Marathonlike most other extraction shooters, it's all about loot and getting better and better loadouts to help you survive tougher zones where PvP and PvE are pushed to the extreme levels possible, forcing you to use everything at your disposal to get even more valuable loot and safely exfil in one piece. And since Marathon leans on the “harder” side of things, that's a lot easier said than done.
Fortunately, there are ways to get some decent gear before you enter a zone, via the Armory or Sponsored Sets, allowing you to spend your hard-earned credits on loot, allowing you to handle things with a little more confidence if your Vault runs a little dry. Still, it's not like everything will be available to buy out of the gate, so it's one of the many things you should prioritize early on!
Complete guide to armories and merchants
First the what Armory will be available as soon as you are connect with THEM, leader CyberAcme Faction, which is a mandatory step at the very beginning of the game and the first faction you gain access to that allows you fulfill contracts for them, gain reputation and unlock unique upgrades as this can further improve your combat prowess as well as a number of other factors.
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With the armory unlocked, you can get to it using opening your safe and selection 'Armory' tab in the upper right corner screens. You'll see when you're here all available items for you to purchase, along with each faction shown on the left. Even if you only have one faction available, you can still buy items from all six vendors/factions, if you have the means.
Most things in the Armory costs Credits buy but see a “Barter goods” section at the top of the list. These items require unstable diodes to obtain which is a standard salvage resource that can be found in every zone and region in the game. But as we touched on earlier, many items will be unavailable to you from the gate as you wish you need to unlock the option to buy them in the armory, so keep that in mind!
How to unlock more items in the armory
Now that the basics of the armory are covered, it's time to move on to how to expand it, which requires quite a bit of work for each faction. you see the only way to unlock more gear is to gain faction reputation, then spend your hard-earned resources to unlock it to make it available in a specific faction's armory. This is essential to note as each faction has different specialties, so one may be more focused on what you need more than others.
For example, Traxus Faction mainly specializes in Attachments to weapons, meaning most of their unlocks will be focused on that aspect of your loadout. At the same time, Arachne Faction is fixated more on PvP focused implants and weapons, as it is Combat Shotgun WSTR. So if you want to take full advantage of everything the armory has to offer, you'll be crushing each faction as they all offer excellent gear that can be combined together to create a powerful build!
The armory of all factions will be unlocked
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