Marvel Rivals Guide: Solving the Death of Psylocke the Easy Way

Solving a murder inside a watercolor universe is a fun distraction between matches, even if the puzzle interface is a little stubborn about telling you which word you got wrong.

The Death of Apocalypse event in Marvel Rivals Season 9 has quietly turned into one of my favorite activities to poke at between queues. Someone managed to take down Apocalypse, and along the way, heroes like Wolverine, Psylocke, and Gambit got caught up in the chaos. This whole setup fits perfectly with what the season has been delivering.

The puzzle itself can be a bit of a headache if you try to guess your way through it. The interface lets you know when a layout is wrong, but it never tells you which specific word is causing the problem. I spent way too much time swapping words around before laying out the clean path, so you can bypass that frustration entirely.

Tracking Down the Sparkle Clues

To get started, you need to collect the keywords from the event screen. You can head into the main Events menu, select the Death of Apocalypse banner, and click on the Death of Psylocke mystery.

You'll see a gallery card filled with little sparkle icons. Clicking on each one opens up short text chats between heroes like Emma Frost and Daredevil. Reading through these conversations is how your game logs each keyword. I recommend taking your time and tapping through them slowly. If you think you found everything but the game won't let you fill in the text block, just go back and click the sparkles again. Some of these dialogue lines need a couple of extra taps before the system actually registers them as collected.

The Exact Death of Psylocke Answers

Instead of guessing combinations blindly, you can use this exact list to clear the board on your first try. This saves you the annoyance of trial and error, meaning you can grab your rewards and head right back to playing actual matches.

Here are the correct placements for all ten blanks:

• Blank 1: LOKI

• Blank 2: DESTINY

• Blank 3: PAINT

• Blank 4: BLOOD

• Blank 5: PSYLOCKE

• Blank 6: WATERCOLOR UNIVERSE

• Blank 7: ILLUSION

• Blank 8: MAGIK

• Blank 9: UNDEAD ENERGY

• Blank 10: DRAWN

For the Persons of Interest section at the bottom, select these three targets:

• PSYLOCKE

• LOKI

• MAGIK

The Story Reveal and Your Reward

Placing the final word wraps up the case and reveals that Loki is the mastermind behind Psylocke's demise.

The story shows that the God of Mischief was trying to rewrite destiny, and he believed he needed a very specific ingredient to pull it off. Because Psylocke originates from her own watercolor universe, Loki figured her blood was the missing component for his spell. He ended up trapping her inside an intricate illusion to take what he wanted, then framed Magik to throw everyone else off his trail.

The wildest part of the narrative is that his massive plan completely failed anyway. Psylocke's blood didn't give him any power over destiny. It only allowed him to redraw small pieces of lost worlds, meaning he took her out for absolutely nothing. It is a neat narrative twist that adds another mystery layer to the overarching question of who actually killed Apocalypse.

Clearing the report hands over "The Butterfly Trap (The Mystery of Thebes #4)" gallery card to add to your personal collection. With this second case completely checked off, it's just a matter of waiting for the final Gambit investigation to go live, so you can claim your card and jump straight back into the matchmaking queue.