Marvel Rivals Season 6, Night at the Museum, runs from January 16 to March 20, 2026 and is split into two halves: Season 6.0 and the mid-season 6.5 update. Over those weeks, the game adds two new heroes, a new Convoy map, multiple Times Square hub updates, several themed events, and retires some existing modes.
Marvel Rivals Season 6 timeline
| Date (UTC) | Update | Key additions |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2026 | Season 6.0 launch | Deadpool, Museum Ticket Battle Pass, Captain Pool skin, Whac-A-Jeff, Hero Proficiency upgrade, new team-ups, Spider-Man & Venom Marvel Cosmic Invasion skins, new accessories |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Disco Revolution | Luna Snow & Thor Disco Revolution skins, Times Square Disco Night hub event |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Clobberin Club update | Museum of Contemplation Convoy map, Clobberin Club Times Square expansion, Angela & Emma Frost Trumps of the Grandmaster skins, Flight Mode! World Tour Merch event |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Mecha & Mutant | Groot Mecha-Flora skin, Magneto Quiet Council of Krakoa skin |
| Feb 13, 2026 | Season 6.5 | Elsa Bloodstone joins the roster, mid-season balance and content update, one Doctor Strange team-up returns in a new form |
Maintenance for Season 6.0 begins on January 16 at 9AM UTC and is expected to last around two hours. Servers are offline during that window and return times can vary slightly depending on deployment progress.
Season 6.0 launch (January 16)
The opening patch is the most substantial part of the season. It introduces Deadpool as a fully playable hero, starts a new Battle Pass, reworks long-term progression, and layers in an event built around Jeff the Land Shark.
Deadpool as the first triple-role hero. Deadpool can be queued and played as Vanguard, Duelist, or Strategist, and he is able to swap roles mid-match. His kit changes with both his current role and his equipped weapon. With Dual Desert Eagles he focuses on ranged damage or support; with his Kickass Katana he shifts into melee. Each role has its own ultimates and active skills, but several abilities are universal across roles:
| Ability | Type | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Dual Desert Eagles | Primary | Standard pistols; in Strategist role, shots can heal allies instead of only damaging enemies. |
| Kickass Katana | Primary | Melee combo; in Strategist role, damage can heal allies around Deadpool. |
| Lock and Load | Ability | Switches between swords and pistols, changing the rest of the kit. |
| Upgrade | Ability | Uses match XP to level and improve abilities from a book UI mid-game. |
| Bunny Bounce | Ability | Double jump; during certain ultimates, bouncing on heads can reset its cooldown. |
| Healing Factor | Passive | Regeneration when out of combat and a surge of healing when near death. |
| Maximum Flair | Passive | Generates style points by landing abilities, feeding ultimate charge. |
Each role then adds its own layer on top of that baseline. Vanguard Deadpool revolves around taunting, gaining bonus health, and shielding spaces with a unicorn bubble. Duelist Deadpool leans into 1v1 pressure and vision disruption. Strategist Deadpool gains access to healing variants of his movement and dash skills, and support ultimates that inject health and extra HP into nearby teammates.
Museum Ticket Battle Pass. The new pass is structured around a museum theme and contains full costumes for ten heroes. The key costume rewards are:
- Invisible Woman – Prism Parade
- Venom – Space Corsair
- Storm – Queen of Wakanda
- Black Panther – King of Wakanda
- Mantis – Galactic Gladiator
- Moon Knight – King of Clubs
- Wolverine – Winter Soldier
- Blade – Vampire Slayer
- Winter Soldier – Bucky
- Star-Lord – Luminous Legend
Progress through the pass by playing matches and completing missions across the season; cosmetic tiers combine costumes with the usual mix of nameplates, currency, and other rewards.
Captain Pool and Marvel Cosmic Invasion crossover skins. Deadpool also gets a premium Captain Pool costume bundle at launch. Alongside him, Spider-Man and Venom receive Marvel Cosmic Invasion skins that adapt designs from the 2025 beat-’em-up into Rivals’ style.
Whac-A-Jeff event. Launch day also starts a limited event centered on Jeff the Land Shark. It uses arcade-style missions: complete objectives, run a mini-game where you “catch” Jeff, and unlock a free 8-Bit Bash Jeff costume, plus extra cosmetics like gallery cards and units.
Hero Proficiency upgrade. Long-term hero-specific progression is expanded significantly. Level caps are raised and each tier now offers a more substantial set of rewards, including:
- Units for shop purchases
- Unstable molecules for crafting cosmetics
- New nameplates, titles, and sprays tied to individual heroes
This update is aimed at players who had already maxed out previous proficiency tracks and wanted more ways to invest in mains.
New team-ups and accessory sets. Two new team-up abilities arrive:
- Parker Power Up (Peni Parker and Spider-Man)
- Mr Pool's Interdimensional Toy Box (Deadpool and Jeff the Land Shark)
At the same time, Ever Burning Bond (Human Torch and Spider-Man) and Rocket Network (Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, and Peni Parker) leave the active pool.
A wave of new accessories drops for several heroes, including Deadpool, Rogue, Doctor Strange, Blade, Squirrel Girl, Iron Man, Captain America, Daredevil, Black Panther, and Storm, expanding profile and cosmetic customization without touching gameplay.
Disco Revolution update (January 23)
One week into the season, attention shifts from the museum to the social hub.
Luna Snow & Thor Disco Revolution skins. Both heroes receive disco-themed outfits with heavy music and nightlife styling. These are shop offerings targeted at players who gravitate toward skin lines with strong audio-visual identity.
Times Square Disco Night. Times Square, the non-combat hub, temporarily re-themes for Disco Night. The space adds dance and party elements and functions as a social scene where squads can idle, emote, and queue without being in a match lobby. No competitive modes change here; the update is about giving players a place to show off cosmetics and socialize.
Clobberin Club and Museum of Contemplation (January 30)
The late-January update adds the only new combat map of the season and expands the hub with a more competitive twist.
Museum of Contemplation Convoy map. The new map slots into the Convoy mode rotation. It is themed as part of the Collector’s museum, tying back into the Night at the Museum narrative where Deadpool’s intervention unleashes caged creatures. The Convoy layout is designed around moving objectives through museum spaces, with the usual attackers vs defenders structure.
The Clobberin Club hub expansion. Times Square gains a dedicated dueling venue, the Clobberin Club. Here, players can challenge others to 1v1 fights in a more controlled environment than standard queues. There is also a broadcast option: spend a small amount of units to project your duel onto the big screens throughout Times Square, turning casual sparring into a spectator event.
Trumps of the Grandmaster skins. Angela and Emma Frost both pick up costumes under the Trumps of the Grandmaster line, joining earlier Grandmaster-themed skins. These are card and contest-inspired outfits sold via the in-game store, aimed at players who favor more ornate, high-fantasy takes on Marvel designs.
Flight Mode! World Tour Merch event. This update also starts the Flight Mode! World Tour Merch event. It focuses on world-tour-themed skins and cosmetics. Players complete event missions to earn currencies and pick up themed “merch” for multiple heroes. The roadmap artwork highlights Spider-Man, Psylocke, and another green-haired hero in flight gear; exact shop and pass positioning for each costume is handled in-game.
Mecha-Flora and Quiet Council (February 2)
The early February drop is purely cosmetic but taps into some of the strongest existing Marvel visuals.
Groot – Mecha-Flora. Groot’s new skin rebuilds him as a mechanical or cybernetic tree-like construct. It leans into sci-fi armor plating while keeping the silhouette recognizable. This is a shop skin targeted at tank players who prefer heavily stylized looks over more grounded comic adaptations.
Magneto – Quiet Council of Krakoa. Magneto’s costume reflects his Quiet Council of Krakoa era, adding one of his most striking modern outfits to Rivals. It is another shop skin, giving Strategist and Vanguard players a lore-rich option with a more regal aesthetic.
Season 6.5 and Elsa Bloodstone (February 13)
Season 6.5 begins on February 13 and runs through the end of Night at the Museum around March 20. It acts as both a content refresh and a balance pivot for the back half of the season.
Elsa Bloodstone joins the roster. Elsa is the mid-season hero release. In Marvel canon she is a monster hunter empowered by the bloodstone, known for superhuman durability, strength, and varied weapon use. Within Rivals she is positioned as the counterpoint to Deadpool’s chaos at the Collector’s museum; with the cages opened and monsters loose, Elsa arrives to contain the outbreak.
Full details on her in-game role and kit are not yet revealed, but players can expect a loadout built around ranged firearms, close-quarters weapons, and monster-hunting tools, reflecting her traditional abilities and fighting style.
Doctor Strange team-up returns in a new form. One of Doctor Strange’s older team-up abilities comes back during 6.5, reworked into a new variant rather than a direct reissue. The exact pairing and mechanical changes are held for the patch notes, but the roadmap confirms that the anchor is Doctor Strange.
Season 6.5 also continues the usual run of balance tuning and minor content, but those specifics sit in the patch documentation rather than the high-level roadmap.
Modes and features leaving in Season 6
Alongside the new content, Season 6 retires or removes several pieces of existing gameplay.
Resource Rumble removed from Quick Match. The Resource Rumble mode and its dedicated map exit the Quick Match rotation. This frees queue space for the core competitive modes and newer experiments.
Marvel Zombies mode retired. Marvel Zombies, the PvE mode built around fighting waves of undead, is officially sunset after receiving two extensions. A new PvE mode is promised for the first half of 2026, but details on that replacement are reserved for a later announcement.
Night at the Museum’s structure is straightforward once the dates are clear: Deadpool and the Battle Pass on January 16, social and hub-focused updates on January 23 and 30, a pair of high-impact skins on February 2, and Elsa Bloodstone’s debut with Season 6.5 on February 13. With several older modes leaving and the Hero Proficiency system expanded, the season is set up to keep players in the main competitive queues while offering more long-term progression for mains and a predictable cadence of cosmetics week by week.
