Blizzard is discontinuing the authenticator – this is what you need to do to keep your WoW account safe

Blizzard is discontinuing an app that has protected your account. What you need to do now will be revealed in this article.

The security of your account is an important matter. Many players have already experienced having their account hacked or otherwise used by strangers – in such cases, you might lose all your gold in World of Warcraft or even full access to your beloved games.

To make these accesses by strangers more difficult, there has been an app for years, the “Blizzard Authenticator.” However, this app will be discontinued in less than a month.

We will tell you what you need to do now.

What is changing at Blizzard? The existing “Battle.net Authenticator App” will be discontinued. Most of you may have already received a warning, but now it’s getting serious. The app will be completely discontinued on January 5th.

Until then, you have time to transfer your authenticator – you will find it in the “Battle.net Mobile App,” where you can also view your friends lists.

How does the transfer work? To do this, you simply need to download and launch the “Battle.net Mobile App” on your smartphone. You can find the app in the respective store of your provider, either the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store.

After logging in with your Battle.net account, you should immediately receive a prompt to activate the authenticator here and allow notifications from the app.

You will then receive a security code for confirmation, which you need to type in once – done.

Basically, nothing can go wrong here, and the whole thing is done in 3 minutes.

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What happens if you do not transfer? If you do not activate and transfer the authenticator in your Battle.net Mobile App, the connection with the authenticator will simply be removed, and this protective measure will cease until you set it up again.

This may also lead to the loss of some game content. Because using the authenticator rewards, for example, in World of Warcraft with additional bag slots or an exclusive pet. If the authenticator is removed, these bonuses will also disappear from your account until you set up the authenticator again.

To avoid any issues during the transfer, you should already do this now so you don’t find out on January 5, 2024, that some game content is no longer available or your account has lost security.

At least Windwalker monks might consider not making the transfer – because they are currently dying out.