Marathon Nightfall Refresh Schedule
The Nightfall Refresh begins October 6, 2026 and runs through December 7, bridging into the Symbiosis update on December 8. Here is the confirmed week-by-week schedule of what will be playable.
All Through the Window (Oct 6 - Dec 7)
Bungie is reworking Ranked; it does not run during the Refresh.
The standard extraction loop stays on alongside the sponsored queues.
Available to everyone who owns Marathon; complete it at your own pace.
The Schedule, Week by Week
The confirmed week-by-week calendar (Oct 6 - Dec 7). Vault Breaker links to its own page.
- Sponsored Map: Perimeter
- Outpost Locked
- Login Rewards 2
- Cryo Archive
- Sponsored Map: Marsh
- CARRI Phase I
- Login Rewards 3
- Double Runner XP
- Cryo Archive
- Sponsored Map: Night Marsh
- Vault Breaker
- CARRI Phase I
- Login Rewards 4
- Cryo Archive
- Sponsored Map: Perimeter
- Vault Breaker
- CARRI Phase II
- Login Rewards 5
- Double Faction Rep
- Enhanced Sponsored Kits
- Cryo Archive
- Sponsored Map: Marsh
- Vault Breaker
- CARRI Phase II
- Login Rewards 6
- Double Runner XP
- Enhanced Sponsored Kits
- Cryo Archive
- Sponsored Map: Night Marsh
- Sponsored Survival: Perimeter
- Firestorm Refresh
- CARRI Phase II
- Login Rewards 7
- Enhanced Sponsored Kits
- Cryo Archive
- Sponsored Map: Perimeter
- Sponsored Survival: Marsh
- Firestorm Refresh
- CARRI Phase II
- Enhanced Sponsored Kits
- Cryo Archive
- Sponsored Map: Marsh
- Sponsored Survival: Night Marsh
- CARRI Phase III
- Login Rewards 8
- Double XP and Faction Rep
- Enhanced Sponsored Kits
- Cryo Archive
- Sponsored Map: Night Marsh
- Sponsored Survival: Outpost
- CARRI Phase III
- Login Rewards 9
- Double XP and Faction Rep
- Enhanced Sponsored Kits
Sponsored Queue Rotation
Kit-only Extraction, weekends Thursday to Monday. Three-week cycle, repeating until Symbiosis. Regular Extraction stays available in each zone.
Ranked is unavailable for the entire Nightfall Refresh while Bungie reworks it. See the Ranked page for details and the frozen tier reference.
Sourced from Bungie’s Marathon Dev Team: Nightfall Refresh schedule (2026-09-16), and Bungie Dev Update: Nightfall Refresh and Symbiosis (2026-09-14). Checked against source on 2026-09-17. The Nightfall Refresh is a limited window; details may shift if Bungie updates the schedule.