Season 1: Eternal Night Falls

Overview[]

Season 1: Eternal Night Falls is the second Season of Marvel Rivals, taking place from January 10, 2025 to April 11, 2025. Season 1 is the first full-length season and will be the framework for all the full seasons going forward. It ran for three months, divided into two halves of six to seven weeks each, with Season 1.0 from 1/10/25 to 2/21/25 and Season 1.5 from 2/21/25 to 4/11/25. This season coincides with the Darkhold BattlePass.

[T]he New York of the Present Timeline has fallen under the unholy control of Dracula, who has taken the power of Chronovium for himself.

Creative Director Guangguang, Marvel Rivals: Dev Vision Vol. 03

SYMBOLS GUIDE

Cosmetics obtainable by means other than buying them in the store are indicated by a ★ symbol.
Cosmetics obtained through the BattlePass are indicated by a ✪ symbol.
Cosmetics only obtainable with the Luxury BattlePass are indicated by a symbol.
Cosmetics obtained through a Pick-Up Bundle are indicated by a ◆ symbol.

New Heroes[]

Season 1.0

Season 1.5

New Maps[]

Season 1.0

Empire of Eternal Night: Midtown (Convoy)
Empire of Eternal Night: Sanctum Sanctorum (Doom Match)

Season 1.5

Empire of Eternal Night: Central Park (Convergence)

New Gamemode[]

Doom Match (Arcade)

New Costumes[]

See: Costumes/List by Release Date

Season 1.0

SEASON 1.0 COSTUMES

SEASON 1.0 RECOLORS

Season 1.5

SEASON 1.5 COSTUMES

SEASON 1.5 RECOLORS

BattlePass[]

The Darkhold BattlePass coincides with Season 1, being 11 pages long. The Luxury Upgrade costs 990 Lattice , which is required to obtain any cosmetics with a symbol.

Note: As of Season 1.5, players who purchase the Luxury Battle Pass and redeem all its rewards can now convert any leftover Chrono Tokens for Units at a 10:1 ratio.

Summary of Rewards

Costumes

Loki - All Butcher ✪
Moon Knight - Blood Moon Knight ✪
Rocket Raccoon - Bounty Hunter ✪
Peni Parker - Blue Tarantula ✪
Magneto - King Magnus ✪
Namor - Savage Sub-Mariner ✪
Iron Man - Blood Edge Armor ✪
Adam Warlock - Blood Soul ✪
Scarlet Witch - Emporium Matron ✪
Wolverine - Blood Berserker ✪

MVP Animations

Loki - End of Everything ✪
Rocket Raccoon - Wanted Raccoon ✪
Magneto - For All Mutants ✪
Iron Man - Cleansing Edge ✪
Adam Warlock - Cut Divine Ties ✪
Scarlet Witch - Making An Entrance ✪
Wolverine - Blood Barrage ✪

Nameplates

Mister Fantastic - Mister Fantastic ✪
Loki - All Butcher ✪
Invisible Woman - Invisible Woman ✪
Rocket Raccoon - Bounty Hunter ✪
Human Torch - Human Torch ✪
Magneto - King Magnus ✪
The Thing - The Thing ✪
Iron Man - Blood Edge Armor ✪
Adam Warlock - Blood Soul ✪
Scarlet Witch - Emporium Matron ✪
Wolverine - Blood Berserker ✪

Emotes

Loki - Heed My Call ✪
Magneto - Past No More ✪
Iron Man - Subway Rat Blaster ✪
Adam Warlock - Innocence Reborn ✪
Scarlet Witch - Flamenco ✪
Wolverine - Hone Claws ✪

Sprays

Loki - All Butcher ✪
Rocket Raccoon - Rocket Raccoon Emblem ✪
Rocket Raccoon - Bounty Hunter ✪
Moon Knight - Moon Knight Emblem ✪
Loki - Loki Emblem ✪
Peni Parker - Peni Parker Emblem ✪
Scarlet Witch - Scarlet Witch Emblem ✪
Magneto - Magneto Emblem ✪
Magneto - King Magnus ✪
Namor - Namor Emblem ✪
Iron Man - Iron Man Emblem ✪
Iron Man - Blood Edge Armor ✪
Adam Warlock - Blood Soul ✪
Adam Warlock - Adam Warlock Emblem ✪
Scarlet Witch - Emporium Matron ✪
Wolverine - Blood Berserker ✪

Collectables

Darkhold

Other

800 Units
400 Units
400 Lattice
800 Lattice

Gallery Cards

Eternal Night Falls
At Your Service

Events[]

Season 1.0

Twitch Drops
- Twitch Drops Season 1 Part 1 (01/10/25 - 01/25/25)
- Spring Festival Twitch Drops (01/27/25 - 02/05/25)
Midnight Features Season Event (01/10/25 - 02/07/25)
- Gallery card and decorations (unlocked via completing missions and milestone rewards)
- Thor - Reborn from Ragnarok ★ (unlocked upon completion of all event missions)
Fortune & Colors (01/23/25 - 02/14/25)
- Clash of the Dancing Lions limited-time game mode
- Fortune & Colors gallery card and decorations
  - Unlocked with the Event Currency Danqing
- 3 new limited-time costumes available in the shop
  - Star-Lord - Lion's Mane ★ (Unlocked with Danqing)
  - Black Widow - Lion's Heartbeat (Available 01/22/25 - 02/13/25)
  - Iron Fist - Lion's Gaze (Available 01/22/25 - 02/13/25)

Season 1.5

Twitch Drops
- Twitch Drops Season 1 Part II (02/21/25 - 03/06/25)
- Twitch Drops Season 1.5 Round 2 (03/14/25 - 04/06/25)

Midnight Features II Season Event (02/21/25 - 03/21/25)
- Gallery Card and decorations (unlocked via completing missions and milestone rewards)
- Groot - Carved Traveler ★ (unlocked upon completion of all event missions)
Galacta's Cosmic Adventure (03/07/25 - 03/21/25)
- Clone Rumble limited-time game mode (Available 03/07/25 - 03/10/25, 03/14/25 - 03/17/25, & 03/21/25 - 03/24/25)
- Rewards are earned by spending Galacta's Power Cosmic (event currency) to role a die and move around a game board.
  - Galacta's Power Cosmic is earned through Challenges and Event Missions
  - Spaces that do not have one of the following rewards contains either 10 or 100 Units.
- Gallery Card (unlocked after landing on every spot on the game board)
- Limited-time costume available
  - Black Widow - Mrs. Barnes ★ (unlocked upon landing on its space on the game board)
- Limited-time sprays, nameplates, emote, and MVP available (unlocked upon landing on their respective space on the game board)
  - H.E.R.B.I.E. Nameplate
  - Intergalactic Adventure Spray
  - Damaged Cerebro Spray
  - Mrs. Barnes Nameplate
  - Mrs. Barnes Spray
  - Stark Sentinel MK I Nameplate
  - Black Widow - Wild Sharpshooter MVP
  - Timestream Reintegration Device Spray
  - Black Widow - Celebratory Gunfire Emote

Balance Updates[]

Season 1.0

Vanguard

Captain America
- Reduce the delay time for shield restoration after releasing Living Legend from 3s to 2s.
- Reduce Liberty Rush cooldown from 12s to 10s.
- Increase base health from 650 to 675.
- Reduce the energy cost for releasing Freedom Charge (ultimate ability) from 3400 to 3100; Reduce the additional health provided per second to self after releasing it from 110 to 100.Ca
Doctor Strange
- Add damage falloff to Maelstrom of Madness and Gamma Maelstrom. Starting at 5 meters and reducing to 70% at 8 meters. - Slightly decrease the shield value recovery rate after releasing Shield of the Seraphim from 80/s to 70/s.
Thor
- Increase base health from 500 to 525.
- Added immunity to control effects during God of Thunder (ultimate ability).
Hulk
- Reduce the Indestructible Guard gamma shield value for Hero Hulk from 250 to 200.
Venom
- Increase the Symbiotic Resilience bonus health ratio gained per lost health point from 1 to 1.2.
- Increase the base damage of Feast of the Abyss (ultimate ability) from 40 to 50.

Duelist

Black Panther
- Reduce the additional health provided to self after refreshing Vibranium Marks with Spirit Rend from 40 to 30, and the upper limit of additional health provided from 120 to 75.
Black Widow
- Increase the range of the first effect of Edge Dancer from a 3-meter radius to a 5-meter radius.
- Reduce the time required for Fleet Foot to recover from 0 stamina to full from 12s to 4s.
- Reduce the time required for Electro-Plasma Explosion (ultimate ability) to reach maximum power from 1s to 0.6s.
Hawkeye
- Slightly reduce the spread angle between every two Blast Arrows.
- Reduce the triggering distance of passive ability Archer's Focus from 60 meters to 40 meters. Reduce the maximum additional damage of the passive from 80 to 70.
Hela
- Reduce base health from 275 to 250.
Magik
- Increase Umbral Incursion damage in Darkchild form from 115 to 135.
Moon Knight
- Increase the number of talons generated by Hand of Khonshu (ultimate ability) from 10 to 14.
- Increase the explosion radius of each talon from 4 meters to 5 meters.
Namor
- Adjust the throwing feel of Monstro Spawn and Frozen Spawn. Now, Namor can more accurately throw them to the desired location.
Psylocke
- Now Dance of the Butterfly (ultimate ability) will check for barriers (including Magneto's Metal Bulwark, Hulk's Indestructible Guard, etc.).
The Punisher
- Slightly reduce the spread of Deliverance and Adjudication.
Scarlet Witch
- Increase Chaos Control's fixed damage from 50/s to 60/s.
- Reduce the percentage damage per second from 5% to 3%.
- Increase Chthonian Burst's projectile damage from 30 to 35.
Storm
- Increase Wind Blade projectile speed from 100m/s to 150m/s and left-click damage from 50 to 55.
- Increase Bolt Rush damage from 70 to 80.
- After releasing Omega Hurricane (ultimate ability), the bonus health provided for herself will be increased from 350 to 450. Moreover, following its conclusion, the extra health will no longer vanish instantly but will instead diminish at a rate of 100 per second.
Squirrel Girl
- Addition of a new effect to the Unbeatable Squirrel Tsunami (ultimate ability): the squirrels will rush towards the nearest enemy after bouncing instead of bouncing randomly.
- Reduce the squirrel tsunami health from 600 to 300.
Winter Soldier
- Increase the bonus health provided by Bionic Hook and Tainted Voltage from 30 to 40.
- Increase Roterstern's projectile damage from 70 to 75.
- Reduce the area damage from 70 to 65 and reduce damage decay from 65% at 40 meters to 60%.
- Increase base health from 250 to 275.
Wolverine
- Increase base health from 300 to 350.
- Reduce the damage reduction ratio provided by Undying Animal from 50% to 40%.

Strategist

Cloak & Dagger
- Reduce Dagger Storm cooldown from 15s to 12s.
- Increase the number of dashes in Eternal Bond (ultimate ability) from 3 to 4.
Jeff the Land Shark
- Adjust It's Jeff! (ultimate ability) range from a 10m sphere to a 10m radius, 5m high cylindrical spell field.
- Increase the healing of Joyful Splash from 140/s to 150/s.
Luna Snow
- Increase the interval for switching between healing and damage in Fate of Both Worlds from 0.1s to 0.5s.
Mantis
- Reduce Nature's Favor (passive) movement boost from 2.5m/s to 1.5m/s.
Rocket Raccoon
- Increase the healing of Repair Mode from 60 per/s to 70 per/s.

Team Up Abilities

Hawkeye – Black Widow
- Reduce Hawkeye's season bonus from 20% to 15%.
Hela – Thor – Loki
- Reduce Hela's season bonus from 20% to 15%.
Luna Snow - Namor
- Increase Frozen Spawn damage from 25 to 27.
- Increase Frozen Spawn slowing effect applied to hit enemies from 25% to 30%.
- Increase berserk state Frozen Spawn damage from 16 to 18.
Rocket Raccoon – The Punisher – Winter Soldier
- Reduce the cooldown of Ammo Invention from 45s to 40s.
Scarlet Witch - Magneto
- Increase Metallic Fusion projectile damage from 55 to 60.
- Increase Metallic Fusion spell field damage from 30 to 35.
Thor – Storm – Captain America
- Reduce the cooldown of Charged Gale from 20s to 15s.
- Increase the damage of Charged Gale from 50 to 55.

Season 1.5

Vanguard

Captain America
- He will be able to shield himself with Living Legend mid-leap.
- Increase Vibranium Energy Saw's projectile speed from 60m/s to 80m/s, with ricochets ramping up from 100m/s to a supercharged 150m/s.
- Reduce the energy cost of Freedom Charge (ultimate ability) from 3100 to 2800.
- Enhance Captain America's combat experience by separating Sentinel Strike from melee attacks. Captain America will be able to use melee attacks while his shield is thrown or during the Team-Up Ability Charged Aegis state to activate the first two hits of Sentinel Strike. Additionally, while airborne, using melee attacks will no longer trigger the Super-Soldier Slam ability.
Doctor Strange
- Reduce base health from 650 to 600.
Groot
- Increase Thornlash Wall placement range from 15 meters to 18 meters.
Magneto
- Increase Iron Volley projectile damage from 35 to 40.
- Increase Metallic Curtain's energy consumption from 50/s to 65/s; Reduce its Maximum Duration from 2s to 1.5s.
Thor
- Remove the shared cooldown time after the duration of Awakening Rune ends.
Venom
- Adjust the knock back effect of Frenzied Arrival from vertical to inward, with an inward knockback angle of 75°.
- Reduce the energy cost of Feast of the Abyss (ultimate ability) from 2800 to 2500.

Duelist

Black Widow
- Increase the magazine capacity of the Red Room Rifle from 8 to 15.
- Enhance the slow effect of Electro-Plasma Explosion (Ultimate Ability) on enemies from 80% to 55%. Additionally, it will apply a 15% Vulnerability effect to hit enemies for 4 seconds.
Hawkeye
- Increase base health from 250 to 275.
- Reduce projectile damage of Blast Arrow from 20 to 15, while the spell field damage will be increased from 25 to 32.
- Reduce the cooldown time for Crescent Slash from 15s to 12s.
- Increase bow draw speed during the duration of Hunter's Sight (Ultimate Ability) and raise damage multiplier from 1.2 to 1.35.
Hela
- The Damage Falloff of Nightsword Thorn at 30 meters will be changed from 70% to 80%.
Iron Fist
- Reduce the damage of Jeet Kune Do's 1st, 2nd, and 5th strikes from 32 to 30, while the 3rd and 4th strikes will deal 15 damage instead of 16. The final, devastating 6th strike has been dialed back from 55 to 50. The cooldown reduction for Dragon's Defense has been extended from 1s to 1.5s. The damage of each hit from Yat Jee Chung Kuen will take a hit, dropping from 19 to 10 flat damage (including during Living Chi). However, each strike from the Yat Jee Chung Kuen now delivers an extra blow, dealing damage equal to 1.7% of the opponent's maximum health (including during Living Chi).
- Increase the additional maximum health granted by Harmony Recovery from 50 to 150. A new decay mechanism for the extra health has also been introduced: one second after the ability ends, the additional health will deplete at a rate of 25 health per second.
- Increase the maximum Bonus Health converted from damage blocked during Dragon's Defense from 150 to 200.
- Increase base health from 250 to 300.
Iron Man
- Increase Unibeam damage from 120/s to 140/s.
- Increase Unibeam (Armor Overdrive) damage from 180/s to 190/s.
Magik
- Decrease the damage dealt by Demon's Rage (regular state) from 80/s to 72/s.
- Reduce the energy cost of Darkchild (ultimate ability) from 3700 to 3400.
Mister Fantastic
- Increase the spell field radius after landing from Flexible Elongation from 2.5 meters to 5 meters. Additionally, Flexible Elongation will now feature a knockback effect, launching enemies outward within the area upon landing. The recharge time for a single use of Flexible Elongation will be adjusted from 8s to 10s.
- Increase the damage of Brainiac Bounce (Ultimate Ability) spell from 50 to 70. Increase the energy cost from 2800 to 3400. Additionally, a new damage decay mechanism has been introduced: spell field damage will begin to decrease starting at 3 meters and will reach a maximum reduction of 50 at 10 meters.
Moon Knight
- Reduced the Hand of Khonshu talons falling speed.
- Correct the damage trigger logic for Hand of Khonshu. The previous mechanism that dealt 75 damage when positioned at the center of the spell field has been removed. Increase the damage of each hit from 75 to 150.
Scarlet Witch
- Gain an additional 100 Bonus Health upon activating Reality Erasure (Ultimate Ability). After the ability ends or is interrupted, this Bonus Health will decay at a rate of 50/s.
Spider-Man
- Reduce Web-Cluster energize time from 3s to 2.5s.
Star-Lord
- Increase Rocket Propulsion's maximum energy from 1200 to 1800.
Storm
- The Damage Falloff of Wind Blade at 30 meters will be changed from 70% to 60%.
- Reduce Storm's damage increase from Thunder during Weather Control from 16% to 12%. However, the damage increase for allies within range has been increased from 8% to 10%.
- Reduce Storm's damage increase from Enhanced Thunder during Weather Control from 30% to 25%.

Strategist

Cloak & Dagger
- Increase the energy cost to activate Eternal Bond (Ultimate Ability) from 3400 to 4000. The healing amount of each segment will be increased from 220/s to 250/s, the duration will be reduced from 10s to 8s, and the pause time between segments decrease from 1s to 0.67s. Now, the healing effect from each segment will not stack; when overlapping, only one healing effect is applied. Additionally, camera control is unlocked during the activation of Eternal Bond.
- Increase the Vulnerability inflicted on enemies by Terror Cape from 20% to 28%.
Invisible Woman
- Increase the energy cost of Invisible Boundary (ultimate ability) from 4000 to 4300.
Loki
- Increase the energy cost of God of Mischief (ultimate ability) from 3400 to 4000.
- Increase Mystical Missile charges from 10 to 12.
Luna Snow
- Increase the energy cost to activate Fate of Both Worlds (Ultimate Ability) from 4000 to 4500.

Team-Up Abilities

Atlas Bond (Iron Fist and Luna Snow)
- Increase the healing amount of Frozen Chi from 50 to 75, and the slow effect on enemies from 20% to 30%.
Dimensional Shortcut (Magik, Black Panther, and Psylocke)
- Reduced the Rewind Time for Psionic Disc from 5s to 3s. Additionally, the conversion ratio of lost health to blue armor will be increased from 0.5 to 0.8.
Gamma Charge (Hulk, Doctor Strange, and Iron-Man)
- Reduce Unibeam (Gamma Overdrive) damage from 220/s to 200/s.
Lunar Force (Cloak & Dagger and Moon Knight)
- Full Moon New Effect: Continuously heal Moon Knight for 25 health per/s while within the effect area.
Symbiote Bond (Venom, Peni Parker, and Spider-Man)
- Reduce Spider-Man's Suit Expulsion duration from 4s to 1s. Replace the 50% damage reduction effect with a new invincibility effect during the duration.
- Reduce Peni Parker's Armor Expulsion duration from 4s to 2s. Replace the 50% damage reduction effect with a new invincibility effect during the duration.