Codex

• Fixed an issue where the Convoy Drone Codex would only unlock if the objectives were completed on Outpost.

Contracts

• Fixed an issue where players could get stuck repeating the same Night Marsh CyAc Guidance contracts.

Factions

• Fixed an issue where a NuCaloric Armory upgrade incorrectly stated it would unlock the Evasive Maneuvers implant, instead of the intended Risk/Reward implant.

General

• Fixed an issue where incorrect information displayed on the Nightfall Refresh explainer screen.

General

• Removed incorrect information from the Nightfall Refresh explainer screen.
• Fixed an issue causing players to experience crashes on Night Marsh.

Nightfall Refresh

• The following have been reset:
  • Runner, Cradle, and Faction levels
  • Priority Contracts
  • Rank
  • Vault Contents
  • Zone access
• New Rewards Pass
  • The NuCaloric Reward Pass is available now at no additional cost to everyone who owns Marathon.
• Sponsored Queues will be returning every weekend (Thursdays through Mondays) for the rest of Nightfall Refresh.
  • Sponsored Perimeter is up first and will be available 10/8 - 10/12.

Progression (Runner Level, Factions)

• Increased XP yields for defeating UESC forces.
• Reduced rank reputation requirements for all Factions to align with the shorter duration of the Nightfall Refresh release.
• Updated VIP rank reputation requirements for all Factions to match their respective final standard rank reputation requirement.

Upcoming Event Changes

Vault Breaker

• Vault Breaker will be available from October 20 – November 9.
• Vault Breaker Armory:
  • Tier 1 Repeatable Offers
    • Materials Pack 1: Stock decreased from 5/week to 2/week.
    • Materials Pack 2: Stock decreased from 5/week to 2/week.
    • Cryo Archive Key Template: Stock decreased from 3/week to 1/week.
    • Deluxe weapon: Stock decreased from 3/week to 2/week.
    • Deluxe Backpack: Stock decreased from 3/week to 2/week.
    • Deluxe Shield Implant: Stock decreased from 3/week to 2/week.
  • Tier 2 Repeatable Offers:
    • Vault Key 4, 5, and 6: Only available for purchase during the 2^nd and 3^rd weeks of Vault Breaker being active.
  • Tier 2 Limited Offers that will only be available during the 2^nd and 3^rd weeks of Vault Breaker being active:
    • DRRVISH
    • Salt Wages
    • Omnipositor
    • Biotoxic Disinjector
    • Biotoxic Disinjector Ammo
  • Upgrades
    • All upgrades will be available for purchase from the start.
  • Econ Changes
    • Solo players will receive 50% more Tier 1 and Tier 2 event currency from Vault Breaker.
    • Monitor scan XP has been reduced by 50%.
    • Certain Tier 3 standard contract objectives (such as defeating a low number of UESC) will not be able to be completed in Vault Breaker to limit power leveling in the mode early in the wipe.

Ordnance Heist

• Ordnance Heist will be available from November 10 – November 23.
• MIDA Armory
  • Deluxe sponsored kit: Stock decreased from 3/week to 2/week.
  • Superior sponsored kit: No longer offered.
  • MIDA themed weapon: Stock decreased from 2/week to 1/week and rarity decreased from Superior to Deluxe.
  • Sneak Backpack: Rarity decreased from Superior to Deluxe.
  • Synapse Cube: Stock decreased from 1/week to 1 total.
• Traxus Armory
  • Deluxe sponsored kit: Stock decreased from 3/week to 2/week.
  • Superior sponsored kit: No longer offered.
  • Traxus themed weapon: Stock decreased from 2/week to 1/week and rarity decreased from Superior to Deluxe.
  • Ammo Backpack: Rarity decreased from Superior to Deluxe.
  • Synapse Cube: Stock decreased from 1/week to 1 total.
• Economy Changes
  • Firestorm key templates will only grant 1 key upon completion.
  • Firestorm arms lockers now only require 1 key to open.
  • The Firestorm will have a 15% chance to drop from supply drops prior to and during the event.
    • After the event, it will have a 30% drop rate.

C.A.R.R.I.

• C.A.R.R.I. will return on October 20^th and run through the end of Nightfall refresh.

Login Rewards

• There will be a new set of login rewards available to players every week during Nightfall Refresh.
  • These items will accumulate and can be redeemed even if weeks are missed.

Item Economy

• Cradle XP increased by 30% for the duration of Nightfall Refresh.
• Credit costs for most Armory wares reduced by 30%. Salvage costs for most barters reduced by 20-50%.
• Economy tuning for item rarity drop rates throughout the game.
• Weapon and Backpack Schema wares in the Armory now cost Credits.
• Weapon schemas and materials in the Season 2 Rewards Pass have been replaced with Credits.
  • With the release of each new Rewards Pass, certain gameplay items or materials in older Rewards Passes may get replaced in this way to ensure they maintain value as our game economies change over time.

Combat

Solo Playlist Difficulty Tuning

• Reduced UESC aggression against runners in Solo playlists.
• Reduced UESC damage dealt to runners by 20% in Solo playlists.

Runner Shells

Recon

• Echo Pulse
  • Echo Pulse now fires its pulses in a cone in your aim direction, rather than an omnidirectional sphere.
  • Echo Pulse now staggers enemy non-Runner combatants and briefly prevents them from activating combat abilities when struck for the first time.
    • Dev Note: Echo Pulse's ease of use since the mid-Season 1 buff has proven to lead to gameplay that is too non-interactive and two-dimensional, without requiring enough forethought or prediction on the part of the Recon player. By limiting the scan area to a cone, players need to predict in 3D space where they believe their targets are, and getting that prediction wrong means a potentially hefty delay in combat information. Alongside this, we're punching up its capabilities against non-Runner targets to help provide a brief respite from the chaos when combat breaks out. While we've seen the myriad suggested vectors of balancing the ability like limiting Echo Pulse ping visibility to the Recon player, we believe that this would be severely detrimental to Marathon's gameplay experience for crew fill and push even further power towards premade crews that are already at a strict communication advantage.
• Interrogation
  • The notification received by pinged Recon players is now delayed by two seconds, giving the pinging player a brief window of reaction time to make decisions about their next step.

Destroyer

• Riot Barricade
  • Added double-tap protection to prevent the ability from being accidentally deactivated before the shield is deployed.

Sentinel

• Defender System
  • Fixed an issue where certain grenades would get stuck when they impacted surfaces inside an ally's Defender System radius.

Rook

• Removed flares from Rook’s kit.
  • Dev Note: All other inventory buffs previously added during the end of Nightfall will be retained through Nightfall Refresh. This includes a Compromised Sneak Pack, two Claymores, a Depleted Self Revive, and a Signal Jammer.

Invisibility

• Invisibility can now flicker if the invisible player fires their weapon after 0.2 seconds has elapsed since the invisibility was applied, down from 0.9 seconds.
• Improved weapon fire networking consistency against invisible targets.
  • Dev Note: This is a change targeted primarily at Spectre Shields, which currently punish the attacker too severely in a straight duel by turning off aim assist on the the target shooting back at you, which frequently results in what appears to be bad hit registration to the client. Now, if the victim is fighting back the invisibility will nearly instantly flicker and restore aim assist, without changing the shield's intended ability to allow victims to reposition and escape. In addition, we've improved the consistency of weapon fire networking against targets that have aim assist disabled.

Weapons

Repeater HPR

• Increased RPM from 85 to 90.
  • 1.33 second optimal time-to-kill against 200hp.
• Increased base magazine size from 9 to 12.
• Repeater now reloads two rounds at a time.
  • This behavior was previously part of the Prestige mod but has now been rolled in as base behavior.
• Buffed base reload speed from 6.84 seconds at empty to 5.2 seconds at empty.
• Damage falloff has been buffed across the board:
  • Damage falloff start at base range stat increased from 37m to 53m.
  • Damage falloff end at base range stat increased from 82.5m to 87m.
  • Damage falloff start at max range stat increased from 82m to 102m.
  • Damage falloff end at max range stat increased from 105m to 129.5m.
• Reduced initial hipfire error cone size by ~54%.
  • Adjusted hipfire error cone sizes across the stat tiers to compensate.
• Reduced final hipfire error cone size by ~47%.
  • Adjusted hipfire error cone sizes across the stat tiers to compensate.
• Decreased the time it takes for the error cone to shrink back down to 0.29 seconds from 0.35 seconds.
• Increased aim assist cone size by roughly ~59% at base stat.
  • Adjusted aim assist cone sizes across the stat tiers to compensate.
• Redesigned firing recoil shape.

Hardline PR

• Developer's Note: With the above redesign of the Repeater, it started eating the space the Hardline was occupying. We identified both the Repeater and Hardline early on as weapons we needed to target for adjustment and felt that the Repeater was playing better with the longer range identity. So for the Hardline we are significantly reducing its range identity while increasing its ease of use, especially in hip fire, so it plays somewhere closer to the space between the burst rifles and the Repeater. Let us know the feedback on how the precision rifle archetype is playing out!
• Retuned damage falloff ranges across all stat tiers:
  • Damage falloff start at base range stat decreased from 74m to 39m.
  • Damage falloff end at base range stat decreased from 150m to 62.4m.
  • Damage falloff start at max range stat decreased from 119m to 75m.
  • Damage falloff end at max range stat decreased from 195m to 120m.
  • Retuned aim assist and magnetism range falloffs to compensate for the new range identity.
• Increased aim assist cone size by ~10%.
• Decreased hip fire error cone size by ~40%.
• Decreased the ADS error cone initial size by 44%.
• Decreased ADS move speed penalties by ~18%.
• Redesigned firing recoil shape.
• Fixed an issue in which the aim assist cone was not scaling to full size correctly while ADS.
• Reduced the maximum angle recoil can offset the weapon when firing by 64%.
• Increased stability at base by ~5%.
• Decreased fully modded max stability by 33%.

Biotoxic Disinjector

• Increased beam mode damage from 13 to 16 per tick.
  • This speeds up the TTK against 200hp Runners from 0.92s to 0.75s.
    • This is now the fastest non-shotgun TTK in the game!
• Redesigned grenade launcher behavior:
  • Instead of full auto volley of 3 grenades, it is a semi-auto single fire grenade launcher.
    • Developer's Note: The weapon was very good at filling a room with grenades but felt unintentional and also wasteful in its ammo consumption. This change makes the grenade launcher mode function more like a traditional grenade launcher with far more intentionality that you can fire more quickly. We've really enjoyed how this has played and look forward to your feedback!
  • Retuned the ammo consumption for grenades to compensate for the above change:
    • Grenades now cost 50 ammo per trigger pull.
    • This means the total number of grenades a magazine could theoretically fire is reduced from 81 to 20 to compensate for the additional usability of the semi-auto change.

V66 Lookout

• Sonar Shot Prestige Mod
  • Removed the precision down/precision elimination requirement from activating the sonar pulse. Perk will now activate on any down or elimination.

Twin Tap HBR

• Tuned base Twin Tap's burst cadence back to the punchier, slower burst.
  • The Prestige Twin Tap is unchanged.
  • Developer's Note: This is a change based on feedback about the burst cadence introduced in the last balance pass that helped the Prestige mod quite a bit but the base Twin Tap lost too much personality. So we are rectifying that here.

DRRVSH

• Prestige Unique now has -70 range stat penalty.
  • This brings the max range before falloff down from 39m to 25m.

D54 Battle Pistol

• Reduced base damage from 16 to 14.
  • This increases TTK against 200hp from 0.97s to 1.1s.
• Daredevil Prestige Stock Mod
  • Removed the hidden 15% damage bonus.
    • This means the super burst can no longer OHKO blue tier and purple/gold tier shields.

KKV-9SD

• Increased base damage from 9 to 10.5.
• Reduced precision bonus damage from 1.29 to 1.1.
  • Optimal TTK against 200hp stays the same at 0.85s but the number of precision hits required to hit optimal is reduced from 15 to 11 for more forgiveness on hitting a body shot.

CE Tactical Sidearm

• Increased aim assist and magnetism falloff ranges across all stat tiers by 10%.
• Decreased initial hipfire error cone size by ~70%.
• Decreased final hipfire error cone size by ~17%.

Magnum MC

• Reduced base damage from 41 to 35.
  • This changes optimal TTK against 200hp from 0.87s to 1.3s. Shots to kill go from 3 crits to 2 crits, 2 body.

Weapon Mods

Chips

• The Hourglass
  • Added positive screen wipe feedback when the perk turns back on after returning to full health.
  • Developer's Note: We've noticed some confusion around this chip and we'd like to take this opportunity to clarify its behavior. The perk is active when you are full health and shields and turns off when you're not. It turns back on the moment you have full health and shields again. It's not lost for the match once you've taken damage. Hopefully this change helps communicate that.
• Hurricane
  • Changed the perk feedback that lets you know Hurricane is activated to one with no audio to reduce replayed audio when jumping repeatedly.
• SLIP Protocol
  • Adjusted perk benefits to linger for 1 second after deactivation instead of immediately dropping off when you stop moving across all tiers.

Equipment

Proximity Sensor

• Adjusted visual performance to only play when the Proximity Sensor initially spawns and no longer loop for the lifetime of the sensor.
  • This means that the sensor's search radius visuals are no longer visible through walls or to players.
  • The looping audio is still present. Listen closely!
  • Developer's Note: The intent for this change is to make the Proximity Sensor more stealthy and far less obvious to enemy players.
• Increased the Proximity Sensor's search radius from 8m to 12m.

Gameplay Networking

• Fixed an issue where Tactical Sprinting could result in rubber-banding.
• Fixed an issue where starting to use a medical consumable item and then interrupting it by picking up an item would prevent your weapon from firing.
• Fixed player rubber banding that could happen when dropping down from the top of an enclosed ladder.
• Fixed issues where client and server weapon fire could become out of sync.
• Fixed player rubber-banding that could happen when exiting a ladder and immediately sprinting or crouching.
• Dev Note: This list represents a series of changes targeting specific issues we’ve found players encountering in the wild, which all together we hope will reduce the frequency of networking-related gameplay problems experienced by players. We are continuing to keep our eyes out for additional issues in this space, so please report them to us in our Help forums or our Discord when they occur!

General

• Added player profile stats. Please note that it may take until after a run has been completed for these stats to appear.
• Updated Unique Weapon distribution from Cryo Archive Vaults 1-6.
• Fixed an issue where the Prestige Circuit Breaker could shoot through bulletproof glass when fully charged.
• Fixed an issue where Compiler kills with a large number of players would not grant Codex credit to everyone as expected.
• Fixed an issue where players were unable to purchase some packs in the Store after already owning some parts of the pack.

Item Economy

C.A.R.R.I Armory Update

• Added a Superior Shield Implant and a Superior Backpack.
  • These will be able to be acquired 3x per week.
• Reduced CyberAcme Commendations cost for some items.
  • Deluxe Backpack: 20 -> 15.
  • Deluxe Shield Implant: 12 -> 10.
  • Deluxe Key Template: 40 -> 30.
  • Superior Key Template: 75 -> 50.

Combat

Rook Inventory Update

• Added items to Rook’s inventory:
  • Compromised Sneak Pack.
  • 2x Claymores.
  • 1x Depleted Self Revive.
  • 1x Signal Jammer.
• These updates will last until the end of Season 2.

Mods

• Fixed an issue where the Full-Auto Selector mod incorrectly stated that it increased rate of fire.

User Interface and Experience

• Fixed a visual issue with the Threat indicator text when selecting a Ranked mode.
• Fixed an issue where the audible invite sent notice and player joined notice would not always play when inviting a player.

Contracts

• Fixed an issue in Return on Investment 4/5 where objectives could become un-interactable if players walked away while mid-completion.
• Fixed an issue in Unsanctioned Hostilities 5/5 where the contract would not progress when acquiring quest items from other players.

Codex

• Made additional updates to prevent players from getting into a state where they have completed a Codex challenge but not get credit for that completion.
• Fixed an issue where players who reached Level 100 in Season 1 but did not claim the Century Runner emblem before Season 2 launched could not claim it.

Zones

• Sponsored Night Marsh returns.

Cryo Archive

• Fixed an issue allowing players to get outside of the playable map area.
• Fixed an issue where the door in and out of the Compiler fight could incorrectly close.

Localization

• Fixed several issues with text getting cut off in Russian.

General

• Fixed an issue where parts of the Acid Abyss Thief skin would show in the player view when using the KKV-9SD.
• Fixed a minor typo in the Thief Weaverunner Shell description.

Ordnance Heist

• Fixed an issue where UESC Manifests were not shared among crew upon exfil.
  • If you have not already claimed it, players should check their mailbox for the 150 Manifests we had previously sent out while this issue was active.
• Increased the number of Firestorm Locker Keys granted upon completion of a key template, up to 3 from 1.
• Updated Firestorm Arms Locker loot.
  • Increased the number of rolls for implants and cores, with a higher chance of these items dropping at Prestige rarity.
  • To make room for these increases, slightly reduced weapon chip and consumable item count.
• Dev Note: The above two changes originally went live on Friday, 8/21.

General

• Fixed an issue where opening the Hidden Cache in Cryo Archive would continuously grant XP and MIDA reputation.
  • This action, as well as any others that were temporarily disabled, have now been re-enabled.

Ordnance Heist

• The Ordnance Heist PvPvE experience is live!
• Engage in a multi-run chase across different zones. Take down UESC, acquire Locker keys, hunt for the Firestorm. Let it rain.
• Extract with UESC Manifests to gear up in the updated MIDA and Traxus Armories.
• End Date: September 1st.
• Check out our preview blog for more info!
  • https://www.bungie.net/News/Article/ordnance_heist

Item Economy

• Updated Ranked maps to increase the volume and quality of available loot.
  • Dev Note: More gear will be available, and players should encounter more blue and purple gear.
• Fixed an issue where players would occasionally still have their Sponsored Kit contents unpacked in the lobby after a disconnect.
  • Warped items have now been re-enabled.
• Fixed an issue where the available stock of Sekiguchi implants was less than the other factions.
• Fixed an issue where players could lose inventory items after completing a Rook or Sponsored Kit run with a full Vault.

Combat

Weapons

• V85 Circuit Breaker
  • Reduced the effectiveness of the Overclocked Delimiter Prestige Mod when paired with this weapon.
  • Reduced damage bonus of the Last Resort and Reckless Behavior mods when paired with this weapon.
  • Dev Note: These temporary changes are aimed at removing unintended one-hit knockdown body shots being possible with these weapons and mods used together.
• Outland
  • Fixed an issue where the rate of fire could increase unintentionally when paired with the Mechanized Holsters core.

User Interface and Experience

• Fixed an issue where players could be defaulted to Crew Fill off when attempting to return to Trios after Solo or Rook runs.

Contracts

• Fixed an issue where some CyberAcme contracts had mismatched names and objectives.
• Fixed an issue where completed Cryo Archive contracts could not be claimed after Cryo Archive availability ended.

Localization

• Fixed a visual display issue with the compass in Italian.

General

• Fixed an issue where the FPS counter was not displaying accurately when using DLSS Frame Generation.
• Fixed a visual issue where the error message for a solo player trying to launch into a Duos queue would incorrectly state that enabling Crew Fill would allow them to launch.

Vault Breaker

• We have extended the duration of the Vault Breaker mode!
  • New end date: August 18.
  • Increased the available stock of some limited offers to reflect this extension.
  • We look forward to continuing to hear your feedback on this experimental PvE mode.
• Updated the Key Template Armory reward to correctly specify that it only awards Cryo Archive keys.

Item Economy

• Sponsored Kit Boosts - Free Sponsored Kits have now been upgraded:
  • Starting weapon now come with random Enhanced (green) mods.
  • 1 stack of Enhanced (green) Patch Kits.
  • 1 random grenade (smoke, heat, or claymore).

Combat

Weapons

• V22 Volt Thrower
  • Damage increased from 12.6 to 14.4.
    • Developer’s Note: This is a partial revert of the damage reduction we applied on 7/24, which had brought Volt Thrower damage down from 18 to 12.6.
  • Tracking speed will now slowly decay over 1.2 seconds of a projectile's lifetime by a maximum of 30%.
  • Reduced the amount of time spent at 540rpm before weapon heat starts to spin down by ~20%.
• KKV-9SD
  • Increased base magazine size from 23 to 28.
    • Retuned magazine sizes at every stat value to compensate.
    • Prestige Flechette Drum magazine mod stays the same at 87.
  • Fixed an issue where certain magazine mods were not correctly granting any additional rounds in the magazine.
• V85 Circuit Breaker
  • Fixed a stability issue relating to the Prestige quality Overlocked Delimiter mod.
    • This mod has now been re-enabled.

Zones

• Fixed an issue where opening the Cryo Hatch repeatedly could grant unintended amounts of faction reputation and Season XP.
  • This action will now provide the intended gains once per match.
  • All actions that had previously had their reputation and XP gains disabled in Cryo Archive have now been re-enabled.

General

• Fixed an issue where players would sometimes not receive Salvage or Schemas when purchasing Rewards Pass items with LUX.
• Fixed an issue with the Store where some bundle items that should have also been visible in the Catalog section were not displaying correctly.

Vault Breaker

• Added a Solo-only queue option for Vault Breaker.
  • This is a new queue option for Vault Breaker with adjusted combat difficulty to account for the reduced crew size. Players who select the “Solo” option before launching into matchmaking should find this experimental mode less punishing than Week 1.
    • Increased critical damage against UESC combatants.
    • Reduced UESC aggression and accuracy.
  • Solo players who enjoy the challenge should continue to select Trios with Crew Fill off.

Item Economy

• Fixed an issue where VIP reward packages were unable to be claimed.
  • Players should now be able to claim all available packages, including those that have been earned since this issue began following Update 1.1.5.
• Fixed an issue where players that purchased sponsored kits from C.A.R.R.I. while having a full Vault could experience a run with an incorrect loadout.

User Interface and Experience

• Fixed an issue where players could get stuck in their Loadout Report screen if they claimed something from their Rewards Pass before exiting this screen.
  • Players will now need to fully exit their Run Report before being able to navigate to their Rewards Pass.
• Fixed an issue causing an extra “Match: Found” message to display.

Stability

• Fixed a stability issue affecting some console players when attempting to log in.
• Fixed an issue where a number of contract progression steps and interactions were causing game crashes.

General

• Fixed an issue where the Spacebucks Codex challenge was unable to be claimed after it was completed.
  • Players in this state should have the issue resolved after their next run.
• Double XP Weekend
  • Increased progress for both season level and all faction reputations.
  • Active July 31 – August 3.

General

• Update: Amending a missing patch note:
  • Added a temporary hold function to save current loadout when equipping Sponsored Kits or switching to Rook. 
  • You can restore your previous loadout by clicking the "Restore Previous Loadout" button next to your backpack, by unequipping the Sponsored Kit, or if you have Rook selected by switching to another Runner.

• Added a new experimental PVE mode, Vault Breaker.
  • Explore Cryo Archive as a crew, duo, or a solo player, taking on a progressively challenging series of vaults.
  • Grow stronger across multiple matches with progression that’s unique to Vault Breaker, and push towards the final vault and the mysterious entity within.
• Added support to Player Voice Reporting and Voice Moderation.
  • More information available at bung.ie/voicemoderation.
• Added the option to skip intro cinematics after first launch of the game.

Item Economy

Armory

• Ganglion barters now have a stock limit of 3, with the exception of Hyphatic Gel.
• Fixed an issue where Ganglion barters could reroll during unintended scenarios.
• Adjusted some barter costs to include Rubber Salvage.

Cradle

• The 25% reduction in Cradle progress has now been reverted.
• New Feature: Cradle Evolution
  • Players whose Cradle has reached level 70 will see a new the option to "Evolve Cradle" below the Cradle XP bar.
  • Activating a Cradle Evolution will:
    • Increases the Cradle energy limit by 1.
    • Reset the Cradle to level 1.
    • Reset all invested energy in each track of the Cradle.
    • Grants the Cradle 1 energy per Cradle Evolution stage.
  • The Cradle can be evolved a total of 7 times.

Pursuit Upgrades

• Fixed an issue where the MIDA capstone V upgrade's requirements were incorrectly displayed.
• Fixed an issue where stacked upgrade nodes could become locked if the 6th capstone has not been unlocked.
• Fixed an issue where stacked upgrade nodes could incorrectly display that an upgrade is available to purchase.

Items & Inventory

• Added a toggle to enable or disable a free sponsored kit upon death.
• Fixed an issue where the sell option could be displayed twice in the item tooltip.
• Fixed an issue where some Salvage items were not displaying their usages.
• Fixed an issue where sponsored kits would incorrectly display depleted self-revives.
• Fixed an issue where scrap could not be converted into credits even if there was inventory space to do so.

Ranked

• Fixed an issue where Rank points could incorrectly display as "0" in the Run Report.
• Fixed an issue where Ranked sponsored kits would not immediately refresh on rank changes.

Map Loot

• Fixed an issue where a UESC Cert in Algae Ponds was unable to be interacted with.
• Fixed an issue where a container in Night Marsh Complex was unable to be interacted with.
• Fixed an issue where a container in Night Marsh AI Uplink was clipping into the environment.
• Fixed an issue where a player could get stuck on a container in Cryo Vault 02.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where a user could get stuck in a kick to login loop.
• Updated multi-select item tile visuals to be more visible.
• Fixed an issue where selling all items in the overflow could be accidentally triggered.

Combat

Equipment

Loadout-Limited Infil Limit

• Starting mid-season, some equipment items are marked Loadout-Limited. Only 2 Loadout-Limited items are allowed in your loadout during infil. Having too many in your loadout will cause a Crew Error when preparing for a run. Extra items beyond the limit can still be collected in-game and exfiltrated; only infil is restricted.
• Loadout-Limited items: Bubble Shield, Chem Grenade, EMP Grenade, Flechette Grenade, Frag Grenade, Heat Grenade

Developer's Note: This new infil restriction has two purposes: reduce the efficacy of AOE grenade spam and reduce the prevalence of Bubble Shields. We think grenades are in a good place damage-wise, but feedback is clear that spam is still an issue on Cryo and that Bubble Shields are flattening high level combat.

Bubble Shield

• Removed the player slow down on entering a Bubble Shield volume.
• Reduced health in PVP from 560 to 400.
• Increased health against UESC from 1680 to 2500.
• Fixed an issue that caused explosions from grenades to not do any damage to Bubble Shields.
• Increased the damage explosions from grenades do to Bubble Shields by 2x.

Energy Amp

• Passive prime ability regen reduced by 40%.
• Passive tactical/trait ability reduced by 40%.
• Increased buff time granted by Energy Amp from 2 minutes to 3 minutes.

Effects

Invisibility

• Invisibility will flicker off after sprinting for more than 2 seconds.
  • Note: This change affects invisibility from any source.
• AI combatants can now hear the footsteps of Invisible players at very close range, and will now enter their search behavior when they do.

Dev Note: Invisibility is currently too powerful as a tool for completely sidestepping PvE encounters. We're taking a sizeable swing here to make it so players will need to be more intentional with their movement after activation. You'll still be able to navigate past enemies but choosing when to sprint and when to move more slowly will be more important. Alongside this change, we're increasing the uptime of Smoke Dive to help ensure that Assassin still has strong disengage tools at their disposal, and we'll continue to evaluate how Invisibility is playing moving forward.

Runner Shells

Assassin

• Smoke Dive
  • Reduced base cooldown time from 60s to 45s.

Recon

• Echo Pulse
  • Reduced Echo Pulse base wave count from 7 to 5.
  • Increased time between waves from 2.5s to 3s.
  • Reduced Echo Pulse base ping waypoint lifetime from 10s to 8s.

Dev Note: Echo Pulse is a primary contributor to undesired standoff behavior in our higher tier activities, so we're making some changes to reduce how quickly it snapshots enemy location information and the number of snapshots it provides. This should give players more time to reposition or push between pulses in combination with the changes to Energy Amp detailed above reducing its effective uptime for highly invested players. We'll be keeping an eye on this to see how it performs alongside the rest of the changes for future updates.

Thief

• Pickpocket Drone
  • While in flashlight-enabled Zones, Pickpocket Drone now has intrinsic Darksight to help pilots navigate through dark interior spaces more easily.

Sentinel

• Defender System
  • Fixed an issue where the Defender System was able to catch grenades while fading out at the end of its lifetime.
  • Reduced base cooldown time from 180 seconds to 150 seconds.
• Snare Mine
  • Increased maximum detonation damage per submunition from 5 to 7 against enemy Runners.
  • Increased maximum detonation damage per submunition from 30 to 35 against enemy non-Runners.
• Prey Tracker
  • Prey Tracker is no longer scrambled by Signal Jammer.

Dev Note: With the infil limit for grenades detailed above coming in, we wanted to give Sentinel's kit a bit more general usability to compensate. Snare Mine will be a more reliable damage tool, and Prey Tracker no longer has an easily accessible counter without downside. As with any new shell, dialing in potency will be a process that happens over time - we'll be monitoring Sentinel's performance for the rest of the season to see how things shake out.

Destroyer

• Search and Destroy
  • Fixed an issue where sustained damage from the Biotoxic Disinjector weapon was not counting towards building rocket charges.

Rook

• Recuperation
  • Increased heal rate from 2hp/s to 3hp/s.
  • Increased healing duration from 20s to 30s.

Dev Note: With Season 2, Rook's playstyle shifted more firmly back into scavenger territory without an arsenal of claymores and shotguns, but its ability to recover from a bad situation without reliance on healing consumables with Recuperation wasn't hitting the bar. Overall healing has been more than doubled, making Rook much less reliant on finding Patch Kits in-run. The potency of Rook's arsenal is something we're looking at season-over-season to find the right potency.

Implants

• Updated implant iconography to better reflect each implant’s unique effects.
• Triage Cloak
  • Now also activates when using a Mercy Kit.

Backpacks

• Sneak Pack
  • Fixed an issue where Sneak Pack's Signal Jammer effect did not prevent claymore activations.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where removing a player's backpack from a death bag could result in loot being deleted when the player was revived.

Weapons

D54 Battle Pistol

• Reduced precision bonus multiplier from 1.5x to 1.38x.
  • Developer's Note: This seems like a small change but this change means the D54 Battle Pistol requires 3 precision bursts to down a Grey Shield Runner, up from 2 Bursts, and 4 bursts to down a Purple Shield Runner, up from 3 bursts.
• Reduced damage fall range minimum and maximum across all stat tiers by 10%.
  • Maximum 100 Range stat damage falloff minimum goes from 38 meters to 34 meters.
  • Maximum 100 Range stat damage falloff maximum goes from 72 meters to 64 meters.

V22 Volt Thrower

• Removed the 0.5s target acquisition time to better enable ambush style gameplay.
  • The visual target indicator always showed immediately but projectiles wouldn't actually track until after being on target for 0.5 seconds.
• Increased projectile velocity speed from 56 m/s to 80 m/s.
• Completely retuned rate of fire and firing spin down.
  • Increased max rpm from 507.3 to 540.
  • Decreased min rpm from 309.3 to 140.
  • Spin down based on heat now spins down more linearly instead of the previous behavior.

Twin Tap HBR

• Increased base damage from 22 to 24.
• Increased precision bonus multiplier from 1.3 to 1.4.
• Increased the speed between rounds in a burst by 50%.
  • Retuned recoil direction to compensate.
  • Increased intensity of sim input and camera shake to compensate.
  • Decreased stability at the lower investment tiers by ~20% to compensate.
• Fixed an issue where ADS Accuracy starting cone size did not improve with ADS Accuracy stat increases.
• Q-Tap Regen Prestige Mod:
  • Increased the base damage from 15 to 19.
  • Increased the base rate of fire to match normal rate instead of decreasing it.
    • Developer's Note: We heard the feedback on the Prestige Mod hurting the PVP performance of this mod too much compared to the base gun. In our testing, optimal TTKs are now comparable with that of the base weapon.
  • Removed the low health requirement on the Prestige Mod healing perk:
    • Hitting 4 precision hits in rapid succession starts health regeneration.
    • Reduced the heal rate from 1.5x the speed of a Patch Kit to 0.8x the speed of a Patch Kit to compensate for the ease of use buff.
    • Added a 3 second cooldown since this perk can now be activated theoretically back to back.

KKV-9SD

• Redistributed damage profile to lower reliance on headshots.
  • Developer's Note: KKV always had a mathematically faster optimal TTK than most weapons but it was reliant on almost entirely headshots and missing a single one would result in a massive drop in TTK. This change makes the optimal TTK remain as fast as before but it makes body shot TTK faster and the punishment of missing a single headshot much less.
• Increased base damage to 9, up from 8.
• Reduced precision damage scale to 1.29x, from 1.45x.

CE Tactical Sidearm

• Improved ADS Accuracy starting cone size on the base version by ~10%.
• Improved ADS Accuracy final cone size on base version by ~13%.

Bully SMG

• Reduced Rodeo Mag size from 72 to 61.
• Reduced maximum magazine size from Drum Mag from 66 to 58.
• Reduced damage falloff at the high end and retuned damage falloff at all range stats to compensate. This results in Bully's maximum range before suffering falloff to be reduced from 40 meters to 32 meters and maximum damage falloff range to be reduced from 70 meters to 62 meters.

WSTR Combat Shotgun

• Damage increased from 85 to 100.
• Reduced precision bonus multiplier from 1.05x to 1.0x.
• Increased spread by 20% across all stat tiers.
• Reduced aim assist falloff start at the top end by 30%.
  • Retuned stat tiers to compensate.
• Reduced aim assist falloff end at the top end by 12%.
  • Retuned stat tiers to compensate.
• Reduced magnetism falloff by ~10%.
• Reduced minimum damage percentage at max falloff from 20% to 10%.
• Retuned damage falloff across all tiers:
  • 2HKO range with a grey WSTR against base shields: 3 meters.
  • 2HKO range with a grey WSTR against purple shields: 2 meters.
  • 2HKO range with a max invested WSTR against base shields: 7 meters.
  • 2HKO range with a max invested WSTR against purple shields: 4 meters.

Misriah 2442

• Damage reduced from 140 to 110.
• Reduced precision bonus multiplier from 1.2x to 1.0x.
• Reduced rpm from 72 to 58.
• Fixed an issue that caused the range stat to not modify aim assist or magnetism falloff:
  • This results in roughly a 30% buff to aim assist when at 100 range stat but roughly a 25% nerf to magnetism at 100 range stat.
• Retuned damage falloff across all tiers:
  • 2HKO range with a grey Misriah against base shields: 10 meters (was 11 meters).
  • 2HKO range with a grey Misriah against purple shields: 9 meters (was 10 meters).
  • 2HKO range with a max investment Misriah against base shields: 14 meters (was 18 meters).
  • 2HKO range with a max investment Misriah against purple shields: 12 meters (was 16 meters).
• Full-Auto Selector Prestige Mod
  • Reduced hipfire rpm from 72 to 58.
  • Both hipfire and ADS now fire full auto, as opposed to just hipfire.
  • In addition to previous benefits, hipfire mode massively increases movement speed with the Misriah equipped.

Volt Battery Weapons

• Increased the amount of trickle charge generated while moving with Volt Battery weapons equipped by 4x.

Chips

Exit Buddy

• Removed unintentional camera shake on perk activation.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where switching weapons while mantling could store weapon charge state in some circumstances.

Contracts

• Fixed an issue in the Mida "Expose/Extinguish" contract where one crew could expose/extinguish all the stockpiles, blocking progression for other crews.
• Traxus “Unsanctioned Hostilities [5/5]” now supports recovering the targeted contract item from other players and will grant objective progress.

Zones

• Fixed multiple issues involving containment, floating geometry, or loot that was inaccessible due to map geometry.
• Added new sources of faction reputation to Cryo Archive.
• Added additional cover near infils in Dire Marsh where infil rushing was easily exploited.
• Exfil icons in Cryo Archive no longer use the guarded exfil map icon, and fixed an issue where waypoints did not appear on exfils until pinged on the mini map.
• Increased the duration that icons remain on the HUD after using a Scanner in Cryo Archive.
• Fixed an issue where incorrect audio queues were playing on UESC Network Towers on Night Marsh.
• Fixed an issue where players could get squashed by a UESC dropship in Bioresearch.
• Fixed an issue where DCON waypoints were leading to incorrect locations.
• Fixed an issue where the horn on the hauler was missing an interact prompt.
• Fixed an issue where the Anomalous Substance waypoint was not updating correctly.
• Fixed an issue where Oni would announce that UESC Convoy was active, but the Convoy did not spawn.
• Removed //THEN requirement from Traxus "Return on Investment 5/5" to credit all contract holders when stockpile spawns to allow contract completion by last holder of salvage on exfil.
• Fixed issue where "IN A SINGLE RUN" was present on crew objectives in the objective HUD widget.

Stability and Graphics

• Fixed an issue that could cause a graphics crash when closing the game.
• Fixed a graphics crash that occurred when players were unable to enable FSR.
• Fixed a graphics crash that occurred when the game experienced heavy loading.
• Improved reticle visibility when playing in HDR mode.
• The flashlight no longer appears blocky when close to a surface when anti-aliasing and variable-rate shading is active.
• Fixed an issue causing flashing graphic artifacts on UESC shields in Night Marsh.
• Improved Thief X-Ray performance when using an AMD GPU.
• Fixed an issue where signing into the game on a second device would cause both devices to wait for over a minute before timing out the first device.

General

• Fixed an issue where selecting Solo Queue could fail to update your matchmaking state, which could leave you locked into another queue or in a crew-based queue unexpectedly.

General

• Sponsored Mode: Zone updated to Dire Marsh (Night).
• The C.A.R.R.I. Armory has been updated with the following changes.
  • Wares Added:
    • Deluxe Key Template
    • Blue Backpack
    • Self Revive
  • Wares Changed:
    • Lockbox Key Commendations Cost: 10 → 7
    • Reputation Pack Weekly Stock: 1 → 2
    • Rotating Grey Weapon Commendations Cost: 10 → 5
  • Updated the Dire Marsh (Night) Sponsored activity description to clarify the Sponsored Kit loadout requirement.
  • Fixed an issue where players could be matchmade into Trios when the UI displayed Solos.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent some mailbox messages from being delivered.

Combat

• Fixed an issue where the Sniper boss targeted audio could play for nearby Runners who weren’t targeted.

Runners

Triage

• Fixed an issue where the Astrophage style’s face would brightly glow when in the Dire Marsh (Night) Zone.

Zones

Dire Marsh (Day)

• Fixed an issue where Lockdown activities were failing to spawn in some regions.

Cryo Archive

• Fixed an issue where Runner models could still hit tripwires (green lasers) when sliding under or jumping over them.

Stability

• Fixed an issue where a small number of players could get stuck in a Weasel disconnect loop that would prevent the ability to consistently login.

Item Economy

• Fixed an issue where barter options were not populating for the Compiler Ganglion.
• Swapped Arachne and Sekiguchi VIP upgrade costs so Synapse Cubes can be used for certain upgrades instead of the previous prestige salvage.
• Adjusted MIDA’s final Capstone to now grant ANTI_VIRUS.EXE, providing 2 minutes of Anti-Virus protection at the beginning of a run. Previously was providing Cardio Kick that did not stack with the Dexterity track perk.

Combat

Weapons

KKV-9SD

• Fixed an issue where the KKV-9SD would cease firing while holding down the trigger on certain controllers.

User Interface and Experience

• Fixed an issue where stickers were not correctly showing up on the Retro_Remix WSTR Shotgun style.

Zones

Perimeter

• Fixed an issue where Solo queue was selectable on Ranked.
  • Developer Note: The intention for players queueing into Ranked is the same as Season 1, which is that crews of all sizes enter the same match. It was not intended that players could select Solo queue in Ranked, and this did not function as players expected.

Dire Marsh (Night)

• Fixed an issue that was preventing Reverbs from spawning consistently on standard Night Marsh.

Cryo Archive

• Fixed an issue where the Cryo Archive sponsored kit could not be taken into Cryo Archive.

Stability

• Fixed a few server stability issues.

General

• ONI is now announcing the return of C.A.R.R.I., the CyberAcme Runner Reinforcement Initiative. This Initiative returns with the following changes and additions:
  • CyberAcme Commendations: A new material that is awarded to Runners who promote C.A.R.R.I. values
    • For Crews: Earn commendations (+4) for each contract objective you assist your crewmate in completing
    • For Solos (Non-Rook): Earn commendations (+6) for each contract objective you complete. Bonus commendations (+5) can be earned if you exfil with other players.
    • For Rooks: Earn commendations (+5) for successful exfils. Bonus commendations (+5) can be earned if you exfil with other players.
    • All commendation rewards will be sent directly to your vault after completing any of the actions listed above
  • C.A.R.R.I. Armory: Exchange commendations for special offers in CyberAcme’s armory.
    • Weapon Showcase: Each week, C.A.R.R.I. will feature a new weapon. An enhanced weapon will be given for free, but runners will have the opportunity to kit up their own and even buy a unique, deluxe variant.
    • Reputation Packs: Can only be bought from the C.A.R.R.I. Armory. Purchasing one will automatically grant reputation for the associated faction.
    • Special Offers: In addition, C.A.R.R.I. will provide an assortment of useful items and equipment. Keep an eye on offers as the season progresses.
  • Fixed an issue where the previously selected zone would reset after each run.
  • Fixed an issue where your crew fill settings did not persist between runs.
  • Fixed an issue where Rooks were able to queue as a Duo.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Crew members from readying up after swapping from Trios to Duos.
  • Fixed an issue where a Duo may be unable to matchmake if the leader changes the activity to a non-Duos zone.
  • Fixed an issue where a crew error would display if Crew-fill was enabled while on Duos.

Item Economy

• Added weekly login rewards beneath the "today's sponsors” section in the Armory.
• Slightly reduced loot quality and increased item pool in Cert containers in Night Marsh.
• Slightly reduced Prestige drops from pinnacle containers found in Prestige locked rooms.
• Fixed an issue where combatant reinforcements in Night Marsh were able to roll more loot than intended over the course of the run.
• Minor rebalancing of Folio and Trunk rewards across item types.
• Fixed an issue where UESC Sponsored Kits could spawn with Cryo keys.

Cradle

• Reduced XP value of “Bluenique” (deluxe unique weapons) from 1,500 to 700.
• Reduces XP value of Superior and Prestige weapon mods:
  • Superior: 2,500 to 1,000
  • Prestige: 7,500 to 3,750

Combat

Weapons

• Fixed an issue where Folding Stocks stat bonuses were reversed based on their configuration.

Bully SMG

• Fixed an issue with Bully Twitch sub drop style’s magazine not matching the promotional artwork.

BR33 Volley Rifle

• Fixed an issue where the Lockout Muzzle Break Prestige mod was not suppressing the weapon audio for the user. (Audio was properly suppressed for other Runners.)

V22 Volt Thrower

• Fixed an issue where firing the V22 Volt Thrower could be inaudible to crewmates and other Runners.

User Interface and Experience

• Errors in the Ready Up screen will now more clearly display which crewmate has an error. Hovering over the error will display a tooltip explaining how to resolve it. Crew errors (such as too many/not enough Runners) will display only near the ready button.

• Fixed an issue where some weapon mod tooltips would flash or not show when comparing with another compatible mod.

Runners

Thief

• Fixed an issue where Thief could say the wrong voice lines in the Runner select or when damaged in-run while equipped with the Kasha Yokai shell style.

Contracts

• Fixed an issue where the wrong art was being displayed on the “Story & Rewards” side of certain limited contracts.

CyberAcme

• Fixed an issue that could prevent some limited Cryo contracts from appearing correctly after weekly reset.

NuCaloric

• Fixed an issue with Capstone 2 where patch kits and shield charges were not being awarded upon completing standard contracts.
• Fixed an issue that prevented anti-virus packs from being available in the Armory, even after unlocking them in the Faction upgrades.

Codex

• Fixed an issue with entry “One man’s treasure” where it would complete without needing to convert a Prestige rarity item in the Cradle.
• Updated tooltip description for Bungie Reward entries to indicate that rewards are available for purchase after claiming.
• Fixed an issue where some “Early Bird VIP” entries from Season 1 were not unlocking correctly in Season 2.

Zones

Dire Marsh (Day and Night)

• Fixed an issue that allowed Runners to loot certain containers in the Bioresearch locked room without the proper key.
• Fixed an issue where a non-final exfil's timer could be extended beyond the final exfil's timer, resulting in Runners dying to the timer even while standing in an exfil.
• Fixed an issue causing a few containers to float on top of Greenhouse.

Dire Marsh (Night)

• Fixed an issue in Upper Complex where a door hack device was hidden behind a cabinet.
• Fixed an issue where other Runners' flashlights wouldn't appear if they were turned on before entering your sight range.

Dire Marsh (Day)

• Fixed an issue where the second wave of exfils was failing to spawn.

Item Economy

• Slightly reduced the chance for Prestige Shield to appear in all sources.
• Slightly reduced the chance for Prestige Weapon Mods to appear in all sources.
• Fixed various issues where Schemas granted more or fewer Credits than their listed value upon exfil.

Combat

Weapons

• Fixed an issue where dragging a weapon mod from one equipped weapon to another could incorrectly show the mod as incompatible, even when it was valid for both weapons.
• Fixed an issue with the D54 Battle Pistol Prestige mod perk “Daredevil Stock” where spam clicking could extend the super burst for the full duration of the magazine.

Chips

• Fixed an issue where the Aftershock perk was expiring too quickly after taking explosive damage.

User Interface and Experience

• Fixed an issue where Push-to-Talk would fail while in the prepare screen.
• Updated item tooltip to not include certain actions while the multi-select is active in lobby.
• Added missing Zone Status Effect “it’s Dark” on the Night Marsh preview.
• Fixed an issue with the Cryo Maintenance (Cryo Archive 01) key description incorrectly listing the unlock steps.
• Fixed an issue that caused ghosting/artificating in the Lobby while using AMD FSR with the resolution scaling set to quality or lower.
• Fixed an issue where turning on Streamer Mode mid-run would display inconsistent names on the HUD.
• Fixed an issue where the Season 2 Premium Rewards Pass purchase screen would display a LUX icon instead of a Rewards Pass Voucher icon.
• Fixed an issue where Rewards Pass items couldn’t be selected when navigating from the “Vox Nocturna” Knife Style to Rewards Pass using the source link.

Factions

Sekiguchi Genetics

• Fixed an issue where Capstone 6 could not be claimed after unlocking all the required upgrades.

Contracts

• Fixed an issue where claiming rewards from certain Contracts could cause a duplicate reward notification popup.

• Fixed an issue where returning Runners, when unlocking Cryo Archive could experience a ‘Contracts Depleted’ error. 

CyberAcme

• Fixed an issue where the Standard contract “CyAc Guidance: Complex Control” displayed an Enhanced (green) Hardline PR instead of a Deluxe (blue) version in the reward preview.

MIDA

• Fixed an issue in Expose/Extinguish where the Gantry’s voice could fail to play after completing the terminal hacking step.

Codex

• Fixed an issue with the “Nightstalker > Spacebucks” entry, only counting singular runs as progress instead of Certs spent.
• Fixed an issue where the Anomalous Husk entry displayed placeholder text instead of its proper name.
• Fixed an issue where backing out of the inspect screen for Bungie Rewards items would result in an empty menu.

Sentinel

• Fixed an issue where “Information Economy” could not be completed after meeting the requirements.
• Increased the time allowed to defeat a target after an interception for the “Riposte” challenge.

Armory

• Fixed a tooltip that would advise purchasing ammo and healing items that weren’t present.
• Fixed an issue where the Traxus Prestige mod “Triple Barrel” showed the wrong cost, requiring 3 Reflex Coils instead of 1 Synapse Cube.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Night Marsh Sponsored Kit from appearing in the Armory if under Runner Level 3.
• Fixed an issue where the NuCaloric Armored Barter was showing the incorrect upgrade icon.
• Fixed an issue where the Enhanced Duck and Cover Schema did not provide an Armory offer after exfil.

Zones

Dire Marsh (Night)

• Fixed an issue that prevented some landmarks from showing up on the mini-map.
• Fixed an issue in Maintenance where certain Cert containers could be opened without spending any Certs.

Stability

• Fixed several stability issues that could occur when selecting nodes in the faction upgrades screens.

Localization

• Fixed various spelling and grammar issues for the multi-select tooltips.
• Fixed an issue where Thief’s voice over lines could duplicate while using the Russian language.

General

• Added Streamer Mode option in the Settings:
  • The ability to hide you and your Crew’s names on your screen.
  • The ability to replace your in-run name with a generic one across places like pings, kill feed, death recap, and spectate.
  • The ability to replace other players’ names on your screen with generic names.
  • A configurable matchmaking delay to help make stream sniping harder.
• Added settings for controller cursor friction.
• Fixed an issue where doors could sometimes become desynced from the server.
• Setting your Steam online status to "invisible" no longer causes the in-game roster to be "invisible". Now you have to set that manually.

Matchmaking

• Duos is now a regular option - each day a new location is chosen to have Duo queue active, indicated by a Duos marker on Zone Select.
• Matchmaking now supports a countdown time before launching into a run.
• Brand new players to Marathon are more likely to match with other new players during the opening of S2.
• Players may now select between multiple matchmaking network preferences.

  • Developer Note: This experimental matchmaking preference allows players to choose whether they want to wait for longer to increase their chances of finding a group of players located near to them. We will also continue to monitor the performance of Matchmaking over time and adjust its configuration to provide a balanced experience that works for most players by default.

• Added the zone name to the Matchmaking status screen.

• Merged Ranked High Stakes and Low Stakes into a single mode. 

Item Economy

• Faction reputation awarded by completing Standard contracts has been significantly improved.
• Increased the amount of Credits gained when achieving early Season Level rank ups.
• Premium Rewards Pass owners can now either claim individual rewards with SILK or purchase them for LUX if desired instead. The page will still need to be unlocked before the reward can be purchased.
• Unclaimed cosmetic Codex rewards will be claimed automatically at the end of Season 1.
• Increased the size of Overflow inventory to prevent accidental item loss.
• Runners will now receive a small amount of Runner Level XP for time spent in a Run.
• Key templates now have objective requirements Runners must fulfill in order to convert the template to a functional key.
• The first 5 contracts completed each week will award a flat amount of bonus Faction rep. Unused bonuses roll over and stack.
  • Ex: If you join in week 3, the bonus will apply to your first 15 contracts (5 for week 3, plus 10 unused from weeks 1 and 2).
• Weapon schemas in the Season 1 Rewards Pass have been replaced with Credits for Season 2.
  • At the start of each season, certain gameplay items or materials in older Rewards Passes may get replaced in this way to ensure they maintain value as our game economies change over time.
• Increased the Credit cost for Shield Implants, Self Revives and Bubble Shields to better reflect their combat value.
• Sponsored Kits:
  • Added Deluxe and Superior Sponsored Kits to all Factions
  • Enhanced Sponsored Kits unlock at Faction Level 10
  • Enhanced Sponsored Kits now cost 4,000
  • Deluxe Sponsored Kits now cost 12,000
  • Deluxe Sponsored Kits unlock at Faction Level 20
  • Superior Sponsored Kits cost 40,000
  • Superior Sponsored Kits unlock at Faction Level VIP
  • Upon unlock, players receive their first Kit for free. This is true for all rarities.
  • No more gear rarity blending. Enhanced Sponsored Kits means Enhanced Gear, etc.
  • Developer Note: Looking at feedback and data, we're making Sponsored Kits unlock sooner, and have gear to match their rarity. Allowing players to reach higher rarity floors sooner was a focus for Season 2 and these changes aim to address that.
• Replaced Materialist item status effects with new Materialist lootable trinkets.
• Ping+ V4 Schema is now Superior (purple), to match the rarity of the Ping+ V4 Implant.
• Salvage is now found more reliably in its associated region. Removed the container-specific Salvage (e.g. Deimosite Rods in Arms Lockers).
• Rebalanced Credit costs and Schema rarities for Weapons to better match their retuned combat potential.

Combat

• UESC Turrets and Drones are now counted as combatants for purposes of the Run Report and other statistics.
• Faction awards have been added when starting in-run activities like Supply Drop and Secured Resources, in addition to the faction rep granted when the activities are completed.
• Some faction awards that were not shared by the crew, such as TAD activations, are now awarded to the whole crew.

Runner Shells

• Adjusted ping to work more intuitively with the DBNO (down but not out) camera angle and to make it much easier to successfully ping enemies while downed.
• Fixed an issue where the Heat bar would sometimes jump around when performing a heavy melee attack.
• Fixed an issue where finishers could sometimes push Runners through geometry.
• Fixed an issue where the crew feed death announcement could fail to appear when a Runner was killed by a non-Runner or non-combatant source like out-of-bounds volumes.
• Fixed an issue where DBNO (down but not out) movement animations would not play if the player was holding ADS (aim down sights) when downed.

Movement

• Mantle has been adjusted to make climbing up rough terrain more consistent.
• Fixed an issue where players would bump up and down repeatedly when pushing up against railings.

Stats

• The Prime Recovery and Tactical Recovery stats now increase the recharge rate of their respective abilities by a maximum of 70%, down from 100% in S1.
  • Developer Note: With the Cradle, players have far more direct access to increasing their baseline Runner stats without needing to collect materials and purchase faction upgrades. This is a significant increase in average power that we need to adjust for to maintain our intended balance tuning. Additionally, in the live game these stats are shaving off too much of the cooldown time for powerful abilities when maxed out, which when combined with Energy Amp is resulting in situations where it feels like certain abilities have no counterplay. We're taking a swing at the top end recharge rates to help manage this power increase and preserve opportunities for players to capitalize on the downtime between enemy abilities.

Smart Heal

• Smart Heal will now recommend a Cardio Kick if a Runner is missing zero health and has one available.

New – Sentinel

• Defender System (Prime Ability): Deploy a defensive platform that harmlessly neutralizes incoming explosives. You and your allies also gain increased weapon stability and reload speed when standing near the device. And as always, bear in mind that it’s got a limited number of projectiles to fire! Be sure to keep a steady eye out.
• Snare Mine (Tactical Ability): Toss a proximity-triggered mine which detonates into several Immobilizing submunitions when enemies get too close.
• Prey Tracker (Trait Ability): Activate motion tracking systems in your HUD that allow you to see moving enemies on radar within a conical zone in front of you.
• Castle Doctrine (Passive): You ready and reload SMGs, Pistols, and Shotguns more quickly based on the number of nearby hostiles. When you take splash damage, your Hardware, Firewall, and Self-Repair Speed are increased for a short time.

Assassin

• Fixed an issue where the Smoke Screen projectile could get stuck in tight corners and fail to detonate.

Destroyer

• Fixed an issue where Riot Barricade could be activated while getting on a ladder.
• Fixed an issue where switching weapons during a Thruster activation could fail to ready the weapon.

Recon

• Fixed an issue where Shock Drone detonation VFX could appear far away from the actual detonation.

Triage

• Added an inspect animation for Reboot+.
• Updated Reboot+ targeting icons for a more consistent visual style.

Vandal

• Reduced instances of desync when being hit by Knockback.

Thief

• Fixed multiple Thief drone exploits where the drone could go out of bounds or into unplayable areas.

Cores

• The Close and Personal shared Core has been removed. This benefit can now be obtained from the Cradle upgrade system instead.

New – Sentinel

• Reversal (Enhanced): Defeating an Immobilized target heals you over time.
• Wellness Beacon (Deluxe): While standing near your Defender System, you and your allies use medical items more quickly.
• Eminent Domain (Prestige): Runner grenades neutralized by your Defender System fall to the floor and become lootable.
• + 7 more!

Implants

• Implants have been significantly reworked. Each implant now has a single, fixed perk and a fixed stat package.
• Item rarity now determines the total amount of stats provided by an implant. The total amount of stats scales up with each rarity tier, from grey all the way up through gold.
  • Certain implants can only be found at higher rarity tiers.
• Energy Harvester's perk now activates on tactical ability activation rather than deactivation. This means that state-based tactical abilities (like Assassin's Active Camo) gain the benefit while the ability is active, rather than needing to wait for the effects to end.

New implants

• Head
  • Blindside - Performing a finisher on a downed Runner grants you the effects of Signal Jammer for a short time.
  • Immune Response - Cleansing an MCH status effect briefly increases your Melee Damage. Cleansing an OS status effect briefly increases your Self-Repair Speed
  • Dynamo - Gain increased Agility and Heat Capacity when your tactical or prime abilities are fully charged. Stacks twice.
• Torso
  • Going Dark - While channeling a healing consumable, you become invisible.
  • Splash Guard - When you take splash damage, your Agility is briefly increased. You take less self-damage from your explosive equipment.
  • Inoculation Kit - While under the effects of an MCH or OS status effect, all of your non-resistance stats are increased.
• Lower
  • Duck and Cover - After sliding, your Self-Repair Speed is briefly increased and you use healing consumables more quickly.
  • Trailblazer Kit - After defeating a hostile with a melee or knife attack, your next slide generates no heat.

Weapons

• Weapon cosmetics can now be customized directly through an item's "Inspect" screen.
• Weapons in the Overflow inventory can now be inspected, which allows their mods to be removed if there is Vault space available.
• Fixed an issue where picking up loose loot while switching weapons could result in the player's equipped weapon being in a bad state.
• Biotoxin Disinjector:

  • Fixed an issue where the Biotoxic Disinjector could start a new run with a full magazine even if it was empty or partially empty in the previous run.

Pistols

• New – D54 Battle Pistol
  • Fully automatic, 3-round burst handgun.
• CE Tactical Sidearm
  • Increased the speed at which the weapon's recoil settles when firing by 15%.
  • Reduced ADS accuracy error multiplier by ~50%.
  • Rebased aim assist and magnetism min and max falloff distances:
    • Aim Assist
      • Minimum distance increased from 11 meters to 14 meters at base range stat and from 14 meters to 22 meters at maximum range stat.
      • Maximum distance increased from 22 meters to 25 meters at base range stat and from 21 meters to 29 meters at maximum range stat.
    • Magnetism
      • Minimum distance increased from 15 meters to 18 meters at base range stat and from 18.6 meters to 29.6 meters at maximum range stat.
      • Maximum distance increased from 25 meters to 26.2 meters at base range stat and from 24.8 meters to 39 meters at maximum range stat.
    • Rebased aim assist cone size stats:
      • Increased aim assist cone size at base aim assist stat by 33%.
      • Increased aim assist cone size at max aim assist stat by 16%.
    • Rebased hip fire and ADS projectile accuracy stats to compensate.
    • In general, this means an increase in projectile error all up to account for the increased aim assist cone size.
    • Reduced crouch accuracy bonus at max crouch accuracy stat by 117%.
    • Reduced moving accuracy bonus at minimum moving accuracy stat by 22%.
    • Increased moving accuracy bonus at maximum moving accuracy stat by 50%.
• Magnum MC
  • Decreased the rate of fire from 150rpm to 138rpm.
  • Damage per bullet increased from 33 to 41.
  • Precision multiplier decreased from 2.0 to 1.9.
  • Increased the aim assist fall off start distance by 20%.
  • Adjusted reticle recentering behavior for easier follow-up shots when firing rapidly.

Submachine Guns

• New – KKV-9SD
  • Pistol frame SMG with an integrated suppressor.
• BRRT
  • Increased magazine size from 35 to 45.
• Copperhead RF
  • Converted base bullet and Prestige mod bullets from projectile to hit scan.
  • Rebased magazine stats to multiples of 3 to better support Prestige mod
    • Base magazine size goes from 28 to 30.
    • Max magazine size goes from 78 to 57.

Shotguns

• Misriah 2442
  • Increased pellet spread in hip fire by 10%.
  • Increased pellet spread while aiming down sights by 5%.
  • Increased base rate of fire from 58RPM to 72RPM.
    • This is to compensate for the removal of increased fire rate stats previously granted by Slick Mag magazine mod family.
  • Rebased magazine stat so now every mag will result in at least +1 round in the magazine.
    • Base magazine size remains at 4 and max magazine size remains 10.
  • Reduced base damage falloff start from 11 meters to 10 meters.
  • Increased max damage falloff start from 15 meters to 16 meters.

Rifles

• Overrun
  • Reduced horizontal and vertical recoil for base weapon, resulting in more control at lower rarity tiers:
    • Horizontal recoil reduced by ~50%.
    • Vertical recoil reduced by ~12%.
• Twin Tap
  • Reduced this weapon’s horizontal recoil variance, resulting in ~75% less horizontal spread.
  • RPM changed from 420rpm to 600rpm
    • Increased the speed of rounds in a burst by ~30%.
    • Decreased actual rate of fire by ~20% to compensate.
  • Damage per bullet increased from 17 to 22.
  • Precision multiplier reduced from 1.7x to 1.3x.
  • Fixed an issue where this weapon was not benefitting from crouch accuracy stat bonuses.
  • Increased magazine capacity across all mags
  • Slightly increased the speed at which the accuracy cone returns to baseline when firing.
  • Q-Tap Regen Optic
    • Rate of fire decreased by ~12.5%.
    • Precision multipliers decrease from 1.7x to 1.4x.
    • Increased damage per bullet from 14 to 15.
• V75 SCAR
  • Increased reload speed by ~18%
• Impact HAR
  • Added more camera shake at high stability stat to feel more appropriate for a heavy ammo weapon.
  • Converted bullets fired from this weapon from projectile to hitscan.

Precision Rifles

• V66 Lookout
  • Decreased charge shot charge time by 18%
  • Increased reload speed by ~18%
• BR33 Volley Rifle
  • Fixed an issue with the BR33 Victory Lap “blunique” (Deluxe Unique) variant that was granting erroneous stats and updated it with the correct intended stats.
    • The erroneous stats weren't providing any bonuses or penalties, this is under the hood cleanup.
    • The correct intended stat bonuses are:
      • +10 Stability
      • +30 Range
      • +10 Accuracy
      • +30 Reload Speed
      • +30 Move Speed
      • +40 ADS Speed
      • +20 Equip Speed
      • +10 Aim Assist

Weapon Mods

• Mods can now be dragged directly from one weapon to another in the Loadout UI screen.
• Mods can now be dragged from an equipped weapon into a container while in-run.
• Fixed an issue where dragging a mod to detach it failed to play a sound cue.
• Removed sniper thermal optics.

Chips

• Assault Shields (LMG Shield mods)

  • Assault Shield now passively recharges passively while the shield is activated but the player is not actively aiming down sights.
  • Reduced Assault Shield health from 50 to 25 to compensate.
  • Increased shield's resistance to PVE combatants from 75% to 80%.
• Stack Overflow
  • Rotated all rarities out of the loot pool for Season 2.
• Optimal Prime
  • Rotated all rarities out of the loot pool for Season 2.
• Rorschach Test
  • Now adds a bonus to stability and aim assist for 10 seconds after activation.
  • Increased the overflow amount for ballistic weapons by roughly ~20%.
• Insurance Plan
  • The MCH and OS cleanse from the Superior rarity tier is now part of the Deluxe and Enhanced rarity tiers as well.
• Keyboard Warrior
  • Increased accuracy and range stat bonuses by 25%.
• Chaos Theory
  • Added a passive boost to the reload stat for Enhanced, Deluxe, and Superior rarities.
• See Ya
  • Increased the duration of invisibility from 3 seconds to 4 seconds.
• Trigger Discipline
  • Fixed an issue where Trigger Discipline was always permanently active.
  • Reworked the perk under the hood to provide bonuses to the relevant accuracy stats instead of only just a flat bonus multiplier.
  • Reduced the flat bonus multiplier to a static value across all tiers
    • This should mean each tier of Trigger Discipline should feel as powerful as before but feels more predictable across different weapons.
  • Added perk feedback to the HUD tray to help communicate the active timer of the perk.
• Background Process
  • Added a passive bonus to the equip speed stat across all tiers.
• Mini Jammer
  • Fixed an issue where the Deluxe rarity tier could activate while the weapon is stowed.
  • Added passive stat penalties to the aim assist and ADS speed stats across all tiers.
  • Increased the time it takes to activate the perk effect on Enhanced, Deluxe, and Superior tiers.
    • Enhanced: was 2.5 seconds; is now 3 seconds.
    • Deluxe: was 1 seconds; is now 2 seconds.
    • Superior: was 0.5 seconds; is now 1 second.
• Blue Blood
  • Now heals 25 health over 1 second. Previously was instant.
• Reverse Card
  • Now heals 20 shield over 1 second. Previously was instant.
  • Removed the requirement of the player needing to be below half health in order to proc Reverse Card.
• Eyes On Fire
  • Added a passive bonus to the aim assist stat across all tiers.
• Bounty Hunter
  • Increased the amount of credits rewarded per UESC kill:
    • Standard: 10 credits increased to 25 credits.
    • Enhanced: 15 credits increased to 50 credits.
    • Deluxe: 20 credits increased to 75 credits.
    • Superior: 25 credits increased to 100 credits.
  • Fixed an issue where Bounty Hunter wasn't awarding credits upon killing UESC scan drones.
• Cloudborn
  • Redesigned perk benefits entirely:
    • While in smoke, this weapon has increased stability, accuracy, handling, and movement speed.
      • Previously the benefit was overflowing the magazine on reloading while in smoke.

• New – Ghillie Suit (all rarities)
  • After crouching for a short duration, this weapon has increased stability, range, and accuracy.
• New – Buffer Overflow (all rarities)
  • Precision downs and kills with this weapon grants a stacking increase to reload speed.
• New – Urgent Care (all rarities)
  • Kills or downs with this weapon while missing health grants a stacking bonus to your Self-Repair speed until you return to full health.
    • Developer Note: The number of stacks and benefits increases with each tier. Upon S2 launch, the chip mod description will not specify this and will be fixed in an upcoming release.
• New – Alarmist (all rarities)
  • After aiming down sights for a brief duration, projectile impacts create a terrifying scan drone alert.
• New – Refocuser (all rarities)
  • Taking explosive damage grants this weapon increased ADS speed and aim assist.
• New – Scrapyard (all rarities)
  • Defeating hostiles with this weapon has a chance to spawn depleted health items or standard materials.
  • Developer Note: The chance increases with each tier. Upon S2 launch, the chip mod description will not specify this and will be fixed in an upcoming release.
• New – Exterminator (all rarities)
  • This weapon deals increased damage against the terrors of [REDACTED].
• New – Brain Freeze (Superior rarity only)
  • Precision downs and kills with this weapon create a small explosion that spreads Frost to nearby hostiles.

Magazines

• Shotgun
  • Compartmental Mag
    • Enhanced (Green): was +25 Range and +30 Magazine, now +10 Range, +10 Magazine, and +10 Reload Speed
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +35 Range and +40 Magazine, now +15 Range, +20 Magazine, and +20 Reload Speed
    • Superior (Purple): was +45 Range and +10 Magazine, now +20 Range, +30 Magazine, and +30 Reload Speed
  • Fastload Mag
    • Enhanced (Green): was +20 Magazine and +30 Reload Speed, now +20 Reload Speed
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +30 Magazine and +60 Reload Speed, now +10 Magazine and +40 Reload
      • Added the Revealing Rounds perk as an intrinsic perk.
    • Superior (Purple): was +40 Magazine and +90 Reload Speed, now +20 Magazine and +40 Reload Speed
      • Added the Revealing Rounds perk as an intrinsic perk.
  • Extra Mag
    • Enhanced (Green): was +10 Reload Speed and +30 Magazine, now +30 Magazine
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +60 Magazine and +20 Reload Speed, now +50 Magazine
    • Superior (Purple): was +90 Magazine and +30 Reload Speed, now +80 Magazine
  • Slick Mag
    • Enhanced (Green): was +40 Rate of Fire and +20 Magazine, now +10 Magazine and +15 Range
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +50 Rate of Fire and +30 Magazine, now +20 Magazine and +40 Range
    • Superior (Purple): was +60 Rate of Fire and +40 Magazine, now +30 Magazine and +60 Range
• Rifle/SMG
  • Hollow-Case Rounds
    • Enhanced (Green): was +10 Magazine, +5 Reload Speed, and +5 Range, now +10 Range and +10 Reload Speed
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +30 Magazine, +15 Reload Speed, and +15 Range, now +20 Range and +20 Reload Speed
    • Superior (Purple): was +50 Magazine, +25 Reload Speed, and +30 Range, now +30 Range and +30 Reload Speed
  • Reloader Mag
    • Enhanced (Green): was +10 Magazine and +10 Reload Speed, now +10 Magazine and +30 Reload Speed
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +30 Magazine and +40 Reload Speed, now +20 Magazine and +50 Reload Speed
      • Added the Revealing Rounds perk as an intrinsic perk.
    • Superior (Purple): was +60 Magazine and +80 Reload Speed, now +30 Magazine and +70 Reload Speed
      • Added the Revealing Rounds perk as an intrinsic perk.
  • Steady Rounds
    • Enhanced (Green): was +10 Magazine and +10 Stability, now +10 Magazine, +10 Stability, and +10 Range
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +20 Magazine, +20 Stability, +15 Range, now +20 Magazine, +30 Stability, and +15 Range
    • Superior (Purple): was +40 Magazine and +50 Stability, now +30 Magazine, +50 Stability, and +20 Range
  • Drum Mag
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +60 Magazine, now +50 Magazine
    • Superior (Purple): was +90 Magazine, now +80 Magazine
• Precision Rifle
  • Stabilizing Mag
    • Enhanced (Green): was +10 Stability and +20 Magazine, now +20 Magazine and +20 Stability
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +30 Stability and +40 Magazine, now +30 Magazine and +40 Stability
    • Superior (Purple): was +50 Stability and +50 Magazine, now +40 Magazine and +50 Stability
  • Combat Mag
    • Enhanced (Green): was +10 Range, +10 Magazine, and +20 Reload Speed, now +10 Magazine and +30 Reload
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +20 Range, +40 Magazine, and +20 Reload Speed, now +20 Magazine and +50 Reload
      • Added the Revealing Rounds perk as an intrinsic perk.
    • Superior (Purple): was +40 Range, +60 Magazine, and +40 Reload Speed, now +30 Magazine and +70 Reload
      • Added the Revealing Rounds perk as an intrinsic perk.
  • Feather Mag
    • Enhanced (Green): was +10 Magazine and +20 Reload Speed, now +10 Range, +10 Reload Speed, and +10 Magazine
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +20 Magazine and +40 Reload Speed, now +20 Range, +20 Reload Speed, and +20 Magazine
    • Superior (Purple): was +40 Magazine and +70 Reload Speed, now +30 Range, +30 Reload Speed, and +30 Magazine
  • Hi-Cap Mag
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +60 Magazine, now +50 Magazine
    • Superior (Purple): was +90 Magazine, now +80 Magazine
• Pistol
  • Balanced Mag
    • Enhanced (Green): was +15 Magazine and +10 Reload, now +10 Magazine, +10 Range, and +10 Reload Speed
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +30 Magazine and +15 Reload, now +20 Magazine, +20 Range, +20 Reload Speed
    • Superior (Purple): was +50 Magazine and +30 Reload, now +30 Magazine, +30 Range, and +30 Reload Speed
  • Hi-Speed Mag
    • Enhanced (Green): was +10 Magazine and +15 Reload Speed, now +20 Magazine and +30 Reload Speed
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +30 Magazine and +50 Reload Speed, now +30 Magazine and +50 Reload Speed
      • Added the Revealing Rounds perk as an intrinsic perk.
    • Superior (Purple): was +30 Magazine and +70 Reload Speed, now +40 Magazine and +70 Reload Speed
      • Added the Revealing Rounds perk as an intrinsic perk.
  • Steady Mag
    • Enhanced (Green): was +10 Stability and +10 Magazine, now +10 Stability, +10 Magazine, and +10 Range
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +15 Stability and +25 Magazine, now +30 Stability, +20 Magazine, and +15 Range
    • Superior (Purple): was +25 Stability and +60 Magazine, now +50 Stability, +30 Magazine, and +20 Range
  • BFM
    • Enhanced (Green): was +20 Magazine, now +30 Magazine
    • Superior (Purple): was +90 Magazine, now +80 Magazine
• Railgun (Payload)
  • Balanced Payload
    • Enhanced (Green): was +15 Magazine, +10 Reload Speed, +5 Movement Speed, now +10 Magazine, +10 Stability, +10 Reload Speed
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +30 Magazine, +20 Reload Speed, +15 Movement Speed, now +20 Magazine, +20 Stability, +20 Reload Speed
    • Superior (Purple): was +40 Magazine, +30 Reload Speed, +20 Movement Speed, now +30 Magazine, +30 Stability, +30 Reload Speed
  • Turbo Drive
    • Enhanced (Green): was +10 Magazine and +30 Reload Speed, now +20 Magazine and +30 Reload Speed
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +20 Magazine and +60 Reload Speed, now +30 Magazine and +50 Reload Speed
      • Added the Revealing Rounds perk as an intrinsic perk.
    • Superior (Purple): was +30 Magazine and +70 Reload Speed, now +40 Magazine and +70 Reload Speed
      • Added the Revealing Rounds perk as an intrinsic perk.
  • Hi-Velocity Payload
    • Enhanced (Green): was +20 Magazine and +10 Range, now +20 Magazine and +30 Range
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +40 Magazine and +20 Range, now +30 Magazine and +50 Range
    • Superior (Purple): was +60 Magazine and +30 Range, now +40 Magazine and +80 Range
  • Mega Drive
    • Superior (Purple): was +90 Magazine, now +80 Magazine
• LMG (Belts)
  • Cloudfeather Belt
    • Enhanced (Green): was +10 Magazine and +20 Reload, now +20 Magazine, +10 Reload Speed, and +10 Stability
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +20 Magazine and +60 Reload, now +30 Magazine, +20 Reload Speed, and +20 Stability
    • Superior (Purple): was +30 Magazine and +80 Reload, now +40 Magazine, +30 Reload Speed, and +30 Stability
  • Turbo Belt
    • Enhanced (Green): was +15 Magazine, +5 Reload Speed, and +10 Movement Speed, now +10 Magazine, +20 Reload Speed, and +20 Movement Speed
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +30 Magazine, +15 Reload Speed, and +20 Movement Speed, now +20 Magazine, +40 Reload Speed, and +40 Movement Speed
      • Added the Revealing Rounds perk as an intrinsic perk.
    • Superior (Purple): was +40 Magazine, +20 Reload Speed, and +30 Movement Speed, now +30 Magazine, +80 Reload Speed, and +80 Movement Speed
      • Added the Revealing Rounds perk as an intrinsic perk.
  • Balanced Belt
    • Enhanced (Green): was +10 Range and +10 Magazine, now +10 Range, +10 Stability, and +10 Magazine
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +15 Range, +50 Magazine, and +5 Reload Speed, now +30 Range, +30 Stability, and +30 Magazine
    • Superior (Purple): was +20 Range, +60 Magazine, and +10 Reload Speed, now +50 Range, +50 Stability, and +50 Magazine
  • Mega Belt
    • Enhanced (Green): was +20 Magazine, now +30 Magazine
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +60 Magazine and -5 Movement Speed, now +50 Magazine
    • Superior (Purple): was +90 Magazine and -10 Movement Speed, now +80 Magazine
• Volt Cell (Fusion Ammo)
  • Compression Chamber
    • Enhanced (Green): was +20 Magazine, now +20 Magazine and +20 Range
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +30 Magazine, +20 Reload Speed, and +10 Movement Speed, now +40 Magazine and +40 Range
    • Superior (Purple): was +50 Magazine, +30 Reload Speed, and +45 Movement Speed, now +60 Magazine and +60 Range
  • Tapered Heat Sink
    • Enhanced (Green): was +10 Magazine and +15 Reload Speed, now +10 Magazine and +30 Reload Speed
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +40 Magazine and +20 Reload Speed, now +20 Magazine and +50 Reload Speed
      • Added the Revealing Rounds perk as an intrinsic perk.
    • Superior (Purple): was +65 Magazine and +30 Reload Speed, now +30 Magazine and +70 Reload Speed
      • Added the Revealing Rounds perk as an intrinsic perk.
  • Air-Cooled Chamber
    • Enhanced (Green): was +15 Magazine and +10 Reload Speed, now +10 Magazine and +20 Stability
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +20 Magazine and +40 Reload Speed, now +20 Magazine and +40 Stability
    • Superior (Purple): was +30 Magazine and +70 Reload Speed, now +30 Magazine and +70 Stability
  • Hi-Cap Heat Sink
    • Enhanced (Green): was +20 Magazine, now +30 Magazine
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +50 Magazine and -5 Reload Speed, now +50 Magazine
    • Superior (Purple): was +90 Magazine and -10 Reload Speed, now +80 Magazine
• Volt Array (Volt Battery Ammo)
  • Cloudfeather Chamber
    • Enhanced (Green): was +10 Magazine, +10 Reload Speed, and +10 Movement Speed, now +20 Magazine, +10 Reload Speed, and +10 Range
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +40 Magazine, +20 Reload Speed, and +25 Movement Speed, now +30 Magazine, +20 Reload Speed, and +20 Range
    • Superior (Purple): was +70 Magazine, +30 Reload Speed, and +45 Movement Speed, now +40 Magazine, +30 Reload Speed, and +30 Range
  • Null-Grav Chamber
    • Enhanced (Green): was +10 Stability, +15 Range, and +10 Magazine, now +10 Magazine and +20 Stability
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +20 Stability, +15 Range, and +30 Magazine, now +20 Magazine and +40 Stability
      • Added the Revealing Rounds perk as an intrinsic perk.
    • Superior (Purple): was +30 Stability, +15 Range, and +40 Magazine, now +30 Magazine and +70 Stability
      • Added the Revealing Rounds perk as an intrinsic perk.
  • Turbo Chamber
    • Enhanced (Green): was +10 Magazine and +15 Reload Speed, now +10 Magazine and +30 Reload Speed
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +20 Magazine and +45 Reload Speed, now +20 Magazine and +50 Reload Speed
    • Superior (Purple): was +30 Magazine and +60 Reload Speed, now +30 Magazine and +70 Reload Speed
  • Hi-Cap Chamber
    • Enhanced (Green): was +20 Magazine, now +30 Magazine
    • Superior (Purple): was +90 Magazine, now +80 Magazine

Optics

• Sniper
  • SP Scope (Thermal)
    • Superior (Purple): Rotated the Superior rarity out of the loot pool for Season 2. As this was the only thermal sniper optic left in the loot pool, this means there will not be a thermal sniper optic mod available in Season 2.
  • Neuro-Optic Lens (Variable Zoom)
    • Enhanced (Green): was +50 ADS Speed, now +15 ADS Speed and +15 ADS Accuracy
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +70 ADS Speed, now +30 ADS Speed and +30 ADS Accuracy
    • Superior (Purple): was +100 ADS Speed, now +60 ADS Speed and +60 ADS Accuracy
  • Accu-Sight Optic
    • Enhanced (Green): was +10 ADS Speed and +30 ADS Accuracy, now +10 ADS Accuracy, +10 Range, and +10 Moving Accuracy
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +20 ADS Speed and +50 ADS Accuracy, now +20 ADS Accuracy, +20 Range, and +20 Moving Accuracy
    • Superior (Purple): was +30 ADS Speed and +70 ADS Accuracy, now +40 ADS Accuracy, +40 Range, and +40 Moving Accuracy
  • Long Scope (Rangefinder)
    • Enhanced (Green): was +15 Range, now +10 ADS Speed, +10 Range, and +ADS Accuracy
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +30 Range, now +20 ADS Speed, +20 Range, and +20 ADS Accuracy
    • Superior (Purple): was +45 Range, now +40 ADS Speed, +40 Range, and +40 ADS Accuracy
• Rifle/SMG
  • Shortwave Scout Optic (Thermals)
    • Superior (Purple): was -20 ADS Speed and +70 ADS Accuracy, now -20 ADS Speed, +60 Moving Accuracy, and +60 Range
  • TwinScope Optic (Variable)
    • Enhanced (Green): was +20 ADS Speed and +25 ADS Accuracy, now +20 ADS Accuracy and +10 ADS Speed
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +30 ADS Speed and +35 ADS Accuracy, now +40 ADS Accuracy and +20 ADS Speed
    • Superior (Purple): was +40 ADS Speed and +50 ADS Accuracy, now +70 ADS Accuracy and +40 ADS Speed
  • MidSight Optic
    • Enhanced (Green): was +30 ADS Accuracy and +30 Moving Accuracy, now +10 ADS Speed, +10 ADS Accuracy, and +10 Moving Accuracy
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +40 ADS Accuracy and +40 Moving Accuracy, now +20 ADS Speed, +20 ADS Accuracy, and +20 Moving Accuracy
    • Superior (Purple): was +60 ADS Accuracy and +60 Moving Accuracy, now +40 ADS Speed, +40 ADS Accuracy, and +40 Moving Accuracy
  • Far Reach Optic (Rangefinder)
    • Enhanced (Green): was +30 Range, now +10 Range, +10 ADS Speed, and +10 ADS Accuracy
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +50 Range, now +30 Range, +20 ADS Speed, and +20 ADS Accuracy
    • Superior (Purple): was +70 Range, now +60 Range, +30 ADS Speed, and +30 ADS Accuracy
• Pistol
  • Duelist Lens (Thermals)
    • Superior (Purple): was -20 ADS Speed, +20 Range, and +70 ADS Accuracy, now -20 ADS Speed, +60 Moving Accuracy, and +60 Range
  • Oracle Lens
    • Enhanced (Green): was +40 ADS Speed, +30 Moving Accuracy, and +30 ADS Accuracy, now +20 ADS Accuracy, +10 Moving Accuracy
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +60 ADS Speed, +50 Moving Accuracy, and +40 ADS Accuracy, now +60 ADS Accuracy, +20 Moving Accuracy
    • Superior (Purple): was +80 ADS Speed, +80 Moving Accuracy, and +50 ADS Accuracy, now +70 ADS Accuracy, +50 Moving Accuracy
  • Vigilant Lens
    • Enhanced (Green): was +20 ADS Speed and +15 ADS Accuracy, now +20 ADS Speed and +20 Moving Accuracy
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +30 ADS Speed and +30 ADS Accuracy, now +30 ADS Speed and +30 Moving Accuracy
    • Superior (Purple): was +40 ADS Speed and +45 ADS Accuracy, now +70 ADS Speed and +50 Moving Accuracy
  • Rangefinder Lens (Rangefinder)
    • Enhanced (Green): was +20 ADS Accuracy, now +10 Range, +10 ADS Accuracy, and +10 Moving Accuracy
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +40 ADS Accuracy, now +30 Range, +20 ADS Accuracy, and +20 Moving Accuracy
    • Superior (Purple): was +60 ADS Accuracy, now +50 Range, +40 ADS Accuracy, and +30 Moving Accuracy
• Precision Rifle
  • Thermal Optic (Thermals)
    • Superior (Purple): was -20 ADS Speed and +50 ADS Accuracy, now -20 ADS Speed, +60 ADS Accuracy and +60 Moving Accuracy
  • Cold Vigilance Scope
    • Enhanced (Green): was +30 ADS Speed and +20 ADS Accuracy, now +10 ADS Speed, +10 ADS Accuracy, +10 Moving Accuracy
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +50 ADS Speed and +35 ADS Accuracy, now +30 ADS Speed, +20 ADS Accuracy, +20 Moving Accuracy
    • Superior (Purple): was +80 ADS Speed and +45 ADS Accuracy, now +70 ADS Speed, +30 ADS Accuracy, +40 Moving Accuracy
  • Hi-Zoom Optic
    • Enhanced (Green): was +25 ADS Accuracy and 20 Range, now +20 ADS Accuracy and +20 Range
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +30 Range and +35 ADS Accuracy, now +40 ADS Accuracy and +40 Range
    • Superior (Purple): was +70 Range and +50 ADS Accuracy, now +70 ADS Accuracy and +70 Range
  • Rangefinder Optic (Rangefinder)
    • Enhanced (Green): was +30 ADS Accuracy and +25 Moving Accuracy, now +10 Range, +10 ADS Accuracy, and +10 Moving Accuracy
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +50 ADS Accuracy and +50 Moving Accuracy, now +30 Range, +20 ADS Accuracy, and +20 Moving Accuracy
    • Superior (Purple): was +70 ADS Accuracy and +75 Moving Accuracy, now +70 Range, +40 ADS Accuracy, and +30 Moving Accuracy
• LMG
  • Accu-Sight Lens (Thermals)
    • Superior (Purple): was -20 ADS Speed, +50 Range, and +50 ADS Accuracy, now -20 ADS Speed, +60 Range, and +60 Moving Accuracy
  • Optic 1.4x
    • Enhanced (Green): was +20 ADS Accuracy and +20 Moving Accuracy, and +20 ADS Speed and +20 ADS Accuracy
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +30 ADS Accuracy and +50 Moving Accuracy, and +40 ADS Speed and +40 ADS Accuracy
    • Superior (Purple): was +50 ADS Accuracy and +80 Moving Accuracy, and +60 ADS Speed and +60 ADS Accuracy
  • Clear-Eyed Lens
    • Enhanced (Green): was +30 ADS Speed and +15 ADS Accuracy, now +10 ADS Accuracy, +10 Range, and +10 Moving Accuracy
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +50 ADS Speed and +25 ADS Accuracy, now +30 ADS Accuracy, +20 Range, and +20 Moving Accuracy
    • Superior (Purple): was +70 ADS Speed and +35 ADS Accuracy, now +70 ADS Accuracy, +40 Range, and +30 Moving Accuracy
  • Rangefinder Optic 1.3x (Rangefinder)
    • Enhanced (Green): was +20 ADS Accuracy +20 Crouch Accuracy, now +10 Range, +10 ADS Accuracy, and +10 Crouch Accuracy
    • Deluxe (Blue): was +30 ADS Accuracy +30 Crouch Accuracy, now +20 Range, +20 ADS Accuracy, and +20 Crouch Accuracy
    • Superior (Purple): was +50 ADS Accuracy +50 Crouch Accuracy, now +40 Range, +40 ADS Accuracy, and +40 Crouch Accuracy

Equipment

• Grenade ready animations extended by 0.2 seconds.
  • Developer Note: The ready animation plays when a grenade is pulled out and primed. The throw (after the button has been released) is unchanged. We feel this change preserves the responsiveness and joy of throwing a grenade, but has a measurable effect on how many grenades can be thrown in rapid succession. The extra time also allowed us to polish the ready animations and make them a little more expressive.

New – Frost Mine

• The Frost Mine is a placeable piece of equipment, similar to a Claymore. It detonates when an enemy is nearby and instead of a high damage conical blast like the Claymore, it explodes in a spherical blast dealing moderate damage but also spreading the Frost debuff to any enemy caught in it.

New – Vector Grenade

• This grenade’s primary purpose is not damage, but rather information. When a Vector Grenade detonates, it creates a field of revealing pulses that linger in the world for a short time, highlighting spaces in a large area and any enemies inside its radius. This grenade is an essential companion in Night Marsh and in other hard-to-see places.

New – Signal Flares

• Signal flares come in red, green, and blue varieties, and they each have a different lens flare shape.

Frag Grenade

• Reduced max damage by 15% (135 → 115).

Heat Grenade

• Reduced damage by 50% (40 → 20).

Signal Jammer

• Visual and detection jamming will temporarily flicker off when a player performs actions, uses abilities, shoots their weapon, or takes damage.
• No longer blocks detection by Early Warning System (Prestige Recon Core).
• No longer blocks detection by Vital Intel (Stryder M1T Prestige Optic Mod).
  • Developer Note: Signal Jammers in Season 1 felt like a default requirement for any engagement because they offered a flat, guaranteed advantage whether you were repositioning for an ambush or sprinting directly into combat. This change will make Signal Jammers reward tactical movement and stealth while being less effective during a firefight.

Combatants and Hazards

• Non-Warden UESC Ghost weapon damage decreased by ~20%.
• Reduced tox plant activation radius, updated ground visuals for better visibility.
• Removed damage from the Compiler's death performance, though Runners will still be knocked back.
• Fixed an issue where the Scorch Warden's slam attack could be initiated through walls.
• Reduced camera displacement from UESC Scout's heat blast ability.

User Interface and Experience

• Players are now able to click on an equippable loadout slot while on vault screen to refine the vault to only display compatible items.
• Simplified the visuals of Item Tiles
• Players can now use keyboard/controller shortcut to purchase upgrades in the faction upgrades screen.
  • Default keybinds:
    • Controller: PS5: Square | Xbox: X
    • Mouse and keyboard: Spacebar
  • The Run Report now displays rewards earned in-run via events and objectives.
  • Improved UI performance for Faction menus.
  • Added Tooltips for stat comparison support.
  • Updated death box lockout icon for a more consistent visual style.
  • Fixed an issue where LUX currency balances could temporarily display an incorrect remaining balance after making a purchase.
  • Fixed an issue where items tracked from Codex entries could not be untracked elsewhere.
  • Fixed an issue where rewards failed to preview during Faction rank up.
  • Fixed a bug that showed icon for selling over limit on items that weren't being sold.
  • Fixed a visual artifact that could appear in the Rank up celebration animation.
  • Fixed an issue where interact waypoints could sometimes appear on empty containers.

Customization

• Default cosmetics for all Runners, weapons, and profile items are now visible in Customize. Players can reset cosmetics to their default appearance by equipping the default option (rather than "unequipping" their current cosmetic).
• Default cosmetics should no longer show Customize notifications as if they're "New".
• Item previews can now be rotated more freely for inspection from more angles.
• Split off Customize menu from Vault menu and added it to Main Menu.
• Added a new "Accessories" section to Customize where Runners can view their Charm and Sticker collections.

Menu Navigation

• Added Navigation support for In-Lobby Matchmaking.
• Run Preparation screens (Zone Select and Ready Up) have QoL (quality of life) improvements and revisions.
  • Clearer delineation between map variants and game modes.
  • Clearer approach to selecting Crew size and fill options.
  • Additional visual polish to the Ready Up experience.
• Removed the Loadout menu to simplify and speed up Run Preparation.
• Added and re-organized Main Menu buttons to allow quicker access to major Run Preparation systems.
• Updated the presentation of buttons in the persistent bottom bar to make it simpler and clearer.

Armory

• Improved UI performance in the Armory.
• Weapons in the Armory that are free claims now display the indicator of their mod rarity.
• Fixed an issue that caused Armory offers to not show any purchase requirements for an item after claiming its daily free offer.
• Fixed an issue that would leave multiple unmerged partial stacks of materials in the vault after purchasing a barter offer from the Armory that had a material cost.
• Fixed an issue where material cost in armory barters is not displayed.
• Sponsored Kits with a sell value now display a Sell action rather than an incorrect 0-credit Dismantle action

Social

• Improved the consistency of Push-to-Talk inputs while in lobby.
• Added the ability to mute players from the player profile screen.
• Updated crew member tooltips to show "enable/disable text chat" when hovering yourself. 
• Fixed a bug where inventory items would not show up when players joined your crew at the ready screen. 
• Crew Leaders can control Crew Size from a drop down after Zone Select.

• The "recent players" tab of the friends list now has the players from the most recent run at the top and fixed an issue where friends would be out of order on the recent players list.
• When you have a pending invite, your friends list will automatically go to the "all invites" tab the first time you open it.
• Mailbox messages with unclaimed attachments will now display a confirmation dialog before deletion.
• In-game friends list should correctly reflect online Marathon players and shouldn't include friends from other Bungie games.
• Fixed an issue where players couldn't see other crew member's weapon customizations on the ready screen.
• Fixed the report player dialog content that was not staying within title safe area on ultrawide screens.

Contracts

• Added contract tagging for latest seasonal content.
• Fixed various issues where contracts were pointing players to the incorrect location; tool tips could be clarified or corrected, or waypoints were not behaving properly.
• Fixed various issues where voice over from contracts were playing to multiple crews, or only one crew even if multiple crews completed the contract in the same run.
• Fixed an issue where destroying turrets or drones were not counting towards multiple contracts.
• Fixed an issue where Runners could not reacquire the Runner Gunner Cryo Archive contract on a later cycle if the contract had expired before claiming.

Progression

• Priority contracts no longer have a faction rank requirement. The ranks at which standard contract pools are rotated in and out have been adjusted.
• Based on the faction contract active, UESC kills will grant a small amount rep towards that faction.
• Tuned difficulty of various contracts down to reduce the amount of runs it takes to complete them.
  • Developer Note: Our goal is to shave off the rough edges, chill down a bit on the heavy traversal and the “in a single run” requirements and reformulate Priority Contracts so they don’t feel like a blocker to your progress.

CyberAcme

• Fixed an issue with the Deconstructed III contract where Deluxe (blue) and Superior (purple) salvage were progressing the contract the same amount as Standard (grey) salvage. Also clarified what types of salvage would progress the contracts in the tool tips.

NuCaloric

• Fixed an issue where the Paradigm Shift contract was negatively interfering with Selection Pressure contract.
• Fixed an issue where teammates could not contribute progress to the first objective of Assault With Battery 1 when getting kills with Volt Battery weapons.

Traxus

• Fixed an issue with Return on Investment Contract where if a crew died after hacking the container, another crew could not interact with it.
• Fixed an issue in Unsanctioned Hostilities 3/5 where Runners in the same crew could scan the same anomaly more than once, spawning only one sample and blocking contract completion.

MIDA

• Fixed an issue where Runners could become trapped behind barriers in the Drone Wing during the Mida Truth/Lies 2/6 contract.

Sekiguchi Genetics

• Fixed an issue with Parasitism 1/5 on Outpost where completing the DCON step would revert progress.
• Fixed an issue where Triage’s Prime ability wasn’t granting progress on the Standard Contract III.
• Fixed an issue where Recon’s Tracker Drone was not granting progress on ability kills for Selection I.
• Fixed an issue in Co-Evolution 4/5 where objective progress at the shared SIMbiot synthesizer could be awarded to the wrong Runner instead of the Runner who completed the synthesis/injection step.
• Fixed an issue where Runners could block progression in the contracts Parasitism 3/5 (and also Co-Evolution 2/5) by using the Bio-Research synthesizer/extraction machine twice, preventing the required sample from ejecting.

Zones

• Fixed various instances of floating/misplaced geometry and hazards such as lasers.
• Fixed instances of flickering surfaces that can appear on some objects. Also fixed some geometry that had improper hit detection and/or physics.
• Fixed multiple broken ladders and blocked vents.
• Fixed various areas where invisible walls prevented Runner movement.
• Fixed an issue where death boxes could spawn out-of-bounds or in inaccessible areas.

New – Dire Marsh (Night)

• This new zone introduces new mechanics, new combatants, and locations to explore.

Perimeter

• Added a guaranteed in-run source of backpacks to the Intercept event.
• Fixed an exploit in Hauler where Runners could hide in an area with improper physics without being seen.

Dire Marsh

• Dermachem and Neurochem Salvage can now be found at Algae Ponds.
• Fixed an issue where Lockdown would not spawn in Algae Ponds if it had previously spawned in Complex and vice versa.
• Fixed an issue where the extractor on the second floor of Bio-Research would become permanently non-interactive after wrong item was placed in it, or if used while empty.
• Fixed an issue where Final Exfil was not spawning on Marsh.
• Fixed an issue where crawling into certain areas would cause the Runner to take damage and die.

Outpost

• Fixed an issue where pinging Convoy would create double waypoints in the 2D map.
• Fixed areas where Heat Cascade was penetrating through ceilings or objects.

Cryo Archive

• Adjusted Cryo Archive contracts to lean into Cryo's mechanics instead of requiring exfil and vault completions.
  • Developer Note: We reworked these to set more achievable goals that can be progressed over multiple runs and to help teach Cryo softshells the mechanics of the ship, with the seventh contract still requiring you to take down the Compiler.
• Fixed an issue where the Vault 4 door was erroneously appearing as interactable.
• Fixed an issue where Cryo Archive was not available to some players even after meeting the criteria.
• Fixed some instances of loot falling through the floor when dropped.
• Fixed multiple areas where players could get stuck in the world, or could fall/see out of bounds.
• Fixed an issue where Pump Credentials were inaccessible due to spawning too close to another object in Cryo Archive.

Stability

• Implemented a round of CPU performance improvements
  • This is the first of many updates we’re planning to make, please keep the reports coming.
• Adding support for frame generation on PC.
  • Frame Generation increases frame rate by generating additional frames from existing data.
    • Includes DLSS (NVIDIA), FSR (AMD), and XeSS (Intel)
    • Frame Generation is only recommended if you are already rendering at 60 frames per second or higher. Using Frame Generation at lower frame rates may affect input latency and image quality.
    • NVIDIA DLSS requires a GeForce RTX 40 Series GPU or higher and Hardware-accelerated GPU Scheduling must be enabled in your Windows settings.

Localization

• Text in Faction introduction videos is now localized with subtitles.

Dev Note: We’re doing some housekeeping as we prepare for Season 2, so a lot of the work is behind the scenes. We’ll see you again on June 2^nd – and please keep the feedback coming in the meantime!

Item Economy

• Fixed an issue where loot previews could briefly show the wrong item when inspecting nearby loot.
• Improved clarity for item-related UI messaging in specific flows.

Runners

• Rook:
  • Fixed an issue that would cause Rook to spawn inside of shipping containers on Dire Marsh. Their bloodlust has been unleashed once again.

User Interface

• Fixed several issues causing UI elements, notifications or interface states to display incorrect or outdated information.

Zones

Perimeter

• Fixed an issue in Hauler where part of the map could disappear at certain distances.

Cryo Archive

• Fixed an issue that would allow Crews to get in the airlock after the Compiler has already been engaged.

Stability

• Fixed a variety of issues that could lead to crashes, disconnects, or general instability.

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.

• 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.

Item Economy

Map Events

• Lockdown on Dire Marsh, Intercept on Perimeter, and Convoy on Outpost can now drop Prestige Salvage as part of their loot rewards.

Armory

• Fixed an issue where Hurting Hands V4 could be claimed for free more than once.

C.A.R.R.I Armory

• Increased quantity of salvage dropped from Deluxe C.A.R.R.I. Salvage Crate across all rarities.
• Fixed an issue that caused C.A.R.R.I. weapons to not appear if that weapon was identical to a voucher offer the player currently possessed.
• Previously non-refreshing C.A.R.R.I. offers will now have their stocks reset weekly. As part of this change, the Superior Key Template's stock will only reset up to 1. This does not affect this item's starting stock of 5 or any remaining stock above the weekly reset limit.

Combat

Equipment

Grenades

• Adjusted in-run stack sizes for the following grenades:
  • Stack size reduced to 1
    • EMP Grenade
    • Chem Grenade
    • Frag Grenade
    • Heat Grenade
    • Flechette Grenade
  • Stack size reduced to 2
    • Claymore
      • Rooks and Sponsored Kits that would come with 3 Claymores will now only receive 2 instead.
  • Stack size of 3 (no changes)
    • Proximity Sensors
    • Smoke Grenades
    • Ammo Crates
  • Decreased barter limits from 10 to 3 per day.

Weapons

Stryder M1T

• Prestige Precision Optic Mod now distinguishes between UESC and enemy Runners.

User Interface and Experience

• Fixed an issue where runner eliminations were incorrectly showing on the player HUD.

Contracts

• Tier 3 Contracts that have a chance at either Enhanced or Deluxe salvage now always display Enhanced salvage as the baseline reward.

Zones

Cryo Archive

• Added secure vents to prevent spawn rushing in Cargo and Index.

Ranked

• Adjusted Holotag entry requirements: Gold Holotags can now enter High Stakes, and Platinum Holotags can now enter Low Stakes. 

Platforms

PS5

• Fixed an issue where players were unable to ‘join crew’ via a platform invite if crew privacy is set to ‘invite only’ in game.

Item Economy

• One free Cryo Archive Sponsored Kit can now be claimed each week.
• Fixed an issue preventing Rooks from spawning with the updated 6 Depleted Shield Charges and Depleted Patch Kits that sponsored kits now have.

Combat

Weapons

• WSTR Combat Shotgun
  • Increased damage from 78 to 85.
  • Reduced critical multiplier from 1.15x to 1.05x.
  • Slightly reduced the rate at which damage falls off.
  • Added 75% damage bonus against AI targets.
  • MIPS Slug Converter Prestige mod
    • Fixed an issue that caused the slug to hit geometry when aiming around corners, vents, ladders, or nearby cover.
    • Increased critical multiplier from 1.15x to 1.9x.
    • Reduced projectile velocity and increased bullet drop.
    • Reduced aim assist cone radius by 48%.

User Interface and Experience

• Fixed an issue causing the reinforced shield to use the incorrect base shield icon. The reinforce icon now correctly shows a “+” inside the shield.
• Fixed an issue causing the Armory HUD to disappear when hovering over offered items.
• Fixed an issue that was causing an empty space to show instead of a grid in the Overflow inventory screen.

Contracts

• Outpost
  • Fixed an issue that could cause Runners to get stuck behind barriers in the Drone Wing while completing the Mida Truth/Lies 2/6 contract.

Zones

• Cryo Archive
  • Added vent covers in Biostock and Preservation that prevent early access from the hub until security clearance 2 is unlocked. Security clearance 1 is needed to open the vents for those who infil on the Biostock or Preservation side.
    • Developer Note: Our previous update began the process of ensuring teams cannot bypass the security doors separating the wings from one another without appropriate clearance, this patch continues that effort. We'll continue to monitor and be on the lookout for more instances like this to ensure we keep spawns in a fair state.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented scan terminals from reliably revealing battery locations on the map.

General

• Fixed an issue causing inconsistencies when using the push-to-talk toggle setting for crew voice chat on controllers.

Stability

• Fixed an issue that could cause players to receive an error and be unable to join the game when starting their run.

Localization

• Fixed an issue causing the C.A.R.R.I. commendation description to display incorrectly in some languages.

4/21 @ 7:20AM PT Update: Reminder that today's update will also include the WSTR tuning mentioned by Joe Ziegler here.

4/21 @ 10:24AM PT Update: Amending a missing patch note from 1.0.6.1:

• WSTR Combat Shotgun, MIPS Slug Converter Mod: Adjusted long range slug performance to rein in extreme outlier kills and to align with the overall damage reduction, while we work on a more comprehensive balance pass.

Item Economy

• Increased the daily stock limits for Enhanced (green) and Deluxe (blue) Sponsored Kits in the Armory.

• Depleted Patch Kits & Depleted Shield Charges now stack to 6, up from 3.
  • Standard rarity Sponsored Kits come with stacks of 6 instead of 3
  • Recruits now drop Depleted Patch Kits and Depleted Shield Charges at a much higher rate.

Combat

Weapons

• Toggle Zoom (for keyboard and mouse players) no longer persists ADS (aim down sights) state through actions that suppress ADS like weapon swap or weapon reload, to fix an issue where players could get into a bad state unable to use medical consumables.
• V85 Circuit Breaker:
  • Fixed an issue where firing immediately after a fully charged shot would show projectiles and impact VFX but wouldn’t register as a hit.

User Interface and Experience

• Improved accuracy of radial selections after opening the radial menu, making a selection, and closing the radial in quick succession, with the goal of reducing the number of instances a frag grenade is accidentally tossed at the player's feet instead of a bubble shield.
• Fixed an issue preventing crewmates' weapon styles from appearing on their loadout display in the prepare screen.

Armory

• Fixed an issue that was preventing barter weapons from displaying their barter cost on the weapon tile.

Zones

• Perimeter
  • Fixed the exfil countdown timer in the Perimeter tutorial so it correctly displays a full 10‑second countdown instead of briefly flashing “0:00” and disappearing when entering the exfil circle.
• Cryo Archive
  • Fixed an out-of-bounds exploit that would allow Runners to refund their gear if they stayed past the run countdown.

General

• Increased the size of the overflow inventory to address scenarios where items could be lost due to limited overflow space.

UPDATE as of 4/14/26 at 10:55 AM PT

UPDATE as of 4/15/2026 at 2:30PM PT to change "Showcase Encounters" to read as "secured resource events"

Some missed additions for our 1.0.6. patch notes:

• Refreshed icons for cores, implants, and chips to add visual clarity.
• Signal Jammers are now purchasable from the Armory.
• Added a new “toggle to open” voice chat option, so players can turn Proximity Chat and Team Chat open with one press and close it with another.

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.
• Updated the Perimeter (Beginner) new player map to now be a solos-only map that remains available to players until Seasonal Level 12.
  • The Perimeter (Beginner) map presents a reduced risk of encountering other Runners.
• 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.

Codex

• Pacesetter Codex challenges focus on collaborative objectives and award the new Pacesetter title. These challenges are a permanent addition and can be completed in future seasons.
• Fixed an issue where the “Up here!” Vandal challenge would not complete at certain kill distances.
• Fixed an issue where the “Safe!” Vandal challenge would not complete under certain circumstances.
• Fixed an issue where the “Life Taker” Thief challenge description did not specify the correct requirements.
• Fixed an issue where the “Trifecta” Recon challenge wouldn’t not properly handle both downing and eliminating a runner.
• Fixed an issue where the “Where there's smoke” Destroyer challenge was not completing under certain circumstances.
• Fixed an issue with the Compiler lore image not being displayed.
• Fixed an issue with the Cryo Archive collectible lore images not being displayed.
• Fixed an issue where the “Requiem for a Cyborg” codex challenge name was being displayed instead of “Requiem for a Compiler”.

Contracts

• Players are no longer prevented from claiming completed contracts in the lobby if they’ve selected Rook.
• Fixed multiple bugs where contract progress was being prevented or not properly sharing progress across crew members.

Combat

• Slightly improved audio clarity of enemy footsteps at close and mid range.
• Players are now more resistant to fall damage while downed.

• Fixed an issue where the player reticle could swing wildly after a finisher if the player continued to provide look input during the finisher animation.

Weapons

Weapon Rewards

• Added 11 new Deluxe (Blue rarity) Unique weapons
  • These can drop from secured resource events in Perimeter and Dire Marsh. Can you collect them all?
  • Developer Note: These Deluxe Uniques follow a similar paradigm as the Prestige Uniques found in Cryo Archive Locked Rooms but are at a power appropriate for a Deluxe weapon. This means each Deluxe Unique comes with a specially designed sweetener that can only be found on that Unique version of the weapon. Happy hunting!
  • For example: The DRRVISH Prestige (Gold) Submachine Gun found in Cryo Archive has a custom-made mod for the BRRT SMG which increases stability, handling, and accuracy when firing from the hip. It additionally has the unique trait Hypertemporal Shot that fires all 5 rounds of the burst at once in a tight spread.

Weapon Ammo

• Fixed an issue where Volt Cell weapons were not generating heat on impact with enemies.

Railguns

• All Railguns will now no longer auto-fire when the maximum charge time has been met. Also, charged Railguns can now be held indefinitely.
  • Developer Note: We believe making this behavior change to all Railguns will make them a more competitive option as a mid-to-long range archetype. We expect players to be able to use them more effectively when peeking against longer range options now that you don’t have to stand out in the open to get a fully charged shot off. As always, we’ll monitor the feedback and see if Railguns will need additional tuning to be successful in their range profile.
• V00 Zeus RG
  • Increased max aim assist cone size by ~20%. Also, the aim assist cone now grows during charge-up instead of shrinking during charge-up.
  • Increased base magazine size from 2 shots to 5 shots.
  • Reduced max magazine size from 20 shots to 15 shots.
  • Reduced base charge time from 1.1 seconds to 1 second.
  • V00 Zeus RG Prestige Mod: Overclocked Generator
    • Magazine size is now doubled by this Prestige mod so the double-shot will not reduce the total number of trigger pulls per magazine. This fixes split shots on odd-numbered magazine sizes.
• Ares RG
  • Reduced base charge time from 2 seconds to 1.25 seconds.
  • Increased magazine size at all stat tiers:
    • Base magazine size increased from 4 shots to 6 shots.
    • Max magazine size increased from 10 shots to 12 shots.
  • Slightly increased aim assist cone scale during overcharging by ~10%.

SMGs

• Copperhead RF
  • Increased base magazine size from 21 shots to 28 shots.
    • Max magazine size remains unchanged.
  • Slightly increased base accuracy and effective range from 15m to 16.2m.
  • Increased minimum damage at maximum damage falloff range from 30% to 50%.
  • Slightly decreased initial error cone size while in ADS by ~8.5%.
• BRRT SMG
  • Increased minimum damage at maximum falloff range from 30% to 50%.
• Bully SMG
  • Decreased aim assist and magnetism range falloff:
    • Base aim assist falloff start decreased from 13m to 12m. 
    • Base aim assist falloff end decreased from 24.2m to 22.5m.
    • Base magnetism falloff start decreased from 30m to 27.8m. 
    • Base magnetism falloff end decreased from 37.1m to 34.5m.
    • Max aim assist falloff start decreased from 40m to 37.2m. 
    • Max aim assist falloff end decreased from 80m to 74.4m.
    • Max magnetism falloff start decreased from 93m to 86.4m. 
    • Max magnetism falloff end decreased from 101m to 93.9m.
  • Increased error cone size by 7.5%.

Snipers

• Longshot
  • Decreased accuracy when firing rapidly to better reward more methodically paced shots.
  • Decreased rate of fire from 90rpm to 60rpm.
  • Fixed a bug that allowed the Kingmaker Mag Prestige mod to trigger when shooting teammates.
• Outland
  • Decreased rate of fire from 43rpm to 39rpm.

Rifles

• M77 Assault Rifle
  • Fixed an issue where the Interval Mag Prestige mod would potentially increase the rate of fire of other weapons.
• V75 SCAR
  • Changed the timing of when the magazine is considered loaded to better match other Volt weapons. This should give players a little earlier of a window to sprint or fire, canceling out of the reload animation.

Pistols

• V11 Punch
  • Fixed an issue where the rpm was displaying an incorrect value.

Precision Rifles

• Stryder M1T
  • Fixed an issue where the Vital Intel Prestige mod was activating its audio effect despite the mod not being equipped.
  • Fixed an issue where the Vital Intel Prestige mod’s audio effect did not benefit from the increased distance of the Prestige Unique Fist of Phobos variant.

Biotoxic Disinjector

• Fixed an issue where the reload animation did not have controller rumble.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the grenade projectiles from setting off toxic plant hazard.
• Increased ammo per Beam from 6 to 8 per tick.
• Increased ammo per Grenade from 33 to 37.
• Reduced Grenade rate of fire from 0.76 to 0.52.
• Reduced Grenade travel speed from 42 meters per second to 34.
• Reduced the minimum Grenade damage from 5 to 3.
• Reduced damage from Grenade when stuck to an enemy from 90 to 65.
• Reduced max damage radius of the Grenade by 50%
• Increased the rate of damage falloff from the Grenade detonation.
• Increased arming duration of the Grenade from 0.9 seconds to 1.3.
• Enabled self-damage on Grenades.
  • Developer’s Note: Stay safe out there. 

Weapon Mods

• Chips
  • Added three new families of Weapon Chips across all rarities:
    • Common Enemy: Damaging enemy combatants causes them to take increased damage from allied or enemy Runners for a short duration.
    • Pocket Change: Reloading quickly after a kill or down drops ammo of this weapon’s type.
    • Exit Buddy: Downing or killing an enemy grants you and nearby allies increased movement speed with equipped weapons for a short duration.

• Circuit Tracers
  • Increased cooldown from 0.5 seconds to 1 second.
  • Reduced ammo refund by 5% at the Standard tier and by up to 40% at the Superior tier.
• Opportunist
  • Fixed an issue that allowed the effect to activate from friendly fire.
• Alternating Current
  • Fixed an issue that allowed the effect to activate from friendly fire.
• Mini-Jammer
  • Fixed an issue where the Mini-Jammer effect was not granting the full benefits of Signal Jammer.
• Optics
  • Thermals
    • Removed all Deluxe rarity thermal optics across all weapon archetypes from the loot tables and they can no longer drop.
    • Superior SP Scope III sniper optics now decreases aim assist and range stats in addition to the ADS speed penalties.
    • Decreased Superior SP Scope III sniper optics thermal highlight range from 100m to 80m.
  • Variable Zoom Optics
    • Fixed an issue where these optics were reporting an incorrect aim assist cone.

Equipment

• Added Depleted Self-Revive kits that spawn during solo play only.
  • These cannot be extracted from a solo run and will be auto-sold, same as other Depleted items you may find in a run.
• Added the Mercy Kit which allows you to revive downed enemy Runners. Eliminated enemy Runners cannot be revived with a Mercy Kit.
  • All Rooks now spawn with a Mercy Kit by default.
  • Developer Note: We wanted the new Mercy Kit to provide ways for players to bring back enemy players without spending a self-revive. Sometimes the de-escalation happens after the fight is over, we get it. Now you can make up for that quick trigger finger.
• Claymores
  • Improved enemy detection when placed near ledges or ground clutter.
  • Fixed an issue where players in full cover near a doorway would still take damage from a claymore detonation.
• Self-Revive
  • Increased rarity from Deluxe to Superior.

Implants

• Added five new implant perks that can drop across various activities:
  • Group Therapy: Using a medical item grants you and nearby allies a stacking bonus to your Self-Repair Speed for a short time.
  • Herd Immunity: Defeating hostiles grants you and nearby allies a stacking bonus to Hardware and Firewall stats for a short time.
  • Fight Club: Striking hostiles with a melee or knife attack grants you and nearby allies a stacking bonus to Melee Damage for a short time.
  • Divebomb: When you damage an enemy with explosives, you and nearby allies gain a large temporary boost to Agility.
  • Evasive Maneuvers: When your shields break, you and nearby allies gain increased sprint speed and Heat Capacity for a short time.
• Savior Complex now provides a smaller Revive Speed benefit while playing solo. Previously, it provided no benefit outside a Crew.
• Increased the Heat Capacity stat bonus of Distance Runner from 5/10/25/50 to 10/20/30/50 across Standard/Enhanced/Deluxe/Superior rarity tiers.
• Fixed an issue where Heat Capacity could incorrectly display as 0 in the Loadout when specific implant combinations were equipped. This was a visual bug only and actual stats were not affected.

Cores

• Assassin’s Patience core now also requires you to be crouched to receive the timer pause benefit. This reduces accidental heat buildup from unintended activations.
• Reduced resistance to incoming damage from enemy players provided to your Pickpocket Drone by Thief's Premium Package core.
• Fixed an issue where Vandal’s Low Profile core could reduce the duration of a Signal Jammer activated with the Enzyme Suppressants implant perk equipped and could grant an unintendedly long Signal Jammer duration when sliding.

Shells

Recon

Echo Pulse

• Reduced the visibility of enemy Echo Pulse waves as they travel away from the activating Recon.
• Echo Pulse pings now distinguish between enemy Runner and enemy UESC targets.
• Signal Jammer no longer completely blocks Echo Pulse pings. Signal Jammed players now display the UESC ping navpoint instead of the Runner navpoint when hit by Echo Pulse.

Tracker Drone

• Improved Tracker Drone tracking strength and turn rate.
• Reduced Tracker Drone travel speed while it has no active target to help prevent it from overshooting tight corners that a target may be behind.
• Tracker Drone now periodically reevaluates its tracking target. If it can no longer reach its original target, it will attempt to find a new one.

Destroyer

Thruster

• Increased Thruster heat cost by approximately 9% to better account for its strong mobility and combat power.

Riot Barricade

• Fixed an issue where Riot Barricade could be rapidly activated and deactivated without costing ability energy, allowing players to peek corners.

Thief

Pickpocket Drone

• Each Pickpocket Drone can now accept a maximum of one Claymore attachment.
• Increased Pickpocket Drone thruster audio volume to make active Pickpocket Drones easier to track.
• Reduced Pickpocket Drone descent acceleration to more closely match ascent, making its movement feel more predictable.
• Reduced the distance of the Pickpocket Drone rarity highlight on targets from 50m to 35m.
• Reduced Pickpocket Drone base health from 70 to 60.

Triage

Med-Drone

• Fixed an issue where Med-Drones could track to and attempt to attach to allied Pickpocket Drones, adorable as that might have been.
• Fixed an issue where Med-Drones would sometimes not use the correct cosmetic color scheme based on the Triage’s equipped cosmetics.

Vandal

Amplify

• Reduced Amplify base cooldown from 180 seconds to 150 seconds.

Rook

Signal Mask

• Fixed an issue where swapping shield implants could cause Signal Mask to flicker.

Zones

Dire Marsh

• Players standing in the location of the UESC Security Cache that spawns when Lockdown is started will now be pushed aside instead of through the floor.
• Fixed issues preventing Rooks from being able to locate, stabilize, and then extract with Anomalous Samples.

Outpost

• Added more potential spawn locations for the Conveyance Request for the elevator into the Drone Wing.
• Restored the audio for the exhibit in Orientation.
• Fixed an issue where players could get out of bounds in Dormitories.
• Fixed an issue where the toxin debuff applied by the Unsanctioned Hostilities 4/5 contract couldn’t be cleared.

Combat

Knife

• Reduced the maximum lunge distance by ~10% and trimmed down the targeting angle by ~20%.

Bubble Shield

• Increased rarity from Deluxe (blue) to Superior (purple)
• Reduced bubble HP by 33%
• Removed vulnerability to Volt Weapon damage
• Increased resistance to UESC damage by 17%

Runners

Stats

• Melee Damage
  • Reduced bonus damage provided by the Melee Damage stat from a maximum of 100% to a maximum of 50% against enemy Runners. Damage against non-Runner targets is unchanged.
  • DEVELOPER NOTE: Melee in Marathon is intended to be a high-risk but potent method to contest close-quarters weapons like shotguns and submachine guns. However, the breakpoints for quick melee kills show up too early in the Melee Damage stat progression, which means additional investment into a build isn't required to get the maximum effective output. We don't want to compromise on having melee feel powerful, but believe that getting to that maximum output should be the result of meaningful buildcrafting and upgrade progression. Our goal for this change and the knife lunge changes above are that the knife remains a powerful backup tool, but requires more thoughtful play - both in and out of run - to be most effective.

Thief

• Fixed additional Grapple-related slide cancel movement exploits.

Vault and Armory

• Fixed an issue causing the Vault and Armory to sometimes appear to be empty.
• Fixed an issue causing the Armory item refreshes and free daily items to not appear consistently.

Contracts

Traxus

• Removed “in a single run” condition from Traxus Return On Investment 4/5.

Zones

Cryo Archive

• Fixed an issue that would cause an exfil countdown to reset if the 1st crew member to enter left the circle, even if the other crew members were in the circle.

Combat

Runner Shells

• Fixed an issue allowing slide cancel animations to keep momentum when either pulling out equipment or Thief's Grapple Device ability.

Developer Note: One of our core philosophies for Marathon is that rapid repositioning and aggression must always have a meaningful cost. That cost can be an ability charge, heat buildup, or increased risk but it must exist and be understandable to an observer. Unbounded movement, while expressive and clip-worthy, is ultimately unhealthy for the pace of play we want to maintain for Marathon. To set expectations early, we will be looking at any future movement exploits through the same lens.

Contracts

• Fixed an issue where players could end up locked in a room during the Introducing: NuCaloric
• Fixed an issue where disabled contracts could not be rerolled for free.
• Fixed an issue making the objective points visible for all Runners on the map when one Runner is on RUN/HIDE [Part 1/6].

Zones

Dire Marsh

• Fixed an issue where the Anomalous waypoint activity was appearing below the map even when the event was inactive.

Outpost

• Adjusted the combat area for the Tox Warden:
  • Tuned the layout to reduce the number of hiding spots.
  • Tox plants now react correctly to player presence.
• Fixed an issue where the final exfil would spawn in the same spot every time.

Pinwheel

• Destroyed Wing entrance has been re-opened.
• Improved overall loot rewards.
  • This includes the quality of loose loot and small containers.
• Updated encounters to match reward quality.
• Changed the security credentials needed to access the locked room in the Hub.
• Added bulletproof glass to the Hub room.

Cryo Archive

• Fixed geometry in Vault 6 that allowed Runners to fall to their death.

Armory

• Fixed a crash that could occur when opening the Armory.
• Fixed a bug that was causing low framerate on Armory tabs with many items.
  • Developer Note: Traxus operates beyond scale.

Codex

• Fixed an issue in the Ranked Challenges section causing Diamond to show before Platinum.
• Fixed an issue with the Requiem for a Cyborg challenge so that it progresses for all players in a crew after a successful Compiler kill.

• Fixed an issue where the shared Compiler Trace valuable was not awarding Codex progress to the other players in the crew. *Updated 4/1/26 10AM PT

UI & UX

Keybinds

• The ESC key will now exit the keybinding menu instead of exiting settings.
• Added an option to clear keybinds in the settings menu.
  • NOTE: Non-English languages will show this setting as blank. This will be fixed in a future patch.

Text Chat

• Fixed an issue causing loss of control for a few seconds after using an IME keyboard in text chat while in a run.

Localization

• Fixed an issue causing certain Codex entries to appear blank when viewing in Chinese.

Item Economy

• Unowned Cryo Archive shell styles are now visible within the Customization menu to mirror Codex visibility.

Runner Shells

Thief

• Fixed an issue that allowed the Pickpocket Drone’s cooldown to be refreshed by pressing the Prime Ability button as it times out.

Zones

Outpost

• Fixed out of bounds geometry that would allow unintended entry into the Pinwheel.
• Fixed geometry that would allow out of bounds access near Dormitories.

Cryo Archive

• Fixed some environmental security door wall art render distance.
• Fixed some geometry that would allow loose items to fall through the environment.

User Interface and Experience

Pings

• Fixed an issue causing exfils on overhead map to disappear when pinging and unpinging repeatedly.

Codex

• Fixed and updated localization for Ranked cosmetic challenges for Gold and Diamond.

Contracts

• Fixed an issue causing the contract reroll refresh timer to show as +1 week.

CyberAcme

• Fixed an issue that was blocking contracts and showing as “Contract Disabled.”

Stability

• Fixed a variety of issues that were causing crashing, kicked to lobby errors, and general stability.

Localization

• Fixed various errors in localization for Cryo Archive Codex entries.

Item Economy

• Added three new random-rolled implant perks that can only be found on implants looted from Cryo Archive:
  • Covert Recovery: While in smoke, your self-repair speed is increased and you use healing consumables faster.
  • Freeloader: Defeating an enemy with a knife attack grants a small amount of tactical and prime ability energy.
  • Panic Response: While at low health, using a healing consumable grants the effects of Cardio Kick for a short duration.
• Added three new mods that can only be looted from Cryo Archive:
  • Punishment
    • This weapon deals significantly increased damage against [REDACTED] combatants.
  • Testament
    • Aiming down sights for a short duration increases this weapon's range and aim assist by a massive amount.
  • Hurricane
    • While airborne, this weapon has increased stability and greatly reduced accuracy penalties.
  • Sponsored Kits
    • Rook no longer gets a surplus Sponsored Kit upon death.

Combat

• Players can now activate exfil beacons while downed. Good luck.
• Decreased camera shake intensity from incoming melee and knife attacks.
• Increased post-run spectator camera timeout from 30 seconds to 120 seconds.
• Fixed an issue where a player could have a finisher used on them right as they were completing a self-revive or being revived, immediately downing them again.
• Fixed instances of revive timer lockout shaders appearing on enemy Runner’s body bags.
• Fixed instances where ability activations could become desynced with the server.
• Adjusted the Hacked status screen effect to be lower intensity and have slower glitch crawl effect.

Runners

• Assassin
  • Fixed an issue where Assassin’s smoke puck would not change appearance based on the equipped Runner shell style while activating Shadow Dive.
• Thief
  • Pickpocket Drone can no longer loot players who are in the active exfil animation.
  • Fixed an issue where Pickpocket Drone’s on-screen button prompt wouldn’t update to match a player’s changed keybind or controller button mapping.
  • Fixed an issue where high-speed grapples could affect network stability.
• Triage
  • Fixed an issue where being close to max heat could prevent players from using the Battery Overcharge ability.
• Rook
  • Removed Rook’s Runner Level requirement. Rook can now be used at Runner Level 0.
• Implants
  • Fixed an issue where Graceful Landing V5’s unique trait could be activated by Vandal’s Microjets from flat ground.
  • Fixed an issue where Graceful Landing V5’s unique trait was not scaling detonation damage correctly for longer falls.

UESC

• Fixed an issue where UESC would repeatedly use the same ladder.
• Fixed a number of issues that could cause AI to freeze in place or become unresponsive.

Contracts and Events

• Improved the visual clarity of contract and activity waypoint icons.
• Crews carrying both Coordinate Datapads must now bring both of them to the location of the cache before the loot is revealed. Previously, any crew member being present at the location would reveal the loot.
• Fixed some scenarios where the MIDA Order/Chaos 1/1, Traxus Return on Investment 3/5, and Traxus Liaison could prevent players from completing the contract.
• Fixed an issue where the UI could become out of sync between crew members on the same contract during a run.
  • Perimeter Intercept dropships should no longer clip through the environment in South Relay.
  • Tripwires places in Overflow hallways should no longer be floating in mid-air.
  • Fixed an issue where DCON would not show up on the overhead map when on a contract that requires it.
• Dire Marsh
  • UESC dropships that arrive during the Lockdown event in the northeast corner of Algae Ponds will no longer fly in through player space, killing players in their path.
  • Pinging the Stabilization Device and Anomalous Matter on the overhead map will now show a string in the crew feed, notifying your crewmates.
  • Fixed an issue for the Traxus Liaison Contract where the Commander would despawn if a crew didn’t engage and kill it in time.
• Outpost
  • Encounters spawning on the roof of Flight Control have been improved and should now correctly engage players.

User Interface and Experience

• Achievements
  • Fixed an issue where players would not get the “Welcome to Tau Ceti” achievement.
• Armory
  • Item tooltips in the Armory now primarily show the purchase cost instead of the value the item sells for.
• Codex
  • New Codex challenges added for Ranked and Cryo Archive. A “NEW” indicator will appear on Codex categories containing challenges added in Patch 1.0.5.
  • Fixed an issue where inspecting an item in the Codex could display flickering text.
  • Fixed an issue where “Acquired Items” challenges in the Codex indicated that the challenge could be completed by simply picking up the item. Challenges now accurately state that successful exfil with the item(s) is required.
  • Fixed an issue where the WSTR Shotgun Codex challenge incorrectly noted that it could be completed by downing a Runner. Updated the text to indicate that a full elimination is required.
  • Fixed an issue where the Thief Codex challenge “Shattered Hopes” incorrectly tracked combatants. This challenge has been updated to track Runners only.
  • Fixed an issue where the Thief Master Codex challenge “No Target too Great” was only tracking Wardens. This challenge will now track Wardens and Commanders.
  • Fixed an issue where the Destroyer Codex challenge “Close the Gap” would not complete when downing a Runner too close to the initial Thruster activation.
  • Fixed an issue where claiming Seasonal Level rewards from the Codex could displace items in the overflow, causing them to be lost. Challenges granting gear rewards will now check for items in overflow and prevent claiming until the overflow has been emptied.
  • Fixed an issue where inspecting non-weapon items in the Codex would display a “Compatible Weapons” string.
• In-Run
  • Improved the overall legibility of the Revive prompt.
  • Some waypoints will now fade when aiming down-sights (ADS).
• Items
  • Exfilling with a Temporal Fragment will produce variable rewards depending on your seasonal Runner Level.
• Lobby
  • Loadout will now show a banner warning you that you have overflow items.
  • Added a shortcut for “i” or “start” to open the Loadout menu.
  • Added a shortcut for “tab” or “options” to open the Loadout menu while preparing for a run.
  • Updated Missing Equipment warning to clarify that players are missing Health or Shield consumables.
  • Fixed an issue preventing commonly found items from being shown when selecting map regions.
• Ping System
  • Activity icons pinged from the overhead map will more reliably show their waypoints.
• Rewards Pass
  • Premium Rewards Pass Voucher items should no longer appear in your inventory.
• Run Report
  • Fixed an issue where the Runner Level Up rewards screen was sometimes blank.
• Social
  • Added the Ranked tab into the Runner Connections panel so that you can see how you stack up against your connections.
  • Fixed an issue where Runner Connections were not showing properly when scrolling if players had a large number of friends.*
• Store
  • Updated incorrect item rarity for the Luxe Palace, Overdrive-TSL, and Cyber Red Runner Shells from Deluxe to Superior.
• Vault
  • Consumables, Ammo, Salvage, and Grenades now have larger stack sizes in the Vault.
  • Added filter tabs for keys and backpacks.
• Voice Chat
  • Added an option for consoles and gamepads to support Crew Voice Push-To-Talk while in a run. This only applies to runs; the lobby will still utilize an open mic.
  • Adding an additional Push-To-Talk option, “Tap”. When set, tapping the Proximity or Crew Chat button(s) will open the mic until you’re done speaking or tap the button(s) again.
  • Fixed a number of issues causing voice chat interruptions and inconsistencies.
• Weapon Customization
  • Optimized sticker and charm placement on a handful of weapons.

Stability

• Fixed an issue causing crashes when opening up the map while on Perimeter.

• Added AMD Anti-Lag 2 Low Latency to Video Settings.

Weapons and Equipment

• Ammo Crate
  • Fixed an issue where Ammo Crates could not be interacted with when placed close to walls or terrain.
• Cardio Kick
  • Fixed an issue where normal and depleted versions of Cardio Kick’s status icon appeared separately in the HUD.
• Claymore Mine
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Claymores from taking splash damage when attached to other objects.
• Knife
  • Knife cosmetics will no longer unequip after failing to exfil.
• V75 Scar
  • Fixed an issue with the Ram-Page Mag that was causing bullets to ricochet off turrets, despite dealing damage.
• WSTR Combat Shotgun
  • Reduced leftward motion in firing recoil.
  • Increased duration of spin ready required before it can be interrupted by weapon fire.
  • Redistributed damage falloff. It now retains near-max damage at point-blank range but falls off much more quickly.
  • Reduced aim assist cone size and reduced the influence of aim assist on pellet spread as they travel.
• Misriah 2442
  • Reduced leftward motion in firing recoil.

• BR33 Volley Rifle

  • Lockout Muzzle Brake Prestige mod now also suppresses weapon fire in addition previous effects.
• Longshot
  • Fixed an issue with the gold mod resetting its counter incorrectly and disappearing from the buff tray display.

Mods

• Drag & Drop can now be used to remove weapon mods from weapons. 
  • Dragging a mod attached to a weapon into the backpack or Vault will now remove the mod and place it into that inventory rather than moving the entire weapon 

• Chips
  • Endless Runner
    • Fixed an issue with the Superior rarity version having an incorrect string.
  • Opportunist*
    • Added a 3.5 second cooldown to the perk activation.
    • DEVELOPERS NOTE: The WSTR videos were indeed funny. 
• Optics
  • Thermals
    • Fixed an issue where thermals were not highlighting invisible UESC combatants, ticks, and tick nests.
• Generators
  • Fixed a tooltip display issue that incorrectly labeled the decreased charge time as increased charge time.
• Magazines
  • Cloudfeather Chamber was missing its Weight Reduction stat bonus, making it too similar to Turbo Chamber. It now correctly grants a bonus to Weight Reduction.
• Barrels
  • Suppressors
    • Removed the health display scramble and the 2D damage indicator effects that happened to victims shot by a weapon with a suppressor attachment.
  • DEVELOPERS NOTE: We may revisit this in the future but for now we believe this muddied the gameplay language too much and the benefit of a quieter weapon is attractive enough for these mods.

Zones

• Cryo Archive
  • Cryo Archive has been added to the game. Good luck getting there.

Audio

• UESC spawn-in animation will now play all of the associated audio.
• Lowered the range that you can hear other players in combat.

Additional notes added after publish on 3/17/26*

Item Economy

• Increased the number of Med Cabinets and Munitions Crates that can spawn on Perimeter
• Increased the amount of starting ammo in MIDA, CyberAcme, and Arachne free Sponsored Kits
• Reduced the frequency UESC Grenadiers drop EMP grenades

Combat

• Fixed an issue where players could sometimes die instantly when stepping on certain world geometry*
• Fixed an issue where the shield break screen effects could constantly play when you had a heal over time effect and a damage over time effect on you at the same time
• Increased the range gunfire and explosions can be heard from

Weapons

Thermal Scopes

• Reduced visual clarity on targets with thermal scopes
• Adjusted max distances for thermal highlight:
  • Pistols: 40 meters (down from 55)
  • Rifles/LMGs/SMGs: 60 meters (down from 65)
  • Precision Rifles: 80 meters (down from 100)
  • Snipers: 100 meters (down from 180)

Overrun

• Increased default ammo capacity by 5

Runners

Rook

• Fixed an issue where backpacks could be deleted when exfiling with Rook
• Fixed an issue where Rook’s position was not being displayed on the map screen.
• Increased CyAc reputation gain from exfilling with Rook

• Rook will now receive the same Faction reputation bonus from all sources that solo players receive*

• Rook’s WSTR shotgun will now spawn as Compromised
  • Compromised items require use of a Matter Fixative during the run to exfil with the item

UESC

• Reduced health of most UESC enemies by ~10-15% and shield hp of UESC bosses by 25%*

DEVELOPER NOTE: With this change we hope to alleviate some of the resource burden in both Solos and Crews when it comes to engaging UESC in combat. The goal here is to allow your bullets and meds to go further without reducing too much of the UESCs bite. We see the feedback loud and clear that players appreciate the friction that our UESC combatants provide and we have no plans to change that direction.

Contracts

• Increased default distance objective nav points appear from 10m to 20m

Introducing NuCaloric Contract

• Fixed an issue where enemy Crews could receive NuCal contract VO audio and subtitles from a long distance away

Introducing Traxus Contract

• Reduced the difficulty of the UESC Commander encounter

Zones

Outpost

• Temporarily disabled switches access route to the Broken Wing on Outpost

DEVELOPER NOTE: We are temporarily disabling the "Broken Wing" entrance into the Pinwheel while we make some tuning changes to it. In its current state it trivializes entrance into the Pinwheel. We are making some tweaks to maintain the spirit of the "silent" entrance while better matching the risk / reward of the Pinwheel. Runners can continue to take advantage of all other ways into the Pinwheel (including the additional silent method) in the meantime.

Rewards Pass and Store

• Fixed an issue where bundle prices could be displayed incorrectly
• Fixed an issue where individual items in the Store were incorrectly showing "Savings" on preview screens when no discount was active*
• Increased the LUX bundle from (1000 + 100) to (1000 + 120)

Stability

• Fixed a rare issue that could cause dedicated server crashes
• Fixed several issues that could cause client crashes

General

• Fixed an issue where doors would lock preventing players from finishing the new player intro mission
• Updated the description of Perimeter (Beginner) on the Zone Select screen
• Fixed a bug where the Text Chat window could get stuck open

• Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when attempting to use an IME Keyboard

  • Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when typing quickly with an IME Keyboard

  • DEVELOPER NOTE: Some issues may still remain with third-party IME software and we are continuing to investigate. Windows built-in IME may be a temporary workaround for users who are experiencing issues while we work on a permanent fix.

• Adjusted the location of the IME keyboard to be closer to the Text Chat window
• Players will no longer see an extended black screen during the map load sequence

*Minor updates to these notes were made after publish on 3/11/26