A portion of the funds go towards the Intel Extreme Masters 2018 Katowice tournament.
With the BlizzCon 2019 War Chest, a new free catagory of the chest was added, available to everyone for the duration of the War Chest with no purchase required. In 2017, war chests received the most attention from a development perspective, alongside Co-op Missions. All rewards for the War Chest are purchasable after the event ends, but the War Chest itself provides a large discount.Ī portion of the proceeds from war chests went towards StarCraft e-sports events and tournaments.
Alerts were generated on the web and in the game's client to let them know when a war chest season has begun. The seasons themselves were not tied to ladder seasons, but rather to WCS events. Exp gain for the war chests will be doubled int the last month to help players catch up. Unlocking one then purchasing another race's War Chest will give the player they made with that race. There is one war chest per race, each having its own set of rewards. Each tier unlocks more rewards than the preceding tier. The War Chest loot works on a tiered system.
Automatic rewards are given upon purchase of the War Chest, and at the end of a season, players receive rewards just for participating. Loot from these chests include skins, emoticons, decals.
Every time they level up the war chest, they will receive prizes. For each War Chest, players do a one-time nominal payment, and receive a "treasure map" that they will level up by playing the game's multiplayer and/or Co-op Missions.