Groot has a new event skin inMarvel Rivals. This is connected with the second part of the Midnight Features tasks released for Season 1.5. The individual missions will be slowly revealed between February 21-28, 2025, and they can be completed by March 20. These require playing as specific characters, including new additions The Thing and Human Torch. Luckily, you are given the option of doing one of two tasks, depending on what seems easier.
Just like thefirst part of Midnight Features, the second half will tease other characters besides Groot inMarvel Rivals. In most cases, early teases have been premium or battlepass-related skins, like Blood Kariudo Psylocke appearing in art a few weeks before it went on sale. Even in the first portion, however, there has already been an appearance of Blade, a potential new hero for the next season. It’s likely that more info will be available in the daily tasks and rewarded comic pages.
Midnight Features Missions & Rewards
Carved Traveler Is Not The Only Goal
Midnight Features Part 2 contains several missions and chapters inMarvel Rivals. Once open to the public, they can be completed in any order. Personally, I leisurely finish missions as I play my favorite characters instead of focusing on them right away. Gaining all main gallery card rewards will then grant access to the ultimate reward, the Carved Traveler skin. Note thatNetNease is still keeping Chapter 5 under wrapsfor the first week of release.
Read“The Blood of Kings”in Black Panther’s Hero Lore page
100 Chrono Tokens
Deal 1,000 damage with Human Torch’sFlaming Meteororlaunch 30 enemies with The Thing’sYancy Street Charge
Happy Squirrel Spray
Win 5 matches or win 2 matches ofEmpire of Eternal Night: Central Park
Stop 15 enemies with Squirrel Girl’s Squirrel Blockade
Holy Ankh Spray
Save Ratatoskr as the Attacking team on Empire of Eternal Night: Central Park 5 times, or gain 30 Assists as The Thing, Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Mantis, or Squirrel Girl
60 Units
OnEmpire of Eternal Night: Central Park,take 2,000 damage as Mr. Fantastic, Human Torch, Invisible Woman, or The Thing ortake 50,000 damage as any Vanguard
Hit 8 enemies with The Thing’s Stone Haymaker
Deal 50,000 damage on either Eternal Night map as Black Panther, Iron Man, The Thing, Mr. Fantastic, or Invisible woman or heal 60,000 as any Strategist
Hit 10 enemies withDoctor Strange’s Eye of Agamottoor land 10 Final Hits
Plans Within Plans Card
Chapter 4: Brighter Days Ahead for NYC?
Land four KO streaks on Empire of Eternal Night: Central Park with The Thing, Doctor Strange, Iron Man, Scarlet Witch, Mantis, or Luna Snow ordeal 40,000 damage as any Duelist
Deal 100,000 damage
Upvote five players that have played as members of the Fantastic Four or Use Human Torch’s Flame Fields 15 times
Ratatoskr name plate
Complete All Chapters of Midnight Features Part 2
Groot Carved Traveler Skin
These quests can all be seen in the Event section, where a newspaper lays out the chapters in a stylized format. It’s worth getting an overview of everything at hand before starting on any of the challenges, as it’s easier to space some out to avoid any ruts of grinding one character. Some of the challenges along the way to earning the Groot Carved Traveler skin should be trivial to complete, like the first obstacle of reading a lore page. Others could take a good bit more time, but most that require specific character abilities allow several characters as options.
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Whether getting Carved Traveler is worthwhile or not could depend on how often you play Groot, as it’s not as major of a design overhaul as some of the game’s most interesting skins. Even if it’s not especially appealing, however, there are plenty of more minor rewards to earn on the path to the ultimate goal. After completing all four chapters in Midnight Features Part 2, the skin can be claimed from the Mail section on the top right of the screen inMarvel Rivals.
