Microsoft Rewards & Xbox: How To Make 20,000 Points Per-Month

I’ve been using my points from rewards to pay for game pass since august of last year. I have it till December of this year already. You get a points break if you do 3 months. If you game everyday and check game pass quests and the rewards app it’s relatively easy. I also buy some games or utilize sales to get the big point drops. I really enjoy it because it incentivizes much game time and has me try new games.

If you are lucky enough to be in a region with this you need to use it. Last year I got $140 worth of stuff and I've already redeemed 9 months of GPU this year.

This only works in US and UK.
Doesnt work in my region (europe)

This is a great guide! I didn't realize you could get up to 20k a month (pending on your region). I've got some work to do! Thanks for sharing.

Yeah in Europe we can rack up 8000 points at most i think , not complaining though it takes little effort , and already claimed over 100€ of store credit the last 2 years I guess

Every 10 weeks if you constantly hit the weekly card you get 2.5k bonus which is nice

In my region I get around 5000 points monthly, except when there is the 10 week bonus of 2500 points.

Rewards are definitely the unsung hero on Xbox. I really wish PlayStation would adopt a similar scheme.

@Bleachedsmiles Yeah even Nintendo has one with their gold coins. I don’t get the same value out of it because it’s based on purchases only but it’s always nice buying a game using existing coin.

The Microsoft Rewards Points app is not available for Android is it?

I do quite well out of rewards points already. Got nearly 130k stacked up. I've not been selected for the Xbox app ones though

I don't get to 20k/month but I've been doing okay out of them, maybe averaging 15/month . My best tip, that I'm sure is well known, is the daily bing searches can all be done on mobile if you switch to desktop view (using Microsoft edge that is).

Don't get anywhere near 20,000+, but I get enough at least 10-15k. Already bought 3+ years of Game Pass Ultimate and have around 215,000 points saved hopefully for a 1TB expansion drive, or around 50% off a 2TB one. (Hoping for a bigger discount around xmas/black Friday) Else I will just use it to stack Game Pass Ultimate for another couple of years.

Since I got my series console in 2020 I've earned 300,000+ rewards points. Having this console and using rewards is definitely going to have paid for itself by the generation's end.

I need to find a good game to play that can get the "Play on PC with friends" reward more often. Something like a super quick online chess game where I'd lose in a few moves every time

There's also the Game Pass reward quests too that can earn you a fair chunk, but you need to play a bunch of different games and do challenges. So you need the time and inclination to switch between a bunch of games all the time.

@PhileasFragg I use Quake! Sometimes it just doesn't want to register properly though, it can take a long time on certain days. You've also got to make sure you're matching up with at least one Xbox player rather than just PC players.

I’ve racked up 33,400 points in 40 days! GP has been paid for two months. And the off cuts will be saved for games and hopefully some form of hardware. The amount of money I’m saving is huuuuuge. Thanks MS!!!

You can also do quests on game pass they release new quests on Tuesday. If you need help achieving these quests i would recommend ChickenPossible on youtube he puts out great guides every week on the easiest route to completion.

Don't get me wrong, I know this represents good value for a lot of people, but.... I just don't have the time to become such a slave to MS and their tasks every day, week or month. Some of them are designed to stack up, and if you miss a day you're back to square one too.

@Eriggs1215 Of course you can! Not sure how I forgot to include Xbox Game Pass Quests considering we cover them every week 🤦‍♂️

https://www.purexbox.com/guides/how-to-complete-all-xbox-game-pass-quests-in-2022

Literally just joined Game Pass Ultimate today for the first time (that three months for $1 offer was too good to pass up) and have been enjoying the little metagame with these quests. So this guide is actually useful for me.

I was worried being on PC would lock me out of a lot of these, since the wording specified "cloud gaming or download to console," but I downloaded a PC version of one of these and completed the GP reward just fine.

@Ralizah you should have stocked up your live to 3 yrs. Too late now, but when your 3 months runs out. Don't renew, let it run out. Then stock up your live, and then there will be a conversion charge. Can be as little as 1 pound or the equivelant of 1 month ultimate, 10.99 in UK. in 5 years i have paid 13.99 plus 5 years of gold from cdkeys at 37 a pop.
Food for thought guys.

@GarbonZoni Stocking up for a service I'm not even sure will be worth investing in long term doesn't seem advisable.

Anyway, it's possible I'll earn enough rewards points each month to just renew the service for free if I end up liking it. My plan, once GPU is up, is to use my points to sub to PC GamePass. No reason to pay for the more expensive option when I don't even own a modern Xbox.

Yeah mate i get you. It's more for people who are more invested, It's a no brainer if you get gold every year though. Good thing is having 3 years worth for price of 1 and a quid, all those reward points just go straight back into games i wanna own. I've made 200 quid in vouchers over last few years .

How to make 20000 points per month with Xbox :

Step 1: move to the US

Some punch cards that offer 500 points require an in-game purchase costing £7.99 e.g. Rogue Company x The Walking Dead - but this is not cost effective just to earn 500 points, and I would be surprised if players did this. Why? Does anyone know a (legal) way around this that does not involve real money?

@Stoned_Patrol You can just download the Edge app or Bing app and do most of the rewards there.

@2errishumannotAI There's not a way around it - I don't think they're really intended to be cost effective, they just exist to add an extra incentive for people who play those games.

Does anyone know how long you can keep reward points for?

There are 2 other ways to earn Rewards points every day - the Microsoft Fitness Challenges (play 2 videos and earn 20 points for each one); and on the Shopping page where you guess the correct lowest cost of an advertised item and do this 10 times at 10 points per correct guess. There is a way of doing this without guessing - see chickenpossible/rewards hunter on youtube. Anyone know the least number of Rewards points I would need to purchase an X Box Series X console (£450) from Microsoft Store using rewards points only? Can I redeem all saved points in one go? [I have about 350,000 points]. To answer Snake-V5: I believe you can keep the points indefinitely as long as they are not redeemed for a X Box voucher.