BRIEF SUMMARY
Codex Lore: CONFISCATED COLONIAL FOLKLORE
OBJECTIVES
NO TACTICAL OBJECTIVES ASSIGNED TO THIS NODE.
ANALYZING… FILE TYPE: Audio Transcript PERIOD: Colony Era SPEAKERS: Unknown 1 [ID: UNK1], Unknown 2 [ID: UNK2], Unknown 3 [ID: UNK3], Unknown 4 [ID: UNK4], Unknown 5 [ID: UNK5] TOPIC: Unregistered Religious Gathering SUMMARY: An unidentified individual leads a congregation in worship of unknown beliefs. =================================================================== [UNK1]: There are stars we see… [UNK2]: Stars I see. [GROUP]: [murmur] [UNK3], [UNK4]: We see. [UNK1]: Do you see? [UNK5]: I see. [GROUP]: [soft murmur] [UNK1]: There are stars we see and understand as distant light. [UNK4]: Yes. [UNK1]: We speak now of other things. [UNK5]: Speak. [UNK1]: We speak now, and do we listen? [UNK1]: […] [UNK1]: […] [UNK1]: And do we listen? […] [UNK1]: Good. Good. We speak now of other things… of formless devourers made of dream, who sleep in burning prisons. The shapeshifters sated by the cascading imaginings of primitive sentience. Omnivores of intellect and the energies of waking life. [UNK3]: Awake and dreaming. [UNK1]: Before time, they wordlessly spoke the universe into existence. We speak softly of these things and thank eternity— [UNK2]: Eternity, uncaring and pure. [UNK1]: —For the harbingers who walk amongst us. [GROUP]: Crimson and cloaked. [UNK1]: Angels of red, blessed hosts of synthetic evolution. Wardens of the purest knowledge. Hear us, cartographers of the universal fabric, vivisecting matter and time to catalog reality. [GROUP]: Hear. Hear us. [UNK1]: We offer all to you. [GROUP]: All and more. [UNK1]: Our flesh and emotion. Our thoughts. Our desires. Fears, lust, and hopes unrequited. We offer ourselves. To be mapped eternal in your library of cosmic truth. =================================================================== 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.