r/Marathon • • 1d ago

Marathon Infinity (1996) MARATHON INFINITY TURNS 30

399 Upvotes
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 • • 1d ago

Marathon (2026) Cryo Archive | Weekly Megathread

15 Upvotes

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 • • 8h ago

Media Post Night shot loading into Dire Marsh. Best CE controller there is.

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349 Upvotes

I noticed the light hit the controller just right just as soon as you infil to map. Had to get a night shot when it made the controller glow.


r/Marathon • • 2h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion PSA to any new players: You dont actually have to fight

49 Upvotes

If another team is shooting at you, just run. Taking damage from another player doesn't lock you into a fight to the death like an RPG random encounter.

Its very easy to break line of sight in this game due to the map design. Break line of sight, then decide if you want to rotate and flank or just disengage entirely. Just gotta stop planting your feet and taking pot shors back until you die because you never had the angle to begin with


r/Marathon • • 16h ago

Marathon (2026) Destroyers - always loot with your shield up

379 Upvotes

r/Marathon • • 16h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Dev Team - "We've seen reports of the V66 Lookout "Nutac Night [Volt PR]" and other weapon styles with similar characteristics glowing on Night Marsh.This is intentional and only visible to friendlies and not to enemy runners. However, we will be toning down the brightness in a future patch."

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277 Upvotes

r/Marathon • • 1h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion What the hell could this be implying?

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• Upvotes

r/Marathon • • 15h ago

Humor Waiting for my team to get ready

203 Upvotes

Anyone else doing this?


r/Marathon • • 11h ago

Marathon (2026) john triage on my team

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90 Upvotes

r/Marathon • • 6h ago

Marathon (2026) Feedback Legitimately what are we doing?

37 Upvotes

Three times today a team of full thieves just grapple up to ultimate height in Biostock and proceed to sit up there all game sending out drones to troll and steal loot.

It's impossible to engage them all the while they're just taunting us over prox chat, even when we get a knock we can't capitalize cause they're just holding different angles up there. We twiddle our thumbs for 15 minutes to run down the timer and force these rats out of their hiding spots just for them to lose to us on final exfil.

I hate bringing more unnecessary attention to this lame ass strat but I just can't imagine this is how Bungie intended cryo to play. Please for the love of Durandal, please disable that area already it serves no purpose other than to promote this type of behavior.


r/Marathon • • 2h ago

Marathon (2026) Feedback Is the copperhead a meme weapon at this point?

17 Upvotes

Maybe the copperhead is worse than kkv but at least it costs 3000 more lol. Will the bungie ever do something with the gun? Copperhead looks so good but I always end up disspointed and I'm like "damn, I wish I brought a cheaper and more common gun".


r/Marathon • • 9h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion So I think Bungie buffed the Cryo Contract rewards...

56 Upvotes

...'cause I never got gold weapons before as a reward from them. Not that I'm complaining but damn! Not how I imagined getting my first gold weapons of the wipe, lol.


r/Marathon • • 36m ago

Question Darksight scopes

• Upvotes

Anyone know the best way to acquire darksight scopes? I barely come across them. Thank you!


r/Marathon • • 7h ago

Marathon (2026) I do not understand the pointless toxicity of some people in this community

28 Upvotes

Why full finish someone who you already have downed in the exfil when there is 1 second left on the timer and you have no time to loot? The 50 Arachne XP is not worth putting such a damper on someone’s night who you made it seem like you were going to let them live by letting them crawl in and then sit in exfil with you for like 9 seconds

Just don’t get it

Love so many things about this game, but God so many people in this community are so horrible sometimes


r/Marathon • • 2h ago

Marathon (2026) It would be cool if there was anything you could do with your Silk after you’re done with the rewards pass

10 Upvotes

Even if I could just trade it in for credits that would be awesome. Maybe 10 silk gets you 1,000 credits or something.

Just feels wasted because mine is full now and is going to be sitting there for another 8 weeks or so


r/Marathon • • 17h ago

Media Post Legendary lvl 100 rewards ?

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165 Upvotes

I got blessed


r/Marathon • • 10h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Is this normal behavior for an NA server?

34 Upvotes

I decided to play a few games with randoms on Outpost, and since it was already 6 AM for me, I got matched into a game with high ping — I'm assuming it was an NA server. I play pretty aggressively and confidently, so I immediately pushed the enemy team and got two knocks, but I traded out on the last one. The enemy team was wiped, but my teammates didn't want to revive me. I'm not upset about pixels on a screen — I'm upset that people can treat a stranger like that, someone who basically made the match for them.


r/Marathon • • 3h ago

Marathon (2026) Feedback Cryo meta feeling good

9 Upvotes

Lots of varied guns, nothing feels oppressive. Seeing a variety of shells rather than a recon in every team. Felt so good hearing a recon scan knowing I wasn’t picked up lol.


r/Marathon • • 6h ago

Marathon (2026) Quick appreciation post

16 Upvotes

No other game has given me the highs or lows that I’ve experienced playing this game. I only have one friend that plays the game anymore and we have been down bad this season. We played cryo last night and lost literally everything. Then today we played some outpost with free kits filling with randoms and got enough stuff for a couple cryo runs. We filled into cryo with a random and we were absolutely unstoppable tonight. We went on a ten game win streak wiping the lobby almost every time. A couple games a team exfiled before we got to them. I was at the point last night where I was going to give up filling with randoms and just play the other maps on duos with my friend or solo. but after tonight my faith has been restored. This game is amazing. That is all. Im sorry to all the people that lost their shoes tonight.


r/Marathon • • 8h ago

Marathon (2026) Feedback Anyone else digging the economy right now?

23 Upvotes

r/Marathon • • 22h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion "Fast track your Runner Level and get Notorious with Double Runner XP this weekend!"

223 Upvotes

r/Marathon • • 1h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Best Map for Zonewarden completion?

• Upvotes

How did you complete “God will sort the Dead..”? It’s my last codex 😭


r/Marathon • • 8h ago

Discussion Toxic teammates won't revive me when down

17 Upvotes

Has anyone else seen a recent influx on teammates just not working together at all?

I loaded in Perimeter Trios and right off the rip my team was shooting bullets into the sky and just running off by themselves.

Not soon after I ran into an enemy team and of course they downed me but didn't kill me. My team ran back and killed the team but instead of revive me they stood over my body, TeaBagged me while repeatedly saying "Guardians Make Their Own Fate"

Wtf is the point of loading into a team lobby when you don't even want to work together?


r/Marathon • • 12h ago

Fan Art/Fan Creation [OC] Pattern Task Wallpaper

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35 Upvotes

r/Marathon • • 8h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion question, does this skin make you stand out in night dire marsh?

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14 Upvotes

i noticed the helmet has lights that glow, does this make the skin stand out in night dire marsh more?