r/Marathon 4d ago

Marathon (2026) Cryo Archive | Weekly Megathread

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The Marathon is waiting...

Hello Runners, the Cryo Archive Has Reopened!

This thread will serve as a weekly focal point for impressions, lfg, discussions and info sharing regarding this endgame location.

Running Blind

The Cryo Archive was introduced with the quote: "Good luck getting there."

With that in mind, we'd recommend doing some of the following:

Knowledge is Power

Pre-Requisites

  • Season LvL 25
  • Introducing [Faction] Contracts Completed for All Factions
  • Loadout Value 5000 Credits or Higher

In Death We've Just Begun

Good Luck Runners, this is the moment we've all been waiting for, get info, get onbaord, get our alive... and don't end up like these Runners...


r/Marathon 22h ago

Misc Tau Ceti Teamups | LFG Megathread

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Three's a Crowd

Greetings Runners! Welcome to our Tau Ceti Teamups Megathread!

These threads will serve as r/Marathon 's weekly LFG Megathreads

LFG Content on r/Marathon outside of this thread will be redirected to our LFG & Support Subreddit, r/MarathonTheGame

Death is Just the Beginning

Have fun down on Tau Ceti IV, Runners! Who Knows what you'll uncover!


r/Marathon 4h ago

Media Post Bungie hires for new Marathon Marketing Manager post layoffs in a bid to reignite its troubled extraction shooter

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r/Marathon 1h ago

Marathon (1994) I've been playing Marathon for a few days now and I have this to say

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Fuck you "Colony ship for sale, cheap". This is a jumping puzzle is a game that has NO JUMP!

WHAT DO YOU MEAN I HAVE TO BACKTRACK THROUGH THE ENTIRE LEVEL TO SLIGHTLY ADJUST A SINGLE PLATFORM DAMMIT!


r/Marathon 2h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Everyone is so focused on PvP they are forgetting about extraction aspect ;)

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I managed to exfil 2 minutes later and they were still fighting.

P.S. Teammates were laughing and encouraged me to leave.


r/Marathon 5h ago

Question Can't find a game

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Anyone else from EU can't seem to find any game at the moment? Waiting 14 minutes now and counting


r/Marathon 6h ago

Marathon (2026) Marathon OST glazing post

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Damnit the soundtrack has been on my work playlist since the game came out. It just sounds unlike anything I've ever heard and is so crazily atmospheric. The weird glitch/techno effects and weird vocals used to create the raw tribal rhythms just drives the tension so well. I also love in some parts how the music kind of mimics certain i.r.l. sounds such as data transferring, an old dial up connection, or the mechanisms in a 3d printer whizzing around. Gawddamn I want more music like this. Please if somebody could recommend me something in the same ballpark I would be forever gratefull.


r/Marathon 7h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Enemy has Unlimited Health #ThisGuyFxcks

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We did end up wiping lobby. Oh boy, this was fun when it happened though.
#Marathon #MarathonClips u/MarathonTheGame u/MarathonDevTeam


r/Marathon 6h ago

Media Post "Why do you play marathon? Isn't it too hard?"

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I don't like cyac but I do love my dear friend Oni


r/Marathon 3h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Guys, don't trust me just because of my level 😭

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Be me

Level 300

My teammates are expecting me to lead

I tell them that's a certain way to die a horrible death

They ignore my warning

We then reach a swift and painful demise

Rage ensues


r/Marathon 16h ago

Marathon (2026) 777.7k Vault Value šŸŽ°

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Lucky number lol


r/Marathon 3h ago

Humor White Rabbit is everywhere

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r/Marathon 21h ago

Fan Art/Fan Creation When a runner calls you "twin" so you hit them with the 10th military Mjolnir Mark IV Battleroid stare.

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r/Marathon 13h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Imma be honest

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I hate how much I love this game I really do but I truly believe it deserved better.

For starters yes it’s quite fun but I personally just don’t mesh with extraction shooters especially when I play on my own I love the world of marathon I love the art style the gunplay everything I just wish it wasn’t a extraction.

If I’m being honest I wish they went the doom route and revitalised the franchise through the same way doom did in 2016, with a story mode. I know it’s too late now and we are getting a pve next season which I’m looking forward to I just hope one day we may get a story mode that isn’t just quests that once you do one half you get jumped by three teams (skill issue Ik)


r/Marathon 18h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion There is 0 reason for a warden to not spawn every single match.

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What even is the motivation for making in game events inconsistent? So you're telling me in a successful, 15-25 minute match, I may not even be able to do the only event which has a good chance of a gold cryo key for that map.

The crazy thing is, the events are quite dangerous and pretty mid reward. If you want to be able to farm a specific kind of loot, a specific event should be consistently able to. matches take too long to need to requeue over and over for an event.


r/Marathon 31m ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion What do yall think of new marathon half a year later?

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I find the artstyle and its lore fun, the guns for the most part of good to use though most are trash without any mods which sucks. Wish the weapons were good on their own so weapon mods were bonus not a necessity like CoD. The maps, I wish there was more variety? Like two of the maps are just UESC themed areas while the other two are decent. The space port map could used more overgrowth or map snow to make stand out more from cryo.

I think the approach to lore is interesting, way better than D1 since you can actually read the lore in game. Only con I have for the lore is contracts resetting and having to redo all the steps. That’s great for new users but since I barely play marathon a lot now it’s a bit tedious, having to redo all the steps I sucked at doing in S1.

Factions, the bots do feel like they could be better if they had more ways to take em down. Like maybe volt weapons can overload the riot shield bots and briefly emp it and other bots near. Or shotguns could stagger bots etc. The not flood guys I could see being expanded on if bungie or Sony wants more horror elements to marathon. Also add more wildlife, like marathon lobster or maybe add wildlife that also target the UESC.

In general I like the game even tho I never get purple or exotic gear. I just hope the game gets to live longer and not end up like so many failed extraction shooters.


r/Marathon 22h ago

Lore UESC Reinterpretation Campaign | Marathon

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FILE TYPE: Archived Recording
PERIOD: Colony Era
SPEAKERS: Hassan, M. [MHAS]
TOPIC: UESC Reinterpretation Campaign
SUMMARY: Dr. Mari Hassan records a statement addressing colonist concerns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dClhJZ1lwCM


r/Marathon 17h ago

Misc //RUN_COMPLETE

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Bungie's Marathon actually got me into running:)


r/Marathon 11h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion the true killing blow to this game will be no-regs

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lack of maps and content will suck but there’s always going to be a small number of players who like what already exists and want to keep playing it. I am one of those people. I will always enjoy rook 1v3ing or cryo archive runs.

Every time I no-reg somebody, I am tempted to drop the game instantly. Lost a run to mizzy no-regs earlier and just lost one to goddamn Firestorm no-reg’ing a destroyer at point blank range. All my shit gone, not due to skill problems, but because the netcode decreed it so.

ā€œOh the mizzy ones were because you were out of rangeā€ then make that clearer to the user. simple fix, either an indicator for a hit being out of range or a sound or SOMETHING to clarify that I was just two pixels too far for the shotgun pellets to count.


r/Marathon 18h ago

Marathon (2026) Sometimes all you need for happiness is a WSTR and a green shield

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r/Marathon 2h ago

Marathon (2026) Best way to farm gold keys?

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Over 350 hours playing since S1 and I’ve only ever seen 2 gold keys (not counting cryo vaults) and I lost both of them before I could extract them.

What’s the best way to find them? I’m constantly in pinwheel red room and haven’t seen one there. What’s the % chance superior keys turn into prestige?


r/Marathon 8h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion ā€œGood try guys. That was almost lobby.ā€ What I said when the match was over

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Got pushed by entire lobby in Flight, my two mates down within the first minute of the fight. 11 mins later I couldn’t finish the last purple destroyer… fun fight though


r/Marathon 58m ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Why did my shots not hurt him?

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Any ideas?


r/Marathon 20h ago

Marathon (2026) You are stranded on TCIV. You are starving. Do you drink it?

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Also, gawd dog it did these colonists litter.


r/Marathon 1d ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion I wanted to understand extraction shooter communities. So I made this!

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Hey folks!

I've been very involved in the Marathon community for a while now, and before that, the Tarkov community. I see plenty of arc raiders and other community suggestions online as well. Even the hate, low sodium, and niche versions of these communities for the different games. I check them all out at least once in a while.

These extraction shooter communities can feel pretty similar. The same worries about player count, the same PVE vs PVP discussions, hardcore-ness, new player experience. And the same wildly differing opinions on the direction for the game.

I wanted to figure out how people playing the same games could have such opposite opinions on these things. So I spent a lot of time thinking about it, checking out these communities, and chatting with some folks in the industry. The result is this video. You may recognize one of the top posts from this community as its centerpiece!

P.S.

I bought a buddy a copy of Marathon recently and did an interview with him on his first 10 hours with the game. He said he had ZERO negative experiences with entirely crew fill squads. Instead, people dropping him gear, teaching him the game, and asking to group up. Going to release a refined version of the whole thing later this week. But the whole experiment made me really proud to be part of this awesome community!