Marvel Rivals has started its Summer Festival for Season 8.5, and one of the highlights is a free swimsuit skin for Mister Fantastic. The skin is called Fantastic Beach Dad, and it comes through a new event called Krakoan Reels.
Unlike past event passes, Krakoan Reels works as a fishing mini-game instead of a simple tier system. Here is exactly what you need to do to unlock the free Mister Fantastic skin in Marvel Rivals.
How to Unlock the Mister Fantastic Beach Dad Skin for Free
The Fantastic Beach Dad skin sits at Level 8 of the Krakoan Reels Exchange Store, which is the final tier. To reach it, you need to catch 21 fish in total through the event’s fishing mini-game.
Once you hit Level 8, you can unlock the skin by spending 18 silver coins in the Exchange Store. Silver coins come from the free track, so you do not need to spend real money to get this skin.
Here is the full process from start to finish:
- Play matches to earn XP.
- Convert XP into bait. Every 1,950 XP gives you one bait.
- Use the bait in the fishing mini-game to catch fish.
- Catching fish earns silver coins, and the coins unlock levels in the Exchange Store.
- Reach 21 total fish caught to unlock Level 8.
- Spend 18 silver coins on the Fantastic Beach Dad costume.
The rarity of each fish you catch decides how many coins you get. Using bait for a fishing attempt also raises your chances of catching a rarer fish, so it helps to keep fishing rather than stopping early.
How the Krakoan Reels Event Pass Works
Krakoan Reels follows the same format as last year’s Jeff’s Break Time event, which gave away the Jeff Business Shark skin through a similar grind. Instead of unlocking tiers just by gaining XP, you now need bait to fish, and the fish you catch determine your coin total.
You can earn bait two ways. The first is playing matches and letting your XP convert automatically, at a rate of 1,950 XP per bait. The second is buying bait directly using Lattice, the game’s premium currency, if you want to skip some of the grind.
Once you have bait, open the event tab and use it in the fishing mini-game. Each fish you reel in adds coins to your total. Silver coins come from the free track, while gold coins come from the premium track. You need 21 fish caught in total to unlock all 8 levels of the Exchange Store, and the Mister Fantastic skin is the headline reward at the top level.
Free Track vs Premium Pass
Krakoan Reels offers 40 cosmetic rewards split between a free track and a premium VIP pass. The premium pass costs 990 Lattice, which is about $9.99, and unlocks the gold coin track.
If you only want the Mister Fantastic skin, you do not need to buy anything. The free track alone gets you the Fantastic Beach Dad costume along with sprays, nameplates, emoji bundles, and Chrono Tokens.
The premium pass is for players who also want the Spider-Man and Cloak and Dagger swimsuit skins, since both are locked behind the gold coin track. The Cloak and Dagger costume, in particular, sits at the same Level 8 as Mister Fantastic but needs 18 gold coins instead of silver coins.
