Marathon's ranked mode homework explains holotags, score targets, and penalties

Bungie published a "Ranked Calculation Worksheet" to explain Marathon’s new ranked mode ahead of its launch on March 21 at 1 p.m. EDT. The one‑page worksheet looks like homework and makes clear you can’t just loot, shoot, and exfil — players must reach a points threshold or risk losing rated points.

Holotags are central to the system. You buy them from the armory across six tiers — bronze, silver, gold, platinum, diamond, and pinnacle — but only from your current rank or lower. The three holotags your party brings together form the team’s "score target," and a visible in‑game loot meter shows progress; exfil before meeting that target yields no rated points, while a team wipe costs each player rated points equal to the collective loss penalty tied to those holotags.

Ranked points come from the value of loot you successfully escape with, and collecting enemy holotags is an efficient way to raise your score.

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