Danqing in Marvel Rivals: What It Was, How It Worked, and Every Reward
Event archive: Danqing existed only during the Fortune & Colors event, January 23 to February 14, 2025. You can’t earn or spend it in Marvel Rivals today, and NetEase hasn’t brought it back. For what’s live right now, check the current Marvel Rivals balance changes.
Danqing in Marvel Rivals was the event currency of Fortune & Colors, the Spring Festival event of Season 1. NetEase called it “a magical dye”: you earned it from event missions, used it to paint a festival illustration, and each painted section unlocked a reward, ending with the free Lion’s Mane Star-Lord costume and the Gallery Card “Of Festivals and Friends”.
What was Danqing in Marvel Rivals?
A one-event currency. The official Version 20250122 patch notes put it in one line: complete event missions and challenges “to earn Danqing,” use it “to fill a vibrant illustration with color,” and get a Gallery Card once the picture is framed.
The name fits. In Chinese painting, danqing (丹青) refers to red and blue-green mineral pigments, and the whole reward page looked like a scroll you colored in piece by piece.
Unlike Units or Chrono Tokens, Danqing didn’t carry over. When the event closed on February 14, 2025 at 08:59:59 UTC, whatever was left simply stopped mattering.
How did you earn Danqing?
Mostly by playing the event mode (three weeks of it, give or take). Fortune & Colors added a separate mission tab built around Clash of Dancing Lions, the 3v3 ball mode with Iron Fist, Star-Lord and Black Widow, and those missions paid out Danqing. Unclaimed missions stacked up, so missing a day didn’t lock you out.
Fell behind anyway? From February 6, 2025 the game let you trade Units for Danqing until the event ended. That was a catch-up option for people who came late, and honestly, it was the only way some players finished the canvas in time.
Every Danqing reward in Fortune & Colors
Each 100 Danqing painted one more part of the picture and unlocked the next tier, so the full track took 1,000 Danqing. Every tier was free.
| Danqing spent | Reward |
|---|---|
| 100 | Drum and Roar nameplate |
| 200 | Snake’s Luck spray |
| 300 | 200 Chrono Tokens |
| 400 | Lion’s Mane nameplate |
| 500 | Lion’s Mane spray |
| 600 | 200 Chrono Tokens |
| 700 | Lion Roll emote (Star-Lord) |
| 800 | Lion Dance MVP intro (Star-Lord) |
| 900 | Lion’s Mane costume (Star-Lord) |
| 1,000 | Gallery Card “Of Festivals and Friends” |
For what it’s worth, the Chrono Tokens were the practical part (400 in total, spendable on the regular battle pass). The costume was the reason most people logged in, though. Snake’s Luck, by the way, was a nod to the Year of the Snake, which started a few days after the event opened (Chinese New Year fell on January 29, 2025).
Two other costumes from the same Clashing Lions series weren’t Danqing rewards at all. Black Widow’s Lion’s Heartbeat and Iron Fist’s Lion’s Gaze sold in the store from January 23 to February 14, 2025, alone or in a “Dancing Lions” bundle with a “Blessing Lion” nameplate.
Can you still get Danqing in Marvel Rivals?
No. The currency, the mission tab and the painting page all ended with the event, and no later patch notes mention Danqing again. The rewards themselves stayed with the players who unlocked them.
So is the Lion’s Mane Star-Lord costume gone for good? As far as official sources go, it hasn’t returned as a free reward or a store item. The 2026 Spring Festival in Season 6.5 took a different route: a Lion Dance stage in Times Square from February 13 to March 5, 2026, red packets on Spring Festival’s Eve, new chromas for Iron Fist’s Lion’s Gaze, and a free Awaken the Lion emote. No Danqing, no painting page.
Will NetEase bring back an event like Danqing?
The format, sure, more or less. Marvel Rivals keeps using event-only currencies and reward tracks that reset each event; the free costume for Squirrel Girl in the Season 6.5 event “Citizenship of Monster Kingdom” worked through event missions too. Danqing itself was tied to that one Spring Festival, though, and we wouldn’t expect the exact same scroll to come back. Just our read.
Look, if you missed it, the honest answer is that nothing in the game converts old event progress into rewards now. What you can still collect is current: Unstable Molecules for costume upgrades, and whatever the live event offers. For which heroes are worth your time this season, our Marvel Rivals tier list is updated with the patches, and it’s a better use of an evening than hunting for Danqing Marvel Rivals leftovers.
FAQ
What is Danqing in Marvel Rivals?
Danqing was the event currency of Fortune & Colors, the Spring Festival event that ran from January 23 to February 14, 2025. You used it to paint an illustration and unlock free rewards.
How much Danqing did you need for the Star-Lord costume?
The Lion’s Mane costume sat at the 900 Danqing tier. The full track, ending with the Gallery Card, took 1,000 Danqing.
Could you buy Danqing with Units?
Yes, but only from February 6, 2025 until the event ended. Before that, Danqing came only from event missions.
Can you still get Danqing?
No. Danqing stopped working when Fortune & Colors ended on February 14, 2025, and it has not returned in any later event.
Is the Lion’s Mane Star-Lord skin still available?
It has not returned as a free reward or a store item according to official patch notes. Players who unlocked it during the event kept it.
What does the word danqing mean?
Danqing (丹青) is a Chinese term for red and blue-green mineral pigments, and by extension for traditional painting, which matches the color-in-the-scroll design of the event.
