Overwatch 2 is a free-to-play game, which means that many cosmetic items (and even heroes) can be obtained by unlocking the Battle Pass. Instead of player or account levels there is now only “Battle Pass Rank”. Many players will want to unlock all available items as soon as possible. We’ll tell you how to speed up the pumping process.
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You can earn some XP just by completing matches, but there are much better methods if you want to level up quickly in Overwatch 2. There are two ways to gain experience and level up in the game:
- Complete daily, weekly, seasonal and persistent challenges.
- Finish matches.
Completion of matches is the easiest way to gain experience, but each battle will only give you a small amount of XP. Instead, it’s better to focus on completing challenges as they give gamers thousands of experience points per day if completed regularly.
Many of these challenges are specific to specific heroes. Therefore, to level up faster, you should switch heroes instead of favoring your main characters. Be sure to check out the available challenges in the game’s main menu and focus on completing them.
Challenges in Overwatch 2 are divided into four categories: daily, weekly, seasonal and permanent. Let’s take a closer look at how they work. The game also states that most challenges cannot be completed in custom matches and training.
Complete Daily Challenges
Daily Challenges are the most lucrative in Overwatch 2 and are also the easiest to complete. There are 6 daily challenges to choose from, but only the first 3 you complete will earn you experience. This means you can choose which daily challenges you want to focus your energy on. This also means that after you complete your first 3, you should forget the rest if you want to level up quickly. Instead, focus on completing weekly and seasonal challenges.
You will receive 3,000 XP for completing a daily challenge, up to a maximum of 9,000 XP per day. This means that if you complete 3 new daily challenges every day, you will get a total of 63,000 XP for the week. Each subsequent level of the Battle Pass requires 10,000 XP, so for these challenges you will receive 6 levels of BP.
The easiest test is to get first win of the day. You can also play three matches by queuing for all reels. Some tests are done with a group, others offer to endure or deal a certain amount of damage.
Complete Weekly Challenges
Weekly Challenges last longer than Daily Challenges, and each challenge provides more experience. You can receive rewards for all weekly challenges. Unlike daily, their number is not limited to gaining experience only for the first.
Each completed Weekly Challenge will earn you 5,000 XP, and with 11 Weekly Challenges available each week, you can earn up to 55,000 XP, enough to level up 5 levels of the Battle Pass. Better yet, many of these weekly challenges overlap with the daily ones. For example, you can have a daily challenge to win one match and a weekly challenge to win 10. In this case, you can work on two tasks at once.
Typically, weekly challenges ask you to get multiple wins, deal a certain amount of damage, or perform the necessary team actions.
Join Seasonal Challenges
Seasonal challenges are a good additional source of experience. They have to complete many Season Challenges (41 in total in Season 1). Each of them gives you 500 or 1000 experience points, with the exception of a few “Experienced Participant” and “Veteran Participant” challenges, for which you receive 3000 and 5000 XP, respectively.
Seasonal challenges are often hero-specific, meaning you have to play as many different characters as possible to get them more effective, rather than just picking your favorites.
They are available on different maps and modes. There are tests dedicated to the skills of the characters, there are also more general tasks. They should be ready before the end of the season.
Complete ongoing challenges
Finally, there are permanent challenges that can only be completed once. Most reward titles and cosmetics, but the first 9 challenges will earn you Battle Pass XP. They are all meant to be rewarded for the first win of a certain type, for example for the first win with a support hero or for the first win in a team fight.
Each of these challenges will earn you 500 XP, and completing all 9 will give you a total of 4,500 XP. That’s about half of what you would normally get in a day by just completing 3 daily quests. But at the beginning of the season, this method can be a good help.
How can you quickly increase the battle pass in Overwatch 2?
To complete all levels of the Battle Pass in Overwatch 2, you need to earn 10,000 XP for each level. There are 80 levels in total, so you need to earn 800,000 XP throughout the season. This way you can unlock all the rewards without spending real money.
If players complete all suggested daily and weekly missions as they become available, they will receive 63000+55000=118000 XP per week. This is just under 15% of the total amount of the battle pass.
Add to that the extra experience you earn by simply completing matches and earning seasonal challenge rewards. It will most likely take 6-7 weeks for a diehard player to unlock the full Battle Pass through in-game methods only.
Of course, if that sounds too complicated and you don’t mind spending the money, you can buy any level of the Battle Pass for 200 coins.
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