Marvel Rivals Guide: How to Get 2500 Free Units in Summer Festival

Marvel Rivals just kicked off its first-ever Summer Festival with the June 18 update, and NetEase Games is giving away up to 2500 free Units across three separate events. Some of those Units are permanent, meaning you can bank them for future purchases. Others are temporary, so you need to spend them before they disappear. Either way, this is one of the most generous free-currency windows the game has seen.

The new social hub at the center of all this is Hellfire Bay Beach, accessible through a portal in the Times Square mode. Three distinct events run out of this hub, each with its own mechanics and reward structure. Here's the full breakdown.

How to get 1500 free Units from the X-Press Juice event

Cyclops has opened a juice bar called X-Press Juice inside Hellfire Bay Beach, and NetEase is using the grand opening as an excuse to hand out 1500 free Units. The catch: these are temporary Units, so they won't stick around forever once claimed.

The reward is split across 7 daily login visits, so you can't grab everything in one session. Here's the process:

Load into Times Square mode and step through the beach portal.
Head to the X-Press Juice bar in the middle of Hellfire Bay Beach. It's hard to miss.
Press G to claim your X-Press Juice and collect the day's Units.
Repeat this for 7 consecutive days to collect the full 1500 temporary Units.

warning

These are temporary Units, not permanent ones. Make sure you spend them before they expire or they'll vanish from your account.

Marvel Rivals Guide: How to Get 2500 Free Units in Summer Festival

This event runs from June 18, 2026 at 9 AM UTC through July 10, 2026 at 9 AM UTC. That's a tight window compared to the other two events, so prioritize logging in daily from day one.

How to get 600 permanent Units from the Tandem Tides event

The Tandem Tides event rewards 600 permanent Units, which is the better currency type since they don't expire. The structure mirrors the anniversary event from earlier in the game's lifespan: you invite friends, complete challenges together, and rack up contribution points to unlock the rewards.

Here's how it works:

Open the Events tab and select Tandem Tides (look for the van icon).
Invite up to four friends to join your group.
Complete the listed challenges and daily missions with your group.
As your contribution points accumulate, the free Units and other cosmetic rewards unlock.

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You don't need to complete every challenge in one sitting. Spread the missions across multiple sessions and chip away at the contribution point total over the event's duration.

Cyclops runs X-Press Juice bar

This event runs from June 18, 2026 at 9 AM UTC through July 30, 2026 at 9 AM UTC, giving you significantly more time than the X-Press Juice event.

How to get 400 permanent Units from the Summer Snapshot event

The Summer Snapshot event is the photo-based reward system, and it also pays out in permanent Units. The mechanic should feel familiar to anyone who participated in the Avengers snapshot event: find cameras around Hellfire Bay Beach, take photos, and share them.

Step-by-step:

Travel to Hellfire Bay Beach via the Times Square portal.
Locate one of the photo shoot spots scattered around the beach. Each one has a camera nearby.
Press G to interact with the camera and start the snapshot process.
Select a hero and hit the capture button to take the photo.
Press C to share the photo with a friend.
You'll receive free Units automatically after sharing.
Wait for the cooldown to expire, then repeat at the remaining photo spots for the full 400 Units.

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The Summer Snapshot event runs through July 30, 2026 at 9 AM UTC, the same end date as Tandem Tides. Pace yourself across the event window rather than rushing all photo spots at once.

What can you spend the free Units on?

The Summer Festival coincides with the release of new swimsuit skins for various heroes, added in the June 18 patch. The free Units from these events are designed to help players pick up those summer cosmetics without spending real money. Temporary Units work fine for store purchases, so there's no reason to let them sit idle.

Make the most of the Summer Festival

Three events, 2500 free Units, and a beach hub that's genuinely one of the more creative social spaces NetEase has built for this game. The daily login requirement for X-Press Juice is the only real friction point here. Everything else is low-effort for the payout.

If you're also trying to collect free cosmetics from the current season's other events, the Groot Ironwood Serpent skin guide and the Ultron Cybernetic Drip skin guide cover two more free unlocks running right now. For a full list of active freebies and seasonal events, the Marvel Rivals guides hub keeps everything in one place.