Xbox expands the accessibility of Quests to the PC Games Pass members which was earlier available only for Game Pass Ultimate members. It now enables the former to earn rewards for the games they play on Xbox. The rollout begins on 7th January 2025. It adds an avenue to earn rewards points on PC in addition to console and mobile.

This enables the users to earn rewards in Xbox just using playing games with strict adherence to the plan they choose to opt for among the daily, weekly, and monthly packs.

How to access it?

Being an active Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass member (18 or plus), starting to earn is now a simple 3-step journey with Xbox: 

1. Explore the new Quests by navigating to your Xbox profile and accessing the Rewards Hub, which is available across consoles, the Xbox app on mobile, and the Xbox app on Windows PC. 
2. Earn points by playing your favorite games with Game Pass. 
3. Claim your points on the Rewards Hub. 

Finally, to witness the moment of truth redeem your points for Xbox gift cards to use for games, in-game content, donations to your favorite causes, and more, only if you have enough of them. 

Minimum Playtime 

With this, a minimum playtime has been enshrined which is 15 minutes for any of the plans that the users opt in for. This applies only to titles available in the Game Pass catalog, and not ones that require third-party launchers or are played on Battle.net. 

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Plans 

Xbox has suggested 4 plans in the blog post that the users can opt-in for which are as: 

1. Daily Play – Earn 10 points a day by playing any game from the Game Pass catalog for at least 15 minutes. 
2. Weekly Streaks – Play for at least five days a week to complete your streak. The more days you play, the more points you earn. Now comes the challenge: maintain your streak week over week to unlock bigger point multipliers. A 2-week streak will earn 2x the base streak points, a 3-week streak will earn 3x the base streak points, and anything beyond a 4-week streak will earn 4x the base streak points. 
3. Monthly 4-Pack – Explore the Game Pass catalog by playing four different games (for at least 15 minutes each) every month. 
4. Monthly 8-Pack – Push your gaming further and play eight different games (for at least 15 minutes each) every calendar month. Don’t worry, the 4 games from your 4-Pack count towards the 8-Pack, too. 

Other ways to earn

Xbox has also opened a universal avenue for Rewards members 18 years and older to earn. These will be able to access the new PC Weekly Bonus, awarding them 150 points when playing for at least 15 minutes for 5 days or more.   

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