How to Rank Up in Your Grand Company

This page explains how to rank up in your Grand Company, which unlocks various new gameplay features.

Talk to the Personnel Officer

After you have joined a Grand Company, you can increase your rank as follows: talk to the Personnel Officer in your Grand Company headquarters and choose Apply for Promotion. You will be shown the requirements for ranking up. See below for the list of requirements for each rank.

Rank Up Requirements

Rank Name Requirements
Private Second Class Pay 2000 Grand Company Seals to the Personnel Officer in your Grand Company Headquarters.
Private First Class Pay 3000 Grand Company Seals to the Personnel Officer in your Grand Company Headquarters.
Corporal Pay 4000 Grand Company Seals to the Personnel Officer in your Grand Company Headquarters.
Sergeant Third Class
  1. Complete Rank 1 of your Grand Company's Hunting Log, which you can find in Main Menu > Logs > Hunting Log, and click your Grand Company logo in the Hunting Log window to view the log. Some of the enemies in the log can only be found in the optional dungeon Halatali, which can be unlocked by talking to Nedrick Ironheart in Vesper Bay in Western Thanalan to start the blue quest "Hallo Halatali".
  2. Pay 5000 Grand Company Seals to the Personnel Officer in your Grand Company Headquarters.
Sergeant Second Class Pay 6000 Grand Company Seals to the Personnel Officer in your Grand Company Headquarters.
Sergeant First Class Pay 7000 Grand Company Seals to the Personnel Officer in your Grand Company Headquarters.
Chief Sergeant
  1. Talk to the Commander in your Grand Company headquarters to start the quest "Shadows Uncast", and complete the dungeon Dzemael Darkhold to complete the quest.
  2. Pay 8000 Grand Company Seals to the Personnel Officer in your Grand Company Headquarters.
Second Lieutenant
  1. Complete Rank 2 of your Grand Company's Hunting Log, which you can find in Main Menu > Logs > Hunting Log, and click your Grand Company logo in the Hunting Log window to view the log. Some of the enemies in the log can only be found in the optional dungeon The Sunken Temple of Qarn, which can be unlocked by talking to Nedrick Ironheart in Vesper Bay in Western Thanalan to start the blue quest "Braving New Depths".
  2. Talk to the Commander in your Grand Company headquarters to start the quest "Gilding the Bilious", and complete the dungeon Aurum Vale to complete the quest.
  3. When you have completed both objectives (completed Rank 2 of the Grand Company Hunting Log and have completed the quest "Gilding the Bilious"), pay 9000 Grand Company Seals to the Personnel Officer in your Grand Company Headquarters.
First Lieutenant
  1. Enter the Barracks in your Grand Company headquarters and increase your Squadron's rank to 3 by having your Squadron complete the Flagged Mission "Crystal Recovery".
  2. Pay 10000 Grand Company Seals to the Personnel Officer.
Captain
  1. Enter the Barracks in your Grand Company headquarters and complete five different Command Missions with your Squadron.
  2. Have your Squadron complete the Flagged Mission "Sapper Strike".
  3. Talk to the Personnel Officer.