Marathon’s Latest Update Adds Mercy Kits, C.A.R.R.I., and New Runner Skins in Rewards Pass

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Bungie has released a mid-season update for Marathon, adjusting the power of several weapons and adding new things to do. You can see a preview in the trailer below.

A new item called the Mercy Kit now appears in the game – all Rooks start with one. If you accidentally eliminate an enemy player, you can use it to bring them back to life. Whether they’ll be grateful is another matter! Players going solo can also find Depleted Self-Revive kits, which let them get back into the fight if they’re knocked down.

If you weren’t thrilled with the recent Rewards Pass, particularly the Premium rewards, Bungie has added three new armor skins for the Thief, Assassin, and Destroyer classes. The free rewards now include a Recon skin, a WSTR Shotgun skin, and a profile emblem. Additionally, the C.A.R.R.I. initiative (CyberAcme Runner Reinforcement Initiative) introduces new challenges, called Commendations, which you can earn by completing contracts and successfully extracting as a Rook.

Players can trade these for a random collection of Salvage items or Reputation Packs, which boost their standing with specific factions. Plus, players adventuring alone will now gain more experience and faction reputation, although regular faction missions still offer the most reputation for everyone.

See the patch notes below for updates, and find complete details here. You can also preview our future plans on the roadmap here.

Marathon Update 1.0.6

General

  • ONI has launched the C.A.R.R.I. or CyberAcme Runner Reinforcement Initiative, a new protocol that rewards both solo Runners and coordinated Crews for completing contract objectives and exfiling together.
    – CyberAcme Commendations are a new material earned by helping crewmates complete contract objectives, completing contract objectives as a solo
  • Runner, or successfully exfiling as a Rook. Extra commendations can be earned when you exfil with other players outside of your Crew. Play nice, now.
  • Added Stay Together, a new end-of-run experimental feature that allows you to stay with the Runners you just successfully exfiled with by creating a new Crew with them. Who said you can’t make friends on Tau Ceti?
    – Only one crewmate needs to successfully exfil for Stay Together to be available – if you’re eliminated, stay connected!
  • Added the capability to access the Rewards Pass from the top left display of SILK.
  • We want to increase the value of the Rewards Pass, both the Free and Premium tracks. As a result, we are adding four new Runner Shell styles, a WSTR Shotgun style, and a profile emblem to the Season 1 Rewards Pass:
    – Premium Track: Thief, Assassin, Destroyer
    – Free Track: Recon, WSTR Shotgun, Profile Emblem
  • Fixed an issue where the rank up rewards tutorial could be out of sequence.
  • Disciples of Arachne earnable shell styles are now available in the Codex.
  • Added five new contracts for the Perimeter (Beginner) map.
    – New and existing players under Seasonal Level 12 will also have access to new optional CyberAcme contracts tailored for the beginner experience to help with their first steps in Marathon.
    – To help players understand the mechanics around the Perimeter Beginner contracts, these new contracts can only be progressed while in Perimeter Beginner or Perimeter Solo Runs.
    – These contracts are no longer accessible after reaching Seasonal Level 12 and will be removed even if decrypted or active.
  • When the final exfil is active and there are less than 10 seconds remaining, the timer for other exfils will be reduced to match the remaining session timer. Tie goes to the Runner, after all.
    Developer Note: Previously, the 10-second countdown for non-final exfils was being overwritten by the final exfil timer. Because the difference was only a few seconds, players would see the exfil animation and believe they successfully exfiltrated only to discover they did not in the Run Report. We think this change will result in last-second exfils feeling more “fair”.

Progression

  • Increased runner level and faction reputation earning for solo players.
  • Increased standard contract faction reputation rewards for all players.

Armory

  • The C.A.R.R.I. Armory allows you to spend CyberAcme Commendations for Salvage Crates that grant a random stack of Salvage items or Reputation Packs that provide reputation for their associated faction. Salvage Crate and Sponsored Kit stock refreshes daily while other C.A.R.R.I. offers do not refresh and can only be purchased once.

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2026-04-14 21:41