How to unlock all heroes in Overwatch 2

Despite having 38 characters available, the Overwatch 2 initial roster is limited, as players need to unlock the characters in order to use them in matches. There are plenty of cool heroes to try and unlock, so here’s how to get all of them.

Everyone has their favorite hero when it comes to Overwatch, but not all characters are available at the beginning of Overwatch 2. Thankfully, most of them aren’t too hard to unlock, all they take is a little dedication and quite a bit of gameplay.

We’ve compiled all the available heroes in Overwatch 2 and worked out how you can unlock them so you can get back to destroying the enemy as your favorite character.

Full starting roster for new players

The current hero roster looks like this, however, half of the roster will be locked for new players.

Whether you’re a new player or a veteran of the original game, then you will start Overwatch 2 with these heroes.

Tank:

• Orisa
• Reinhardt
• Winston
• Zarya

Support:

• Lucio
• Mercy
• Moira

Damage:

• Pharah
• Reaper
• Soldier: 76
• Torbjorn
• Tracer
• Widowmaker

How to unlock all heroes in Overwatch 2

Unlocking the rest of the heroes in Overwatch 2 requires you to complete a fair few matches (around 150) or, for the newer heroes like Junker Queen, you’ll need to do something a little different.

The way you unlock the majority of the heroes is to simply take part in matches, which then completes the challenge they are linked to. Some are only a few whereas others will undoubtedly take some time to complete, like Baptiste. After you’ve completed four matches, each win will count as two, making your life a little easier in the long run.

As for heroes released in Overwatch 2, they will need to be unlocked by completing hero challenges. The challenges can be found in the “Challenges” section under the “Hero” tab.

Many of the Hero challenges are quite similar, with most just requiring you to use all their abilities in the practice range. The tricky part is the requirement to win 35 games queued as either All Roles or the role the hero is.

Additionally, if you don’t want to complete the challenges, Blizzard does give the option to purchase a hero starter pack which immediately unlocks the desired Overwatch 2 hero.

All requirements to unlock regular heroes

Here’s how to unlock each regular hero in Overwatch 2:

All requirements to unlock new heroes

Here’s how to unlock each new hero in Overwatch 2:

Those are all the characters present within Overwatch 2 currently, along with how you can unlock them.

While working towards getting your favorite hero, take a look at some of our other handy Overwatch 2 guides: