Skill Ranks
From Universe Wars
Skill Ranks help you in all your Resource Production. Their is also a Mercantile Rank which helps when you trade in the Market.
You can view your Skill Ranks in the bottom right corner of your My Empire Page. If one of the resources does not show up, it simply means you have 0 skill in producing that resource. If you gain a Skill Rank, you will be notified in your News Page.
You will get higher Skill Ranks by producing a certain amount of that resource each tick (see Ticks for more info on a tick). Your Mercentile Rank will go up differently, you can get a higher rank by trading a minimum amount of the same resource. The beginning minimum trade increase is 5,000 and as you progress in the ranks each minimum goes up 5,000 from the last. An increase of your Rank is not garenteed every time.