Overwatch 2: How to unlock Kiriko, Sojourn, and Junker Queen

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Overwatch 2: How to unlock Kiriko, Sojourn, and Junker Queen
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Overwatch 2’s inaugural season is over, while Season 2 is up and running. If you haven’t purchased Season 1’s heroes Kiriko, Sojourn, and Junker Queen for 900 Overwatch Coins or unlocked them via the Season 1 Battle Pass, you can now do so completely for free by completing some challenges.

We’ll walk you through all the requirements to unlock Kiriko, Sojourn, and Junker Queen in Overwatch 2.

Overwatch 2: How to unlock Kiriko

A lady summoning a ghostly fox.
Kiriko is a Support based on Japanese folklore / Blizzard Entertainment

You can unlock Kiriko in Overwatch 2 by completing seven challenges, which all revolve around winning games with Support heroes and mastering Kiriko’s abilities in the Practice Range.

  • Wins for Kiriko: Win 35 games queued as All Roles or playing Support heroes in Quick Play, Competitive, or No Limits.
  • Practice Kunai Crits: Get two critical hits with Kunai in the Practice Range as Kiriko.
  • Practice Healing Ofuda: Heal 250 damage with Healing Ofuda in the Practice Range as Kiriko.
  • Practice Protection Suzu: Use Protection Suzu on two allied bots simultaneously in the Practice Range as Kiriko.
  • Practice Swift Step: Use Swift Step through a wall to an allied bot in the Practice Range as Kiriko.
  • Practice Wall Climb: Use your passive, Wall Climb, in the Practice Range as Kiriko.
  • Practice Kitsune Rush: Buff two allied bots simultaneously with Kitsune Rush in the Practice Range as Kiriko.

Overwatch 2: How to unlock Sojourn

A female sniper.
Sojourn brings big firepower to the battlefield / Blizzard Entertainment

Just like with Kiriko, you can unlock Sojourn in Overwatch 2 by successfully doing some challenges, though it’s only six in her case. You have to win a number of games while playing a DPS hero as well as practicing Sojourn’s skills.

  • Wins For Sojourn: Win 35 games queued as All Roles or playing Damage heroes in Quick Play, Competitive, or No Limits
  • Practice Railgun Primary Fire: Eliminate three bots with Railgun’s primary fire mode in the Practice Range as Sojourn.
  • Practice Railgun Secondary Fire: Eliminate two bots with Railgun’s secondary fire mode in the Practice Range as Sojourn.
  • Practice Power Slide: Deal weapon damage during Power Slide in the Practice Range as Sojourn.
  • Practice Disruptor Shot: Damage two bots with a single use of Disruptor Shot in the Practice Range as Sojourn.
  • Practice Overclock: Eliminate three bots with Overclock in the Practice Range as Sojourn.

Overwatch 2: How to unlock Junker Queen

A muscled punk lady.
Junker Queen's abs easily repel bullets / Blizzard Entertainment

Junker Queen follows the same formula to unlock her in Overwatch 2: Play and win as a Tank and get a grip on what Junker Queen can do on the battlefield.

  • Wins For Junker Queen: Win 35 games queued as All Roles or playing Tank heroes in Quick Play, Competitive, or No Limits.
  • Practice Scattergun: Eliminate three bots with Scattergun in the Practice Range as Junker Queen.
  • Practice Commanding Shout: Buff two bots with a single use of Commanding Shout in the Practice Range as Junker Queen.
  • Practice Jagged Blade: Recall Jagged Blade while it’s still stuck in an enemy bot in the Practice Range as Junker Queen.
  • Practice Carnage: Use Carnage on an enemy bot pulled to you with Jagged Blade in the Practice Range as Junker Queen.
  • Practice Adrenaline Rush: Heal yourself with Adrenaline Rush in the Practice Range as Junker Queen.
  • Practice Rampage: Damage two enemy bots with a single use of Rampage in the Practice Range as Junker Queen.

If you’re patient enough, you’ll also be able to unlock Season 2’s hero, Ramattra, through challenges after the season is over, which is likely going to be in February 2023.


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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg