Most World of Warcraft: Forever Quests at Level 48 and Up Now Pay Gold
A Nov. 10 hotfix adds gold to most high-level quests, while Blizzard keeps the level-cap XP conversion out to discourage players from saving completed quests.
Most quests at level 48 and above in World of Warcraft: Forever now award gold alongside their other rewards. Blizzard’s Nov. 10 hotfix says the change is meant to give players a reason to complete those quests while leveling to 60 and after reaching the cap.
In the original game, quests completed at level 60 converted their XP reward into gold. A historical check by PC Gamer dates the feature’s addition to patch 1.10.0, released March 28, 2006, 42 weeks before The Burning Crusade launched on January 16, 2007. Blizzard left the system in Classic Era in 2019 but removed it from Forever.
Community lead Randy “Kaivax” Jordan explained in a Blizzard forum post that players could save a full log of completed quests and turn them in at level 60 for a large gold payout. That incentive could make grinding creatures for XP more attractive than completing quests while leveling.
Blizzard also acknowledged that it had overlooked how few quests in the original game offered raw gold, putting the share at 25%. The hotfix leaves unchanged quests that already reward valuable items, repeatable quests, and quick or trivial tasks that offer little reward. Blizzard’s Nov. 10 hotfix notes outline the change and its exceptions.
Before launch, Blizzard also outlined economy rules for Forever, including a ban on GDKP and a warning that buying gold from third-party sellers could lead to permanent account bans. The quest change adds gold through regular play without restoring a system Blizzard said could reward holding back completed quests.
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