Bungie unveils Marathon's first season, confirming that, yes, it'll wipe all your loot and progress every three months: 'Each season of Marathon brings a clean slate for the whole community'

Bungie unveils Marathon’s first season, confirming that, yes, it’ll wipe all your loot and progress every three months: ‘Each season of Marathon brings a clean slate for the whole community’ | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these FPS Marathon Server Slam start times and rewards FPS If you’re hoping to make friends in Marathon like you can in Arc Raiders, expect a knife in the back FPS Hours before its open preview weekend, Marathon is suddenly very close to the top of Steam’s top sellers list FPS Marathon UI designer declares himself the ‘fontslop merchant’ and promises Bungie will never ‘remove the SAUCE from the UI’ FPS Is Marathon’s time-to-kill too fast, or am I too Arc Raiders-pilled? 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Marathon’s weekend Server Slam has only just finished, but with the game launching in a mere three days on March 5, Bungie’s ready to talk post-launch plans, spilling the beans on Season 1 and how wipes will work.Marathon Season 1, running from March to June, is called Death is the First Step, which is a pretty ominous name for the start of our pillaging efforts on Tau Ceti. Bungie explains that, as part of the season’s narrative, players will “soon discover a way aboard the derelict UESC Marathon ship hanging above” Tau Ceti. “Once the community unlocks the way into orbit, the fourth zone, Cryo Archive, will become available”, which is an end-game location filled with puzzles, frozen vaults, and that terrifying alien we’ve seen in the trailers. It sounds like this could be a community event of some sort, similar to how we unlocked Arc Raiders’ first post-launch map, Stella Montis. (Image credit: Bungie)Season 1 also brings Ranked mode in the second half of March to allow players to climb the ladder and earn exclusive rewards, events (such as C.A.R.R.I., whatever that is), a new weapon, and more. Related articles Marathon: Everything we know about Bungie’s sci-fi extraction shooter Marathon will run an open Server Slam that’ll lead right into launch Bungie takes its second shot at revealing Marathon: $40 price tag, proximity chat, solo queue, and March release confirmed Season 2: Nightfall goes from June to August, bringing the new Night Marsh map, a Shell, and ‘The Cradle’ system, alongside new guns, mods, and enemies.However, Bungie has also confirmed that it’s dedicated to mandatory server wipes each season, clearing out your vault and resetting your progression: “These resets include everyone’s gear, contract progression, faction progression, and player level.”The only things you’ll keep are:Earned and paid cosmeticsTitlesCodex progressionLiason contract progression (in other words, you don’t need to unlock the factions each season)”Se