Guide to Marvel Rivals Midnight Features Event: Investigations, Rewards, and Challenges

The launch of Season 1 in Marvel Rivals brings with it an exciting new event: Midnight Features. This event stands apart from the traditional Battle Pass, offering its own unique set of rewards that all players can access. It’s important to stay vigilant, as the available rewards will evolve throughout the season.

This event serves as an alternative method for players to earn rewards without spending money. However, participants must complete specific event challenges to unlock these rewards. A potential hurdle lies in the requirement of using particular heroes to fulfill challenge criteria, which may prove challenging for some.

Understanding The Midnight Features Event

What It Is & How To Participate

The rules for the Midnight Features event in Marvel Rivals

The Midnight Features Event challenges players to complete five distinct investigations, each comprising a series of sub-challenges. Successfully finishing these challenges will reward you with smaller prizes, while completing an entire investigation yields a larger reward.

This event commenced on January 10, 2025, and is set to conclude on February 7, 2025.

Each investigation consists of three challenges that must be completed to receive the final prize. Although these challenges are separate from the Battle Pass, players can still earn Chrono Tokens necessary for unlocking various Battle Pass items during the event.

It’s essential to utilize the new Fantastic Four heroes in Competitive, Quick Match, or Practice vs. AI modes to fulfill specific challenges, requiring players to have played as designated heroes for a significant portion of each match.

Investigations and Their Unlock Schedule

Understanding Investigation Unlock Times

At present, two investigations are accessible, with additional ones becoming available soon. Participants earn a Gallery Card for completing each investigation, in addition to the other challenge rewards.

Blood Moon Over The Big Apple
The Doctor’s Out… Of His Mind!
Investigation 3 will unlock on Monday, January 13
Investigation 4 will unlock on Wednesday, January 15
Investigation 5 will unlock on Friday, January 17

Unlike Daily Missions and certain other Challenges in Marvel Rivals, players must revisit the Event screen to collect rewards. A small lightning bolt symbol above the event button signifies any pending rewards.

Midnight Features Rewards Overview

Free Rewards Are the Best Part of Any Event

Reborn from Ragnorak Thor costume in Marvel Rivals

The details of the final three investigations’ rewards are still under wraps. However, the grand prizes for the two currently available investigations are known. Here’s a summary of the notable rewards:

Investigation 1: Thicker Than Blood Gallery Card
Investigation 2: Ancient Game Gallery Card
Investigation 3: Fall of Midtown Gallery Card
Investigation 4: Midnight Missions Gallery Card
Investigation 5: Reborn from Ragnarok Thor Costume

The final prize, the Reborn from Ragnarok Costume, allows players to transform Thor’s appearance in Marvel Rivals. Featured prominently in Thor (2007) #1, this costume stands out among the event’s darker-themed rewards.

With Loki receiving a costume in the Battle Pass, it seems fitting for Thor to gain a new skin as well in Season 1. While a more thematically aligned costume would have been preferable, the concept of rebirth is compelling, albeit tied to previous demise. The Gallery Cards remain visually appealing, and they are not the only incentives players can reap.

Rewards for Blood Moon Over The Big Apple Investigation

This initial investigation presents the strictest criteria concerning hero selection.

Challenge	Reward
Trigger Recursive Destruction 3 times in Empire of Eternal Night: Midtown	100 Chrono Tokens
Defeat 5 enemies with Brainiac Bounce as Mister Fantastic in Quick Match, Competitive, or Practice VS. AI -or- Launch 10 enemies with Force Physics as Invisible Woman	Scientific Stretch Spray
Win 2 Matches in Empire of Eternal Night: Midtown -or- Win 5 Matches in Quick Match, Competitive, or Practice VS. AI	60 Units

Rewards for The Doctor’s Out… Of His Mind! Investigation

Challenge	Reward
Trigger 5 Portals in Doom Match	Bats or Bust Spray
Take 30000 Damage in Empire of Eternal Night: Midtown as Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch, Mister Fantastic, or Cloak & Dagger -or- Take 50000 Damage as any Vanguard hero in Quick Match, Competitive, or Practice VS. AI	200 Chrono Tokens
Defeat 50 enemies in Doom Match -or- Land 6 2-player KO streaks as Captain America, Spider-Man, Squirrel Girl, or Adam Warlock	60 Units

As more investigations launch, this guide will be updated accordingly. Participating in these challenges is an excellent way to accumulate extra blue Units, aiding in the acquisition of skins and facilitating a smoother progression through the Battle Pass, making the end-of-season rush less overwhelming.

Stay alert for the challenges in the Midnight Features Event, as the opportunities to earn rewards are time-sensitive and will expire once the event concludes, creating a sense of urgency for players in Marvel Rivals.

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