With the current season of Marathon nearing its end, Bungie is updating the game with a new Warden Hunt, offering a revitalized and more satisfying experience. Season 1, which launched in March, has been a valuable learning opportunity for the developers, as game director Joe Ziegler explained in a recent blog post. Looking ahead, Bungie has big plans for Marathon and is adding more enjoyment to the standard extraction gameplay as the season concludes.
Player feedback has been incredibly helpful for Bungie as they continue to develop their new shooting game. Despite some challenges, like fewer players and financial pressures, Bungie has shared ambitious plans for the game’s future, starting with Season 2. These plans include a new PvE (player versus environment) mode, and another mode with only a small amount of PvP (player versus player) action. They’re also working on making matchmaking and the overall player experience better, giving players more storage space, and improving how new players learn the game. Before Season 2 launches, Bungie will focus on making the rewards you earn in the game more satisfying.
Bungie recently updated Marathon, making some significant changes to gameplay. As hinted by Joe Ziegler, these updates are designed to give players more to enjoy before the Season 2 account reset on June 2nd. The locations of Warden points of interest on Perimeter, Dire Marsh, and Outpost have been randomized, so they won’t appear in the same spots each time. Plus, defeating Wardens will now always reward players with locked room keys, and Key Templates are now considered ‘Compromised’ instead of ‘Fragile’. Bungie also suggests a new enemy type will be added soon.
Bungie has updated the game to make each playthrough feel more distinct and now ensures a special event happens every time. It’s a great time to complete any unfinished contracts or quests, as players will earn 50% more Runner Level and Faction XP until the end of Season 1. Defeating enemies is also more rewarding, with increased XP gains – UESC Commanders now give 15 XP, standard troops award 10 XP, and Wardens grant a substantial 50 XP. Even scanning and transporting drones will now earn you 10 Traxus XP.
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The final section of the Marathon map, Cryo Archive, is now available to play anytime. Bungie is keeping it accessible daily until June 1st, and will be running Ranked Cryo matches from May 24th to 27th. Plus, the rewards available from Cryo Archive’s Sponsored Kits are now refreshed each day, so players can try for new items without the worry of losing their current ones.
Now might be a good time to start playing Marathon with all the current bonuses available, but remember that Bungie will still reset player progress at the end of each season. Bungie has hinted that Season 2 of Marathon will include a lot of new content, like nighttime maps and a feature called The Cradle, which lets you customize your runner’s abilities. We should find out all the details very soon.
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Marathon Update 1.0.9 Patch Notes
NEW: Warden Hunt
Warden Hunt will be available until the end of Season 1
- New Warden Encounters: Wardens can spawn at new POIs in Perimeter, Dire Marsh, and Outpost.
- Locked room keys are guaranteed to drop from Wardens for the remainder of the season.
- Key Templates are now Compromised instead of Fragile.
- Every run now has a guaranteed chance for a zone event to occur (Ex: Lockdowns, Intercept, etc)
- +50% Runner Level XP
- +50% Faction XP
- Cryo Archive Sponsored Kits will refresh on a daily basis in the Armory
- Starting May 21, Cryo Archive will be available every day through the end of Season 1
- May 21 to 23: Cryo Archive
- May 24 to 27: Ranked Cryo Archive
- May 28 to June 1: Cryo Archive
Item Economy
- Self-Revive
- When the Revive Speed stat is at 0: 12s → 16s
- When the Revive Speed stat is at 100: 7s → 12s
Combat
- Kill Transport or Scan Drones: 5 → 10 Traxus XP
- UESC (Grenadiers, Assault, Sniper, Ghost): 7 → 10 XP
- UESC Commanders: 10 → 15 XP
- UESC Wardens: 15 → 50 XP
Weapons
Biotoxin Disinjector
- Fixed an issue that prevented the grenades from emitting explosion sound effects when not in range of the damage radius.
Mods
Chips
- Pocket Change
- Fixed an issue where ammo was being granted after defeating ticks.
- Common Enemy
- Fixed an issue where the tooltip incorrectly described the duration as moderate instead of short on the enhanced (green) rarity version.
Prestige (Gold) Mods
- Impact Shockwave (Ares Railgun)
- No longer downs players equipped with blue shields or greater in one shot
- Reduced explosive damage against players by 75%
- Overclock Delimiter (Circuit Breaker)
- Fixed an issue where Overclock Delimiter allowed players to shoot through UESC barriers.
- Removed the ability to allow charged projectiles to shoot through Bubble shields.
- Fixed an issue where Overclock Delimiter allowed players to shoot through UESC barriers.
- Ram-Page Mag (V75 Scar)
- Fixed an issue that was preventing damage dealt to Claymores when equipped.
Combatants
- A new threat looms above…
- Fixed an issue that caused the UESC Ghost to unexpectedly deal heavy burst damage.
Runners
- Fixed an issue that would allow reviving crewmates while performing a finisher.
Rook
- Until Season 2
- Rook starts with Deluxe Patch Kits and Shield Charges.
- Rook starts with Deluxe Shield Implants.
- Signal Mask remains active for longer when sprinting.
- The range at which AI will detect your footsteps when Signal Mask is active has been reduced.
- Fixed an issue where the Rook tooltip incorrectly stated that Season Level 3 was required to unlock.
Thief
- Fixed an issue where items dropped from the Pickpocket Drone could clip through red UESC barriers.
User Interface and Experience
- Fixed an issue that prevented the exfil countdown timer from appearing when entering an active enemy Runner’s exfil circle.
- Fixed an issue that caused quick pings to be intercepted by the clear door curtains.
- CORRECTION, updated at 7:59AM PT on 5/19/2026 – Added ten additional controller aim sensitivity levels to Settings.
Codex
- Fixed an issue where the Arachne Sponsored Kit challenge completions were not contributing to the total on the Factions progress bar in the Codex.
- Updated the Assassin’s Hidden Strike Codex entry to better clarify the completion window when exiting invisibility.
Contracts
Traxus
- Fixed an issue for Unsanctioned Hostiles [5/5] where the exfil condition was listed in the wrong objective step causing the contract flow to appear out of order.
Sekiguchi Genetics
- Fixed an issue for Co-Evolution [3/5] contract description that directs to Northern Flight Control when the objective is in Southern Flight Control.
Zones
Perimeter
- Fixed an issue that prevented gaining reputation experience for CyberAcme when successfully extracting UESC Crisis Supplies.
- Fixed an issue where only one crew member received CyberAcme reputation for completing Intercept event stepts instead of the entire crew.
- Fixed an issue that would prevent the Hauler’s honk audio from being heard when entering the sound radius while active.
Dire Marsh
- Fixed an issue that could prevent gaining Traxus reputation after completing a Lockdown event.
- Anomalous Matter:
- Fixed an issue that prevented Sekiguchi Genetics reputation gain when stabilizing the Anomalous Matter.
- Fixed an issue that would only give one crew member +25 Sekiguchi Genetics reputation when extracting the Anomalous Matter.
Outpost
- Fixed an issue in Pinwheel that prevented the Security Break audio from being audible while inside the other wings (Command, Drone, Destroyed).
Cryo Archive
- Fixed an issue that allowed Thief to bypass red UESC barriers from Cargo to Index.
- Fixed an issue that prevented location names from showing on the HUD when visited.
Localization
- Fixed a word wrapping issue in the Customize menu prompt for Shells and Profile.
- Fixed an issue where the vertical inversion setting in the Controller Settings section could display inconsistent text in some languages.
- Fixed an issue causing the “Free” Credit cost label to show as an em dash in the Russian language.
- Fixed an issue that caused the text in the C.A.R.R.I Armory tutorial prompts to overlap the button prompt in some languages.
General
- Fixed an issue that caused a duplicate and delayed audio voice over after completing the NuCaloric Liaison Contract.
- Fixed an issue that would prevent players from joining via a platform invite while Crew Privacy was set to Invite Only.
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