Overwatch 2 players get free tier skips ahead of Season 18

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Overwatch 2 players have about one more week to complete the Season 17 Battle Pass.

If you find yourself still working towards completing the Battle Pass for Overwatch 2 Season 17, Blizzard Entertainment and Twitch have stepped in to lend a hand with some complimentary tier skips. Let’s walk through how to unlock these bonuses and understand how tier skips operate within Overwatch 2.

How to get free tier skips before Overwatch 2 Season 18

Starting from now until August 25, 11:59 PM Pacific Time, you have the opportunity to obtain up to five free Battle Pass tier skips for Overwatch 2 through Twitch Drops. To do so, sign in on Twitch and your Battle.net account, connect them, then watch Overwatch 2 gameplay on a qualified Twitch channel. For every hour you watch, you’ll receive one tier skip.

Once you’ve claimed the free Overwatch 2 rewards from Twitch using your Twitch account inventory, open Overwatch 2 and the game will automatically apply them to your Season 17 Battle Pass.

Keep in mind that these level skips aren’t valid for the top-tier stages of the Battle Pass. So, if you’ve advanced through 80 levels of the Battle Pass already, those skipped levels will be saved up for the next season’s Battle Pass, specifically Season 18.

Overwatch 2 Season 17 Battle Pass prestige rewards

As a seasoned Overwatch 2 gamer, I’ve been pondering if the grind to those prestige tiers in this season’s Battle Pass is worth my time. If unique player titles are what you crave, then yes, it could be. This season’s offerings include Retro Gamer, Teacher’s Pet, Fragile Flower, Min-Maxer, Bad Apple, Fleeting Beauty, Smarty Pants, and n00b. These catchy titles can add a touch of personality to your in-game persona. But remember, the journey is as much about the fun we have playing as it is about the destination!

Instead of the tiers 1-80 where rewards are earned within each tier, these “prestige” tiers necessitate advancing past a single tier to secure rewards. Here’s a list of the requirements for the prestige tiers in Overwatch 2 Season 17 Battle Pass.

  • Retro Gamer: Reach tier 85
  • Teacher’s Pet: Reach tier 95
  • Fragile Flower: Reach tier 105
  • Min-Maxer: Reach tier 115
  • Bad Apple: Reach tier 130
  • Fleeting Beauty: Reach tier 150
  • Smarty Pants: Reach tier 175
  • n00b: Reach tier 200

Is it time for the start of Overwatch 2’s Season 18? It commences on August 26, leaving you approximately a week to complete the remaining challenges in Season 17’s Battle Pass.

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2025-08-20 23:23