Bungie Reveals Marathon Premium Currency, LUX, Promises It Can't Be Used to Buy Gameplay Advantages

Bungie Reveals Marathon Premium Currency, LUX, Promises It Can't Be Used to Buy Gameplay Advantages Southeast Asia Home Amazon Deals Pro-tips by Codashop PC PS4 Xbox One Nintendo Mobile Entertainment EsportsMoreSearch Home More About IGN SEAContactAdvertisePressUser AgreementPrivacy PolicyCookie PolicyRSSIGN Southeast Asia is operated under license by Media Prima Digital Sdn Bhd (199901014126) Change Region United States United Kingdom Australia Africa Adria Serbian/Croatian Adria Slovenian Benelux / Dutch Brazil China / 中国 Czechia / Slovakia France Germany Greece / Ελλάδα Hungary India Israel Italy / Italia Japan / 日本 Korea / 한국 Latin America Middle East – English Middle East – الأوسطالشرق Nordic Poland Portugal Southeast Asia Spain / España Turkey / Türkiye world.ign.com Register / Login Register / Login Login Register marathon Bungie Reveals Marathon Premium Currency, LUX, Promises It Can't Be Used to Buy Gameplay Advantages Risk, reward. This post might contain affiliation links. If you buy something through this post, the publisher may get a share of the sale. By Wesley Yin-Poole  Updated: March 5, 2026, 8:01 p.m. Related reads:MapleStorySEA Celebrates 20th Anniversary With Massive Summer Updates Bungie has finally revealed Marathon’s premium currency, called LUX, while promising it can’t be used to buy gameplay advantages.In a tweet, the official Marathon account reiterated that seasonal gameplay content is free for all players. This includes zones and Runner shells (playable characters) for the extraction shooter.More like thisOpen Back Headphones: A Sound Experience Like No Other“There is no pay for power,” Bungie said. Premium Pass rewards only include cosmetics, not gameplay items. And LUX can only be used for cosmetics, “not gameplay advantages.”Meanwhile, Reward Passes do not expire, so you can buy a previous season’s Reward Passes. You unlock rewards in your Rewards Passes using Silk, which is earned by playing the game. You can’t buy SILK. You can also earn cosmetics via the Codex, with others available for purchase.Confirmation of Marathon’s premium currency comes just hours before the game itself goes live (check out the Marathon release times here). We’ve got plenty more on Marathon, including one Bungie developer’s commitment to “fontslop,” and Bungie’s words of reassurance on Marathon’s difficulty curve. Check out IGN’s Marathon review so far to find out what we think.Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me. Related reads:Bungie Addresses Marathon Difficulty Curve, Tells Players That Over Time, Recovering From a Bad Loss Will Get Easier This post might contain affiliation links. If you buy something through this post, the publisher may get a share of the sale. marathon Buy on Amazon In This Article