Players of Overwatch 2 now have a different option for topping off their virtual wallets if they want some additional Overwatch Coins to spend on skins and other items but don’t want to spend any real money. This week, Blizzard said that Overwatch 2 would now accept Microsoft Rewards points in exchange for Overwatch Coins. Since these Microsoft Rewards don’t have to be purchased with real money, you could theoretically obtain these Overwatch Coins for nothing.
Given how costly some Overwatch 2 cosmetics may be, the ratio isn’t ideal, but if you consider this as a method to supplement your budget rather than fully funding it, it’s not at all a bad deal. The 200 Coins bargain is described as a “special rate” that is only available for a “short time” on the Overwatch 2 promotion page, so don’t count on it lasting very long.
We teamed up with #MicrosoftRewards to bring you two pieces of big news 🗞
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) December 8, 2022
– You can now redeem Microsoft Rewards Points for Overwatch Coins 🤑
– An exclusive Ramattra-skinned Xbox Series X is up for grabs! Enter for a chance to win! 🎁
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According to the tweet above, Microsoft is also giving away an Xbox Series X with an Overwatch 2 theme as part of a Microsoft Rewards competition. However, if you use Microsoft Rewards points to pay for your entry, it would probably be better for you to bank those points in order to buy Overwatch Coins.
We’ve provided a comprehensive list of all the numerous ways to earn Microsoft Rewards points below. It should be noted that Xbox users have extra opportunities to earn points through the Rewards app, which is accessible on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S consoles. These opportunities include doing weekly tasks and answering monthly surveys. Although we’re concentrating on ways to gain them for free in this tutorial, you can also earn points by buying physical and digital things on the Microsoft Store while logged into your Microsoft account.
- Lookup using Bing (you can earn additional points by using Microsoft Edge to search).
- Use the search bar on the taskbar of your Windows device to perform an online search.
- Use Cortana to conduct Bing searches.
- Browse the official earning page (opens in new tab). You can carry out a number of different tasks to daily earn a small number of points. These typically involve completing quick tests, voting, clicking through to search results that have been approved by Microsoft, and other easy chores. Installing the official Microsoft programs and extensions that are listed there will also give you a significant number of points.
- You can earn a streak by consistently utilizing all of the aforementioned strategies, which gives you extra points for staying on top of Rewards opportunities.
Typically, you can earn up to about 300–350 points per day, which translates to about 10,000 points available each month. Go to the Overwatch Coins Rewards page and select how many coins you’d like to receive a digital code for in order to exchange them for Overwatch Coins.
Having said that, you can convert your Microsoft Rewards points into Overwatch Coins once you’ve started collecting points or have some already available for use. Three alternatives are now available on the Microsoft Rewards website to achieve this: For 1,800 Microsoft Rewards points, you may purchase 200 Overwatch Coins, 5000 points for 500 Overwatch Coins, and 10,000 points for 1,000 Overwatch Coins.
On your Battle.net Account Overview page, you can redeem the code you received after exchanging your points for it for Overwatch Coins. All Overwatch 2 players on all platforms can benefit from Microsoft Rewards in this way since you receive a Battle.net code rather than a Microsoft Store code.