What Path of Glory is
Path of Glory is not described as a separate casual playlist in the researched official material. It is a ranked feature layered onto the extraction loop, so your score is connected to what happens during a run. That makes survival, objectives, monsters, assets, and the final extraction part of the same ranked decision.
The feature is useful for players who want a visible progression layer after learning the basic loop. It also raises the cost of careless runs because the official announcement says a failed extraction deducts Rank Points. The page does not infer an additional punishment beyond that confirmed deduction.
Unlock and decide whether to enable it
The official source confirms that Path of Glory unlocks at Level 6. The announcement also says it is optional at the start, so reaching the unlock does not mean every run must immediately be treated as ranked. This gives players a clean moment to decide whether they are ready to add score pressure to the extraction loop.
Because the source does not provide a complete leveling table or a maximum level, do not use this page to guess how long Level 6 takes or what the next level milestones are. The confirmed action is narrower: reach Level 6, then choose whether to start the ranked feature when the game presents it.
How Rank Points are earned or lost
The official announcement lists several positive sources of Rank Points: successful extraction, monster kills, quests, and assets. These sources suggest that ranked progress is not limited to player kills. A player can make progress by executing the broader extraction loop well, provided the run ends in a successful extraction.
The same source confirms that failed extraction deducts Rank Points. It does not provide a complete formula, point value, weighting table, or hidden bonus list in the researched material. Any exact calculation or claim about the best scoring route is therefore unconfirmed and should not be added as a fixed rule.
The seven official rank names
The announcement names seven broad ranks: Duskborn, Mistwalker, Dawnseeker, Fateweaver, Oracle, Exalted, and Zenith. These names are the official vocabulary currently available for the page. The material does not establish an exact threshold, reward table, season reset rule, or matchmaking rule for each rank.
Use the names to understand the visible progression ladder, not to infer what a player must do to move between every step. A future dated announcement or in-game screen can add thresholds and rewards when they are actually confirmed. Until then, the rank names are source-backed and the missing details remain unconfirmed.
A safer ranked approach
The best practical rule is to treat a ranked run as an extraction run first. Set an achievable objective, avoid a fight whose cost is larger than its Rank Point value, and turn toward extraction when the risk rises. This is a decision framework based on the official scoring and penalty structure, not an invented scoring formula.
If you want community perspectives on rank pressure, use Reddit or Discord to collect questions and experience reports. Keep those reports separate from the official rank list. The page will update its advice when official announcements clarify thresholds, rewards, or mode behavior.
What remains to be confirmed
This page only states details supported by the collected official material or clearly labeled player discussion. Exact values, rankings, routes, item economies, and interaction rules that are not present in those sources remain unconfirmed.
When a later official announcement or current in-game check closes one of these gaps, update only that field and keep the version date visible. This prevents a useful answer from becoming an untraceable guess.