Mortal Kombat 1launched with a new single-player mode calledInvasions, the replacement for Krypt. It’s a board game with towers, fights, and minigames set across several islands, tied to a seasonal story. The first of which was abouta multiversal Scorpionattempting to find a reality where his wife wasn’t murdered by the Lin Kuei.
While NetherRealm hasn’t announced future plans, dataminer and leaker Interloko has uncovered the nextfourseasons. Season two is called Blood and will be about Nitara, season three is called Thunder and will focus on Raiden, season four is called Hybrid and will centre on Mileena, and season five is called Cyromancer and will be about Sub-Zero.
Commenters were quick to ask TheThiny for more details, such as whether any progress will be kept between each Invasions season. For context, you earn XP and level up your profile from fighting in battles across the islands, which in turn makes you strong enough to take on later levels and, eventually, the final boss. “All money (except koins) will be reset,” TheThiny said. “And I think invasions XP too. All islands should change.”
The updated islands may be tied to the new characters and stories, though details are scarce right now. However, we know these characters won’t be the same versions from the story. They’re from alternate timelines, hence the name “Invasions”. They are literally invading Fire God Liu Kang’s world.
As for what you’ll earn in each of these seasons, TheThiny said we can expect “the dark versions [of each character] from chapter 14.” You can see Dark Sub-Zero below.
The first season is still ongoing as each is set to last around six weeks. That means we can expect Nitara’s chapter to debut at the end of this month, as backed up by TheThiny.
Fans are particularly excited for Raiden’s season because of what the skin might include. In the story, Dark Raiden was styled on the MK11 version of the character, and so he was played by Richard Epcar instead of Vincent Rodriguez III.
Given that we already have skins with different voices, such asJean-Claude Van Damme’s Johnny Cage, it’s likely Raiden’s Invasions skin will swap Rodriguez III’s voice for Epcar’s.
