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Marathon

Marathon

Came back each day of an entire month and completed at least one Daily Challenge

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How to unlock the Marathon achievement in Microsoft Solitaire - Definitive Guide

This achievement has changed as of 11/2015. You have to log in once a day and do a daily challenge for it to work. You no longer can get this achievement by trying to do this on certain days of the month.
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16 Nov 2015 19:36

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and it is still buggy as that doesn't work either as i was on yesterday and going on (which is today] now and i find it has reset itself
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By HitchyNZ on 23 Nov 2015 04:52
I can confirm that after an entire month of challenges, this achievement did not pop since I didn't not do them daily.
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By psportal on 02 Mar 2019 12:13
As you can see from the Recent Winners chart, you have to do this legit now and you cannot change the date to get this achievement.
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By SincereSeeker6 on 11 Mar 2021 20:21
If you miss a day set your time and day on your phone back i did that once
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By SlackerINFERNO on 15 Sep 2021 11:38
Yeah. However you cannot rack up an entire month off of that in one day like you could previously.
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By SincereSeeker6 on 17 Oct 2021 23:44
Will this achievement unlock if it is done in February? Or does it need to be done in a month with 31 days?
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By Geometric Cube on 30 Jan 2022 07:24
Having just unlocked it today I can confirm February is fine
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By Erunion on 28 Feb 2022 12:28
I did all of the February ones, but Stats is saying I'm at 30/31. Any ideas?
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By Cortanarama on 28 Feb 2022 15:55
Can also confirm I got the achievement for Feb, even though only started playing a week or so ago
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By JustSaiyan2523 on 01 Mar 2022 06:48
Same here played all February along and counter Marathon stucked on 29/30 days...
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By hibiki13 on 01 Mar 2022 17:52
For me it is stuck at 31/31 ad is grayed out. It does not show me as having the achievement either. I have logged in couple of days recently and has shown the same 31/31 and try to complete a challenge each day to see if it will unlock but nothing
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By Erickson187 on 09 Mar 2022 02:55
This could now be glitched have been able to complete whole month but no achievements mine is stuck on 30/30
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By AaronJamesx38 on 26 Mar 2022 22:36
3/31/22, I started playing on PC about halfway through the month, cleaned up all the previous days I missed and just kept completing new days as they popped up and the achievement popped for me after completing today.
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By B Bombr on 31 Mar 2022 11:50
Did you have to fully complete everyday for this to pop as got a challenge done on all days but won’t pop
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By AaronJamesx38 on 31 Mar 2022 13:01
For me it is just unlocked after I have completed at least one challenge from every Day of the previous month December 22. So you dont actually have to play everyday. Atleast if you have premium
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By Darkpro on 03 Jan 2023 20:10
Solution is wrong. I just unlocked it by completing one challenge per day from April 2018
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By Eric From Cali on 11 Apr 2023 16:21
Started playing 18 March 23 and it unlocked 31 March. I completed atleast 1 challenge per day (always including the current day) and ended with a perfect month.
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By ThankAnEngineer on 01 Jun 2023 18:26
Right, i've missed a day...again
Same as may, april, march, february, january and on and on it goes.

Do i seriously have to wait until the start of july to try...AGAIN
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By Kenzie Retro on 08 Jun 2023 00:36
I missed 2 days but still got it at the end
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By IX Ulquiorra on 31 Jan 2024 06:29
Just a thought but maybe they've fixed this achievement? I just got it today. I did zero challenges for the month of December 2024. I have been working on the diamond achievement using the month March 2023.

Completed a challenge on the last day of march 2023, and boom, it popped.

I haven't even been playing the game for 31 days.
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By Worhammer on 21 Dec 2024 03:17
do you know if it is consecutive days now or does it still have to be for the entire month?
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By duke63031 on 17 Mar 2016 17:31
Glitched like mad. I did multiple challenges every day for 3 months in a row and this still did not pop.
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By blissfulNemo on 31 Aug 2016 14:48
I had no problems setting the date to the 1st, completing a challenge, moving it to the 2nd, completing a challenge...all the way to the 31st of the month and unlocking the achievement for the current month.

If you already have progress, and miss a day, you can recover your streak. Start from the beginning of the month, and wait for your data to sync. Once that has completed, load up the Daily Challenges, and back out. Go to Achievements to verify the counter went up 1. Close the game, advance the date, and continue until you reach the missed date, and complete a challenge for that day. Streak restored.
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By Shadow Kisuragi on 02 Nov 2016 01:26
I got a 30/31 for January. Be careful if traveling, I was between countries with a 17 hour time difference and at some point one day didn’t count.
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By PineConeKiller on 01 Feb 2018 14:12
played every day in february and it didn't pop. Not tracking progress either strangely.
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By NoWorkGrato on 01 Mar 2022 07:22
This achievement has made me addicted to Solitaire
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By Bunny Breakfast on 12 Sep 2024 19:04
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Initially it seems by looking at the description that you have to come back every day of the month, but this is simply not true.

With this new windows 10 version, there is a calendar that you can click on to select the challenges for each day, if you do one for each day you will get the achievement.

I installed Windows 10 on my computer on July 30th, I had not played the Windows 8 version since there were only 3 achievements. Some of the achievements for the Windows 10 version popped from my Windows 8 cloud save, this was not one of them.

I played the challenge for the 30th on the 30th, then on the 31st i did the 31st and 1st-29th. Took a couple of hours, but I wanted to see if it would work and it did.

I also got the bronze badge for the month doing it this way.

So if you miss a day all is not lost, you can go back and get the day you missed, just make sure to do the last day on the last day of the month, as the calendar is only monthly, not yearly.
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01 Aug 2015 02:25

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This was good to know. I only installed windows10 on the 29 of August so I quickly played (and won)the easiest daily challenge for each day of the month for August. Just past mid-night (local time by the way), I won a daily challenge for Aug 31 and I had the achievement.
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By Runner7922 on 31 Aug 2015 03:39
I tried the same, but tracker stuck on 30/31 even though I have done one every day =(
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By REB3L on 31 Aug 2015 06:04
Okay did one more just now and it popped! =D
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By REB3L on 31 Aug 2015 06:16
Did what? Because I am also stuck at 30/31 and I have unlocked everything. But still 154/155 in achievement options and in challenge menu 155/155 (but no cheevo).
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By NanashiSVK on 31 Aug 2015 08:11
I have the same problem with this achievement stuck at 0/30. I have added a post to the support thread that JSwartz0181 linked to. Maybe it'll get fixed if enough people post.
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By Campo on 07 Nov 2015 16:32
Seems to be extremely glitchy lately.

I did at least 1 challenge each day, and progress increased by 1 each day, but no achievement indication on the PC or online when it hit 31 of 31.
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By BRiT wtfdotcom on 31 May 2016 04:38
I have 154/155 complete and this hasn't popped yet. I'll try doing a date change tonight and completing one per day to see if that unsticks it.
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By GameTagwastaken on 31 Aug 2015 15:14
I just got the Perfect achievement and it still hasn't popped. Stuck at 30/31 for me...
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By JoYk111 on 31 Aug 2015 15:32
They both (this achievement and strive for perfection) popped for me when I completed the last challenge for the month.
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By GameTagwastaken on 01 Sep 2015 00:31
I was stuck at 30/31 yesterday even though I'd won an achievement each day. Logged in today (September 1) and it said 29/30. Solved one challenge today and it unlocked.
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By Gaurav on 02 Sep 2015 05:44
Seems to have frozen for me as well since last month. Got the perfect achievement but not this one. Rage.
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By Jezza69 on 05 Nov 2015 13:15
I can't seem to make any progress on this, still stuck at 0/30 and I also have the Strive for Perfection achievement. I don't know that I've ever seen any progress on this.
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By Lord Sam on 05 Nov 2015 15:08
For those others having issues with this achievement (and Gimme 5!), I have a support thread open at http://forums.xbox.com/xbox_support/xbox_on_windows_support/... addressing the issue, but could use more people having troubles than just me.
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By JSwartz0181 on 06 Nov 2015 21:29
Just received an update for the game and the achievement is now tracking correctly. Fingers crossed the problem is fixed.
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By Campo on 10 Nov 2015 01:16
Campotech is right, looks like the update on 11/12/15 fixed the tracker but now it has to be consecutive days.
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By mr xenon on 13 Nov 2015 11:50
Does anybody know if the achievement is voided for the month if you already missed days? I missed the first 9 days of the month and am wondering if I can still get it the 10th of next month. I remember on W8 it only needed to be 30 consecutive days and you could start mid month.
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By Franco 4 127hrs on 19 Nov 2015 19:31
Considering the wording, and the fact that each month has a different number of days (I started in October, and it was X/31, while in November it just unlocked for me after reaching 30/30), I would say no -- it needs to be 1st to 28th/29th/30th/31st.
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By JSwartz0181 on 30 Nov 2015 07:04
Changing your computer's date is the absolute best way to get this achievement over with! I worked like a charm for me, but oddly didn't get the notification that the achievement unlocked. I only noticed yesterday in my xbox achievement feed that I got it.
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By DemandonSoss on 18 Feb 2016 15:26
So it does work again for switching the calendar?
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By Sashamorning on 31 May 2016 00:06
I tried doing the missed days via the calendar, didn't get it. It'd appear that in 2022 you actually have to play each day, doing the challenges later is not accepted.
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By aamurusko79 on 18 Jan 2022 13:28
Seems to have unlocked now but still no indicators on the PC.
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By BRiT wtfdotcom on 31 May 2016 06:19
I have the same issue. Tells me I'm 31/31 but no pop
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By kabobles on 31 May 2016 07:45
whoop nevermind, it finally popped, try doin a challenge from the day before
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By kabobles on 31 May 2016 08:01
As of 05-Sep-2016 I Can confirm that changing the computers date and running through each day works like a charm. I played May 2016 in about two hours and as soon as I completed the 31st the achievement popped. It was dated 5th September too so result.
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By Claude Spunkton on 05 Sep 2016 11:30
i completed all challenges and its at 0 out of 31 (as of Dec 2016); Although I got the achievement for Gimme 5 on the last day.

I'm playing on iOS.
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By Lord BaneJ on 01 Jan 2017 22:35
This seems slow to unlock. It didn't pop for me until I finished the second challenge on the last day of the month.
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By napoearth on 30 Sep 2015 18:29
i completēd all challenges and its at 0 out of 31
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By HKDK Bay Bay on 01 Nov 2015 17:36
Another buggy achievement
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By HitchyNZ on 01 Nov 2015 21:26
This achievement is also bugged for me! I completed every challenge in October and about half way through I noticed the tracker wasn't increasing. I figured it was probably because I had missed a day here and there along the way, despite what this guide says about it not mattering whether you complete a challenge every single day. So I begin November by playing at least one challenge each calendar day and to my dismay...the tracker has remained at 0 out of 31. I have looked for solutions online and have yet to find anything that fixes the problem. Really annoyed but I guess I have several months left before I complete the medal related achievements...hopefully it will be fixed before I finish them.
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By Fury87 on 05 Nov 2015 05:17
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Since the last update, this achievement has become more difficult because of the dedication required to get it, as the description suggests.

Here's what to do if you choose the legit, but longer way :

- You have to do this in the Daily Challenge section of the game (with the calendar on it), not the Star Club ;

- There is a counter, in the Prizes and Achievements section, that tracks your progression for this achievement. Be sure to check every day that your progress has been saved successfully. The counter is month dependent, so if the month has 31 days, it requires you complete 31 daily challenges. So obviously the shortest month to start this achievement is February.

- You must start this on a month that you will have access to your PC and Internet every day, because you need to be online to do the Daily Challenge. Also, it must be done in the same month and cannot overlap another one even if the achievement counter seems to record your progress ;

- Every day, you have five (5) challenges to complete, one for each type of solitaire card game (Klondike, Spider, FreeCell, TriPeaks. The difficulty ranges from easy to expert among the different type of game. But there is at least one (1) easy challenge in the lot ;

- You have to win at least one (1) challenge per day between midnight and 11h59 PM, local time, that specific day of the month, starting the 1st of the month. I suggest you go for the easy ones to save you time, because it takes about five (5) minutes per challenge to do them. Also, I personnaly prefer the Pyramid and the TriPeaks challenges because it is easier to recover from a bad move. If you have trouble resolving a challenge, you can always find the solution on YouTube (by typing "Microsoft Solitaire" + date + type of card game).

- Then, you must come back every day, continuously, to complete a challenge. You cannot miss a day and, as I said before, you cannot overlap two months, because in both cases the counter resets. To resume you must start on the 1st and finish on the last day of the month (28th, 29th, 30th or 31st) by winning a daily challenge every day in a row.

- If you done this correctly, you will get these achievements along the way :

Microsoft Solitaire Collection (UWP)Came to playThe Came to play achievement in Microsoft Solitaire Collection (UWP) worth 14 pointsPlay your first Daily Challenge


Microsoft Solitaire Collection (UWP)Came to winThe Came to win achievement in Microsoft Solitaire Collection (UWP) worth 14 pointsWin your first Daily Challenge


Microsoft Solitaire Collection (UWP)Gimme 5!The Gimme 5! achievement in Microsoft Solitaire Collection (UWP) worth 47 pointsPlay the Daily Challenge 5 days in a row


Please, feel free to leave your comments or corrections (even grammar ones) below so I can improve my solution. Thank you.
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01 Nov 2016 06:08

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Currently sitting on 35 "days completed" and still no achievement... facepalm
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By flipmodeXXIII on 04 Jan 2017 02:06
Is the Marathon achievement counter, in the Prizes and Achievements section, showing 35/31? If this is the case, it is a synchronization problem.

In general, you can resolve this by :
- Connecting on another device to synchronize your progression ;
- Doing another challenge or card game session when you are connected to Xbox Live and have an active internet connection ;
- Going on the Xbox.com website to track your achievements for this game.

Hope it can help you
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By MaxMar5 on 06 Jan 2017 14:47
Thanks. I was curious whether I could start this on any day of the month and then roll over to the next month. Looks like I'll be setting an alert to make sure I start on the 1st.
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By GavinTheGrenade on 15 Aug 2021 17:38
I did this in February and it did not work. Stuck on 28/31. So annoying. So now I'm just waiting for a 31 day month, but still obnoxious. Just a heads up.
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By AquaJen on 02 Mar 2022 14:44
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While it is true that challenges must be completed in sequence and on the corresponding day, you do not have to wait and remember to do so for each day.

Simply change the date on your PC to the 1st of a month in which you have no completed challenges (preferably a month with 31 days, to keep it simple); go to Time and Date Settings, uncheck automatic time and date. Note that challenges are not designed very far in advance, so the furthest you can set the clock ahead is about a week.

Complete at least one challenge for the 1st. A great achievement to combine this method with is:
Microsoft Solitaire Collection (UWP)Strive for PerfectionThe Strive for Perfection achievement in Microsoft Solitaire Collection (UWP) worth 149 pointsComplete every Daily Challenge in a month

Which will automatically net you
Microsoft Solitaire Collection (UWP)Diamonds are ForeverThe Diamonds are Forever achievement in Microsoft Solitaire Collection (UWP) worth 96 pointsWin a diamond Daily Challenge badge

I did buy premium for a month, both to grab the medals faster, and because the game is well-designed and pretty and content should be paid for etc. /sermon
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10 Jan 2016 09:23

As of when i post this.
You can do 1 challenge of each day of the previous month
in the daily challenges via the calendar and going to the previous month

This can also be done with the gimme 5 achievement.
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