Rank System

TWJ uses a ranking system to promote activity, and to establish a sense of pride as your cat ages. You start as a kit, and move on to an apprentice. After your warrior ceremony, you rank up in 'Tiers'. Higher Tiers have better stamina points (SP) and health points (HP), and are more experienced in general.

Please know that these ranks do not reflect the in-character age of a cat; that is up to a roleplayer! The rank system aims solely to reward active characters with increased stats. Characters who have been in and survived more battles will have more experience than those who've been in none and their HP and SP will reflect their skill.

If you have a disabled cat, then your stats are altered. You will have -5 HP and -30 SP, no matter the severity of the disability. Kits retain 1 HP/1 SP.

HP and SP of Ranks
Kit: 5/15
Apprentice: 20/80
[Tier 1] Warrior: 40/120
[Tier 2] Warrior: 50/160
[Tier 3] Warrior: 65/200
[Tier 4] Warrior: 80/250
[Tier 5] Warrior: 100/280

HP and SP of Higher Ranks
Medicine Cat Apprentice: 30/100
[Tier 1] Medicine Cat: 45/120
[Tier 2] Medicine Cat: 50/150            
[Tier 3] Medicine Cat: 55/180
[Tier 4] Medicine Cat: 60/220
Deputy: 105/290
Leader: 120/300
Queen: 60/100
Elder: 60/120

HP and SP of Outsiders
Kittypet: 20/60
[Tier 1] Rogue: 40/120                                  
[Tier 2] Rogue: 50/160
[Tier 3] Rogue: 65/200

HP and SP of Predators
Fox: 90/280
Badger: 120/320
Dog: 150/350
Raccoon: 30/300
Eagle: 60/200
Owl: 50/120



Rank requirements are a combination of time a user must wait before obtaining the next rank or tier and specific types of in-character development topics. Each rank may have slightly different wait times and/or required topics that must be fulfilled before work can begin on the next one. At the end is the list of topics that count towards 'character development' requirements. The real-life time requirement doesn't have an impact on your cat's in-character age unless they are a kit or apprentice.

Put your rank in your signature so everybody can see it and know your HP/SP. Please remember to keep this updated.

If your character goes from a medicine cat to a warrior or a warrior to a medicine cat, they must restart with the first tier of requirements for their new rank. Switching Clans does not undo your tier progress. An exiled Clan cat may keep their tier requirement progress upon joining a new Clan if the new leader allows it.

-Clan Cats
Kit -> Apprentice; 5 days since approval of creation
→ Post at least once in-character in Areas of the Forest
Apprentice -> [Tier 1] Warrior; 2 weeks since apprentice ceremony
→ Attend one Gathering
→ Hunt using the Hunting System*
→ Fight using the Battle System**
→ Visit the Moonstone with your MC/MCA
[Tier 1] Warrior -> [Tier 2] Warrior; 2 weeks since warrior ceremony (becoming Tier 1)
→ Participate in one patrol (Hunting or Battle System required; must involve another roleplayer)
→ Participate in one development topic
[Tier 2] Warrior -> [Tier 3] Warrior; 1 month since becoming Tier 2
→ Attend one Gathering
→ Participate in one hunting patrol*
→ Fight in one battle**
→ Participate in two development topics
[Tier 3] Warrior -> [Tier 4] Warrior; 2 months since becoming Tier 3
→ Attend two Gatherings
→ Participate in one hunting patrol*
→ Fight in two battles**
→ Participate in three development topics
[Tier 4] Warrior -> [Tier 5] Warrior; 2 months since becoming Tier 4
→ Attend two Gatherings
→ Participate in two hunting patrols*
→ Complete the training of at least one apprentice***
→ Participate in four development topics

-Medicine Cats
Medicine Cat Apprentice -> [Tier 1] Medicine Cat; 1 month since apprentice ceremony
→ Attend one Gathering
→ Attend one Medicine Cat Meeting
→ Discuss a prophecy with a mentor
→ Participate in one herb hunt with a mentor*
→ Heal three cats****
[Tier 1] Medicine Cat -> [Tier 2] Medicine Cat; 2 months since medicine cat ceremony
→ Attend two Gatherings
→ Attend two Medicine Cat Meetings
→ Ensure all Moonstones requested have been started
→ Speak with your leader about a prophecy
→ Heal three cats****
→ Go on two herb hunts*
→ Not have broken the code or have repented to StarClan
[Tier 2] Medicine Cat -> [Tier 3] Medicine Cat; 2 months since Tier 2
→ Attend two Gatherings
→ Attend two Medicine Cat Meetings
→ Ensure all Moonstones requested have been started
→ Advise a leader/deputy on an issue
→ Go on two herb hunts*
→ Heal five cats****
→ Assist with the birth of one litter
→ Attempt to heal a disabled cat
→ Not have broken the code or have repented to StarClan
[Tier 3] Medicine Cat -> [Tier 4] Medicine Cat; 2 months since Tier 3
→ Attend two Gatherings
→ Attend two Medicine Cat Meetings
→ Speak up at a Gathering about an issue
→ Ensure all Moonstones requested have been started
→ Teach a MCA***
→ Heal five cats****
→ Go on two herb hunts*
→ Assist with the birth of two litters
→ Save a cat's life from injury/illness
→ Not have broken the code or have repented to StarClan

-Non-Clan Cats
[Tier 1] Rogue -> [Tier 2] Rogue
→ Fight two Apprentices**
→ Fight two Warriors (any tier)**
→ Meet five Clan cats (can include the cats from battle if names are exchanged)
→ Learn something from a Clan cat
[Tier 2] Rogue -> [Tier 3] Rogue
→ Fight and defeat three Warriors (any tier)**
→ Fight two Tier 4 Warriors**
→ Hunt on Clan territory*


A single topic can fulfill both the hunting and battle requirement so long as it uses the Hunting and Battle Systems in separate posts.
*Hunts must be completed using the Hunting (or Herb Hunting) System or they do not count; this can be a solo thread or include others; you do not need to successfully catch prey or find herbs, but your topic must reflect at least one dice roll.
**Fights must be fought using the Battle System against an enemy cat or predator or they do not count. A predator may be rolled or forced into an encounter. Sparring does not count.
***The apprentice does not need to be assigned and trained within the indicated tier; any apprentice you fully train once you fully named counts. Roleplayers may not mentor their own character. This is to encourage members to interact with each other; it especially benefits newer players who could use an active, experience roleplayer to help them learn.
****Can be accomplished using the Healing System or in-character role-play development


Possible Development Topics
You may only fill one development requirement per thread (e.g. you can't use the same thread to fulfill the interact with a Clanmate and spar with a Clanmate prompts). You may not fulfill the same type of development topic multiple times in the same Tier.
You may fulfill a development requirement in the same thread as a non-development requirement (e.g. you may interact with a cat from another Clan at a Gathering and fulfill both).
- share tongues/interact with a Clanmate of any rank
- attend a Clan meeting
- interact with a cat from another Clan (cannot be in battle)
- spar with a Clanmate
- use a Clan Move
- assist in a training session (cannot be your own apprentice)
- help with a herb gathering patrol
- receive healing from a Medicine Cat (or MCA)
- help a cat in need
- visit another Clan's territory
- complete a role in a plot
- complete a solo topic
- interact with a cat from outside of the clans (rogue/loner/kittypet)