June 18, 2026 Update
The Rivals Summer Festival begins: the Hellfire Bay Beach social hub, six summer events with free rewards, new costumes, and fixes for Doctor Strange and Cyclops.
Key changes
- Rivals Summer Festival: free Mister Fantastic costume and 2500 units
- New social hub — Hellfire Bay Beach with fishing and photo spots
- X-Press Juice Event: juices from Cyclops and 1500 units
- Fixed Doctor Strange pentagram portal inside Invisible Woman Ultimate
- Fixed Cyclops Ultimate explosion on uneven terrain
Summer has arrived in Marvel Rivals! A massive Summer Festival is launching, featuring its own beach hub, a variety of events, and free rewards. The update was released on June 18, 2026, without server downtime.
New Content
Rivals Summer Festival
The season theme is a beach vacation in Hellfire Bay. From June 18 to July 10, players can expect free rewards: the Mister Fantastic — Fantastic Beach Bod skin, 2500 units, and an exclusive title.
New Social Hub: Hellfire Bay Beach
An interactive beach map that can be accessed via the Krakoan flower portal at Times Square or through the festival interface. On the beach:
- Cyclops' X-Press Juice bar
- Fishing
- Tandem Tides cooperative event
- Summer Snapshots photo spots
- Pym-mini sandwich shop
- Swimsuit shop
- Emotes for water movement
X-Press Juice Event (June 18 — July 10)
Stop by Cyclops' juice bar every day — tasting his signature fruit mixes will earn you 1500 temporary units.
Pop & Win ☆ Cross-Pool Promo (June 18 — July 16)
Two skin sets featuring a new ball-popping mechanic: Emma Frost — White Wave Queen and Doctor Strange — Nautical Mystic. The cost per attempt is 100–2400 units, with a 50% discount on equivalent attempts in the alternative pool.
Krakoan Reels, Summer Snapshot, and Tandem Tides Events (June 18 — July 30)
A fishing mini-game on the pier where you can exchange your catch for a free skin, photo check-ins across the beach with unit rewards, and cooperative progression: complete missions in a squad, and your partner receives the same amount of points. Rewards include 600 units, nameplates, sprays, and titles.
New in the Shop
- Emma Frost — White Wave Queen (Caviar Black and Ravishing Red chromas, Ultimate VFX, custom details) — until July 16
- Doctor Strange — Nautical Mystic (Magical Mint and Crimson Conjurer chromas, Ultimate VFX, custom details) — until July 16
- Cloak & Dagger — Coastal Couple, Mister Fantastic — Fantastic Beach Bod, Spider-Man — Coastal Wall-Crawler
- Invisible Woman — Azure Shade: new custom glasses option (automatically issued to owners)
- Emotes: Black Panther & Storm — Head over Heels and the Summer Vibes set (from June 19)
- Iron Fist — Shenloong Champion: new MVP screens, Shou-Lao's Champion chroma, "Seeds of the Gardener" return event (June 18 — July 2)
Fixes and Optimization
Heroes
Doctor Strange
Fixed an issue where the Pentagram of Farallah portal, opened within the Invisible Woman Ultimate area, blocked healing: players for whom the portal appeared exactly between them and the center of the dome did not receive the healing effect.
[F]Pentagram of Farallah: fixed the blocking of Invisible Woman's Ultimate healing by the portal
Cyclops
Fixed an issue where the secondary ground explosion of Cyclops' Ultimate sometimes failed to deal damage to targets behind cover on uneven or rugged terrain. Additionally, improved visual clarity of ability effects — enemy optics are now much easier to distinguish from allied ones.
[Q]RUBY RAGE: fixed missed damage from the secondary explosion to targets behind cover on uneven terrain[Passive]Visual Effects: enhanced distinction between enemy and allied optical beams