What could possibly be better than getting to check out World of Warcraft for 10 days absolutely free? Our guide will walk you through registration and download of the trial client, as well as run down the restrictions placed on trial accounts.
It's hard to believe, but there are actually some people out there who have never played World of Warcraft. It may be that the thought of a monthly fee scares them away, it may be that they are afraid of becoming addicted to the notoriously habit-forming game, or it may be simply because they haven’t gotten around to it.
Whatever the reason, for those who wish to try out the game without committing to purchasing it, Blizzard offers a free World of Warcraft 10 day trial. Our guide to the trial will provide you with a rundown of account restrictions and step-by-step instructions to register, download, and get started playing the game.
Like most great deals, this one is not without its restrictions. In order to cut down on potential abuse by gold spammers and the like, World of Warcraft trial accounts have a few limitations placed upon them. These restrictions are lifted when you upgrade to a full account, but can take up to 72 hours to process afterward.
Trial character restrictions:
- Maximum level of 20.
- Maximum of 10 gold.
- Trade skills cannot exceed a level of 100.
- Trial characters cannot trade, use the auction house, or send mail.
- Public chat channels are unavailable, trial players can only communicate through the /say, /party, or /tell channels.
- Trial characters cannot join guilds.
- Trial characters cannot /whisper players who do not have the trial character on their friend list.
- Trial characters cannot invite other players into a party.
- Trial characters cannot group with players above level 20.
- Voice chat is disabled on trial accounts.
- Login queues will give priority access to non-trial accounts.
- Trial characters are not eligible for character transfers.
Check out page 2 for information on WoW free trial registration and download, as well as instructions for logging into the game for the first time.