PvP

Contested ground, and the world swings back. Contested ground, one faction per account, and two tracks of progress: Honor to spend, Rank Points to climb, up to Grand Marshal and High Warlord.

The ruleset

What Blizzard says the PvP ruleset is.

Alliance One per account on PvP

Horde One per account on PvP

Every trip into contested territory carries open-world conflict.
One faction per account: the first PvP character sets the side.
Faction balance may pause new characters on one side for a while.
Battlegrounds can include players from other rulesets. Hardcore stays out.
On a PvP ruleset, enemy players can come upon your camp and disrupt it.

How progression works

Two tracks, from Blizzard's post on PvP progression.

Honor

A currency. Kills, battlegrounds and PvP quests pay it, and it buys the blue PvP set and then the epic one.

Rank Points

Earned in battlegrounds and PvP quests. They move you up the fourteen ranks, and ranks have a weekly cap.

The epic step

An epic piece needs the blue piece plus an Emboldened Seal, and the seal carries a rank requirement.

Holiday weeks

A battleground on its holiday week pays more Honor and a Rank Point boost. Honor rates across battlegrounds were evened out.

Seasons

Weekly journey tasks pay Honor and Rank Points. Three tasks in a season grant a Legacy Point, and tasks stay available later.

Where to look

Character pane, Player vs. Player tab.

Ranks and rewards

Fourteen ranks a side. The original titles return; the last is Grand Marshal or High Warlord. The reward column is Blizzard's list.

Rank	Alliance	Horde	Unlocks
1	Private	Scout	Tabard
2	Corporal	Grunt	PvP trinket
3	Sergeant	Sergeant	Cloaks
4	Master Sergeant	Senior Sergeant	Necklace
5	Sergeant Major	First Sergeant	Combat potions
6	Knight	Stone Guard	Tabard
7	Knight-Lieutenant	Blood Guard	Battle standard
8	Knight-Captain	Legionnaire	Epic bracers or belt token
9	Knight-Champion	Centurion	Epic boots token
10	Lieutenant Commander	Champion	Epic gloves token
11	Commander	Lieutenant General	Mounts
12	Marshal	General	Epic legs or shoulders token
13	Field Marshal	Warlord	Epic chest or helm token
14	Grand Marshal	High Warlord	Epic weapons

From the development notes

Honor cap raised from 15,000 to 25,000.
Honor costs of PvP gear and tokens up by about half.
Marks of Honor stack to 30.
Critical strikes keep their full effect in PvP.

The gear

Rank gear is in the armory under the rank names. New pieces fill the old gaps, such as Shaman healer, melee and caster sets.

Search the armory

Darkspear Islands

A 15 v 15 battleground for levels 30–60, off Dustwallow Marsh. Capture points, one flag, two reputations.

Darkspear Islands 15 v 15 · levels 30–60 · first to 2000

Four points

Capture points across the islands. The more you hold, the faster you score. First to 2000 wins.

One flag

A central flag, carried to a base your side holds, scores extra.

Two sides

Darkspear Raiders for the Horde, Theramore Expeditionary Force for the Alliance, off Dustwallow Marsh.

Queue

Any capital battlemaster, the Barrens, or the portals at Merchant Coast and Northwatch.

Reputation

Each side has a track with vendors, quests and Marks of Honor turn-ins. Exalted opens a questline for a tabard.

Mixed rulesets

Battlegrounds queue across rulesets. Hardcore stays out.

All rulesets Legacy: the PvP challenges PvP channel

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