Marathon Launches 2-Week Vault Breaker PvE Test for 1-3 Players
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Updated · Forbes · Jul 21
Marathon Launches 2-Week Vault Breaker PvE Test for 1-3 Players
3 articles · Updated · Forbes · Jul 21
Summary
Vault Breaker goes live today as a two-week experimental PvE mode, sending solo, duo or trio players into Marathon’s Cryo map with no opposing teams.
Players fight through vaults and a final Compiler boss using preset kits, looting gear during runs but extracting only currency to upgrade mode-specific kits and buy rotating items usable across the game.
The test strips away Marathon’s core extraction stakes—run loot cannot be kept—while still tying progression into Vendor and Cradle upgrades from the main game.
Bungie is using the mode as an early PvE trial after lower-friction extraction changes and free-access periods failed to drive major player growth; a larger permanent PvE mode is planned for Season 3.