BRIEF SUMMARY
Codex Lore: ANCHORITE PROVISIONS
OBJECTIVES
NO TACTICAL OBJECTIVES ASSIGNED TO THIS NODE.
ANALYZING… FILE TYPE: Personal Log PERIOD: Unknown SPEAKERS: "Jasper" [ID: JASP] TOPIC: Survival Advice SUMMARY: A recording of a survivor after New Cascadia's collapse and abandonment. Colonist voiceprint cannot be precisely matched to New Cascadia records, and could be one of several individuals using the name "Jasper." =================================================================== [whirring] JASP: CyAc original, battery half-life of three hundred years. Jasper here. Don't… know if anyone will ever hear this. Still, I gotta try. JASP: Go further out. Stand on the spot you imagine the horizon line is and look back. You shouldn't even be able to see Marsh glow. Hunting's decent out there in the wilderness. JASP: Ticks are less aggressive, but… god am I sick of living off birds and bugs. Real meat's chewy; the fibers get stuck in your teeth. Mom didn't tell me that. I guess because nobody told her either. JASP: I just… I'm gonna say it. Reed's boys are gone too, so there's nobody to shoot me for sedition. Universe is a big damn place. What are the odds, huh? JASP: "A new home for humanity," they called it—my mother and my mother's mother. "Tau Ceti IV, the promised land." Tens of thousands of ordinary people gave up everyone and everything they ever knew just for a chance at something better. JASP: And for a while, it is… better. Then, one day… boom, Marathon goes dark, nobody talks. UESC gets real testy if you try. JASP: Reed says Galea's dead. So's her successor, and her successor's successor. So they put Caruso in charge. And what happens under President Caruso? JASP: Weird energy fields erupt across the planet's surface. Crops get sick. People get sick. Crops die. People die, some because of the contagion, others because… JASP: Because… JASP: I'd point the finger at Caruso, but he was just the fall guy. We were set up. Three hundred years ago, when Earth pointed the Marathon out here… we were all set up. [beeps, whir] JASP: I know, even I think I sound crazy. But you're all gone, and I'm living off bugs; crazy's the new normal. Please… Please, if anyone is still out there… JASP: I can't die alone. =================================================================== TYPE: TEXT [X]; AUDIO [X]
About Codex in Marathon
The Codex is one of the most important progression systems in Marathon because it keeps track of the things that stay with your account over time. It covers achievements, collections, lore entries, cosmetics, titles, and other rewards tied to what you do in the game, and you can check it outside of your runs.
What makes the Codex stand out is that it is not just a lore menu. Marathon connects it to contracts, narrative items, and other in-game milestones, so the more you explore and complete, the more entries and rewards you unlock. It also carries over between seasons, even when things like gear, faction progression, contract progression, and player level reset.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
The Codex is Marathon’s long-term progression hub. It tracks things like achievements, lore-related discoveries, cosmetics, titles, and other milestone-based rewards, and it can be viewed outside of runs.
The Codex keeps a record of what you have completed and found in Marathon. That includes progress from contracts, narrative items, and other achievements, along with the rewards tied to those goals.
Yes. Codex progression carries over between seasons, which makes it one of Marathon’s main long-term systems even when seasonal resets affect gear and other progression.
The Codex includes free cosmetics and other unlocks tied to objectives. You can get rewards like weapon styles, stickers, profile emblems, profile backgrounds, titles, runner shell cosmetics, and loadout packages.
Codex entries are unlocked by doing things like completing contracts, finding narrative items, completing objectives, and hitting other in-game milestones. As you keep playing, more entries and rewards open up.
The Marathon Codex page helps you understand what the Codex is, how it works, what kind of rewards it offers, and why it matters for long-term progression. It is also a useful place to get a simple view of the game’s achievement and reward tracking system.