A clear guide to Apex Legends ranked points, entry costs, tier floors, and how the live ranked system turns RP into real ladder movement.
How the ranked system turns games into RP
The Apex ranked system combines entry cost, placement, and performance into a live RP total that determines your current tier and ladder position.
That system is easiest to understand when it is connected to live numbers. Apex Ranked does that by pairing current RP, tier floors, and ladder context directly on the leaderboard.
Rank requirements by tier (Season 30)
Every number here is updated for the current split.
Rookie: 0 RP floor, 0 RP entry cost per match, no promotion protection, no demotion.
Bronze: 1,000 RP floor, 10 RP entry cost per match, no promotion protection, no demotion.
Silver: 3,000 RP floor, 20 RP entry cost per match, promotion protection 3 matches, demotion possible.
Gold: 5,500 RP floor, 38 RP entry cost per match, promotion protection 3 matches, demotion possible.
Platinum: 8,500 RP floor, 48 RP entry cost per match, promotion protection 3 matches, demotion possible.
Diamond: 12,000 RP floor, 65 RP entry cost per match, promotion protection 3 matches, demotion possible.
Master: 16,000 RP floor, 90 RP entry cost per match, promotion protection 3 matches, demotion possible.
Apex Predator has no RP target of its own. Reaching 16,000 RP makes you Master; Apex Predator is the top 750 players on each platform above that line, so the cutoff moves whenever the players around it gain or lose RP.
What players usually misunderstand
Most ranked confusion comes from mixing up tier progression with ladder progression. You can gain RP within a tier long before you are anywhere near the Predator cutoff.
Showing the live split tiers next to the real leaderboard helps players answer both questions at once: where they are in the system and how far they are from the top ladder line.