Gold Trades Between Realms, Factions or Games Now Prohibited
Blizzard has quietly updated its support article regarding gold trading rules, introducing a major policy shift that affects players across all versions of World of Warcraft.
Trading gold cross-realm, cross-faction, and cross-games (for example from Modern to Classic) was previously labeled as unsupported. These exchanges are now explicitly prohibited, with violations potentially resulting in account penalties or even permanent closure.
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Trading Gold Between Realms, Factions, or Classic and Modern
Common Problems
Trading gold across WoW realms or factions, or different versions of WoW (Modern to Classic), is prohibited. Involvement in a trade of this nature can result in account penalties, up to and including, account closure.
Below is the original version of the article, before Blizzard implemented the change on April 11, 2025.
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Trading Gold Between Realms or Factions
Common Problems
The exchange of gold or items with another player on a different realm or faction is entirely at your own risk and is unsupported. These types of trades are often associated with the trade of real money for in-game items or currency, which is against our policy. Accounts found associated to these services will have gold removed as well as other possible account actions including up to account closure.
While we will review reports of scams between legitimate players and take action against scammers to remove them from our game, losses will not be restored.
We advise to avoid these types of trades unless you know the other player well and absolutely trust them.
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Blizzard has quietly updated its support article regarding gold trading rules, introducing a major policy shift that affects players across all versions of World of Warcraft.
Trading gold cross-realm, cross-faction, and cross-games (for example from Modern to Classic) was previously labeled as unsupported. These exchanges are now explicitly prohibited, with violations potentially resulting in account penalties or even permanent closure.
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Trading Gold Between Realms, Factions, or Classic and Modern
Common Problems
- Can I trade gold with another player between WoW Classic and Modern?
- Can I trade gold with a friend on another realm?
- Made a deal with another player to exchange gold between factions but he didn't hold up his end
- I'm trying to trade gold to another Faction in WoW Classic
Trading gold across WoW realms or factions, or different versions of WoW (Modern to Classic), is prohibited. Involvement in a trade of this nature can result in account penalties, up to and including, account closure.
Below is the original version of the article, before Blizzard implemented the change on April 11, 2025.
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Trading Gold Between Realms or Factions
Common Problems
- Can I trade gold with another player between WoW Classic and Shadowlands?
- Can I trade gold with a friend on another realm?
- Want to report a player for offering cross realm gold exchanges in the general chat
- Made a deal with another player to exchange gold between factions but he didn't hold up his end
The exchange of gold or items with another player on a different realm or faction is entirely at your own risk and is unsupported. These types of trades are often associated with the trade of real money for in-game items or currency, which is against our policy. Accounts found associated to these services will have gold removed as well as other possible account actions including up to account closure.
While we will review reports of scams between legitimate players and take action against scammers to remove them from our game, losses will not be restored.
We advise to avoid these types of trades unless you know the other player well and absolutely trust them.
Continue reading...