Fix Marathon Stuck on Loading — Get into the Game Smoothly

When you’re excited to join Marathon, you launch it, log in, and then see the progress bar freeze or a black screen. You think you’ll be in the match soon, but in reality you might wait half an hour with no response. Yes, you’ve hit a loading issue — it won’t cut you any slack, it can appear anytime, and no matter how long you sit in front of the screen there won’t be any change.

So, how to fix Marathon getting stuck on loading — this guide tells you.

Marathon Stuck on Loading — Timing and Causes

Generally, players are most likely to encounter Marathon loading issues in these scenarios:

1. When logging into the game
2. When switching scenes
3. When switching interfaces

This is because these scenarios all involve real-time data changes; if data transmission fails, you’ll be stuck here indefinitely. Reasons that affect data transmission include:

1. Sudden network congestion
2. Faulty nodes provided by your ISP
3. Bungie server abnormalities

What to Do When Marathon Is Stuck on Loading?

Check Bungie Servers

Yes, you may have hit a Bungie server outage while connecting or changing scenes; without data transmission you naturally can’t load. Try the following:

• Check Bungie’s official social media: look at Bungie/Bungie Help posts on X (Twitter), Facebook, or Instagram for real-time outage notices, maintenance announcements, and official updates.
• Visit the Marathon game forum: open the official Marathon/Bungie forum or community hubs (e.g., Reddit) to read player reports, pinned server-status threads, and troubleshooting tips.

Fix Your Network Connection

If the servers are fine, then it’s likely the route from you to the server is abnormal. GearUP can quickly help you adjust the route without requiring any network settings. It’s an intelligent game assistant that combines AI network diagnosis and automatically picks the node with the lowest latency and the most stable connection.

GearUP can also help you switch and connect to Marathon servers in different regions, which is very useful for cross-region play — and you only need to perform a few simple and safe clicks:

1. Open GearUP and find Marathon.
   
2. Pick a server (or choose Auto to let GearUP pick the best one).
   
3. Click Boost, watch the network status, then start Marathon — you should get a smoother, lower‑ping game.

Check Device Load

Open Task Manager (follow the usual steps) and check your CPU, disk, and memory usage — overload can greatly extend loading times. If you find high load, close unnecessary programs, and you may even consider upgrading your PC.

1. Open Task Manager: Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc (or Ctrl+Alt+Del → Task Manager; or right-click the taskbar → Task Manager).
2. If it opens in compact view, click "More details".
3. In the Processes tab, check the CPU, Memory, Disk, GPU, and Network columns — click a column header to sort by highest usage.
4. In the Performance tab, view overall graphs for CPU, Memory, Disk, Ethernet/Wi‑Fi, and GPU.
5. For per-process detail, use the Details tab or right‑click a process in Processes → "Open file location" / "End task" / "Search online".
6. For deeper analysis, click "Open Resource Monitor" (Performance tab) to see detailed CPU, Memory, Disk, and Network usage by process/service.

Don't Use Unverified Plugins

Some game helper tools, such as timers or modification tools, may be unverified and conflict with game files. This can cause Marathon to fail to run properly and leave you stuck on a black screen, often without any error prompts, making the cause hard to find.

GearUP

What You Shouldn't Do When Stuck on Loading

New players may be confused and take ineffective or wrong actions, such as:

1. Waiting a long time — generally, unless your PC is very poor, waiting more than 3 minutes is meaningless
2. Repeatedly launching the game — if multiple restarts still can’t connect, stop doing this; it may cause file corruption
3. Modifying game files or computer settings — don’t blindly trust online guides; they may cause other errors

Summary

Don’t waste too much time on Marathon loading issues. Although it’s a newly released game, Bungie has also done extensive testing and won’t leave a bug that requires a half-hour load unfixed. So using GearUP to fix network connections might be a one-shot solution to your problem. Also keep good device and software habits — this will let you enjoy Marathon smoothly at all times.