Overwatch Players Can Earn Bonus XP and Loot Boxes This Weekend

Overwatch Players Can Earn Bonus XP and Loot Boxes This Weekend

From GameRant (Written by Eric Law) on | OpenCritic

Overwatch has officially begun a new Junkrat’s Loot Hunt event featuring double Battle Pass XP gains from now through May 12. This double weekend event should give Overwatch players plenty of reasons to log in ahead of the mid-Season 2 update, which should arrive shortly after.

Junkrat’s Loot Hunt is a filler event that Overwatch periodically brings back to add some extra incentive to log in during downtime periods. By playing games during the event, fans can earn up to nine free Loot Boxes. When the event first took place in June 2025, it featured daily milestones in which one had to play a certain number of games each day to earn their Loot Boxes, but it was changed in later iterations to allow progress to carry over throughout the weekend.

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Now, Junkrat’s Loot Hunt is back once more to carry players through the first half of Reign of Talon Season 2. From now until May 12, fans can earn up to nine free Loot Boxes simply by playing games. However, this iteration has an...

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