The Recruit-A-Friend program is a referral system, through which players can recruit friends or family members into World of Warcraft. When a player chooses to recruit someone, the recruit is emailed an activation key for a 10-day trial account. Accounts created through this referral become "linked" with the recruiter's account for 90 days. If the trial account is upgraded to a paid subscription, both the recruiter and the recruit gain benefits when they play World of Warcraft together.

How to recruit a friend Edit

Log into Account Management and click on the "Recruit-A-Friend" button. This loads the referral page where a player can enter a friend's name and email address and a custom message.

Benefits Edit

Lasts for 90 days after the recruitment Edit

• Both the recruit and the recruiter can summon each other while partied. This "Summon Friend" ability has a 1-hour cooldown. The summoned character must be level 80^[1] (was level 60) or below.
• Both the recruit and the recruiter gain triple experience points (up to level 80;^[1] was 60) while partied and within 100 yards of each other.
  • This does not stack with rested XP.
  • This does stack with the 40% XP bonus available from heirloom items.
  • If both characters are not within 3 levels of each other, only the lower-level character will gain extra experience.
• Recruit characters gain one "grantable" level for every two levels earned (up to 30 levels). Recruit characters may then grant these levels to the recruiter's lower-level characters.
  • The character receiving the levels must be lower than the granter's level, and below level 80^[1] (was level 60).

Time-independent rewards Edit

• The recruiter receives a 30-day game credit for each recruit who upgrades to a paid subscription.
• The recruiter receives a special mount after the recruit pays for at least 60 days of game time. Currently this mount is an [X-53 Touring Rocket]; before April 27, 2010, the recruiter received a [Swift Zhevra] instead.

Limitations Edit

• May not be used in conjunction with a Scroll of Resurrection (reviving a dormant account).^[2]

Related Blizzard posts Edit

Raised level grant cap Edit

Rage of the Firelands Patch 4.2 Notes | 2011-06-24 16:10 | Zarhym

Recruit-A-Friend now awards bonus experience and free level grants to level 80, up from level 60.

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New mount Edit

Refer-A-Friend Rocket Mount Update | 2010-04-26 06:18 | Zarhym

Time is running out for those who wish to claim their Zhevra, as the launch of the X-53 Touring Rocket is now scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, April 27! If you’ve fulfilled all of the Recruit-A-Friend requirements necessary to claim a mount now but choose not to claim the Zhevra, you will be able to claim the X-53 Touring Rocket instead once it launches. Sounds like they’re firing it up for a final test run now....

You can find the original announcement here: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=24038460723&sid=1

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New Recruit-A-Friend Mount Coming Soon | 2010-04-06 02:00 | Bashiok

Beginning in just a few days, players who participate in the Recruit-A-Friend program will receive a whole new reward for showing a friend the ropes in Azeroth: the X-53 Touring Rocket, a two-seater flying mount that automatically increases its speed as your mount skill improves (up to 310% speed if you already have a 310% mount). The X-53 will be replacing the current Zhevra mount reward, which is retiring from the Recruit-A-Friend business after a good run. If you've already claimed a Zhevra (or claim one prior to the change), you’ll be able to hang on to it, of course. We’ll have more details on the new Recruit-A-Friend mount once it becomes available.

Current Recruit-A-Friend FAQ - http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=20588

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Original news announcement Edit

Earn an Exclusive Zhevra Mount with the New Recruit-a-Friend!

Posted by: Frost | 8-05-08^[3]

With the new Recruit-A-Friend program, you can earn an exclusive Zhevra mount, receive a FREE month of game time, and gain access to other exciting in-game benefits. From the moment your friend creates a character and starts playing, you'll both earn triple the experience when grouped together and have the ability to summon one another from anywhere in the world. Also, for every two levels of experience your friend earns, they can grant one level of experience to one of your lower-level characters.

To start recruiting your friends, click here.

For more details on the new Recruit-A-Friend program, please click here.

References Edit

External links Edit

US

Recruit A Friend Send Invitation and FAQ

World of Warcraft US Community Site Recruit-A-Friend Program Levels Up to 80 by Blizzard Entertainment, Jul 7, 2011 9:00 AM PDT

Battle.net Support (US) Recruit-A-Friend FAQ

Europe

Recruit A Friend Send Invitation and FAQ

World of Warcraft EU Community Site Recruit-A-Friend Program Levels Up to 80 by Blizzard Entertainment, 07 Jul 2011 16:00 UTC

Battle.net Support (EU) Recruit-A-Friend FAQ

Getting friends to play

(Yahoo) AssociatedContent.com How to Get Your Girlfriend or Wife to Play WoW: 6 Simple Steps to Getting Your Woman to Play World of Warcraft by Sara Sellers, Sep 21, 2010

Old info

Blue.MMO-Champion.com 0. New Recruit-A-Friend Question Hub! Mylilcheddar 08/05/2008 12:46:05 PM PDT

Blue.MMO-Champion.com 0. ***** Recruit-a-Friend - Ultimate FAQ! ***** Vrakthris 2008/08/08 08:56:30 PM