If you really want to have all items in Overwatch , you need to play a lot – or throw a lot of cash at the problem to buy loot boxes.
Sure, cosmetic items in Overwatch are not important for player success. But for personal satisfaction and style factor, they are essential. That’s why most players use events like “Uprising” to snag as many special loot boxes as possible. So how many loot boxes would you actually need if you want to have every cosmetic item in the game?
The user MyNameisMunka posted on Reddit and did the calculations to find out how many loot boxes are typically needed to get all the items. The calculation assumes that the player has not unlocked any items so far and excludes promotional skins, such as from the “Origin” version. Possible duplicates are also considered, through which the player receives enough credits to buy the missing items.
The result is as follows:
- One needs 1300-1600 loot boxes (an average of 1465) to obtain all current items (all “normal” and those from “Uprising”)
- One needs 1100-1400 loot boxes (an average of 1250) to obtain all normal items (excluding events).
- One needs 1550-1900 loot boxes (an average of 1725) to get all items including all events assuming that Blizzard offers the items at three times the credit price annually.
All Overwatch items cost almost €1,200
For those who would like to convert it into Euros: 1465 loot boxes correspond to approximately 1170 €.
Note: The calculation does not include obtaining player icons. Also, Blizzard has not provided exact probabilities for the distributions within the boxes so far, which is why the initial values are based on player experiences.
