However, it isn’t always clear what rewards and benefits you earn from each honor rank.

How to gain or lose honor

This is pretty simple and works as youd expect.

Youll earn honor for actions that are perceived to be, well, nice.

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On the flipside, youll lose honor ranking for committing criminal acts or actions that are considered dishonorable.

Harassing and killing innocents, or looting innocent bodies will all lose you honor points.

As you spend time with the game, youll naturally earn or lose honor based on your actions.

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How do honor ranks and rewards work

Imagine your honor is on a sliding scale.

Every time you accrue honor points, youll move up the scale (+).

Conversely, if you lose honor, youll slide down the scale (-).

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Play it neutral and youll be at 0.

There are certain honor milestones in the game which youll achieve at a specific rank.

At -8 honor rank, youll be sitting at -320 points.

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A rank is gained by earning +40 points.

So, those at honor rank -7, will have -280 points.

Those at honor rank -6, will have -240 points and so on.

Someone with the highest honor rank at +8, will be sitting pretty at +320 points.