Shinobi Striker Ranks in Order: Every Ladder Explained

Shinobi Striker has six separate rank ladders, and the one most players mean is the Ninja Rank: Genin first, then Chunin, then Jonin, raised by clearing VR Missions rather than by winning online. The other five are the Ninja World League grades (D5 at the bottom up through S1 and the newer SS tier), the VR Mission difficulty ranks (Training, D, C, B, A, S), the level Ranks 1 to 25 you earn every 100 levels, the Training Ranks 1 to 10 you earn with each master, and the item rarity letters on everything you pull from scrolls. Below, each ladder is laid out in order, with what moves you up it and what it unlocks, as of November 2026.

We checked this against the Shinobi Striker Fandom wiki, Bandai Namco's official launch and Ninja League posts, the game's Steam patch notes, the official NARUTO site's DLC pages, a Twinfinite guide and player reports on the Steam forums in November 2026.

Ninja Rank: Genin, Chunin, Jonin

Ninja Rank is the title shown next to your avatar, and according to the wiki's VR Ninjutsu Arena page it runs from Genin all the way to Jonin. Every new character starts as a Genin. Your account level does not move this rank on its own: one Steam player reported still being a Genin at around level 50, and another said the promotion came from missions, not matches. That matches how the game is built, because Ninja Rank is tied to the VR Ninjutsu Arena run by Kakashi in the Hidden Leaf lobby.

The promotion path the wiki describes works in three steps:

1. Genin: 20 VR Missions are available, unlocked by talking to the characters around the lobby who have a blue exclamation mark over their heads.
2. Chunin: clearing that first set promotes you and hands you 47 more missions.
3. Jonin: finishing those earns the final rank, and with it the last 2 missions, for 69 in total.

Twinfinite's guide counts the first set as 21 missions and says the last hurdle before Chunin is "It's Training Time!", where you fight a wave of Naruto's shadow clones and then the Nine-Tailed Fox. After the credits roll you are told you have reached Chunin. The small gap between 20 and 21 comes down to how each source counts the training missions, so do not worry if your own tally differs by one. A player on Steam who cleared everything on PS5 in 2024 wrote that he became Chunin and then Jonin simply by doing all the VR Missions, and that locked missions opened as he finished the earlier ones. The wiki's own avatar page words it slightly differently, saying Jonin comes from beating every mission except the Ultimate Showdown ones, so if you are one or two missions short of Jonin, check those last.

The practical reward for a higher Ninja Rank is shopping access. Tenten's Ninja Tools Shop gates many of its items behind a rank requirement. The wiki's shop table marks basic gear such as Iron Knuckles and Claws as Genin items, recolored weapons like the Violet Ninja Knuckle Knives as Chunin items, and pieces such as the Violet Iron Knuckles as Jonin items. Twinfinite describes the same thing in plainer terms: a higher ninja ranking opens better outfits, cosmetics and weapons in Tenten's shop.

That means a player who only ever queues for online battles can end up with a high account level, a strong loadout from scrolls, and still be locked out of part of the shop. If you see an item in the shop you cannot buy, check your Ninja Rank before you assume it is a currency problem. The fix is always the same: go back to Kakashi and clear more VR Missions. If you are not sure which missions still count, our guide to playing Shinobi Striker offline covers which of them you can grind solo without a connection.

VR Mission Ranks: Training to S

The missions themselves are graded by difficulty, and the order is Training, then D, C, B, A and S. The wiki's VR Ninjutsu Arena page gives the split of the 69 missions as 4 Training, 8 D-Rank, 23 C-Rank, 20 B-Rank, 9 A-Rank and 5 S-Rank. Several missions appear at more than one difficulty: Protect the Village Gate! has versions from D-Rank up to S-Rank, and the Ryo payout climbs with the letter, from 300 Ryo at D-Rank to 1,800 Ryo at S-Rank.

The higher letters are where the boss fights live. The A-Rank and S-Rank lists include It's Training Time!, Ultimate Showdown, Team 7 Showdown and Akatsuki Deathmatch, and each mission can also drop a Kakashi Scroll with a mission-specific accessory. Clearing a mission at one letter does not clear it at the next, so a full Jonin run means returning to the same maps several times. If a boss is walling you, bring friends: the Arena lets you play these missions alone or online with a party or random players.

Ninja World League Grades: D5 to SS1

The Ninja World League is the competitive ladder, and it is the rank most people show off. Bandai Namco's launch announcement in August 2018 described it plainly: grades start at D and climb through C, B and A to S, each grade has five classes numbered 5 to 1, and winning online earns Grade Points while losing takes them away. Certain actions during a match also add bonus points. Patch 2.52 on 29 March 2024 then added ranks SS1 to SS5, so the full order now reads like this:

Ninja World League grades, lowest to highest (as of November 2026)

Grade	Classes, in climbing order	Where it came from
D	D5, D4, D3, D2, D1	Launch, 2018
C	C5, C4, C3, C2, C1	Launch, 2018
B	B5, B4, B3, B2, B1	Launch, 2018
A	A5, A4, A3, A2, A1	Launch, 2018
S	S5, S4, S3, S2, S1	Launch, 2018
SS	SS5 to SS1	Patch 2.52, March 2024

A league is a limited-time event, not a permanent ladder. The wiki explains that each Ninja World League picks two of the four team modes (typically Combat with Flag or Combat with Base; Barrier Battles and Survival Exercise are left out), and you collect your rewards from Sakura at the Inn when it ends. Rewards stack downward: your final grade pays out its own prize plus every prize for the grades beneath it. In the seventh league, for example, A1 paid a Gaara Outfit and S1 paid a Rainbow Demon Wind Shuriken, while a separate Top 10 prize went to the very best players. Placing near the top also earns a numbered title.

Master Training Ranks 1 to 10

The fourth ladder belongs to your masters. You pick a master at Sasuke's Ninjutsu Library, then earn Training Points by playing, and each master pays out a fixed reward at each Training Rank from 1 to 10. The official page for the newest master shows the shape well: Naruto Uzumaki (Sage Mode) unlocks as a master at Rank 1, gives the Frog Kumite ninjutsu at Rank 2, his Hokage Cloak outfit at Rank 3, Nature Energy: Concentration at Rank 4, the Tailed Beast State: Nine Tails secret technique at Rank 5, and finishes with the Honorary Title "Hero" at Rank 10.

Ranks 1 to 5 are where the ninjutsu usually sit, which is why Bandai Namco's paid Top Secret Training Sets are built around them. The 2.70 patch notes describe the Season Pass 9 set as instantly unlocking every ninjutsu and item up to Training Rank 5 for the Season Pass 9 masters you own. Ranks 6 to 10 tend to be Shinobi Boost Seals, hairstyles, a weapon and the title. For a deeper look at what to equip once a master is maxed, our Shinobi Striker tier list for November 2026 tracks which techniques the latest patches pushed up or down.

Level Ranks 1 to 25

Your avatar's level is a ladder of its own. You earn EXP from online matches and VR Missions, and the wiki notes that winning a match pays more than losing, though both pay something. Once you pass level 100, the level counter rolls into a new Rank with its own emblem: Rank 1 covers levels 1 to 100, Rank 2 covers 101 to 200, and so on in steps of 100. The wiki's table runs to Rank 25, which covers levels 2,501 to 2,600. The cap has been raised twice: ranks 16 to 20 arrived in version 2.02 and ranks 21 to 25 in version 2.39.

This is the number the modded save listings at the end of this guide call "Prestige", and it is purely a measure of time played. It does not change your Ninja Rank, your league grade or your stats, and nothing in the shop is gated behind it, which is why a Rank 10 player can still be a Genin. Treat it as a long-term badge rather than a goal to rush.

Item Ranks: C Through SS+

The last set of letters is item rarity, shown on every weapon, outfit and ninja tool. The shop and scroll tables run from C and B up through A, S and SS, and Season 8 introduced SS+ weapons, which add special actions from the original series on top of SS-level strength. Rarity matters for more than looks. Since version 2.46, duplicate A-Rank and higher items pay back Exchange Tickets instead of only Ryo: 3 tickets for an A-Rank duplicate, 10 for S-Rank and 150 for SS-Rank, all spent at Tenten's Exchange Shop.

The scroll you open decides the odds. Plain Scrolls cannot give S or SS items, Quality Scrolls cannot give SS items, Valuable Scrolls have a small SS chance and Esoteric Scrolls have the best free odds. Because the featured scroll lineup changes often, our breakdown of the Shinobi Striker shop rotation explains when new SS and SS+ items arrive and how long they stay.

Putting the Ladders in Order of Priority

If you are new, work on them in this order. First, clear VR Missions until you reach Jonin, because it opens the full shop and teaches you every game mode on the way. Second, pick masters whose Rank 1 to 5 rewards include the ninjutsu you want and level them while you play. Third, start the Ninja World League once your loadout feels complete, since every loss costs Grade Points. Item rarity takes care of itself as you open scrolls from events and weekly missions. Before your first league, it also helps to learn the guard, deflect and substitution inputs; our Shinobi Striker controls guide lists them for PlayStation, Xbox and PC. If you want an overview of every playlist first, the existing Shinobi Striker game modes guide explains each one.

Two common mistakes slow people down. The first is expecting online wins to promote your Ninja Rank: they do not, only missions do. The second is treating the league grade as permanent. Each league resets, rewards are only collectible for a limited time, and some events, such as Red and White Battles, ignore the D5 to S1 grades entirely and score teams on combined points, with 30,000 points as the reward cap.

If You Would Rather Skip the Climb

Some players have no interest in replaying the same VR Missions at five difficulty letters. For PS4 and PS5 players only, the store's [NARUTO SAGE MODE] Prestige 25 modded save lists Prestige 25 and Level 100 (the top of the level Rank ladder described above), D, C, B, A and S mission counters and battles and wins set to 2,147,483,647, a 100.00 average K/D, all clothes, accessories, ninja weapons, jutsus, hair and make-up, titles and DLCs unlocked, and modded male and female outfits that grant infinite ultimate, sub-weapon and jutsu. The page notes that it needs active PlayStation Plus on the same account being modified, and that the game itself is not included.

It is not available for Xbox or PC. To compare it with the other saves and the trophy service, browse the Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker store page.

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