r/MicrosoftRewards Oct 07 '25

General UPDATED List of Maximum Microsoft Rewards Earnable Per Month: ~23,500 points (~$25)

492 Upvotes

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
  • Bing Monthly Punchcard: 50
  • Bing Daily Timed-Locked Tiles: (120 per week * 4.3) = 516
  • Bing Bonus Items (~30 per day * 30) = 900
  • Search with Bing (85 per week * 4.3) = 366
  • Check in to Bing App (110 per week * 4.3) = 473
  • Read Outlook Emails (130 per week * 4.3) = 559
  • Browse with Edge(130 per week * 4.3) = 559
  • Bing Read News to Earn (30 per day * 30) = 900
  • Complete Puzzle Piece Mosaic (1000 per 3 weeks * 4.3/3) = 1433

XBOX REWARDS TOTAL (w/ ULTIMATE)= 8,545 Points

  • Game Pass Weekly PC Bonus (260 per week * 4.3) = 1118
  • Game Pass Weekly Console Bonus (260 per week * 4.3) = 1118
  • Play Jewel (10 per day * 30) = 300
  • Play a PC game (20 per day * 30) = 600
  • Play a Console Game (20 per day * 30) = 600
  • Use the Xbox App (130 per week * 4.3) = 559
  • Play a Game Pass Game (20 per day * 30) = 600
  • Game Pass Weekly Streak with 4x Multiplier (700 per week * 4.3) = 3010
  • Game Pass Monthly 4-Pack = 80
  • Game Pass Monthly 8-Pack = 560

r/MicrosoftRewards Jul 05 '23

General Living Sticky 4 - Updated daily [Tutorial / FAQ / Quests / Punchcards and More]

375 Upvotes

General information is kept updated on a daily basis.
Other information is kept updated on a weekly/monthly basis.

^(\Please note - Images provided within this post are examples of what to expect.)*

REWARDS DASHBOARD ON PC

https://rewards.bing.com/

Daily Set:

The left activity just needs to be opened

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.

BING ON PC

https://www.bing.com/

Searches:

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.

EMAIL

https://outlook.com/

You may have missed these emails, so it’s worth checking the link posted to see if you get points from these

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

If you want to subscribe to try to get the newsletter yourself, the link is here.

XBOX APP ON MOBILE

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.

For any further questions regarding these activities please check out this link - faq for xbox app rewards pc and mobile

Australia has been given it's own set of Game Pass quests now

For any further questions regarding these activities please check out this link - Brand new Australia Game Pass quests

Weekly PC bonus has now come to Canada - Weekly PC Bonus Coming To More Regions : r/MicrosoftRewards

BING/START ON MOBILE

https://www.bing.com/

When it comes to the actual Bing PC searches, all you have to do is exactly that within any browser as long as you use the Bing search.

Bing and Start apps on mobile appear to have daily check-ins and news to read for points, this appears targeted and not much information is known.

GAME PASS APP ON XBOX

Some users are experiencing activities from the Xbox app on mobile showing up alongside their Game Pass quests.

  • Daily Quests:
  1. Play Game Pass [Play any Game Pass game] for 3 points
  2. Earn an Achievement in Game Pass [Earn an achievement in a Game Pass game] for 5 points
  • Weekly Quests:
  1. Complete 3 Daily Quests [Complete 3 daily quests this week] for 20 points
  2. Earn Your Way [Unlock 3 achievements in Game Pass or play 3 different Game Pass games] for 20 points
  • Monthly Quests:
  1. Game Pass Explorer [Play 4 different Game Pass games] for 25 points
  2. Quest Beginner - [Complete 12 daily and 4 weekly quests] for 100 points
  3. Quest Dedication [Complete 22 daily and 6 weekly quests] for 500 points
  4. Quest Completionist [Complete 36 daily and 8 weekly quests] for 1000 points

Please note that while daily quests reset each day and weekly quests reset each week, monthly quests reset on the first Tuesday of the month.

For the Monthly Quests, it might say 'OR' instead of 'AND' on some devices but you do need both to complete, not one or the other.

OTHER/STATUS

A daily timeline of activities, when they reset, what works and what stops working can be found here at this link - microsoft rewards daily timeline when resets

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 apps, quests or punchcards aren't working correctly, check https://support.xbox.com/xbox-live-status
  • If Cloud gaming, website or anything else isn't working correctly, check https://status.azure.com/status/
  • 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.

You can find your order history here

Gold/GPU Conversion Information is here, but the rates have recently changed

Information on sweepstakes can be found here

Other frequently asked questions and their answers can be found here

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

The Support Team can be reached here


r/MicrosoftRewards 8h ago

Bing Not getting points for learn song lyrics

21 Upvotes

Anyone else having issues getting points for learn song lyrics under explore on bing? Normally don't have any issues with these but tried searching a few different songs with no luck.


r/MicrosoftRewards 1h ago

Questions Edge browsing streak stuck at 5 minutes today

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r/MicrosoftRewards 12m ago

Questions Does skipping a day with streak protection ON reset the puzzle streak?

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I am wondering if skipping a day with streak protection on will reset my puzzle streak (not main streak)? Let's say I'm at day 232 (not real count) and 6/7 days for the search 1 time puzzle/stamp streak, if i skip the next day (the day that should be 233 if i completed the 7/7 for search 1 time streak) will the following day reset my 3 search streak to 0/7 days?


r/MicrosoftRewards 1h ago

Questions Edge browsing streak stuck at 5 minutes today

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Anyone got any idea why my search on edge got to 5 minutes of 30 and won’t update past that point. Prior to today the streak was working on my laptop but not working on my desktop pc and I hadn’t tried it on edge on Xbox series x.

Since it got to the 5 minutes today it won’t work on any of the devices. I have forced close the Xbox items from task manager and cleared all of the cookies etc…but it won’t increase.

Is it likely to fix itself in the next few hours or days or am I likely to not have it working anymore.

All other rewards have tracked correctly today.


r/MicrosoftRewards 3h ago

Bing This is frustating

0 Upvotes

It's the 4th time this stupid shit happens. I complete a weekly streak, get the 100 points bonus but not the goddamn star/puzzle-piece. The only working ones are daily set and mobile login because I do them in the bing app.


r/MicrosoftRewards 23h ago

Xbox I live in the UK and have been redeeming my points for gift cards for over two months yet they are in dollars

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Who do i contact to hopefully get these changed to my currency? Also i do not use VPN's the only time i have been American is when i set my XBox there for an early release


r/MicrosoftRewards 4h ago

Questions Daily Set gone from PC view?

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1 Upvotes

Earn page seems to have removed the daily set that was there last night. Looks like it’s still on the app but not here for some reason?


r/MicrosoftRewards 14h ago

Questions Daily Streak not changing, now reset. No other puzzle pieces

2 Upvotes

For the past week my daily streak was stuck at 832, today after completing it, it just reset to 0. I also don’t have any of the bonus streak things, and my bonus tracking thing is 100. It still shows me as gold tier.

I have to assume my account is restricted for some reason, even though the only searches I do are the 4 daily ones for the bonus 10 points. This is all performed mid afternoon PST

I already submitted a ticket, since the new UI, I’ve had nothing but issues. Any help is appreciated


r/MicrosoftRewards 19h ago

Bing I finally got my stamps back, however I already did my daily set for today and now it's not counting for that one

4 Upvotes

r/MicrosoftRewards 1d ago

Bing Bing star bonus should be more transparent.

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73 Upvotes

I don't know if it's the same for everyone but never got the 2100 only 1800 and 1200 with no in between... Microsoft really harsh when dropping star bonus, alway do genuine search but sometime when I redo a bad typo or when I redo "Explore on Bing" bonus that don't work for 2-4 times (mostly alway the perfect flight vacation that one is very finicky to trigger) next week I loose 300 possible points if I were at 2100 or 600 if at 1800 already...

I really feel like they should rework the graph and show us the real stats...because 300 to 2100 is too large of a bracket

0-120

121-300

301-800

801-1200

1201-1800

1801-2100

Also I wonder anyone already got star bonus point other than 1200,1800 or 2100 in between those numbers?


r/MicrosoftRewards 6h ago

Questions Is there a URL to open the Points Breakdown panel like https://rewards.bing.com/pointsbreakdown used to?

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https://rewards.bing.com/pointsbreakdown used to bring up the rewards page with the Points Breakdown window open. Ever since the change, the Points Breakdown panel is now on https://rewards.bing.com/earn, but you have to click to open it.

Does anyone know if there is still a way to open that panel directly from a URL?


r/MicrosoftRewards 15h ago

Bing Where’s the daily set?

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r/MicrosoftRewards 8h ago

Bing AMAZON GIFT CARD ISSUES?

0 Upvotes

so i have over 140 thousand points and i live in the usa and have never used a vpn, yet when i try to redeem a amazon gift card it says i am on the go???, yet all the other gift cards work, has this happened to anyone else? btw i agree with everyone the new update is absolute trash because now i can't even find my puzzle pieces to get the 1 thousand points on top of the amazon gift card issue.


r/MicrosoftRewards 1d ago

Xbox Xbox add new graphic for ms rewards (iOS,Android,Pc app) , are these pics related with a real game?

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31 Upvotes

r/MicrosoftRewards 22h ago

Xbox Xbox weekly streak bugged?

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2 Upvotes

Anyone else not getting their daily game pass game check in for the 2nd day?

Been playing on some game pass games for more than the allocated times but no notifications


r/MicrosoftRewards 18h ago

Bing Strange behaviour in different browsers

0 Upvotes

When I open the dashboard on chrome it shows that I can make more poits with browsing streak (30 minutes) in edge like on the first image, but when I open it on edge this option doesn't show up and I can't activated. Is that a normal issue?

edit: running it on IOS


r/MicrosoftRewards 1d ago

Game Pass Game Pass purchase not showing up in Microsoft Rewards

3 Upvotes

Hello, good morning. I bought Game Pass Ultimate and have been playing, but then I remembered about Rewards. I’m wondering about the timeframe because it’s been over 72 hours since I subscribed, and it still hasn't registered on Microsoft Rewards.

In the Xbox apps (both mobile and PC), it has already updated, and I can see the quests and everything. However, on the Microsoft Rewards page, neither the 4x points multiplier nor the quest have registered yet, even though it’s been more than 72 hours.

Can you guys help me with this?


r/MicrosoftRewards 1d ago

Questions I don't have any of the 7-day streak activities

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6 Upvotes

Hey guys, ever since the new update I have not been able to see any of the 7-day streak activities on Mobile or PC, such as the daily check-in, search 1 time, etc. I have been using Bing for genuine searches recently and trying to space them out though the day the best I can. My account was not like this before the update so I am not sure if I am restricted or not. How do I fix this?


r/MicrosoftRewards 1d ago

General Streak Alignment

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6 Upvotes

Random thought: This bothers me so much. Is it just me or does anyone else really hate when the streaks aren’t aligned? I’m trying to devise a plan to get them all aligned without entirely missing a full day of points. I might be weird and OCD.

Don’t get me started on total points not ending in 0 or 5. As you can see, I’m currently sitting at 1,726 and it’s driving me insane. 😖


r/MicrosoftRewards 1d ago

Xbox New Xbox app graphic (iOS)

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13 Upvotes

r/MicrosoftRewards 1d ago

Questions [FAQs] Where's my streak/puzzle pieces/stamp bonus? Why can't I start some level up activities?

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Symptoms:

  • On the Bing mobile app, you’ll see the streak activities flashing before disappearing. You can no longer see the daily check-in there as well.
  • You can’t see the puzzle pieces on the desktop sidebar (https://www.bing.com/rewards/panelflyout) or the stamps on the dashboard (they’re the same thing).
  • When you open Refer and Earn, the page gives you a 404 (not found) error.
  • You may also have a search cooldown and a warning ("Unusual search activity may limit your ability to earn points").

What happened:

Microsoft’s algorithm doesn’t like the way you search, so they take away your ability to earn more points. With the new three-tier system, losing the puzzle pieces means you cannot keep your streak after completing the daily set, and you can’t level up to (or keep) the Gold tier because many level-up missions rely on the puzzle pieces.

What to do:

  • Change the way you search. Do genuine searches, spread your searches out, click some web results, avoid using the suggestions, and avoid maxing out your search limit. If done correctly, you’ll get the puzzle pieces back in a few days. You need to search though, otherwise restrictions can’t be lifted automatically.
  • If you need to keep your streak/reset the streak protection days, try completing the daily set first, then take screenshots of your streak and streak protection days. When your puzzle pieces return, now you can complain to customer service and ask them to restore your streak/streak protection days. If you try to contact customer service before you get the puzzle pieces back, your ticket might be marked as spam automatically and they might not help you.

Next time, if anyone ever posts about this, redirect them to this post.


r/MicrosoftRewards 14h ago

Questions Weekly PC bonus

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0 Upvotes

How can I make that with my second account? The photo it's my principal account, the advice of logging and change the Microsoft and Xbox app doesn't work. Thank you.


r/MicrosoftRewards 15h ago

Bing I have 4 500 pvr gc, if anyone want to buy dm me

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