Transmogrification

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Visiting a Transmogrifier presents players with a new interface that will allow them to change the appearance of an item while retaining its original stats. This means that you can raid in your paladin tier 12 Immolation set, but look like you're wearing Lightbringer, while priests can bring Benediction back - at least in spirit. Hunters can once again roam the jungles of Stranglethorn Vale in their tier 2 Dragonstalker set.

Placing an item into the Transmogrifier interface will offer a preview of how the item will appear once the change is applied. However, not all item pairings are compatible with Transmogrification. In general, only items that have stats can be used in the transmogrification process.

Please note that using an item for transmogrification makes it soulbound, non-refundable and non-tradable and the enchant displayed will remain that of the equipped item.

Placing items into the Transmogrify interface will increase the gold cost of the process, and clicking the Transmogrify button (assuming you have the necessary funds) will put the appearance change into effect. The process can be reversed by clicking the undo icon on each item, and then hitting the Transmogrify button once more to save the changes. Any item that's transmogrified will have text indicating it's been altered by the process for all to see, similar to the item tooltip callout for reforged items.

Customer support will not be able to unbind any items that have been used with this service, so please be careful when making your selections and purchases.

Please note: Level 60 PvP items are not transmogrifiable. In Area 52, a set of vendors has replaced the PvP vendors, selling new transmogrifiable versions of the classic armor to players who have the Feat of Strength for Legionnaire/Knight-Captain or higher under the old PvP system.

Transmogrification Restrictions

Whilst the below list covers the majority of rules, please note that it is not exhaustive and that there may be other items that cannot be used in Transmogrification at this time:

  • The character must be able to equip both items
  • Only uncommon (green), rare (blue) or epic (purple) items may be transmogrified. (Exceptions: a select few of these items will be prevented from being used to transmogrify if they are inappropriate)
  • Items must share the same armor type (examples: plate for plate, cloth for cloth)
  • Weapons must be the same weapon type (exceptions: Guns, Crossbows, or Bows)
  • Guns, Crossbows, and Bows can be used to transmogrify Guns, Crossbows, or Bows
  • Main hand weapons can only be used to transmogrify Main hand weapons
  • Off-hand weapons can only be used to transmogrify Off-hand weapons
  • One handed weapons can be used to transmogrify a Main hand or Off-hand weapon
  • Using an item for transmogrify makes it soulbound
  • Using an item for transmogrify makes it non-refundable
  • Using an item for transmogrify makes it non-tradable
  • Heirlooms and Account Bound items can be transmogrified
  • Heirlooms and Account Bound items can be used to transmogrify
  • Legendary items cannot be transmogrified
  • Legendary items cannot be used to transmogrify
  • Fishing Poles cannot be transmogrified
  • Fishing Poles cannot be used to transmogrify
  • Mailing an item strips its transmogrification
  • Placing an item in Void Storage strips its transmogrification
  • Vendoring an item strips its transmogrification
  • The displayed enchant will be that of the currently equipped item
  • There may be individual items that are excluded from being transmogrified on the basis that they were originally added to the game as absurdities. (Examples: a weapon that looks like a fish, or a chest piece that is invisible)
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Riperr
Shadowsong
Riperr
27/02/2012
!#Cloth!# !#users!# !#should!# !#be!# !#able!# !#to!# !#transmorgified!# !#there!# !#cloth!# !#into!# !#Tuxedo!# !#Jacket!# !#and!# !#Tuxedo!# !#Pants!#... !#Dont!# !#see!# !#why!# !#we!# !#shouldent!#...
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Bladephoenix
Emerald Dream
Bladephoenix
21/02/2012
Blizzard, why do you just take a leaf out of Sony's EQII book and have an appearance slot tab on the character screen, then any armour (again governed by armour type, class etc...) can be dropped into the slot and voila, your character gets stats etc off the actual worn items but the game displays the armour that's in the appearance tab. Sounds like a much simpler method to me to achieve the same goal. Easier for us players to do on the move too!!!
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Walhor
Darkspear
Walhor
26/01/2012
I find it silly and completly stupid that main hands can be transmorgified into one handed and off hands.. while one handed cannot be transmorgified into main hands.. completly unfair..

also people put alot of effort into getting legendary's so why not let them show off how much effort they did? (ofc warglaives and thori'dal inst something you can call effort lol)
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Galathòr
Burning Legion
Galathòr
19/01/2012
Transmogrification shows that even Blizzard accepts they can't make goodlooking gears anymore.
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Seany
Drak'thul
Seany
16/01/2012
Haya, if i get pvp rank from RBG ( General, Warlord or High Warlord ) can i transmog 60 lvl pvp sets ? I saw something like this on any wowhead forum...
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Burningcrus
Burning Steppes
Burningcrus
18/01/2012
@Seany: No you cannot. The lvl 60 PvP sets is only for those who got the titles back in Vanilla. They stated that clearly..
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Typac
Dragonblight
Typac
16/01/2012
wye cant we logg in
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Typac
Dragonblight
Typac
16/01/2012
me neither whats wrong
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Fires
Lightning's Blade
Fires
16/01/2012
what happen guys???
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Bankerxd
Bloodscalp
Bankerxd
16/01/2012
is wow down ?
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Scrol
Karazhan
Scrol
16/01/2012
here we go 2012 and the server is busy ?? yey..
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Aiina
Trollbane
Aiina
16/01/2012
why cany i log in ?:S
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Kimos
Skullcrusher
Kimos
16/01/2012
i cant either login
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Scrol
Karazhan
Scrol
16/01/2012
WTF is WoW down??! money for nothing...
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Vengeace
Eonar
Vengeace
16/01/2012
is wow down ???
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Seany
Drak'thul
Seany
16/01/2012
Haya, if i get pvp rank from RBG ( General, Warlord or High Warlord ) can i transmog 60 lvl pvp sets ? I saw something like this on any wowhead forum...
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Maximous
Frostmane
Maximous
15/01/2012
its great but why i cant take grandmarshal trans?? thats suck -_-
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Sauris
Emerald Dream
Sauris
10/03/2012
@Maximous: yeah i love the grand marshal gear too! i went to do it the other day and it was like 'ahh no why not!' stupid blizz. its always 1 step forward 2 steps back =.=
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Colddk
Kul Tiras
Colddk
12/01/2012
i like Transmog my gear
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Renske
Darkmoon Faire
Renske
09/01/2012
Mailing them makes them lose the transmogrification.... what's the use of transmo heirlooms then?:S
@Renske: You can transmogrify heirlooms to look like other items accessible to your alt. Maybe you'd fancy changing the appearance because don't want to look like everyone else who uses heirlooms as they level, or if you don't like the look of the heirloom items.
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Råå
Neptulon
Råå
13/01/2012
@Renske: i know its sucks lost over 600g on this becasue there is no stupid waring or something.
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Achore
Emerald Dream
Achore
09/01/2012
I think transmogrification is great
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Deximus
Draenor
Deximus
08/01/2012
I also Agree with Myself.
=D
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Fiodia
Sylvanas
Fiodia
08/01/2012
Transmog = best, if you get some cool stuf mixed, yeah you can also :). get old tier stuffs and put them on ur items, wich looks adorable good on some chars if you ask me hehe, my favorite set at the moment is ofcourse. The set from dragonsoul. :), if you have all parts of the the set = looks smoth :D, also arcanist looks good. or pvp-gear such as old mixed with new or w/e hehe :), hope you will like my post, and an advice for beginners. try to level fast to 85 elser you cant transmog your gear im pretty sure, but you can eviö. You cant transmog gear in low lvl its a shame, blizzard should change that, so low level people can get transmogged their gear also. Anyways transmog is not so expensive as other things :). anyways i want my char to look best of best, wich i mean with that i want full of the new pvp-set, + i want also, full dragon soul tier, item level 397 i dont care if its heroic or not but i could gief after heroic, purple stuff = shiny :) *blink* :)
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Eviö
Silvermoon
Eviö
05/01/2012
Why cant u transmorg the level 60 pvp gear? :S
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Clacyj
Quel'Thalas
Clacyj
09/01/2012
@Eviö:

You need to have the old pvp rank titles from classicwow/pretbc/level60wow
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Sythlena
Zenedar
Sythlena
04/01/2012
I think transmogrification is great, but when they removed items with the professions specialization removal, it removed alot of great weapons and armor. As those specializations had great looking gear, and now they give us something which would allow us to look like that again, but without those certain pieces?
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Kannámixy
Steamwheedle Cartel
Kannámixy
04/01/2012
not quite feeling the whole transmog thing yet .. i liked the fact u had to work hard to get the best looking gear . but its personal pref isnt it
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Teldrassius
Daggerspine
Teldrassius
03/01/2012
PLEASE let us transmogrify legendary equipment! We earnt them just like all other equipment, except we put in MUCH more effort for these! There isn't a good enough reason to exclude legendaries from transmogrification.
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Killerknight
Terenas
Killerknight
02/01/2012
I really think Blizzard should allow Legendary items to be used for Transmogrify.
Just sitting here farming my Legendary sword as i find this...
It makes me sad.
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Henkiboi
Defias Brotherhood
Henkiboi
31/12/2011
I agree with Jharak.
And for everyone else: A legendare is supposed to be a legendary and nothing else. I can understand that you want you to look as over-powered as you can but you have to understand that blizz didn't want to implement this feature just so you could look like Illidan, Lich King and what not.
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Jharak
Magtheridon
Jharak
29/12/2011
With transmogrify we should be able to trans leather into cloths instead of just changing the same material into the same material? same with plate and mail.
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Moonwisp
Neptulon
Moonwisp
28/12/2011
Legendary items cannot be transmogrified Legendary items cannot be used to transmogrify

WTF WTF WTF i spend 1000 years to make legendary !@#$z and for what? i dont giva sh.. for acivments i want my weapons to look like a legendary
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Tarakio
Jaedenar
Tarakio
28/12/2011
this is BS.
Heirlooms and Account Bound items can be transmogrified
Heirlooms and Account Bound items can be used to transmogrify

BUTT! Mailing an item strips its transmogrification
wtf is the point to transmogr the dam heirloom then ?
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Assasind
Chamber of Aspects
Assasind
05/01/2012
@Tarakio: If u do it fast it doesnt. lololololol
no lie.
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Rethials
Dragonmaw
Rethials
25/12/2011
hey
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Kirlion
Bloodscalp
Kirlion
20/12/2011
"Legendary items cannot be used in transmogrification."

Muhaha, i have seen at least 5+ "LFM BT glaives reserved" per day, before the patch.
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Toxadin
Outland
Toxadin
21/12/2011
@Kirlion: yea it's called an achievement =) plus they are just bad !@#
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Rottennurse
Turalyon
Rottennurse
19/12/2011
Beside, Blizz is racist! why can't fishing lover trasmo their beloved fishsticks into a wapon.
I love fishdic...eh fishsticks...eh fishing rod

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