Marvel Rivals Timeline/Reading Order

[BabyBomber]

4 new hero stories and 2 Gallery Cards

Collectible: All-Black
• Talks about Knull be heading the Celestial and forging the sword giving Symbiotes their fear of fire and sound eons ago so I'll place it at the beginning

The Abyss Awakens Gallery Card: "Flarkin' Klyntar"
• Rocket is sending a report to Shuri and mentions that he's dealt with Vampires and Androids since his last update, and he talks about crashing on Klyntar, finding the Divine Codex, and describes the events of the Symbiotic Surface map (Mapbros we've won). I'll place it sometime after Phoenix's story since Rocket talks about the Milano picking up Jean above Klyntar

The Abyss Awakens Gallery Card: "Light in the Darkness"
• Shuri making a log that recaps Phoenix's story and freeing Bast. Shuri mentions Blade sleeping lmao. I'll place this after the last gallery card

Hela: "Queen in Black"
• Hela mentions Loki being involved against Dracula and Ultron, and that she was involved on Arakko bc she wanted to claim the soul of a hero if they died. She mentions that the heroes keep coming back when they're knocked down (determination or is respawning is canon??). Hela says she recognized the voice from her last time on the planet (referring to the events of the S0 stage). It describes moments in the S3 reveal trailer so I think it's safe to place this (and the trailer) after the Gallery Cards

Jeff the Land Shark: "Song of the Symbiotes"
• Mantis mentions being present in the S0 Symbiote stage (consistent with the win animation) so the stage can go after Dimensional Shortcut. It's also confirmed that Jeff stayed with Mantis so I'll probably need to move Season's Beatings, Planet X Pals, and the Luna Snow team ups (open to feedback). The story follows the Guardians landing on Klyntar so it can go after the first Gallery Card. Jeff fights off the Symbiote by singing Rivals Til the End and he thinks back to teaming up with Venom on Arakko so I can move the Venom/Jeff team-up before the Arakko stage

Venom: "Separation Anxiety"
• I can put this after everything so far since I know this picks up on events of a Gallery Card that hasn't released yet where Hela separates Venom and Eddie.

 

[BabyBomber]

Age of Ultron: Digital Duel Grounds

Gotcha

 

[BabyBomber]

A few adjustments I think I'm making:

• Adding Klyntar: Symbiotic Surface after the team-ups
• Adjusting the order of lore involving the Guardians
• Moving the Planet X Pals/Guardian Revival team-ups to after Dimensional Shortcut


I was initially under the impression that Season's Beatings and Planet X Pals were describing the same events but I think the Season's Beatings one has variants of the "main" group since the card mentions them fighting variants of allies and meeting Jeff for the first time. The new lore confirms that Mantis and Jeff were with the Guardians during the events of the Klyntar map in Season 0. With this in mind I believe the order of events would go:

• Quill, Rocket, Groot crash on Klyntar then Quill cancels their escape plan and they remain on the planet
• Wanda/Magik go to Krakoa and Magneto sends his message
• Concurrently with this Mantis, Jeff, and Sai escape the Collector
• Sai gets dropped off in the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda (leads into Dimensional Shortcut)
• Mantis reunites with the Guardians on Klyntar with Jeff (leads into the 2 Guardians Team Ups)
• The events of the Klyntar map
• Jeff ends up back on Earth and teams up with Luna Snow/Namor

 

[Frizzy]

A few adjustments I think I'm making:

• Adding Klyntar: Symbiotic Surface after the team-ups
• Adjusting the order of lore involving the Guardians
• Moving the Planet X Pals/Guardian Revival team-ups to after Dimensional Shortcut


I was initially under the impression that Season's Beatings and Planet X Pals were describing the same events but I think the Season's Beatings one has variants of the "main" group since the card mentions them fighting variants of allies and meeting Jeff for the first time. The new lore confirms that Mantis and Jeff were with the Guardians during the events of the Klyntar map in Season 0. With this in mind I believe the order of events would go:

• Quill, Rocket, Groot crash on Klyntar then Quill cancels their escape plan and they remain on the planet
• Wanda/Magik go to Krakoa and Magneto sends his message
• Concurrently with this Mantis, Jeff, and Sai escape the Collector
• Sai gets dropped off in the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda (leads into Dimensional Shortcut)
• Mantis reunites with the Guardians on Klyntar with Jeff (leads into the 2 Guardians Team Ups)
• The events of the Klyntar map
• Jeff ends up back on Earth and teams up with Luna Snow/Namor

The edits seem good to me, but I'm kinda confused on how the story is now. Is it A) The season 0 Klyntar map happens then the guardians leave and help in season 1 and season 2, then go back cause Knull is doing stuff in season 3. Or B) The Klyntar map happens just before season 3 maps and guardians do season 0 map then season 3 Klyntar maps? Either way it is good that another season 0 map can be added.

Also, there are leaks of what season 4 and season 5 could be already lol. It is quite vague and could easily change, but if you want to know.

Spoiler: Season 4

The map could be K'un L'un and the heroes could be Daredevil and Angela, based on leaks/files and small mentions in the story.

Spoiler: Season 5

Season 5 is supposed to be themed around love/romance stuff. It would make sense for Rogue and Gambit to be the featured characters as they are a couple and they have been leaked/in files for a while. The map could be the Collector's theme park mentioned in Jeff/Mantis story, as Gambit stole a powerful ring from him for rogue or something. I think that map has also been in the files/leaked.

 

[BabyBomber]

A) The season 0 Klyntar map happens then the guardians leave and help in season 1 and season 2, then go back cause Knull is doing stuff in season 3

I'm confident it goes like this bc Rocket's message to Shuri mentions the last time they were on Klyntar for her and he mentions that since then he's fought Vampires and Androids

Spoiler: Season 4

The map could be K'un L'un and the heroes could be Daredevil and Angela, based on leaks/files and small mentions in the story.

I think it's possible that Dizang is secretly Daredevil (the horns and taking in orphans) but if he's not one of the heroes my second guess is White Fox since she's the only other leaked character associated with Lin Lie

 

[BabyBomber]

Team Up Profile: "Primal Flame"
• Talks about Jean coming back and passing a portion of the Phoenix onto Logan. I have a feeling there's a Gallery Card to explain the Phoenix Skins properly but for now I'll place it after the S3 trailer

Team Up Profile: "Ever-Burning Bond"
• No real timeline hints are mentions of other game events so for now I'll place this Pre-Entanglement before Fickle Banner since they're just hanging out

Team Up Profile: "Stark Protocol" (S3)
• Mentions that Stark and Ultron have already teamed up and Doreen questions why Ultron is teaming up with them and Tony just calls it a long story. I'll place Doreen joining the team-up after the "From the Ashes" card since I feel like Tony would've explained it if they were still fighting X-Tron

Team-Up Profile: "Symbiote Shenanigans" (S3)
• Describes Hela tearing a piece of Symbiote off Eddie and it making a pseudo-bond with Jeff. Jeff mentions bonding with a Symbiote already (events of his new story) so I assume this follows from the upcoming Gallery Card of Hela separating Eddie and Venom so I'll place this before Seperation Anxiety

 

[BabyBomber]

I may get to the Cinematics later but I'd be glad if someone else checked them out and made sense of them

I probably won't organize them by cutscene and just stick to the full map

 

[BabyBomber]

Holy Hannah bros the Milano Repair Logs for the Symbiote Storm event have lore. Probably should've expected that actually…

 

[BabyBomber]

Milano Repair Logs: "Kree Ship Wreckage Thruster"

• Rocket seems to be referring to Shuri sending the Guardians to investigate Klyntar in Season 0 in his logs and he mentions finding a Kree thruster in wreckage on Klyntar for the Milano. I think this log can go after Rocket's first story (definitely subject to change as more logs/context open)

 

[Frizzy]

Right, I've just logged on to pretty much only check out the new menu and battlepass lol.

Holy Hannah bros the Milano Repair Logs for the Symbiote Storm event have lore. Probably should've expected that actually…

I think it will be like all the other seasonal events and probably a part 2 in season 3.5, so hopefully there is more lore to be explored

I may get to the Cinematics later but I'd be glad if someone else checked them out and made sense of them

I probably won't organize them by cutscene and just stick to the full map

I had a look at them and other than the intro scene into each map, none of them have lore/information in the other cutscenes. It is basically the intro (explains brief lore and why the map is occurring), then the victory and defeat cutscenes, which coming back to my point from season 1 (below), it sort of makes one of them happen and the other not, but it could be worked around.

I agree, but the problem with the victory screens is that they sort of contradict each other. I'm sure we can make it work but at the same time they feel like two different outcomes. For example, in the midtown one, if the defenders win then Moon Knight slices the Fantasticar in half and makes Herbie run away, where as if attackers win then Herbie gets to Avengers tower and puts in the data for scanning the page's locations across New York. The new central park map is similar.

To keep it less confusing, it would be easier to explain as Midtown: Moon knight scares Herbie but Herbie still makes it to Avengers tower and puts in the data, then Central Park: because Herbie makes it Reed/Dr strange/Squirrel Girl's team make it to Dracula first and use Ratatoskr to defeat Dracula, but then Iron Man and Moon Knight take the formula and use it. This makes all the endings make sense and resolves the Dracula plot and whilst killing all the vampires. This is probably a better solution rather than having branching points after each outcome.

 

[BabyBomber]

Milano Repair Logs: Symbiote Dragon Wing
• Talks about Quill loving dragons and incorporating the wing of the Symbiote Dragon Grendel into the Milano. Since this is still talking about repairing the Milano I'll place it after Rocket's Milano Log since this is Log 2

The Abyss Awakens Gallery Card: "The Phoenix Seven"
• Mentions Hela ruling Klyntar as the Queen in Black, fighting Hela (the trailer) and the Phoenix entering an egg before prematurely hatching and sharing the power. This can pretty neatly slot before the Wolverine Team-Up and it gives a decent placement for the new map since the victory animation has the Phoenix hatching

 

[BabyBomber]

Re-examining the Season 0 stuff since it ties to Knull and I have some adjustments for the Wakanda stuff (plus a few more maps to add)

• Birnin T'Challa domination map ends with Shuri extracting Chronovium so the map can go before the Vibrano-Chronovium collectible
• Panther's first story involves Shuri talking about Vibrano-Chronovium so it should come after the Domination Map, Kiluna tells T'Challa of the darkness that spread to Bast and the other Orishas and T'Challa isn't fully certain of the nature of the darkness
• The Doom's Rise Gallery Card with Bast should come after this story since T'Challa very clearly confirms that this darkness is separate from the Entanglement. Also worth noting that T'Challa is prompted to do this after Shuri tells him about Bucky being mind controlled in Stars Aligned
• Of Gods and Guardians mentions that the gods don't speak to anyone, not even T'Challa so it could be referring to the earlier parts of Panther's story but Shuri also mentions that Bast has been corrupted so I still think it comes after
• I think the Hall of Djalia stage is the end of the Season 0 with Wakanda being liberated but Bast and Djalia still being corrupted

I think the new order of events is:
• Shuri extracts Chronovium
• Panther learns and suspects of Bast's corruption
• Bucky gets mind-controlled
• T'Challa investigates and confirms that Bast is corrupted
• Hall of Djalia stage
• Shuri logs her sending the Guardians of the Galaxy to Klyntar leading into their arc

 

[BabyBomber]

Milano Repair Logs: "Host Remains Infused with Hela's Undead"
• It's marked as Log 3 so it can go after the others. It's Mantis harnessing the undead energy of Hela's crows to power the Milano

The Abyss Awakens Gallery Card: "Till Death Do Us Part"
• Follows the aftermath of Hela separating Eddie and the Symbiote so it can go after the Symbiote Shenanigans Team-Up. It also confirmed that the Phoenix hatching burned a hole in Klyntar like Venom/Wanda warned in the Phoenix Seven Gallery Card. It also shows the Symbiotes coming into Eddie's cell to escape as mentioned in the Seperation Anxiety Venom story so it slots pretty neatly

 

[BabyBomber]

Actually since the newest log confirms that Mantis was present to help fix the Milano I think I'll have to adjust it again.

I think Mantis' log takes place after her and Jeff reach Klyntar with the Guardians and after Quill cancels their Quantum Slingshot plan (we know Jeff was on Klyntar as well since Song of the Symbiotes says he's returning there). I'll place Quill and Mantis' log after the Symbiotic Surface map

 

[BabyBomber]

Milano Repair Logs: "Celestial Armor Fragment"
• It's Adam mentioning that he didn't land on Klyntar with the Guardians but he reunited with them on the surface, and it can slot in after Mantis' log since these logs are in order

 

[BabyBomber]

Milano Repair Logs: "Groot's Symbiote Plant Friend"
• Mantis relays Groot's talking about the events of his story and how he befriended a symbiote and it led him to save Rocket in Rocket's story. The events are detailing what happened then but I'll still place Log 5 after the others for simplicity

The Abyss Awakens Gallery Card: "Stark Warning"
• Reed broadcasts a message to any Doom in the multiverse that'll listen advising them to stop. He mentions the two Doom's sending legions of Doombots to Klyntar to collect things (but they don't fight each other). Since the Gallery Cards are pretty straightforward in placements I'll put it after Separation Anxiety, since I think it's happening concurrently

 

[BabyBomber]

Just found out that the Accessories have tiny bits of lore attached and it's Galacta gifting them to people to remind them of home. I think I'll just drop them all before the Phoenix story, because there isn't much to go off of besides them at least coming after S1 (and likely S2) and there isn't any contradiction

 

[BabyBomber]

Milano Repair Logs: "Adam Warlock's Staff"
• Similar to the last one, the log was made more recently (Quill mentions fighting threats like Ultron and Knull), but I believe it's referring to events that happened during Season 0 so I'll place it with the other logs

The Abyss Awakens Gallery Card: "Out on a Blade"
• This one was hilarious to read lmfao. It describes the events of the Season 3 trailer so I'll place it around there.

 

[BabyBomber]

Milano Repair Logs: "Celestial Codex"
• The final log and its Rocket mentioning his plan to create a Quantum Entanglement to trade places with the Celestial, similar to Star-Lord's story. This time the difference is that he does it with Venom and Adam's help and the Guardians successfully leave the planet. I'll place it after the other logs

Summer Special Gallery Card: "Summer Spectacular"
• Takes place after Ultron is dealt with and it's mentioned that the bright day would give away to Knull's darkness eventually, so I'll place this just before the accessories. It also has Thor and Loki on the beach together so I feel like the Yggsgard conflict's already been resolved by then so I'll try working out a placement for it

 

[BabyBomber]

Tokyo 2099: Shin-Shibuya
• I'll place it after the Web Warriors Gallery Card/Symbiotic Bond since it's putting action to Spidey's words and it's the team leading Spider-Zero back to the Spider-Islands

Tokyo 2099: Spider-Islands
• They reach Spider-Islands and atm we don't know the outcome but whichever side canonically won doesn't affect the placement

Tokyo 2099: Ninomaru
• Can go before the Web Warriors Gallery Card since it's just a Spider-Island

Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda: World Arena
• Can go after the Festival and Friends Gallery Card since that's a direct prelude

Yggsgard: Yggdrassill Path
• I'll place it after Atlas Bond since…idk where else to put it lol. In Hela's new lore she mentions that Loki prioritized fighting vampires and androids instead of honoring their bargain since he was looking to keep them from reaching their Realm. I think that implies that Loki is still in charge. The only hangup is Thor and Loki being semi-cordial on the beach while Thor is still in exile as far as we know. The outcome doesn't matter, but I'm sure we'll get more context later on to make sense of things.

Yggsgard: Royal Palace
• I think that this one might be depicting the lore surrounding Thor's exile. The Victory animation, "Thor Returns" is Thor escaping the Tower of Silence and the loss animation, "Loki's New Order", is depicting the aftermath of Hela helping send him to Midgard.

My alternative placement is that this comes after the Convoy Map, and Thor's return is where he defeats Loki and through some unclear events (cleared up later) he lets Loki continue running Asgard for some reason. This one can go either way, but I'm leaning towards this one.

Hell's Heaven: Hydra Charteris Base
• I think this can slot after the Stars Aligned team-up, with the clear outcome being that they thwart Hive's awakening (for now)

 

[BabyBomber]

Even if I end up changing them I'm glad to finally have all the Season 0 maps placed

 

[Frizzy]

Just found out that the Accessories have tiny bits of lore attached and it's Galacta gifting them to people to remind them of home. I think I'll just drop them all before the Phoenix story, because there isn't much to go off of besides them at least coming after S1 (and likely S2) and there isn't any contradiction

Oh yeah I saw those, they didn't have much info, but where you placed it is probably the perfect spot for it. I'm sure they will release more, or atleast one per character.

Even if I end up changing them I'm glad to finally have all the Season 0 maps placed

I must say, now that they have been added, the timeline looks very good and feels more complete. Apart from most of the comics, new lore or lore changes that mean a few edits, and those difficult trailers, the timeline looks perfect, congrats!

 

[BabyBomber]

If Rivals has a collab with something like Tokon Fighting Souls and there's a Special Gallery Card to go with it, should I include the rest of the game on the timeline to some capacity, or just the Gallery Card

 

[Frizzy]

If Rivals has a collab with something like Tokon Fighting Souls and there's a Special Gallery Card to go with it, should I include the rest of the game on the timeline to some capacity, or just the Gallery Card

Are they planning on a collab? A collab gallery card sounds cool but I can't see a collab like that being anymore than a few skins based off that game's character styles. If it were to happen, you could add that game, but then you start to explore the multiverse outside of the 3-4 realities in Marvel Rivals. And it depends on how Marvel Tokon Souls tackles their time period or even multiverse. If it is a simple connection then by all means add it (especially if its a gallery card). I may be wrong, but isn't Tokon Souls meant to take place in the future/maybe even 2099?

 

[BabyBomber]

Are they planning on a collab? A collab gallery card sounds cool but I can't see a collab like that being anymore than a few skins based off that game's character styles. If it were to happen, you could add that game, but then you start to explore the multiverse outside of the 3-4 realities in Marvel Rivals. And it depends on how Marvel Tokon Souls tackles their time period or even multiverse. If it is a simple connection then by all means add it (especially if its a gallery card). I may be wrong, but isn't Tokon Souls meant to take place in the future/maybe even 2099?

There's nothing about a collab but I had the thought when I considered them potentially having an event to promote Tokon

 

[BabyBomber]

but isn't Tokon Souls meant to take place in the future/maybe even 2099?

I haven't heard anything about this

 

[Frizzy]

There's nothing about a collab but I had the thought when I considered them potentially having an event to promote Tokon

Not a bad idea. Well it releases in 2026 and who knows what Rivals will be like then or the direction of the story then. But there will most likely be some sort of collab.

I haven't heard anything about this

Probably just me then. I thought they had maybe mentioned it but because of the style it looked more futuristic.
Maybe they mention it in one of these videos but idk.

 

[BabyBomber]

Logged in to get the Free PlayStation Plus bundle and realized that the Special Team-Up with Torch/Thing had a profile like the others

Team-Up Profile: "First Steps"
• It's just Johnny and Ben chilling and getting hot dogs before Reed calls them and says they need to get to the Baxter Building because there's a multiversal issue happening. I think what Reed is referring to is the Timestream Entanglement so I'll place it early post-Entanglement

 

[BabyBomber]

Early Access gameplay for Blade showed his lore entry


Blade: "Cut to the Chase"
• It pretty much explains why Blade was asleep for so long and it's so hilarious that he was fighting for his life even in his sleep. It starts with Blade getting rescued and it mentions the other heroes dealing with Ultron. I'll place it after the "Brighter Days Ahead for NYC" Midnight Feature

 

[Frizzy]

This looks interesting

I wonder how this will play out and when. This looks like a separate story, so other than maybe mentioning in game events (like hellfire gala or eternal night etc) this will probably be at the end of the timeline. Thoughts?