Overwatch 2 Winter Wonderland Event 2022 Guide

It is the season of giving and playing in the snow. As the month of December has finally come to the world of gaming, Overwatch 2 has just released its Winter Wonderland Event 2022. There is a ton of new stuff to explore for all casual and competitive players alike. In this guide, players will know more about this year’s winter event for everyone, so read on.

Winter Wonderland Event 2022 Overview

This event launched on December 13, 2022, and will run until January 4, 2023. Players can enjoy this year’s event with a chilling experience as winter-themed maps and limited arcade game modes such as Mei’s Snowball Offensive, Yeti Hunter, Snowball Deathmatch, and Freeze-Thaw Elimination. Completing these events will earn special winter-theme prizes that are perfect for the season. Plus, when a player will log in, they will receive loot such as the Festive Wreath weapon charm and the 2023 player icon.

Winter Wonderland Event 2022 Skins

Whenever a new event arises in Overwatch, there are bound to be new skins suited for the holidays. Below is the list of skins that players will enjoy getting for this year including how to unlock them:

Overwatch 2- Winter Wonderland Event 2022 Skins - Brigitte — All exclusive Overwatch2 Winter Wonderland 2022 skins

Ice Queen Brigitte
- To earn this skin by completing six special Event Challenges.
Gingerbread Bastion
- Go to The Shop Menu of Overwatch 2 and it is available for purchase for 1 Overwatch Coin
Ice Angel Echo
- Go to The Shop Menu of Overwatch 2 and it is available for purchase
Sleighing D.va
- Twitch Drop

Winter Wonderland Event 2022 Arcades

The arcade modes in Overwatch 2 are optional events in that players can participate. In Winter Wonderland, there are many ice challenges that literally chill your spine out of the equation, and they are as follows:

Mei’s Snowball Offensive
Mei’s Yeti Hunt
Freezethaw Elimination

Mei’s Snowball Offensive

The first playable mode during the event is Mei’s Snowball Offensive, where players must play the hero, Mei, and fire snowballs to knock out opponents in either a 6v6 Elimination or an 8-player Deathmatch.

Mei’s Yeti Hunt

The 2nd arcade event is the Mei’s Yeti Hunt, a 5v1 raid-boss battle. In this mode, a team of 5 Mei players must work together to defeat a rampaging Yeti (Winston) from stealing food from the local village. Using Mei’s freezing ability and setting up traps is the best way to defeat this unruly monster. Be careful, if he steals too much food, he will go into a mad frenzy and quickly wipe out your team instantly.

Overwatch 2 - Winter Wonderland Event 2022 Arcades -Free-thaw Elimination

Freezethaw Elimination

The last mode is Freezethaw Elimination where players must eliminate all opponents using any heroes available in the game. Once an opponent is K.O.’d, they will be frozen solid. To unfreeze them, interact with the frozen corpse and they will be revived quickly.

Winter Wonderland Event 2022 Challenges

In every event in Overwatch 2, there are challenges that rewards players with a ton of rewards and Battle Pass XP to level up. If players complete these special side missions, they will be awarded Brigitte skin, the Ice Queen.

Below are all the challenges and tasks that players must meet for this year’s event.

Abominable – Win a game in Yeti Hunter as a Yeti.
- Reward: Ramattra Ornament Spray & 1500 Battle Pass XP
Block of Ice – Block 8 snowballs with Cryo-Freeze, Ice Wall in Snowball Deathmatch, or Mei’s Snowball Offensive.
- Reward: Sojourn Ornament Spray & 1500 Battle Pass XP
Caught a Cold – Catch 6 snowballs in Snowball Deathmatch.
- Reward: Junker Queen Ornament Spray & 1500 Battle Pass XP
Monster Hunter – Win a game in Yeti Hunter as a Mei.
- Reward: 1500 Battle Pass XP
Season’s Greetings – Complete 6 Winter Wonderland Challenges
- Reward: Ice Queen Brigitte Skin & Weapon Charm
Snowstorm – Win a game in Snowball Deathmatch
- Reward: 1500 Battle Pass XP
Time for Cocoa – Win a game in Mei’s Snowball Offensive
- Reward: 1500 Battle Pass XP
Unthawed – Win a game in Freeze-thaw Elimination
- Reward: 1500 Battle Pass XP
Warmhearted – Thaw 15 allies in Freeze-thaw Elimination
- Reward: Kiriko Ornament Spray & 1500 Battle Pass XP

Overwatch 2 Winter Wonderland 2022 Twitch Drops

Brigitte skin isn’t only the reward players can earn from this event. Players can get two holiday-themed, D.Va cosmetics with Twitch Drops. From December 25, 2022, until January 4, 2023, you can watch Overwatch 2 Twitch streamers with drops enabled to earn the Festive D.va Victory Pose and Sleighing D.va Legendary Skin.

To get these rewards, players must follow the following steps:

Watch 2 hours of any Overwatch 2 Twitch stream from any channel with drops enabled to earn Festive D.va Victory Pose.
Watch a total of 6 hours of any Overwatch 2 Twitch stream from any channel with drops enabled to earn the Sleighing D.va Legendary Skin.

For those who have no way to earn these rewards on their Overwatch accounts, players must link their Twitch and Battle.net accounts by visiting the Battle.net Connections page:

1st step is to Log into their Battle.net account
Head to the list of Connect Accounts and search for Twitch. If it’s not linked yet, click on +Connect on the right side
Click continue to begin
Login to the Twitch Account and click authorize to link the account.

That’s our complete Overwatch 2 Winter Wonderland 2022 event guide. We hope you found this article to be informative. Feel free to check out our other Overwatch 2 articles as well.