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Steam News4 August 202610d ago

Marathon Update 1.1.5.2

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.

In this update6

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What changed

5 fixes1 addition3 changes0 removals
  • Balance
  • Events
  • Fixes
  • Performance
  • Store
addedVault BreakerWe 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.
changedVault BreakerUpdated the Key Template Armory reward to correctly specify that it only awards Cryo Archive keys.
changedItem EconomySponsored 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).
changedWeaponsV22 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%.
fixedWeaponsKKV-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.
fixedWeaponsV85 Circuit Breaker Fixed a stability issue relating to the Prestige quality Overlocked Delimiter mod. This mod has now been re-enabled.
V22 Volt Thrower Damage12.614.4V22 Volt Thrower Damage increased, buffKKV-9SD Increased base magazine size2328KKV-9SD Increased base magazine size increased, buff

Marathon changes

addedWe 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.
changedUpdated the Key Template Armory reward to correctly specify that it only awards Cryo Archive keys.
changedSponsored 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).
changedV22 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%.
fixedKKV-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.

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.

Source

Steam News / 4 August 2026

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