Reputation ranks
Ranks only ever go up; points can drop but your rank stays.
About reputation ranksAfter around 80ish hours out into the pack, I can confidently say it is leagues above stoneblock 3. Where stoneblock 3 for example had quests which felt not that well put together, stoneblock 4 ended up being one of the best out together quest books with literal voice acting and lore!
The end game is satisfying. While there are technically creative items you can make after the end game, the story itself ends off at a good note with each upgrade of the world engine needing work done from different mods, all while progression gating some recipes depending on what world engine upgrades you have made. Quite a interesting way to gate progression in a well made way