Summary
- Characters now only get full Timewarped Badge rewards on first completion per account during Timewalking events.
- Completing dungeons and raids during Timewalking now gives 200-300 badges on alts, halving efficiency.
World of Warcraft has reduced the amount of Timewarped Badges earned by completing the weekly quests on alts during Timewalking events. This change was made in response to the Warbands system in World of Warcraft, and will be carried forward into all future Timewalking weeks.
Timewalking is a recurring World of Warcraft event that lets players tackle old dungeons and raids at the same level as they are while earning rewards and experience. Every expansion from Burning Crusade through Legion has a Timewalking event right now, each of which features a vendor full of mounts, pets, toys, reputation badges, and Timewarped gear that scales to the character’s current level.
World of Warcraft Temporarily Removing Limitation on Character Service
One of the free character services in World of Warcraft is having its limitations temporarily relaxed, allowing fans to use it as much as they want.
However, collecting the Timewarped Badges used at these vendors just got a lot harder. Previously, each character who completed a Timewalking dungeon or raid during an event could complete a quest that awarded 500 Timewarped Badges each. Now, this hefty reward is only given to the first character on an account to complete these quests – subsequent characters who do so will only earn 300 badges for the raid quest and 200 from the dungeon quest, halving the effectiveness of Timewalking on alts.
World of Warcraft Timewalking Event Nerfs
- Completing the Timewalking dungeon and raid quests now only rewards 500 Timewarped Badges on the first character per account.
- Subsequent characters earn 200 Timewarped Badges for completing the dungeon turn-in quest, and 300 for finishing the raid quest.
According to Blizzard, the main reason for this change is the Warbands feature. Timewarped Badges can now be freely transferred to other characters on a World of Warcraft account, allowing players to easily amass alot of the currency in one place. Reducing the efficiency of getting Timewarped Badges on alts makes it feel less required to play on multiple characters, while still allowing those who do to amass a modest amount of currency relatively quickly.
While the logic behind the change is sound, World of Warcraft fans aren’t happy about it. Being able to amass tons of Timewarped Badges was half the fun of Timewalking events, and many believe reducing the currency rewards from doing so is needlessly punishing. Blizzard did say it was actively watching how Warbands in World of Warcraft interacts with Timewalking, and that it may adjust these numbers again in the future, but for now, players will have to adapt to this new Timewarped Badge income.
This change also came at one of the worst times imaginable. World of Warcraft’s 20th anniversary event starts on October 22 – and a brand-new Classic Timewalking event is one of its major events. With tons of new items to buy using Timewarped Badges, fans will have to work that much harder if they hope to collect them all.
- Released
- August 26, 2024
- Base Game
- World of Warcraft
- Developer(s)
- Blizzard
- Publisher(s)
- Blizzard
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