The fourth Marathon map, Cryo Archive, is coming very soon, meaning we can start to prepare to unlock it when it arrives.
Unlike maps like the Perimeter and Dire Marsh, beginners won’t have immediate access to it. While the map isn’t live as of writing, you can complete all the requirements already.
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All Cryo Archive unlock requirements in Marathon
Unlocking the Cryo Archive map has got to do with the secret terminals that have popped up in Marathon. Ideally, you’ll need to solve the ARG puzzle for the requirements. Thankfully, the conditions have already been decrypted, and here are the requirements.
- Unlock all six factions (five since CyberAcme is already available at launch)
- Reach Level 25
How to unlock all six factions
To unlock all available functions in the game, you’ll have to complete their respective Introduction contracts.
- Introducing NuCaloric
- Introducing Traxus
- Introducing MIDA
- Introducing Arachne
- Introducing Sekiguchi
All these quests appear as contracts once you complete the initial ones. Complete them, and you’ll have unlocked all the factions in Marathon.
How to reach level 25 in Marathon
This is an easier, but lengthier, process. There’s no shortcut, but you have to focus on finishing the contracts. When you finish a contract, you gain XP and Reps (the latter is required to improve your standing with different factions).
Keep gaining the XP until you reach Level 25, and you should be able to unlock Cryo Archive when the map is added to Marathon. To gain more XP, you should be active on your run. Killing runners, UESC enemies, and opening loot helps to get more experience points as well.
