How I Switch Between Battle Passes in Marvel Rivals in 2026

I still remember the night I logged back into Marvel Rivals in 2026 after a long break, expecting to feel lost after several seasons had passed. Since its 2024 launch, the game has kept me coming back because it rewards play in a way that feels generous and exciting. Unlike some hero shooters that faded quickly, Marvel Rivals kept its hooks in me with cosmetics, seasonal progression, and a battle pass that always had something worth chasing. But when I returned, I had one very ordinary player problem: I had missed a previous battle pass, and I assumed those rewards were gone forever. I was wrong, and learning how to swap between battle passes turned into one of those small discoveries that made me feel like I had found a secret vault.

I am not a guide writer or a min-maxer. I am just a regular player who likes skins, emotes, and the little thrill of claiming rewards after a match. My first instinct was to open the battle pass screen and assume I could only see the current season. I clicked around, felt mildly annoyed, and almost gave up. Then I noticed a small Nexus icon on the top-right side of the screen. It looked like a tiny door to the past, and honestly, that is exactly what it was. The flow is simple once you know it, but if you do not know it, the game does not exactly shout the answer at you.

Here is the exact routine I now use when I want to switch between battle passes:

1. Open Marvel Rivals.

2. Select Season.

3. Select Battle Pass.

4. Locate and select the Nexus icon on the top-right side of the screen.

5. Switch between the current and previous Battle Pass.

That is it. No hidden menu, no complicated quest, no secret code. When I selected an old battle pass, it replaced my current one in the Season tab. At first I panicked because I thought I had broken something or lost access to the new pass. I had not. The old pass simply became the active view. To get back to the current battle pass, I just followed the same steps and used the Nexus icon again. That small detail matters because the swap is not a separate window; it changes what you see in the Season tab. Once I understood that, the whole system felt much friendlier.

Then came the part that hit me like a truck: Chrono Tokens. I had a pile of them from the previous season, and I assumed I could carry them forward and spend them on the new battle pass. That is not how it works. When a new battle pass drops, previous Chrono Tokens are lost, and your seasonal pool resets to zero. The developers clearly do not want players to unlock everything from the get-go, so the reset is intentional. As depressing as that sounds, earning them again is not complicated or hectic. You play, you complete objectives, and the tokens come back. The real lesson is simple: do not hoard them like a dragon sitting on gold. Spend them before the season rolls over, or at least spend them as soon as the new pass begins.

There is one important exception I now plan around. Chrono Tokens purchased with real money via Lattice do not reset in the same way. Lattice is the premium currency in Marvel Rivals, and you can convert it into Chrono Tokens. If you bought Chrono Tokens with real money, make it a point to use them on your new battle pass first. Once you are done with the new pass, you can return to the previous one and browse its rewards. That order matters because the new pass is where your fresh progression lives, while the old pass is more like a seasonal archive you visit with purpose.

Here is a quick table of what I learned the hard way:

In 2026, Marvel Rivals has more seasons behind it, but the core battle pass swap flow is still the same useful trick. I now treat each battle pass like a seasonal checklist. I do not let tokens sit around collecting dust. I prioritize the new pass, then revisit the old one when I have time. If I ever buy Chrono Tokens with Lattice, I mentally flag them as the first thing to spend. The process is not difficult, but it is easy to forget after a break. The Nexus icon is the key, the Season tab is the stage, and Chrono Tokens are the currency that demands a little discipline. As a regular player, that is the balance I have learned to respect.