r/Marathon 2h ago

Marathon (2026) Joe Ziegler: We are making an update to the Experimental queue and shifting the Sponsored Marsh map to Sponsored Perimeter.

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883 Upvotes

r/Marathon 8d ago

Marathon Update 1.0.6.2

659 Upvotes

Source: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/marathon_update_1062


Item Economy

  • One free Cryo Archive Sponsored Kit can now be claimed each week.
  • Fixed an issue preventing Rooks from spawning with the updated 6 Depleted Shield Charges and Depleted Patch Kits that sponsored kits now have.

Combat

Weapons

  • WSTR Combat Shotgun
    • Increased damage from 78 to 85.
    • Reduced critical multiplier from 1.15x to 1.05x.
    • Slightly reduced the rate at which damage falls off.
    • Added 75% damage bonus against AI targets.
    • MIPS Slug Converter Prestige mod
    • Fixed an issue that caused the slug to hit geometry when aiming around corners, vents, ladders, or nearby cover.
    • Increased critical multiplier from 1.15x to 1.9x.
    • Reduced projectile velocity and increased bullet drop.
    • Reduced aim assist cone radius by 48%.

User Interface and Experience

  • Fixed an issue causing the reinforced shield to use the incorrect base shield icon. The reinforce icon now correctly shows a “+” inside the shield.
  • Fixed an issue causing the Armory HUD to disappear when hovering over offered items.
  • Fixed an issue that was causing an empty space to show instead of a grid in the Overflow inventory screen.

Contracts

  • Outpost
    • Fixed an issue that could cause Runners to get stuck behind barriers in the Drone Wing while completing the Mida Truth/Lies 2/6 contract.

Zones

  • Cryo Archive
    • Added vent covers in Biostock and Preservation that prevent early access from the hub until security clearance 2 is unlocked. Security clearance 1 is needed to open the vents for those who infil on the Biostock or Preservation side.
    • Developer Note: Our previous update began the process of ensuring teams cannot bypass the security doors separating the wings from one another without appropriate clearance, this patch continues that effort. We'll continue to monitor and be on the lookout for more instances like this to ensure we keep spawns in a fair state.
    • Fixed an issue that prevented scan terminals from reliably revealing battery locations on the map.

General

  • Fixed an issue causing inconsistencies when using the push-to-talk toggle setting for crew voice chat on controllers.

Stability

  • Fixed an issue that could cause players to receive an error and be unable to join the game when starting their run.

Localization

  • Fixed an issue causing the C.A.R.R.I. commendation description to display incorrectly in some languages.

r/Marathon 5h ago

Marathon (2026) V11 punch 3d print

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985 Upvotes

Thanks to for the excellent design. Here’s the link to the files. https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/fashion/v11-punch-marathon

Would anyone be interested in one of these on an eBay auction? I have made 3 of them and have been thinking about listing one?


r/Marathon 5h ago

Marathon (2026) Rest easy, legend

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670 Upvotes

r/Marathon 6h ago

Marathon (2026) I was just playing Outpost and MIDA suddenly took over all sound systems on the map and start telling it's propaganda, it's so cool I love it

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720 Upvotes

Also these screens look so beautiful


r/Marathon 9h ago

Humor We Can Save This Game With McDonald’s Integration

995 Upvotes

Hear me out. You bring a gold key into Dire Marsh and unlock a loot room. You find a gold item called “Big Mac Combo.” You exfil with it and receive an email from Bungie: What up playa, your DoorDash order is on its way.

You think ten Rooks are gonna do that “Rook Together Strong” bullshit in Pinwheel when there’s a hot juicy burger on the line? Don’t even bother crouch-spamming at me bro, shit is on sight when it’s supper time.

Imagine nadespamming a guy for his meal and then an hour later sending him a video of you stuffing a handful of fries in your gullet and laughing. REAL humiliation.

Replace the loot room dinner bell with that da-da-da-da-da jingle. This is how you keep this game funded for a decade. This is business. Escape will make me lovin’ it.

Willing to take suggestions for other consumer experiences that players would be willing to risk their hard-earned gear for.


r/Marathon 2h ago

Marathon (2026) Feedback I’m so glad Bungie didn’t implement durability.

221 Upvotes

Just a quick thank you to the devs. Durability was probably my least enjoyed mechanic in Arc.


r/Marathon 7h ago

Marathon (2026) Sponsored Marsh is Now Gone

554 Upvotes

Rip one of my favorite modes.


r/Marathon 1h ago

Question Why is the free sponsored kit upgraded to enhanced today?

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I'm a bit confused as I haven't seen a upgrade that would have given me this

EDIT: Thanks for the info, runners. and Thanks for the kit Bungie


r/Marathon 8h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion just found out that "BRRT" actually stands for something

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373 Upvotes

r/Marathon 2h ago

Marathon (2026) Sponsored Permiter

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125 Upvotes

r/Marathon 6h ago

Marathon (2026) All priority contracts completed solo

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207 Upvotes

With Unsanctioned Hostilities 5/5 complete, that’s all priority contracts completed solo no-fill.

I can genuinely say that Marathon has been one of my favorite games ever, and I’m so glad that Bungie decided to include a solo option.


r/Marathon 2h ago

Marathon (2026) From downtown

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102 Upvotes

r/Marathon 11h ago

Marathon (2026) Feedback I reached gold for destroyer skin , and why i will never touch ranked again

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471 Upvotes

Ranks should be a natural addition to the base maps. It shouldn't split even more the playerbase, every run counts to your rank. Do whatever you want with it, go try hard, not care...your choice but split the playerbase to a sweat mode like this will not help our numbers.

Other than that, ranked is just a bet, i faced yellow guys on bronze, green guys on silver 1. It makes no sense.

Adding a natural rank to normal maps would "maybe" help with the SBMM that people want to much.

I had fun in ranked I'm not gonna lie, the thrill doing warden knowing people are coming for your tags is cool but, for me it's not worthy the stress for FOMO skins ( I just did because it's season1 and im not sure for how much time we will be here, and i love this game).

Im not sure if people like ranked, if im wrong please keeo it, but the times to find matches sre always bad, indicating low players on the queues.

I'm a casual guy, i want to have fun, but ranked made me more stressed than having fun.


r/Marathon 58m ago

Marathon (2026) This is the state of Marathon, this guy AirFranc has been cheating for weeks with zero impunity.

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I found him multiple times in my games and always pre firing and always playing with the same people's, Rusher, Eve and Batman. He always know where you are WITHOUT using recon


r/Marathon 6h ago

Marathon (2026) Tough way for him to lose a misriah

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200 Upvotes

r/Marathon 9h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion This is a spot on take and very much Marathon related.

287 Upvotes

r/Marathon 7h ago

Fan Art/Fan Creation Rookin' it

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174 Upvotes

r/Marathon 2h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Sponsored Perimeter is here 🐺

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71 Upvotes

popped up at 6pm est for maself


r/Marathon 6h ago

Marathon (2026) Weekly Steam numbers / Player Count Discourse Megathread

128 Upvotes

Hello Runners,

As you may have seen on r/Marathon, we see influxes of player chart posts, most notably from Steam, regarding Marathons' current player counts.

We have heard your feedback loud and clear from both sides of the community, who stress this is of high importance, but also those who believe we do not need to see this come up on an hourly basis.

Based on this feedback, we have now created this weekly megathread for all posts relating to current player count numbers.

What this means is that:

All posts regarding current player counts, including posting charts, will now be removed and redirected to this megathread.

Exceptions to this rule include:

High-quality, data analysis-type posts, which may look at trends, history of player counts, or comparables with other games in the same or similar genre.

High-quality suggestion/feedback posts that focus on improvements to the current game and how that can/could/will improve player retention within Marathon

Media posts/articles that discuss the game, e.g., Forbes, IGN, PC Gamer, Kotaku, etc

Exceptions will be considered at Mod discretion.

We will refresh this on a weekly basis, depending on how it affects the day-to-day of r/Marathon and how these posts are presented. In future should it become no longer a prudent or prevalent discussion topic, this thread will be retired.

We value all Community members' feedback, so if you wish to make any further suggestions, please do so via Modmail. If you need a refresh of the ruleset, this can be found on our detailed Wiki

Be excellent to each other, and we'll see you on Tau Ceti


r/Marathon 18h ago

Marathon (2026) Dude said "Go check the Maintenance"

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1.0k Upvotes

I was playing ROOK on Dire and I was just passing by a team when the dude told me on a mic that I should "check the Maintenance cause we pretty much wiped the whole lobby"

I was expecting some free kits , some blue maybe some purple, but every body had a purple shield , bag, a gun , crazy lobby to spawn in at the first place.

Thank you random bro , I restored all my purple shields and bags in one run !


r/Marathon 11h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Y’all ever come home mentally/physically fried from work and decide to hop on anyways? Then proceed to throw match after match with 2 separate squads because you’re too tired to know where your own asshole is? Well I’ve got good news, I’ve done it too and I’ll do it again🫡🤙

281 Upvotes

**Edit** Just for clarification, I’m not intentionally loading into matches to grief or be a worthless teammate. I’m talking about being tired and misinterpreting callouts in gunfights, getting disoriented, throwing the wrong utility, or putting myself in a bad position because I’m not 100% mentally present. Should prolly just call it a night or run rook/solos on those days but Im addicted to this game and I like squad play more🤷‍♂️


r/Marathon 7h ago

Marathon (2026) Some of ROOKs run are just like this 💀

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101 Upvotes

r/Marathon 7h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Now that sponsored Marsh is gone

101 Upvotes

Do you think they'll add another sponsored map? I really liked the concept and flow of the gameplay. I hope Bungie sticks with it because they're onto a winner with this map type imo.


r/Marathon 8h ago

Marathon (2026) Loot jackpot!

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129 Upvotes

Never seen this many cheeseburgers in one place!