PUBG x IVE Collab Guide: IVE Spots, Tickets and End Dates

The PUBG x IVE collaboration is a cosmetic tie-in that also changes what you see in a live match. KRAFTON's PUBG x IVE announcement went up on 3 November 2026 alongside Update 44.1, which only points to it. It went live on PC with the 4 November maintenance and on console with the 12 November one, so as of 14 November it is running on both platforms.

This guide covers what the collab puts into matches, where the free IVE Cargo Tickets come from, what a member set costs in draws, and the order things close in. All times are UTC, and KRAFTON says sales periods are subject to change.

Every PUBG x IVE deadline

The pieces close on different days, and the gaps between them are the main thing to plan around:

Two things fall out of that table. Tickets die five days before tokens on both platforms, so any ticket still unopened on 2 December (PC) or 10 December (console) is lost, while the tokens it would have produced could still have been spent. And the in-match features are tied to "the next update", not a date. The 44.1 notes put Update 44.2 in December without giving a day.

What changes in a match

Beyond the Rondo IVE Spots (next section), KRAFTON lists five in-match changes. The first three are listed for Normal Match, Ranked and Casual Mode:

Using a Cupid's Egg from your inventory gives a random IVE outfit set or a Cupid Chicken Man set, and KRAFTON says those items work only in that match and are removed when it ends. It is a costume for the plane ride, not a free unlock.

The six-map list leaves out Sanhok, Karakin and Paramo, so a lobby on one of those has no Emote Stage on the starting island. The crossbow cannot hurt a player, and KRAFTON lists the Chicken Man on the starting islands only. Only PUBG x IVE emotes can be performed on the stage, though KRAFTON says you can join a player who is performing one.

The three IVE Spots on Rondo

Rondo is where the collab is built into the map itself. KRAFTON added three IVE Spots full of IVE decorations: near NEOX Factory, near Yu Lin and near Hung Shan. Our Rondo map guide covers the first two as ordinary drops.

Each IVE Spot has three things:

• A permanent Emote Stage, so unlike the starting-island version it still works after the match starts.
• The IVE Mansion, where Cupid's Crossbow spawns with 10 bolts.
• The IVE Roulette, which plays a random IVE song when you interact with it.

The modes differ by feature. IVE Spots themselves appear in Normal Match, Ranked, Arcade Intense Battle Royale, and Custom Match in Normal, Esports and Intense Battle Royale modes. The IVE Roulette is narrower: Normal Match, Ranked, and Custom Match Normal Mode only.

The practical read: an IVE Spot is a detour for a mission, not a landing spot for loot. KRAFTON lists no extra loot there, and the only guaranteed item it names is a crossbow that cannot damage anyone. Two of the PUBG X IVE event missions are visiting the Mansion and spinning the Roulette, so do those in a Normal Match early, before you care about placement.

Rondo is in the pool for three weeks

The Rondo missions only work if you can get Rondo, and KRAFTON's Map Service Report for 44.1 handles that directly: "To ensure all players can experience the Rondo world updates, Rondo will be included in the map pool during Weeks 1-3."

On PC, Week 4 starts at 02:00 on 25 November, the same minute the PUBG X IVE missions close. On console the missions close at 02:00 on 3 December, five hours before Week 4 starts. Either way, the mission window and the guaranteed Rondo window are the same three weeks. Ranked is separate: its pool for the season is Erangel, Miramar, Taego and Rondo at 25% each. How the three-slot map selection works is in our map selection explainer.

The free IVE Cargo Tickets

One ticket is one draw. These are the events that pay tickets without G-Coin, from the November Special Drops notice:

That is up to 9 on console. On PC the first check-in closed on 11 November, so 7 is the most still open, and Check-in Event (1) has been running since 11 November; the notice does not say how many consecutive logins its ticket needs. KRAFTON gives event totals, not a per-mission breakdown, so the table shows each event's total. Survival time includes time spent spectating teammates. The same notice also runs a G-Coin Check-in on both platforms from 18 November to 2 December, 02:00, paying 1,000 G-Coin that can be used for 7 days after it is claimed.

Draws themselves also pay tickets back. The cumulative rewards give 1 ticket at 15 draws and 2 more at 55. And you can buy tickets with BP: 10,000 BP each, up to 50 per account. If you are sitting on a BP pile from earlier seasons, that is the no-cash route, at a steep price. Our Battlegrounds Plus explainer covers what BP and G-Coin are.

What a member set costs

Each draw costs 250 G-Coin or 1 ticket and also gives 15 IVE Tokens. Ten at once cost 2,500 G-Coin or 10 tickets for 150 tokens, so the bulk pull saves nothing. The cumulative rewards are where the guaranteed items are:

There are two ways to guarantee the member you want. The selection ticket arrives at 85 draws. Crafting the set takes 2,000 IVE Tokens, which is 134 draws' worth at 15 tokens a draw. So the selection ticket gets there first, and the 85-draw mark is the number to budget against. Anything the Cargo drops on its own is random; KRAFTON's announcement does not print the odds and says to check View Details in Supply Bay.

The Store's four Step Up Packs are the cheapest tickets, each buyable once per account:

All four together are 6,625 G-Coin for 52 tickets and 208 tokens. Our arithmetic for reaching the 85-draw selection ticket, from KRAFTON's prices:

This ignores one more lever: Special Crafting turns 200 IVE Tokens into a ticket, which shortens the climb but spends tokens you might want for a second set.

Special Crafting and IVE Tokens

IVE Tokens are spent in the Special Crafting - IVE tab of the Workshop. The full price list:

Duplicates are not dead weight. Special Disassembly of an IVE Imprint from the Cargo returns tokens: 500 for a member set, 100 for the gear or weapon set, and 50 for an emote set. Four duplicate member sets disassemble into the 2,000 tokens a fifth one costs. The member sets granted by a selection ticket arrive as Imprints, and the announcement does not say what crafting them costs in Credits.

The small print

• Outfit clashes. Sixteen existing outfits cannot be worn with an IVE character's face, on all platforms. The list includes Military Hotpants, the Summer Bikini (Black), Cammy's Leotard, NieR Replicant ver.1.22 - Kainé's Dress and the Harley Quinn Daddy's Lil' Monster Outfit.
• Belgium and the Netherlands. IVE Cargo and the Step Up Packs are probability-based and are not sold there.
• Collector event. Equip each of the six members' outfit skins to earn points toward the IVE Stage custom lobby skin. Outfits from a Cupid's Egg on the starting island do not count.
• Web event. Open to every PC and console player until 22 November, 14:59. It draws 30 winners of a PUBG x IVE keycap and 2 of an IVE autographed key art poster, and runs an in-game item reward event for the IVE - Let's Dive nameplate. The event page has the full rules.
• Content rules. KRAFTON warns that images, videos or posts made with the collab items in ways the game does not support can be removed, and in serious cases can lead to sanctions under the Rules of Conduct.
• A return is possible. KRAFTON's standard note applies: featured items "may become available again at a later date" via the Workshop, Your Shop or events. That is not a promise of a rerun.

Quick Action Checklist

• Console: log in daily from 12 November for the first two check-in tickets; PC's first check-in already closed on 11 November
• Get Rondo in a Normal Match before Week 4 (25 Nov PC, 3 Dec console), then visit the IVE Mansion and spin the IVE Roulette
• Perform a PUBG x IVE emote on a starting-island Emote Stage for the mission (only IVE emotes work there); shooting a Cupid Chicken Man for its Cupid's Egg is optional and not a mission
• Buy Step Up Packs before any 250 G-Coin draw, since they are the cheapest tickets
• Budget for 85 draws if you want one specific member; that is the first selection ticket
• Open every ticket before 2 Dec (PC) or 10 Dec (console); spend tokens before 7 Dec (PC) or 15 Dec (console)
• Enter the web event before 22 November, 14:59 UTC