Marvel Rivals will receive Patch 20251204 on December 4, 2025 at 09:00 UTC. The update requires no server downtime and focuses on the Rivals’ Day anniversary celebration – Phase 2 – plus new store bundles, an extension to Marvel Zombies, and several hero fixes and quality of life tweaks.
Patch Notes – 20251204
The changes arrive with the Rivals’ Day 2025 schedule and a handful of short-term shop items. Players should log in after the UTC deploy time to access the new events and cosmetics.
Rivals’ Day Anniversary – Phase 2
Phase 2 of the Rivals’ Day festivities begins on December 4, 2025 at 09:00 UTC. Key event items and timings in this patch include:
- Van Dyne’s: Grand Opening – Limited feature: Psylocke – Daring Daifuku Costume and the Psylocke – Daring Daifuku Emoji. Grand Opening deal pricing lists a low-cost option at 100 Units or a maximum of 2,400 Units (previously 2,500). Sale period runs from December 4, 2025 at 09:00 UTC to December 18, 2025 at 09:00 UTC.
- Rivals’ Day Times Square Countdown – Join the countdown to midnight on December 6, 2025 (UTC) to get 200 Units and the epic title Rivals’ Day 2025. Entering Times Square within 72 hours after the countdown ends will also allow players to claim these rewards.
- Your Marvel Rivals Year in Review – The Rivals Rewind report becomes available starting 00:00 on December 6, 2025 (UTC). Sharing the report grants 200 Units.
Marvel Zombies
Due to continued player interest, the Marvel Zombies limited mode will now end on January 16, 2026 at 09:00 UTC, extending the window to play and earn related rewards.
New In Store
- Luna Snow – Cherry Delight Bundle.
- Psylocke – Daring Daifuku custom colors and ultimate ability VFX – Limited time availability from December 5, 2025 at 02:00 UTC to January 2, 2026 at 02:00 UTC.
- Luna Snow – Cherry Delight Emoji Combo Bundle – Available from December 5, 2025 at 02:00 UTC.
Fixes and Optimizations
The update includes a few convenience changes for event navigation and friend management:
- Anniversary Event – Rivals Assemble: players can now open the Rivals Assemble event interface directly from Times Square.
- Friend list menu now shows a Quick Copy Friend UID option to speed up team coordination and reward collection.
Hero Fixes
- Portal Perplexity – Fixed a rare issue where attacks fired at certain angles near portals could deal no damage.
- Doctor Strange – Corrected an edge case that caused the Shield of the Seraphim to face the wrong direction.
- Adam Warlock – Fixed a replay bug that could trigger a past KO replay if a respawn beacon was destroyed during the process.
- Angela – Addressed an issue under unstable network conditions where Assassin’s Charge could leave her immobile.
For players tracking the cadence of fixes and events, the November patch notes covered a prior balance pass and event adjustments and may be useful context for how the live events are being handled.
the November patch notes provide a more detailed list of changes from last month.
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