Limited Edition Loot (Archived 2020-01-01)

A comprehensive guide to all limited edition loot, past and present.

Foreword

As of January 1st, 2020 I've stopped adding content to this guide. I don't play anymore and barely anyone has seen the latest updates. The amount of supposedly limited edition but then later rehashed content has also done its part.

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Most of these items are visible to everyone in the game menu, however permanently locked ❌ (except for ongoing ✔️ promotions). It is unfortunately not always obvious to the player that these items can no longer be aquired, an issue this guide will hopefully help solving.

➕ Oni Scalebearer

This promotion included the limited edition Oni champion skin (Scalebearer).

To be eligible, you had to purchase the Quake Champions Scalebearer Edition through GameStop (or other resellers).

Trivia: The announcement stated that the Scalebearer Edition was part of “a very limited run” but did not further clarify how many of them there actually were. The code to unlock the skin was separate from the Champions Pack that was also included in the Scalebearer Edition. The skin came with 7 attachments (none attached in this preview image).

This promotion is ongoing indefinitely. (Note: Since there's no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ number available anywhere, this skin can be unlocked as long as supplies last)

- https://quake.bethesda.net/en/news/4MlyWcUIIUAI64Aym6ukoU

❌ Ruby Nyx

This promotion included the limited edition Ruby champion skin (Nyx).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LRSqC9n0Tc

To be eligible, you had to purchase a Radeon RX 580, 570 or 560 graphics card or a Ryzen 5 or Ryzen 7 processor. Those came with promotional codes which you had to enter at amdrewards.com which in turn gave you another code to redeem in your bethesda.net account which would then unlock the skin.

Trivia: Given the crypto mining craze around that time, most of those GPUs were bought by miners who obviously had no use for the promo codes and sold them cheap at various places. Since those codes came with the Champions Pack, you could get the entire game for as little as $5 (even less in some instances). The skin came with 5 attachments (none attached in this preview image).

This promotion ended February 15, 2018 (April 15, 2018).

- https://gaming.radeon.com/en/return-of-ruby/
- https://bethesda.net/community/post/604553
- https://community.amd.com/thread/227712

❌ Gladiator Ranger

This promotion included the limited edition Gladiator champion skin (Ranger).

To be eligible, you had to purchase the Champions Pack during Early Access.

Trivia: With the discontinuation of the Champions Pack, this skin is no longer obtainable. The skin came with 8 attachments (none attached in this preview image).

This promotion ended March 21st, 2019.

- https://bethesda.net/en/article/TjBBCfxxymoAECG06kwaq/quake-champions-early-access
- https://quake.bethesda.net/en/news/2RC4KZ6FhD1xuO05coZSFw

❌ Spooky Bundles October 2018

This promotion included the limited edition Bottled Embryo vanity (Ranger) and Scrag Hood vanity (Ranger).

To be eligible, you had to purchase the Best Friends Bundle (available October 11th - November 1st 2018) for the Bottled Embryo vanity and the Trick-or-Treat Bundle (available October 25th - November 1st 2018) for the Scrag Hood vanity.

Trivia: A dev stream confirmed that these wouldn't be available through loot boxes. The ingame announcement read “New bundles every week until November 1st! These bundles contain exclusive vanity items, so don't miss out!”.

This promotion ended November 1st, 2018. (Note: It got extended by a week to November 8th)

These rewards were partially or entirely available again on the following occasion(s) after the initial promotion:

• Bottled Embryo vanity (Ranger) and Scrag Hood vanity (Ranger) through Quake 1 Bundle (This promotion ended July 31st, 2019).

- https://quake.bethesda.net/en/news/CSHHjftEC4sYCCOisqG6Y

❌ Quake 1 Bundle

This promotion included numerous limited edition, Quake 1-themed items.

To be eligible, you had to purchase the Quake 1 Bundle.

• QuakeGuy animated profile icon
  
• Bottled Embryo vanity (Ranger)
  
• Scrag Hood vanity (Ranger)
  
• [Non-Limited] Shambler Head vanity (Ranger)
  
• [Non-Limited] Spoils of War vanity (Ranger)
  
• [Non-Limited] Thunderbolt Lightning Gun
  
• [Non-Limited] The Original Rocket Launcher
  
• [Non-Limited] Perforator Super Nailgun
  
• [Non-Limited] Oscillator Nailgun
  
• Sword of the Flame profile icon
  
• Sword of the Sun profile icon
  
• Red Dragon profile icon
  
• Blue Dragon profile icon
  
• Gold Dragon profile icon

This promotion ended July 31st, 2019.

❌ QuakeCon 2017 Lightning Gun

This promotion included the limited edition QuakeCon 2017 weapon skin (Lightning Gun).

To be eligible, you had to log into Quake Champions at least once during QuakeCon 2017.

Trivia: This skins modified orange lightning used to be much brighter but had to be toned down to make it more playable.

This promotion ended August 28th, 2017.

These rewards were partially or entirely available again on the following occasion(s) after the initial promotion:

• QuakeCon 2017 weapon skin (Lightning Gun) through QuakeCon Bundle (This promotion ended July 31st, 2019).

- https://twitter.com/quake/status/900487454536421376
- https://bethesda.net/community/topic/88569/early-access-update-28-8-17

❌ QuakeCon 2018 Heavy Machine Gun

This promotion included the limited edition QuakeCon 2018 weapon skin (Heavy Machine Gun).

To be eligible, you had to log into Quake Champions at least once during QuakeCon 2018.

This promotion ended August 12th, 2018.

These rewards were partially or entirely available again on the following occasion(s) after the initial promotion:

• QuakeCon 2018 weapon skin (Heavy Machine Gun) through QuakeCon Bundle (This promotion ended July 31st, 2019.

- https://bethesda.net/en/article/6xyivAg3RKCiUqaEw0k4AM/celebrate-quakecon-with-exclusive-quake-champions-content-and-extra-rewards

❌ QuakeCon 2019 Rocket Launcher

This promotion included the limited edition QuakeCon 2019 weapon skin (Rocket Launcher).

To be eligible, you had to log into Quake Champions at least once during QuakeCon 2019.

This promotion ended July 31st, 2019.

- https://twitter.com/Quake/status/1153428717475172352

❌ QuakeCon Bundle

This promotion included numerous limited edition, QuakeCon-themed items.

To be eligible, you had to purchase the QuakeCon Bundle.

• QC Ranger animated profile icon
  
• QuakeCon 2017 weapon skin (Lightning Gun)
  
• QuakeCon 2018 weapon skin (Heavy Machine Gun)
  
• QuakeCon 2019 profile icon
  
• QuakeCon 2019 nameplate
  
• [Non-Limited] 1 × Haste Potion

This promotion ended July 31st, 2019.

❌ Twitch Prime Loot

Amongst other, non-limited loot this promotion included the limited edition Twitch weapon skin (Rocket Launcher), a Twitch nameplate and a Twitch profile icon.

To be eligible, you had to have a Twitch Prime subscription and have your bethesda.net account linked to your twitch.tv account. You could then unlock the loot from your Prime Loot page.

Trivia: This weapon skin is a reskin of the Moonstriker, a Rocket Launcher still available ingame.

This promotion ended October 9th, 2017.

- https://blog.twitch.tv/celebrate-quakecon-with-twitch-prime-loot-twitch-drops-and-the-champions-pack-b216565f2600

❌ Nvidia Pulsar Railgun

This promotion included the limited edition Pulsar weapon skin (Railgun).

To be eligible, you had to download GeForce Experience, create a user account, have QC installed and it had to show up in GeForce Experience.

Trivia: “How will I know if I received a giveaway? - This giveaway will be delivered via notification within the GeForce Experience client to select community members on December 12. Codes will expire on December 31.” (Quoted from the giveaway page). This weapon skin is a reskin of the Eradicator, a Railgun still available ingame.

This promotion ended December 12th, 2019.

- https://twitter.com/Quake/status/1192511556921253888
- https://twitter.com/NVIDIAGeForce/status/1195462136916410368

❌ Closed Beta & Burst Test Rewards

This promotion included the limited edition Closed Beta nameplate and Closed Beta profile icon (top image) as well as the Burst Test nameplate and Burst Test profile icon (bottom image).

To be eligible, you had to fulfill 2 requirements during the Beta:

• To receive the Closed Beta nameplate & profile icon, you simply had to participate in the Closed Beta at any stage.
  
  
• To receive the Burst Test nameplate & profile icon, you had to participate in the large-scale stress test (aka. Burst Test) held during May 12th - May 21st, 2017.

This promotion has ended.

- https://bethesda.net/en/article/3ZAtUz6NgQMeIIKSEKE8yK/quake-champions-large-scale-tech-test-and-sacrifice-mode-coming-soon
- https://bethesda.net/community/post/610820

❌ E3 2018 Bethesda Showcase

Amongst other, non-limited loot this promotion included the limited edition Storm nameplate and Storm profile icon.

To be eligible, you had to have your bethesda.net account linked to your twitch.tv account and had to access the Bethesda E3 Showcase Extension during their E3 live broadcast at either twitch.tv/bethesda or twitch.tv/twitch.

This promotion ended June 10th, 2018.

- https://bethesda.net/en/article/3K92m0xeUMyqKEuQ8sUqSw/announcing-our-be3-twitch-extension
- https://twitter.com/bethesda/status/1006209205160665088

❌ QuakeCon 2018 Keynote

Amongst other, non-limited loot this promotion included the limited edition Embers nameplate and Embers profile icon.

To be eligible, you had to have your bethesda.net account linked to your twitch.tv account and had to tune into Bethesda's QuakeCon 2018 keynote at twitch.tv/bethesda.

This promotion ended August 10th, 2018.

These rewards were partially or entirely available again on the following occasion(s) after the initial promotion:

• Embers nameplate and Embers profile icon through PAX West 2018 Bethesda Gameplay Days (This promotion ended September 1st, 2018).

- https://bethesda.net/en/article/4gxR1hYy5WckeuCu2CQk0M/catch-the-quakecon-keynote-on-twitch-and-receive-drops-package
- https://bethesda.net/en/article/4BzA5CUFO8kk0AGoOae4eQ/bethesda-gameplay-days-coming-to-pax-west

❌ Winter Celebration 2017

This promotion included numerous limited edition, winter-themed items.

• Winter Celebration 2017 vanities per champion *
  
• 10 × Winter Celebration 2017 profile icons
  
• 10 × Winter Celebration 2017 nameplates
  
• 3 × Winter Celebration 2017 animated champion shaders
  
• 3 × Winter Celebration 2017 weapon shaders

* each champion up until that point.

Trivia: Apart from the vanities, which you could get by purchasing the “Winter Hat Bundle”, all of these items were only obtainable through backpacks, crates and reliquaries. Thus, unlocking all of them required extensive playtime (and was dependent on chance).

This promotion ended January 25th, 2018.

These rewards were partially or entirely available again on the following occasion(s) after the initial promotion:

• Winter Celebration 2017 vanities, Winter Celebration 2017 animated champion shaders and Winter Celebration 2017 weapon shaders through Battle Pass Season 1 (This promotion ended March 21st, 2019). + New Winter Celebration 2017 vanity (Keel).
  
  
• New Winter Celebration 2017 vanities (Athena, Death Knight, Strogg & Peeker, Eisen) through Battle Pass Season 5 (This promotion ended March 5th, 2020).
  
  
• Winter Celebration 2017 vanities through Winter Vanity Bundle (This promotion has ended). + New Winter Celebration 2017 vanities (Athena, Death Knight, Strogg & Peeker, Eisen).
  
  
• Winter Celebration 2017 animated champion shaders through Winter Champion Shaders Bundles (This promotion has ended).
  
  
• Winter Celebration 2017 weapon shaders through Winter Weapon Shaders Bundles (This promotion has ended).

- https://quake.bethesda.net/en/news/5FspmmWh8ckIMcIaEsisa
- https://quake.bethesda.net/en/news/6ASbNsdf2MYkqe0saAUYIe

❌ Spring Celebration 2018

This promotion included numerous limited edition, spring-themed items.

• Spring Celebration 2018 vanities per champion *
  
• 10 × Spring Celebration 2018 profile icons
  
• 10 × Spring Celebration 2018 nameplates
  
• 5 × Spring Celebration 2018 champion shaders
  
• 5 × Spring Celebration 2018 weapon shaders

* each champion up until that point.

Trivia: Apart from the vanities, which you could get by purchasing the “Spring Hat Bundle”, all of these items were only obtainable through backpacks, crates and reliquaries. Thus, unlocking all of them required extensive playtime (and was dependent on chance).

This promotion ended June 6th, 2018.

These rewards were partially or entirely available again on the following occasion(s) after the initial promotion:

• All Items through Battle Pass Season 2 (This promotion ended June 13th, 2019).

- https://quake.bethesda.net/en/news/3Bf5KyiUaIgym4kAYISgyS
- https://quake.bethesda.net/en/news/2fSdxgKqKYKgsyeOmggmuU

❌ Battle Pass Season 1

This promotion included numerous limited edition items, some available through the Free Reward System, others available only by purchasing the Battle Pass.

Free Reward System

• [Multiple Levels] Winter Celebration 2017 items *
  
• [Level 38] Hornet vanity (Strogg & Peeker)
  
• [Level 55] Cyaegha's Gambit vanity (Scalebearer)
  
• [Level 100] Ranger animated nameplate

Battle Pass

• [Battle Pass Purchase] Color Guard vanity (Ranger)
  
• [Multiple Levels] 10 × Battle Pass Season 1 nameplates
  
• [Multiple Levels] 10 × Battle Pass Season 1 profile icons
  
• [Multiple Levels] Elderwood weapon shaders
  
• [Multiple Levels] Sar Sarru weapon shaders
  
• [Level 50] Airborne vanity (Ranger)
  
• [Level 73] Baby Face vanity (Slash)
  
• [Level 81] Steel Mohawk vanity (Ranger)
  
• [Level 91] Necronomicon vanity (Death Knight)
  
• [Level 100] Gravedigger weapon skin (Machinegun)

* See Winter Celebration 2017 for further details.

Trivia: I've only listed notable / new items.

This promotion ended March 21st, 2019.

These rewards were partially or entirely available again on the following occasion(s) after the initial promotion:

• Gravedigger weapon skin (Machinegun) through Battle Pass Season 4 (This promotion ended December 5th, 2019).

- https://quake.bethesda.net/en/news/3YswYbVv3GcWKuSy8aEkOg

❌ Battle Pass Season 2

This promotion included numerous limited edition items, some available through the Free Reward System, others available only by purchasing the Battle Pass.

Free Reward System

• [Multiple Levels] Spring Celebration 2018 items
  
• [Multiple Levels] 6 × Cthalha Lore Scrolls (Unlocking the Cthalha weapon shaders) *
  
• [Level 35] Drakaena vanity (Sorlag)
  
• [Level 81] Laser Triangulator vanity (Keel)
  
• [Level 100] Sorlag animated nameplate

Battle Pass

• [Battle Pass Purchase] Flintlock weapon skin (Shotgun)
  
• [Multiple Levels] Spring Celebration 2018 items
  
• [Multiple Levels] 5 × Battle Pass Season 2 nameplates
  
• [Multiple Levels] 5 × Battle Pass Season 2 profile icons
  
• [Level 25] Queen of the Sky vanity (Athena)
  
• [Level 50] Plasma Emissions System vanity (Visor)
  
• [Level 75] Turbocharger vanity (Clutch)
  
• [Level 91] Eye of Y'rmemae vanity (Death Knight)
  
• [Level 100] Tesla weapon skin (Lightning Gun)

* a 7th lore scroll was retroactively added.

Trivia: I've only listed notable / new items.

This promotion ended June 13th, 2019.

- https://quake.bethesda.net/en/news/2RC4KZ6FhD1xuO05coZSFw

❌ Battle Pass Season 3

This promotion included numerous limited edition items, some available through the Free Reward System, others available only by purchasing the Battle Pass.

Free Reward System

• [Multiple Levels] 8 × Battle Pass Season 3 nameplates
  
• [Multiple Levels] 7 × Battle Pass Season 3 profile icons
  
• [Multiple Levels] 6 × Goroth Lore Scrolls (Unlocking the Goroth weapon shaders) *
  
• [Level 25] Military Issue Guard vanity (Scalebearer)
  
• [Level 75] Cabal Icon vanity (Death Knight)
  
• [Level 100] Turret animated nameplate

Battle Pass

• [Battle Pass Purchase] Summertime champion skin (B.J. Blazkowicz)
  
• [Multiple Levels] 9 × Battle Pass Season 3 nameplates
  
• [Multiple Levels] 7 × Battle Pass Season 3 profile icons
  
• [Level 50] Electroweld vanity (Eisen)
  
• [Level 100] Angel Blue vanity (Nyx)

* a 7th lore scroll was retroactively added.

Trivia: I've only listed notable / new items. This was the first Battle Pass to go beyond level 100 up to level 200, however there was nothing notable above level 100.

This promotion ended September 5th, 2019. (Note: It got extended by a week to September 12th, 2019)

- https://quake.bethesda.net/en/news/2BV7mvg2XyHSf2pQInC9mN

❌ Battle Pass Season 4

This promotion included numerous limited edition items, some available through the Free Reward System, others available only by purchasing the Battle Pass.

Free Reward System

• [Multiple Levels] 6 × Volkerh Lore Scrolls (Unlocking the Volkerh weapon shaders) *
  
• [Level 100] Peeker animated nameplate

Battle Pass

• [Battle Pass Purchase] Shambler Specter vanity (Ranger)
  
• [Multiple Levels] 5 × Fall 2019 nameplates
  
• [Multiple Levels] 5 × Fall 2019 profile icons
  
• [Level 50] Assimilator vanity (Strogg & Peeker)
  
• [Level 95] Gravedigger weapon skin (Machinegun)
  
• [Level 100] Nosferatu vanity (Death Knight)

* The 6th unlock granted two lore scrolls at once so you'd eventually have 7 in total.

Trivia: I've only listed notable / new items.

This promotion ended December 5th, 2019. (Note: It got extended by a week to December 12th, 2019)

- https://quake.bethesda.net/en/news/2OMv5RdI1hGdDtT5cCRdiQ

❌ Battle Pass Season 5

This promotion included numerous limited edition items, some available through the Free Reward System, others available only by purchasing the Battle Pass.

Free Reward System

• [Multiple Levels] 4 × Winter Celebration 2017 vanities *
  
• [Multiple Levels] 3 × Battle Pass Season 5 nameplates
  
• [Multiple Levels] 7 × Ithagnal Lore Scrolls (Unlocking the Ithagnal weapon shaders)
  
• [Level 11] Tundra Winter weapon shaders
  
• [Level 26] Ice Winter weapon shaders
  
• [Level 44] Frost Winter weapon shaders
  
• [Level 63] Snow Winter weapon shaders

Battle Pass

• [Battle Pass Purchase] Boomer weapon skin (Shotgun)
  
• [Multiple Levels] 41 × Battle Pass Season 5 vanities
  
• [Level 20] Tundra Winter champion shaders
  
• [Level 40] Ice Winter champion shaders
  
• [Level 60] Frost Winter champion shaders
  
• [Level 80] Snow Winter champion shaders
  
• [Level 100] Double Barreled weapon skin (Super Shotgun)

* See Winter Celebration 2017 for further details.

Trivia: I've only listed notable / new items. All of the vanities as well as the 2 shotgun skins could alternatively be purchased through the store.

This promotion ended March 5th, 2020. (Note: It got extended by two weeks to March 19th, 2020 and a second time by two weeks to April 2nd, 2020)

- https://quake.bethesda.net/en/news/2rMpgQt55CTxFdwWf6ee88

❌ Event Challenge March 2019 “Trophy”

This promotion included the limited edition Gold weapon shaders (all weapons).

To be eligible, you had to do the required Event Challenges on the challenges tab. There were 8 different challenges and each rewarded a Gold weapon shader (the weapons with a starting version received 2 shaders). You needed to get 25 god medals for each corresponding weapon (e.g. 25 × Gauntlet God for the Gold weapon shader (Gauntlet)).

Trivia: The Learn section of Quake Champions read: “Event Challenges are limited-time offerings that are not tied to a season, but are for specific occasions. These are started by the developers and can last for any given amount of time [...]”.

This promotion ended June 13th, 2019.

These rewards were partially or entirely available again on the following occasion(s) after the initial promotion:

• Gold weapon shader (Lightning Gun), Gold weapon shader (Rocket Launcher) and Gold weapon shader (Railgun) through Event Challenge July 2019 “QuakeCon” (This promotion ended July 28th, 2019).

[Gj]

do a update pls. This is pretty interesting

[victim of casual gaming]

Do another run of the Ranger 25th anniversary model

[Heather333]

I'd KILL for the Nyx Ruby skin, pls

[kian]

If anyone still has any codes for the skins you can redeem codes for, let me know ;-)

[LassiMango]

@Bethesda: Please give us Ruby Nyx Skin or simliar to buy!

[Boba Fent]

there's a new one, quakeguy 25th anniversary

[ᄂΣVΣᄂ]

cool and nice.

[syronくらい]

Hey thanks, I'm still watching QPL every now and then so I'm aware of the new maps and continued development. I'm glad that QC is still receiving support. However, I have no intention of picking up the guide again, sorry. I don't think there has been much exclusive content in terms of Twitch events or brand promotions, if any. So if you're just going by whatever's in the new Battle Passes, that should cover pretty much everything.

[trevtrev45]

QC is getting lots of updates now! Really substantial content, with 4 maps in the last year and a champion possibly on the horizon. Please come back to the game and update this super helpful guide again!

[Shredder]

Thx, useful information! I was here 2 years ago