WoW Transmog Frequently Asked Questions

By Wowhead Updated: 2020/08/31

Transmog HubClick this link to read about upcoming Shadowlands transmog changes below!What is Transmog?WardrobeHow Do I Transmog my Gear?

Since the Legion pre-expansion patch, you can access the new transmog system.

Go to a transmog NPC in major cities and click on them to open up the transmog window.

The transmog window is similar to the existing window with a paperdoll and slots you click on to apply transmog. However, it is greatly expanded with your wardrobe collection on the right-hand side.

The transmog window also now includes the option to save outfits.

You must be by an NPC to transmog and change your appearances, but you can browse your collection anywhere just by opening up your tab.

Transmog Changes By ExpansionShadowlands

From level 1-9, characters can only use Vanilla appearances. However, from level 10 to 48, players can transmog their gear using appearances all the way up to Battle for Azeroth! At 48, the player can then transmog Shadowlands appearances.

In Shadowlands, players can transmog each shoulder to a different transmog appearance.

You can hide one of the shoulder transmog appearances instead of hiding them both.

Players can mix and match Legion artifact appearances of different class specializations to their weapons! With these new rules, you are able to transmog any artifact appearance from your class, as long as it follows normal weapon transmog rules (i.e. 1-hand to 1-hand, 2-hand to 2-hand, etc). This means that while you can transmog your own spec artifact regardless of your weapon, you still must follow normal weapon transmog rules for Artifact from other specs of your class.

Druids can head to any barber shop and choose their Bear and Cat Form appearances separately from their character’s hair or fur color. This addition to the Barber Shop services will also include the option to select Bear and Cat Form Artifact appearances so all Druid specs can have the choice to shapeshift into their unlocked Artifact appearances and allow Guardian and Feral Druids to have more choices with weapon transmogs when choosing their Artifact forms.

Druids can change their aquatic, flying, and travel forms at the barber shop, meaning they will not need to keep overriding glyphs.

Shadowlands Transmog Level Range Breakdown

At level 1 you can transmog to appearances found on gear requiring up to level 9 to equip.
Transmog Sets up to 9- all Vanilla appearances.

Transmog Sets up to 48 -includes all of the transmog from Vanilla wow up to Battle for Azeroth

Transmog Sets up to 60 - all Shadowlands styles.

Battle for Azeroth8.0

Artifact Weapons are available for transmogrification.

You can transmog an artifact weapon over any weapon type for that spec. For example, a Fire Mage with a staff can get the 1H Sword/Offhand visuals of Felo'melorn.

Druids can transmog into their Guardian and Feral artifact forms via a drop-down menu at the transmogrifier.

When you transmog to Aluneth, Xal'atath, or Skull, the weapon will whisper to you.

Blizzard

Entering a dungeon or raid that is trivial for you (i.e.: your character is more than 10 levels higher than the dungeon or raid’s intended level) will activate a “legacy loot mode.” That loot mode will work like this:

The number of items dropped by bosses will be the same as it would have been if you were in a full party. So if you’re in a 5-player dungeon, you’ll get 5 players’ worth of loot.
For raids with a flexible raid size (such as Raid Finder), this will act as though there were 20 players in the raid.
All items on the loot table will have a chance to drop, not just the ones that are designated for your spec.
If you have multiple players in the group, the loot will be split among those players, but be tradeable. For example, if you’re clearing with one other player and kill a boss that should drop 4 items, you’ll each be able to pick up two items and trade them between each other if you like.

8.1

Announced in the Blizzcon Battle for Azeroth Q&A, Fist Weapons will now be transmoggable into other 1H weapons.

The reputation requirement for transmogrification of armor, weapons and tabards has been removed and are now account wide. You need the reputation still to unlock the apperance, however no longer need the reputation to use the appearance. This means, you can use them on alts! Other rules still apply, such as minimum levels and armor restrictions. You can read about it more here.

Legion

New transmog slots: Shirts, Tabards, and Weapon Illusions.

Shoulders can be hidden. The options to hide helms and capes are now moved to Transmog NPCs, not UI options.

Many low-level mail rewards, intended for Warriors and Paladins, have been converted to plate. Some appearances may now be available to different classes.

Appearances are now account-wide.

Sets have been added to more easily collect dungeon, raid, and PvP sets for your class. Collecting these sets awards the Azeroth's Next Top Model achievement and title.

Commonly Asked QuestionsDo you still need to pay gold for transmogging?Is it true that we have to visit a transmogger in order to hide helm and cloak now?When you buy items or pick up items, how do you know that if it gets added to the Wardrobe?Does the new wardrobe system help look up items?Saving "outfits" is also a new feature. Do "outfits" get shared across character?What are "Transmog Sets"? How do they work?Are ALL sets included in the Set Tab in game?What items are added to my Appearance Tab? What restrictions are there?Will I have to re-collect transmog items that I already have in my bank or inventory in order for it to be added to the wardrobe?What about quest items?So I can't unlock a tier item in my wardrobe that isn't for my class?What about things we can't equip?So is the system account wide?How about items with the "Cosmetic" classification?Warlord's completed all gold challenge modes. What happens with the weapon appearances?Arsenal: Draenor Challenger's ArmamentsAnd how about Mists of Pandaria Challenge Mode Gear?Can you transmog over your new artifact weapon?How about Reputation items? Like Laughing Skulls masks that are Cosmetic or Ashran gear?Wrynn's Vanguard Tabardhere.Do white items or gray items that get added to the wardrobe?What about holiday items?CosmetichereShirts and Tabards were added to the transmog group. Do they work the same as gear transmog or do you need to equip them?We know about deleted quest reward items being added retroactively. How about items that are crafted from patterns that are no longer obtainable?If one item has 2-3 color variations, will collecting one of the items, unlock all color variants?Warlocks used to save weapons for their Felguard, does this effect the Wardrobe at all? Or will we have to continue to save weapons in our bags like how current live is?Can I highlight the appearances I like the most?FavoriteIs there a level requirement for transmogging some items?Can I transmog an item even if I am too low level to equip it on an alt?Battle for Azeroth Expansion

At level 1 you can transmog to appearances found on gear requiring up to level 60 to equip.
Transmog Sets up to 60 - includes Tier 1 and 2

Transmog Sets up to 80 - includes Black Temple and Icecrown Tier

Transmog Sets up to 90 - includes MoP Challenge Mode set

Transmog Sets up to 100 - includes WoD Challenge Weapons

Transmog Sets up to 110 - all Legion styles

How Can Wowhead Help with Transmog?How can I see gear models?Dressing RoomHow can I see weapon models?Weapon TransmogWhat appearances perfectly match each other?Transmog Set DatabaseWhat goes well with my unique piece of armor or weapon?user-created outfitsHow can I create my own outfit on my character and share it?Dressing RoomHow can I browse interesting outfits for inspiration?OutfitsHow can I see what all gear for a particular slot looks like?filtered list in the items databaseHow can I see what gear shares an appearance, or has the same look across colors?How can I find exactly what transmog appearance I am looking for?All The Things - Transmog AddonHow To Use:https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/all-the-thingshttps://discord.gg/9GFDsgy

Comments

Comment by jjanchan

This is an awesome guide, and answered a lot of my nagging questions - thank you! I'm still wondering about a clarification:

Regarding quest rewards, many quests give you the option of multiple rewards, all of DIFFERENT armor types. For example, as a DK, having completed a quest and having chosen a plate helm, would I still have the leather, cloth and mail quest reward options added to my wardrobe, or does that violate the "main armor type" rule?

Also, as Shaman, Warriors, Hunters, and other class "upgrade" armor types at level 40, would they get the initial armor types added (e.g. Leather on a Shaman, or Mail on a Warrior)? If so, will this happen only until level 40? Also at max level?

Thanks again!

Comment by Gigabear

Loads of unnecessary restrictions. Major feedback against requiring us to be the precise armor class to unlock an item was received and apparently disregarded. This is a cosmetic only system. It is not downing raid bosses, and should not be treated like it is.

The guide also doesn't quite answer my main questions on outfits. How many can we have, and especially, do we need to pay gold to swap to them? Or just one time to set them up? If we have to pay gold to swap xmog like on live, this whole system is pretty pointless outside of saving space.

Comment by Animosa

Thank you for collecting this many information on the transmoging, but I have some unanswered questions yet.

In the wardrobe it shows which skin has been collected, but will that be shown on the actual items in the inventory/loot table (I mean like with the toys/mounts), and according to this, can I track the progresson in skins that not aviable to my class, for example as paladin I loot a green boe staff, will I be able to track it on this char, or I must send it to my mage to be sure that it has been already learnt.

The other question can I have more than one set on my char at the same time, I mean for example on my prot/retri paladin I would like to use different sets for each specialization, will I be able to do that?

According to the new restrictions, I hope they will put back the helm/cloak option to the interface menu.

Comment by shomcg

I'm guessing legendary (ie rogue weapons) will still not be transmog items?

Comment by Ketsuki

Thank you for all the positive feedback. I tried to gather a majority of questions that I saw floating around and tried to look into them best I can.

I WILL be UPDATING this with questions people have that they leave in the comments as I get more information in or as things change.

Comment by mihalidis

This is an awesome guide! Good work!

I wish to upvote it to show my appreciation, but i can't seem to find the vote button on guides so i'm just typing it here then!

Vote+1

Comment by Monnezza

Thanks for the guide, I still have a question though: whenever I get a BoE item, is it added to the appearence collection right away, or does it have to become soulbound?
In other words, will it be possible to send an interesting BoE item to my friends to share its appearence?

Comment by KnirpsLyn

Removing hide cloak and hide helm from the interface sounds like a step backwards. I often change that on-the-go as I get upgrades while leveling.

Comment by CrossCynical

Am I the only one wondering if pvp gear unlocks cross faction? For example, if I have the alliance warlords season 3 plate helm, does that unlock for the horde version also or do I have to buy the horde version since it's technically a separate item?

Comment by Meggle

Do we yet know if we will have to buy all the brawlers arena shirts BEFORE the pre-patch or will the vendor still be there? I ask as a person who has highly limited bagspace and holding that many shirts is gonna suck.

Comment by 1107949

What about items that have been disenchanted or sold? Will they be added to the wardrobe?

Comment by 1412363

The need to go to a transmogger in order to hide the helm/cloak/shoulders is totaly stupid, who got that silly idea?

They clearly said Mop challenge gear would be unlocked throughout the account, i see they running back.

You must meet all requirements on that character in order to use that transmog item. This includes Reputation.

Uber stupid idea, we already do struggle to have those items once, why should we have to meet the reputation requirement again? And again? And again?
It's like the reputation requirement for using toys, really?

Requirement of class, of level, this is a normal thing, but reputation? No, i'm sorry but it's simply stupid.

Comment by Treekachu

I saw that you will be updating when you have more information. I have some questions that I would like to know the answers to, if possible.

Insofar as the retroactive crediting of completed quest rewards, will this apply to quest rewards from quests that have been removed from the game and marked as obsolete (e.g.: quests that existed in the pre-Shattering world)? How far back does this feature extend?

There exist quite a few shirts in-game, including (as an example) those that were class-specific and came equipped on your newly-made character several expansions ago. I collect shirts and have them stored away in a guild bank. Will they change to BoE or BoP when the pre-patch hits, or will they continue to have the capacity to be worn and traded freely amongst characters? Will they be receiving the "cosmetic" tag?

Will legendary item appearances be added to the wardrobe (even if they cannot be applied to other items of the same type)?

With the upcoming changes to the PvP system, will old PvP gear be available to buy for transmogrification purposes? If so, will the required currency become gold instead of honour or conquest points?

Let's say I loot an item that is BoE that is my armour type. Does it get added to my wardrobe simply because I have acquired it in my inventory, or must I equip it first? Essentially, must gear items that are found in the world outside of questing be equipped in order to be added to the wardrobe?

Comment by fiffer13

Question: I have the Blood-Tempered Ranseur on a my first pally I ever made. Will it be able to enter the new transmog system even though it is no longer obtainable? and if so to what effect? i.e. can a new pally equip it? what about another class that uses polearms?

Comment by Webminky

Thank you for doing this. Are you able to clarify;

I have a ton of soul-bound gear, on multiple characters. So assuming all that stuff in my bank is added to the wardrobe, does it then disappear from my bank or do I get to sell/delete it?

Assume I have a mage and a lock. I have a soul-bound cloth item on mage, it is added to wardrobe. Would my warlock have access to it as well assuming it was just cloth and not mage only?

In a nutshell, I farm for a pair of boots that I like, do I have to do it twice, one for each cloth wearer.

Again, thank you for the effort :)

Comment by Bjerkie

I'm a little confused regarding tier items. For an easy example:
The Helm of Might (tier 2) drops for my warrior. Can I now only use that appearance for my warriors?
But if I get the heirloom look-a-like I can transmog it to all my plate-wearers?
What I'm basically asking is:
Does it unlock the appearance to everyone if the item already has a look-a-like in-game?

Comment by seriousandu

how about this quest? A Victory For The Silver Covenant
now will be possible to get both? ( 1h and 2h)

Comment by greytree

So, just to clarify, say I run Ulduar on my priest, and a BoP plate chest drops. It sounds like it won't get added to my wardrobe, right? I'll have to go and run it on my pally and hope that I manage to get the same drop...that I've already gotten?

Comment by Eilonthay

Who else was disappointed that white and gray items weren't going to be included? Certainly myself. I was finally hoping that the dapper worgen top hat from their starting zone was finally going to be put to some use...but nope, only my worgen get to be fancy in their hats. =( I was even hoping that the starter robe for night elf druids might make it in there...it's a unique skin, but it's a white item. At least the starter robe for night elf mages has an equivalent green item.

They're already doing so much coding for everything else...just an honest question because I don't know, but would it really be that much more work to add in the white and gray items too? I would think it would just be that much more stuff that people wouldn't have to keep in their bags.

As excited as I am that they're changing the transmog system so that it's basically a "spellbook" of appearances, I'm not looking forward to going back and dragging a clothie through for the Old World Loremaster. I'm hoping having a hunter with all the expansion Loremasters, plus the Old World Loremaster, will have scooped up most of the transmog weaponry and mail...so I'll have to go back and make sure I've done everything on my druid, my DK, and my mage or warlock to gather up the rest. Sigh. Things to do between LFR and dungeons, I guess. At least the druid's been pulling her weight on the leather and quested like a fiend from day one. Can't say the same for my plate and cloth wearing minions. >_< I just hate having to do those quests where you have to bring a mob down to almost no hit points in order to subdue them...they are almost impossible to do at 100.

Comment by Higaburger

Great, so all those items I sold because I ran out of bag space or whatever the case was I will have to loot all over again...love the new transmog system but I wish it would give us the loot we sold back as well just like how their gonna give us back the quest item loot for our wardrobe.

Comment by atata0701

Guys, i dont understand. What about old pvp-gear? If old honor-system will be changed, how i can get sets for tmog, t15, for exp.

Comment by tale

Several people seem to have questions about the soulboundness of items, so could that be added to the article proper? The comments where it has been asked have consistently had the same answers -- that to be unlocked for transmog the original item has to not only be soulbound but also useable -- so it'd be good to have that up top in the official article.

Comment by 1400042

I read somewhere that we need to Achieve all of the Loremaster achievements to unlock the wardrobes for Legion...but not only that...but we also need to achieve Loremaster for each Armor class type character to unlock each armor class for the wardrobes in Legion.

Is this still true? If so...or even NOT so...please explain how we acquire and are able to use/unlock the wardrobe for Legion?

Comment by Animosa

In my opinion (theorically) if you are farming non-class items, you should use for clotm mage/warlock, for leather druid/rouge, for mail hunter, for plate warrior. This way probably all weapon types are covered, especially with the warrior.

Comment by SJPadbury

Here's what I'm curious about:

So we're getting given all the quest reward gear for previously completed quests, if we can equip it.
Does that include the "hidden" quests that complete when we kill a Vignette mob in Warlords, that prevent up from re-obtaining the drop after the fact?

In other words, if I've obtained Smashalupagus from killing Stompalupagus, and have sold it, will it show up in my Transmog or not?

Comment by africanleopard

So...as a hunter I went back and did some of the old quests to get the mail gear eg http://www.wowhead.com/transmog-set=1083/counterfeit-mail. Will that mail gear go away, or will it remain and new gear for plate wearers be put into the old quests?

I am just wondering if I need to do all those quests on my mail wearers to ensure I don't lose any....

Comment by Treekachu

What about account-bound or battle.net-bound items? Will those be added to the wardrobe?

Examples:
Spear of Xuen, gear from archaeology?
Replica Lion's Fang, items from promotions?
Shadowmoon Cowl, things purchasable with currencies other than gold in-game specifically for transmog?
Hozen Warrior Spear, items looted in the world as treasure?
Etceteras...

How will that work?

Comment by 1300102

hey, I just read the article and its great and very informative.

I was wondering about the MoP challenge mode gear sets. Just making sure if my warrior gear I got for my Orc warrior will be available for my Tauren. I saw and read about the class hall gear look alike, I just think the MoP one looks a bit better.

Also this goes way back to classic, will the most epic axe be available? The Whirlewind Axe Whirlwind Axe . Not the cheap recolors, but the classic one from the lvl 30 warrior berserker stance quest chain.

Comment by iamveggie

This seems to be missing from the covered questions, so giving it a shot:
Say I am eligible to buy S3 Elite PVP gear. As a rogue, I could buy and use swords, maces, axes, and daggers elite skins. Will my other toons be able to use them come Legion?

Comment by frenchbassguy

So is my Holy priest now essentially locked into only using staff appearances? That would hurt my heart :(

Comment by TurtleBlue

With faction change, quests are reset so my question is : what happens to the quests related looks? Are they reset too? Do we still keep them?

Comment by 859021

Will this apply to all armors that you get from quests/vendors? That being things like the lv 85 armor vendors from MoP? Also, I would like to know if you'll be able to transmog common items, yet? I've always loved the Blood Elf starting zone armor, and with the new shoulder hiding ability, that'd make for a pretty great transmog, honestly.

Comment by 859021

Three Questions:

Will wardrobe items be available for both factions? As in, If I got a rare item from a dungeon on an Alliance character, would my Horde characters be able to transmog to it as well?

If yes, then:
Will quest items for one side, such as Keeshan's Bow, be available in the wardrobe for members of the opposing faction? As in, if I played through and got the above item on an Alliance hunter, would I be able to transmog it to my Horde hunter?

Also, will the Wardrobe system be realm wide? As in, if I had a character on the realm Perenolde who got a rare item from a dungeon and it was added to my wardrobe, would my character on the realm Illidan be able to use the same item for transmog?

Comment by Spriggy

Please correct the grammatical errors in the FAQ. For the love of Elune.

Comment by Snowy6

How does it work with BoE item do I have to equip them for them to be added or just have them in my bags?

Comment by hellfire02

Q - So is it account wide?
A - Basically yes. However that is if the items were added to the wardrobe. If you are a Deathknight and found a wand, it means it did not get added to the wardrobe, so when you log on your Mage, it will not be available to you. However, if you have obtained a sword, then when you log on a Warrior, that sword is available in the wardrobe for you.

This is 5th question down. This answer makes NO sense. Is the 'obtained' sword put into this wardrobe? If the deathknight found the wand and PUT it in the wardrobe could it THEN be seen on a mage?

Comment by Darkness572

Not sure if this was asked but. I have a question about the transmog system in legion. Are you able to transmog your plate to look like cloth. As in the restrictions.. Since some classes can equip Leather, Cloth and Mail is it possible for Paladins to look like mages or Death Knights look like warlocks. Though a warrior has a better chance looking like a caster since they can use staves.

Comment by withkittens19

Lets say i transmog my armor to look like tier 2 if i equip a new piece of gear do i need to redo the xmog like it is now or does the slot stay tier 2 and also if i unlock a set and it has a lookalike for other toons of same armor type will it unlock the lookalike or do i need to farm them as well

Comment by Alkony

I took advantage of the free server transfer when they opened up the Australian based servers. Tried out the PTR and had a lot fewer mogs show up than I expected. Have we seen anything about the completed quest rewards being affected by server or faction transfers?

Comment by linktoheaven

I am kinda disappointed that outfits dont work like they do in SWTOR where you can lock your appearance to certain look and it wont change if you equip better gear but maybe one day.

Comment by Yonny

Hello,

If this question had already been asked sorry 'bout that. What if i own an item on LIVE right at this moment and i sell it for money? Will that item appear in the wardrobe or Narnia will punch me in the face and laugh like that? (I have barely space in my inventory (literally. My server is full and all of my toons are load with sh*t in thier inventory)

Comment by 1199409

Idk if i overlooked this question or not, but what if i acquired an item from vanilla wow, and sold it in tbc and the item was later removed, will i still be able to transmog to that item or is it just gone forever?

Comment by Anmaja

One the one hand it's logical you won't collect all color variations of an item if you collect just one of the colors, on the other hand, some color options for raid gear will not be available any more if you're lv 100 since raid finder for pandaria will be unavailable. I hope if you get the 'heroic' or 'normal' color variants of raid gear, you'll unlock the 'raid finder' color too..

Comment by Anmaja

I still have a lot of swords, polearms and daggers on my hunter from the time hunters also needed to equip melee weapons.. Will those looks be added to the wardrobe? I really hope so :)

Comment by 877771

items already looted in the past and deleted will be part of the wardrobe or you need to loot it again?

Comment by Difdi

Making holiday items exempt from transmog would seem to make those items utterly irrelevant. I'm unlikely to forego my chest armor to wear my holiday sweater, and I don't maintain a 'roleplay armor' set anymore. But if I could transmog my sweater onto my actual chest armor, I'd definitely 'wear' it during Winterveil.

Comment by LazarusWolf

This may be a stupid question but, is this going to be Cross-Faction too?

Comment by heidiwi

I reviewed the questions and one that I do not see is what will happen to a saved transmog appearance from a quest if the character who completed the quest is deleted after the appearance has been recorded.

For example the Seryls Robes is available from a specific Worgen quest. If after 7.0 hits and the appearance is saved in my journal will it remain if I delete my Worgen that completed the quest?

Also, sadly I nearly had Loremaster on a couple of toons before Cataclysm hit and I've done very little world questing since that time. I haven't seen anything specific to those but my best guess is those quest rewards will not be made available?

Comment by Random68456

One think i have heard nothing of is, Will items that we once had but no longer have be added to the wardrobe? As in my defias leather chest and old items in general?

Comment by 1545741

I'm curious if you have to keep all those items in your bags still or if you're able to sell them off once they have been added to the Wardrobe? Or if you get an item, and you sell it off because it isn't upgrade for you, will it still be in your wardrobe list? Or if you by lower level tier gear from vendor, just to have the transmog look, is there a time limit that you have to keep the item before you can sell it back? Or will it be a "learned" look item?

Comment by Thready

Once I collect an item is it safe to vendor it?

Comment by Ozzayel

Can you confirm that if I bought a piece of armor, put it on and then sold it, will that appearance be unlocked once the pre patch goes live? Or do I need to hold onto it until the pre-patch to make sure it gets added. Thanks.

Comment by HugVendor

here's a good'er...

What about Benediction Benediction / Anathema Anathema ? OMG I want to use my staff again, but its on an old toon, not on my new main server.

Comment by Selariel52

So I understand the concept of only armor/weapons appropriate for your class will be added to your wardrobe... What about CLASS specific items being used by other character of the same class? For example, an elite pvp set for warlock -- could I then make another warlock and have the appearance unlocked? TYIA

Comment by 749635

I can never understand why games limit people, or as I see it punishing their subscribers. I don't see the harm in transmogging a lower level character with lvl 80 gear; I was really excited about this account bound bs til I read there are limitations. Also why do we have to pay to transmog still; is it really helping wow economy that much? Just seems like another limitation placed on subscribers. Third why do we have to go to the transmog vendor to transmog or to remove shoulder, head and cloak? I am assuming that we have to pay gold to remove looks too. It is just another limitation that they don't need to place on subscribers, but do. Do the transmog vendors have little digital families that they need our gold to place digital food on the table?

Blizzard needs to get with the times and realize that people enjoy conveniences as opposed to drudgery; many games are removing the things that companies like blizzard are did to make a game more difficult (but in reality were just more annoying), blizz should too.

Comment by Random33698

My question that I haven't seen answered - do we need to keep our bags, void storage and bank full once everything is in the wardrobe, or can we sell some of these items once they are in the database?

I have a few toons where they are packed out to the gills and was wondering if I can make room for new gear.

Comment by Necrochrist

I went on the PTR and checked out the new transmog system yesterday and saw that there were some items that were unlocked that I no longer have on my toon. As a matter of fact, I haven't had some of these items on my toon in YEARS...they were either sold or destroyed and they're just gone. Does this mean that regardless whether or not we have the gear in our inventories come Legion, any item that we once had will still count and be added to our wardrobe? Or will it only count for items that we actually equipped?

Comment by atba

cant wait for this lol

Comment by Valengeta

So just to clarify things, if you unlock an item in your wardrobe, can you sell the item then and still get the appearance forever?

Comment by 989172

So if I want to use the League of Arathor tabard on my Paladin, I will have to grind that reputation to exalted again.

Oh boy....

Comment by Kaiservash

Hi everyone!

My question is simple... or maybe not so simple, and sorry if it has been answered, atm i dont have time to read all the coments, i've read the half or so...

So, if i loot a bow on my hunter (like a raid item), and i unlock that appearance, and then i trade it to other hunter, do we both keep the appearance?

And may i assume cloaks will be all-chars wide, since they dont have armor type?

Edit: WIll be legendaries also added to wardrobe?

Thanks a lot, and excuse my broke english ^^

Comment by bubasti

What about the "of so and so" items? What is the wardrobe based on? Only the prime names? Not sure if any of the "of such and such" adds color variations in some cases, I seem to recall some vanilla items do.

Comment by bubasti

New addon for wowhead looks great but how can you save the information after compiling? Verifying characters there needs to be a way to doesn't involve access to battlenet I'm not overly trusting on that side of it. Maybe I'll just wait for the live version. It's great taht it will tell you where to get certain things from.

Comment by diaskeaus

Simple question for someone on the PTR. Do Cata-quest rewards like Legionnaire Nazgrim's Hacker automatically transfer to Captain Taylor's Chopper on an Alliance character, or do you need to do Cata quests twice to get both recolors?

It's an important question because it means either you redo all the Cata quests on another faction character or you don't if you want all the gear transmogs.

Comment by Grithar

I love the new transmog system, but there is still one issue. When you mog the "item" it only applies to said item. Would much rather it be able to be mogged to the slot, i.e. head,chest,feet, etc. not the item itself. As is, you still have to go back and remog each time you replace an item. But if you could mog the "slot" then it wouldn't matter if you are replacing your gear, you would retain your mog.

C'mon Blizz make it happen! Worst part of leveling (besides the grind LOL) is mismatched gear! >.<

Comment by Iceveiled

I skimmed through the Q&A so forgive me if this was answered, but I have dozens of items in storage for transmog. Will these go away with the new transmog feature? AKA should I remove all that stuff and vendor it (for a tidy profit) before the patch?

Comment by 1608449

I really do not agree with one single aspect of this new system and and is armour that drops for you that your character can equip but happens to not be the 'designed' type won't get added.
I have plenty of cloth and leather items on my warrior that I use for RP and would like to have on my other toons, some of them are really hard to get drops. Now I have to still farm them on a cloth-user of a leather-user. Doesn't seem like much of an upgrade, just an annoyance.

Comment by il0vewowhead

So if I get an elite pvp gear staff on my druid, will I be able to transmog its appearance later to my priest or mage?

Comment by Nycti

Thank you for compiling this information. But I do have a further question. You stated that only quest rewards will be placed into the transmog system. Does this mean that I will continue to have to horde my extensive collection of raid gear? (my closet is full)

Comment by ImperialBH

For Shirts that have special cosmetic buff modifiers like Brawler's Guild shirts, will those still show up through the transmogrification system?

And for tabards that have on use abilties like the Shadowmourne quest tabard, will those abilties be usable via the transmog tab or would you have to have the tabard physically equipped/on that character?

Comment by Koryn

So only items that you've done the quests for will be added? Not items you've had before that were drops from enemies? Like Scarlet Leggings from Mograine in Old Scarlet Monastery?

Comment by StreetBl8s

What about old Elite gear (when you get 2k+ in arena or rbg)Lets say i have ally shaman and a horde shaman and i have old s2 wod elite set on ally sham .will i have it on my horde shamn as well.

Comment by 707296

Let me be sure I understand correctly

Let's take Sub or Assassination Rogue for instance, both use Artifact daggers in Legion. So, if I find a fist weapon and that gets added to my collection, I would/would not be able to transmog the Artifact daggers to show the fist weapon skin?

Basically, is it like weapon type can only transmog to like weapon type?
Daggers will only transmog into other Dagger skins? Etc.

Thanks for any clarification.

Comment by Deadfolx

This may have already been answered so I apologize if it was, but if I have Tabard of the Lightbringer on my paladin (alliance) will my warrior (horde) be able to use it, (wardrobe) as long as it's on the same account? Thanks in advance

Comment by cjnchimaera

How will off-hand items work on classes that don't use them? Will they be unlocked and available on any class, or will they need to be collected on caster classes?

Comment by 55535

How about gear/weapons you got from treasures/rares? The game tracks what treasures and rares you killed (from WoD at least, MoP too?), so it knows you got those items. Are those getting added retroactively too?

Comment by brudarek

Q - What about quest items?
A - Any quests that you did in the past or in Legion, if the quest presented you with choosing either an axe, sword, or shield, then the wardrobe will register all 3 of those items. So that that includes the one you picked as well as the ones you did not choose.

Does anyone know how this works with quest rewards that you could equip/xmog but may not be flagged for your class? Like a paladin with agility weapons or cloak?

Comment by Koryn

What if you've got a reputation tabard that requires exalted to wear?

Like, I'm exalted with the Sunreavers and Sunreaver Onslaught on my paladin.

Does my mage have to be exalted with the Sunreavers and Sunreaver Onslaught to use their tabard appearances?

Comment by coolmanater

I'm not sure if this was said in the post, but I don't know if gear that is BOE is saved when looted/in bags or if it needs to be used to be saved to the wardrobe?

Comment by Kurtosis

Will old armor sets that were created before certain races were added to the game work on those new races? For example, will Paladin T1 work on Blood Elves and Draenai?

Comment by Taky24

Okey, havent seen this question anywhere. What happens if one of my characters own an item that they have looted from an LFR boss (for example an agility axe on my rogue from DS), will my DK be able to transmog the item, what he had possibly never have gotten (although he is able to use it since it is a 1H axe)?

Comment by LiriusMagi

So I am guessing old raid gear that I might have had at one point won't be added if I no longer have it?

Comment by isawakumo

Here's an interesting thing that occurred to me....

All quest rewards will go into the wardrobe system as transmog options available, provided a given class/spec can use them.

Up until this point, Transmogging Legendaries has not been allowed.

What happens with the reward for Rise, Thunderfury, which awards Thunderfury, Blessed Blade Of The Windseeker as a quest reward?

Anyone try this in the Beta, or did I just divide by zero?

Comment by 1311289

Could my monk use a one-handed strength sword that I got on my death knight from SoO LFR?

Comment by Burticus

Straw Hat
Is it going to be transmog-able by my level 15 Monk with his Stained Shadowcraft Cap?

I earned the ability to purchase this from Gina Mudclaw after reputation grinding Old Hillpaw with my level 90 Druid Worgen?

My level 90 can transmog it currently, but the item is white and soulbound, so I can't send it to my Level 15 Monk to transmog, my hope is now he will be able to do so through this wardrobe.

Comment by Barleduq

so the thing that sucks the most is, as I understand it - if I finished a quest, all the items are available. BUT - if I did the quest on my hunter, and the awards were all plate/cloth/not "intended", this will NOT get added to the wardrobe, because it's not my 'main armor'. Despite doing the quest, and choosing an item. (Sometimes I chose the pretty one, especially a robe, cause sometimes I just hang out and wear cloth because it looks nicer than most of the hunter items out there. :/ )

This is SO not what was implied by "All the quests you've ever done, you get it all, across all your characters." Blizz, this couldn't have been that difficult. *sigh*

Comment by billymm

nice guide ty.

Does anyone know the name of the background music in the vid?

edit: its a snipet from Kingdoms Will Burn - its a little different though

Comment by GrizzlyUK

What happens with upgraded tier gear? If I've acquired a base version and then used it plus token to acquire the heroic version, do I get both versions unlocked, even though I no longer have the base version? Not going to be happy if I have to re-acquire base versions of tier gear that I've upgraded to heroic versions!

Comment by Hilandstone

So it said your outfits could be saved and would switch when you changed specializations, but its not working for me. What am I doing wrong? Did I just misunderstand that part?

Comment by stoneweather

okay perhaps i've overlooked it, it being a hot topic and lots of comments flying around. Just to clarify... once a piece of gear/cosmetic item has been added to the wardrobe, can you get rid of/vendor that item? this would free up tons of bag space :-S

Comment by Faradriel

OK so, maybe someone can help me.

I know that the rule for armor is that I can only add and transmog armor that is primary to me.
Like... I am a hunter so I can only add and transmog mail. OK.
Go it. But...
I've noticed here on my hunter's closet that this doesn't apply to weapons. I thought I was only going to be able to add gun, bow and crossbow, because they are my primary weapons, but she actually has all her other weapons I used to keep for looks added too. Like for example, Quel Delar. She has it added to her closet.
So I have to ask this before I vendor stuff and risk losing things...
Everything a hunter can equip in terms of weapons is added automatically to her closet and not just gun/bow/crossbow right? Meaning that all the swords, daggers, fist weapons, staff, off hands, etc that she kept for looks are added too and it is safe to vendor them, right?

Comment by dndprincess

I am an archaeologist. Items I have solved like the "Queen Azshara's Dressing Gown" are not showing up in the transmog system. Am I doing something wrong?

ETA Yes I still have the item in my inventory. Yes I can equip it (feral druid night elf).

Comment by 55535

Does items from quests pre-cata be added too? They don't count on Loremaster, do they count for this?

And what about treasures and rares, the game already tracks what rares you killed and treasures you picked up so it should be pretty easy to have their loot added since it's static loot.

Comment by Tantrevalles

Howdy, melee guys. When it comes to selecting weapons at the Transmogrifier, I discovered that the drop down menu for weapon types (1-hand vs. 2-hand) limits itself to what you're currently carrying. You won't see any options for 1H weapons in the dropdown while you're carrying a 2-hander, and vice versa.

Well, it was news to me, anyway :)

Comment by Degofroi

I am sad I do not have my full sets of Vanilla gear up to AQ40. How was anyone supposed to know 10 years ago this would come to fruition. I do not want to go back MC, BR or AQ and try my RNG luck on getting those full sets again either.

Comment by Xizervexius

If I understand this correctly, with the new wardrobe / transmog system, I can now destroy or sell all the soul bound items that I have kept for 'mogging?

Comment by varenne

In legion you have to use transmog to hide helmet or cloak.

Here is demo video:
Orgrimmar Horde Pov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7NrPN87JNg
Stormwind Alliance PoV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OfLilYqQjk

There are lots of transmog NPC in main cities.
Here is alliance one in Stormwind City Warpweaver Hashom
Here is horde friendly in Orgrimmar: Warpweaver Dushar

Here is full list of all Transmogrifier NPC www.wowhead.com/search?q=Transmogrifier
You can also buy Grand Expedition Yak and will always have transmog with you.

Comment by ommaley

I'm kinda annoyed that when i get a cool item off a boss but it doesn't count for my tmog tab because i'm on the wrong class for it, so i have to hope it drops again on an class that can use it, why doesn't it count when its already soul bound to me?

Comment by cotea

Today, i started a DK and when i got to SW transmog vendor alot of items i got from the story line from level 55 to 59 were not registered with this new transmog system. Examples: Blood-Soaked Saronite Plated Spaulders,Sky Darkener's Shroud of Blood,Saronite War Plate, Plated Saronite Bracers...all the second set you get from questing in the DK start area, including weapons: Runed Soulblade and Greataxe of the Ebon Blade. So what's up with this?

Comment by Malandrus90

So can I get rid of all of my tabards in my bank? Or do I still have to keep them in there so I can use them for transmogging in the future? Would love to get rid of them and still have them in my wardrobe to change into in the future as they are taking up a ton of space. Thanks.

Comment by 1129884

Curious question.

Let's say I've collected a ton of transmog items on my Death Knight and the items ranged from SB blues and epics that were a mix of Leather, mail, plate and cloth. Do I unlock ALL of those appearances, or just plate?

Would be greatly appreciated if some insight could be given.

Comment by Orangewarden

I feel like there should be a way to link a custom wardrobe set in chat.. if not then it definitely needs to happen.

Comment by 1624273

I have a question, and so far I haven't been able to find an answer for it. Let's say a green BoE mail chest drops on my monk, will I be able to see if I'm missing that appearance on my monk, or do I have to send it to my shaman or hunter to figure it out?

Comment by TsuyoiAyakashi

I'm curious about items that were meant for plate wearers/mail wearers that are now shared tmog for them. Is there a list for these items somewhere? I'm sorry if its been said but I cannot find it in this list. Thank you!

Comment by 206449

Is there any addons for the AH and gear in general that will tell you if you know already know a transmog item or not? Sort of like you are warned before buying patterns from profession vendors or formerly with glyphs your character had already learned?

Comment by corwynn

please check for a "appearance not collected" message before you sell transmorg gear.

Comment by PsydeSho

In the wardroce window, above the weapon icon, ia an icon for "enhancement". How do we use that?

Comment by Altfactory

I am wondering how to set gear based on talent spec? I feel I am missing something. I changed my hunter to SV from MM and tried transmogrifying, but when I went back to MM it kept the survival transmog except of course for the weapon.

Comment by Tronhelm

Epic items that are part of a legendary quest (fear, anguish, the non-shadowmourne), are these supposed to be added to the appearance database?

Comment by Lisanette

I want to be able to morg and collect lesser armor types on my characters.

I level all healers in cloth looms, and I have collected lots of dresses across all characters. *sadface*

Comment by Hentaya

One thing I didn't see in the write-up and that I haven't seen in my quick read of the comments:

Timers on the objects are rather pertinent. Items that can be sold back for a full refund (usually with a timer) won't count for achievements until the timer runs out, nor will new appearances from tradable items in raid.

If you receive one of these, you see the item appearance added message. If you sell back or trade it, you see an item appearance removed message.

Not sure if destroying an item before the timer runs out will make it move over to the achievement count; too late for me to check that on my account.

Comment by firemonkeymage

If you transmog a tabard, do you get the rep gain bonus from the appearance also or do we need to physically equip the tabard? For example, if I transmog the appearance of my tabard to the Tabard of the Kirin Tor, will I get the rep gains for running level 80 dungeons applied properly to the Kirin Tor? I'm trying to clean out my bags/bank/void of unnecessary items and debating if it's worth hanging onto the tabards so I can go back and max out my rep with various factions.

Comment by HeavyYeti

Really quick question about a certain set of weapons, namely the ones from the Argent Tournament. As there isn't a de facto "reputation" in the tournament, I perhaps thought that if I purchase a weapon with seals from the tourney, I can use it on another toon without restrictions (save level, faction, etc.) However, I purchased Claymore of the Prophet on my hunter, only to be unable to use it on my paladin of the same level/faction. I assume this is because she is NOT on the same "stage" of the tournament as my hunter. Is this working as intended, or a bug? Hoping not to have to joust on 5 different toons to use these rather unique weapon skins.

Comment by Xinjiro

I have a minor cosmetic issue with my transmog since 7.0.3, my Fiery Beholder Eye, seems bigger then it used to be on my male pandaren. It's clipping through my ear and the lens is clipping through my nose. I compared a few old screenshots and it IS bigger now. Can this be changed somehow? It doesn't look as cool as it used too.

Comment by 1681823

I bought some of the old pvp gear in Dalaran, equipped them, then sold them back because I'm poor, but the appearance was taken out of my wardrobe. Why is that?

Comment by zarinda

how about legendary wepons, i have the lege cloak, but cant find the lege bow from sunwell.

Comment by Jfilippou

how can you add more enchant transmogs to the wardrobe? like ive got 7/43 on the warddrobe and i have a weapon with mongoose on it from burning crusade and i love the look of mongoose and i wanna add that to the wardrobe but its not coming up.

Thanks

Comment by 1236247

I'm having an issue where I have already learned a weapon enchant but it does not register in the Appearance section as being known, it is grayed out. Anyone have a trouble shoot or work around for this? To be clear, it is not happening to all of the recipes, only some.

Comment by olican101

Basically yes. However that is if the items were added to the wardrobe. If you are a Deathknight and found a wand, it means it did not get added to the wardrobe, so when you log on your Mage, it will not be available to you. However, if you have obtained a sword, then when you log on a Warrior, that sword is available in the wardrobe for you. Tabards and shirts, for example, are account-wide.

Wow, what is the point in this? They finally add account wide transmog and them put arbitrary restrictions on it!

Comment by skull7582

Is there a way to show all items using that appearance for the ones you have already learned?
And to show if it is collected of not?
(It's seen in the 3rd picture.)

Comment by cheesesteak

Apologies if this has been addressed already, but...

I see cross-faction questions, but what determines which PvP gear (old or new) gets added to the same-faction account-wide collection? I just recently got Warmongering Gladiator's Belt of Victory and Warmongering Gladiator's Helm on my Monk, but my same-faction, same-server Rogue does not have them in their collection.

Those items aren't class-restricted like some of the other pvp gear. So what gives?

Comment by KieraRaelyn

So, I didn't see this in the guide or comments, but I feel like it's a pretty important piece of information to know:

You can only save 20 outfits in the transmog menu.

If you want to make more than that, you're going to need to get an addon like Outfitter or something that will allow you to save more.

Comment by Aurix

Anyone know what happens if I delete a character that added items to my wardrobe? Do the skins stay in my account wardrobe, or do they go bye-bye?

Comment by rublucca

How about fist weapons ? Can it xmog into 1handed Sword or vice versa ?

Comment by tale

What stages of Warlords crafted gear have difference appearances? It mostly seems to me like 1, 2, 3 and 4 are all different, but that 5 and 6 are the same as 4. Is this correct across the board? Unfortunately I'm seeing some conflicting information out there.

Comment by Misuteri

I may have missed the answer to this in the list of answers/replies if it is a duplicate I apologize.

During BC I obtained a full D1 set for my warlock, did the questline to turn it into D2 gear which I still have and never got rid of the actual items.

Since I obviously looted the D1 set as it was needed to convert into D2 gear will I have full D1 and D2 available?

Likewise there were warlock quest items, the staff from Felwood in particular, that you cannot get anymore as the questline to tame infernals and doomguards have long been removed. Are those items going to be available as well?

Comment by smtips

MOST OFF-HAND TRANSMOGS DO NOT WORK CORRECTLY.

Below is a response from Blizzard after I spent like 500 gold on three that did not work.

THEY DO SHOW UP PROPERLY IN THE TRANSMOG PREVIEW BUT NOT ON YOUR CHARACTER AFTER SPENDING THE GOLD AND APPLYING THEM.

This is a major bug that I hope they deal with quickly.

From Blizzard:

"Now, I’ve been looking over this and investigating the issue with the off-hand. I went in and did quite a bit of testing with quite a few different off hands. Every off hand I used for transmog, would not show up while sheathed.

"On my end, I've gone ahead and reported this information up to our QA department as a bug to be looked into. At this time we don't have an ETA as to when this will be resolved but we are working diligently to get this working as soon as possible. I also want to encourage you to submit an in game bug report, even though I’ve already reported the information up, this will help us get more visibility on it so we can get it taken care of faster."

Comment by Juonitar

Adding this here as I have not found an answer previously. It seems that you can only save 20 outfits per character. + New Outfit option disappears when you have 20 outfits saved.

Comment by TarrynItUp

I just came back a bit over a week ago and only just though "what on earth is up with the new transmog stuff" so I came here.. and OMG OMG OMG BEST UPDATE EVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Comment by laura18streeter

I would like to know this. How do things GET in the Sets tab? My huntress has a total of 44 sets (collected or not) that I can go looking for
My Demon Huntress only has 6. Is it because she hasn't done any quests below 98? They should still be listed uncollected?
I would love to know how to get more outfits in there.

Comment by Xizervexius

So with this new transmogrify set feature, I should be able to go a 'mog shop, and and if I click on the "Sets" tab I should be able to see sets of gear that I have collected (on that character) over the years correct?
My hunter main (202 days played since right before BC launched) only shows the "unseen marksman" set and nothing else.

My other characters seem to have nothing available.

Comment by 1836280

As a death knight, is it possible for me to go into UBRS and pick up Blackhand Doomcutter, even though it has agility and is obviously a hunter weapon?

Comment by Morwo

maybe a little addition about the 'sets' tab would be nice.
furthermore did i found out that some pieces alligned sets are not the pieces which dropped in location of a set ie Tier6+8 Paladin. but random world loot in draenor and legion. driving me nuts. i guess its a bug

Comment by TutorialBlox

ARTIFACT WEAPONS CAN BE TRANSMOGGED CROSS-SPEC IN BFA ALPHA!

https://i.redd.it/y1fxdu0bglo01.jpg

Comment by Morwo

with recent update i got juwerly on my list that i have never shown before. it's rings, necklaces and trinkets. is there a new filter toggle? i like to farm transmog gear and don't need to see lootable juwerly. was awesome the past months to use so.

Comment by Tannarah

How many sets can we save for t-mogs? for some reason i cant make any new armor sets on my pally?
tyvm, Kaisse-Wyrmrest-accord

Comment by 1873344

Nice guide. very helpful.

Comment by 1697033

When will they let us transmog Fumigator? :-(

Comment by Ouessante

Hi. Why can't I transmog a fist weapon as sword/mace/axe? I'm stuck with one sword and one fist weapon at present. Just looks hopeless. It seems a pointless rule.

Comment by Genisay

So the pauldrons of Winged Triumph will never be available again because the LFR mode is no longer available?
Unless it is some kind of exclusive item, like getting it from say, going to Blizcon such and such a year, it doesn't seem very fair that the item has been removed from the game and no previous method of getting it works now. I spent so many times defeating the required bosses, only to go hunting around to find out all methods of obtaining it had been deleted. I could get the other two colors, red and yellow, but blue was the only one I had wanted....

Comment by TPPM

Is there a way to assign transmog to equipment slots, rather than to items?

What's the point of heritage armor if it goes away piece by piece as I upgrade my gear?

Comment by thethinker990

Example:
There are 494 transmog helmets for the warrior. But there are also look-alike helmets.

Does the counter counts up if I get a look-alike transmog?
Are the look-alike transmogs shown in the window also (doubled)?

With ATT many items are marked as not collected. With "Can I Mog It?" they are marked as collected.

Comment by AlexL1118

> Do white items or gray items that get added to the wardrobe?
> Only items that are marked as Cosmetic. The remaining items will not be added, but their appearances will be added if you collect an uncommon, rare, or epic item with that look.

Seems this became wrong starting from today.
And there is also a side effect which I did not see mentioned (maybe I missed it): it seems that all transmoggable white items became BoE.

Comment by jshubbub

I just returned to the game after leaving early-BfA. Some gear items I've had from as far back as Cataclysm are missing from my transmog collection. Anyone know what's up with that? My all-time favorite set for my mage, Timelord's Regalia, is mostly gone. The head from both reg and heroic are there, but no chest, no shoulders, no hands, no waist, and no feet from either level. This is upsetting.

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