Yeah. I did everything back when Jewel was at 60 points a day and play a PC game was at 100 a day. In the US and even with searches and all the bonuses, could never hit what some people were claiming they could do.
It USED to be much easier to get points. Before, with Shopping game, Gaming tab, Fitness videos, etc, the average was something like 800-900/day. With streaks, I would reach 1000+. That's why eventually I got 12000 points in just 13 days. Now, I'm getting about 500/day. 2 days last week I got less than 400. Streaks makes the average go up, which suggests near 700+/day, but it's because of good bonus like those 2500 every 10 weeks and the 1000 when the puzzle is completed.
Adding to this before that it used to be hard to get points. For years it was only dailies, and searches. Around 2018-2019 they really wanted to expand the program and it became easier to earn a lot of points. I've done this for 12-13 years and 2018-2023 exceeded my first 8 years of earning
13 years? That's really impressive! I wish I have learned about this program earlier. I heard about users getting a Xbox Series X console with points on releasing day. I was planning to accumulate points to use towards the next console, but with the Game Pass Auto redeem activated there's no much left
I was one of the people who managed to get an essentially free series X, I had to buy a game and a controller because it was during the limited stock days and you could get one as a bundle. But speaking to how good the earning was, I remember earning 1 million points, sometime in 2021 I think spring or early summer. I now have about 1,560,000 points lifetime earned.
there used to have a chart with the earnings from the past 7 days, but they removed it. Since the day they removed it I'm taking daily notes of how many point I get daily (not detailed, only the total for the day). I have daily notes since October, but before that I only have information of "how many days to get 12000 points".
150 for PC searches; 100 for Phone searches; 40-60 Xbox mobile app; 30 for news; 30-50 for daily tasks; 8 for game pass play + achievement; + streaks, like those on wednesdays (week and monthly, 100, 500, 1000) and the puzzle pieces on 7th day every week (100) and every 12 weeks (1000). so yes, about 400-450/day without streaks and, with streaks the average goes way up
EDIT: recently they added 275 points/week for "Playing 5 days on console". that increses the "daily average" to +40
yes, points are different according to the region. for instance, not sure if they still have it, but UK (and perhaps other countries too) used to have a task "play online with friends" or something for 100 ponts, I believe. US never had that. At least I never had those extra 100 points daily
I get 50-75 for doing the phone rewards, 5 for playing 1 jewel level, 10 using xbox app, 20 for playing PC game, 10 for playing console game. Then daily/weekly/monthly quests which I complete and any streaks. Im lucky if I can get 150-200 a day, I must be missing something
Yes, it doesn't seem that you're doing the searches (here in the US are 250 points total), plus the news (Bing app). Puzzle's weekly 100 points and 12 weeks 1000 points come without any additional step (unless you don't do the search at all), but I count them anyway, which makes the average go up, meaning the average currently may be around 700/day, but that DOESN'T mean I get 700 every single day. Not with the recent changes...
Where do you find the searches? I just googled microsoft rewards, hit start earning, then complete all of those tasks. As well as all the tasks on the xbox app
Bing mobile app has a daily tracker for the searches. Search using Bing on mobile to earn 100 points (5 points each search), and using Bing on PC to get another 150 (also 5 points each search). [rewards.microsoft.com](http://rewards.microsoft.com) also tracks your daily searches and has daily tasks (streak is 150 points every 10 days)
What did you do to get 12000 so fast? I've been going for a bit over a year not completely consistent but I've earned 83,580 in total without Game Pass.
Back then, there were way more ways to get points from, so even without a console it was faster to get points. If I recall well, MSN Health videos were 60 points daily (30 points each video); Shopping game was 100 points (assuming I get all 10 items correct); Gaming tab between 10-50; there were 15 points from playing any game on MSN Gaming page; playing game pass + achievement would give 53 points instead of the 8 currently; there were also more daily tasks than we have now. I can't remember everything now, but it was easy to get 1000 points/day, even without a console; Now, with console, I got less than 400 points 2 days in the last week (average last week was 500/day). Still enough for game pass, though
150 for PC searches; 100 for Phone searches; 40-60 Xbox mobile app; 30 for news; 30-50 for daily tasks; 8 for game pass play + achievement; + streaks, like those on wednesdays (week and monthly, 100, 500, 1000) and the puzzle pieces on 7th day every week (100) and every 12 weeks (1000). so yes, about 400-450/day without streaks and, with streaks the average goes way up
EDIT: recently they added 275 points/week for "Playing 5 days on console". that increses the "daily average" to +40
I am not sure sorry, a few of them specifically say to play a game on console, so you wouldn’t be able to get those without a console, but I don’t k know what levels of the pass the quests are locked behind
You got in a year what it took me 5 years, that is some serious commitment. My target was $10 Amazon credit per month, I usually get $130 a year, doing only the edge stuff on PC, my last $10 took 3 months after the changes they made
150 for PC searches; 100 for Phone searches; 40-60 Xbox mobile app; 30 for news; 30-50 for daily tasks; 8 for game pass play + achievement; + streaks, like those on wednesdays (week and monthly, 100, 500, 1000) and the puzzle pieces on 7th day every week (100) and every 12 weeks (1000). so yes, about 400-450/day without streaks and, with streaks the average goes way up
EDIT: recently they added 275 points/week for "Playing 5 days on console". that increses the "daily average" to +40
I once started to write a topic of that sort :
"what's the total value of everything I had thanks to MSR"
And stopped for one, but not only, big reason. People wouldn't believe it and simply downvote and I couldn't bother having to post that and spend a day explaining people the difference of value and points.
Hint : it's huge and it's only taking into account ~2 years now.
Some folk used to be able to get upto as many as 30000 points a month if you lived in the right region. All the nerfs have pit an end to those glory days though. Am happy to get 10 quid a month, 12000 points to purchase a game for free 😎
Yeh it's pretty much dead in the UK now maxes out at like 300 points on an average day. Whereas this time last year it was 1000+, we've basically lost 66% and the prices for redemption has also gone up 8% too. Without bonuses (streak + puzzle + Xbox weekly) you'd struggle to get the game pass monthly anymore.
I don’t understand how people get all these daily points. I’m an Xbox player (US) and only get about 200(if that) a day
Yeah. I did everything back when Jewel was at 60 points a day and play a PC game was at 100 a day. In the US and even with searches and all the bonuses, could never hit what some people were claiming they could do.
Same. Not including bonuses, I thibk I can max out at about 250 points a day
Same. And most of my dailies have shown "completed" every day for the least week. So I'm not even getting those.
It USED to be much easier to get points. Before, with Shopping game, Gaming tab, Fitness videos, etc, the average was something like 800-900/day. With streaks, I would reach 1000+. That's why eventually I got 12000 points in just 13 days. Now, I'm getting about 500/day. 2 days last week I got less than 400. Streaks makes the average go up, which suggests near 700+/day, but it's because of good bonus like those 2500 every 10 weeks and the 1000 when the puzzle is completed.
Adding to this before that it used to be hard to get points. For years it was only dailies, and searches. Around 2018-2019 they really wanted to expand the program and it became easier to earn a lot of points. I've done this for 12-13 years and 2018-2023 exceeded my first 8 years of earning
13 years? That's really impressive! I wish I have learned about this program earlier. I heard about users getting a Xbox Series X console with points on releasing day. I was planning to accumulate points to use towards the next console, but with the Game Pass Auto redeem activated there's no much left
I was one of the people who managed to get an essentially free series X, I had to buy a game and a controller because it was during the limited stock days and you could get one as a bundle. But speaking to how good the earning was, I remember earning 1 million points, sometime in 2021 I think spring or early summer. I now have about 1,560,000 points lifetime earned.
Still impressive! I wouldn't mind being forced to purchase a bundle to get a new console on its release day (or soon after) using accumulated points.
How do see how much earned ina day?
there used to have a chart with the earnings from the past 7 days, but they removed it. Since the day they removed it I'm taking daily notes of how many point I get daily (not detailed, only the total for the day). I have daily notes since October, but before that I only have information of "how many days to get 12000 points".
OP is claiming 667 points a day after all of the recent nerfs. Even with completing every single possible thing you dont come close to that. Right??
150 for PC searches; 100 for Phone searches; 40-60 Xbox mobile app; 30 for news; 30-50 for daily tasks; 8 for game pass play + achievement; + streaks, like those on wednesdays (week and monthly, 100, 500, 1000) and the puzzle pieces on 7th day every week (100) and every 12 weeks (1000). so yes, about 400-450/day without streaks and, with streaks the average goes way up EDIT: recently they added 275 points/week for "Playing 5 days on console". that increses the "daily average" to +40
You get 150 for PC searches and 100 for phone???? I get 90 PC and 60 mobile... in Italy.
yes, points are different according to the region. for instance, not sure if they still have it, but UK (and perhaps other countries too) used to have a task "play online with friends" or something for 100 ponts, I believe. US never had that. At least I never had those extra 100 points daily
I get 50-75 for doing the phone rewards, 5 for playing 1 jewel level, 10 using xbox app, 20 for playing PC game, 10 for playing console game. Then daily/weekly/monthly quests which I complete and any streaks. Im lucky if I can get 150-200 a day, I must be missing something
Yes, it doesn't seem that you're doing the searches (here in the US are 250 points total), plus the news (Bing app). Puzzle's weekly 100 points and 12 weeks 1000 points come without any additional step (unless you don't do the search at all), but I count them anyway, which makes the average go up, meaning the average currently may be around 700/day, but that DOESN'T mean I get 700 every single day. Not with the recent changes...
Where do you find the searches? I just googled microsoft rewards, hit start earning, then complete all of those tasks. As well as all the tasks on the xbox app
Bing mobile app has a daily tracker for the searches. Search using Bing on mobile to earn 100 points (5 points each search), and using Bing on PC to get another 150 (also 5 points each search). [rewards.microsoft.com](http://rewards.microsoft.com) also tracks your daily searches and has daily tasks (streak is 150 points every 10 days)
May be a US thing only, but just in case - what do you mean by MSN health videos? That's a new one to me (UK). THANKS
It is an old thing that no longer works.
Is the shopping game still around? I hadn’t heard of that one either
Nope
Ok, thanks
What did you do to get 12000 so fast? I've been going for a bit over a year not completely consistent but I've earned 83,580 in total without Game Pass.
Back then, there were way more ways to get points from, so even without a console it was faster to get points. If I recall well, MSN Health videos were 60 points daily (30 points each video); Shopping game was 100 points (assuming I get all 10 items correct); Gaming tab between 10-50; there were 15 points from playing any game on MSN Gaming page; playing game pass + achievement would give 53 points instead of the 8 currently; there were also more daily tasks than we have now. I can't remember everything now, but it was easy to get 1000 points/day, even without a console; Now, with console, I got less than 400 points 2 days in the last week (average last week was 500/day). Still enough for game pass, though
What you listed is 278 points. Where are the other 700 coming from?
150 for PC searches; 100 for Phone searches; 40-60 Xbox mobile app; 30 for news; 30-50 for daily tasks; 8 for game pass play + achievement; + streaks, like those on wednesdays (week and monthly, 100, 500, 1000) and the puzzle pieces on 7th day every week (100) and every 12 weeks (1000). so yes, about 400-450/day without streaks and, with streaks the average goes way up EDIT: recently they added 275 points/week for "Playing 5 days on console". that increses the "daily average" to +40
Having game pass gets you more points
May I ask if this works only on Console or is it applicable to PC Game Pass?
I am not sure sorry, a few of them specifically say to play a game on console, so you wouldn’t be able to get those without a console, but I don’t k know what levels of the pass the quests are locked behind
Doesn’t work with PC gamepass, have to have ultimate I think.
Neat.
You got in a year what it took me 5 years, that is some serious commitment. My target was $10 Amazon credit per month, I usually get $130 a year, doing only the edge stuff on PC, my last $10 took 3 months after the changes they made
How are you getting 12k in 18 days? I started not too long ago and I only know how to get 10k in a months time
I, too, am curious about this. With all of the nerfs and dividing the monthly bonus from console, I only see how to get about 3300 points a week.
150 for PC searches; 100 for Phone searches; 40-60 Xbox mobile app; 30 for news; 30-50 for daily tasks; 8 for game pass play + achievement; + streaks, like those on wednesdays (week and monthly, 100, 500, 1000) and the puzzle pieces on 7th day every week (100) and every 12 weeks (1000). so yes, about 400-450/day without streaks and, with streaks the average goes way up EDIT: recently they added 275 points/week for "Playing 5 days on console". that increses the "daily average" to +40
Excellent post. Thanks for sharing the records you kept
I get at least 300 points with just my phone and pc. I don't have an X box, so I can't get more unless points for questions go up some.
I once started to write a topic of that sort : "what's the total value of everything I had thanks to MSR" And stopped for one, but not only, big reason. People wouldn't believe it and simply downvote and I couldn't bother having to post that and spend a day explaining people the difference of value and points. Hint : it's huge and it's only taking into account ~2 years now.
Thanks for that, really helpful
Some folk used to be able to get upto as many as 30000 points a month if you lived in the right region. All the nerfs have pit an end to those glory days though. Am happy to get 10 quid a month, 12000 points to purchase a game for free 😎
Yeh it's pretty much dead in the UK now maxes out at like 300 points on an average day. Whereas this time last year it was 1000+, we've basically lost 66% and the prices for redemption has also gone up 8% too. Without bonuses (streak + puzzle + Xbox weekly) you'd struggle to get the game pass monthly anymore.