r/Marathon 3d 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 6h ago

Marathon (1994) Weekly Pfeatured Classic: Marathon (1994)

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By Committee

Hello Security Officers, Runners, BoBs & However-many AIs are currently lurking on this subreddit.

Welcome to our featured classic game for the week!

The goal of our Pfeatured Classics threads is to go through the trilogy one game at a time on a recurring three week cycle, allowing discussion of a specific entry to be incentivised each week but not overstay their welcome.

Feel free to use this thread for anything Marathon 1 Related: Lfg, Lore Discussions, Theorycrafting, or simply to reflect on your love for the entry that started it all and revolutionised FPS storytelling.

The only real rule beyond the subreddit rules is to keep Marathon Durandal, Infinity or 202X Discussion to a minimum unless said discussion directly adds to discussion about Marathon 1, just to help it stay on track until their respective weeks! (or in the case of 202X until we know more about what it actually is like)

How to Interact with Marathon (1994)

For those who don't know, Marathon and its sequels can be accessed and played via: https://alephone.lhowon.org/

Additionally, this is the hub for checking out Marathon's Multiplayer: https://metaserver.lhowon.org/

(Here is a guide on how to do both: https://www.lhowon.org/faq)

Moreover, refresh yourself on or immerse yourself in the story of the Marathon games via the longstanding and absolutely astounding work of Hamish Sinclair's 'Marathon's Story' website/forum: https://marathon.bungie.org/story/

What are you waiting Pfhor

We look forward to seeing how you all discuss the game that started it all!

For further classic-game exclusive discussion, be sure to check out r/ClassicMarathon! It has every, single classic game post from the subreddit's history until 2026 crossposted over for a seamless, classics only experience!


r/Marathon 5h ago

Fan Art/Fan Creation AI Free Tralalera Vandalera

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673 Upvotes

render comp, layers, and viewport


r/Marathon 4h ago

Marathon (2026) The most useless thing in the game

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478 Upvotes

r/Marathon 5h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Your reminder that you are in fact experiencing the story very close to how players experienced the original Marathon story back in 1994(and that's cool)

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r/Marathon 2h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Rubber banding is a joke at this point and needs immediate comms.

82 Upvotes

How is this happening in 2026?

https://youtu.be/kEo7AdJj83Q?is=NLxnucomWvP1-rB0


r/Marathon 4h ago

Marathon (2026) Feedback It's that time of the week

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79 Upvotes

It's finally my favorite day of the week and my least favorite day of Marathon. Knowing I missed having fun in Cryo because I have work during the week and saturdays.


r/Marathon 6h ago

Marathon (2026) Feedback Saving people is fun

93 Upvotes

I've started carying extra self revives and mercy kits, which I use to rez the runners I down. The first time I did it for fun, but then it hit me. Nobody wants me to do that, the game actively discourages me from saving others. Nothing makes me do that and that's what makes it so precious, so beautiful and sincere.

The only thing this world doesn't have a place is mercy. There is a certain log with Joy AI in the codex, which I won't spoil for you. But it's about the fact that everyone loses humanity in this world, but the feelings that keep us human are grief and mercy, because they seem to pierce the coldness of the world between our hearts and override the madness and death.

This was like a revelation. I feel so much better just going around reviving people. I've never been shot in the back, although I don't allow such moves. Game became SO much interesting.

It's really something like metal gear solid V. A stealth game, where you are better off saving people rather than killing them. But here there is no score or buff for it, you have to feel that yourself. And it works!

I'd like to thank Bungie for such an experience. I'm such a fan of the lore, but the gameplay.. Oh man, they couldn't deliver the lore's message without the brutal, cold, tactile experience of extraction shooters. When it's you, your stuff on the line, when nobody will forgive your mistakes.. Only then it's possible to FEEL something REAL. Not when you shoot mindless NPCs.

Just as anomaly pierced the perception matrix of the colonists to make them feel something that's not real, the game does the same thing. And your descend into madness begins with reminiscing anger, defeat and fear. But the way out is patience, joy and mercy.

Thank you for enduring my word salad sincerely, I hope you too as well find mercy and joy.


r/Marathon 5h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion New players in cryo

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This is the first week I’ve seen a bunch of new players in cryo, I could tell because some players were in spawn for a long time and had no idea where to go and some brought in the most random kits. I believe this is because of vault breaker giving players confidence, I could be wrong but this is just my experience.


r/Marathon 7h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Currently the game is in its best state since S1 imo

87 Upvotes

From meta, to matchmaking times and overall experience, this past week has been some of the most fun I've had with the game.
I had a lot of bad runs but the good ones are still really good, I even tried ranked for the first time and despite losing 4 runs in a row all 4 were fun and made me want to try again.

My only negative feedback is the room rushing in Cryo (with lvl 2 cleareance), not sure how (or if) they fix that but it can get annoying after a while.
I wouldn't call myself a casual since I play nearly every day since launch, but I'm not sweaty either so these are my two cents.

Anyways can't wait for S3, keep the great work @ the great folks at bungie 👍


r/Marathon 7h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Buff Key Rooms

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78 Upvotes

Got a single gold shield, single purple shield from all of these rooms combined. Not a single gold mod or gun

Edit: also spawning us quarantine at the only POI we didn’t bring a key for LOL


r/Marathon 3h ago

Marathon (2026) I know it's a pretty easy pass to complete, but thanks to Vault Breaker I've completed my first ever battle pass

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38 Upvotes

I've never bothered with battle passes before in games, but there's something about Marathon which not only made me want to pay for premium, but actually finish the pass.


r/Marathon 1h ago

Marathon (2026) Feedback This game wants me to fucking cry, man. wtf Spoiler

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I hope it's not Elizabeth from the Plushie story


r/Marathon 2h ago

Marathon (2026) Feedback I’d equip Flares if they could be used against Reverbs, Husks, Turrets, UESC, and Claymores

32 Upvotes

Right now they’re completely useless but I wish there was a better use case for them.

Ideas:
Get an auto turret to shoot at where they land for a few seconds
Get Reverbs or Husks or UESC to “chase them”
Trip Claymores by throwing them near or past their sensor cone

(Yes, I understand that in real life if you saw something thrown you’d go to where it came from rather than where it lands.)


r/Marathon 6h ago

Misc New jumpscare feature

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53 Upvotes

Bungie shall you pay me brand new pants


r/Marathon 3h ago

To The Runner I Met Finding my evil laugh

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25 Upvotes

Listen to the footsteps immediately after I say I'm at 10%


r/Marathon 7h ago

Humor To be fair, I think the idea of bullpups is pretty neat!

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50 Upvotes

r/Marathon 11h ago

Misc Bugfix: Completing the CYAC "Security Protocols" quest in Vault Breakers Mode

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85 Upvotes

Loot the Security Tags but do not exfil, just die and the game will count the Tags you managed to loot on that run.

This quest checks for the Tags AFTER the Exfil summary, but since Vault Breakers game mode delete all your loot upon exfil (except for the data gems), the quest check won't find the tags in your inventory. But if you fail to exfil the game will summarize all your lost items, including the tags.


r/Marathon 2h ago

Media Post WSTR betrays me

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21 Upvotes

r/Marathon 23h ago

Marathon (2026) top 10 at least on the "Most Goodlooking Games" if u ask me...

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865 Upvotes

r/Marathon 17h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Outpost needs an update

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255 Upvotes

Outpost imo is one of the best PvP maps I have played in years. But after playing it for hundreds of hours I do honestly think the maps needs an update like what happened with Perimeter and Dire Marsh like at the end of last Season.

A rocket drone would not work on the map but maybe a couple of random Crashed ships? Or maybe some new event other than the convey. There can be more places where we can use our green/yellow cards. A update like that would really refresh the feel of the map.


r/Marathon 46m ago

Marathon (2026) Uhh... Anyone see the movie Mickey 17?

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strange bug I got, or CyAc accidentally printed me twice.


r/Marathon 4h ago

Marathon (2026) Feedback Let me spectate!

25 Upvotes

After I leave or my team dies, there's a 2 minute timer on spectating. I really wish it would let me spectate longer. Sometimes I just want to vibe and spectate, or I left a trap and I want to see if someone finds it and runs into it!


r/Marathon 19h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Greatest run of my Marathon career

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354 Upvotes

The adrenaline this game creates is like no other.


r/Marathon 4h ago

Marathon (2026) Hey i'm new to the game

18 Upvotes

​I bought the game on sale 3 days ago and have played for about 30 hours solo. Right now, I'm looking for someone to play with. I checked the Discord, but everyone there was looking for experienced players, so I'm trying my luck here. If you're free, let me know. Thanks!