Marathon Arachne Faction Boost

You have to meet the following requirements to buy Marathon Arachne Boost:

• Marathon account (PC, PS5, or Xbox Series X|S)
• Runner Level sufficient for contract access
• Arachne faction unlocked (complete introductory liaison contract)

Need to level up first? Our Marathon Leveling Boost gets you to max Runner Level fast.

• Priority: Moves your Arachne Boost to the front of our order queue. Your boost starts faster than standard scheduling, beginning as soon as a booster becomes available.
• Stream: We provide a link to a private stream so you can watch your Arachne Boost progress live. See the gameplay in real-time without screen sharing or installing anything.
• Rank Progress: If your current Arachne rank doesn't meet requirements for your selected upgrades, we grind contracts and extractions to raise it. Select your current rank and desired rank so we know how far to push. Already at the right rank for every node you want? Skip this option and we handle material farming plus tree nodes only.
• Upgrade Selection: Pick individual nodes from Arachne's upgrade tree. Each option displays as "Upgrade Name (Rank X)" so you can choose exactly which nodes you need without paying for the full tree. Select all for complete tree completion.

Arachne is Marathon's PvP-focused faction. No economy upgrades, no AV protection, no grenade kits. What Arachne does is put direct combat power on the table: melee damage stacks, knife life steal, finisher-based shield recovery, better weapons in your Armory, and implants built for aggressive playstyles.

Getting there is the problem. Arachne contracts require killing other Runners. Not UESC units, not malware terminals, not containers – actual PvP kills. That makes Arachne the most punishing faction to grind solo by a wide margin. Every deployment you load in looking for a fight, risk losing everything you carried, and might not even find a target before the timer runs out. Other factions let you stack contracts passively while looting. Arachne demands you hunt.

Getting from Rank 1 to Rank 28 plus VIP takes sustained success against players who are also running with gear and objectives of their own. Material farming compounds it – 9 different resource types across the full tree, with Synapse Cube and Enzyme Replicator at high ranks dropping only from dangerous zones.

What Arachne's Tree Actually Does

Tree splits between four pillars:

• Melee and knife combat is where the tree earns its identity. Hard Strike.EXE stacks +20 Melee Damage across three tiers (Ranks 5, 16, 22), reaching +60 total. Knife Fight implants from V2 to V4 unlock at Ranks 4, 11, and 24. Leech.EXE at Rank 28 adds life steal on knife hits – passive sustain during every close-range fight. No other faction tree touches melee this consistently.
• Finisher mechanics work through Cutthroat.EXE, which grants shield recharge after performing a finisher on a downed Runner. Three tiers at Ranks 6, 18, and 25 stack a total of +60 Finisher Siphon. In practice this means every execution on a downed enemy refills part of your shield – turning your most aggressive moments into survival windows instead of vulnerabilities.
• Weapon Armory access covers three weapon types: shotgun (WSTR Combat Shotgun), railgun (ARES RG), and LMG (Retaliator). Mod nodes unlock at the early ranks. Base, Enhanced, and Deluxe weapon tiers unlock progressively through the mid and high ranks. Without the Arachne tree, getting these weapons means world drops – unreliable at best, nonexistent at worst when you actually want them.
• Implants round out the tree with Hurting Hands V2–V4 (melee and hardware stats) and Knife Fight V2–V4 (knife-specific bonuses), plus Reboot.EXE tiers for revive speed across Ranks 7, 19, and 27. Reboot.EXE T3 at Rank 27 is one of the most practically useful late-rank unlocks – faster self-revives save runs that would otherwise end in a bleed-out.

Arachne Material Costs

Nine material types rotate across the tree. Low-rank nodes eat Unstable Gel almost exclusively. Mid-rank shifts to Drone Resin, Drone Node, and Biomata combinations. High-rank nodes demand Reflex Coil, Enzyme Replicator, and Synapse Cube:

Unstable Gel – Drone Resin – Drone Node – Biomata Resin – Biomata Node – Reflex Coil – Enzyme Replicator – Synapse Cube – Hazard Capsule

Synapse Cube requirement starts at Rank 28 (Leech.EXE) and carries into the Reboot.EXE T3 node. Hazard Capsule appears only at VIP Rank 1. These aren't common drops – they come from harder contested zones, which is exactly where Arachne contracts send you anyway.

Full Arachne Upgrade Tree

Below is every node in order. This is what our Arachne Boost covers when you select upgrades:

• LMG Mods (Rank 1) – Requires: 750 credits, Unstable Gel x13.

Unlocks a set of Enhanced LMG mods from the Armory. First node in the tree – cheap early access to mod variety.

• Hurting Hands (Rank 1) – Requires: 750 credits, Unstable Gel x10.

Unlocks Hurting Hands V2 Implant for Armory purchase. Base melee stat implant, available from the very first rank.

• MIPS Railgun (Rank 2) – Requires: 750 credits, Unstable Gel x13.

Unlocks ARES RG for purchase in the Armory. Railgun access with only 2 ranks required.

• Shotgun Mods (Rank 3) – Requires: 750 credits, Unstable Gel +1 x19.

Unlocks a set of Enhanced shotgun mods from the Armory.

• Railgun Mods (Rank 4) – Requires: 1500 credits, Drone Resin x8, Unstable Gel +1 x9.

Unlocks a set of Enhanced railgun mods from the Armory.

• Knife Fight (Rank 4) – Requires: 750 credits, Unstable Gel +1 x13.

Unlocks Knife Fight V2 Implant for Armory purchase. First knife-specific implant slot unlock.

• Hard Strike.EXE T1 (Rank 5) – Requires: 1500 credits, Drone Resin x7, Unstable Gel x6.

Melee Damage +20. First melee damage node in the tree.

• Cutthroat.EXE T1 (Rank 6) – Requires: 750 credits, Unstable Gel +1 x16.

Finisher Siphon +20. Shield recharge after performing a finisher starts here.

• MIPS Shotgun (Rank 7) – Requires: 1500 credits, Drone Node x7, Unstable Gel +1 x8.

Unlocks WSTR Combat Shotgun for purchase in the Armory.

• Reboot.EXE T1 (Rank 7) – Requires: 1500 credits, Drone Resin x19, Unstable Gel +1 x17.

Revive Speed +20. Speeds up both self-revives and crew revives.

• Hurting Hands+ (Rank 10) – Requires: 1500 credits, Drone Node x19, Drone Resin x9.

Unlocks Hurting Hands V3 Implant for Armory purchase. Upgraded melee implant with better stat bonuses.

• Enhanced Retaliator LMG (Rank 10) – Requires: 1500 credits, Biomata Node x4, Drone Resin x11.

Unlocks Enhanced Retaliator LMG for purchase in the Armory.

• Knife Fight+ (Rank 11) – Requires: 1500 credits, Drone Node x23, Drone Resin x12.

Unlocks Knife Fight V3 Implant for Armory purchase.

• Enhanced MIPS Shotgun (Rank 13) – Requires: 2000 credits, Biomata Node x6, Drone Resin x18.

Unlocks Enhanced WSTR Combat Shotgun for purchase in the Armory.

• Enhanced MIPS Railgun (Rank 15) – Requires: 2000 credits, Biomata Resin x12, Biomata Node x4.

Unlocks Enhanced ARES RG for purchase in the Armory.

• Hard Strike.EXE T2 (Rank 16) – Requires: 2000 credits, Biomata Resin x8, Drone Node +1 x22.

Melee Damage +20. Running total: +40 melee damage.

• Cutthroat.EXE T2 (Rank 18) – Requires: 2000 credits, Biomata Resin x12, Biomata Node x4.

Finisher Siphon +20. Running total: +40 Finisher Siphon.

• Reboot.EXE T2 (Rank 19) – Requires: 3500 credits, Reflex Coil x5, Biomata Node +1 x5.

Revive Speed +20. Running total: +40 Revive Speed.

• Deluxe Retaliator LMG (Rank 20) – Requires: 3500 credits, Enzyme Replicator x9, Reflex Coil x3.

Unlocks Deluxe Retaliator LMG for purchase in the Armory. Highest LMG tier in the Arachne tree.

• Hard Strike.EXE T3 (Rank 22) – Requires: 3500 credits, Reflex Coil x6, Biomata Node +1 x6.

Melee Damage +20. Final total: +60 melee and knife attack damage for the season.

• Hurting Hands++ (Rank 23) – Requires: 3500 credits, Enzyme Replicator x7, Reflex Coil +1 x3.

Unlocks Hurting Hands V4 Implant for Armory purchase. Top-tier melee implant.

• Deluxe MIPS Shotgun (Rank 23) – Requires: 5000 credits, Synapse Cube x2, Biomata Resin x9.

Unlocks Deluxe WSTR Combat Shotgun for purchase in the Armory. Highest shotgun tier Arachne unlocks.

• Knife Fight++ (Rank 24) – Requires: 3500 credits, Enzyme Replicator x9, Reflex Coil x3.

Unlocks Knife Fight V4 Implant for Armory purchase. Final knife implant tier.

• Cutthroat.EXE T3 (Rank 25) – Requires: 3500 credits, Reflex Coil x7, Enzyme Replicator x3.

Finisher Siphon +20. Final total: +60 Finisher Siphon. Shield recharge per finisher fully maxed.

• Deluxe MIPS Railgun (Rank 25) – Requires: 5000 credits, Hazard Capsule x2, Enzyme Replicator x7.

Unlocks Deluxe ARES RG for purchase in the Armory.

• Reboot.EXE T3 (Rank 27) – Requires: 5000 credits, Synapse Cube x2, Biomata Resin +1 x9.

Revive Speed +20. Final total: +60 Revive Speed. One of the most impactful late-tree pickups for keeping crew alive.

• Leech.EXE (Rank 28) – Requires: 5000 credits, Synapse Cube x2.

Knife attacks restore a small amount of health. Passive life steal on every knife hit – the closest Arachne gets to built-in sustainability.

VIP Rank

• Heat_Death.EXE (VIP Rank 1) – Requires: 5000 credits, Hazard Capsule x3, Enzyme Replicator +1 x11.

Eliminating a hostile reduces your heat buildup. Every kill in a hot zone or against contested objectives now buys you more time before heat becomes a problem. It rewards the aggressive kill-focused playstyle Arachne builds for.

Capstones

Capstones unlock automatically as you purchase nodes. They don't cost extra and activate sequentially at node milestones:

• I – BOOSTED: ROOK starts runs with Implants already equipped. Arachne will barter wares for certain Deluxe Salvage. Implants from the very first spawn – combined with Hurting Hands and Knife Fight unlocks from the tree, this capstone converts your kit immediately.
• II – TREASURE_HUNTER: Arachne Treasure reputation +20%. Speeds up rep gains from Arachne-specific loot events – a meaningful boost when contracts are the primary grind.
• III – SPONSORSHIP [ARACHNE]: Unlocks Arachne Advanced Sponsored Kit for Armory purchase. Arachne barters wares for certain Superior Salvage. Better barter tier and a full sponsored loadout available for credits.
• IV – BOOMSTICK: ROOK starts every run with a WSTR Combat Shotgun and MIPS Rounds. This is the standout capstone. Free shotgun on spawn means you walk into every deployment already armed for close-range pressure – without spending credits or relying on world drops.
• V – FACTORY_RESET.EXE: Reviving a crew member grants healing over time. Heal interrupts if you take damage, but in clean revive situations it's free HP recovery after a fight. Strong for squad-play focused runners.
• VI – SUPERIOR ARMAMENT: Unlocks Superior Retaliator LMG, WSTR Combat Shotgun, and ARES RG for Armory purchase. Arachne barters wares for certain Prestige Salvage. Endgame weapon tier access and highest barter category unlocked.

Arachne vs Other Factions

Arachne doesn't complement your economy or protect your shell from virus zones. What it does is make you more dangerous in fights and give you consistent access to weapons you'd otherwise farm RNG for.

MIDA players go aggressive with grenades and movement speed. Arachne players go aggressive with weapons and melee sustain. Neither does what the other does. Runners who want to push contested zones, fight over high-value loot, and win PvP encounters regularly will find Arachne upgrades compound directly into better results. +60 Melee Damage cap, knife life steal from Leech.EXE, and +60 Finisher Siphon together mean your close-range kit is running at full efficiency every run.

Comparison that matters for most players is whether to grind Arachne before pushing Traxus for mod access or MIDA's grenade and movement tree. Arachne fits best when you already have weapon mod access through Traxus and want the power to actually fight for your extractions.

How It Works

1. Pick your nodes – Select individual upgrades from the checkbox list or take the full tree. Add rank progression if your current Arachne standing doesn't reach what you need.
2. Hand over access – Provide login credentials through order chat. Our runner checks your current Arachne rank and maps the contracts and material routes needed.
3. Contract grinding + material farming – Our runners deploy with Arachne contracts active, completing PvP-focused objectives while farming Drone Resin, Biomata Node, Enzyme Replicator, and higher-tier materials. Reputation builds through contract completions and extractions.
4. Nodes purchased, everything kept – Selected upgrades get purchased once rank requirements are met. All gear, credits, and materials earned during the process stay on your account.

Why LevelUpper for Arachne Grinding

• PvP contracts are the hardest in Marathon: Arachne requires killing other Runners – not UESC units, not objectives, actual player kills. Our runners have been competing in extraction shooter PvP since Arc Raiders in 2025. They know how to close gaps, secure kills, and extract clean without burning the whole session on one failed fight.
• BOOMSTICK capstone pays back fast: Once the tree hits the capstone milestone, every run starts with a free WSTR Combat Shotgun. That's fewer credits spent in Armory per deployment, directly lowering the cost of aggressive loadouts for the rest of the season.
• 1800+ ratings across 20+ games including extraction shooters. Manual gameplay only – no scripts, no automation.
• Material overlap with kill-focused zones: Drone Resin and Biomata materials drop from zones where Arachne contracts send you anyway. Our runners stack contract objectives and material farming in the same deployments, keeping session counts down.