Marvel Rivals Season 3.5 Patch Notes: Introduction of Blade, New Stories, Rank Adjustments, and more

NetEase has finally dropped the Marvel Rivals Season 3.5 Patch Notes, featuring a lot of changes that include a few lore updates, rank adjustments, and a couple of other major tweaks for the players. While the community is already quite excited about it all, the new Duelist Hero, Blade, remains the main attraction of this patch. Apart from that, a new event named Queen's Codex will bring a lot of free and paid character skins to the table. The developers have already released an official roadmap on X explaining every minute detail and every free skin for our favorite Heroes such as Iron Man, Peni Parker, Cloak & Dagger, and others. Meanwhile, players can also get their hands on a new map named Klyntar - Throne of Knull, and a new game mode named Resource Rumble.

The Marvel Rivals Season 3.5 Patch notes maintenance is scheduled to begin on August 8 at 9 AM UTC, and is expected to take around two to three hours based on the server traffic. Players won't be able to access the game servers around this period, and once the maintenance is done, all should go hunky dory. That being said, this article will explain all the changes included in the latest patch notes of NetEase's 6v6 shooter.

Marvel Rivals Season 3.5 Patch Notes

As discussed earlier, the developers at NetEase are introducing numerous changes in the Marvel Rivals 3.5 patch notes (Version 20250808). This section will highlight some of the major changes from the latest patch and how players might benefit from it.

• Marvel's very own Blade will join the ever-expanding roster as a Duelist Hero.
• The developers have added new storylines for Blade (Cut to The Chase), Iron Man (The Celestial Iron Man), and Rocket Raccoon (The Deepest Bond).
• A limited-time event, named Queen's Codex, will bring several new character skins, among which the Symbiote Thing (The Thing) costume can be grabbed for free. The rest of the items, including Hela skin, emotes, and dynamic sprays, will be locked behind a paywall.
• Another exclusive mode named Resource Rumble is also scheduled to go live on August 22, 2025.
• Players can now mute custom words to tackle the usual toxicity in the servers.

• Developers will introduce three new bundles (including skins and emotes) for the freshly introduced character, Blade.
• As the new season kicks in, players can navigate to Twitch and accumulate the required watch time to unlock the “Will of Galacta” costume for Mantis.
• The developers have introduced new Ranked Rewards (nameplate frames, crests, and Blade Costume) upon reaching certain ranks in the ladder.
• A major matchmaking adjustment has been implemented along with a heavy penalty for being AFK and disconnecting from the server.

Apart from these major changes, players can also experience some fixes and optimizations around game servers that include the following changes:

• Developers have improved the Venom's Tickle Me Pink emote animation for the default costume.
• Added the option to toggle special voice lines and their sound effects for individual costumes.
• Several terrain issues around different maps have been fixed.
• Some minor Hero tweaks for characters, such as Emma Frost, Black Panther, Wolverine, Iron Fist, and more.

Marvel Rivals Season 3.5 Maintenance Schedule

While the community is still buzzing about the Marvel Rivals Season 3.5 Patch notes, they must wait for a couple of hours to dive right into the servers to experience the new Duelist Hero, Blade. In a recent X post from Marvel Rivals, it has been clearly mentioned that the game servers will go under scheduled maintenance before they go live. According to the post, the downtime will begin at 9 AM UTC/2:30 PM IST/ 2 AM PDT, and is expected to last for approximately two to three hours unless the developers face any unforeseen circumstances. In that case, the downtime should increase further.

Unfortunately, players won't be able to log in to the game and queue for Quick or Competitive mode matches. Hence, if you're one of those who can't log into the servers, don't worry, the developers will release an update soon to implement the latest patch. In the meantime, players can navigate to the official Marvel Rivals X account or use third-party websites like Down Detector to get live updates on the server uptime.
With Blade joining the ever-expanding roster, there should be a minor shift in the current Marvel Rivals Hero meta. Moreover, by introducing severe AFK and Leave penalties, and a custom word ban system in Marvel Rivals, the developers might have just received the chef's kiss from the existing player base. With all the necessary changes in the upcoming patch, it'll be interesting to see what comes next in Rivals Season 4, scheduled to begin on September 12, 2025.