How to get Lockbox Key in Marathon

Loot is the name of the game in Marathon. As an extraction shooter, each run should see you coming back with loads of items in your inventory. That is, of course, if you aren’t gunned down by crazed robots or other runners in the process.

Some areas in the game contain extra valuable loot, either as a reward for risky purchases and exploration or as a boon bestowed by defeated bosses, such as the Warden. The former usually comes in the form of Lockboxes, containers that you can discover across the game’s maps and loot for particularly valuable items.

They are, as the name implies, locked, and you can only open them if you have the necessary Lockbox Key in your inventory.

So, here’s how you can get it.

How to open Lockboxes in Marathon

To be able to open a Lockbox in Marathon, you need a Lockbox Key. This is a generic item that can either be found around the game’s maps or purchased from the Armory after prerequisites are met. I have had the most luck finding this item in the Southern Array location, particularly in the red building that has smashed windows at the top and some sort of office area within.

As for the purchases, Lockbox Keys become available in the Armory for purchase or as a free reward after you’ve leveled up the CyberAcme faction to Rank 5. It costs you a couple thousand credits to unlock this perk, and it stays permanently, periodically offering you free Lockbox Keys and allowing you to buy them for quite cheaply.

Lockbox Keys are permanently lost if you die with them in your inventory, as the game currently has no safe pocket system, unlike ARC Raiders or some other extraction shooters. The DCON boxes, which are currently seemingly tied only to quests, cannot be used to extract Lockbox Keys before a match ends (if you would ever need to do so).

At the end of the day, if you can’t afford them, then you’re likely to find a few every now and again among the game’s largest compounds. But even the worst run can give you enough money to buy several keys.

Additionally, higher-level boxes require better keys, such as the Deluxe Key.

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The Equitable Distribution 3/4 contract in Marathon is a slightly trick quest to complete, and the second task involves delivering Unstable Gunmetal resources to DCON.

This task combines some of the basics that you’ll need to master in Marathon. Unstable Gunmetal is a random resource that you can find on your run. However, the DCON is located at specific locations. Let’s look at how you can complete this task and complete the Equitable Distribution 3/4 contract.

How to find Unstable Gunmetal in Marathon

As I said earlier, the Unstable Gunmetal is a relatively common item, but it doesn’t have a fixed location. You can typically find it within containers and boxes while searching different locations on your run. You’ll need seven of them (keep note if you’re getting more than one at a specific spot).

Once you find them, add the items to your backpack and keep repeating the method until you have seven. You can then proceed towards finding the DCON on the Perimeter map to deliver the Unstable Gunmetal.

How to deliver Unstable Gunmetal in Marathon

The first task is to locate the DCON. Typically, I prefer going east from the Station POI, where the DCON is located on the roof of a building. I have marked the spot in the image below to help you find the spot.

Once you arrive, take a ladder to reach the DCON, which appears like a box. Open the box, and add seven Unstable Gunmetal to its inventory. Then interact with the DCON once again to complete the task and finish the contract.

Doing so gets you extra Rep to rank up the Traxus faction, and you can unlock more rewards and upgrades for your builds.

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