wow New Trading Posts Feature Coming in Patch 10.0.5

[Staff 1,375]

The new Stormwind and Orgrimmar stables datamined back in Patch 9.2.5 will be used as Trading Posts, allowing players to complete monthly activities to earn a currency, which can be turned in for transmogs, pets, and even store mounts!

(Source)

A new feature is making its way to World of Warcraft®*— the Trading Post! Complete monthly activities to earn currency toward decking out your characters in cosmetic transmogs, pets, and mounts— with new items and activities introduced every month. You’ll be able to experience this new feature soon on the PTR.

Shop at the Trader’s Corner

A new set of traders will be moving their wares into the capital cities of Stormwind and Orgrimmar—T&W (Tawny and Wilder) and Zen’shiri Trading Posts. You’ll find T&W just outside of the Mage District in Stormwind and the Zen’shiri Trading Post next to Grommash Hold in Orgrimmar. Our trader friends have pulled out all the stops and have set up their shop so you can view the new items of the month prominently on display right at their shop. They’ll have transmogs on mannequins, pets at their feet, and mounts secured in their stable. Speak to the traders to see this month’s wares.

A Home for Creative Cosmetics

There are a multitude of interesting transmog, pet, and mount possibilities in Azeroth, limited only by imagination. The Trading Post will serve as a home for many more items from across Azeroth— and beyond—and is not limited by the current game content. You can expect to see a variety of fun new items to add to your collection.

Opening the possibilities allows for a wide variety of different goods to be brought to the Trading Post and players can expect the unexpected in each month’s new catalogue!

How It Works

To obtain these unique cosmetic items, you will need to acquire a new account-wide currency called “Trader’s Tender.” This can be earned in two ways:

• Automatically each month: Just by logging in and heading to the Trading Post, you can collect 500 Trader’s Tender every month from a chest called the Collector’s Cache.
• By completing monthly activities in the Traveler’s Log: A monthly set of activities provides the opportunity to earn up to 500 additional Trader’s Tender.

We’ll be iterating on this new feature as we test on the PTR. The final Trader’s Tender amounts are subject to change.

Get Tender Every Month

At the first of each month, players with an active account in good standing will receive a set amount of Trader’s Tender automatically. If you don’t have active game time on your account or aren’t a subscriber at the start of a new month, don’t worry. Your Tender will be awarded the first day of the month when you do have game time or an active subscription. This will be the same amount for everyone, regardless of how you pay for your game time.

The Traveler’s Log

The second way to earn Trader’s Tender is to complete monthly activities listed in the new Traveler’s Log. Each month features a rotating, themed set of activities. There’s only a set amount of Tender you can earn each month through completing activities, so you won’t need to complete all the ones in the log each month. You’ll be able to pick and choose from a variety of fun in-game activities to easily earn Tender. Players can choose to earn by continuing to play the game as they already do such as completing quests, competing in battlegrounds, taking part in holiday activities, and even running Mythic+ dungeons. But you can also choose to take part in activities uniquely designed for the month.

You’ll be able to view these activities and your progress in the Adventure Guide (Shift-J) in the new Traveler’s Log. A bar at the top of the User Interface (UI) will show your progress in earning Trader’s Tender each. At certain thresholds, Trader’s Tender will be deposited into your Collector’s Cache for pickup. Additional Trader’s Tender is also obtained by filling the bar, but that’s not all…

Monthly Rotation

On the first of the month, the traders will obtain new items and update the activities in the Traveler’s Log for the new month. Items that are rotated out of their inventory won’t be gone for good though—they’ll rotate back into the inventory in future months—giving players who missed them the first time another opportunity to add them to their collections. The Trading Post will also include cosmetics from promotions that are no longer available as well as items normally available for cash purchase on the in-game store as purchasable items with Trader’s Tender instead. This provides an alternative way for players to obtain these items.

Getting a Glimpse of the Future

This is just the start of what we hope will be a rewarding new system for players to further personalize their character and their experiences within World of Warcraft. We’ll be looking toward additional opportunities to provide the community with even more ways to add to their collections and express themselves everywhere they go in Azeroth.

Keep an eye on the upcoming PTR where you’ll get a chance to try the new feature for yourself. We look forward to hearing your feedback as we continue to develop this new feature.

---

*The Trading Post feature is not available in WoW Classic titles.

[Arcling 877]

These goals look like something from Overwatch season pass. I wonder if all the stuff from paid shop will be eventually available and how long it's going to take to get a single mount or transmog from there.

[TheCake 130]

Wooh more cosmetic stuff earnable in game! 😄
This is great!

[Prophet001 545]

People keep talking about "this is a 'battle pass'". I don't know what a battle pass is. What's a battle pass?

[ArthasStormrage87 52]

This isn’t a battle pass, it’s just something a lil extra to work on when you’re bored or don’t feel like doing the norm. It’s very similar to the endeavors system that Elder Scrolls online introduced, but way cooler sounding. I fell off the blizzard bandwagon a few years ago, but this is a very cool thing to add, it’s not big and flashy but very tasteful. This is something thats not just for us mplus and raiders, but also a little something for the casual players to sink some time in. Idk I think it sounds very cool as long all the stuff isn’t priced extremely high and will take 6 months to obtain, ESO did that with endeavors and ruined it!

Edited December 12, 2022 by ArthasStormrage87

[Arcling 877]

2 hours ago, Prophet001 said:

People keep talking about "this is a 'battle pass'". I don't know what a battle pass is. What's a battle pass?

Basically, you buy a right to unlock certain stuff in games (usually cosmetics), but you have to finish it within that season before it goes away.

This here is not exactly a battle pass, but it does have some similarities. You have goals and limited time to finish them (one month), also cosmetics will rotate as written in that post.

[Trest 61]

Further to the “Battle Pass” explanation:

In Hearthstone, the Battle Pass is something you can buy (via real money) that gives you bonuses on the “Rewards Track” through a “season”. This includes a bonus to XP rate (that scales up as you make progress through the season), extra cards for your collection at specific milestones, and some exclusive cosmetic rewards.

Hearthstone’s Battle Pass is designed so that you still have to play to get the rewards from it, but your rate of earning rewards is increased, and additional rewards are added to the track—including cosmetic ones that can only be gained through the Battle Pass.

The Trading Post could be viewed as equivalent to Hearthstone’s seasonal “Rewards Track”, with the potential (probability?) for a paid “Battle Pass” to be added to increase the rate at which the Trading Post currency could be earned through a month (season). This would presumably remain within Blizzard’s constraint that players can’t pay for power in the game, as all the rewards are cosmetic.

Edited December 13, 2022 by Trest