Warbands and Account-Wide Progress

Your Warband is Blizzard's name for 'your whole account working together'. If you left when every character was an island, this is the single biggest quality-of-life change to come back to.

What is shared now

• A Warband bank lets every character on your account deposit and withdraw items and gold.
• Most currencies can be transferred between your characters instead of rotting on an alt.
• Many reputations, cosmetics, and achievements are now account-wide — earn once, keep everywhere.
• Some gear drops 'Warbound until equipped' — usable by any of your characters, not just the one that looted it.

What it means for alts

Alts are dramatically cheaper to maintain. Progress on your main frequently unlocks things for everyone, and leveling a second character no longer means redoing every system from zero.

What is not shared

Character power is still per-character: gear, levels, and most progression grinds must be done on each character. The Warband removes duplication, not the game.

Specifics shift every expansion — the account-wide list grows each major patch, so check current details on Wowhead when a new season starts.

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