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# Ascension

Ascension is Sunflower Land's **endgame prestige system**. Once you've mastered Volcano Island, you can ascend to a chain of new islands — each bigger, tougher and more rewarding than the last.

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## 🗺️ The Ascension Islands

Beyond Volcano Island lies the ascension chain:

**Swamp → Spooky → Crystal → Galaxy → Marble**

Each ascension island starts with **30 expansions** and grows to **42**. Once you reach the Marble Age, you can keep ascending indefinitely — an infinite prestige loop for the most dedicated farmers.

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Each new ascension island opens progressively — you can't skip ahead of the community's frontier.
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## ✅ Requirements to Ascend

Your **first ascension** (Volcano → Swamp) requires:

* **Bumpkin Level 150**
* A fully expanded Volcano Island (**30 expansions**)
* **30 Crimstone, 50 Oil, 3 Obsidian & 5,000 Coins**

Each ascension after that requires a fully expanded island, **Level 50 of your current ascension band**, and a resource cost that grows **1.4×** per ascension.

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## 🔄 What Happens When You Ascend?

**You keep:**

* Your Bumpkin's XP, levels & skills
* Your entire inventory, collectibles & wearables
* Chapter progress, friendships & deliveries

**What changes:**

* You arrive on a fresh island and expand it again from the start
* Your land biome resets to the new island's theme
* Your farm layout: the first ascension keeps your arrangement in place; on later ascensions your saved **Ascension Layout** is automatically re-applied so your farm is rebuilt the way you like it
* Anything that can't fit on the new land is delivered back to you via a **reward chest** — nothing is lost

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## 📈 Levels Beyond 150

After ascending, your level is shown as an **ascension + level** pair. Each ascension adds a band of **50 levels**, with XP requirements growing each band. Every level still grants **1 skill point** — which matters, because of…

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## 💎 Ascension Crystals & Shards

Ascension islands grant **Ascension Crystals** — special one-time mining nodes:

* Mine a crystal with a **Gold Pickaxe** to receive **3 Ascension Shards**
* Crystals are granted when you upgrade islands and on the first expansions of each ascension

**Ascension Shards** are the currency for **Skill Rank-Ups** — upgrading your existing skills to more powerful ranks. See the [Skills guide](/player-guides/skills.md).

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## 🏆 Why Ascend?

* Bigger islands with more resource nodes
* Ascension Shards to rank up your skills
* Exclusive ascension rewards and airdrops
* Bragging rights — your ascension shows on leaderboards and breaks auction ties