Overwatch 2 Fans Can Get Some Free Loot Boxes This Weekend

Summary

From June 6–June 8, Overwatch 2 players can earn a total of nine Loot Boxes by simply playing the game.
Junkrat’s Loot Box Hunt is a new limited-time event coming this weekend.
Overwatch 2 Season 17 will begin on June 24.

Overwatch 2 just revealed Junkrat’s Loot Box Hunt, a special limited-time event where players can earn up to nine Loot Boxes during the weekend of June 6. By reaching daily milestones, Overwatch 2 fans can get three Loot Boxes on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, simply by playing the game.

Loot Boxes made their triumphant return to Overwatch 2 in Season 15. Over the last few months, Blizzard has given away tons of them, including a normal and Epic Loot Box that were available as Twitch Drops for the Overwatch 2 mid-Season 16 update.

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Now, players are about to have another chance to earn the better part of a dozen Loot Boxes this weekend. Junkrat’s Loot Box Hunt is a new limited-time event that Overwatch 2 is running on June 6, 7, and 8. Throughout the event, fans can complete daily milestones to earn a total of nine Loot Boxes, with three available on each day.

Junkrat’s Lootbox Hunt Coming to Overwatch 2 From June 6-8

It is currently unclear what these milestones will be, but they will likely require one to play games in order to obtain them. That said, each daily set of three Loot Boxes needs to be fully earned each day, so fans should be sure not to miss a day, lest they lose the chance at free rewards. These are also separate from the typical three Loot Boxes Overwatch 2 players can earn each week, meaning that gamers can easily earn a dozen over the course of this weekend.

Junkrat’s Loot Box Hunt seems to be a filler event to excite fans in the weeks ahead of the Competitive Drives near the end of Overwatch 2 Season 16. While there is no confirmation it will be returning, these types of simple weekend Loot Box events could easily be brought back in the future in the downtime before other events, holidays, and major updates.

Players can expect some big changes when Season 17 launches on June 24. Beyond a Battle Pass refresh, Mythic skin for D.Va, and Mythic Weapon skin for Reaper, fans will also see Aatlis, a new map for Flashpoint, alongside reworks of the existing maps for the game mode. Map Voting in Competitive Play will also arrive, and the Summer Games will take place, ostensibly alongside another crossover. Stadium also gets some big updates in Overwatch 2‘s next season, including Sigma, Junkrat, and Zenyatta as heroes, Esperanca and Samoa as maps, and new features including the Stadium Forge, an Unranked mode, and cross-play. All Season 16 Loot Boxes will be automatically opened before the new update, so there is no reason for players to hold on to any of the ones they earn from Junkrat’s Loot Box Hunt.