The opening Major of the 2025 Halo Championship Series (HCS) season takes place this weekend and while the best teams in the world compete, viewers watching can earn a range of exclusive rewards throughout the tournament.
From weapon charms, emblems and armour coatings, here’s a detailed guide on everything you can earn by watching the upcoming HCS Major Arlington event and information on how to claim the items.
All of the rewards are available to claim throughout the tournament, which takes place from April 18th to 20th, 2025. Ahead of the tournament, the HCS revealed the items that are available to claim.
HCS Major Arlington 2025 Drops
Viewers on Twitch will have the ability to claim the rewards. Below is a list of all the drops on offer and the criteria needed to obtain them:
- Major Trophy weapon charm – Watch three hours
- Athen’s Ascent – Emblem and Nameplate – Watch three hours
- Floyd weapon charm – Watch four hours
- Mercenary Logic – Emblem and Nameplate – Watch four hours
- Ennui Splinters helmet visor – Watch six hours
- Ivory Guard weapon coating – Watch six hours
- Desert Team armour coatings – Watch nine hours
Viewers can claim the rewards by linking their Halo Waypoint profile to their Twitch accounts along with watching the official tournament broadcast or watch parties organised by co-streamers.
HCS Major Arlington is the first event of the 2025 HCS season. This season will feature four Majors throughout the year followed by the season-ending Halo World Championship taking place from October 24th-26th, 2025.
HCS Year 2 Launch Bundles returning
Alongside the drops available throughout HCS Major Arlington, the HCS has also revealed that the Year 2 Launch Bundles for five of its partner teams will return to the in-game store for players to purchase.
Below are the following esports organisations that will have a bundle for sale:
- OpTic Gaming
- Spacestation Gaming
- Cloud9
- FaZe Clan
- Complexity
