In World of Warcraft, the Warband is now active. We reveal what it’s all about and what the feature brings.
On July 24, the big pre-patch 11.0 started, marking the beginning of The War Within era in World of Warcraft. One of the biggest features is the Warband. It is, strictly speaking, a whole series of features that summarize and streamline many actions of your accounts. The goal: to respect players’ time more and give them more freedom when playing multiple characters.
We’ll tell you what effects the Warbands will have.
Warbands – Many Benefits at a Glance
What is the Warband in WoW? The Warband system is not a single feature but rather an entire array of improvements that became active immediately with patch 11.0. The aim behind it is to consolidate the progress of your individual characters into a singular account progress. In the future, most of your achievements and progress in the game will apply to all characters – hence your Warband.
This includes:
- Fame Levels: The progress in Fame and Reputation factions will be the same for all your characters in future content (and Dragonflight). Therefore, you share unlocks and Fame levels across all characters.
- Quest Progress: Quest lines that you have already completed with one character are considered “completed by the Warband.” You can hide these quests on other characters if you do not want to do them again.
- Transmog Unlocks: In the future, you can unlock transmog for all armor classes. This way, as a mage, for example, you can no longer only collect cloth but also plate, leather, and mail.
- Warband Bank: Your Warband shares a large, new bank with almost 500 slots. Unlocking this bank completely, however, is quite costly.
- Currency Transfer: Using a new menu, you can send various game currencies to different characters. This way, you can quickly buy rewards with secondary characters if your main character has too many resources.
- Achievements are Consolidated: Achievements of all your characters now count equally toward obtaining an achievement – such as PvP victories in a specific battleground.
Almost everything you do applies to the entire account. If you make progress with your main character, then secondary characters also benefit from it and have access to new features or the resources of the main character.
The New Login Screen
The biggest new feature that is immediately visible after patch 11.0 awaits you before you actually start playing – namely on the login screen.
There, four of your characters will be arranged in a small scene around a campfire. When you hover over these characters with your mouse, you will see additional information – for instance, their current gold amount, the rating in Mythic+, the item level, or the chosen professions.
Which of your characters you arrange in the small scene on the start screen is not relevant and does not affect your Warband. All characters of your account belong to the Warband, and the four displayed characters are merely a sample selection that you can arrange as you see fit.
In other words: All characters of your account belong to your Warband. This is not an optional feature but applies to every character permanently.
Are you already looking forward to the Warband in The War Within? What will you do first when your entire account can finally work together towards goals? Do you already have something specific in mind?
