Marathon’s big 1.0.6 drop

Bungie shipped Marathon update 1.0.6 on April 14, adding a new contract-based reward track and several systems built around squad play. (soren.com) The new system, called the C.A.R.R.I. Protocol, gives players CyberAcme Commendations for completing contracts during a run and lets them spend that currency at a C.A.R.R.I. Armory. Bungie paired that with new Reward Pass cosmetics and a fresh round of weapon and Runner balance changes in the same patch. (soren.com) (shacknews.com) Another headline change is the Mercy Kit, a consumable that lets a player revive a downed enemy. Update 1.0.6 also adds a Proximity Chat toggle and a “Stay Together” option for matchmade crews. (soren.com) (ign.com) Marathon is Bungie’s extraction shooter, a format where players enter a map, gather gear, and try to leave alive with what they found. Bungie said before launch that free gameplay updates would add maps, Runner shells, events, and other systems through the year. (bungie.net) That roadmap matters here because 1.0.6 is the first mid-season patch to push progression and social systems at the same time. The update gives new Runners a 15 percent reputation boost through the end of Season 1 and keeps the Perimeter map solo-only until level 12. (soren.com) The patch also targets player complaints that solo players were falling behind organized trios after Marathon’s March 2026 release. Coverage of the update from Shacknews and IGN said Bungie tied the new rewards, revive options, and team tools directly to that feedback. (bungie.net) (shacknews.com) (ign.com) On balance, 1.0.6 buffs Recon, adjusts railguns, and cuts power from the Biotoxic Disinjector, according to patch-note reports. It also adds more season pass rewards, including new Arachne shell styles. (shacknews.com) (psu.com) Bungie framed Marathon before release as a paid game with non-expiring Reward Passes and ongoing free gameplay updates. Update 1.0.6 sticks to that plan by adding progression systems and cosmetics without changing the studio’s stated line that survival should not depend on how much money a player spends. (bungie.net) For now, the patch leaves Marathon with a clearer direction than its earlier tuning updates: more ways to earn gear, more ways to stay with a crew, and one very unusual option to spare an enemy instead of finishing the fight. (soren.com) (ign.com)