) variant Interceptor solo (alone), with your ship’s HUD turned off, or using external camera, throughout the whole fight.

HUD must be turned off or external camera enabled before the first shot is fired, and it must remain that way until after the Interceptor has exploded. As such, the Bond popup and Ship Radar are not required for this rank.

Astraea’s Clarity

A Challenge Of Precision

“One shot, one kill”

– Kill a Medusa variant Interceptor solo (alone), spending only 175 (or less) Gauss Rounds in the process, using 3 Medium Gauss Cannons (or fewer).
– Basic ammo only
– The only allowed source of hull damage for the Interceptor are your Gauss Cannons. (No ramming, no SLFs, no using human weapons to chip at the hull…)

Video Evidence must include sufficient proof of ammo expended.

Cerberus’ Bane

A Challenge Of Supremacy

“I’m not locked in here with you. You’re locked in here with me!”

Destroy any combination of Interceptors worth at least 6 points solo (alone), in one fight, where:

– Cyclops is worth 1 point
– Basilisk is worth 2 points
– Medusa and Hydra are worth 4 points

Getting help from a second pilot to create the Multigoid instance is allowed for this challenge as long as that pilot leaves the instance before the Thargoids are engaged.

Hephaestus Shunned

A Challenge Of The Pilot

“Without me, my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless.”

– Destroy a Medusa interceptor (or higher) while solo, using a ship with no engineering whatsoever.

Video evidence must include right-panel scroll to show no engineering on ship modules. You must have the Collector rank to apply for this rank.

Note: Pre-engineered modules do not count as unengineered (and thus are not allowed); this includes the modified guardian weapons, which explicitly are not allowed. Unmodified guardian weapons and guardian modules (incl. PD, PP, GHRP, GMRP, GSRP) are allowed. Premium ammo is allowed (though not required to do the fight).

Snake Eater

A Challenge Of The Old Ones

“I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was”

– Kill a Basilisk (or harder) variant Interceptor solo (alone), without using any Guardian or modern Anti-Xeno technology.
– Basic ammo only
– Proof must showcase the right-panel view of the ships modules.

Snake Eater is intended to simulate the state of AX combat in its early days before the discovery of the Guardians and the development of Advanced/Enhanced AX weaponry. Its restrictions are very strict:

The following ships are not allowed:
– Python Mk2

The following modules are not allowed:
– Guardian weapons, Guardian internal modules
– SLFs
– Advanced Multi-cannons/Missiles, Enhanced Multi-cannons/Missiles. Your choice of weapons for dealing AX damage is effectively limited to normal AX Multicannons and AX Missiles. Other weapons can be taken as normal e.g Beam Lasers, Flak Cannons.
– Experimental Weapon Stabilisers
– Enhanced Xeno Scanner
– Sirius Pre-Engineered heatsinks

The Swarm

A Challenge Of Camaraderie

“You can be my wingman any time.”

– Kill a Medusa in a wing of up to 4 haulers, or in a wing of exactly 2 sidewinders, or in a mixed wing of exactly 1 sidewinder and up to 2 haulers, using only basic ammo

Video evidence (which must also show use of basic ammo) is required from all participants for rank eligibility.

Notes: Leaving the instance to repair/rearm is NOT allowed. To be eligible for the rank, you must survive the fight, and remain in the instance, start to finish; should one or more CMDRs die, the remaining CMDRs are still eligible to finish the fight and claim the rank (if they manage.)

Caduceus’ Glint

A Competition Of Speed

“We’re gonna have to go right to ludicrous speed”

– Awarded to the top pilot of each speedrunning leaderboard category (Small, Medium, Large / Basilisk, Medusa, Hydra).
– Applications to be submitted using the /speedrun command in any channel.
– Strictly no gibbing.

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