Weekly Boost Schedule

Marvel Puzzle Quest MPQ News and Announcements
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Update on this issue:

The following characters have missed having their weekly buff:

2 Stars:

  • Hellcow

  • White Tiger

4 Stars:

  • Arnim Zola

  • Iron Fist Lin Lie

  • Mr Fantastic The Maker

  • Toad Mortimer Toynbee

  • Viper

5 Stars:

  • Falcon Torres

  • Iron Man Cosmic Invasion

  • Red Skull

  • Silver Sable

  • Sword Master Lin Lie

  • War First Horseman

The dev team are working on getting these affected characters into the rotation! Once I get an update from the team, I should be able to share some more specific dates on when they have their buff week.

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Week of Wednesday the 6th of May (next month)

  • 5-Stars: Sword Master Lin Lie, Silver Sable, Red Skull, Iron Man Cosmic Invasion

  • 4-Stars: M Baku MCU, Toad Mortimer Toynbee, Viper, Arnim Zola, Mr Fantastic The Maker

  • 3-Stars: Spider Gwen Spiderverse, Scarlet Witch, Black Panther, Storm Gold, Thor Gold

  • 2-Stars: White Tiger, Hellcow,

  • 1-Stars: Juggernaut, Venom.

Week of Wednesday the 13th of May

  • 5-star buffs: Daredevil (MCU), Jean Grey (Phoenix), War (First Horseman), and Falcon (Torres).

  • 4-star buffs: Ghost Rider 2099, Namora, Negasonic, Red Hulk, and Iron Fist (Lin Lie).

  • 3-star buffs: Peggy Carter (Iron), Miles Morales (Spider-Fit), Sentry, Hulk, and Ragnarok.

  • 2-star: Moonstone, Captain America

  • 1-star: Storm, Iron Man

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Cool. M’baku week and Moonstone week.

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I greatly appreciate this post but would recommend this kind of info be posted as News and Announcements vs in the Bug channel as that’s been the standard practice.

EDIT: it looks like there was no official post that made it over for Sunspot. Has he entered the boost cycle?

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Thanks much Jeto, this is exactly what we have been looking for.

If you posted information like this once every few weeks, it would be super appreciated, ideally under News.

Edit: Bluewolf types faster than me. :grin:

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To quibble over the boost lists, the standard practice has been that you add someone to the boost list when they move out of “Latests” status aka are no longer one of the 3 most recent releases who are in tokens.

Now…the 4s have been releasing very sporadically due to 6s dropping into their release slots, so the most recent ones are Toad, Lin Lie IF, and Viper, as of today (presumably one comes next week).

The 5s have been regularly releasing. Current most recent 3 in tokens are War, Falcon and Sword Master.

The Latest 4s and 5s are featured in PVE and get boosted every 2.75 weeks there - or were, or should be, or whatever you guys want to do with this thing that has been part of the game’s pattern for years.

Technically, under the (unwritten?) rule of not putting someone into a boost list before they leave Latests status, on 5/6 and 5/13, the following characters would not be put onto the boost list:

4s - Toad, Lin Lie Iron Fist (Viper is ok assuming we are getting a 4 next week who will push her out of Latests status)

5s - War and Falcon (Sword Master is ok since he will be pushed into Classics on 4/29 by Drop Bears)

Honestly I don’t think anyone will much care as the boost lists are very long right now- due to the sheer number of characters - if you add some people onto the boost list sooner than the unwritten rule would dictate. Also the 4s have changed so slowly, seems fine to add Lin Lei in next month as he released in January.

With 164 4s their boost list takes 32.8 weeks to run once.

With 119 5s it takes 29.75 weeks to run that list once through.

It might be worth considering expanding the number of boosted characters although we also have Heroic events coming up which may mean you are already looking at this.

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Yes, Sunspot entered the weekly boost cycle on 01/22/2026.

Sunspot - in weekly boost list 01-29-2026
Sunspot - in weekly boost list 01-29-2026313Ă—137 26.1 KB

None of the 5s after Sunspot were added to the weekly boost schedule… until now. So Sunspot was likely baked into the schedule by the departing dev team and their notes never made it to the IP2 team.

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To extend the process that had been used in the past, once a character leaves the Latest status, they are added to the weekly boost schedule which then determines their order in the cycle going forward. So the next group of boosted characters can/will vary from the previous group depending on when a “new” character enters the boost cycle, but typically includes 3 older characters and the new one.

Going back to my original post, this is why I specifically called out the 5s that have left the Latest Legends but haven’t received their weekly boost yet: Red Skull, Silver Sable and Cosmic IM.

I also provided 2 examples of 5s that recently left the LLs and were added to the boost list to demonstrate how the cycle varies.

Of course, if the IP2 team wants to include the current releases into the boost cycle earlier than how things were done previously, that’s their prerogative. It’s their game, but hopefully they’re also considering the input and experience from the players.

In any case, the communication and responses from IP2 are greatly appreciated.

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Could we please get an updated version similar to this, for the month of May?
(posted under “MPQ News and Announcements”)

Thanks!

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I’ve asked if this is something I can get from the team in advance to be able to share here more regularly!
I was able to get that list before as one of the devs was in the process of fixing that issue, so they had a list in front of them.

But if I can, I will!

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Also, while I am waiting for some updated permissions to post in the News & Announcement category:

Week of Wednesday 29 Apr 2026

5-stars: Peggy Carter Worthy, Jeffery Symbiote, Iron Man Mark46, Rescue

4-stars: Colleen Wing, Reptil, Hulkling, Karolina Dean, Kate Pryde

3-stars: Namor Rivals, Phyla Vell Captain Marvel, Captain America Gold, Psylocke, Loki

2-stars: Storm Classic, Magneto Marvel Now

1-stars: Black Widow, Yelena

:sparkles:

Week of Wednesday 06 May 2026

5-stars: Sword Master Lin Lie, Silver Sable, Red Skull, Iron Man Cosmic Invasion

4-stars: M Baku MCU, Toad Mortimer Toynbee, Viper, Arnim Zola, Mr Fantastic The Maker

3-stars: Spider Gwen Spiderverse, Scarlet Witch, Black Panther, Storm Gold, Thor Gold

2-stars: White Tiger, Hellcow

1-stars: Juggernaut, Venom

:sparkles:

Week of Wednesday 13 May 2026

5-stars: Daredevil MCU, Jean Grey Phoenix, War First Horseman, Falcon Torres

4-stars: Ghost Rider2099, Namora, Negasonic, Red Hulk, Iron Fist Lin Lie

3-stars: Peggy Carter Iron, Miles Morales Spider Fit, Sentry, Hulk, Ragnarok

2-stars: Moonstone, Captain America

1-stars: Storm, Iron Man

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Once you get permission, posting this in the MPQ News channel get posted to Discord etc. (via a bot)

Giving more people visibility into this.
Not many people follow MPQ Bugs replies. :smiley:

We very much appreciate all your follow up, and communication.

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is Tips & Guides a better location for now?

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I’ll let Discord know, until you get access. :+1: (I did this last time as well)

Stuff like new characters announcements, upcoming events dates & times, boosted characters list (like you just posted) Have historically gone in the main News, by S0kun.

You can do whatever you want, there are “automated triggers” for more official communication in “News” (Posting there is restricted to Devs)

Tips and Guides is more of a players helping players section.

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As soon as I can post in News, I’ll move this thread over!:sparkles:

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Now in the News & Announcements category!