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  "description": "A complete breakdown of the vampire PvE mode, including gear systems, the hidden Kingpin fight, and every achievement reward.",
  "path": "/marvel-rivals-blood-hunt-how-to-play-bosses-and-rewards/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T05:13:46.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Blood Hunt is the vampire-themed PvE mode that arrived with Marvel Rivals Season 7.5, pitting a squad of six heroes against hordes of bloodsuckers and four major bosses across escalating difficulty tiers. It borrows the co-op structure of the earlier Zombies mode but layers on a looter-shooter style loadout system with gear drops, trait trees, and an Arcana progression path.\n\n🩸\n\nQuick answer: Open the Playlist menu, switch to the Rivalry tab, select Blood Hunt, pick a difficulty, and queue. The mode runs until July 30, 2026.\n\n* * *\n\n### How to launch Blood Hunt\n\nThe mode sits inside the standard matchmaking flow rather than the arcade hub. Once you reach the main menu, head to the Playlist button, open the Rivalry tab, and select the Blood Hunt icon. From there, you can pick your difficulty and queue solo or with a team of up to four.\n\nOnly six heroes are playable in the mode: The Punisher, Squirrel Girl, Thor, Moon Knight, Jeff the Land Shark, and Blade. Each has a kit tuned specifically for the PvE encounter, so your competitive builds do not carry over.\n\nOpen the Rivalry tab, and select the Blood Hunt icon | Image credit: __NetEase (via YouTube/@Tabor Hill)__\n\n* * *\n\n### Gear, traits, and Arcana progression\n\nEvery hero has four gear slots, and enemies drop equipment with five rarity tiers. The slot determines what the item does, while rarity governs how strong the bonuses are.\n\nSlot| Effect\n---|---\nWeapon| Raises damage output\nArmor| Adds health and damage resistance\nAccessory| Grants bonuses like Critical Rate and Block Rate\nExclusive| Character-specific gear that strengthens signature abilities\n\nAlongside gear, the Traits tab acts as a skill tree. You earn Trait points by leveling up in the mode, and each hero has one General tree plus two ability-specific trees. Blade, for example, has separate trees for Purging Bladedance and Silver Soulbreaker, while The Punisher's trees feed into his primary attacks.\n\nArcana is the slower, heavier layer of progression. Points accrue at a reduced rate and feed into four scrolls, two of which unlock at the Normal tier and two that gate behind clearing Nightmare 70.\n\nScroll| Unlock| Effect\n---|---|---\nScroll of Conquest| Normal Difficulty| Boosts total damage output\nScroll of Immortality| Normal Difficulty| Increases health\nScroll of Blessing| Clear Nightmare 70| Unlocks at higher difficulty\nScroll of Midas| Clear Nightmare 70| Unlocks at higher difficulty\n\nThe Forge menu handles recycling. Scrap unwanted gear into Uru Shards, then spend those shards to craft new pieces for a specific hero and slot. The higher your character level, the better the odds of rolling Epic or Legendary gear. A Jeff at level 32, for instance, has noticeably stronger crafting odds than a freshly unlocked hero. The information icon on the crafting screen shows the exact probabilities.\n\nEvery hero has four gear slots, and enemies drop equipment with five rarity tiers | Image credit: __NetEase (via YouTube/@Tabor Hill)__\n\n* * *\n\n### Difficulty tiers and boss roster\n\nDifficulty gates which bosses can appear in a run. Normal is the entry point, and Nightmare only opens after you have cleared the three standard tiers.\n\nDifficulty| Bosses in rotation\n---|---\nNormal| Capwolf\nHard| Capwolf, Ratatoskr\nExtreme| Capwolf, Ratatoskr, Dracula, Kingpin (challenges required)\nNightmare| Capwolf, Ratatoskr, Dracula, Kingpin\n\nStandard enemy types include regular Vampires, Exploding Vampires, Grunts (the tankier variant), Crawling Vampires, and Human Bats. Expect mixed waves between phases, with density rising sharply on Extreme and above.\n\nDifficulty gates which bosses can appear in a run | Image credit: __NetEase (via YouTube/@Tabor Hill)__\n\n* * *\n\n### Unlocking the hidden Kingpin fight\n\nOn Extreme difficulty, Kingpin only appears if your team clears three hidden objectives across specific phases. Miss any one of them and the run ends with Dracula as the final boss. On Nightmare, Kingpin spawns automatically.\n\nPhase| Objective| Time limit\n---|---|---\nPhase 4 (Bridge)| Destroy the dome-shaped barrier at the end of the Bridge| 90 seconds\nPhase 7 (Ruins)| Find and destroy the red flower-like Bloodclot Buds| None\nPhase 12 (Dracula's Castle entrance)| Destroy the Blood Crystals to break the magic circle| 120 seconds\n\nThe Phase 4 and Phase 12 objectives are the tight ones. Split the team so that while two or three players focus fire on the barrier or crystals, the rest keep vampires off them. Bloodclot Buds in Phase 7 have no timer, but they can be easy to walk past if you rush the objective.\n\n* * *\n\n### Beating Kingpin\n\nKingpin is a high-health damage sponge rather than a mechanically complex fight. He has a short movelist, but two attacks matter. His Cane strike briefly immobilizes anyone it connects with, and his leaping AoE explosion deals heavy burst damage to anyone caught in the landing zone.\n\nHold a medium-to-long range and stay spread out so the leap cannot tag multiple players. There are no damage phases, shields, or puzzle mechanics tied to the encounter, so consistent DPS wins the fight. Blade, The Punisher, and Squirrel Girl output the cleanest sustained damage if you are building around the hidden boss.\n\nImage credit: __NetEase (via YouTube/@PineTree)__\n\n* * *\n\n### All Blood Hunt rewards\n\nThere is no free skin tied to the mode. Everything else lives in the Achievements tab, except the Kingpin Dethroned Trophy Accessory, which shows up in the Overview menu once you collect enough shards.\n\nRequirement| Reward\n---|---\nClear Normal for the first time| 100 Units, King in Exile Gallery Card\nClear Hard for the first time| 100 Unstable Molecules, Squirrel Gone Wild Gallery Card\nClear Extreme for the first time| 100 Units, Hunting Season Gallery Card\nDefeat the hidden boss in Extreme| Kingpin Dethroned Accessory, Animal Instinct Gallery Card\nClear Nightmare 5+| Bawling Bloodsucker Mood\nClear Nightmare 10+| 100 Units\nClear Nightmare 15+| Grim Harvest Mood\nClear Nightmare 20+| 100 Unstable Molecules, 10 Kingpin Trophy Shards\nClear Nightmare 25+| Feral Fangs Mood\nClear Nightmare 30+| 100 Units\nClear Nightmare 35+| Awooo! Mood\nClear Nightmare 40+| 100 Unstable Molecules, 10 Kingpin Trophy Shards\nClear Nightmare 45+| Catching Z's Mood\nClear Nightmare 50+| 100 Units\nClear Nightmare 55+| Royal Disdain Mood\nClear Nightmare 60+| 100 Unstable Molecules, 10 Kingpin Trophy Shards\nClear Nightmare 65+| Black and Blue Mood\nClear Nightmare 70+| 100 Units\nClear Nightmare 80+| 10 Kingpin Trophy Shards\nClear Nightmare 100+| Bane of all Evil Title, 10 Kingpin Trophy Shards\nClear Nightmare 120+| 10 Kingpin Trophy Shards\nCollect 100 Kingpin Dethroned Trophy Shards| Kingpin Dethroned Trophy Accessory\n\nEnemy-count milestones layer on top of the difficulty rewards, so passive farming during Nightmare climbs pays off twice.\n\nEnemies defeated| Reward\n---|---\n5,000| 100 Unstable Molecules, Sweet Revenge Gallery Card\n10,000| 100 Units, Fall of the Kingpin Gallery Card\n15,000| Dracula's Demise Spray\n20,000| 100 Unstable Molecules\n30,000| 100 Units\n40,000| Blood Hunt Nameplate\n\nEach hero also has a personal emoji and title tied to Nightmare milestones. You unlock the emoji at Nightmare 40+ and the title at Nightmare 70+ on that specific character.\n\nHero| Nightmare 40+ emoji| Nightmare 70+ title\n---|---|---\nThe Punisher| Vampiric Vengeance| Fearless Executioner\nSquirrel Girl| Back Off, Bloodsucker!| Ravenous Rodent\nThor| Missed Me!| Purifying Thunder\nMoon Knight| Blood Moon Knight| Midnight Mercenary\nBlade| Blood and Thorns| Daywalking Duelist\nJeff the Land Shark| Count Jeffula| Jeff the Night Shark\nImage credit: __NetEase (via YouTube/@PineTree)__\n\n* * *\n\n### How long the mode sticks around\n\nBlood Hunt is not permanent. It runs through July 30, 2026, at 09:00 UTC, which lines up with the typical seasonal window for Marvel Rivals limited events. If you want the Bane of all Evil title or the golden Kingpin Trophy Accessory, those Nightmare 100+ and 100-shard thresholds are the longest grinds, so it is worth starting them early rather than saving the climb for the final weeks.\n\n⚠️\n\nThe hidden Kingpin objectives only count on Extreme difficulty for the one-time Animal Instinct Gallery Card and accessory unlock. On Nightmare, Kingpin spawns by default, but you still need to defeat him to farm Trophy Shards.",
  "title": "Marvel Rivals Blood Hunt - How to Play, Bosses, and Rewards",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-24T05:13:48.229Z"
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