Recruit-A-Friend Program Levels Up to 80

Recruit-A-Friend Program Levels Up to 80

The Recruit-A-Friend feature offers amazing perks  to World of Warcraft players who ask a friend to join them in their adventures through Azeroth. With the 4.2 patch we’ve made the rewards even better, as you can now reap the benefits while leveling all the way to 80.

When you recruit a friend to play World of Warcraft, you’ll be able to send them a unique referral key. When they use this specific trial key to activate a new account, you’ll both receive a number of perks to help you level up together.

  • Worried about spending a long time leveling up? No problem! You and your recruit you will gain triple experience while partied, up to level 80.
  • Even if you don’t have as much time to play as your recruit, they’ll be able to help you catch up. For every two levels a recruit character earns, they'll gain one "grantable" level. Recruit characters can then grant these levels to your lower level veteran character.
  • You won’t have to worry about getting separated; you’ll be able to summon one another to each other's locations from anywhere in the game.
  • You’ll receive a credit for 30 days of free game play for each recruit you refer who upgrades to a retail version of World of Warcraft and subscribes.
  • Once one of your recruits has paid for 60 days of game time you’ll be able to send an X-53 Touring Rocket to any of your characters! The X-53 is a unique flying mount able to carry a passenger, and only available from Recruit-A-Friend.

For a full rundown on each of these features, requirements, and limitations, hit the Recruit-A-Friend FAQ. You can also run through a visual guide of the referral process, as well as how to redeem your X-53 Touring Rocket.

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Snajbro
Saurfang
Snajbro
7/9/2011
@Soulslawter: That's a great idea, I'ma do it now.
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Mageology
Thaurissan
Mageology
7/9/2011
@Soulslawter: i did this, back when it capped at level 60. so much faster than leveling it the old fashion way, and defiantly worth it.
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Ânubìs
Kul Tiras
Ânubìs
7/8/2011
oh boy...
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Juniorkills
Echo Isles
Juniorkills
7/8/2011
recruiting is retardid it is cheating and weasiling ur way out a level one 1 day the next he is at the black temple level 80 does that sound fair???
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Spasepeipul
Illidan
Spasepeipul
7/9/2011
@Flikdort: you're retarded for saying: "retardid"
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Myrostuss
Trollbane
Myrostuss
7/9/2011
@Flikdort: dude thats not cheating if blizz allows you to do it
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Lifaen
Zangarmarsh
Lifaen
7/9/2011
@Flikdort: Lol it's not cheating at all
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Holishock
Rexxar
Holishock
7/9/2011
@Flikdort: LOL at the DK with the int gear. Now, THAT is retarded. ;)
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Jastirra
Darkspear
Jastirra
7/9/2011
@Flikdort: You must be retarded.....
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Jimbei
Anetheron
Jimbei
7/8/2011
Will this update be available to accounts currently on the RaF program? i started it about a month ago where it was to level 60 but we still have some time left.
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Enzii
Archimonde
Enzii
7/9/2011
@Jimbei: Confirmed. yes!
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Madeyemoody
Onyxia
Madeyemoody
7/8/2011
If you are already linked to someone before this does it carry over?
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Vegatifa
Kargath
Vegatifa
7/9/2011
@Madeyemoody: I'd hope so... I recruited my friend last week...
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Zéus
Garrosh
Zéus
7/8/2011
i absolutly love this please ignore any and all bad feed back as this is a choice not a requirement :D
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Ulthric
Scilla
Ulthric
7/8/2011
will this work till 80 if we are already linked to someone and still have exp bonus to 60?
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Boogeman
Aerie Peak
Boogeman
7/8/2011
THis is the coolest thing wow has ever done hands down...
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Tamedhacker
Lightninghoof
Tamedhacker
7/8/2011
Am willing to accept any Raf Here if u guys at least provide me with the new 20$ wow and bc

u pay for reg and ill pay for rest and u get ur mount :]
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Jadewind
Terenas
Jadewind
7/21/2011
@Tamedhacker: email if you still want that deal i do it gussharpe@hotmail.com
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Shifous
Emerald Dream
Shifous
7/8/2011
FUDGE YEAHHHH\
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Jaeva
Area 52
Jaeva
7/8/2011
If I recruited someone when you could only go to 60 but our recruit a friend time is not up yet, can we still get to 80?
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Troyy
Nazjatar
Troyy
7/8/2011
this is great! lets do it
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Sälyon
Shadowmoon
Sälyon
7/8/2011
Like Arabeth said, this is HORRIBLE to introduce someone to WoW
I tryed it with my girlfriend, new chars and new server, we leveled so fast that we couldnt got money to skills, we simply rushed trough all the content, we was doing like 1% that wow can offer. for sure leveling is not fun to everyone, but, that was horrible
we hit lv 15 in the middle of introduction area, the mobs were grey and if we wanted to a higher level place we got no quests to it and must walk all the way.
Ok. the recruit a friend for sure is a nice ideia, but, please, make the 3x exp something we can chose

my GF just created other account to lvl normal with me
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Boogeman
Aerie Peak
Boogeman
7/8/2011
@Sälyon: All the funs at level 85 to me. and if they wanna learn about game they can level up by them selves with an alt.
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Shadowcrazy
Shattered Hand
Shadowcrazy
7/8/2011
@Sälyon: "make the 3x exp something we can chose"

uhhhhhhh......WHAT?!

you do realize they aren't FORCING you to use this right? you're complaining because you're using a service and it's doing what it's SUPPOSED to do?

they don't need to make it a choice because it's already there you either give your gf the email to recruit or you don't and she levels the normal way. you want her to level the normal way then don't give her the email...it's so simple its stupid.

so tell me how is this a HORRIBLE idea when you can simple choose NOT TO USE it and enjoy the game regularly?

makes no sense
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Sweetchilly
Tichondrius
Sweetchilly
7/9/2011
@Shadowcrazy: Maybe he still wants the mount and the free 1 month of game time
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Lifaen
Zangarmarsh
Lifaen
7/9/2011
@Sälyon: Then don't take this offer no one told you to.
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Undies
Lightninghoof
Undies
7/8/2011
This makes leveling a joke now, I just got my hunter from 61 to 72 in a couple of hours. I'll be 80 on him tomorrow and I'll use the grantable levels to get my 72 priest up to 79 aswell. Seriously, I hated outlands and northerend and all but, now I get to do a BG and like 4 quests per zone and move on. Never completing any quest chains or seeing any cool cinematics.
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Nickyweeds
Baelgun
Nickyweeds
7/8/2011
@Undies: Question.... I recently just did this with my friend and say I am a lvl 50 and he's a lvl 20 and we are doing different bgs and quests will we still get the triple xp?
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Flynnacuse
Shandris
Flynnacuse
7/8/2011
@Nickyweeds: No, you have to be within a certain amount of levels.
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Nickyweeds
Baelgun
Nickyweeds
7/8/2011
@Flynnacuse: do you need to be in a certain range?
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Arabeth
Argent Dawn
Arabeth
7/8/2011
Honestly, Recruit-a-Friend is sort of a horrible way to introduce someone to WoW. I tried it once and you level SO FAST that the new person never really gets to see anything or learn anything about how to play their character. We hit level 30 in days and the person was like, "I still don't even understand what I am doing." I mean, they didn't know where anything was or even how to do basic things in the game (like fly somewhere) because we were going so fast they never had to. (Thank god they took weapon skills out of the game - they NEVER got that concept, EVER.) The best way to learn the game, especially for anyone who is completely new to WoW, is to do it the old, slow way. That's STILL very fast these days, but at least it's slow enough that you can sort of get used to what you are doing before you're thrown something completely new. (Not to mention we constantly ran out of money just from training class abilities because we were leveling so quickly!)

What RaF is really useful for is for someone who is a big-time WoW player who wants another account (presumably for dual-boxing) or who wants to power-level legally and then account-transfer the characters to their main account. For the cost of one WoW game purchase (currently $13 on amazon) and one month's sub (which costs nothing since you get a free month in return) you can power-level two alts to 70, and then spend $25 to get one of your new alts to your main account (after granting 35 levels to yet another character). Not a bad deal. If you want to get to 80, it costs another $40. For another $15 you can buy yourself the cool dual-seater mount (just for one character, though).

$13 for a level 70 character + a level 35 character seems like the absolute best way to use this program. And it's not like you even have to power-level one character: you can do it with ANY character you have time enough to level for 90 days. Who cares about account transfers - just power-level another 70 up. Do it twice and you can make yourself a 3rd 70s with all the granted levels. Anyway this is a much better use of this program than to ruin a newbie's experience of WoW by dragging them through weeks' worth of content in hours.
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Shadowcrazy
Shattered Hand
Shadowcrazy
7/8/2011
@Arabeth: I don't see anywhere saying this is a FORCED change that ALL new players will get triple XP until 80 so I find your opinion about it being horrible invalid.

if you want to level the old way...then LEVEL THE OLD WAY...no problem...RAF is there for people who don't want to or don't have the time and the patience to level all the way to 85. YOU say it's fast but that's your opinion...me leveling this DK was me trying to meet a quota of 1 level per day after level 70 and it was just a constant struggle of boredom flying from one place to another to kill X number of enemies or collect X number of items and after 50 quests STILL not have enough to level. everyone has different experiences so RAF is beneficial.

plus it's fun to level with a friend and have a reason for both of you to level...you both need each other to get leveld fast and the time spent makes it enjoyable.

in the end you have to remember it's OPTIONAL so NO its not a horrible way to introduce wow because the boring quests make it so people skip reading quests anyways....its a great tool to have more people get closer to the level cap and have more people to game with.

I've been told that I'm one of the best tanks in my guild and I haven't even finished my RAF time yet...I learned my character by studying online and trial and error. other people can do this and RAF doesnt make people stupid to their character or their class...just lazyness does this
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Myrox
Alterac Mountains
Myrox
7/8/2011
i wish i could recruit an active wow player so he could give my lower toons free lvls or can i?
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Lifaen
Zangarmarsh
Lifaen
7/9/2011
@Myrox: This is for new players.
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Chaosbolts
Zul'jin
Chaosbolts
7/8/2011
i need friends :(
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Cleartc
Scilla
Cleartc
7/8/2011
@Chaosbolts: same here...i need aquaintances/friends who'd play it...
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Schaur
Dentarg
Schaur
7/8/2011
@Chaosbolts: me too =(
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Ilikesoda
Area 52
Ilikesoda
7/8/2011
i had this when you got the RAF to 60, but my RAF was a jerk and ripped me off cuz he just wanetd the mount :/ - i should get this with a friend of mine
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Snoogums
Hellscream
Snoogums
7/8/2011
This is awesome I JUST did this with a friend two days ago. WOO!
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Sukuyan
Emerald Dream
Sukuyan
7/8/2011
I need friends.