Everything You Need to Know About PvP in World of Warcraft: Forever

In WoW: Forever, many players will want to PvP, either for the pure love of this aspect of the game or for its many rewards. PvP stands for Player versus Player and encompasses any activity that pits you against other players with the intent of slaying one another. There are two main ways you'll encounter PvP in Forever: either when traveling across the world, which is called World PvP, or in Battlegrounds.

PvP in Forever offers a PvP Ranking system, where you get recognized for your efforts against the opposing faction. This is a seasonal system, which unlocks more prestigious rewards the higher you climb, with exclusive titles and armor appearances along the way.

If you played World of Warcraft in 2004 or during the 2019 Classic release, you'll notice many changes to the PvP system in Forever. First, the PvP Rank grind, in which you were compared against every other player in your realm, is gone.

In its place, there is a season-specific grind for Rank Points that take its place. If you've played Season of Discovery, it is a very similar concept, but without requiring third-party addons to check your progress. This system also has no decay; you'll never lose progress during a season. Bar only goes up. Learn more about it in our dedicated guide below.

Unlike Classic, PvP is no longer a realm type; it is a ruleset. You can think of rulesets as being mega realms. In Forever, you don't select what realm you play, but what type of world rules you want to follow, leading you to play with like-minded players. Note that once you create a character in a ruleset, you can't swap that character's ruleset easily, nor can you send mail, trade, or interact with characters in other rulesets.

On top of the original three battlegrounds from Classic, Warsong Gulch, Arathi Basin, and Alterac Valley, Forever adds a new battleground: Darkspear Islands, a new 15v15 battleground.

Below is a list of all battlegrounds available in WoW: Forever.

Battleground	Level Range	Size
Warsong Gulch	10-60	10v10
Arathi Basin	20-60	15v15
Darkspear Islands	30-60	15v15
Alterac Valley	51-60	40v40

Winning a battleground awards you with 3x Marks for that Battleground, like Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor, while losing only awards 1.

The battleground consists of four bases that teams need to control and a flag in the middle that you must take to a controlled base to capture.

Holding bases slowly increases your points over time; capturing the flag increases your points based on the number of bases held at that moment. If you've played different versions of WoW, it is very similar to the Eye of the Storm battleground.

Darkspear Islands is available to players Level 30 or higher, with four brackets: 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, and 60.

Battleground queues in Forever work cross-rulesets. This means that, when queuing for a battleground, you'll find players from Normal, PvP, and RP rulesets. This is the only moment in WoW Forever that you'll find players from other rulesets.

To queue for battlegrounds, head to your capital city, Stormwind or Orgrimmar, and find the Battleground Battlemasters. In Stormwind, they are located at the Stormwind Keep, and in Orgrimmar, at the Valley of Honor.

In general, all battlegrounds follow the same bracket ranges, with the exception of Alterac Valley, which has a single bracket.

• Warsong Gulch: 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60.
• Arathi Basin: 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60.
• Darkspear Islands: 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60.
• Alteract Valley: 51-60.

While playing with PvP flagging enabled, you'll often attack or be attacked by members of the opposing faction while traveling the world. This is what we call World PvP.

In Normal, Roleplaying, and Hardcore rulesets, you need to manually flag yourself for PvP to participate in World PvP. In the PvP ruleset, you'll be automatically flagged when traveling to a contested or enemy zone.

You can flag yourself by typing /pvp in chat or by right-clicking on your character portrait and enabling PvP combat.

In general, any zone above Level 15 is considered a Contested Zone. This means that, in the PvP ruleset, you'll be flagged for PvP constantly above this level range.

PvP has a unique set of items that you can purchase by using currencies unique to PvP. When participating in PvP activities, you'll earn a currency called Honor. Honor can then be used to purchase a variety of PvP items, from potions to powerful weapons. The best PvP items will also require you to spend Battleground Marks, earned by winning or losing BGs.

Based on datamining, progressing through PvP Ranks unlocks Elite versions of PvP armor. Based on different flavors of WoW, this version will only provide enhanced visuals, but will have the same stats as baseline pieces. A cosmetic upgrade.

You can start queuing for battlegrounds at Level 10, with Warsong Gulch being your only option. Warsong Gulch is a capture-the-flag battleground. You must capture the enemy's flag while protecting yours.

Note that you'll likely die a lot when you start; that's normal. PvP is a very different game mode from questing or doing dungeons. Practice, play as a group, and focus on objectives. At the end of the day, what matters is scoring or capturing the flag, not killing the most enemies.

Unlike other Classic versions of WoW, Forever features the concept of Seasons. Instead of a long, ever-encompassing PvP journey, your PvP Ranking progress will be reset every few months. While we don't officially have the full details on seasons, we've learned a lot already about them.

• Seasons last at least 10 weeks, likely around 20.
• Your PvP Ranking progress resets between seasons.
• Each season will offer a new set of rewards.

Note that these are subject to change as content changes and evolves over time, plus datamined-based information isn't officially confirmed by Blizzard.

You can check Blizzard's official timeline about when PvP Seasons' refresh should happen in Forever's Roadmap:

In The Same Category

Forever OverviewController GameplayGraphics ModesSurnamesSkyborneTransmog System