The Marvel Rivals Season 1 Battle Passformally referred to in-game as Darkhold, it offers 10 recent skins and a number of other cosmetic goodies for both free-to-play players and those who purchase the paid “luxury” battle pass (or its upgrade). But whether Marvel Rivals Is the Season 1 Battle Pass worth the $10 price tag?
Including Marvel Rivals guide, we will show you around if The Season 1 Battle Pass is worth itincluding a detailed breakdown of what you get as a free-to-play player, what you get with the Paid Battle Pass, and what you get with the Paid Battle Pass Upgrade.
Is the Marvel Rivals Season 1 Paid Battle Pass worth it?
To put it simply, Yes, Marvel Rivals The Season 1 Battle Pass is worth it.
Almost all luxury exclusive skins are of similar quality (or better in the case of the Moon Knight and Namor skins) than those of the same rarity that can be found in the store. The additional currency offered in the paid Battle Pass is also enough to eventually get you every third Luxury Battle Pass for free and a free skin from the store every few seasons.
To find out what skins you can get, check out our Season 1 Battle Pass skins guide.
Is it worth upgrading to Marvel Rivals Season 1 Paid Battle Pass?
Unlike the Luxury Battle Pass, the value of the Improved Luxury Battle Pass is less obvious. In general, you don’t need the upgraded deluxe battle pass for season 1.
The upgraded version includes 2,800 additional Chrono Tokens to get you started and provides a continuous 20% enhance in the number of Chrono Tokens you earn throughout the season. This last part is quite intriguing as it essentially reduces the number of missions and daily tasks you need to complete by 20% over the course of a season.
However, this upgraded version is really worth the extra 1,110 Lattice ($12) if you don’t think you’ll have much time to play or just really need the Wolverine skin ASAP. As with any battle pass, skip it in a game like this Marvel RivalsThis is a convenient convenience for those who have more money than time to play.
What is the value of the free Marvel Rivals Season 1 Battle Pass?
The Luxury Battle Pass is a bit of a crazy deal if you look at the math, which we’ll do below. But first, let’s look at the value for free-to-play players, which offers approx Free cosmetics and currency worth $25.
In the free version of the battle pass, you’ll get some sprays, nameplates, and even a few emotes. Two of the 10 skins offered in the Season 1 Battle Pass are also free: Rare and Epic (for more details on all the goodies available in the Battle Pass, check out our guide to all the Season 1 Battle Pass skins in Marvel Rivals). For skins alone, this is around 2000-Lattice (read on to see how we arrived at this number).
You can also get 400 free Units and 200 free Grates. With these units, you can buy an epic-quality skin (1,400 units without bundle) over four seasons, assuming NetEase Games gives you 400 for free each time. You can purchase the Luxury Battle Pass every five seasons for free Lattice, assuming the number remains constant each season as well.
Overall, free players who fully unlock the battle pass can get by with this 2,600 grids (approximately $25) in free cosmetics and currency, not counting some of the typical bundle goodies like sprays and nameplates, which are harder to pin down an exact value for.
What is the value of the Marvel Rivals Season 1 Paid Battle Pass?
Let’s now take a look at the value of the paid version of the Season 1 Battle Pass, which offers approx $155 worth of cosmetics and currencies for a $9.99 investment.
The Luxury Battle costs 990 Lattice, which is 10 Lattice as part of the 1000 Lattice bundle, which can be purchased for $9.99.
Starting with the currency, you will receive an additional 200 Units from the deluxe version of the pass, as well as 400 additional Krats. While it won’t change much in terms of how often you purchase an Epic Skin in the store (every three seasons rather than every four), the Deluxe Battle Pass triples the amount of Lattice you’ll earn each season. This means you’ll get enough Krata to pay for every third Luxury Battle Pass, provided you save it up between seasons.
The buy-two-get-one-free situation with the Deluxe Battle Pass is a great deal, but the real value is in the skins.
Every character in Marvel Rivals he has a occasional skin that you can buy, but it doesn’t appear in the store and instead you have to buy it for 600 Units on the character screen in the menu. These are usually just alternate colors for the characters and don’t change anything about their body shape or skin. There are two occasional skins available as part of the deluxe battle pass, although they actually change up a bit more than your average occasional skin, giving your characters extra accents. These two occasional skins are worth approx 1200 units.
Epic skins can be purchased outside of packs for 1,400 units (unless they are MCU inspired, in which case they cost 1,600). The packs cost 2,200 units (2,400 for MCU packs) when not on sale. There are four Epic skins included in the Deluxe Battle Pass, and each of them includes the same type of cosmetic items found in their bundles (some of which are part of the Free Battle Pass track). Epic skins in the deluxe battle pass are worth approx 8,800 unitsgive or take a few hundred if you want to pick up some of the elements of the theme packs available to free-to-play players.
Legendary skins typically cost 3,300 units per bundle (3,500 for MCU) unless they are on sale, and most of them cannot be purchased individually (those that can cost 2,000 units). The Deluxe Battle Pass includes two Legendary skins that represent approx Unit value 6600depending on whether you take into account that some of the pack’s peripheral legendary items are on the free track, such as the All-Butcher Spray for Loki.
All told, the eight skins in the Deluxe Battle Pass add up to 17,200 units, which is a lot. If you were to employ only Lattice to obtain this number of units, you would have to spend approximately $150 to purchase Lattice packs in the store, containing 11,680 and 5,680 units. If you add the additional 400 Lattice and 200 units you get with the Luxury Pass, it’s The value of the grate is 17,800, or approximately $155.
That sounds like a lot – and indeed the value of the Season 1 Battle Pass is definitely quite high – but it’s worth remembering that every skin pack in the store has been “on sale” and heavily discounted (sometimes by over 1,000 units) since the game’s launch. So while theoretical the value of the pass is $155, you have to take into account that you won’t necessarily get 10 costumes and gadgets for heroes you care about or play at all, and that the skins in the store have never actually cost as much as their base value says.
However, even with a lot of math, price checking, and caveats, the deluxe battle pass is definitely a pretty good deal, even if you’re a casual player Marvel Rivals a person who derives pleasure from something.
When does the Marvel Rivals Season 1 Battle Pass expire?
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The battle passes Marvel Rivals never expiresas is the case in many other live games. While the recent Battle Pass will come to the game after the launch of Season 2, you will be able to return to the Season 1 Battle Pass and continue progressing there if you wish.
However, this only applies to those who have purchased the deluxe version of the Battle Pass. If you are a free-to-play player and are hesitant, you must purchase the Battle Pass during the season or you will no longer be able to purchase it at all. At the time of writing, after the end of the season, it is not possible to purchase a paid battle pass for this season.
The countdown in the Season 1 Battle Pass suggests an April 11 release date for Season 2. This future update will cause the Season 1 Battle Pass to become dormant, but as mentioned earlier, you can reactivate it at any time if you spend $10 USD in Season 1.
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