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Mystery Swap

Mystery Swap

Complete the Mystery Swap Junkenstein challenge mission.

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How to unlock the Mystery Swap achievement in Overwatch 2 - Definitive Guide

Edit: With the change to Overwatch 2, this challenge has become much tougher. The ultimate meter no longer carries over, you start at 30% meter on a switch, so use those ults if you get them, even if it just clears trash mobs, gives a bit of breathing room. I believe it is still the normal order of bosses, though they definitely seem to spawn in faster, so if you haven't taken Roadhog down quickly, you will be overwhelmed when Symmetra spawns in.

I don't know if I have any other advice, maybe it's best to stick around the door & ditch the usual method of one on the stairs, one on the right, cause if you get caught in a bad spot, you'll be stuck looking at that respawning screen.

If you are newer to the game, I would suggest playing a few regular matches, get used to the usual flow of the event (like the majority of the zomnics come down the left stairs) and all heroes.
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27 Oct 2020 22:39

11 Comments
The swaps happen every minute like clockwork. A few seconds after the minute ticks so 6:57, 5:57, 4:57, etc. You will swap one final time when the timer runs out.
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By Moldy Tacos5000 on 27 Oct 2020 23:33
It honestly depends on the state of the game (especially on the boss waves), so you may not even need to do this at all, but don't forget that if you end up as Hanzo, Baptiste or Widow, you can get up to the wooden platform on the side of the gate right before the next swap and let the new character take advantage.

McCree, Ashe, Ana, Zenyatta and Torb's turret can benefit from this the most with the higher vantage point.
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By CyanDeadEye on 28 Oct 2020 09:09
From my teams personal experience it seemed to pick characters you've probly use least and aren't proficient at. Like for me it kept giving me precision characters when I main healers and our 2 that focus on playing dps kept getting healers. Our 4th plays a variety of characters but still got characters he knew the least aboot like Babtiste, Ashe, and Torb.
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By SSgtRubberDucky on 29 Oct 2020 00:30
Something you can add that I found out the hard way is if you deploy an ult (like Baptise's field or Torbjorns Molten Core) shortly before you get swapped, the ult goes away and is effectively wasted so it's wise to hold onto it if you haven't swapped in awhile.
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By FruitofPassion on 29 Oct 2020 02:39
You can have triple of the same character. I had 3 hanzo's at one point.
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By Cr4ck Sh0t23 on 29 Oct 2020 03:52
This ones isn't too bad. A lot of it depends on the luck of the characters you roll, and what combination you get.

Having two Torbs and two Soldiers at once was awesome. Having two Widows during a boss battle was not :)
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By Dixxxxxon on 29 Oct 2020 17:43
Getting up to the wooden ledge with mobility characters & getting the swap is a good tip. I did that the second time I got Baptiste, unfortunately I got swapped to Brigitte, which is useless up on the ledge.
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By VGM 007 on 30 Oct 2020 00:30
Holy mother of god this challenge is awful now
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By GSR CAOR on 26 Oct 2022 00:25
The ultimate is lost when swapping now and there heroes completely useless now. If 2 teamates randomly get them, it's game over
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By FxH Final on 26 Oct 2022 07:49
Sounds like a skill issue GSR
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By Saurvivalist on 29 Oct 2022 22:12
lol explain this to the monster or the summoner when you swap with empty gauge and your team has 2x widow, 1x tracer and 1x ana ahaha
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By FxH Final on 03 Nov 2022 11:35
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Posting a solution with the complete Spawn Timers for Junkenstein's Revenge. The other solutions have good strategies to follow.

The base spawns and difficulty for the Halloween Terror Challenge Missions are identical to an Expert Junkenstein's Revenge run.

The only difference is the variant for the particular challenge which in this case is:
Every 60 seconds your heroes are swapped at random.

This is a total RNG fest. You could end up with all or no support in a wave and either get your team wiped or not able to do enough damage to keep up. Your ULT charge carries over with each "swap" so if you have a non-optimal character, save your ULT for the next 60 seconds in hopes it will be useful then. Team communication at each swap is key to knowing who will use which ults and when.

This is likely one of the two more difficult of the 6 challenges.

Here are the current spawn timers:
8:00 Mission Start
6:51 Tire (Random)
6:33 Tire (Random)
5:48 The Reaper
4:54 Tire (Random)
4:39 Tire (Random)
4:25 Tire (Random)
3:53 Junkenstein's Monster
3:24 Tire (Random)
2:52 The Summoner
2:36 Tire (Right)
1:52 Dr. Junkenstein
1:36 The Reaper
0:49 Tire (Left)
0:47 Tire (Right)
0:33 The Reaper
0:25 Tire (Center)
0:00 The Witch, Dr. Junkenstein, Junkenstein's Monster
Last Boss Dies -> Victory

Things to note:
  • The time given is when the audio cue is initiated. There may be a few seconds before the enemy is fully spawned and able to be damaged.
  • For the random tire spawns, listen for the call-outs by the heroes. They will say "ramparts" or "left" for a left spawn, "center" or "bridge" for a center spawn, or "right" for the right spawn.
I recommend the following team composition:
Soldier: 76, + any 3 DPS.
The goal is to build as much ULT charge as possible before the first swap. Soldier: 76 is there in case some healing is needed in the initial minute.

This achievement stacks with and will unlock the following achievements if not previously earned:
Overwatch 2Dawn BreaksThe Dawn Breaks achievement in Overwatch 2 worth 47 pointsWin Junkenstein's Revenge on Expert difficulty.

Overwatch 2Survived the NightThe Survived the Night achievement in Overwatch 2 worth 34 pointsWin Junkenstein's Revenge on Hard difficulty.


Upon completion, the hero you played will count as one of the heroes needed for progress toward this achievement:
Overwatch 2Four They WereThe Four They Were achievement in Overwatch 2 worth 41 pointsWin Junkenstein's Revenge with 4 different heroes.
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05 Apr 2022 23:48

Posting a solution with the complete Spawn Timers for Junkenstein's Revenge. The other solutions have good strategies to follow.

The base spawns and difficulty for the Halloween Terror Challenge Missions are identical to an Expert Junkenstein's Revenge run.

The only difference is the variant for the particular challenge which in this case is:
Every 60 seconds your heroes are swapped at random.

This is a total RNG fest. You could end up with all or no support in a wave and either get your team wiped or not able to do enough damage to keep up. Your ULT charge carries over with each "swap" so if you have a non-optimal character, save your ULT for the next 60 seconds in hopes it will be useful then. Team communication at each swap is key to knowing who will use which ults and when.

This is likely one of the two more difficult of the 6 challenges.

Here are the current spawn timers:
8:00 Mission Start
6:51 Tire (Random)
6:33 Tire (Random)
5:48 The Reaper
4:54 Tire (Random)
4:39 Tire (Random)
4:25 Tire (Random)
3:53 Junkenstein's Monster
3:24 Tire (Random)
2:52 The Summoner
2:36 Tire (Right)
1:52 Dr. Junkenstein
1:36 The Reaper
0:49 Tire (Left)
0:47 Tire (Right)
0:33 The Reaper
0:25 Tire (Center)
0:00 The Witch, Dr. Junkenstein, Junkenstein's Monster
Last Boss Dies -> Victory

Things to note:
  • The time given is when the audio cue is initiated. There may be a few seconds before the enemy is fully spawned and able to be damaged.
  • For the random tire spawns, listen for the call-outs by the heroes. They will say "ramparts" or "left" for a left spawn, "center" or "bridge" for a center spawn, or "right" for the right spawn.
I recommend the following team composition:
Soldier: 76, + any 3 DPS.
The goal is to build as much ULT charge as possible before the first swap. Soldier: 76 is there in case some healing is needed in the initial minute.

This achievement stacks with and will unlock the following achievements if not previously earned:
Overwatch 2Dawn BreaksThe Dawn Breaks achievement in Overwatch 2 worth 47 pointsWin Junkenstein's Revenge on Expert difficulty.

Overwatch 2Survived the NightThe Survived the Night achievement in Overwatch 2 worth 34 pointsWin Junkenstein's Revenge on Hard difficulty.


Upon completion, the hero you played will count as one of the heroes needed for progress toward this achievement:
Overwatch 2Four They WereThe Four They Were achievement in Overwatch 2 worth 41 pointsWin Junkenstein's Revenge with 4 different heroes.
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05 Apr 2022 23:48