Marvel Rivals Blood Hunt, the long-awaited PvE successor to Marvel Zombies mode, has finally been released. NetEase has clearly taken everything fans loved about the first experience and doubled down on it, while introducing gameplay systems that are guaranteed to keep you coming back. From fearsome new bosses to a looter-shooter style upgrade system, there’s so much to familiarize yourself with. And we’ve got you covered with a comprehensive guide on the Marvel Rivals Blood Hunt Mode.
How to Launch Blood Hunt Mode in Marvel Rivals
To launch the Blood Hunt mode in Marvel Rivals Season 7.5, follow these steps:
- Click on the Playlist button
- Open the Rivalry tab.
- You’ll find an icon for Marvel Rivals Blood Hunt.
- Select it, choose your difficulty, and then you can queue up for a match.
How to Prepare for Blood Hunt Mode in Marvel Rivals
The Marvel Rivals Blood Hunt mode features a surprising amount of character and gear progression. This means that you’ll have to prepare for every match by fine-tuning your kit and assigned abilities – just as you would tweak your build in a looter-shooter RPG. These essential systems are all located in one place, and you can learn more about them below.
Preparing Hero Gear
There are six playable heroes in Marvel Rivals Blood Hunt: The Punisher, Squirrel Girl, Thor, Moon Knight, Jeff the Land Shark, and Blade. Every playable hero in the mode has four gear slots. These include Weapon, Armor, Accessory, and Exclusive. Gear is dropped by regular enemies and bosses in every single match, and they come in five different rarities. Here’s a look at the effect of every gear piece on your character:
- Weapon: Damage output increase
- Armor: Health and damage resistance increase
- Accessory: Earn bonus effects such as Critical Rate and Block Rate
- Exclusive: Character-specific gear that enhances the strength of their abilities
Assigning Hero Trait Points
After your gear is in place, you can switch over to the Traits section, which is basically a dedicated skill tree for the Marvel Rivals Blood Hunt mode. You’ll earn Trait points by playing matches and leveling up. These can be used to purchase three different kinds of Traits. The first section is General Traits that enhance the hero’s base attributes, while the other two improve the damage of their signature abilities.
For instance, Blade has dedicated Trait trees for the Purging Bladedance and the Silver Soulbreaker. Similarly, the Punisher’s Trait trees improve his primary abilities, and the same applies to all six usable characters.
Arcane Realm Level Ups
Next to the Traits tab are two dedicated menus for Arcana. These are more powerful bonuses that can greatly increase your character’s health, damage, and critical rate, and more. You’ll earn Arcana points at a much slower rate than Trait points. Additionally, these upgrades are split into four different scrolls that are tied to various difficulty settings. Here’s an overview of each Arcana Realm scroll:
- Scroll of Conquest (Normal Difficulty): Increases total output boost
- Scroll of Immortality (Normal Difficulty): Increases health
- Scroll of Blessing (Clear Nightmare Difficulty 70): TBC
- Scroll of Midas (Clear Nightmare Difficulty 70): TBC
As the Blood Hunt mode has just landed in Marvel Rivals, we’re still playing through it and inching closer towards Nightmare difficulty. We’ll be sure to update this section with the exact upgrades as soon as we unlock them.
Scrap and Forge Hero Gear
The last bit of preparation that you’ll need to do can be found in the Forge menu in Marvel Rivals Blood Hunt mode. Here, you’ll be able to scrap collected gear and smelt them into Uru Shards. These Shards can then be used to craft new items for the hero and gear slot of your choosing. For example, you can smelt Blade’s sword and craft a more powerful Ankh for Moon Knight.
The quality of the item can be higher if your character has reached certain level thresholds. If your Jeff the Land Shark is sitting at level 32, you’ll have a better chance of acquiring Epic or Legendary gear. Keep in mind that this system relies on RNG, and you can always check the odds by clicking on the information icon.
How to Unlock and Defeat Hidden Kingpin Boss in Marvel Rivals
The Marvel Rivals Blood Hunt mode has four unique bosses, including a hidden Kingpin boss that can be tricky to unlock. While your first boss encounter is bound to be Capwolf, you’ll unlock the other three by increasing your difficulty level.
Difficulty Levels and Unlocking Kingpin
Right before jumping into a Marvel Rivals Blood Hunt match, you’ll be able to pick between three difficulty levels. However, there’s also a hidden “Nightmare” difficulty that only unlocks after you’ve beaten the other three. Here’s a look at every option and the bosses you can expect to face:
- Normal Difficulty: Capwolf
- Hard Difficulty: Capwolf, Ratatoskr
- Extreme Difficulty: Capwolf, Ratatoskr, Dracula, Kingpin (If challenges are completed)
- Nightmare Difficulty: Capwolf, Ratatoskr, Dracula, Kingpin
As you can see, the Marvel Rivals Blood Hunt PvE mode turns into a gauntlet of sorts once you unlock the Extreme difficulty. But while the first three bosses pop up on their own, Kingpin will only appear if you follow a set of instructions. Here’s how you can unlock Kingpin in Marvel Rivals Blood Hunt:
Phase Task Time Limit Phase 4 (Bridge) Destroy the dome-shaped barrier at the end of the Bridge 90 seconds Phase 7 (Ruins) Find and destroy red flower-like Bloodclot Buds No Time Limit Phase 12 (Entrance of Dracula’s Castle) Destroy Blood Crystals in the surrounding area to stop the magic circle. 120 seconds
How to Defeat Kingpin in Marvel Rivals Blood Hunt
Kingpin, who recently made his first Marvel Rivals appearance in the Lower Manhattan map, is the final villain of the Blood Hunt mode. True to his stature, the boss is pretty tanky and requires consistent damage to be defeated. He doesn’t have the most expansive movelist, but you’ll want to keep an eye out for his Cane strike, which can immobilize you briefly. And his AoE explosion leap, which can dish out devastating damage.
Keep your distance and fire away at his hitbox. There are no gimmicks tied to the boss fight, so this is the only way to defeat Kingpin in Marvel Rivals Blood Hunt.
All Marvel Rivals Blood Hunt Mode Bosses and Enemy Types
As mentioned earlier, the Blood Hunt mode features four different bosses, but the list of fodder enemies is significantly longer. If you want to know what you’ll be up against, here’s a list of all bosses and enemy types in the Marvel Rivals PvE mode:
Bosses
- Capwolf
- Ratatoskr
- Dracula
- Kingpin
Enemy Types
- Vampires
- Exploding Vampires
- Grunt (Tanky Vampires)
- Crawling Vampires
- Human Bats
We’ll be updating the enemy types list with other foes as soon as we discover them. So, be sure to check back soon.
All Marvel Rivals Blood Hunt Mode Rewards
The Marvel Rivals Blood Hunt mode features a decent list of rewards, although we have to mention that there is no free skin on offer. You’ll find most of these items under the “Achievements” section, excluding the Kingpin Dethroned Trophy Accessory, which can be collected in the “Overview” menu.
Requirement/Mission Reward Clear Normal for the first time 100 Units, King in Exile Gallery Card Clear Hard for the first time 100 Unstable Molecules, Squirrel Gone Wild Gallery Card Clear Extreme for the first time 100 Units, Hunting Season Gallery Card Defeat the hidden boss in Extreme Kingpin Dethroned Accessory, Animal Instinct Gallery Card Clear Nightmare 5 or above Bawling Bloodsucker Mood Clear Nightmare 10 or above 100 Units Clear Nightmare 15 or above Grim Harvest Mood Clear Nightmare 20 or above 100 Unstable Molecules, 10 Kingpin Trophy Shards Clear Nightmare 25 or above Feral Fangs Mood Clear Nightmare 30 or above 100 Units Clear Nightmare 35 or above Awooo! Mood Clear Nightmare 40 or above 100 Unstable Molecules, 10 Kingpin Trophy Shards Clear Nightmare 45 or above Catching Z’s Mood Clear Nightmare 50 or above 100 Units Clear Nightmare 55 or above Royal Disdain Mood Clear Nightmare 60 or above 100 Unstable Molecules, 10 Kingpin Trophy Shards Clear Nightmare 65 or above Black and Blue Mood Clear Nightmare 70 or above 100 Units Clear Nightmare 80 or above 10 Kingpin Trophy Shards Clear Nightmare 100 or above Bane of all Evil Title, 10 Kingpin Trophy Shards Clear Nightmare 120 or above 10 Kingpin Trophy Shards As The Punisher, clear Nightmare 40+ Vampiric Vengeance Emoji As The Punisher, clear Nightmare 70+ Fearless Executioner Title As Squirrel Girl, clear Nightmare 40+ Back Off, Bloodsucker! Emoji As Squirrel Girl, clear Nightmare 70+ Ravenous Rodent Title As Thor, clear Nightmare 40+ Missed Me! Emoji As Thor, clear Nightmare 70+ Purifying Thunder Title As Moon Knight, clear Nightmare 40+ Blood Moon Knight Emoji As Moon Knight, clear Nightmare 70+ Midnight Mercenary Title As Blade, clear Nightmare 40+ Blood and Thorns Emoji As Blade, clear Nightmare 70+ Daywalking Duelist Title As Jeff the Land Shark, clear Nightmare 40+ Count Jeffula Emoji As Jeff the Land Shark, clear Nightmare 70+ Jeff the Night Shark Title Defeat 5,000 enemies 100 Unstable Molecules, Sweet Revenge Gallery Card Defeat 10,000 enemies 100 Units, Fall of the Kingpin Gallery Card Defeat 15,000 enemies Dracula’s Demise Spray Defeat 20,000 enemies 100 Unstable Molecules Defeat 30,000 enemies 100 Units Defeat 40,000 enemies Blood Hunt Nameplate Collect 100 Kingpin Dethroned Trophy Shards Kingpin Dethroned Trophy Accessory
And that covers everything you need to know about Marvel Rivals Blood Hunt mode. We’ll be updating this article as we play through the game mode and uncover new secrets. Until then, let us know if you prefer this game mode to Marvel Rivals Zombies in the comments.
To unlock Kingpin in the Blood Hunt, you’ll need to complete three challenges while playing on Extreme difficulty. The first is to destroy a barrier during Phase 4, the second is to destroy Bloodcut Buds during Phase 7, and finally, the third is to destroy Blood Crystals in Phase 12.
No, the Marvel Rivals Blood Hunt mode is not permanent, and it will be removed from the game on July 30, 2026.
