The epic mmorpg World of Warcraft offers a 10 day free trial for the players to test the game before buying the full version. You can play the game for 10 days free of charge, without having to enter any credit card details. This enables you to fully test the game including its graphics, game play features, and how it will perform on your system.
How do I play World of Warcraft 10 day free trial?
Its easy. You can visit the official World of Warcraft website (link below) and click on the ‘Free Trial’ button located on the top right corner of the web page.
Web page link : http://us.battle.net/wow/en/
Alternately, you can directly visit the sign-up page directly (link below) and enter your details there to create a free account.
Web page link : https://us.battle.net/account/creation/wow/signup/
Upon creating the free trial account, you will be take to a page where you can download the installer you need to install the game on your PC. The same page will allow you to buy the game and has lot of other features as well.
Things to consider before signing up for a World of Warcraft free trial account
If you happen to know a friend or a family member who is already playing World of Warcraft, you can ask him to send you an invite using the recruit-a-friend program. This will be beneficial for both you and your referrer if you decide to to upgrade your free-trial and buy the full version of World of Warcaft. The benefits are listed below.
- Both you and the referrer will gain extra experience (3x) while questing together. This massive experience bonus will help you level up your characters three times faster (up to level 60).
- Both you and your referrer can summon each other if you are in the same party using the ‘Summon Friend’ special ability which is on a 1 hour cool-down timer.
- Recruit characters can “grant” a level to one of his/her lower level characters per every two levels earned.
*The above benefits will last for 90 days from the time you create your account via the link sent to you by your referrer.
- The referrer will get free 30 day game time if you upgrade your account to a paid subscription.
- Your referrer will be eligible to receive an exclusive in-game mount if you play the game for at least 60 days by paying subscription.
Limitations in the World of Warcraft free trial
There are certain limitations when you are playing the free trial of classic World of Warcraft. To get rid of these limitations, you need to upgrade to the full version and start paying monthly subscription. The complete list of restrictions are listed below.
- Maximum level of 20
- You cannot have more than 10 gold
- All crafting skills are restricted to a cap of 100 skill points.
- Cannot use the auction house or conduct in game player to player trading.
- Cannot use in-game public chat channels
- Will not be able to join or create a guild
- You cannot whisper another player in-game unless the player adds you to his friends list and whispers you first.
- You cannot invite players into a party.
- You cannot join a party if the party has characters above level 20.
- Voice Chat feature is disabled.
- Cannot initiate a character transfer
Please note that if you are planing on playing on the European servers, you will have to visit the World of Warcraft Europe website or get someone who is already playing on the European servers to send you an invitation.