Marvel Rivals Avengers Endgame Event Guide: Dates, Sessions, Rewards
Marvel Rivals Avengers Endgame event guide: Path to Doomsday dates, UTC session times, the free Winter Soldier costume and both Times Square rewards.
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The Marvel Rivals Avengers Endgame event is built around a limited-time mode, Path to Doomsday - Avengers: Endgame, in which the heroes take on Thanos and his forces. NetEase's Version 20261022 patch notes set the event window from October 22 to November 26, 2026, but the battle itself only opens in short, scheduled sessions. NetEase calls it a "New Mode" and never uses the word PvE; because the enemy is Thanos's army rather than another team, we read it as a PvE fight, and every PvE label below is our reading, not NetEase's. This guide covers the dates, the session clock, what is and isn't confirmed about the Thanos fight, how to pick heroes, the free rewards and the two Times Square activities.
As of November 10, 2026, the event is live and closes on November 26 at 09:00 UTC. Everything below is from NetEase's official patch notes and site unless a line says otherwise. Fight mechanics that NetEase hasn't published are left out on purpose.
Quick summary
- Event window: October 22, 2026, 09:00 UTC to November 26, 2026, 09:00 UTC (Version 20261022 patch notes).
- The mode opened on October 24 and runs for four weeks in a row, in limited sessions rather than all day. The first day had three two-hour sessions (patch notes).
- Free reward: the Captain America: The Winter Soldier costume, plus other rewards NetEase hasn't itemized in the notes.
- Times Square: a Gallery Card - Avengers: Endgame for watching the Highlights Screening for two minutes, and 100 Units for a group photo outside the Avengers' Gift Shop. Both run for the whole event window.
Marvel Rivals Avengers Endgame event explained
Path to Doomsday is the umbrella name NetEase uses for its MCU-themed Season 10.5 content. The Season 10.5 patch notes launched the first piece on October 9: Path to Doomsday - Avengers: Infinity War, a 12-player mode where six duo squads race to gather all six Infinity Stones. The Endgame mode followed two weeks later. In NetEase's framing, a Thanos from the past has broken into the timeline and leads his army to remake the cosmos, and the heroes have to stop him.
| Event detail | What NetEase lists |
|---|---|
| Event | Path to Doomsday - Avengers: Endgame |
| Mode type | New Mode, limited time |
| Enemy | Thanos and his forces |
| Event and rewards open | October 22, 2026, 09:00 UTC |
| Mode opens | October 24, 2026 (UTC) |
| Mode schedule | Four consecutive weeks, limited sessions each week |
| Event ends | November 26, 2026, 09:00 UTC |
| Free costume | Captain America: The Winter Soldier |
Both Path to Doomsday modes overlap, so they're easy to mix up:
| Avengers: Infinity War | Avengers: Endgame | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | 12 players in 6 duo squads, competing for the Infinity Stones | Heroes battling Thanos and his forces (PvE is our reading) |
| Dates (UTC) | October 9 to December 11, 2026 | October 22 to November 26, 2026 |
| Free costume tied to the theme | Thor - The Avengers, from the Infinity Finale quests | Captain America: The Winter Soldier |
| Source | Season 10.5 patch notes | Version 20261022 patch notes |
This comparison is a decision aid built from the two patch notes, not a full list of either event's content.
How to play the Avengers Endgame event
The main thing to know is that you can't queue for the Thanos battle whenever you like. NetEase opens it in set windows. The patch notes list three sessions on October 24 and say the mode returns "each subsequent week based on this schedule":
| Session | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| Session 1 | 01:00 to 03:00 |
| Session 2 | 10:00 to 12:00 |
| Session 3 | 18:00 to 20:00 |
October 24, 2026 was a Saturday. The notes don't name a weekday for later weeks, so our reading is that the same three windows repeat once a week. If that holds, the last weekly slot inside the four weeks falls on Saturday, November 14. Confirm the active session on the in-game event page before you plan around it.
Clocks moved in October and November (Europe on October 25, the US on November 1), so here are the same windows in local time for the weeks after both changes. This is our conversion, not NetEase's:
| UTC | Pacific (PST) | Eastern (EST) | London (GMT) | Central Europe (CET) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:00 to 03:00 | 17:00 to 19:00, previous day | 20:00 to 22:00, previous day | 01:00 to 03:00 | 02:00 to 04:00 |
| 10:00 to 12:00 | 02:00 to 04:00 | 05:00 to 07:00 | 10:00 to 12:00 | 11:00 to 13:00 |
| 18:00 to 20:00 | 10:00 to 12:00 | 13:00 to 15:00 | 18:00 to 20:00 | 19:00 to 21:00 |
Example: a player in New York who works weekdays has two realistic options each week: Friday evening at 20:00, which is the 01:00 UTC session, or Saturday afternoon at 13:00. Logging in ten minutes early gives time to patch and pick a hero before the window opens.
How the Marvel Rivals Thanos fight works
NetEase's text on the fight itself is short. The patch notes name the enemy (Thanos from the past, leading his forces), say the heroes have no choice but to fight, and list the free Winter Soldier costume. They don't publish phases, attacks, a map name or a lobby size, and they don't call the mode PvE or a raid.
Community previews go further. They quote a 50-player lobby, liken the mode to a large MMO-style raid, say the fight runs in stages with Thanos changing weapons partway through, and set it in a wrecked Avengers Compound like the one at the end of the film. None of these claims appears in the official patch notes or on the Marvel Rivals news pages we checked, so treat all of them as unconfirmed. The lobby screen will tell you how many players share your match.
The same previews contrast the limited sessions with an earlier zombie mode that, by their account, could be queued at any time. We couldn't check that against NetEase's notes for this update, so take it as their description rather than a confirmed fact. What the Version 20261022 notes do confirm is that Endgame itself only runs in scheduled sessions.
What you can plan for with confidence:
- It reads as a team objective. The notes frame the mode as heroes against Thanos's army, with no rival squads named, unlike Infinity War's duo race. Our reading is that you aren't competing with other players for the win.
- Time is short. With two-hour windows, a failed attempt costs part of the window, not the whole day.
- The mode is new. Learn the fight with your first attempt instead of expecting a strategy from another mode to carry over.
The same story ran on Twitch: NetEase's Path to Doomsday Twitch event (Stage 2, October 23 to 25 PDT) spawned Thanos as a mini-game boss in participating streamers' channels. That campaign has ended and has nothing to do with the in-game rewards.
Best heroes for each role in the Avengers Endgame event
The official hero roster splits every hero across three roles: Vanguards, Duelists and Strategists. NetEase hasn't released pick or win data for the Endgame mode, so this guide deliberately doesn't publish a tier list for it. A ranking without data would be a guess.
Use this check instead, after your first attempt:
| Role | Question to ask after your first attempt | What to try next |
|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | Did the team lose ground because nothing absorbed damage at the front? | A tank whose shield or bonus health you already know how to time |
| Duelist | Did the attempt fail because damage on Thanos or his forces ran out too slowly? | A Duelist you can keep hitting with from range, so you live longer |
| Strategist | Did players drop one at a time, out of reach of healing? | A healer whose range covers spread-out teammates |
This table is a decision aid, not a ranking. If you have a comfortable hero, playing them well usually helps more than switching to an unfamiliar pick for a mode that only opens a few hours a week.
One Team-Up fits the event's theme. On the official Team-Up page, Stars Aligned links Captain America and Winter Soldier: Captain America can leap to an ally and give both of them Bonus Health, and with Winter Soldier on the team the pair can charge and slam together to buff nearby allies. NetEase's Version 20261105 patch notes fixed a bug on November 5 where Captain America sometimes fell out of sync with the spell field and missed its buffs. Our beginner guide covers how each role works and how to use Team-Ups.
Marvel Rivals Avengers Endgame event rewards
The headline reward is Captain America: The Winter Soldier, a costume for Captain America that NetEase says you can earn for free by joining the battle. The patch notes add "other rewards" without listing them, so check the event page in the game for the full track and what each step needs.
Times Square has two separate Endgame activities. They run for the full event window, so they were open from October 22, before the mode itself:
| Activity | What to do | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| Avengers: Endgame Highlights Screening | Stay in the Times Square viewing area and watch the clips for two minutes without stopping | Gallery Card - Avengers: Endgame |
| Iconic Scenes Photo Ops | Pose with the NPCs for a group shot at the photo walls in front of the Avengers' Gift Shop | 100 Units |
The Infinity War version of these activities closed on October 22 according to the Season 10.5 notes, so its Gallery Card and spray aren't available now.
The store side is separate from the free rewards. From October 23, NetEase added Endgame-flavored items such as the Shawarma Emote Combo Bundle, The Snap Emote Combo Bundle and Jeff the Land Shark's Sharknos Bundle (Version 20261022 patch notes). None of them is needed for the event.
Avengers Endgame event tips
A short routine helps you get the free rewards without wasting a session:
- Do Times Square first. The Gallery Card and the 100 Units don't depend on the session clock, so collect them on any login.
- Put a session in your calendar. Use the local-time table above and set a reminder for a window you can actually play.
- Read the event page before you queue. It shows the reward track and what each step requires, which the patch notes don't list.
- Pick a hero you know. Bring a main you can play without thinking about buttons, and change only after you know why an attempt failed.
- Treat November 14 as your last session. If the weekly pattern holds, the fourth and final round of sessions lands on Saturday, November 14. The event and its rewards window stay open until November 26 at 09:00 UTC, so use the time after the last session to claim anything left on the event page and finish the Times Square activities.
Example: two friends can only play on weekends. They watch the screening and take the photo on Friday night, then join the 18:00 UTC session on Saturday. One plays a Strategist, the other a Vanguard they both know well. Afterward they check the event page to see how far the reward track moved.
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FAQ
When does the Marvel Rivals Avengers Endgame event start? The event and its Times Square activities started at 09:00 UTC on October 22, 2026, while the Path to Doomsday - Avengers: Endgame mode itself opened on October 24 (Version 20261022 patch notes).
How many players fight Thanos in Marvel Rivals? NetEase's patch notes don't give a player count for the Endgame mode. Community previews have quoted 50 players, but that number isn't in the official notes, so check the lobby screen in the game.
What are the Avengers Endgame event rewards? The confirmed free reward is the Captain America: The Winter Soldier costume, plus other rewards NetEase didn't list in the notes. Times Square adds a Gallery Card - Avengers: Endgame and 100 Units.
What are the Marvel Rivals Endgame session times? On October 24 the sessions were 01:00 to 03:00, 10:00 to 12:00 and 18:00 to 20:00 UTC. NetEase says the mode returns each week on that schedule for four weeks. Check the event page for the current session.
Is the Avengers Endgame mode permanent in Marvel Rivals? No. It's a limited-time mode that runs in scheduled sessions for four weeks from October 24, so the last expected session is on November 14. The event and its rewards window close on November 26, 2026 at 09:00 UTC.
Is the Avengers Endgame mode the same as the Infinity War mode? No. Infinity War is a 12-player mode where six duo squads compete for the Infinity Stones, running until December 11. Endgame pits the heroes against Thanos and his forces, a setup we read as PvE, and has its own free costume (Season 10.5 and Version 20261022 patch notes).
