Overwatch 2 Has a Mysterious New Currency

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Overwatch 2 Has a Mysterious New Currency
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Summary

  • Overwatch 2 introduces the mysterious Hard Light Crystals currency, with its purpose unknown.
  • Some reports say the new currency is specific to China for buying loot boxes.
  • The developer has yet to comment on Hard Light Crystals in Overwatch 2.

Overwatch 2 just got a mysterious new currency called Hard Light Crystals, though its source and purpose are currently unknown. Likely intended only for use in China, this currency can currently be seen in the Overwatch 2 Hero Gallery’s filter options.

Recently, Overwatch 2 released its massive Season 15 update, adding Loot Boxes and game-changing Perks to the first-person shooter. The content update has been so well-received that Overwatch 2’s rating on Steam is slowly crawling up from being the worst-reviewed game on the platform.

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In light of recent content updates and reveals, Overwatch 2 is seeing a noticeably positive trend in its reviews on the FPS’s Steam page.

However, Overwatch 2 added something else new to the game in Season 15 that wasn’t documented in the patch notes. While exploring the Hero Gallery in Overwatch 2, a currency called Hard Light Crystals can be seen in the Edit Filters menu, though it is currently not associated with any in-game cosmetics. Sporting a unique light blue coloration, the exact purpose or source of this new currency is unknown.

Hard Light Crystal Currency in Overwatch 2

Several reports from sites like Overwatch Cavalry and d3watch claim Hard Light Crystals are supposed to be a new currency used to buy Loot Boxes specific to China, now that Overwatch 2 has officially returned to the region, though nothing has seemingly been confirmed by Blizzard or NetEase at the moment. Others speculate that it may be a Loot Box duplicate protection currency given to players with most or all cosmetics in the game or that it could be associated with the Hard Light weapon skins from Overwatch 2 Season 8.

Regardless, Hard Light Crystals would only add to the currency problem Overwatch 2 has. Many fans are already exasperated by the abundance of other currencies from the game’s history and are not happy with the idea of Overwatch 2 adding more on top of the Overwatch Coins, Mythic Prisms, Competitive Points, and others players are already collecting.

Currencies in Overwatch 2

Currency

Source

Used for

Overwatch Coins

Battle Pass, microtransactions

Battle Pass, shop bundles, hero cosmetics

Credits

Battle Pass, weekly challenges

Legacy cosmetics

Mythic Prisms

Premium Battle Pass, microtransactions

Mythic hero and weapon skins

Competitive Points

Competitive Play

Weapon Variants

Legacy Competitive Points

Competitive Point conversion at end of year

Old Weapon Variants

League Tokens

Twitch streams, microtransactions (discontinued)

Overwatch League cosmetics

Event Tickets

Limited-time event activities

Event cosmetics

Hard Light Crystals

Unknown

Unknown

Luckily, most Overwatch 2 fans likely don’t need to worry too much about the Hard Light Crystals. If Hard Light Crystals are specific to Chinese players, they were likely added to the international client by accident, and if they were a part of the Loot Box system, or were coming to all game regions, Overwatch 2 likely would have mentioned them in the Spotlight event or blogs leading up to Season 15’s release. Regardless, Blizzard or NetEase will likely reveal what exactly Hard Light Crystals are and where they are found soon – and if they are specific to Chinese Overwatch 2 fans, or if the new currency will be added to the game everywhere.

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