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Marathon Update 1.0.6.3 Patch Notes (5th May 2026)

Marathon's latest patch trims grenade stacking, opens up Prestige Salvage to more map events, and cleans up a handful of Armory and C.A.R.R.I. bugs.

Nathan Lees
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Grenade stacking in Marathon just got a hard trim. Update 1.0.6.3, live today, drops EMP, Chem, Frag, Heat, and Flechette grenades down to a stack size of one, with Claymores cut to two. Rooks and Sponsored Kit players who were pulling three Claymores per run will now only get two. Barter limits also drop from ten to three per day. That's a significant squeeze on combat equipment, and I suspect it'll push players to be a lot more deliberate about when they actually throw something.

On the loot side, Lockdown, Intercept, and Convoy map events can now drop Prestige Salvage, which is a welcome expansion of where that currency can come from. The C.A.R.R.I. Armory also gets some attention: Deluxe Salvage Crates now drop more salvage across all rarities, and previously non-refreshing offers will reset weekly going forward. The Superior Key Template is the exception, capped at a reset of one per week.

Elsewhere, Cryo Archive gets secure vents to stop spawn rushing in Cargo and Index, Ranked's Holotag entry requirements shift so Gold tags can enter High Stakes and Platinum can enter Low Stakes, and a PS5 crew invite bug is fixed. Here's everything that changed.

Full Patch Notes

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.

    Dire Marsh

    • Fixed an issue could prevent the final exfil from spawning.

    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.
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    Nathan Lees

    Gaming journalist and founder of XP Gained. Covering patch notes, breaking news, and updates across 160+ games.

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