All Reforged systems are open for testing
The PTR runs the same custom systems that ship with BFA Reforged: the reworked Azerite economy, the upgrade system that replaces Titanforging, updated Mythic+ affixes, Raid Renown, and the two PvP vendors. This page lists everything currently open for testing, so you know what to look at and what counts as a bug.
The test realm also gives you an exclusive toolkit: free gear for every slot, free consumables and gems, instant keystones, and teleports to every dungeon entrance. You do not need to farm anything before testing.
A group of NPCs in Plunderforged Bay, the expansion's new hub (covered further down). They exist so you can test without farming first.
Everything in this section is restricted to the PTR. None of it carries over to the live realm, and neither does anything you buy, loot or unlock with it. Test characters and their progress stay here.
An action bar button that sets every vendor price to zero, server-side.
"Become RICH, making all purchases in the Plunderforged Bay free."
Ten ogre vendors sell free gear covering every dungeon and raid slot.
Three more vendors cover consumables, gems, mounts and bags.
Free Mythic+ currency, no farming required.
A free Heart of Azeroth at level 40, plus Rank 3 essence unlocks.
Agent Araxex teleports you to any BfA dungeon entrance.
For testers who need to skip past a whole patch's campaign.
Training dummies inside the hub, for damage testing.
The fast path to max level, whether it is your first character or your eighth alt.
New characters start geared, with bags, ready to play.
Skips the whole unlock questline in one click, once your account has world quests open.
"We've crossed paths before. <Skip the Heart of Azeroth and Capital Introduction questlines.>"
An account-wide XP bonus that grows with every class you level.
A dedicated hub that puts every Reforged vendor, quest giver and currency broker within a hundred feet of each other.
The onboarding quest that introduces the hub and unlocks the way back in.
"The world has changed: its steel, its magic, even its memories reborn through fire and will. To thrive in this reforged age, you must learn the ways of those who shape it."
Every NPC in the Bay and what they handle.
Reforged keeps every Essence and every trait, and replaces the grind around them with a predictable weekly purchase.
Unlock Azerite Essences once for the whole account.
William Midnight sells every Rank 1 essence at a fixed price.
Thaumaturge Vashreen sells any Azerite piece you have unlocked, priced by catch-up tier.
| Achievement | Source | Criteria (Season 1) |
|---|---|---|
| Ahead of the Curve | Raids | Defeat G'huun in Uldir on Heroic difficulty or higher during Battle for Azeroth Season 1. |
| Keystone Conqueror | Dungeons | Complete a Level 10 or higher Mythic dungeon within the time limit during Battle for Azeroth Season 1. |
| Duelist | PvP (rank required) | Earn the rank of Duelist during Battle for Azeroth Season 1. |
| Emissary | World Quests / Warfronts | Complete 15 Emissary Quests during Battle for Azeroth Season 1. |
A dedicated button built into the Azerite Empowered Item panel.
"You cannot reforge Azerite traits after a Mythic+ challenge has started."
Warforging and Titanforging are replaced by a currency system you can plan around.
Opens from your character panel, from anywhere.
Myxle "The Searat" Gutwrench (Horde) and Crenzo Sparkshatter (Alliance) run the Scrap Machine.
An account-bound bonus: raise your item level on one character and your alts scrap for more.
"Currency gains from scrapping or disenchanting increased. This bonus grows stronger as your average equipped item level increases."
The four-tier currency you farm for upgrades. Each tier is a mandatory cost on top of Echoes of Eternity, and each has its own weekly cap.
| Shard | Mythic+ drop | Raid drop | Weekly cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone level 5+ | 90% chance per boss kill | 10 | |
| Keystone level 8+ | 55% chance per boss kill | 5 | |
| Keystone level 12+ | 33% chance per boss kill | 3 | |
| Grand Challenger's Bounty, Keystone level 15+ | Always, from a Mythic raid's final boss | 1 |
The direct replacement for Warforging and Titanforging.
Deterministic replacements for the old random bonuses.
| Currency | Earned from | Spent on |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Challenger's Bounty; scrapping or disenchanting Azerite armor | Azerite armor (Thaumaturge Vashreen) | |
| Defeating N'Zoth's forces; Visions of N'Zoth activities | Synthesizing Essences and containing Corruptions in the Chamber of Heart | |
| Completing Mythic+ dungeons | Self-service Keystone editing | |
| Weekly Challenges | Azerite Essences (William Midnight) | |
| Scrapping or disenchanting non-Azerite gear | Chrono-Shard Reforgers, alongside Sigiled Shards | |
| Raid bosses, Mythic Keystones, Battleground wins | Cosmetic purchases (Matron Bianca) |
Sigiled Shards are listed separately above, with their own weekly caps.
Bonus rolls that always pay out gear, and a Renown vendor stocked with cosmetics exclusive to it.
A guaranteed piece of gear for your loot specialization.
The two reward bags behind most of the systems above.
Cosmetics bought outright from her <Echo of Mortality> shop.
Updated affixes, a keystone you can manage yourself, and rebalanced loot.
The symbiote is now a crowd control check.
Right-click your Keystone to open a full editing window.
Retail's Hero's Path, brought to BfA dungeons.
The realm runs the 8.3.7 client, with content access capped to what Season 1 actually had.
Flexible raid sizes so any group can raid together, and a Renown track that keeps paying out while a tier stays current.
10 to 20 player scaling.
A buff that grows for as long as the raid stays current, plus a permanent title and mount at higher ranks.
Two vendors: rated gear you upgrade with Conquest, or a cheaper alternative with no rating requirement.
A base set plus rating-gated upgrade tokens.
The path without rating or Conquest, meant for gearing alts.
A rotating set of quests that works whether you raid, queue PvP, or prefer World Quests.
Pick one quest from each of three categories, every week.
"How will you aid our people? You can choose only one quest from each category."
One rotating dungeon a day, from the Chronicler.
Small conveniences that reduce time spent in menus and loading screens.
Scalable, one-player Island runs.
A summonable companion with your bank, mailbox and auction house.
Major cooldowns are off the Global Cooldown again.
Every flight master can send you to the enemy continent.
Reach Renown 8 in a raid and you keep a permanent, account-wide mount, no matter how many expansions pass.
A bat-winged mount tied to the loa Hir'eek.
A hulking white ape-like mount, right at home in Zuldazar.
A rideable storage crate.
A one-time achievement for logging in during launch week.
A cosmetic skybox collection, browsed and applied from its own window.