New Starter Account Limitations in Shadowlands

Live Posted 2020/10/14 at 4:29 PM by Neryssa

What Can You Do On a Starter Account

Starter accounts cannot choose a starting zone to level at and are forced to go through Exile's Reach from levels 1-10.

The new leveling feature added in the pre-patch, Chromie Time, is not available for starter accounts, as you need to level in Battle for Azeroth content all the way to level 50 at least once to unlock the feature. Thus, starter accounts can play from levels 10-20 in Battle for Azeroth zones. Previously, you could only level to level 20 in Vanilla zones and have no access to any sort of expansion content.

You can only earn and carry a maximum of 1000 Gold per character.

You can only chat in the Newcomer chat that is part of the Guide system, /say and /party channels.

You can only /whisper friends if they're added by character name.

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Content from other expansions besides Battle for Azeroth, Chromie Time included;

Level characters above level 20;

Talk in chat channels such as General or Trade Chat;

Whisper other characters (you can whisper them if you add them as friends, or you receive a whisper first)

Pet Battling;

Any Real ID or Battle.net chat functions;

Create or invite people to parties (however, you can be invited to a party):

Open trades, use mailboxes or interact with the Auction House;

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Comment by kajitheninjaWasn't the level cap on starter accounts always 20? The cap didn't get squished, too? Now you can level through 1/3 of the game?Comment by MuscatSomething is wrong there. I can use Chromie time and no difference between trial and retail. I can also choose the starting zone. You cannot level over 20 but remember level 20 is almost like having a level 50. So your old level 20-30 characters are now level 10 and your level 35-50 are now level 15-20. In short you can play your old locked characters level 45 and below which is really great. You can unlock fast mount 100% speed but not the Flying skill. Your character is too low level to fight in certain zones and instances with 25+ requirement but the world is open like never before to trial accounts. You cannot use the auction to trade but you can see it with TSM. That gives you an idea of the market on the server. You really can prepare yourself for the the day you decide to play retail.

It is exactly what I have done and now I have my WOW Token :DComment by HayfanSomething is wrong there. I can use Chromie time and no difference between trial and retail. I can also choose the starting zone. You cannot level over 20 but remember level 20 is almost like having a level 50. So your old level 20-30 characters are now level 10 and your level 35-50 are now level 15-20. In short you can play your old locked characters level 45 and below which is really great. You can unlock fast mount 100% speed but not the Flying skill. Your character is too low level to fight in certain zones and instances with 25+ requirement but the world is open like never before to trial accounts. You cannot use the auction to trade but you can see it with TSM. That gives you an idea of the market on the server. You really can prepare yourself for the the day you decide to play retail.

It is exactly what I have done and now I have my WOW Token :D

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