Ribbons
A realm ends, but what you achieved in it does not have to. Ribbons are permanent awards earned for how you finish an era, and unlike everything else in a realm they follow your account rather than staying behind in the world that ended.
How ribbons work
Ribbons are handed out automatically the moment an era ends, based on the final standings of that realm. You do not claim them or spend anything to earn them. They are:
- Account-wide and permanent. A ribbon you earn in one realm is attached to your account forever. Win three eras and you carry three sets of ribbons, no matter that those worlds are long finished.
- Earned from final standings. Every ribbon comes from where you and your alliance placed when the clock stopped. There is no participation ribbon: each one means you finished somewhere that mattered.
- Stackable. Several ribbons can land at once. Finishing first as a player while your alliance also wins the era earns you the player, alliance, and champion ribbons together.
- Family-specific. Ranked, Havoc, and PvE use the same award meanings, but each has a distinct medal silhouette. Earning the same award in two families creates two separate collection entries.
Your ribbons show up on your colony when another player inspects it, and in the Hall of Fame, so they double as a public record of what you have done.
The ribbons
| Ribbon | How you earn it |
|---|---|
| Era Champion | Be a member of the winning alliance when the era ends, by any victory type. |
| Relic Holder | Win the era by relic victory while you personally hold a relic at the end. |
| Era Gold / Silver / Bronze | Finish the era ranked 1st, 2nd, or 3rd among all players. |
| Alliance Gold / Silver / Bronze | Be a member of the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd ranked alliance at the end of the era. |
| Top Finish | Finish at or above the realm's configured inclusive maximum rank. The classic default is rank 10. |
| Warlord | Lead the final frozen standings in units killed and meet the realm's minimum. |
| Crystal Regent | Lead the final frozen standings in crystals and meet the realm's minimum. |
| Magnate | Lead the final frozen standings in resource production and meet the realm's minimum. |
The most prestigious ribbon you hold is shown first. A realm may disable individual awards, change the Top Finish maximum, or choose whether tied stat leaders all receive the ribbon or nobody does. Those settings are frozen when the era ends, so later changes cannot rewrite the result.
Ribbon families
- Ranked uses the straight rectangular service bar and can unlock champion cosmetics.
- Havoc uses a clipped, notched bar with broken hazard rails. The name is an award family; it is separate from the post-era Havoc phase.
- PvE uses shield-like ends, a protective double rail, and chevrons.
The family is independent from game mode. Realm creation merely suggests Ranked for standard realms and PvE for PvE realms; operators can choose any family.
Where ribbons do not apply
Private realms never grant ribbons, which keeps a host from minting lifetime awards in a world they control. Operators can also mark a public realm Awards suppressed. Its final standings and records remain visible, but no ribbons are issued regardless of package.
See also
Read Score and Ranking for how the standings that decide ribbons are built, see Conquest, Tax, and Rebellion for how territory turns into score, and read Alliances for how an era is won and ended.