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Skins

Skins are cosmetics that modify the appearance of a hero by changing their outfit, color scheme, and/or weapon.

See these pages for full lists of skins:

Rarity tiers

Each hero has several skins from each cosmetic rarity tier. Each rarity tier is as follows:

  • Common - The base cosmetic and original appearance of a hero. Common skins are unlocked by default, and each hero has two (except for Echo and heroes added after the release of Overwatch 2).
  • Rare - Rare skins are simple re-colorings of the default skin. Each hero has four Rare skins that change the primary color of the hero's default skin. Rare skins are only obtainable in the hero gallery, and will never appear in the shop.
  • Epic - Epic skins are either advanced re-colorings of the base appearance of a hero, or colorings with slight three dimensional additions. As a whole, these skins do not drastically alter the silhouette of a hero. Epic skins are obtainable by progressing through the Battle Pass, completing challenges, or by purchasing them in the shop or hero gallery.
  • Legendary - Legendary Skins are skins which drastically alter the hero's silhouette, changing their weapon model, colors, and outfit. Legendary skins are obtained via challenges, progressing through the Battle Pass, purchasing them in the shop or hero gallery.
  • Mythic - Mythic skins were added in Overwatch 2. They can be bought in the Mythic Shop using Mythic Prisms, which can be earned through the Battle Pass. Mythic skins have varying levels of customization: the base level of customization costs 50, with further levels costing an additional 10, after reaching a set level, "gilded" variants can also be purchased for 20.

Legendary and Mythic skins may alter a hero's Voice Lines.

Methods of obtaining

If counting all skins, including OWL skins, there are 4000+ skins in the game.

There are several methods of obtaining skins in Overwatch 2:

Locked skins

Some Overwatch 1 skins have been unavailable for purchase in the Hero-Gallery despite most of them being obtainable for Credits. Such skins Have the 'Locked' icon and display the text "Curently unavailable". A number of these skins have been granted to owners of the playstation plus subscription as bonus pack :

* Available in Overwatch 2 Loot Boxes

Obsolete methods

There were also several methods of obtaining skins that are no longer usable:

Overwatch contained 363 skins that could be obtained through Loot Boxes (Loot Boxes in this case refers to all types, including seasonal).

  • Base Loot Boxes had a chance to award players with any skin that was not locked to a seasonal event.
  • Seasonal Loot Boxes provided players with skins only for the current event.
  • Anniversary Loot Boxes had a chance to drop any skin from any past event.

The 211 skins not obtainable through Loot Boxes, the Battle Pass, or purchasable with in-game currency could be obtained by attending BlizzCon, participating in limited-time events, and preordering or purchasing a premium edition of the game.

Limited-Time Events

Some skins have been made available only through limited-time events in both Overwatch and Overwatch 2. The list is as follows:

In-Game Challenge Based Skins

These skins were unlocked by completing an in-game challenge during the corresponding event. During Overwatch 1 this often included winning 9 Arcade matches, and in Overwatch 2 this often included completing any games with wins granting double progress.

* Available in Overwatch 2 Loot Boxes

Shop Sometimes available in the shop

Collaboration Based Skins

These skins were unlocked using a variety of methods that included logging into the game, purchasing with coins or real-life currency, watching Twitch steams, progressing in the battle pass, or completing in-game challenges.

* Available in Overwatch 2 Loot Boxes

Shop Sometimes available in the shop

Collaboration Based Skins

These skins were unlocked using a variety of methods that included logging into the game, purchasing with coins or real-life currency, watching Twitch steams, progressing in the battle pass, or completing in-game challenges.

* Available in Overwatch 2 Loot Boxes

Shop Sometimes available in the shop

Skin-Specific Quotes

Main article: Skin-Specific Quotes

Legendary and Mythic skins may unlock unique voice lines that replace existing lines and/or add new lines.

Trivia

  • 192 OWL skins are no longer available for purchase after Florida Mayhem, Los Angeles Valiant, and San Francisco Shock changed their team colors.
  • Alien (Zarya) was an OWL skin available in Overwatch as a tribute to Jay “Sinatraa” Won (former OWL MVP), but is no longer available for purchase due to sexual harassment allegations against Won. The skin was removed for purchase from the game after the controversy, and players were given the option to refund their OWL tokens if they didn't wish to keep the skin. This has made it one of the least common Overwatch skins that was acquirable in-game as it has never been available again to repurchase.
  • With the release of Overwatch 2, every hero from Overwatch was given a new Common skin, called "Overwatch 2", except Echo who still only has her classic "Overwatch 1" skin.
  • Junkrat is the only hero to have Skin Descriptions for his Rare skins.
  • The Venture skin Monarch was the first Rare skin to be given to a hero that isn't one of the original 4 recoloured rare skins every hero is given. This also means Venture has the most Rare skins out of any Hero, having 5.


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Cosmetics
Types
Emotes • Highlight intros • Name Cards • Player Icons • Player Titles • Skins • Souvenirs • Sprays • Victory poses • Voice lines • Weapon Charms • Weapon Skins • Weapon Variants • Signatures
Seasonal Events
Halloween Terror • Lunar New Year • Overwatch Anniversary • Overwatch Archives • Summer Games • Winter Wonderland
Heroes
Tank
D.Va • Doomfist • Hazard • Junker Queen • Mauga • Orisa • Ramattra • Reinhardt • Roadhog • Sigma • Winston • Wrecking Ball • Zarya
Damage
Ashe • Bastion • Cassidy • Echo • Genji • Hanzo • Junkrat • Mei • Pharah • Reaper • Sojourn • Soldier: 76 • Sombra • Symmetra • Torbjörn • Tracer • Venture • Widowmaker
Support
Ana • Baptiste • Brigitte • Illari • Juno • Kiriko • Lifeweaver • Lúcio • Mercy • Moira • Zenyatta
Currencies
Credits Credits • Coins • Competitive Points • Mythic Prisms • League Tokens
Other
Shop Shop (Mythic Shop) • Overwatch League • Themed skins • Mythic Skins