Overwatch 2’s cross-progression and account merging allows you to keep all of your Overwatch 1 skins, stats, and ranks. This is great if you already play Overwatch or have played in the past so you can keep all of your unlocks and avoid starting all over in Overwatch 2. However, there are many caveats to this account merging process, and you should make sure you have a Battle.net account to use as this will be your unified Overwatch 2 account. Here’s what you need to do to merge your accounts and set up Overwatch 2 cross-progress.
How to set up Overwatch 2 cross-progress and merge accounts
To enable cross-progression in Overwatch 2, you must merge your Overwatch platform account(s) with a Battle.net account. If you don’t have a Battle.net account, you won’t be able to play Overwatch 2, meaning if you’re a console player, setting up cross-progression is pretty much mandatory. However, we have full details on how to merge your Overwatch accounts for cross-progression whether you have a Battle.net account or not. Make sure to do this before Overwatch 1’s closing date.
Before we explain exactly how to merge your Overwatch accounts, there are a few limitations to keep in mind:
- The most important thing is that you only one chance to merge your accountsso you need to make sure you put the right ones together on the platform(s) you are going to play on.
- Eligible platform accounts for account merging are PlayStation Network, Xbox Network and Nintendo Switch accounts.
- You can merge multiple platform accounts into the same Battle.net account, but they cannot be from the same platform. For example, merging one Xbox, one Nintendo, and one PC Battle.net account is fine, but merging two Xbox accounts with one PC Battle.net account is not. This also means that you cannot merge multiple Battle.net accounts.
- If you switch a linked console account – you may want to link a different Xbox profile after a while – you can do that on Battle.net, but you’ll have to wait 365 days before you can do it again, so choose wisely.
- You cannot link the same platform account to multiple Battle.net accounts.
- You can unlink accounts at any time.
Be sure to check out this FAQ (opens in new tab) on the Overwatch website for help.
Merge Overwatch 2 accounts for cross-progression with a Battle.net account
- Log in to your Battle.net account, via the desktop app or in a browser. If you log in through the app, click on the Battle.net icon in the top left corner of your screen and select ‘My Account’ – this will open your Battle.net account settings in your browser. If you’re logging in through your browser, click on your Battle.net account name in the top right corner and choose “Account Settings.”
- Select ‘Connections’ and then connect any PlayStation, Xbox or Nintendo accounts you have. Remember you can only pair one of each!
- Log into Overwatch and select the ‘Merge Account’ option from the main menu to open a Cross Progression popup.
- Select ‘Continue’ and verify that the console accounts on your screen are the ones you want to merge with your Battle.net account. If the accounts are incorrect or don’t show up on your screen, you’ll need to change or link them on Battle.net.
- Follow the button prompt to confirm your accounts and you’re done.
How to merge Overwatch 2 accounts for cross-progression without a Battle.net account
- Sign in to Overwatch on your console account
- Scan the QR code on the screen with your mobile device
- Enter the displayed code to create your Battle.net account. If you want to merge multiple console accounts, now is the time to log into Battle.net in your browser and link those other accounts through the “Connections” menu in Account Settings.
- The next time you log into the game, you will be prompted to confirm your console account in order to merge it with your new Battle.net account.
What will be merged with Overwatch 2 cross-progress
Overwatch 2 Battle Pass
This is what the first Overwatch 2 Battle Pass looks like, including skins and other rewards, progress and more.
Regardless of which method you had to use, your platform accounts must be confirmed and merged upon the launch of Overwatch 2 on October 4. Linked console account progress and unlocks will be saved to your unified Battle.net account, meaning a lot of stuff will carry over. Please note that this also means that you will not be able to add more stats and unlocks by unlinking an account and linking a new one as it will not technically merge with your Battle.net account.
The most important things you take with you in Overwatch 2 are all your Hero Gallery items – that is skins, emotes, voice lines, golden weapons, etc. – and Player Icons. Your Overwatch credit, which is spent on unlocking certain Hero Gallery items, will also be added together in your accounts so you don’t lose any. As for Overwatch League tokens, these will also be added up after merging, but any purchased on a Nintendo Switch account cannot be merged and will remain on your Nintendo Switch. All achievements will also be merged with your Battle.net account, but not on the respective console platforms. Let’s say you have an Overwatch Xbox achievement that awards a special spray, that spray is still usable on PlayStation, but you don’t unlock the relevant trophy.
As for stats, leaderboards, and presets, these will also merge with your Battle.net account, but with a few restrictions. Your input bindings and control schemes are kept separate as controls per platform. Competitive ratings are split across PC and console input pools (i.e. mouse and keyboard or controller), and if you’re merging multiple console platform accounts, the highest ranking will be used. Similarly, in-game stats are aggregated based on platform input, but all cumulative stats, such as total eliminations or time played, are aggregated, while the best value stats, such as highest kill streak, use the highest value from any of the consoles aggregated bills. Finally, Endorsements use the highest value across all accounts.
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