Overwatch® Patch Notes — December 18, 2025
Aggregated from Steam, cross-tracked with Battle.net coverage on GamePatchNote.
Winter Wonderland
Mischief & Magic Mode
Now onto the part of the season that jingles, sparkles, and occasionally bursts into confetti. Winter Wonderland is back from December 9 – January 7 with Mischief & Magic, the beloved prop hunt game mode, on a familiar winterized map. For the first two weeks you will hide as props or hunt down your disguised foes with as much holiday spirit as you can muster while firing a weapon indoors (*please don’t actually fire weapons inside).
Halfway through the event, the magic shifts. Props wake up, stretch their little limbs, and decide they have had enough. Mischief & Magic Wonderland breathes life into your disguises, letting you fight back with explosive charm. Gingerbread bites. Snowmen detonate. The holiday spirit positively combusts. Through it all you can earn Frozen Demon Junkrat and Frozen Mountaineer Cassidy, track your progress in the Event Hub, and enjoy holiday chaos with friends who definitely did not see that candy cane coming.
Winter Wonderland Event
This year also introduces a festive three-path reward system that lets you chase the cosmetics that speak to your style. Complete challenges across Winter Wonderland and other modes to earn Winter Cookies, then spend them on three tracks: Jingle Tracer, Krampus Junkrat, and Santa Claus Torbjorn. Each path has its own unique rewards, milestones, and personality to let you earn at your own pace and build that warm fuzzy sense of holiday joy while you play.
Collect your Cookies and bring some cozy winter fun to your fights December 9 through January 7.