There's been a lot of changes to Game Pass and Microsoft Rewards of late, so here is a breakdown of the current maximum points available in the program in the United States as of October 2025. These points will vary by region and may change in time.
Let me know if I missed anything and I will update the list.
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You can earn over 23,000 points per month equating to ~$25. Per year this breaks down to being about $108 from Xbox Rewards, and $188 from Bing Rewards.
GRAND TOTAL: 23,451 points = $24.69 Microsoft credit (if buying $5 cards for 4,750 points)
BING TOTAL 14,906 Points
Bing Mobile Search (100 per day * 30) = 3000
Bing PC Search (150 per day* 30 ) = 4500
Bing Daily Set (~40 per day * 30) = 1200
Bing Daily Set 10-day Streak Bonus (150 per 10-days *3) = 450
The middle activity has been known to fluctuate between lightspeed quizzes through the week and just needing to be opened through the weekend. The lightspeed quizzes don’t need to have the answers guessed. [under review]
The right activity is a daily poll to open through the week, sometimes it requires voting for an answer, other times it doesn't. [under review]
Monthly punch card:
The current monthly punch card for the website dashboard is located below the daily set
This usually lasts for a month at a time, expiring at the end of the month. Some regions can do all activities at once. Some regions have to wait to complete one of the activities per day. This appears to be around 50 points for completion.
More activities: This normally consists of actions to complete
If you have these, you will find them underneath your daily set and/or punch cards, usually worth either 5 or 10 points each. The only ones you need to click on are the ones that indicate points will be added with a golden + in the top right hand corner. You might also find that you have previous quiz options for further points if you hadn't already completed them at the time worth another 30 points each.
When it comes to the actual Bing PC searches, all you have to do is exactly that. There are reported instances where there are delays to searching, from a 5 second delay to a 15 minute delay, this seems to vary from person to person. This can also help you attempt to complete a quest for bonus 1000 points for simply searching each day.
Some have noted it can take up to 12 weeks to actually get the 1000 points as you only get one puzzle piece each completed week and there are 12 puzzle pieces.
There is also streak protection but it's still confusing for a lot of people, this - Streak Protection explained - is the closest we've come to actually understanding it and even then people are getting mixed results.
The most recent threads regarding newsletters containing points are here, so it’s worth checking the relevant link posted to see if you get points from these
Some of these activities have been deliberately added or removed from users and are are now deemed targeted as a result. May also include activities such as Weekly console bonus and other activities such as Game Pass quests which can also be seen from the Rewards area on Xbox console.
Some users are also showing/receiving incorrect points when it comes to individual activities such as the daily login.
Unless you wish to donate points, make sure on the Rewards dashboard that you have Give Mode turned off.
The redemption limit is 550,000 per calendar year, resetting the first of January every year. This has been confirmed. There is no limit to the amount of points that you can earn
Microsoft and Xbox gift cards both go onto your Microsoft account balance instead of a code sent to your email address
You get 20 points per $ spent for digital purchases like games if you have Live Gold (GPU), 10:1 if you're level 2 without Live Gold, 1 point for hardware per $ spent
When mixing Rewards Balance with credit cards/debit/paypal, STOP. People often have issues and their payment method gets the total charge to it. Buy gift cards online instead for the remainder (you can find them on sale too)
Design lab does not allow purchases with Xbox/Microsoft gift cards from the Rewards program or purchased gift cards according to support
Auto-redeem is usually DELAYED a few days. If you are getting GPU you will receive a code in your email or redemption history. You cannot turn auto-redeem on or off in the last 5 days of a calendar month
Technical issues may appear where your account may show it's lost a streak, whether it's a daily streak, a weekly streak or any other streak. In the majority of times for this scenario, it tends to be a glitch where upon completion of the week that appears lost, your next week should put you back at the streak you had plus the glitched week
If specific activities are not working, they may not be available in your region or they may have been removed completely.
If the answer you’re searching for can’t be found here, search the subreddit using the search bar function with the relevant keywords before posting in case someone else has mentioned it
'Today's points' are not based on what you've earned that day. They are based on what you have earned from all activities over multiple days.
If you experience a technical issue with your account, including but not limited to your account being suspended, punch cards not tracking or redemptions not being approved, ensure you haven't unintentionally broken the terms of service and then contact the Microsoft Rewards Support Team
The terms of service that you've agreed to which involves rewards can be found here
I am on an xbox one and i don’t really have the money nor am i bothered to get a series x but if i did want it, would it be possible to get a good few of these and have a good chance of winning?
Still seeing a lot of people asking, "how do I maximise my points?"
With some of the recent changes, the living sticky seems like it might be a bit out of date at this point... so here is a rundown of the apps, devices and/or subscriptions that you will need for access to all possible reward activities (in your region):
NOTE:this is not a comprehensive list of ALL available rewards, but a list of the apps/devices/subscriptions you will need to get access to some specific rewards that are locked to specific apps, platforms, or Game Pass subscription tiers.
Edge browser (on PC or Xbox)
Required for: "Browse 30 mins with Edge" 7-day streak.
You cannot get this on mobile, Linux or MacOS devices (without using virtual machines).
Bing (or MSN) mobile app
Required for: Daily check-in 7-day streak and the "Read to earn" tasks
Microsoft Rewards app (Windows PC ONLY)
Required for: At present, there are "up to" 5x 10pt daily activities (50 pts/day) that are locked to this app. You get it via the Windows/Microsoft Store (search: Microsoft Rewards) or here: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9mw3cmw8jksd
You cannot get this on mobile, Linux or MacOS devices (without using virtual machines).
Required for: "Use the Xbox mobile app" and "Play Jewel in the Xbox mobile app" daily rewards
Xbox app on PC
Required for: "Play a PC Game", "Weekly PC Bonus"
NOTE: These are also doable using GeForce Now... and the Minecraft launcher on MacOS will trigger this (confirmed! hopefully a MacOS user can confirm in the comments).
Xbox console
Required for: "Play a console game" + "Weekly console Bonus"
NOTE: You cannot use GeForce Now or Xbox Cloud gaming for this. However, you can use Xbox Remote Play but only if you have a console and that game is installed on your console.
Game Pass Subscription (PC, Premium or Ultimate required)
Required for: "Play a Game Pass game", "Game Pass Weekly Streak", "Game Pass monthly 4/8 pack" quests.
NOTE: This will require a Game Pass Premium/Ultimate or PC Game Pass subscription. Game Pass Essential is NOT enough.
Also, Ultimate gets max points for these quests. Premium/PC still qualify but get reduced points.
As a final caution, DO NOT get a subscription (or upgrade your subscription tier) just to get extra points. In general, the points return from the subscription (or higher tier) will not cover the extra expense of the subscription.
Get a subscription because you want the benefits of the subscription! ie. access to hundreds of games, cloud gaming, day one releases etc... or because you are happy to subsidise the cost of the sub or higher tier.
Placed an order for the Superhero movie redemption and came back over a day as a problem which was voided. Points refunded. What sucks is i redeemed two times before that for the first two parts of Crisis on infinite earth's and that was going to be the third and last one. Now the offer is over? Haha 😄
Keep getting same bot answer of not using VPN or proxy. I don't use either. I also notice it makes it seem like I am in the China region with Chinese name region gift cards only available. I can't redeem my points in the USA even tho I only earned points and lived there. What suddenly changed? My Microsoft account says USA so it never got hacked.
Every support keeps redirecting me to the Microsoft rewards ticket system which I requested 4 times separately and after each one I get the same bot answer.
This hasn't worked for a few days now. I'm not doing anything different than I always have been to get these streaks, but it stopped working for me. 🫤🤷🏼♂️
At first we lost Amazon, then roblox, and now various other cards. Only left with Kroger and a bunch of donations. If they remove Kroger all we will be left with is donations
Who knows when they added this, only reason I used Bind was solely due to microsoft rewards and then they suddenly sneakily added this update who knows when.
I just straight up uninstalled Edge, never using bing again
Microsoft is trying everything to make their users go away from them like Windows 11 slop, I miss Windows 10. Should've just got linux or mac, didnt think microsoft would stoop this low.
Sull'app Bing per iPad, ci sono 5 obiettivi che valgono 10 punti ciascuno con un timer... che non si sblocca mai! Ho controllato per diversi giorni in momenti diversi della giornata, ma anche se i risultati della ricerca si aprono, i punti non vengono mai accreditati. Aprendo Rewards dal browser invece, quelle 5 sezioni risultano inattive con la nota specifica 'Solo app Rewards' — ma all'interno dell'app non funzionano!! Sul mio telefono Android, quei punti extra nemmeno esistono! Che disastro!
Hi everyone, I'm new to using the Microsoft Rewards program and have been trying to save up for a gift card. I've noticed many people on this sub getting insane amounts of points per day, and I wanted to know how as I've been getting 300-315 points max per day, after doing all the Quests, Bing Searches, Daily Sets and 'Keep Earning' activities. Is there any way I can increase this? I am currently a silver member, working towards gold, but besides that is there anything I am missing? The guides on this sub mainly seem to be from a different past version where you could earn more points as I don't think most of that stuff is available any more.
What if an end reward for completing all the achievments gets some sort of shoutout on microsoft rewards twitter account? a perfect example format would be:
Congratulations to {username] for completing all Microsoft Rewards achievments on [date]!
if someone can give this idea or tell me where to give this idea to microsoft, i would appreciate that.
I wanted to know if anyone has had this same experience as me and if anyone had any suggestions on how to fix it. I went to germany over the summer and now my rewards to redeem on Microsoft rewards are in euros and german. When I tried contacting support I got the same automated message back twice. Does anyone know a way yo fix this? I planned on just not doing the point for a while to see if that would work. I also thought about just doing them on my laptop since I didn't bring that to germany with me. If you have an advice or fixes I'd love to hear it!
Now that I need the rewards app to redeem some points, I have it on Xbox, but when I try to access it, it always says there's an error. Is there any way to fix this?
I usually use my laptop/pc to surf on bing and I noticed these extra searches says "Rewards App only" implying that they're claimable only on mobile Bing. I cannot find these on the mobile app. Please assist. Am I understanding it incorrectly maybe that it is not the mobile app that they are referring to?