Marvel Rivals Patch Notes: Every Recent Update, Newest First

Latest patch: Version 20261022 (October 22, 2026)

Live: October 22, 2026, 09:00:00 UTC. The official post (dated 2026/10/21) says there is no server downtime: just patch and play. Balance changes: none. This was a content and bug-fix patch.

Path to Doomsday - Avengers: Endgame. The new event mode is Phase 4 of the Path to Doomsday series, following Infinity War (Phase 3) on the wiki's series page. Its event period runs from October 22, 2026, 09:00:00 to November 26, 2026, 09:00:00 (UTC), and taking part earns Captain America's Captain America: The Winter Soldier costume and other rewards for free. The mode itself does not open on patch day. The post says it officially starts on October 24 (UTC) and runs for 4 consecutive weeks, available only at limited times each week. The post lists three sessions: October 24, 01:00 - 03:00, October 24, 10:00 - 12:00 and October 24, 18:00 - 20:00 (UTC). Its story setup: Thanos from the past has breached the timeline, leading his forces to tear the cosmos apart and forge it anew. The post does not describe the mode's rules, so neither do we. The Infinity War duo mode keeps running alongside it; see marvel rivals infinity war mode, and marvel rivals season 10 for how both fit into Season 10.5.

New in the store. From October 23, 2026, 02:00:00 to November 20, 2026, 02:00:00 (UTC): the Black Cat - Fatal Weaver Bundle and the Elsa Bloodstone - Gothic Huntress Bundle. Available from October 23, 2026, at 2:00:00 (UTC), with no end date given: the Jeff the Land Shark - Sharknos Bundle, the Black Cat - Fatal Weaver Emoji Bundle, the Shawarma Emote Combo Bundle and The Snap Emote Combo Bundle.

Times Square - Avengers: Endgame. It takes over from the Infinity War screening, whose event period the October 9 notes list as closing at October 22, 2026, 09:00:00 (UTC). Watching the Avengers: Endgame highlights screening in the Times Square viewing area for two minutes continuously unlocks the Gallery Card - Avengers: Endgame. Taking a group photo with the NPCs at the photo walls outside the Avengers' Gift Shop earns 100 Units. Event period: October 22, 2026, 09:00:00 to November 26, 2026, 09:00:00 (UTC).

Hero fixes. Black Cat: she could occasionally be unable to use portals on walls immediately after casting Fortune's Favor - Phantom Pursuit. Fixed. Black Widow: abnormal directional shifting when using Widow's Bite Slam. Fixed (the October 15 patch had already fixed her being launched too far by the same ability). Hawkeye: his hands appeared empty when switching from Psionic Arrow back to his standard arrows. Fixed.

Other fixes. In Competitive mode, a Team Wipe did not count toward ACE! achievements if a player on the opposing team had already quit. The Punisher's Dangan Ronin costume had an SFX glitch with his Daredevil Team-Up, and Hawkeye had an audio bug with the Psylocke Team-Up when the Senbonzakura Strike charge state was canceled. The wrong MVP animation could play if you swapped heroes mid-round and the other team surrendered. Costume clipping was polished on Doctor Strange's Avengers: Infinity War costume and Thor's The Avengers costume, and the blade edge on Blade's Vampire King costume now faces the right way on the showcase screen.

Version 20261015 (October 15, 2026)

Live: October 15, 2026, 09:00:00 UTC. The official post (dated 2026/10/14) says there was no server downtime, so you only had to download the patch and play. Balance changes: none. This was a content and bug-fix patch.

Pop & Win, Halloween refresh. Pop & Win is the balloon-popping discount shop, and this week it was re-stocked with three costumes: Invisible Woman's Unseen Weaver, Deadpool's Nurse-Pool, and Mister Fantastic's Mr. Malignance. The pool runs from October 16, 2026, 02:00:00 to November 13, 2026, 02:00:00 (UTC). The post also introduces a Cross-Pool Promo: when you pop a balloon at full price for any of the three costumes, the balloon in the same position (the same draw number) in the other two pools is automatically discounted by 50% off the original price. The developers' own example is that popping the 3rd balloon on Costume A at full price makes the 3rd balloon on Costume B and on Costume C each 50% off. In practice that rewards going after all three costumes in step rather than finishing one pool before starting the next.

New in the store from October 16, 2026 at 2:00:00 (UTC): the Scarlet Witch Chaos Weaver Chroma (Azure Augury/Scarlet Spinner) and the Invisible Woman Unseen Weaver Chroma (Ruby Rite/Gilded Gaze), each with Ultimate Ability VFX.

All Hallows' Glow. The Halloween event runs from October 15, 2026, 09:00:00 to November 13, 2026, 09:00:00 (UTC). Completing event missions earns Rocket Raccoon's Trash King costume for free. The post lists Scarlet Witch's Chaos Weaver and Hela's The Redeemed as premium rewards, "and more". The lantern-and-ember system and the full reward list are on marvel rivals halloween event.

Hero fixes. Jeff the Land Shark: in Blood Hunt mode, with the Reservoir trait equipped, the blast radius of Aqua Burst had a small chance not to expand after Jeff kept hitting enemies with Splish-Splash Pew Pew. That is fixed. Black Widow: she had a small chance to be launched an absurdly long distance when using her Widow's Bite Slam mobility. Also fixed.

Maps. Various collision issues across several maps that could leave heroes stuck in the environment were fixed. The post does not name which maps.

Version 20261009: Season 10.5 launch and the balance post (October 9, 2026)

Live: October 9, 2026, 09:00:00 UTC, with estimated maintenance of 2 hours. This was a season-launch patch, so unlike the weekly ones it came with downtime and a separate Balance Post (both dated 2026/10/06). It is the most recent patch that changed hero numbers.

Path to Doomsday - Avengers: Infinity War. The headline mode: 12 players form 6 duo squads and fight over the Infinity Stones. Each round two squads face off head-to-head, and the first squad to collect all 6 Infinity Stones wins. Mode period: October 9, 2026, 09:00:00 to December 11, 2026, 09:00:00 (UTC). Our full mode guide is marvel rivals infinity war mode.

Infinity Finale season event. Quests earn Thor's The Avengers costume for free, with Avengers: Infinity War inspired costumes for Black Panther, Doctor Strange and others among the other rewards. Event period: October 9, 2026, 09:00:00 to December 10, 2026, 09:00:00 (UTC).

Times Square: Relive Avengers: Infinity War. Watching the highlights screening in the Times Square viewing area for two minutes straight unlocks the Gallery Card - Avengers: Infinity War. Taking a group photo with the NPCs at the photo walls outside the Avengers' Gift Shop gives the Spray - Avengers Emblem and 100 Units. Event period: October 9, 2026, 09:00:00 to October 22, 2026, 09:00:00 (UTC).

Other content. New lore: Thor's Spirit of Thunder and Spider-Man's The Worthy Spider-Man. Store: the Devil Dinosaur Skele-Saurus Bundle and Blade Vampire King Bundle (limited time, until November 6, 2026, 02:00:00 UTC), plus the Cyclops Phoenix Cyclops Bundle and the Infinity Gauntlet Accessory. The Alchemax Headquarters map was added to the 18 VS.18 mode. Summer Special water traversal emotes now work outside water as stationary emotes (some stay restricted because of clipping). Twitch Drops: Angela's Will of Galacta costume, October 9, 2026 at 12:00:00 to November 6, 2026 at 09:00:00 (UTC). The Season 10.5 Gold-tier rank reward is Jeff the Land Shark's Razor-Tooth costume. Fixes: Winter Soldier's Trooper's Fist and Bionic Hook respond better on high-latency connections, Gorr's Shadow Harvest got a Custom Targeting Sensitivity setting, and a Hero Profile label that called Emoji items "Costume" was corrected.

Balance Post: Vanguard. Devil Dinosaur: base health 850 to 825. Hulk: in Banner form, Gamma Ray Gun projectile speed 80m/s to 120m/s, and gamma energy gained when Gamma Grenade hits self 50 to 100. With the Wolverine Team-Up, Hulk's Furious-state Attack Speed boost goes 20% to 25% and Movement Speed boost 20% to 25%, the Health threshold to trigger Unstoppable rises from 300 to 400, and the Unstoppable cooldown drops from 60s to 45s. Magneto, with the Emma Frost Team-Up: Magnetic Resonance projection damage 45% to 50%, and its maximum duration 5s to 6s. The Thing, with the Invisible Woman Team-Up: Unbreakable Forces cooldown 20s to 15s, and the Enhanced Effect's damage threshold to trigger healing 150 to 125.

Balance Post: Duelist. Cyclops: Optic Blast single-hit damage 22 to 23, cooldown reduction to Ricochet Force per Optic Blast hit 0.25s to 0.3s, Ruby Rage (Ultimate) energy cost 3700 to 3400, and with the Gambit Team-Up, Kinetic Kin duration 6s to 8s. Gorr the God Butcher: Shadow Scythe damage from 55 +2% of the target's Maximum Health to 50 +2%, Shockwave damage 60 to 55, Twilight of the Gods (Ultimate) duration 12s to 10s, Living Abyss cooldown 15s to 12s, and Movement Speed during Living Abyss 13m/s to 10m/s. Hawkeye: Piercing Arrow projectile speed 130m/s-195m/s to 140m/s-210m/s, slightly shorter Crescent Slash animation recovery, Hypersonic Arrow initial hit field width 3m to 5m, Psionic Arrow single-shot damage 32 to 33 with the Psylocke Team-Up, and with the Cloak & Dagger Team-Up, Moonlit Slash now heals him for the same amount it heals.

Iron Man gets the biggest change in the post. Micro-Missile Barrage missiles now automatically track nearby enemies on release; single-shot damage drops from 20 to 10, a single target can be locked by at most 5, and projectile speed rises from 15m/s to 60m/s. During Armor Overdrive the missiles track enemies in front of him, with single-shot damage 15 to 10 and the same 5-lock cap. With the Thor Team-Up, Unibeam outer ring damage goes 70/s to 80/s, and the Thunder Overdrive enhanced Unibeam outer ring 85/s to 90/s. Phoenix: Cosmic Flames single-shot damage 60 to 65, Spark detonation direct damage 40 to 45 and explosion damage 15 to 20. The self-heal on detonating Sparks is removed and replaced with 5 Bonus Health for 4s, capped at 25. Endsong Inferno (Ultimate) now applies 2 Sparks instead of 1, and the Hela Team-Up ability cooldown drops 12s to 10s. Scarlet Witch: Chthonian Burst single-shot spell field damage 40 to 35.

Balance Post: Strategist. Adam Warlock, with the Ultron Team-Up: single Cosmic Cluster healing 16 to 18, and the Enhanced Effect explosion field healing 5 to 7. Gambit: charge time per stack for Healing Hearts and Breaking Spades 8s to 7s, Ragin' Royal Flush target search range 40m to 30m, its extra Jump Boost 500 to 300, and with the Jubilee Team-Up, Sparkling Staff duration 1.5s to 2s. Jubilee: new 25/s Continuous Healing to self during Sparking Sprint, Dazzling Detonation Blind duration 1.5s to 0.8s, a new Blade Team-Up Base Effect that heals surrounding allies for 15/s for 6s during Vampiric Kin, and Firework Finale (Ultimate) spell field healing 150/s to 180/s.

Version 20261001 (October 1, 2026)

Live: October 1, 2026, 09:00:00 UTC, no server downtime. Balance changes: none. A small store-and-esports week.

Store and Pop & Win. New in the store: Luna Snow's Lunar Luna, Phoenix's Cosmic Spark, and the Lunar Luna Chroma (Pink Planets/Dark Nebula) with Ultimate Ability VFX, listed as available from October 2, 2026, 02:00:00 to October 30, 2026, 02:00:00 (UTC). Pop & Win added Lunar Luna and Cosmic Spark. Note that the post gives the Pop & Win duration as September 17, 2026, 09:00:00 to October 16, 2026, 02:00:00 (UTC). That is the same window the previous Pop & Win pool used, so we report it as the post lists it rather than guessing at a correction.

Esports. Predictions for the Marvel Rivals Ignite Series Stage 2 Playoffs opened on October 5. Prediction deadlines, all UTC: Pacific Series October 8, 05:50; Americas Series October 15, 19:50; EMEA Series October 15, 10:50; China Series October 16, 06:50. Making predictions and watching through the in-game broadcast counts toward event quests for Nameplates, Titles, Units and more.

Fixes. A typo in Rogue's stolen Adam Warlock ability description that said she could "fly freely" was corrected. In Jeff's Superstar Search, pressing "GO" no longer forces the lobby into Quick Match. A Chroma description that stayed on screen after you unselected it in the Customize menu was fixed.

Version 20260924 (September 24, 2026)

Live: September 24, 2026, 09:00:00 UTC, no server downtime. Balance changes: none, but it added a map and brought back Costume Coins.

New map: God Quarry. A Domination map tied to the Season 10 story, set in Omnipotence City after Gorr crashed it into the Cradle of Creation. A limited-time Quick Match mode for just this map ran from September 24, 2026, 09:00:00 to September 29, 2026, 08:59:00 (UTC).

Galacta's Gift Vol.3. The Costume Coin returned and the Exchange Store got a large batch of limited-time costumes. Event period: September 24, 2026, 09:00:00 to November 13, 2026, 09:00:00 (UTC).

Swimsuit Special costumes leaving. Wave 1 left the store after October 16, 2026, 02:00:00 (UTC): Emma Frost White Wave Queen, Doctor Strange Nautical Mystic, Daredevil Sonar Savior, Black Widow Aquatic Assassin, Captain America Seaside Sentinel, Lady Loki Seaside Siren and White Fox Coastal Kumiho. Wave 2 is still to come: Magik Soul Surfer, Scarlet Witch Seaside Sorceress and Storm Sacred Skies stop being sold after November 20, 2026, 02:00:00 (UTC). Krakoan Reels Vol.2 ended on October 15, 2026, 09:00:00 (UTC).

Store. The Mantis Morning Dew Bundle and Daredevil Dare-Dragon Bundle were limited time, September 25, 2026, 02:00:00 to October 23, 2026, 02:00:00 (UTC). From September 25 the store also added the Thor King Thor Bundle, the Morning Dew Emoji Bundle, the Mantis Morning Dew Chroma (Dreamy Dew/Sunny Snooze) with Ultimate Ability VFX, and Jeff the Land Shark's Breakfin'. Fix: the Lord icon for Devil Dinosaur was misaligned in the KO feed.

Version 20260917 (September 17, 2026)

Live: September 17, 2026, 09:00:00 UTC, no server downtime. Balance changes: one line, no separate balance post. The patch "significantly reduced the probability" of Scarlet Witch being immune to incoming damage during the wind-up of Reality Erasure (Ultimate Ability). It gives no exact number. This walked back part of her Season 10 rework (see the next entry), which had given her "a small chance" to be immune during that wind-up.

Events. Jeff's Dream Eater ran September 17, 2026, 09:00:00 to October 15, 2026, 09:00:00 (UTC). Completing it gave Venom's President Ozzy costume for free, with Rogue's Slumber Sugah and Jeff the Land Shark's Shark in Sheep's Clothing among the premium rewards. Jeff's Superstar Search (September 17 to October 9, 2026, 09:00:00 UTC) sent the heroes to Times Square and Hellfire Bay Beach, and collecting Stars earned a Spray, Title and Nameplate.

Store and features. New Moon Knight lore, New Moon Rising, and the Moon Knight Eternity Knight Bundle. A Gwenpool chroma for Jeff the Land Shark's Jeff-Pool costume. The Rogue & Gambit X-Men '97 Season 2 MVP (Sugah) was added to their bundles at unchanged prices, and players who already owned everything in those bundles got the MVPs for free. Pop & Win featured Jubilee's Vampy Jammies and Magneto's Master of Slumber. PYO Bundles can now be gifted, bought with Lattice, and the price adjusts to what the recipient already owns.

Fixes. In Clone Rumble, players randomized as Deadpool could not switch Team-Ups. That is fixed, which matters if you play random-pick modes or use marvel rivals hero randomizer to choose for you. Cosmetic fixes covered Jeff's Ducky Dip emote texture, Peni Parker's Liquid Shell portrait, Doctor Strange's Astral Arcana teeth texture, and Emma Frost's Psychic Spear sound in the Glittering Goddess costume.

Version 20260911: Season 10 launch (September 11, 2026)

Live: September 11, 2026, 09:00:00 UTC, with estimated maintenance of 2 hours. This patch opened Season 10, Butcher's Blasphemy, and came with the largest balance post of the season (dated 2026/09/08).

Content. Gorr the God Butcher joined as the new villain, with the serial Butcher's Blasphemy and new lore for Gorr (All Gods Will Die) and Loki (Journey into Mystery). The S10 Battle Pass is The Godbomb, which the post says has 10 all-new sets of costumes, including White Fox Cosmic Kumiho, Captain America Astral Aegis and Loki The Chronicler. The season story event is The Tetrameron. The Season 4 Battle Pass, Fruit of Immortality, returned for a limited time (until September 24, 2026, 09:00:00 UTC), and the Endgame Encore event, with its 20% Encore Coupon on MCU-themed Costume Bundles, was extended to October 9, 2026, 09:00:00 (UTC). The Season 10.0 Gold-tier rank reward is Gorr's Gods' Graveyard. Support for Intel XeSS 3 Frame Generation was added for compatible Intel graphics cards.

Scarlet Witch rework. The balance post adds a new ability, Scarlet Hex: a 20m long, 8m wide shockwave dealing 40 damage that applies a Chaos Mark. A new passive turns 25% of her damage against Chaos-Marked enemies into Bonus Health, capped at 50. Chaos Control goes from 85/s to 75/s, but now damages every Marked enemy in a 20m, 120° cone. Chthonian Burst cast interval goes 0.5s to 0.4s, and the post gives its DPS as 160 to 200. Mystic Projection's speed boost drops from 50% to 35%.

Global Strategist change. Every Strategist's healing-to-energy conversion fell from 70% to 65%, and damage-to-energy conversion from 55% to 50%. In plain terms, every healer charges their Ultimate a little slower.

Other notable lines (the post is long, so these are the ones with the clearest effect on picks). Captain America: base Health 300 to 350. Thor: base Health 300 to 325. Magneto: base health 650 to 600, and Metal Bulwark and Iron Bulwark Shield Value 250 to 200. The Hood: base health 600 to 550, Mantle of Oblivion cooldown 10s to 12s. The Thing: base health 750 to 725. Emma Frost: base health 650 to 675. Black Cat: invincibility during Phantom Pursuit removed and replaced with 50% Damage Reduction and Unstoppable. Black Widow: Assassin's Focus (Ultimate) cost 2800 to 3100. Wolverine: Savage Claw base damage per hit 15 to 18, and Regenerative Healing Factor now gives a flat 300 Bonus Health. Jeff the Land Shark: Joyful Splash healing 130/s to 140/s, and It's Jeff! healing pool 100/s to 130/s. Deadpool, in all three roles: every "Upgrade!" needs 75% of the original experience.

How to read a balance post (and what it means for your hero picks)

Our opinion, not the developers': the useful question is not "buffed or nerfed" but "does this change how often the hero gets to do their main job". The posts tell you the numbers. The rest of this section is our reading of them and should be taken as an editorial view.

Check the size against the stat. A change from 22 to 23 on Cyclops's Optic Blast is about a 4.5% damage increase on his main shot, which you feel over a whole match. A change from 850 to 825 base health on Devil Dinosaur is under 3% of his pool and rarely decides a fight on its own. Cooldown cuts usually matter more than they look: Gorr's Living Abyss going from 15s to 12s is a 20% cut, so in a minute of fighting he gets five casts where he used to get four.

Separate the base kit from the Team-Up lines. Many lines in the Version 20261009 post only apply "when selecting the Team-Up with" a specific partner. Hulk's bigger Unstoppable changes, Magneto's, The Thing's, Adam Warlock's and several of Hawkeye's only matter if the partner hero is on your team. If you solo-queue without coordinating picks, read only the base-kit lines for your own hero.

Watch for mechanic changes, not just numbers. The Iron Man change is the clearest example this season. Halving missile damage from 20 to 10 looks like a nerf, but auto-tracking and a jump in projectile speed from 15m/s to 60m/s change who he is good against: more reliable damage into mobile targets that used to dodge the slow missiles. Phoenix swapping a self-heal for capped Bonus Health is the same kind of change. Her damage went up across the board, but how she survives changed.

Gorr was trimmed, not removed. Season 10's new Duelist lost damage on Shadow Scythe and Shockwave and two seconds off his Ultimate, but gained a shorter Living Abyss cooldown. We read that as the developers keeping him strong while cutting his burst. Our current rankings, and where these changes moved people, are on marvel rivals tier list and the role-specific marvel rivals duelist tier list. Those placements are community consensus, not measured win rates, since the developers do not publish win or pick rates in these posts.

Weekly patches rarely touch heroes. Of the seven patches on this page, only the two season launches came with a separate balance post. The weekly ones were content and bug fixes, apart from the one-line Scarlet Witch fix on September 17. If you are deciding whether to relearn a hero, the season-launch balance post is the one to read closely.

Version numbers explained, and where the official notes are published

The version number is the date the patch goes live, written YYYYMMDD. Version 20261015 went live on October 15, 2026, and Version 20260911 on September 11, 2026. The post itself usually appears a day or more earlier: the 20261015 notes are dated 2026/10/14, and the Season 10.5 notes for 20261009 are dated 2026/10/06. So when you see a post with a future version number, that is the date it will go live, not the date it was written.

Where they are published. The developers post weekly patch notes in the Game Update section of the official site, marvelrivals.com/gameupdate/. Balance posts have their own Balance Post section (marvelrivals.com/balancepost/), and both appear in the official News feed alongside dev diaries and announcements. Every entry on this page links back to those posts in the citations below.

Patterns we have observed (from the post dates, not a promise from the developers): regular patches went live on Thursdays at 09:00 UTC (August 20, August 27, September 3, September 17, September 24, October 1, October 15 and October 22), while the two season launches, September 11 and October 9, went live on Fridays with about 2 hours of maintenance. Weekly patches say "No server downtime; just patch and play."

How we keep this page current. When a new post appears, we add it as the new "Latest patch" entry, move the previous one down, and drop the oldest entry once the page covers about a month and a half. Balance numbers are copied from the official post, and if a post contains an odd value we report it as listed rather than correcting it.