Badges & XP
XP is the score; the badge ladder is the visual representation of that score. The ladder runs from Tin at the bottom to Diamond at the top across fifteen tiers, and your current tier shows up on the home page status rail and on the leaderboard.
How XP is earned
XP comes from two sources:
- Practice challenges award up to 200 XP each — up to 100 per phase on a first-attempt correct answer, less when you take extra attempts or use a hint. See Practice Mode for the full scoring table.
- Learn scenarios award XP on completion of all steps in the scenario.
XP is cumulative and never decays. A streak break or a long pause does not cost you XP; it only delays the next badge.
The fifteen-tier ladder
Each tier of the ladder unlocks at a higher XP threshold than the last. The tiers, from lowest to highest, are: Tin, Copper, Bronze, Iron, Steel, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Titanium, Rhodium, Sapphire, Ruby, Diamond. The status rail on the home page surfaces your current badge and the next badge, plus a small progress bar showing how much XP you still need to reach the next tier.
There is no penalty for not advancing — the ladder is forward-only. The badge you have today is the badge you will still have tomorrow even if you do nothing.
Where badges show up
Your current badge is visible to you on the home page status rail. It is also visible to the rest of your organization on the leaderboard — see Leaderboard — when your organization has chosen to surface the leaderboard. Admins can see the badge on the user detail page for any learner.
Strategy
If you want to climb the ladder faster, the most efficient path is to do practice challenges on your first attempt without using the hint. Each clean first-attempt challenge earns the maximum 200 XP; a hint cuts that roughly in half. A scenario in Learn Mode takes longer to complete but covers a different vulnerability shape, so a sustainable cadence of practice plus scenarios produces both higher XP and better retention than grinding practice alone.