What is LUX in Marathon? All in-game currencies, explained

When it comes to extraction shooters, you have to be a bit market-savvy when it comes to purchasing gear to use on your gameplay. In Marathon, there are multiple currencies to keep in mind when doing so.

The days of games having just one currency to purchase in-game items are long gone. Marathon has at least three different currencies at launch, and they all serve different functions, whether it be buying cosmetics, upgrading your loadout, or just earning rewards.

Here’s everything there is to know about Marathon’s currencies so you can do your absolute best to stay rich while burning through Runner Shells.

All in-game currencies in Marathon

LUX

In Marathon, LUX is the premium currency that must be bought with real-world money, similar to Silver in Destiny 2, Bungie’s other FPS. In the US, LUX works out to be about one dollar per 100 LUX.

Like in Destiny 2, you can get bonus LUX the more you spend. For launch, this is how LUX is expected to be priced in the US:

• 500 LUX: $4.99
• 1,100 LUX (1,000 + 100 bonus): $9.99
• 2,250 LUX (2,000 + 250 bonus): $19.99
• 3,950 LUX (,3500 + 450 bonus): $34.99
• 5,750 LUX (5,000 + 750 bonus): $49.99
• 12,000 LUX (10,000 + 2,000 bonus): $99.99

LUX is limited by your account and platform, meaning if you have LUX on one platform but own Marathon on multiple, you will only be able to use the LUX on the platform you bought it on.

Credits

The main and most common currency in Marathon, Credits are used to purchase in-game gear and items from the Armory. Some random loot you acquire on runs is automatically sold when you extract successfully, and you can also sell just about any other item you own (weapons, mods, shields, etc.) for Credits to use across the game.

Credits are also used to buy individual Faction upgrades and skills, so it will always be a very important currency and one you want to have a good amount of on hand at any time.

Silk

The third main currency in Marathon, Silk is used to purchase upgrades from the Reward Pass. As you play in each season, you can earn Silk by leveling up (and potentially some other tasks) and then use the Silk to unlock whatever is within the Reward Pass.

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The Division 2 has a fresh set of Twitch Drops for all to get for free as part of the 10 year anniversary of the franchise, and there are some cool items to be earned.

While this is the latest round of Twitch drops you can get, the process remains the same. Let’s quickly look at all the items that you can get as part of the celebrations.

How to get all 10 Year Anniversary Twitch Drops in The Division 2

There are five different rewards to win as part of the latest Twitch Drops. Here’s a list of everything you can earn by simply watching partnered streams of The Division 2 on Twitch.

• Anniversary Cache: 30 minutes
• Decade Arm Patch: 1 hour
• Anniversary Cache: 2 hours
• Phoenix weapon skin: 3 hours
• Faye Lau Backpack trophy: 4 hours

To unlock the rewards, keep watching the streams until you hit the milestones. You can do so between now and March 10 (until 5am CT).

It’s not necessary to watch the complete duration in a single seating. You can also accrue up the hours across multiple streamers. Make sure that the drops are enabled for you to get the rewards.

How to redeem the 10 Year Anniversary Twitch Drops

To make yourself eligible, you’ll need to link your Twitch account with your Ubisoft Connect account. This is an one time process. Once done, you’re now eligible for the rewards. Next, just watch the streams for the required durations, and you’ll unlock the rewards as applicable for the milestone.

Then, redeem the rewards for them to appear in your in-game messages. You can then accept the rewards and add them to your inventory. With plenty of new content in the pipeline for this year, it might be a good decision to follow the streams to find out what’s new during the Anniversary season that will be live until Apr. 2.

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