Price
The Premium Battle Pass costs 1,000 Overwatch Coins (about $10), the price Blizzard set for Premium passes in its launch announcement and kept for Season 5. The Ultimate Battle Pass Bundle costs $39.99, per Blizzard’s official Steam store listing for Season 5.
The $39.99 is not the price of the pass: it is the price of Premium plus 20 tier skips, two exclusive Legendary skins and 2,000 Overwatch Coins. Judge it as a bundle, not as the pass price, and note the listing states it is not eligible for a refund.
What It Contains
The Premium track, per Blizzard’s Season 5 reveal coverage, holds five Legendary skins — Ghostly Belle Ashe, Jack O’ Ripper Soldier: 76, Ghost Bride Mei, Bat Empress Junker Queen and Autumn Fox Zenyatta — and three Epic skins — Skelly Bastion, Witching Hour Brigitte and Spectral Shroud Symmetra — plus up to 80 Mythic Prisms, sprays, voice lines, player icons, name cards and loot boxes across the track.
The prisms are the track’s real currency: 80 buys one full Mythic cosmetic from the Mythic Shop — this season, either the Mythic Dragon Shaoxia Wuyang hero skin or Lúcio’s first Mythic weapon skin, Treblemaker. The track also lets you choose which Legendary to chase first, and Season 5’s swap system lets you replace an eligible Legendary with a returning skin.
The Ultimate bundle, per Blizzard’s Steam listing, adds on top of Premium: 20 tier skips, the Ghost Voyager Venture and Crimson Regent Doctrine Legendary skins, and 2,000 Overwatch Coins. Tier skips do not apply past level 80 or to prestige tiers; excess skips bank to the next season.
What a Free Player Gets
The season’s gameplay is not pass-gated: the new support hero Doctrine, the Watchpoint: Grímsvötn Escort map, the Sombra and Roadhog reworks and the Mystery Madness event are Season 5 content, announced by Blizzard as the season itself, not as pass rewards. A free player gets the season; the track’s skins, prisms and coins stay locked.
Free players should also note Season 5’s Unvaulted Passes: previous seasons’ passes (Seasons 1–15) can now be bought and progressed alongside the current pass. That is a separate purchase per old pass, and it does not earn the current season’s coins, prisms or Mythics — do not buy an old pass expecting this season’s rewards.
Verdict: Is It Worth Buying?
Yes, if you want a Mythic and play regularly. Premium at 1,000 coins for five Legendaries, three Epics and 80 prisms — one full Mythic of your choice — is the best Mythic-per-coin route in the game, and the choose-your-Legendary-first system means you are not grinding for skins for heroes you never play.
No, if you only want one skin. A single Legendary you like is cheaper as a shop consideration than a full pass you will not finish, and the prisms only matter if you will earn all 80. Check how many tiers you realistically reach in a season before buying.
Ultimate is for Doctrine and Venture mains, or coin buyers. Its two exclusive skins plus 2,000 coins (themselves worth about $20 of coin purchases) make the $39.99 defensible if you want both skins and the coins; otherwise Premium plus patience is the same track for 1,000 coins.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much is the Overwatch 2 Season 5 Battle Pass?
Premium costs 1,000 Overwatch Coins, per Blizzard’s Premium pricing; the Ultimate Battle Pass Bundle costs $39.99, per Blizzard’s Steam listing.
What do the 80 Mythic Prisms buy?
One full Mythic cosmetic from the Mythic Shop — this season, the Mythic Dragon Shaoxia Wuyang hero skin or Lúcio’s Treblemaker Mythic weapon skin.
Do Ultimate’s tier skips finish the pass?
No. Skips do not apply past level 80 or to prestige tiers; excess skips bank to the next season, per Blizzard’s Steam listing.
Is the new hero locked behind the pass?
No. Doctrine, the new support hero, launched as Season 5 content for all players, not as a pass reward.
