Player vs. Player

PvP & Honor

Everything Blizzard has confirmed about PvP in WoW: Forever. Rankings, rewards, brackets and formulas are shown only once officially published.

PvP overview

Rulesets

Rulesets

2 confirmed
  • Normal: The baseline experience; player-versus-player combat requires mutual consent.[2] (confirmed)
  • PvP: Every trip into contested territory carries more danger and open-world conflict.[1] (confirmed)

Faction rules

2 confirmed
  • On the PvP ruleset a player can only create characters for one faction; other rulesets allow both.[1] (confirmed)
  • The PvP ruleset includes faction balance systems similar to Season of Discovery, where new character creation can be temporarily limited for a faction.[1] (confirmed)

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Honor

1 confirmed
  • The For Great Honor Legacy perk increases Honor gains from PvP.[1] (confirmed)

Ranks

1 confirmed
  • PvP Legacy Challenges include reaching ranks 3, 7, 10, 13 and 14.[1] (confirmed)

Reputation

1 confirmed
  • Reaching Exalted with each Battleground reputation is a Legacy Challenge.[1] (confirmed)

Seasons

1 confirmed
  • The Field of Honor PvP Season’s Journey includes weekly quests (weeks 4, 7 and 10 award Legacy Points).[1] (confirmed)

Updates

1 confirmed
  • PvP updates are part of the post-launch roadmap.[2] (confirmed)

Beta tuning

1 confirmed
  • On the beta, the Honor cap was raised to 25,000 (was 15,000) and most PvP gear and upgrade-token Honor costs rose by about 50% (October 1 build).[3] (confirmed)

Not yet confirmed

2 unknown
  • Honor formula, rank rewards and decay. — Not officially confirmed by Blizzard.
  • PvP season dates and brackets. — Not officially confirmed by Blizzard.

Battlegrounds

Officially confirmed:Darkspear Islands

A new 15 vs 15 battleground off the coast of Kalimdor, combining control points with Arathi Basin-style flag captures and defense.

PvP seasons

Official — details pending: Officially announced by Blizzard; full details have not been published yet.

Field of Honor

A PvP Season with a Season’s Journey questline. Completing the week 4, 7 and 10 quests earns Legacy Points.

PvP updates

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