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Skins Not Transferring to Overwatch 2? Here’s Why

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Published: Oct 5, 2022 10:57 am

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Some fans are not seeing their Overwatch 1 skins in Overwatch 2. If you’ve been playing Overwatch 1 from the very beginning and have a lot of extremely rare Legendary skins, it is upsetting and scary to think that they may be gone since Overwatch 1 is officially dead. Fear not, for we have the answers for you. Here is why your Overwatch 1 skins are missing in Overwatch 2.

Missing Overwatch 1 Skins in Overwatch 2, Explained

First off, if you find yourself missing your Overwatch 1 skins in Overwatch 2, make sure that you have transferred your Overwatch skins to Overwatch 2. Though Overwatch 2 should automatically have your Overwatch 1 skins, if you are playing on a different console, you need to link your Battle.net account.

Since Overwatch 2 has cross-progression, all you need to do to have your Overwatch 1 skins in Overwatch 2 is go to your Battle.net account, select Connections, and link all of the platforms you want to play Overwatch 2 on.

Once that is done, you also need to know that Blizzard has recognized the Overwatch 1 skins not transferring over to Overwatch 2 issue. They know that this issue is a bug and, since equipping cool skins like the Legendary Kiriko skin you can get from Twitch Drops are some of the only ways to show off your Overwatch 2 passion, Blizzard is working as fast as they can to fix this issue.

Take comfort in knowing that it isn’t something you are doing wrong and your Overwatch 1 skins are be lost forever. Give it a week or two and Blizzard will have a fix up and running.

While you wait for a patch, pass the time by checking out our Overwatch 2 guides like how to play the new Damage Hero, Sojourn, who the best defensive Heroes are, and much more. Visit our Overwatch 2 page.

Overwatch 2 is available now on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

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Noah Nelson
From his early days of blog-style music, movie, and game reviews to working as the Esports Writer at Coastline Community College, Noah Nelson now works fulltime as a Staff Writer for Attack of the Fanboy and PC Invasion. He has been helping gamers everywhere with Destiny 2 god rolls, Warzone 2 DMZ missions, and collectibles in any indie game for over a year and a half. His Bachelor's Degree in English Rhetoric and Composition with a minor in Journalism from CSULB has shaped him to be a strong writer and editor. His fondest gaming memory is playing Sly Cooper 2 after begging his mom (for hours) to play it before his birthday and he still cries myself to sleep remembering the time he accidentally saved over his 99% completion save file in Kingdom Hearts 2.