Published Apr 28, 2026, 1:32 PM EDT

Once per week, you too can feel overpowered

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After reaching Runner rank 25 in Bungie’s Marathon , players unlock the raid-like Cryo Archive experience. To make your first run easier, the game gives you a free Cryo Archive Sponsored Kit full of blue-rarity gear. After a particularly frustrating run in which I lost at least 3,000 credits' worth of gear, I sighed and decided to slap on a sponsored kit — only to realize upon spawning that I’d accidentally used my Cryo Archived kit on Perimeter . What ensued was one of my all-time greatest runs. Now, I’m elated to learn that after the latest Marathon update, I’ll be able to claim a free Cryo Archive Sponsored Kit every single week.

Bungie announced Marathon update 1.0.6.2 on Tuesday.…