r/Marathon • • 4h ago

Marathon Infinity (1996) MARATHON INFINITY TURNS 30

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Source: Aleph One Developers

I know who you are.

You are Destiny.

On this day, 30 years ago, there was a story that ended. A story that transcended time and space, rhyme and reason, fate and destiny. (Not to mention comprehensibility)

On October 15, 1996, Marathon Infinity launched on the Apple Macintosh with the 'Blood Tides of Lh'owon' Narrative and an expanded iteration of Marathon 2: Durandal's already beloved Multiplayer.

And this game had it all! Universe threatening W’rkncacnter, the first appearance of the Forge game editor, and a story that is wildly difficult to comprehend, which made the game all the more fascinating!

With Infinity becoming the third decennial entry into the Marathon Universe (PiD nonwithstanding), the entire trilogy has turned 30! And all that time later it is still around, ripe and ready to be experiences by new fans and reflected upon by the old!

See it here: https://alephone.lhowon.org/

Or on Steam & Mobile! (Hell you can even play it on a mac for the true nostalgia!)

You're Wormfood, Dude

Happy birthday to a game for which the concept of time is irrelevant, give it a playthrough if you want, it's a great time to be had! Feel free to check out its story/lore too, preserved pristinely by the amazing Hamish Sinclair.

30 Years Down, Let's hope for 30 more to go!


r/Marathon • • 4h ago

Marathon (2026) Cryo Archive | Weekly Megathread

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The Marathon is waiting...

Hello Runners, the Cryo Archive Has Reopened! (Now with longer hours!)

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, the first time in the archive is the defining moment in any runner's journey, get info, get onbaord, get out alive... and don't end up like these Runners...


r/Marathon • • 32m ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Banged out first cryo run after work with crew fill

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Went in with the free kit and came out with Trace and the entire map worth of loot. Teammates had done Compiler already. And I was on a moving train - love those train exfils babyyyyyy


r/Marathon • • 1h ago

Marathon (2026) So Cryo has been out for 3 hours now, does anyone have a list of the new order of Vault Uniques?

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They changed this refresh right? Like Drrvish is no longer in Vault 1? I haven’t gotten to log on yet today, but I thought that’s what I heard was going to happen, some were going to be moved around, new ones were going to be added maybe (like didn’t we see a Unique Gold Zeus in the promo video?)

So just wondering if anyone has compiled a list yet of what the weapons are in Vault 1-6 since Refresh.

Or maybe they didn’t change and the people speculating this misunderstood everything!

Curious to see though.


r/Marathon • • 1h ago

Question What happened here?

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Did I just miss these shots or was this de-sync/no-reg? I realize the reticle didn't turn red before I shot but I feel like I was on target. I'm confused and just looking for what I can do differently next time.


r/Marathon • • 2h ago

Humor Sgt. Hartman's schools kids in Outpost NSFW

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r/Marathon • • 2h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion What’s everyone’s best rook run strategy right now?

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Is it outpost? Is it night marsh? Is it hauler?


r/Marathon • • 2h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion if you're getting killed a lot please use prox chat!

49 Upvotes

i run with an established team and we've been cleaning up in this early season (watch that change after the drrrvishes come back lol). i don't love discovering free kits and contract items on bodies though, the arachne points aren't worth it to me honestly, especially if it's too easy a fight to win. if you're not trying to engage or you know you're at a disadvantage please get on prox chat and start a convo, my team at least are always open to considering a truce. we will do our best to kill you otherwise!


r/Marathon • • 4h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion DRRVSH IS VAULT 6!!!!

116 Upvotes

HELL YEAH NO MORE BEING DESTROYED BY IT ALL THE TIME


r/Marathon • • 4h ago

Humor Hot potato!

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As soon as the nade left my hand, I knew I had the money shot.


r/Marathon • • 4h ago

Media Post Ryan Lott Talks About Scoring Marathon

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r/Marathon • • 4h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Quick Apology

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Hey Toadyjakeb doing the organic data matrix contract. If you're on here, I just wanted to apologize for killing you even after you were asking for mercy. I've just been stabbed in the back by Assassin rats way too many times. If you were playing any other shell, I'd probably have let you live lol

I felt bad. If it makes you feel any better, all the gear I got off of you got donated to my cradle :D


r/Marathon • • 5h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion This game has the highest highs

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I’ve been playing for a few days, learning the game and the maps and despite getting my ass kicked having a great time.

Looking forward to my first Cryo run, had an inventory value of 4.4k so figured I’d save it and run some free kits to complete some contracts while I wait and figure I can scrape it into cryo if I find some good gear.

I must have died about 5 times trying to do this one objective at hauler, finally did it on my measly free kit and decided to run straight for the exfill to make up for all the times I failed.

As I approach the exfil I spot a runner looting another runners body, manage to get the jump on him and headshot him, loot both boxes to get a unique LMG, a long shot worth 3.1k, some great shield upgrades and implants before I decide to exfil and not get too greedy - stuff like this makes all the bad runs worthwhile and keeps me coming back! Bring on cryo! I’m sure I’ll lose it all - and I can’t wait.


r/Marathon • • 5h ago

Marathon (2026) I might be too greedy... NARSH META

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r/Marathon • • 5h ago

Marathon (2026) I actually felt bad shooting you, but I have been conditioned by my AI-masters.

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To the runner I met in AI-uplink. You had the Triage skin. Probably someone who likes helping out on their team. Not sure if we spotted each other at the same time, but I had my overrun pointed at you as you started doing the "let's work together crouch-dance". I waw on a long losing streak and decided to shoot while you just kept dancing. I robbed you of everything and exfilled.

I felt really bad afterwards, but please understand...The game tells me to trust NO ONE! That one time I revived a Rook because we were both Rooks...I got stabbed in the back right after we had gone to some cache co-ordinates. I actually like this meta in the making of people teaming up from time to time, I just don't know how to find the trust for that.


r/Marathon • • 5h ago

Media Post Some of yall are weird af 😬

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Careful giving second chances, some players round here hate that shit 😂

YoU nEeD tO bE qUiEt

I gOt ChU

i GoT cHu

😂😂😂


r/Marathon • • 5h ago

To The Runner I Met To the neckbeard Destroyer with a cryo skin that simultaneously downed me in solos

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Why did you have to be so weird in voice chat? The beacon was active, we downed each other simultaneously and didn’t have self revives. I pinged “let’s work together” as we crawled to the beacon.

And you decided to go on a rant saying “This is a PvP game, save that working together shit for Arc raiders” and that “I need to get good and quit whining”. And on and on while we waited for the extract. It was weird rant, especially given the fact that I shot you first.

I could practically hear the Cheeto dust clogging your wind pipe as you berated me for having the gall to use the friendly ping in “such a hard core game” and telling me “I need to quit the game if I think people are going to be friendly”.

All that to say, I’m sure you’re on Reddit. People like you are part of the reason this game has a low population. I hope you read this and realize it’s time to touch some grass

Edit: “you might be friendly, but I’m not” is not the cool line you think it is

Edit 2: some of y’all are being real weird about this. This was the order of events:

  • me, free kit Thief, finished a no exfil required CyAc contract

  • I started the extract beacon

  • a destroyer comes down the ladder at overflow

  • I immediately start shooting

  • we down simultaneously (no self revives)

  • I ping “friendly” (because obviously we’re both laying there, crawling toward the beacon)

  • chud starts ranting about how this is a PvP game and I need to get over it

Surely y’all can see how that’s weird behavior?


r/Marathon • • 5h ago

Misc What If Marathon But VR 😃

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This is me running Moonlight on my Steam Frame. Steam's remote play is ok but has more input lag than normal, and I don't get to use the cool color shifting environment valve has here. As for Marathon Classic, that is running directly on the hardware with no issues.


r/Marathon • • 6h ago

Marathon (2026) How are free kit run can make your night

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Games like this are why Marathon keeps pulling me back in


r/Marathon • • 6h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Cryo tips for an above average PvP player with minimal Cryo map knowledge

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My main goals this season are to learn destroyer and get comfortable and confidant in Cryo. I’m good in gunfights but in my experience the actual gunfight matters way less than positioning and map knowledge. I know the other 3 maps like the back of my hand which helps me in my gunfights more than anything else.
I’ve seen all the videos on YouTube breaking down rotations and spawns but I’m a hands on learner.

Is it still viable to go in with the minimum 5k as a solo and learn rotations that way? Or am I stuck waiting for vault breakers? I feel bad trio filling without running a full kit but nervous the second a team sees a green shield by himself I’m toast.


r/Marathon • • 6h ago

Marathon (2026) Priming Destroyer’s ult to fire immediately.

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So I did something smart last night and just want to share with you guys. Playing Destroyer with a buddy on free kits, we were running the Magnum and came up on another duo. I popped my ult, we downed the first guy, but his teammate running assassin popped his smoke and disappeared. Instead of running over to finish the downed runner, I backed out of the smoke and shot him twice. Now my ult is still active so shooting him twice gave me 2 ticks, essentially priming my ult so as soon as I land my first shot on his teammate, my rockets immediately fired and we got him too.

I just thought that was fun to use his downed teammate to prime me for my battle with him, and maybe I can start using that as a tactic in the future.


r/Marathon • • 6h ago

Question Can a Sentinel put the snare on Thief's drone?

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r/Marathon • • 7h ago

Marathon (2026) Rooking it.

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Spawned to Air field, next to six unlooted empty runner shells, fresh ones as well, hid till final exfill :P


r/Marathon • • 7h ago

Marathon (2026) A preview of that sweet pain we're all looking forward to

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Y'all ready to get your teeth kicked in? I know I am.


r/Marathon • • 7h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion How to contact Sony?

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After a lot of research, and with zero explanation from Bungie, the only thing that makes sense on why i was banned was that I used a Playstation Portal. I was banned within hours of a single rook run, and while to all of us we see the PS Portal as not being a 3rd party device, it appears that Bungie saw it differently.

Look... for anyone else in disbelief, I'm not going to try to convince you that I wasn't doing anything else against the policy. I'm asking that you take my word for now or anyone this would apply to.

Assuming Bungie made a huge mistake, how can I reach Sony and have them take corrective action?

Going to Sony directly opens up even more severe repercussions to my account if I am in the wrong. I am saying with a very high level of confidence that there must be a mistake. And if there is something that banned my account, I have a right to know. Without having any single solitary idea of what happened, I'm sure it will happen again. I didn't do anything different than whatever I was doing in over 1000 hours of the game on my PS5 except I used the Portal once