bungie Marathon Marathon Update 1.0.6.3 News PS5

Marathon Update 1.0.6.3 Patch Notes Reveal Changes To Grenade In-Run Stack Sizes, C.A.R.R.I Armory Issues & More

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Bungie has released a new Marathon patch today that comes with more tweaks to key areas such as Item Economy, Combat, and Zones. Among the highlights include an adjustment for in-run stack sizes for Grenades, with the likes of EMP Grenade, Frag Grenade and Chem Grenade among others seeing their stacks size reduced to 1. Meanwhile, various issues with C.A.R.R.I Armory have been addressed, including a bug that caused weapons not to appear if that particular weapon was identical to a voucher offer the player has. You can read more details in the full Marathon update 1.0.6.3 patch notes below.

Marathon was released for PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X/S in March 2026, and you can read our full review here. Forbes ran a report back in April this year that stated Bungie spent over $200 million developing Marathon, and backed up a previous claim that the game attracted 478,000 dailya active users in its first weekend — although noted this has fallen to around 345,000. Bungie’s future plans for Marathon include a many years of ‘steady improvements‘ for the shooter.

MARATHON UPDATE 1.0.6.3

1h – Marathon Dev Team

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.

[Source – Marathon Patch Notes]