By Paquito Jr Conde | May 11, 2025

The December 2024 update brought a sleigh-full of new content to Rivals on Roblox—featuring snowy events, limited-time game modes, exclusive skins, balance changes, and more. Here’s a full look at everything packed into this festive season’s biggest update.

🎉 Rivals: Festive Update 8 – Complete Overview

Released on December 16, 2024, the Festive Update 8 for Rivals brought a wave of holiday cheer to the game. With new limited-time modes, seasonal cosmetics, gameplay adjustments, and rewarding events, this update delivered something for everyone in the community.

🎄 Festive Event

Crystals

Earn Crystals by completing special event tasks like winning matches or defeating enemies. For an added bonus, your first 100 Crystals each day come with a 2x multiplier. Crystals are the primary currency for the event.

Event Shop

Trade your Crystals for exclusive seasonal rewards, including:

• Jolly Chest
• Festive Wrap Box
• Peppermint Wrap
• Jingle Bell Charm

Crystal Bundles

Available for purchase with Robux, bundles range from 50 to 5,500 Crystals. Premium bundles include unique skins like the Crystal Daggers and Giant Ice Spike Finisher.

Lobby Enhancements

The main lobby now features festive decorations and a snowball fight mini-game to celebrate the holiday season.

🧊 Mirror Matchup Mode

This limited-time game mode ensures a fair challenge by giving all players the same randomized weapon loadout. Playable in 1v1, 2v2, and 3v3 formats, it takes place on the brand-new Battleground map.

📅 Advent Calendar Event

Running for 10 days starting December 16, this event offered daily rewards including:

• Jolly Chests
• Wrap Boxes
• Charm Capsules

Highlight: Day 9 rewarded all players with a free Festive Skin Case.

🎁 Festive Skin Case

Featuring 34 brand-new festive weapon skins across various rarities.

Legendary Skins:

• Candy Cane Knife
• Gingerbread AUG
• Firework Launcher

Rare Skins:

• Cryo Scythe
• Snowball Launcher
• Reindeer Slingshot

Common Skins:

• Wrapped Minigun
• Pine Uzi
• Festive Fists

How to Get: Free via the Advent Calendar (Day 9) or purchase for 249 Robux each or 3 for 724 Robux.

⚖️ Weapon Balance Changes

• Crossbow: Body damage reduced from 50 to 37.5
• Battle Axe: Movement penalty reduced, spin attack damage increased, spin cooldown increased
• Fists: Damage reduced from 35 to 30
• Scythe: Damage reduced from 45 to 35
• Flashbang: Max ammo increased; auto ammo regen removed
• Subspace Tripmine: Knockback increased by 25%

🛠️ Other Improvements

• Shooting Range: Now accessible after matches for practice
• Mobile Enhancements: New left-handed control option added
• Spawn Kill Fix: Resolved an issue where Energy Rifles could spawn kill on the Construction map
• Streak Fixes: Now correctly tracks in 1v1v1 and 2v2v2 queues

Overall, Festive Update 8 has been one of the most exciting and feature-rich patches for Rivals so far—delivering a great balance of holiday fun and competitive updates to keep players coming back during the season.