Saturation Diving Tier List: Verified Objectives

What is the best Saturation Diving progression tier list?

Start with the first-dive, three-level, and six-level milestones. They form the clearest verified progression path. Next prepare six active upgrades and the post-level-six Sanguinite clear. Treat the eleven- and fifteen-stage badges as endurance goals after shorter runs become repeatable, not as the first target for a new player.

Tier	Verified objective	Official evidence	Why it belongs here
S	Complete one dive	Primitive Diver badge	Proves the basic loop is understood
S	Complete three levels in one dive	Ramshackle Diver badge	Tests short-run consistency
S	Complete six levels in one dive	Apprentice Diver badge	Establishes a repeatable mid-run baseline
A	Have six upgrades active	Tactical Gear badge	Confirms upgrade preparation as a meaningful goal
A	Clear all Sanguinite past level six	Dig dig dig to the center of the earth! badge	Adds a complete clearing objective after the six-level threshold
B	Complete eleven rounds in one dive	Journeyman Diver badge	A rarer endurance target with a large award-count drop
B	Complete fifteen levels in one dive	Mastercraft Diver badge	The longest officially described progression milestone
Specialist	Monster kills, logs, P.L.O.P, Music Box, Crash Plateau	Enabled specialist badges	Valuable for completion, but not the core endurance ladder

The tier letters describe preparation order, not item power or difficulty multipliers.

Why does this tier list not rank classes or suits?

The checked official Roblox game and badge records do not publish Captain, Engineer, Spotter, or Salvager classes. They also do not expose a complete suit, tank, price, or hidden-stat table. Ranking unsupported names would copy search-result claims without proving they exist in the current beta.

This wiki will add a class or equipment tier list only after a current in-game interface, developer post, or reproducible gameplay capture verifies the names and functions. Until then, the verified upgrades guide separates visible interface descriptions from unknown numbers.

When should you attempt eleven or fifteen stages?

Attempt the long milestones after six levels are repeatable and the team has a clear continue-or-extract rule. On the August 28 API check, official award totals dropped from 50,170 for Apprentice Diver to 8,524 for Journeyman Diver and 2,453 for Mastercraft Diver. Those totals suggest scarcity, not a clean completion rate.

Use the progression guide for the badge sequence and the progression badges page for IDs, exact wording, and dated totals.

How often should this ranking be updated?

Recheck it after the official experience timestamp changes, a new badge appears, a description changes, or direct gameplay verifies a new progression system. The beta update tracker shows the public signals this site monitors without turning an update timestamp into invented patch notes.