Seasonal content is coming to Bungie’s FPS extraction shooter Marathon shortly after launch, and every few months, there will be more to look forward to.
As an extraction shooter, Marathon will have occasional inventory resets (commonly known as “wipes”) to keep the game fresh so players don’t hoard the best gear. This encourages Runners to use what they have, especially when a reset approaches, to increase the stakes and fun involved.
Here’s what Bungie has revealed about how seasons and wipes will work in Marathon.
Marathon wipes and seasons explained
Seasonal progression
Beginning with season one, players in Marathon will strive to get gear, complete contracts, and level up to earn upgrades for their Runner Shells while fighting other players and UESC AI enemies.
“As you master survival and grow your available resource pool, you’ll be able to take on increasingly challenging contracts, zones, and enemy Runners,” Bungie explained. “Climb the Ranked ladder, prep for high-stakes Cryo Archive runs, and secure the most lucrative loot and prestigious rewards of the season.”
But with each new season comes a new reset and wipe.
Inventory wipes
“Everyone will start fresh each season with nothing to their name and the constant threat of death in a world more lethal and powerful than you are,” Bungie said. This means that each season, everyone’s gear, contract progression, faction progression, and player level will be reset.
Players will keep things like cosmetics, titles, Codex progression, and liaison contract progression, meaning you won’t have to unlock Factions every single season.
The first wipe for Marathon is coming in season two, Nightfall, which launches in June 2026.
Marathon 2026 roadmap
In season one, the full slate of launch content will be rolled out, including the new map Cryo Archive, Ranked Mode, a new gun, new Implants, and a special limited-time event. Season one, First Step, runs from March through May.
“Each season of Marathon will have a different theme and a unique combination of new features, content, and stories that continue to evolve the world and gameplay,” Bungie said. “We’ll also be tuning all of our loot and progression systems, creating space for new metas and ways to play to emerge.”
But in June, season two begins, and the seasonal rollout continues, with each season adding new content that “can include any combination of: weapons, mods, cores, implants, backpacks, Runner shells, zones, PvE combatants, faction upgrades, contracts, and new ways to play existing zones.”
- Season 1: First Step (March to May 2026)
- Launch
- 3 Planetside Zones
- 6 Runner Shells
- Rook (Scavenger Shell)
- 6 Factions and upgrades
- 28 guns
- Cores, Implants, and Mods
- The Codex
- Contracts
- In-season
- New Zone: Cryo Archive
- Ranked Mode
- C.A.R.R.I. event
- New gun
- Mid-season tuning
- New Implants
- Launch
- Season 2: Nightfall (June to August 2026)
- New Zone: Night Marsh
- UESC occupation
- Darkness gameplay
- TBA
- New Runner Shell
- New System: The Cradle
- New guns
- New mods
- New threats
- And more
- New Zone: Night Marsh
- Season 3: TBA (August to November 2026)
- TBA
