r/Marathon • • 8h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Dev Team - With tomorrow's update Vault Breaker makes its return and we wanted to give you a heads-up about a few of the changes we're implementing:

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r/Marathon • • 4d 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 • • 18h ago

Marathon (2026) You used to call me on my Shellphone

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r/Marathon • • 6h ago

Humor Just so you know, I saw that

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138 Upvotes

r/Marathon • • 13h ago

Humor I'm not sure I can...

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452 Upvotes

r/Marathon • • 5h ago

Fan Art/Fan Creation Rook

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108 Upvotes

r/Marathon • • 3h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Someone give these bots a raise ASAP

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r/Marathon • • 12h ago

Discussion This is interesting

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274 Upvotes

They want bungie to make it? Interesting?


r/Marathon • • 10h ago

Marathon (2026) Is there a lore reason assassin has a lazy eye?

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171 Upvotes

r/Marathon • • 12h ago

Fan Art/Fan Creation Carved my favorite Marathon character

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245 Upvotes

Med-drone is just so cute, but wanted to add some spikey teeth to spook it up.

(Bungie please make a plushie)


r/Marathon • • 15h ago

Fan Art/Fan Creation "UESC RUNNER OUTREACH" Marathon Fanart

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345 Upvotes

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"Once you've chosen to transition from your birth body to become a non-bodied person, the process is irreversible. Decorporealization is the first step to becoming a "Runner"–and it's one you can't take back."

The story being told by the UESC and CyAc outreach about runner programs intrigued me to no end. So, I decided to draw something related to it!


r/Marathon • • 8h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Shortcut to Master Key walkway from spawn

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92 Upvotes

Just a lil free game


r/Marathon • • 9h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion All of this is rumors and speculation but Idk what to say. I just want marathon, but stuff is looking weird

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He is credible, some say he has bias. Idc at this point, all I care about is marathon.


r/Marathon • • 11h ago

Fan Art/Fan Creation [OC] Perimeter Runner Wallpaper

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124 Upvotes

r/Marathon • • 13h ago

Fan Art/Fan Creation "Eat the Path" Fanart by Dekken (Me)

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145 Upvotes

Made this to celebrate my first Compiler kill. Looking forward to getting the Cryo skin for him when its added. Every loss just had me thinking of Vivec's sermon of "Reach heaven through Violence." That's where they're waiting, after all.


r/Marathon • • 14h ago

Marathon (2026) Feedback not saying this is what the game needs, but heres my casual girlfriends pov of the game

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i dont fully agree with all of these but just wanted to share what they think:

- good loot is too rare (mostly pre refresh), most containers and such felt worthless to someone who just wants to use a good gun to shoot bots, and there just isnt enough variety in salvage and valuables

- feels like at times you get absolutely lazered out of nowhere, very little time to react in most fights

- map sizes are "fine"

- golds should drop more from other sources, like with this refresh all of the good players got golds within like 2 days while shes been playing since ALPHA and never seen a single gold, shes only ever found like 1 purple shield

- more items need a purpose, example given was that in arc, EVERY enemy type you kill has an item that does something - i.e snitch drops a throwable that calls enemies, hornet has a stun grenade. marathon doesnt have this

- sometimes pois will have like no containers AT ALL, they will just be completely empty at times and be basically worthless

- cradle should gain xp passively and this should be the main way to level, right now it feels inefficient to sell for money and theres no incentive at all to keep anything

- she gets so little loot she doesnt want to sacrifice stuff, she doesnt get much while good players who grind 24/7 can afford to keep everything but if the cradle leveled naturally she could keep more stuff, sacrificing should be to go faster not the main way


r/Marathon • • 9h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Yall got any more of them… Drinkable Cheeseburgers?

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55 Upvotes

Post your praise and gratitude for the sacred drinkable cheeseburger and may you all exfil with bags BRIMMING with loot!


r/Marathon • • 46m ago

Marathon (2026) Marathon mentioned in Just Volleyball (2026)

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r/Marathon • • 17h ago

Marathon (2026) Rook on Rook violence levels are crazy high this season

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220 Upvotes

I've never seen so many hostile rooks killing each other. Its 80% on sight right now. Yesterday i was fighting a hostile Rook as a Runner. A Rook came up behind him and killed him. I was under the impression this Rook did it to be on the Runner's side, but he immediately shot at us, so we killed him too.

Again, I walked into Flight Control and found a dead Rook that we didn't kill, we then killed the Rook we saw at final Exfil. Shamed him for killing another Rook.

Last season, I would die to Rook on Rook violence MAYBE once every 50 matches. Now? I am dying to Rook on Rook violence once every 5-10 matches.


r/Marathon • • 14h ago

Humor FUCK IT. BINGUS IN GOOGLE SLIDES

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I used to do a lot of drawing in middle school and high school but Google slides was really the only thing i had access to for drawing. So i got unreasonably good at it. even my current pfp was drawn on Google slides lmao.

Recently I've been using Krita for drawing but it has proven to be a hassle for most stuff, so I'm back at my roots


r/Marathon • • 6h ago

Fan Art/Fan Creation Bingus in Google Slides pt. 3

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20 Upvotes

Someone's cat from the official Discord.

This one took a lot longer bc of the weird angle


r/Marathon • • 8h ago

To The Runner I Met Anyone else a pacifist?

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28 Upvotes

Genuinely curious. I've really fallen for the game, a huge fan of the art and general mechanics of gameplay as fps. I have become hooked playing rook and occasionally doing contracts mostly pure solo. I dont have any interest in these arachne contracts, not trying to hate I just dont care and Im glad it gives you the agency to ignore it. Am I the only fool who does such a ridiculous nonsensical thing?


r/Marathon • • 18h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Got that aura

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159 Upvotes

Anomaly flashes persisted in main menu for some reason.


r/Marathon • • 11h ago

Marathon (2026) No stairwell is safe

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44 Upvotes

Maxed cradle strength putting in work!

slurp


r/Marathon • • 8h ago

Fan Art/Fan Creation Bingus in Google Slides pt. 2

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Done in 15 minutes FLAT btw