Reputation

Reputation is a stat used among different NPCs. Increasing one's reputation with said NPCs will increase a player's access to their wares or services.

Cryptarch
Having Master Rahool decode Engrams will gain you skill points, which will increase his rank. At each new rank, the player is rewarded with a random engram package, which can include any amount of engrams from 1 rare(blue) engram to 2 legendary(purple) engrams.

Vanguards
Completing missions for the Vanguard while on Patrol, playing in the Strike playlist, or completing Vangaurd bounties, will earn Vanguard reputation by default.

Crucible
Playing matches and completing bounties for the Crucible will earn crucible reputation by default.

Factions
In order to earn reputation with a faction, firstly, a character needs to be level 20. Reputation for a particular faction is earned by Pledging oneself to that faction. This costs 2500 glimmer and can only be done once per week. Reputation is still earned for the Vanguard and Crucible normally, in addition to faction reputation. Besides personal preference, different factions offer different bonuses for their gear;


 * Crucible Gear offers bonuses for Strength for all sets. Half also give Intellect bonuses, while the other half gives Discipline bonuses.
 * Dead Orbit Gear offers bonuses for Discipline and Strength.
 * Future War Cult Gear offers bonuses for Intellect and Discipline.
 * New Monarchy Gear offers bonuses for Intellect and Strength.
 * Vanguard Gear offers bonuses for Discipline for all sets. Half also give Intellect bonuses, while the other half gives Strength bonuses.

Queen's Wrath
In some respects, the Queen's Wrath is a lot like other factions in terms of reputation, but comes with its own set of bounties. Completing bounties, House of Wolves story missions, or finding Wolf Packs in the wild, earns reputation. Each new reputation rank after rank 3 rewards one of the Queen's Guard weapons.

Iron Banner
The Iron Banner has its own reputation and bounties; however, the Iron Banner is only ever available one week at a time, and progress is reset for every new tournament. To compensate, players can purchase a buff to gain reputation more quickly, which increases in effectiveness later in the week.

Crota's Bane
Eris Morn has her own reputation and bounties unique to The Dark Below. She sells Emblems, Shaders, class items, and a few miscellaneous upgrade materials.

Gunsmith
Banshee-44 will offer players to field-test certain weapons; these act as the gunsmith's bounties. After reaching rank 1, Banshee-44 will offer Armsday orders for purchase.