Overwatch Reveals April Fools’ Day Event and Patch Notes

Overwatch is celebrating April Fools’ Day with a special, limited-time game mode! During the event, almost all heroes have silly and unexpected changes to their abilities. Players can enjoy this chaotic version of Overwatch and earn fun rewards while they play.

Every year for April Fools’ Day, the game Overwatch usually likes to play pranks, like releasing fake patch notes, giving heroes ridiculously large googly eyes, and replacing their ultimate voice lines with funny jokes and parodies. But in 2024, they surprised everyone by actually making the fake changes from the joke patch notes playable in a special game mode called Balanced Overwatch. They followed that up in 2025 with another April Fools’ event called Totally Normalwatch.

Overwatch “Underwatch” Event Details

Blizzard is bringing back its annual April Fools’ Day fun to Overwatch with a new event called Underwatch, running now through April 13th. In the Underwatch Arcade game mode, heroes have been playfully altered, and players can enjoy an open queue. To add to the silliness, players might even receive “helpful” advice from the classic Microsoft assistant, Clippy, during matches to help them choose a hero.

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Underwatch is a complete in-game event with unique rewards you can earn. Most of the challenges can be completed in any game mode, though some are exclusive to Underwatch. If you complete all the Underwatch challenges, you’ll receive special titles for Tank, Damage, and Support roles, 10 developer-created sprays, and 50,000 XP towards your Overwatch Battle Pass.

Highlights From Overwatch’s Underwatch Hero “Balance” Adjustments

Almost all the heroes you can play have been playfully changed in some way. These changes range from funny new appearances and abilities to completely switching up how a hero functions in the game. Here are some of the most amusing adjustments players will discover in Underwatch.

• Domina’s Barrier Array randomly forms in funny shapes.
• After being betrayed by Vendetta, Doomfist can see all active Talon members through walls, and deals and takes 50% more damage to and from such heroes.
• Junker Queen’s shotgun shoots knives, and she throws shotguns at enemies instead of her Jagged Blade.
• Mauga can use Overrun indefinitely and lights himself on fire when he does.
• Mei is now a tank.
• Wrecking Ball gets bigger when he rolls around.
• Anran can use her secondary fire to push herself in the air with her fans and run around as a corpse before triggering Vermillion Revival.
• Bastion’s Configuration: Assault gun has been replaced with a fan.
• Cassidy’s finger guns when using the “Hello” emote deal damage and inflict bleeding.
• New Overwatch hero Emre is even more like Master Chief from Halo than before.
• Genji is now a melee damage hero.
• Pharah has given up her jetpack because of Jetpack Cat.
• Sombra’s Translocator now turns her into props like Kiriko in Mischief & Mayhem.
• Symmetra’s turrets follow her around.
• A second Torbjorn is standing on top of Torbjorn.
• Tracer’s Blink teleports her 13 times further.
• Ana’s Sleep Dart now puts her to sleep, and then gives her Nano Boost after she wakes.
• Jetpack Cat gets a Wrecking Ball auto-attached to her Lifeline that can be thrown at enemies.
• Juno’s Hyper Ring becomes a trampoline.
• Lifeweaver is even smaller.
• Mercy’s Resurrect can now be used on enemies to deal massive damage to them.
• Mizuki has three hats.
• Zenyatta’s secondary fire charges orbs around him that damage nearby enemies before launching in every direction.

Interestingly, Winston wasn’t changed at all in this game mode—because he’s not playable! The character selection screen says he’s at a “special reunion” on the Horizon Lunar Colony. So, Winston fans will have to watch the other 49 heroes get some pretty wild adjustments instead.

Overwatch Underwatch Patch Notes – April 1, 2026

What’s Underwatch?

Hey everyone! We accidentally discovered a fun new way to play 5v5 Overwatch while doing some… office renovations. We’re calling it ‘Underwatch’ – a bit of a silly name since we found it after lifting some floor tiles! You can find it in the Arcade now. The only problem? We hit a water pipe while we were working, and things are getting a little flooded! It would be amazing if you could check out Underwatch so all this chaos feels worthwhile – the water is literally up to my ankles! There are also some unique challenges and rewards to earn. We’ve scheduled a plumber to fix the pipes on April 13th, so you’ll have until then to give Underwatch a try.

Underlying Changes

Do you see what I mean? It’s a play on words! But seriously, the water is up to my waist, and someone told me the only way to stop it from rising further is to turn off Perks in Underwatch. I hope that makes sense.

TANK

D.Va

• Micro Missiles
  • Now fires two giant, slow-moving missiles that explode in a bigger area.

Domina

• Barrier Array
  • Will randomly select one of many pre-determined Barrier Array configurations.
  • Barrier Panel Health increased by 50.
  • Cooldown reduced to 7 seconds.

Doomfist

• Doomfist can see all active Talon members through walls.
• Doomfist deals and receives 50% more damage from active Talon members.
• Active Talon members: Vendetta, Emre, Sigma, Moira, Mauga, Freja
• Rocket Punch
  • Charge can be held indefinitely.
  • Movement speed is no longer reduced when charge is held for long enough.

Hazard

• Jagged Wall
  • No longer fires a wall-spawning projectile.
  • Instead, Hazard enhances himself for 5 seconds, greatly increasing his attack speed, reload speed, movement speed, cooldown speed, and jump speed.
  • Cooldown reduced to 8 seconds.

Junker Queen

• Scattergun
  • Now shoots 7 knives instead of bullets.
• Jagged Blade
  • Now throws a regular shotgun instead of a knife.
  • When impaling an enemy, the shotgun fires at the enemy.
  • After recalling, the shotgun fires at your crosshair when caught by Junker Queen.

Mauga

• Overrun
  • Overrun can last forever.
  • Using Overrun for too long lights Mauga on fire.
  • While on fire from Overrun, colliding with enemies lights them on fire.
• Cardiac Overdrive
  • Now makes Mauga’s chainguns shoot blobs of lava, which explode and instantly ignite enemies.

Mei

• Moved to Tank role and Bruiser subrole.
• No longer has the Specialist subrole passive.
• Shields increased from 0 to 200.
• Mei’s scale has been increased by 25%.
• Ice Wall
  • Ice Wall’s scale has been increased by 25%.

Orisa

• Energy Javelin
  • Now launches Orisa in the direction the Javelin is thrown.
• Terra Surge
  • While charging Terra Surge, Orisa ascends into the sky and can move around.
  • Upon unleashing Terra Surge, Orisa slams down onto the ground below her, triggering its damage on impact.
  • No longer grants overhealth.
  • Maximum damage reduced to 400.

Ramattra

• Health increased from 425 to 500.
• Armor increased from 100 to 500.
• Ramattra is now permanently anti-healed.
• Ravenous Vortex
  • Ravenous Vortex now heals Ramattra for 250% of the damage dealt (bypassing anti-heal).
• Annihilation
  • Annihilation now heals Ramattra for 100% of the damage dealt (bypassing anti-heal).
  • Annihilation applies anti-heal to enemies.

Reinhardt

• Charge
  • Charge can pin multiple enemies at once.
  • Holding forwards or backwards speeds up or slows down Charge’s speed.
  • Charge’s duration increased from 3 seconds to 10 seconds.

Roadhog

• Chain Hook
  • Hook no longer pulls enemies.
  • Now slows, hacks, anti-heals, burns, and reveals the hooked enemy for 3 seconds.
  • Cooldown reduced from 6 seconds to 4.5 seconds.

Sigma

• Accretion
  • Now fires a shotgun volley of small rocks.
  • Has 2 charges.

Winston

• Winston has been disabled.
• Seriously, you can’t play as Winston.

Wrecking Ball

• Roll
  • Greatly increases Wrecking Ball’s size.
  • Wrecking Ball is unstoppable and takes 30% reduced damage during Roll, but moves significantly slower.
• Grappling Claw
  • Retracting the Grappling Claw now launches Wrecking Ball in the direction he is moving.

Zarya

• Particle Cannon
  • Secondary fire now blows explosive bubbles.

DAMAGE

Anran

• Fan the Flames
  • While airborne, Anran’s secondary fire will push her backwards in the direction she is aiming.
• Vermillion Revival
  • Anran can move around while dead before triggering Vermillion Revival.

Ashe

• Dynamite
  • If Ashe shoots an airborne Dynamite, a new Dynamite will be launched upwards from the explosion.

Bastion

• Configuration: Assault
  • Now shoots large wind-blasts with limited range, knocking back enemies.
  • Bastion now moves faster while in this configuration instead of moving slower.

Cassidy

• Cassidy fires a piercing bullet that inflicts bleeding whenever saying hello.

Echo

• Tri-Shot
  • Each successive shot increases the number of projectiles fired, creating new shapes for each volley.
• Flight
  • Cancelling Flight launches Echo in the direction she is moving.
• Sticky Bombs
  • Sticky Bombs now bounce off the environment up to 3 times before sticking.

Emre

• Emre’s jump height has increased.
• Emre’s gravity has decreased.
• 200 of Emre’s health has been converted to shields.
• Cyber Frag
  • Projectile physics have been changed.
  • Now sticks to enemies, dealing more damage when stuck.
• Siphon Pistol
  • Projectile speed increased.
  • Can now headshot.
  • Lifesteal removed.
  • No longer changes Emre’s jump behavior.
• Quick Melee
  • Now deals 60 damage.
  • Will lunge at nearby enemies.
  • Deals critical damage when hitting enemies in the back.
• Override Protocol
  • Ultimate cost has been reduced by 50%.
  • Now only fires 2 heavy rounds.
  • Rate of fire has increased.
  • No longer grants flight.

Freja

• Freja’s regular movement is 70% slower.
• Freja’s cooldowns are accelerated by 300% while on the ground.

Genji

• Shuriken
  • Moved from his weapon to his Ultimate.
  • Shuriken projectile speed tripled.
  • Primary fire now continues firing when held down.
  • Secondary fire now fires 9 projectiles at a faster rate and in a wider arc.
  • Ultimate duration increased to 8 seconds
• Energy Slash
  • New ability.
  • When activated, Genji’s Dragonblade will fire large energy projectiles with each slash for a short duration.
  • Only usable with Dragonblade equipped.
  • Has an 8-second cooldown.

Hanzo

• Random Arrow
  • Replaces Sonic Arrow.
  • Has a 6 second cooldown.
  • Readies one of many possible arrows at random into Hanzo’s bow, which can be seen before firing.

Junkrat

• Steel Trap
  • Maximum number of active Steel Traps has been increased from 1 to 3.
  • No longer has a cooldown and instead costs 50 scrap to place.
  • Heroes drop 25 scrap upon death, which Junkrat can pick up.

Pharah

• Hover Jets
  • Removed.
• Rocket Launcher
  • Has increased self-knockback.
  • The more Pharah knocks herself back with her Rocket Launcher, the faster she moves.
  • No longer deals damage to Pharah.

Reaper

• Shadow Step
  • During Shadow Step, Reaper has 6 seconds to choose if he wants to teleport there or retreat back to his original position.
  • If he retreats, Shadow Step’s cooldown is reduced to 5 seconds.

Sojourn

• While at 100 energy, Sojourn’s abilities consume 50 energy to become energized.
• Power Slide
  • Energized Power Slide moves 100% faster and trips enemies Sojourn collides with.
• Disruptor Shot
  • Energized Disruptor Shot leaves behind 2 smaller energy bursts as it travels.
  • The smaller energy bursts have a 2-meter radius and deal 60 damage per second.

Soldier: 76

• Biotic Field
  • Soldier: 76 can deal massive damage to enemies if he places Biotic Field on them.
• Sprint
  • Final Blows increase Soldier: 76’s Sprint bonus speed boost by 25%, up to 75% extra.
  • This bonus is lost on death.

Sombra

• Disguise
  • Replaced Translocator.
  • Transforms Sombra into a random object.
  • Sombra can still move while disguised.
  • Doing any action removes Sombra’s disguise.

Symmetra

• Sentry Turret
  • Sentry Turrets now automatically deploy around Symmetra and follow her around wherever she goes.
  • Number of charges increased to 4 from 3.
  • Cooldown reduced to 7.5 seconds.
  • Damage reduced from 30 to 15.

Torbjörn

• A second Torbjorn is on top of Torbjorn, mimicking all of his actions.

Tracer

• Blink
  • Distance increased to 100 meters.

Vendetta

• Vendetta’s camera is always in 3rd person, with her aim being totally separate from the player’s.
• Vendetta will automatically lock on to nearby enemies, facing them no matter how the player moves.
• Press Interact to lock on to the nearest enemy your crosshair is aiming at.
• Palatine Fang
  • Overhead damage reduced by 40%.

Venture

• Burrow
  • When emerging from Burrow, a random pick-up is also dug out of the ground.
  • The pick-up can be collected by any ally.

Widowmaker

• Take Aim
  • Can now charge up to 150%.
  • When charging above 100%, the charge rate is 80% slower and the scope zooms in even further.

SUPPORT

Ana

• Sleep Dart
  • Now puts Ana to sleep for up to 3 seconds.
  • When waking up, Ana will Nano Boost herself.
  • The Nano Boost’s duration will scale based on how long she was asleep.

Baptiste

• Exo Boots
  • Now charges up to 4 air-dashes.
  • Air-dashes are used by jumping in mid-air, launching Baptiste horizontally in the direction he is moving.
  • Air dash charges do not decay over time.

Brigitte

• Shield Bash
  • After Shield Bashing, Brigitte begins surfing on another shield for 3 seconds, increasing her movement speed and jump height.
  • Shield Bash’s cooldown begins once the shield surfing ends.
  • Cooldown reduced to 3 seconds.

Illari

• Healing Pylon
  • No longer passively heals nearby allies.
  • Shooting the pylon with Solar Rifle’s primary fire reflects the projectile to all enemies in range.
  • Solar Rifle’s secondary fire can heal the pylon.
  • Shooting the pylon with Solar Rifle’s secondary fire reflects the beam to all damaged allies in range.
  • Build time reduced to 0.5 seconds.
  • Illari can throw the Pylon further.
  • Cooldown is always 7 seconds.

Jetpack Cat

• Lifeline
  • Comes pre-attached with a Wrecking Ball that can be used to slam into enemies.
  • Ending Lifeline launches the ball at high speeds in the direction it is moving.
  • Now has a 12-second duration.
  • Cooldown increased to 6 seconds.

Juno

• Hyper Ring
  • Hyper Ring is now deployed sideways.
  • Allies within Hyper Ring can jump higher. Wheeee!

Kiriko

• Wall Climb
  • Kiriko can move along walls horizontally while wall climbing.
  • After wall-climbing, Kiriko can re-grab the wall without needing to touch the ground.

Lifeweaver

• Lifeweaver’s scale has been reduced by 50%.
• Health reduced from 200 to 75.
• Shields reduced from 50 to 25.
• Life Grip
  • Allies pulled by Life Grip get shrunk for 5 seconds after being pulled.
• Petal Platform
  • Petal Platform’s scale has been reduced by 50%.
  • Health reduced from 300 to 150.
• Tree of Life
  • Tree of Life’s scale has been reduced by 50%.
  • Health reduced from 1200 to 600.

Lúcio

• Successive jumps off of the floor increase Lucio’s jump height, up to 5 times.
• Failing to chain jumps together resets Lucio’s jump height back to normal.
• When at maximum jump height, Lucio can land on an enemy’s head, dealing damage and bouncing him back up.

Mercy

• Guardian Angel
  • Can now target enemies.
• Resurrect
  • Now only targets enemies.
  • Using “Resurrect” on an enemy deals damage while casting, ending in an explosion of damage when finished.
  • Mercy heals for 50% of the damage dealt with Resurrect.
  • Cooldown reduced to 15 seconds.

Mizuki

• Healing Kasa
  • Healing Kasa has 3 charges.
  • Mizuki now wears a hat for each charge of Healing Kasa available.
  • Healing Kasa no longer returns to Mizuki.
  • While Mizuki has 1 or more charges of Healing Kasa, he cannot be headshot.
• Katashiro Return
  • Mizuki can teleport to his previous location 3 times per use.

Moira

• Biotic Orb
  • Now requires targeting an ally to cast.
  • The Biotic Orb will attach itself to the targeted ally, moving around with them.
  • Damage orb’s range increased from 4 meters to 8 meters.
  • Healing orb’s range increased from 5 meters to 10 meters.

Wuyang

• Guardian Wave
  • Wuyang can charge up Guardian Wave, empowering its size, damage, healing, and knockback.

Zenyatta

• Orb of Destruction
  • Secondary fire now has a 6-second cooldown.
  • While charging secondary fire, orbs begin circling around Zenyatta, dealing damage and knocking back nearby enemies for up to 8 seconds.
  • When releasing secondary fire, the orbs are shot out all around Zenyatta rather than all straight-forwards.
  • Secondary fire’s damage and knockback increase with each orb charged.
  • Zenyatta moves 30% faster while charging Orb of Destruction.
  • Zenyatta gains 15 overhealth with each stored orb.

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