Mister Fantastic’s summer costume, “Fantastic Beach Dad,” is the free swimsuit reward in the Marvel Rivals Summer Festival. It sits on the Krakoan Reels Event Pass, which has been reworked into a fishing mini-game rather than a standard tier track, so unlocking it for free means playing matches and grinding through the Exchange Store.
Quick answer: Reach level 8 in the Krakoan Reels Exchange Store by catching 21 fish, then spend 18 silver coins on the Fantastic Beach Dad costume. You earn fish by converting match XP into bait, fishing with that bait, and using the silver coins the fish award.
Where to find the free Mister Fantastic skin
The Fantastic Beach Dad costume lives on the free side of the Krakoan Reels Event Pass in Season 8.5. The Summer Festival opened June 18, and the swimsuit lineup began rolling out from June 19, so the pass is live during the festival window. Two other heroes share the same pass, Spider-Man and Cloak & Dagger, but both of those costumes are locked behind the premium track. Only Mister Fantastic is free.
The setup mirrors last year’s Jeff’s Break Time event, which gave away the Jeff Business Shark skin for free through the same kind of progression. If you earned a free skin during a past festival, the rhythm here will feel familiar.
How the Krakoan Reels fishing mini-game works
Instead of unlocking tiers by simply ranking up a pass, Krakoan Reels turns progression into a fishing loop. You generate currency by playing, fish with that currency, and then spend what you catch in an Exchange Store. Each layer feeds the next.
Fish needed to reach each Exchange Store level
The Fantastic Beach Dad costume is parked at level 8, the top of the store. To open level 8, you have to catch 21 fish across the event. The unlock requirements scale up at every step.
| Exchange Store level | Fish you must catch to unlock |
|---|---|
| 2 | 3 fish |
| 3 | 6 fish |
| 4 | 9 fish |
| 5 | 12 fish |
| 6 | 15 fish |
| 7 | 18 fish |
| 8 | 21 fish |
Claim the Fantastic Beach Dad costume at level 8
Once you have caught your 21st fish and level 8 is open, the costume costs 18 silver coins to redeem from the Exchange Store. Make sure you have banked enough coins before you try to claim it, since you will be spending across several rewards as you climb.
You will know it worked when the Fantastic Beach Dad item shows as redeemed in the store and appears in Mister Fantastic’s wardrobe, ready to equip. The most common reason the skin stays locked is reaching level 8 without the 18 silver coins on hand, or not having caught enough fish to open the level in the first place.
Free vs. premium rewards on the Krakoan Reels pass
The pass holds 40 cosmetic rewards in total, split between a free track and a VIP premium track. The VIP version costs $9.99, which gives you 990 Lattice. The free track is enough to grab the Mister Fantastic costume along with several sprays, nameplates, emotes, and currency drops. The premium Spider-Man Coastal Wall-Crawler and Cloak & Dagger Coastal Couple costumes require the paid pass.
Here are the headline costume rewards and the coins they cost in the Exchange Store.
| Reward | Track | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Fantastic Beach Dad Costume (Mister Fantastic) | Free | 18 Silver Coins |
| Cloak and Dagger Coastal Couple Costume | Free | 18 Gold Coins |
| Spider-Man Coastal Wall-Crawler Skin | Premium | 18 Gold Coins |
Note: Silver coins cover the free-track items, while gold coins apply to premium rewards, so the route you pick decides which currency you are chasing.
The grind is the real cost here, since each bait eats 1,950 XP and you need 21 fish to reach the top level. Start playing matches as early as you can during the festival, convert XP into bait whenever it is available, and keep fishing so your fish count and coin total climb together. Do that steadily and the Fantastic Beach Dad costume lands in your collection without spending a cent.
