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.
You can recruit friends who have a new account (created within the last 7 days), or who have an account that has not had active game time for 24 months or more. You can have up to 10 active recruited friends linked to your account at any one time.
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. An account link can also be broken if either party chooses to break the link, or the recruiter’s account is inactive (does not have active game time) for more than six months.
In-game Benefits
Being linked brings great in-game benefits to both the recruit and the recruiter:
- Both players can summon their linked friend every 30 minutes from the Friends List
- Both players gain a 50% bonus to experience and a 10% bonus to reputation gains from killing monsters and completing quests while playing with linked friends. To receive bonus experience and reputation, you must meet the following criteria:
- Both characters must be in the same party and within 100 yards of each other.
- Characters must be within 4 levels of each other and below level 110.
- Monsters and quests cannot be trivial difficulty (gray) for either character.
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.
- When your recruits adds at least 30 days of game time (up to a maximum of 12 months per recruit), you get awesome in-game rewards:
- All rewards are claimable through the in-game Recruit A Friend interface.
- The first 12 rewards can be claimed at a rate of one reward per recruit per month, after which point you can claim 30 days of game time for every three months your recruits purchase.
- 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 immediately, and secure additional rewards at a rate of one per month based on the date the game time was added to the recruit's account.
- 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.
- 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.
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
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 added 12 months of paid 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.
If you are the recruiter, you can break any of your recruited account links from the in-game interface in the Friends List (default hotkey O):
- Right click your recruit.
- Chose Remove Recruit.
- Confirm that you want to break the account link.
Note: After the account link is broken, that friend’s World of Warcraft account cannot be linked with yours again until it has been inactive for 24 months.
If you are the recruit, you can remove your recruiter from your Friends List, but cannot break the account link yourself. If you wish to break the link, contact us.
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.
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.
You will only get the 50% bonus when playing with your friend and meeting the following criteria:
- Both characters must be in the same party and within 100 yards of each other.
- Characters must be within 4 levels of each other, or in a party sync session.
- Monsters and quests cannot be trivial difficulty (gray) for either character.
Note: The experience bonus does not stack with heirlooms.
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 Blizzard 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 Blizzard 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 added 12 months of paid 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 Blizzard 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 Blizzard 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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