Hellfire Gala Arrives! Full Marvel Rivals Patch Notes for April 30, 2025 Update

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The April 30, 2025 update is here, and it’s packed with exciting new content and essential fixes! Headlining the patch is the all-new Hellfire Gala: Moments event, where players can earn Wolverine’s iconic “Patch” costume for free.

This update also introduces new store bundles for Winter Soldier and Black Panther, visual and audio improvements to select costumes, and several hero balance adjustments—including buffs for Doctor Strange and Mantis, and a nerf to Captain America’s health. Read on for a full breakdown of what’s new!

New Event – Hellfire Gala: Moments

Join the ultimate party and celebrate mutant fashion in style.

Dates: From until

Reward: Wolverine’s “Patch” series costume – FREE

Celebrate Hellfire Gala: Moments

Costume Updates

  • Thor: “Lord of Asgard” visibility improvements (crosshair fix).
  • Doctor Strange: Visual and voice enhancements for the “Multiverse of Madness” costume.

Quality of Life

  • Hero performance scores recalibrated using S2.0 data.
  • Locked accounts can now initiate deletion while logged out.
  • Option added to revert all costume-specific SFX to defaults.

New In-Store Bundles

  • Winter Soldier – Thunderbolts*
  • Black Panther – Damisa-Sarki
Winter Soldier - Thunderbolts* Skin

Bug Fixes

Maps & Modes

  • Fixed Competitive checkpoint gate glitch.
  • Resolved Loki illusion bug in Empire of Eternal Night.
  • Corrected summon interactions in Giant-Size Brain Blast.

Heroes

  • Wolverine: Fixed invisibility & aerial damage bugs.
  • The Thing: Embattled Leap can no longer target teammates inside enemy ultimates.
  • Cloak & Dagger: Fixed ult bypassing Magneto/Hulk defenses.
  • Star-Lord: Rocket propulsion movement glitch fixed.
  • Mister Fantastic: Fixed portal displacement issue.
  • Wall-Climbers: No more sudden drops due to network hiccups.

Hero Balance Updates

Vanguard

  • Captain America: Health reduced (650 → 600).
  • Doctor Strange: Ultimate energy cost reduced (3400 → 3100).
  • Groot: Ironwood Wall health reduced (700 → 600).

Duelist

  • Spider-Man: Amazing Combo range tightened (5m → 4m).
  • Winter Soldier: Tainted Voltage now has 2 charge levels.

Strategist

  • Adam Warlock: Critical hits reduce Avatar cooldown by 1s.
  • Cloak & Dagger: Cloak damage increased (75/s → 80/s); Dagger on-hit damage (15 → 18).
  • Luna Snow: Ranged damage falloff reduced (from 60% → 75% at 40m).
  • Mantis: Life Energy Blast damage increased (50 → 55).

Team-Up Ability

  • Captain America + Winter Soldier – Stars Aligned: Adds 50 bonus health to allies upon leaping in with Stellar Impact.
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