Recruit A Friend allows you to play Blizzard games with friends and receive exclusive in-game rewards. For specifics on how Recruit A Friend works, select a game below.
To recruit a friend, your friend's WoW account must match one of the below descriptions:
- Your friend's account is new, created in the last 7 days.
- Your friend hasn't had paid game time for over 24 months. If your friend has returned and had paid game time in the last 7 days, they are still eligible to accept your invite.
Follow these steps to recruit your friends:
- Log in to World of Warcraft.
- Open the Friends List (default hotkey O) and click the Recruit A Friend tab.
- Click Recruitment.
- Copy your unique Recruit A Friend recruitment link and share it with your friends.
- Note: Your unique Recruit A Friend recruitment link can be used to create or connect up to four accounts with yours, after which you will need to generate a new recruitment link. A new recruitment link can be generated once every 30 days.
Once your friend has followed the recruitment link and activated their account, your accounts will be connected. You can then play World of Warcraft together and claim great in-game rewards!
Before the accounts are linked, the recruit will need to agree that their recruiter will be able to see:
- The recruit’s BattleTag or Real ID (depending on privacy settings).
- Whether the recruit has active game time.
- The recruit’s online status.
Once two accounts are linked, they will stay linked until the recruit has added 12 months of paid game time.
In-game Benefits
Being linked brings great in-game benefits to both the recruit and the recruiter:
- The recruit is granted an Extra-Spacious Knapsack upon completing the starter experience in Exile's Reach or reaching level 50
- Both players can summon their linked friend every 30 minutes from the Friends List
Recruiter Rewards
As a thank you for bringing old and new friends to World of Warcraft, recruiters also get:
- Special quests that, if done with your recruit, reward in-game items and currency. The quests are available through the in-game Recruit A Friend interface.
- 8 days after your recruits add at least 30 days of game time, you get awesome in-game rewards:
- To be eligible to earn rewards, you must have active game time on your account at the time your recruit adds game time.
- All rewards are claimable through the in-game Recruit A Friend interface.
- You can claim the first 6 rewards at a rate of one reward per recruit per month. After the first 6 rewards, you can claim 30 days of game time for every three months purchased by any new friends you recruit.
- If one recruit adds more than 30 days of game time at once (for example, by getting a 6 month recurring subscription), the recruiter will receive one monthly reward after 8 days, and secure additional rewards at a rate of one per month based on the date the initial reward was granted.
- If multiple recruits add 30 days of game time at once (for example by purchasing one month of game time each), the recruiter will receive one monthly reward per recruit per month.
Note: While rewards can be earned from recruits playing both World of Warcraft and WoW Classic, the Recruit A Friend in-game benefits are exclusively available in World of Warcraft, not in WoW Classic.
Linking
Note: When a recruiter has received 12 months of game time from a recruit, the link will expire.
Both players have to play in the same region to be able to link the accounts.
Players in Argentina and Brazil can only link their accounts with friends whose accounts are registered to the same country. Players that pay in Rubles can only link their accounts with friends that also pay in Rubles.
There are several possible reasons for this:
- Ensure you have a space for your new recruit by checking your total number of linked friends in the Recruit a Friend tab in the Friends List (default hotkey O). You can only have 10 active recruits at any one time. To free up a spot for a new recruit, you must either wait for an account link to expire, or break the link to one of the current recruits through the in-game interface. Account links last until a recruit has granted 12 months of game time.
- Your friend must be eligible to be recruited. This means that their account must be less than 7 days old, or must have been without active game time for at least 24 months prior to the last 7 days.
- You cannot recruit your recruiter, even if their account is otherwise eligible.
- Realms are temporarily unavailable (such as during scheduled maintenance periods) or there is a realm issue. Maintenance and outages are generally announced, follow us on Twitter for regular updates.
If the recruiter’s account does not have active game time for six months, all Recruit a Friend account links will be automatically severed.
It is currently not possible to break a Recruit A Friend link.
Rewards
- Recurring subscription
- Digital game time
- WoW Token consumed as game time
- Game time bundled with other products, such as the Complete Collection or mounts
- Game time from a World of Warcraft Battle Chest account upgrade
Note: Game time earned from Recruit a Friend does not count towards a recruiter’s rewards.
8 days after the recruit pays for game time, rewards can be claimed in-game.
To be eligible to earn rewards, you must have active game time on your account at the time your recruit adds game time. If your recruit adds more than 30 days of game time at once (for example, by purchasing a 3- or 6-month recurring subscription), rewards beyond the first will be granted at a rate of one per month, based on the date your recruit added game time to their account.
You can only secure one reward per recruit each month.
Rewards may not be claimable while the recruit’s payment is being processed. Most players will be able to claim their rewards within just a few minutes, but a payment processing time of up to 3 days is normal for most payment methods. For certain payment methods, such as cash based systems like PayU or Yandex cash, the delay may be up to 8 days. In addition, if your friend paid for game time, but the payment was then reversed, any unclaimed rewards are removed.
Any recruitments made after March 21, 2023 will grant the new rewards.
If you still have an active recruit on the previous Recruit A Friend reward track, you will continue to earn those rewards as long as your recruit remains active with eligible game time. For more information, refer to the section above called Game time options that secure rewards from the recruiter.
A recruit will stop awarding you credit for the old track reward, and instead, will grant you credit for the new track if:- Their account lapses for three days or more and then return.
- They claim free game time from someone they recruited.
Error messages
This error occurs when the Recruit a Friend recruitment link you entered is incorrect. Ask your friend to send you the entire URL again, and make sure no part of it is missing.
This error appears when you try to accept a Recruit a Friend invitation, but you’ve already linked your account with a recruiter.
Once you have been recruited, you can remove your recruiter as a friend by right clicking their name in your Friends List in-game (default hotkey O), however this will not remove the link between your accounts. If you need to break the account link between you and your recruiter, please contact us.
If you see this error, your Battle.net account does not have room for another WoW account on it, and none of your other WoW accounts are eligible to link with your friend's account. To make a new WoW account, you will need to first create another Battle.net account.
This error means that the recruiter already has 10 active account links and has no room for additional recruits. The recruiter must either wait for an account link to expire before adding further recruits, or break the link to one of their current recruited accounts through the in-game interface before linking with additional recruits. Account links last until a recruit has rewarded 12 months of game time.
This error means that the recruitment link URL has expired. The recruiter will need to create a new recruitment link through the in-game interface.
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Getting Started
You can recruit any number of friends, but only recruits who have a Total Hero Level below 20 will be eligible for rewards. Players can check their Hero levels by clicking the Quest Log button on the main menu and checking the number next to Total Level.
Note: You cannot unlink your account once you’ve accepted an invitation from a veteran player. Make sure your veteran invites you to the correct region when they send you their Recruit a Friend link.
Follow these steps to recruit your friends:
- Log in to Hearthstone and click the Recruit a Friend button at the bottom of your Friends List.
- Copy your unique Recruit a Friend link and share it with your friends.
- Once they follow your link and log in, your accounts will be connected.
- Play Hearthstone and claim great in-game rewards.
Veteran Rewards
When one of your recruits reaches a Total Hero Level of 20 on their account, you’ll receive the Shaman hero, Morgl the Oracle.
You’ll receive a free Classic card pack for each of your next four recruits who reach a Total Hero Level of 20 on their account. You won’t receive any rewards after your initial five recruits reach Total Hero Level 20.
Note: You and your recruits must play in the same region to secure rewards. You can check your region in the Region/Account dropdown above the Play button on the Battle.net desktop app.
Recruit Rewards
New recruits receive a free Classic card pack for linking their account with a veteran and completing the tutorial.
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You can recruit any number of friends who are player level 5 or below. Players can check their player level by clicking their portrait in the upper-right corner of the in-game menu screen and selecting Player Progression.
Follow these steps to recruit your friends:
- Log in to Heroes of the Storm and click the Recruit a Friend button at the bottom of your Friends List.
- Copy your unique Recruit a Friend link and share it with your friends.
- Once they follow your link and log in, your accounts will be connected.
- Play Heroes of the Storm and claim great in-game rewards.
Note: Only your five highest-level recruits will be tracked on the in-game status page.
Veteran Rewards
When one of your recruits reaches player level 10 on their account, you’ll receive the Recruit a Friend portrait.
Once four of your recruits reach player level 10, you’ll receive the Vulture mount.
Note: You and your recruits must play in the same region to secure rewards. You can check your region in the Region/Account dropdown above the Play button on the Battle.net desktop app.
Recruit Rewards
New recruits unlock Raynor and a 5-Day Stimpack the first time they log in after linking accounts with a veteran.
Once a new recruit reaches player level 10, they unlock Sylvanas and the Recruit a Friend portrait.
To see more about these rewards, check out our Recruit a Friend site.
Invalid Code
This error occurs when the Recruit a Friend URL you entered is incorrect. Ask your friend to send you the entire URL again, and make sure no part of it is missing.
Invitation Already Accepted
This error appears when you try to accept a Recruit a Friend invitation, but you’ve already linked your account with another veteran.
If you want to switch to a different veteran, open your Recruit a Friend menu from the bottom of your Friends List. Click the gear icon next to your veteran’s BattleTag. Click New Veteran, and select the new veteran you’d like to link your account with.
Note: The new veteran must be logged in to the game for you to switch.
You Are Ineligible for This Promotion
If you see this error, your account is above player level 5 and cannot be a recruit. You can still recruit other friends to secure Recruit a Friend rewards.
Other Errors
If you see a different error, check the Blizzard CS Twitter for any service disruptions and try again later.
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