Location Ranks

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"The rarest Collection items and Assemblers drop from locations with high mastery ranks."

- In-game Tip

Separate from your own Level, each of your Locations and Mini-Games has its own Rank. The higher the rank, the more difficult the search and the better the rewards.

## Overview

Every location or mini-game has a Rank. The rank is directly related to how many times you have played that location or mini-game. Each location or mini-game's rank is separate from your own level. (You might notice that for every new event, the event locations starts at Rank I (Rank 1), even though your level may be 98 or 202 or 435.)

The higher the rank, the more difficult the search and the better the rewards. For locations, there will be more hidden items to find and as your rank increases, different hidden objects to find. For mini-games, there will be more bombs to difuse, more card matches to make, or more golden cells to collect.

For locations, especially older locations, the clutter of the area will increase with rank and there may differences in the appearance of the props in the location. The Mansion is a good example of how a location's appearance may change with rank (look at the Ranks Gallery on that page). In City Hall, the statues on the upper floor seem to change with its rank.

An area that is of higher rank will cost more energy, but have more awards than it previously did (though, in rare cases items are *removed* from the possible awards as well). Rank I Locations can drop items for the Gemstone Assembler Collections.

## Increasing Rank

A Location's rank (or mini-game's rank) will **only** increase by playing that specific location (or mini-game). The player will need to continue to explore the location until they reach 100% on each Rank. Because of how rank increases, the average time of play is spent in ranks 4-6, and usually 7 and 8 are reached only if they are especially liked or after a long period of time playing them. Rank 4 to 5 generally has the most notable difficulty increase.

Rank VIII is the highest Rank players can reach. They are still able to play the location after hitting Rank VIII. However, the game no longer shows any progress within Rank VIII, and it won't change Rank unless higher Ranks are added in the future.

Notice: the Event Mini-Games will increase rank twice as fast as other mini-games or locations. That is, it will only take you 3 plays to get to Rank II, instead of the normal 6 plays. Further, the Event Mini-Games will have their rank reset to Rank I (Newbie) at the start of each new event.

 Expert (*VIII)* | (no further progress bar)

## Determining Your Rank

When you open a location as you are about to search it, the game will display a preview of the location. Along the bottom of the image is a progress bar. The left end of the progress bar specifies what rank you are **currently** for this location.

## Search Items per Rank

As your rank in a location increases, the number of hidden items to be found also increases.

This table shows the number of items to be found in **Words'** mode. This is considered the "base value". Other exploration modes and Anomalies may have you searching for a slightly different number of items.

Notice: the base value of Words Mode in the early unlock locations of Levels 1-6 is quite a bit higher than other locations. This includes the following locations: Hidden Row, Room of Fate, the Station, City Hall, the Ballet Academy and the Collector's House.

 Expert (*VIII)* | 24 Items

## Location Rank Banners

When hovering over a location, its banner indicates its Rank:

Rank I, Rank II, and Rank III have a Simple Golden BannerRank IV has Light Green DiamondsRank V has Blue DiamondsRank VI has Red DiamondsRank VII has Purple DiamondsRank VIII has Dark Green Diamonds
This information is especially useful when deciding which of Friends' places to visit or charge. Most locations receive a substantial increase in difficulty and awards at Rank 5.

Recently, G5 Developers have changed the way the banners appear on the map, the banners now show up with almost any click you make and they appear for roughly 30 secs before disappearing. To help make this less of an annoyance when playing the game, players have the option to favourite a location and that will pin the banner to the map.

## Tips

* Rank VIII (8) locations give out Artifact Assemblers as rewards.
* When visiting friends, it's a good idea to aim for the higher Ranking locations to "charge" -- these are clearly locations they have played!

## Ranks Gallery

Some players might notice certain scenery in locations such as the Mansion changes as they rank up. See example below.

Mansion Rank IIMansion Rank IIIMansion Rank IV
## Trivia

* Prior to August of 2021, there was a progress bar for Rank VIII. It took 600 plays (1% per 6 plays) to reach 100% at Rank VIII. The rank number did not change after 100%.
* Prior to October of 2021, the location ranks banners had a design over the middle of the banner to further indicate the rank of the location. When these designs were in place, Ranks I, II, and III had different banners.
* In August of 2020, the game lowered the number of searches required to increase rank for ranks 2-4. Previously, the number of searches to increase was 12 in Rank 2, 25 in Rank 3, and 50 in Rank 4
* Prior to November of 2023, the game would show you the rank you were **working toward** on the opening screen, rather than the rank you were on.

## Related Pages

* Home Page
* Hidden City Info
* Anomalies, Summoners and Dispellers
* Collections
* Events
* Event Entry Items
* Exploration Modes
* Locations

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