{"id":2053791,"date":"2026-07-21T10:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2053791"},"modified":"2026-07-21T10:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:45:16","slug":"the-next-major-moment-for-marathon-arrives-today-with-a-new-update-and-the-debut-of-its-pve-mode-vault-breaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2053791","title":{"rendered":"The next major moment for Marathon arrives today with a new update and the debut of its PvE mode, Vault Breaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/marathon\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Marathon<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">The next major moment for Marathon arrives today with a new update and the debut of its PvE mode, Vault Breaker<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">UESC what they did there?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/marathon-shells-3.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A screenshot of Marathon, showing Thief using her grappling hook to escape a combat encounter.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"marathon-shells-3.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Bungie \/ Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Senior Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-21T10:45:16+00:00\">July 21, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marathon-vault-breaker-pve-mode-details-gameplay?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          2 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"d837b65d-6d00-4904-b03b-3b773ebabe1f\" data-name=\"Marathon\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Marathon\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Marathon\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Marathon\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Marathon\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Marathon\" title=\"Follow Marathon\"><br \/>\n  Follow Marathon<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Bungie has shown off Vault Breaker in a new gameplay trailer. This is Marathon&#8217;s experimental, time-limited PvE mode, which arrives today in Season 2&#8217;s mid-season update. Vault Breaker is a roguelite mode that exists separately from the normal modes. In other words, it&#8217;s not simply a PvE toggle you can turn on across the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Vault Breaker mode will be available for two weeks, ending 4th August. It takes place in the Cryo Archive map and supports solo, duos and trios. Anyone can jump in, regardless of their Runner level.<\/p>\n<p>As seen in the latest gameplay trailer, Vault Breaker plays out like a roguelite where you increase your power between runs. Within the matches themselves, your goal is to raid Vaults while taking down UESC enemies. Vaults get tougher over time, and the choice of when to call it and extract is up to you.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Vault Breaker Overview | Marathon\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ec5bLvYiWZo?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ec5bLvYiWZo\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Vault Breaker Overview | Marathon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ec5bLvYiWZo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>A Vault Data currency is what&#8217;s used to upgrade your Sponsored Kit, which is what you&#8217;re going to need to pick each time you want to play this mode, as player-made loadouts are not supported in Vault Breaker.<\/p>\n<p>Although your goal remains to extract without dying, the gear taken with you cannot be used across the normal game. In other words, you can&#8217;t go on farming runs in Vault Breaker to acquire gear you can use against players elsewhere. Upon extraction, everything &#8211; except event currency and rewards &#8211; will be turned into Vault Data. The more you invest, the stronger your starting Sponsored Kit is going to be in future runs.<\/p>\n<p>The only relation Vault Breaker has to the normal rotation of modes is that the same Vault Data can be used in the Vault Breaker Armory to purchase items and gear for use outside the mode.<\/p>\n<p>And, perhaps as a way to encourage new players, the game will award you Tier One Vault Data for killing a USEC Commander within the run, even if you don&#8217;t manage to successfully extract.<\/p>\n<p>If you were hoping for something a little more involved, don&#8217;t fret: Bungie is working on a full PvE mode that&#8217;s set to arrive in Season 3. Details about how that&#8217;s going to work and how integrated it is &#8211; or not &#8211; in the full game are yet to be revealed.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marathon-director-ziegler-leaves-bungie\">Marathon director Joe Ziegler left Bungie for a new adventure<\/a>, just four months after the launch of the somewhat struggling extraction shooter. The studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/bungie-sony-layoffs-destiny-2-marathon\">was recently hit with major layoffs<\/a>. Though most redundancies affected the Destiny team, Marathon also lost some developers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Bungie has shown off Vault Breaker in a new gameplay trailer. This is Marathon&#8217;s experimental, time-limited PvE mode, which arrives today in Season 2&#8217;s mid-season update. Vault Breaker is a roguelite mode that exists separately from the normal modes. In other words, it&#8217;s not simply a PvE toggle you can turn on across the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Vault Breaker mode will be available for two weeks, ending 4th August. It takes place in the Cryo Archive map and supports solo, duos and trios. Anyone can jump in, regardless of their Runner level.<\/p>\n<p>As seen in the latest gameplay trailer, Vault Breaker plays out like a roguelite where you increase your power between runs. Within the matches themselves, your goal is to raid Vaults while taking down UESC enemies. Vaults get tougher over time, and the choice of when to call it and extract is up to you.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Vault Breaker Overview | Marathon\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ec5bLvYiWZo?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ec5bLvYiWZo\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Vault Breaker Overview | Marathon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ec5bLvYiWZo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>A Vault Data currency is what&#8217;s used to upgrade your Sponsored Kit, which is what you&#8217;re going to need to pick each time you want to play this mode, as player-made loadouts are not supported in Vault Breaker.<\/p>\n<p>Although your goal remains to extract without dying, the gear taken with you cannot be used across the normal game. In other words, you can&#8217;t go on farming runs in Vault Breaker to acquire gear you can use against players elsewhere. Upon extraction, everything &#8211; except event currency and rewards &#8211; will be turned into Vault Data. The more you invest, the stronger your starting Sponsored Kit is going to be in future runs.<\/p>\n<p>The only relation Vault Breaker has to the normal rotation of modes is that the same Vault Data can be used in the Vault Breaker Armory to purchase items and gear for use outside the mode.<\/p>\n<p>And, perhaps as a way to encourage new players, the game will award you Tier One Vault Data for killing a USEC Commander within the run, even if you don&#8217;t manage to successfully extract.<\/p>\n<p>If you were hoping for something a little more involved, don&#8217;t fret: Bungie is working on a full PvE mode that&#8217;s set to arrive in Season 3. Details about how that&#8217;s going to work and how integrated it is &#8211; or not &#8211; in the full game are yet to be revealed.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marathon-director-ziegler-leaves-bungie\">Marathon director Joe Ziegler left Bungie for a new adventure<\/a>, just four months after the launch of the somewhat struggling extraction shooter. The studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/bungie-sony-layoffs-destiny-2-marathon\">was recently hit with major layoffs<\/a>. Though most redundancies affected the Destiny team, Marathon also lost some developers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Marathon The next major moment for Marathon arrives today with a new update and the debut of its PvE mode, Vault Breaker UESC what they did there? 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