Rank (Halo 3)

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Ranks in Halo 3

This page lists the ranks that are used in Halo 3's Matchmaking.

Overview

Players are given a military rank based upon their Skill and EXP level.

The player has both a Global (main) Rank, which is the Rank that is shown in custom games, forge and on the service record, and a separate rank for each individual playlist.

Playlist rank is made up of the EXP the player has gained in that single playlist, while the Global rank is made up of all of the EXP gained in all of the playlists (plus more if the player has had the Gamertag before the TU2 update).

Do note that Global Ranks (and only Global ranks) can be skipped. For example, a player can go straight from Gunnery Sergeant Grade 2 to Lieutenant Grade 1, missing out Gunnery Sergeant Grade 3 if their highest skill and EXP meet the criteria to do so.

Bungie.net tracks the player's rank history, providing information on when they obtained a rank and details any ranks they have skipped.

List of Ranks

Global Ranks

The ranks and requirements of Global ranks.

Rank Name	Highest Skill	EXP
		Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4
Recruit	0	1 EXP	N/A
Apprentice	0	2 EXP	3 EXP	N/A
Private	0	5 EXP	7 EXP	N/A
Corporal	0	10 EXP	15 EXP	N/A
Sergeant	0	20 EXP	30 EXP	40 EXP	N/A
Gunnery Sergeant	0	50 EXP	60 EXP	150 EXP	File:H3 Rank MSgt Icon.svg Master Sergeant 300 EXP
Lieutenant	10	70 EXP	85 EXP	200 EXP	File:H3 Rank 1LT Icon.svg First Lieutenant 400 EXP
Captain	20	100 EXP	150 EXP	300 EXP	File:H3 Rank StaffCaptain Icon.svg Staff Captain 600 EXP
Major	30	200 EXP	300 EXP	600 EXP	File:H3 Rank FieldMajor Icon.svg Field Major 1200 EXP
Commander	35	300 EXP	450 EXP	900 EXP	File:H3 Rank StrikeCmdr Icon.svg Strike Commander 1800 EXP
Colonel	40	400 EXP	600 EXP	1200 EXP	File:H3 Rank ForceColonel Icon.svg Force Colonel 2400 EXP
Brigadier	45	500 EXP	1000 EXP	2000 EXP	File:H3 Rank BrigadierGeneral Icon.svg Brigadier General 4000 EXP
General	50	600 EXP	1200 EXP	2500 EXP	File:H3 Rank FiveStarGeneral Icon.svg 5 Star General 5000 EXP

Playlist Ranks

The ranks and requirements of playlist ranks, which will only show up at that Playlist and Bungie.net.

Image	Rank Name
		Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4
File:Recruit.svg	Recruit	1 EXP	--	--	--
File:Apprentice.png	Apprentice	2 EXP	3 EXP	--	--
File:Private.png	Private	4 EXP	5 EXP	--	--
File:Corporal.svg	Corporal	7 EXP	10 EXP	--	--
File:Sergeant.png	Sergeant	12 EXP	15 EXP	20 EXP	--
File:GunnerySergeant.svg	Gunnery Sergeant	25 EXP	30 EXP	35 EXP	Master Sergeant 40 EXP
File:Lieutenant Grade One.png	Lieutenant	50 EXP	60 EXP	70 EXP	First Lieutenant 85 EXP
File:Captain Grade One.png	Captain	100 EXP	110 EXP	120 EXP	Staff Captain 135 EXP
File:Major Grade One.png	Major	150 EXP	160 EXP	170 EXP	Field Major 185 EXP
File:Commander Grade One.png	Commander	200 EXP	225 EXP	250 EXP	Strike Commander 275 EXP
File:Colonel Grade One.png	Colonel	300 EXP	325 EXP	350 EXP	Force Colonel 375 EXP
File:Brigadier Grade One.png	Brigadier	400 EXP	425 EXP	450 EXP	Brigadier General 475 EXP
File:General Grade One.png	General	500 EXP	1000 EXP	1500 EXP	5 Star General 2,000 EXP

Trivia

• Beyond the rank of Lieutenant, rank does not benefit players because there are no more armor permutations or achievements left to earn.
• Players began having individual ratings for each playlist after Title Update 2.
• If a player achieves the rank of a Lieutenant in an individual playlist, they will unlock the Vidmaster Challenge: Lightswitch achievement. This will also unlock the Rogue helmet.
• This system appears to be based on the United States Army and Marine ranking systems. The major notable differences are the lack of Warrant Officer and the difference between a Brigadier and one-star General.