Commendations are awards given to players for performing certain feats during multiplayer, firefight, and campaign gameplay. Players earn credits (or cR) as they perform these actions and additional credits are earned upon reaching Commendation milestones.
Milestones for commendations are as follows (cR rewards will vary with each Commendation)
| Commendation Rank | Visual Change |
| Iron Rank | 1 bar |
| Bronze Rank | 2 bars |
| Silver Rank | 3 bars |
| Gold Rank | 4 bars |
| Onyx Rank | black bars |
| Onyx Max | black bars with fire |
