This specializations familiarizes ninja with the appearance, jutsu, bloodlines, and tactics of other villages. At the lowest level, it amounts to recognizing village symbols. At the highest level, it allows a ninja to accurately identify a ninja by their jutsu use and tactics, among other things, without needing to rely on visual uniform clues that many high-level ninja forgo.
Proficiency Levels
Introductory
Rank: Academy Student
Status: Mandatory
Description: Teaches identification of foreign village headbands and ranks. This includes flak jacket differences and headbands.
Basic
Rank: Chunin
Status: Mandatory
Skill: Ninja Villages Introductory level
Other: Taught to new Chunin following their promotion.
Description: At this level, the course teaches identifying common jutsu and bloodlines to a village.
Intermediate
Rank: Jounin
Status: Mandatory
Skill: Ninja Villages Basic level
Other:
- Taught to new Jounin following their promotion.
- Taught to Chunin on induction into ANBU to be immediately followed by Ninja Villages Advanced level.
Description: This level goes more in depth on bloodlines, common higher level jutsu of different villages, and how to guess what village a ninja may be from in absence of a headband.
Advanced
Rank: Chunin
Status: Mandatory
Skill: Ninja Villages Intermediate level
Other: ANBU only (or village's equivalent)
Description: A more in-depth version of Intermediate level, the specifics covered depends on where in ANBU one is assigned.