Overwatch 2: season 1 battle pass, skins, and souvenirs, explained

Overwatch 2’s transition from a premium game (the original Overwatch) to a free-to-play one will bring a long list of in-game purchases, including a seasonal battle pass, as well as à la carte skins and other cosmetic items. Blizzard will introduce new battle passes approximately every nine weeks. Skins, animations and bundles digital goods will rotate through the store at a quicker pace.

Season 1’s paid battle pass comes with a range of legendary and epic-tier skins. It also includes the first mythic skin, Cyber Ninja, which Genji can customize. This pass includes sprays of voice lines, player icons, emotives, and two cosmetic types: souvenirs and weapon charms.

Here’s a look at what’s in the 80-tier Overwatch 2For season 1, you can get a battle pass

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What do you mean? Overwatch 2 souvenirs?

First-person shooters are popular among fans. Overwatch are likely familiar with the concept of weapons charms — tiny, dangling accoutrements that hang off of weapons and armor — the purpose of Overwatch 2’s souvenirs may not be as evident.

Souvenirs in Overwatch 2 can be earned through a battle pass or purchased in the in-game store, and they include things like a miniaturized model of the payload from the King’s Row map, a slice of pineapple pizza, a cartoon heart, and an oversized salt shaker (used to convey the opposing team’s saltiness, of course). Players can earn souvenirs by equipping them from the hero gallery. An associated emote from the owned emote list will be then available to equip.

Look at the gallery below for the heroics of Overwatch 2Prezenting the existing list.

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What’s Blizzard selling in Overwatch 2?

The list of available cosmetics doesn’t stop there: Blizzard is selling a bunch of skins (some bundled with voice lines, sprays, and highlight intros) through a store accessible via the main Overwatch 2 menu. Here’s a peek at some of the skins and bundles, and how much they cost using Overwatch 2’s currency, Overwatch Coins.

The Overwatch 2Watchpoint Pack on Sale for 39.99 The bundle includes 2 Space Raider skins for Cassidy and Soldier (76), 2000 Overwatch Coins, 15 Overwatch skins, the Premium Battle Pass for Season 1, and two Space Raider skins for Cassidy.

Blizzard also sells skins for other heroes, such as Kiriko, Sojourn and Doomfist. A solitary skin for Doomfist (Kìnìún) goes for 500 Overwatch Coins, equivalent to $4.99. Other cosmetics bundles cost more at 1,500 to 2,000 coins. These bundles are known as Blizzards, which offer discounts on the full price.

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These may seem a bit shocking. Overwatch players, who were accustomed to getting most of that game’s skins for free through lootboxes earned by playing or maintaining high endorsement levels. But they’re also inline with skin costs in other free-to-play games like Apex Legends League of Legends, and players will be able to earn Overwatch Coins in-game by completing challenges — a free route to unlocking coveted cosmetics.

For players who have more money than time — or, somehow, a surplus of Overwatch Coins — players can also buy their way through each battle pass to unlock its cosmetics immediately. Each tier is 200 coins. A player would need to buy 75 tiers for 15,000 coins. The cost of this amount would be approximately $130.

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As with Overwatch League, Blizzard also offers a selection of Overwatch League skins. These skins can be purchased using Overwatch League Tokens, a different currency that you earn by either watching Overwatch League live games online or buying the tokens.

Here’s what’s in the store currently, for Overwatch League skins:

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Blizzard will continue to release new cosmetics frequently. Many players might not be able spend the money or grind hard to get them all. Given the increased flow of cosmetic content and associated costs of time and/or money, many players likely won’t get their hands on everything Blizzard pumps out over Overwatch 2’s lifespan.