Marathon’s Vault Breaker Will Run Until August 18 in Update 1.1.5.2

The notes also raise V22 Volt Thrower damage from 12.6 to 14.4 and add mods, Patch Kits, and a grenade to free Sponsored Kits.

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Marathon's Vault Breaker Mode Arrives With Update 1.1.5 on July 21

Marathon Update 1.1.5.2 will keep the Vault Breaker mode running until August 18. Bungie’s official update notes also detail better free Sponsored Kits, weapon adjustments, and fixes for rewards, progression, and store displays.

The Vault Breaker extension comes with more stock for some limited offers. Bungie also corrected the Key Template Armory reward description so players can see that it only grants Cryo Archive keys.

Free Sponsored Kits now provide random Enhanced green mods on their starting weapon, an Enhanced Patch Kit stack, and one random grenade. Combat changes include a damage increase for the V22 Volt Thrower, a larger base magazine for the KKV-9SD, and the return of the Prestige-quality Overlocked Delimiter mod for the V85 Circuit Breaker.

Marathon Update 1.1.5.2 Patch Notes

The patch notes cover the Vault Breaker schedule first, followed by Sponsored Kit rewards, weapon tuning, Cryo Archive progression, and several general fixes.

Vault Breaker

We have extended the duration of the Vault Breaker mode!
- New end date: August 18.
- Increased the available stock of some limited offers to reflect this extension.
- We look forward to continuing to hear your feedback on this experimental PvE mode.
Updated the Key Template Armory reward to correctly specify that it only awards Cryo Archive keys.

Item Economy

Sponsored Kit Boosts – Free Sponsored Kits have now been upgraded:
- Starting weapon now come with random Enhanced (green) mods.
- 1 stack of Enhanced (green) Patch Kits.
- 1 random grenade (smoke, heat, or claymore).

Combat

Weapons

V22 Volt Thrower
- Damage increased from 12.6 to 14.4.
  - Developer’s Note: This is a partial revert of the damage reduction we applied on 7/24, which had brought Volt Thrower damage down from 18 to 12.6.
- Tracking speed will now slowly decay over 1.2 seconds of a projectile’s lifetime by a maximum of 30%.
- Reduced the amount of time spent at 540rpm before weapon heat starts to spin down by ~20%.
KKV-9SD
- Increased base magazine size from 23 to 28.
  - Retuned magazine sizes at every stat value to compensate.
  - Prestige Flechette Drum magazine mod stays the same at 87.
- Fixed an issue where certain magazine mods were not correctly granting any additional rounds in the magazine.
V85 Circuit Breaker
- Fixed a stability issue relating to the Prestige quality Overlocked Delimiter mod.
  - This mod has now been re-enabled.

Zones

Fixed an issue where opening the Cryo Hatch repeatedly could grant unintended amounts of faction reputation and Season XP.
- This action will now provide the intended gains once per match.
- All actions that had previously had their reputation and XP gains disabled in Cryo Archive have now been re-enabled.

General

Fixed an issue where players would sometimes not receive Salvage or Schemas when purchasing Rewards Pass items with LUX.
Fixed an issue with the Store where some bundle items that should have also been visible in the Catalog section were not displaying correctly.

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A PvP-focused extraction shooter set on the mysterious planet of Tau Ceti IV, Marathon will see players inhabit the bodies of Runners, cybernetic mercenaries who have been designed to survive the planet’s harsh environments and explore the lost colony that once inhabited Tau Ceti’s surface. Players will engage solo or in crews of three, searching for mysterious alien artifacts, as well as for valuable loot and new weapons and gear that they can add to their collection.