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Overwatch 2
Overwatch Retail Patch Notes – October 6, 2026
Oct 6, 2026 · Developer update tracked by Buffs & Bugs
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For four wicked weeks, complete challenges to earn ravishing rewards, and cast Offerings to help determine which shadowy characters are first to be summoned into a brand new limited-time mode.
AffectedPC · PS5 · Xbox · Switch
Main focusGeneral Updates
- Ghoulishly Good Challenges
- Complete challenges to collect rewards. Every challenge conquered unearths spooky swag, as well as Offerings you can use in voting.
- Offer Up Your Devotion
What officially changed
For four wicked weeks, complete challenges to earn ravishing rewards, and cast Offerings to help determine which shadowy characters are first to be summoned into a brand new limited-time mode.
Ghoulishly Good Challenges
Complete challenges to collect rewards. Every challenge conquered unearths spooky swag, as well as Offerings you can use in voting.
Offer Up Your Devotion
Offerings decide which characters crawl into the Graveyard Games mode next. Earn as many Offerings as you can, and direct them to any of the available heroes you want; you can spread them out, or pledge your allegiance to just one!
Mystery Madness is our new Halloween Event mode, combining elements of Mystery Heroes, Junkenstein’s Lab, and Stadium. But there's an added twist: you gain Powers when you die. Mystery Madness is 5v5 Open Queue but with guaranteed 1-2-2 Role Composition and has the game format of Best-of-3 Control.
At the start of a match, you are assigned a random role and given 3 hero choices within that role. If you like to leave your chances up to fate, there is also a random button that will pick between 3 heroes and grant you a small boost.
Our newest spooky support, Doctrine, will also be playable in Mystery Madness: Graveyard Games!
General Updates
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Added new Option (Custom Restricted Words) to Social -> Text Chat.
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Added information regarding Custom Restricted Words to Text Profanity Filters info dialog and Report dialog.
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Player-sent chat messages containing a restricted word(s) will be hidden with a "Possible Bad Message (Custom)" warning, with the option to reveal the message.
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While Streamer Mode is enabled, players will need to confirm before being able to view and manage their Custom Restricted Words list.
Developer Comments: Our automated systems do their best to hide disruptive chat by default, but this feature gives all players the ability to specify exact words and phrases that they don't want to see in text chat, which applies to all text chat channels (Whisper/Group/Team/Match).
You can now progress Unvaulted Battle Passes from past seasons alongside the current season's Battle Pass!
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From the Home Screen, navigate to Battle Passes > Legacy Pass to see the full list of available Passes.
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Previously purchased Battle Passes can be activated and progressed. Any progress that was made when the Battle Pass was initially run is carried over when the Pass becomes unvaulted. 2026: Season 4 Battle Pass will not be available to activate at launch and will be made available in the midseason.
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Certain rewards such as Mythic Skins, Mythic Prisms, Overwatch Coins, XP Boosts, and Player Titles are no longer obtainable in unvaulted passes.
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