# Promotion

Upon reaching maximum Prestige for their Class, Rookie and Veteran coaches become eligible for promotion.\
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To promote an eligible coach, the owner will need to make an exchange with the Ocean Racing Coaches Association which involves sending an extra coach to the ORCA training facility as a fee. *(as shown below)* Metadata for the eligible coach may then be updated.

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**Conditions of Promotion:**

* Eligible Coaches include Prestige 3 Rookies & Prestige 4 Veterans only.
* Extra Coach may be any Coach with any prestige of at least the same Class level as the Eligible coach.
* Extra Coach will be sent to and become property of the Ocean Racing League.
* Promoted Coach will be one Class level above the original coach and remain at the same Prestige level.
* The only traits to change during Promotion will be Class (badge colour) and the Clothing trait.&#x20;
* Promoted Coaches unlock the exclusive promotion jacket relative to their class. The owner gets to decide whether they wear it or not.
* **Promoted coaches will have their Reef Points total reset to zero.**