Battlegrounds in WoW Forever
Honor is just another currency, friend. Here's where to earn it, and where to spend it.
- battlegrounds
- 4
- first level (Warsong Gulch)
- 10
- the largest battle
- 40v40
- capitals with battlemasters
- 7
The battlegrounds
Warsong Gulch10v10, capture the flagLevels 10-60Two fortified bases face each other across a valley: Silverwing Hold (Alliance) and the Warsong Lumber Mill (Horde).
Arathi Basin15v15, capture and hold bases (resources)Levels 20-60Five resource nodes (Stables, Blacksmith in the middle, Farm, Gold Mine, Lumber Mill on its cliff).- New
Darkspear Islands15v15, capture points + central flag (Eye of the Storm style)Levels 30-60Islands off the coast of Dustwallow Marsh. 
Alterac Valley40v40, large objective battleLevels 51-60The big battle in the mountains: push through the valley, take towers and bunkers, and kill the enemy general (Vanndar Stormpike / Drek'Thar).
How to queue: walk to a battlemaster
You can't queue from anywhere. In the beta there is no queue button: you join a battleground by talking to a battlemaster NPC. Players have asked Blizzard for a button; there's been no answer yet, so this could still change at launch.
- Reach the level: Warsong Gulch 10, Arathi Basin 20, Darkspear Islands 30, Alterac Valley 51.
- Go to a battlemaster. Each battleground has its own battlemaster in every capital of your faction (list below).
- Join the queue alone or with your group (the group leader queues everyone).
- Go about your business while you wait, then accept the pop-up when your match is ready.
- After the match you're sent back to where you accepted the queue (players' reports).
Darkspear Islands has a shortcut: each faction has a forward base in The Barrens with a portal into the battle. Horde: Merchant Coast, near Ratchet (65.0, 34.4). Alliance: Northwatch (63.4, 58.6).
Teams mix players from the Normal, PvP and RP rulesets (Hardcore apart), but you can't group with a friend from another ruleset.
Where to queue
No queue button in Forever: talk to a battlemaster. Your faction's capitals first.
OrgrimmarHorde
- Warsong Gulch · Brakgul Deathbringer · 79.4, 30.6 (one source)
- Arathi Basin · Deze Snowbane · 79.4, 29.2 (one source)
- Darkspear Islands · Gruga Bloodblade · 79.4, 30.6
- Alterac Valley · Kartra Bloodsnarl · 79, 31.2 (one source)
UndercityHorde
- Warsong Gulch · Kurden Bloodclaw · 54.6, 95.4 (one source)
- Arathi Basin · Sir Malory Wheeler · 60.4, 92.8 (one source)
- Darkspear Islands · Rugbul Boomfirst · 60, 86.8
- Alterac Valley · Grizzle Halfmane · 56.2, 85.6 (one source)
Thunder BluffHorde
- Warsong Gulch · Kergul Bloodaxe · 56.8, 76.8 (one source)
- Arathi Basin · Martin Lindsey · 28.8, 20.4 (one source)
- Darkspear Islands · Borook Gallfist · 57.2, 76.8
- Alterac Valley · Taim Ragetotem · 58.6, 77 (one source)
StormwindAlliance
- Warsong Gulch · Elfarran · 78.4, 18.8 (one source)
- Arathi Basin · Lady Hoteshem · 78.2, 16 (one source)
- Darkspear Islands · Not known yet (one source)
- Alterac Valley · Thelman Slatefist · 77.2, 16.4 (one source)
IronforgeAlliance
- Warsong Gulch · Lylandris · 70.4, 89.2 (one source)
- Arathi Basin · Donal Osgood · 69.8, 89.2 (one source)
- Darkspear Islands · Sean Guardoff · 70.2, 89.2
- Alterac Valley · Glordrum Steelbeard · 69.8, 90.4 (one source)
DarnassusAlliance
- Warsong Gulch · Not known yet
- Arathi Basin · Keras Wolfheart · 57.4, 36.4 (one source)
- Darkspear Islands · Pherry Leftee · 58.4, 34.4
- Alterac Valley · Brogun Stoneshield · 57.8, 44.6 (one source)
- Darkspear Islands forward base: The Barrens — Merchant Coast (Darkspear Raiders base, near Ratchet) · 65, 34.4
- Darkspear Islands forward base: The Barrens — Northwatch (Theramore Expeditionary Force base) · 63.4, 58.6
Rewards
- Marks of Honor: every battleground gives its own mark: 3 for a win, 1 for a loss, 30 of each at most (was 20 before the October 15 patch; item tooltips may still say 20, to verify in game). Marks buy rare PvP pieces together with Honor, and reputation quests take them.
- Honor and rank: each match gives Honor and Rank Points, rebalanced in Forever so Alterac Valley isn't the only efficient choice. Amounts per match are not published yet. Ranks and their rewards: PvP ranks.
- Reputation: each battleground has its own reputation pair. Exalted with one battleground reputation gives 1 Legacy point.
Good to know
- No source mentions a Deserter penalty for leaving early yet.
- Battle for Gilneas exists in the game files only: it is not announced.
- Maps: we're drawing our own, from the game files.
"Win or lose, you walk away with marks. A goblin never leaves a battlefield empty-handed."
Where to spend it: PvP vendors
| Vendor | Sells | Where | /way |
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain Dirgehammer and the officers | Honor and rank gear, mounts, accessories (Alliance) | Champions' Hall, Stormwind | to check in game |
| Lady Palanseer and the officers | Honor and rank gear, mounts, accessories (Horde) | Hall of Legends, Orgrimmar | to check in game |
| Bryanna Embreeze | Theramore Expeditionary Force rewards (Darkspear Islands) | Northwatch, The Barrens | 63.4, 58.6 |
| Creeg Bothunk | Darkspear Raiders rewards (Darkspear Islands) | Merchant Coast, The Barrens | 65.0, 34.4 |
| Illiyana Moonblaze | Silverwing Sentinels (Warsong Gulch) | Silverwing Grove, Ashenvale | 61.4, 83.8 |
| Kelm Hargunth | Warsong Outriders (Warsong Gulch) | Mor'shan, northern Barrens | 46.6, 8.4 |
| Samuel Hawke | League of Arathor (Arathi Basin) | Refuge Pointe, Arathi Highlands | 46.0, 45.2 |
| Rutherford Twing | The Defilers (Arathi Basin) | Hammerfall, Arathi Highlands | 73.4, 29.8 |
| Thanthaldis Snowgleam | Stormpike Guard (Alterac Valley) | Alliance entrance, Alterac Mountains | 39.4, 81.4 |
| Jekyll Flandring | Frostwolf Clan (Alterac Valley) | Horde entrance, Alterac Mountains | 62.8, 59.4 |
What the older battleground quartermasters sell in Forever is not published yet. Darkspear Islands vendors are confirmed by Blizzard; the other positions come from the game database (one source).