Jeff the Land Shark has a new costume skin you can get during Marvel Rivals' Winter Celebration event starting on December 20th, 2024. This new skin sees Jeff down a snowboarder's outfit, complete with cute goggles, a scarf, and a zip-up jacket to keep the adorable character warm. This costume, named Cuddly Fuzzlefin, is something you can earn by simply participating in the seasonal event.

The Cuddly Fuzzlefin skin, like many alternate outfits in Marvel Rivals, comes within a bundle that goes beyond just a new look for Jeff the Land Shark. Getting the skin also gives you a brand-new MVP animation for Jeff, as seen in the trailer for the event. Based on other skins in the shop, this likely means you'll also get a unique nameplate, spray, and emote themed around the costume.

How To Marvel Rivals' Winter Celebration Event

to The Game At The Right Time

All you need to do to the Winter Celebration event is to to the game while the event is live. The event lasts from December 20th, 2024 until January 9th, 2024, giving you plenty of time to unlock all the skins tied to the seasonal content. Alongside Jeff's Cuddly Fuzzlefin costume, you can unlock new looks for Groot, Rocket Racoon, Venom, and Magik in Marvel Rivals​​​​​​.

Here are all the times when the Winter Celebration event goes live in various regions:

• PST: Dec 19th at 11pm
• CET: Dec 20th at 8am
• EST: Dec 20th at 2am
• GMT: Dec 20th at 7am

The moment the event goes live, your game will likely have to update to add all the new content. The launch of the event is global across consoles and PC, so don't worry about one system getting this update later than another.

The moment you the event, the developers have said that you will receive a Winter Greeting card from Jeff with "special rewards." As of this time of writing, it is unclear what these rewards will be, but they will likely be related to profile or character cosmetics. Despite the inclusion of a new event-themed mode, you do not have to play this mode to the event, as logging into the game at the right time does this automatically.

How To Get Jeff The Land Shark: Cuddly Fuzzlefin Costume

Complete Goals Tied To A New Game Mode

The Cuddly Fuzzlefin costume is a completely free outfit out of the additional skins introduced during the Winter Celebration event. However, this may not mean the skin is earned immediately when you the event with the Winter Greeting card rewards. Due to the focus on Jeff the Land Shark within the seasonal content, the skin is likely something you have to work towards.

The new game mode called "Jeff's Winter Splash" being added to Marvel Rivals may have different goals and milestones you can achieve to earn the Cuddly Fuzzlefin skin. Similar to Daily or Weekly Missions, you can earn in-game currency by playing matches of this new mode. Finishing enough goals in "Jeff's Winter Splash" should help you unlock the skin without having to spend any real-world money.

"Jeff's Winter Splash" sees a 4v4 match of everyone playing Jeff the Land Shark, using their abilities to spray paint to cover a map. At the end of a match in this mode, the team that covered more of a map in their paint color wins.

The specific goals for this new mode could be anything, but based on existing milestones, they may include:

• Getting A Certain Number of Eliminations
• Winning Multiple Matches
• Getting MVP In A Match
• Cover A Higher Percentage Of A Map To Win

Simply playing more matches in "Jeff's Winter Splash" should help you achieve whatever goals you need naturally. Once you unlock the skin, you can get the bundle that goes along with it for free, giving you multiple aesthetic changes that match the event's themes. You can always check any missions you still need to complete for the skin by checking your profile and the menus within it.

Once you have the skin, you can equip it at any time before a match or within the specific settings of Jeff the Land Shark's hero profile. Those who get the Cuddly Fuzzlefin costume in Marvel Rivals may want to start working toward the other Winter Celebration event skins before they have a chance to disappear later.