China Disqualifies 24,000 Characters from End-of-Season Rewards

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World of Warcraft China Operations Team, translated

Announcement of Penalties Affecting Midnight Season 1 PvP and PvE Rewards

September 1, 2026

In accordance with the Midnight Special Enforcement Announcement on In-Game Violations, and in order to uphold the spirit of competition and fairness in Azeroth, the World of Warcraft China operations team will take disciplinary action against players who undermined competitive integrity during Midnight Season 1 PvE and PvP through account sharing—including piloting and boosting—or through rating manipulation and other prohibited activities. Their high-ranking seasonal rewards will also be revoked or canceled. Details are as follows:

3,179 player characters found to have improperly obtained high-ranking Mythic Keystone rewards during Midnight Season 1 through piloting, boosting, or other forms of account sharing will receive the following penalties:
Reward disqualification: These players will be disqualified from receiving the Mythic Keystone top 1% mount reward, Umbral Ashes, as well as the top 0.1% seasonal title, associated achievements, and other high-ranking rewards. In other words, the affected players will not receive any of the relevant Midnight Season 1 Mythic Keystone ranking rewards.
Rewards passed down to the next eligible players: After the affected players have been disqualified, the relevant Mythic Keystone ranking rewards will be granted to the next eligible players in the rankings.

21,310 player characters found to have improperly obtained high-rated PvP rewards during Midnight Season 1 through piloting, boosting, rating manipulation, match-fixing, or other prohibited activities will receive the following penalties:

Revocation of high-rated rewards: The Midnight Season 1 Gladiator mount, Galactic Gladiator’s Goredrake, along with the associated high-rated titles and transmog rewards, will be revoked. These penalties apply to the entire Battle.net account, including every character on the account.
Account suspensions: The affected PvP players will also receive the appropriate account suspensions.

Midnight Season 2 is now underway. The World of Warcraft China operations team would once again like to remind all champions:

In accordance with the Midnight Season 2 PvE/PvP Enforcement Announcement, we will continue to monitor and investigate the types of PvE and PvP violations described above and revoke the corresponding high-ranking rewards.
Account sharing, piloting, boosting, rating manipulation, and similar activities are prohibited in all forms.
We will continue to investigate and penalize violations involving attempts to evade enforcement through unconventional methods. Do not assume that such conduct will escape detection or punishment.

We wish all champions the very best as they climb to new heights and push their limits in the new season. Have fun!

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Comment by TyneicI'm gonna bet there's gonna be at least one comment not understanding the difference between piloting and boosting and is gonna say that other regions should do the same that china is doing.Comment by Yetanotherone1China number one!Comment by MetaAnderIncomming the same people who will b*tch about boosting in 3...Comment by Infiniti3000 is a miniscule number for top 1% of Chinese Mythic+ players.Comment by TheRagg3000 is a miniscule number for top 1% of Chinese Mythic+ players.Comment by KaneharthrinGood, making the rewards based on merit. I can agree on that.Comment by Denarin3000 is a miniscule number for top 1% of Chinese Mythic+ players.Comment by sabocanI'm so tired of this 1% mount discourse already. I hope they don't do something like this again in the future just so we don't have to keep hearing about this drama every damn season.Comment by sabocan.Comment by Zoura3000 is a miniscule number for top 1% of Chinese Mythic+ players.Comment by mentorviiIf we really don't want boosting happening in WoW, wouldn't the real solution be to also penalize the people that provided the boosts? Remove their mounts(don't pass it down to the next players for these guys, but remove their rewards.)Comment by TastelikelemonEU and NA to do the same , kill boosting as a whole , force players to learn and earn with sweat , not payment.Comment by whate4Oh no!

AnywayComment by ftsapabkeep on banning! I'm popping the champagne!Comment by SituationI understand why they can't really ban literally every popular wow streamer but I do wish they'd punish people doing the boosting. That's the real issue. They should start one season and suspend anyone doing the boosting for 2 weeks of the start of the next season. Like liquid and echo shouldn't be selling runs and if they were suspended 2 weeks of race to world first they'd stop.

And they should also change MANY things about gold rewards and costs. Like doing an m+ run with a guild gives 750 gold. Lol. Maybe 7500 would be reasonable but still cheap. That's how out of wack things are. People are hardcore encouraged to sell boosts.Comment by FlaksSetting a standard and dishing out consequences. May be the world hasn't all gone mad. I'm glad Blizzard main is doing the same for the West. Makes the time invested and the integrity of the competition all the more worth it.Comment by SaadiaThat's nice, especially for this kind of limited rewards.

Still, there's still some paradox in what Blizzard authorize or not. This Chinese team says boosting is prohibited, though Blizzard says boosting is okay as long as it's not RMT, and even provides a special channel for services ingame.

It feels weird to be jealous of chinese rules....Comment by FlaksEU and NA to do the same , kill boosting as a whole , force players to learn and earn with sweat , not payment.Comment by RellynePeople should really stop with this "merit", "prestige", etc. talk.

If you can buy it (boosting, piloting, etc. gold or money), there is no merit/prestige to consider about that activity.

For years anyone can buy the top rewards if they wish to pay. There was never any prestige or merit to begin with. We all remember the Sepulcher of the First Ones 1/11 HoFs and "bugged undermine HoF no rewarding the title/rank when killing Gallywix", the old challenge mode titles with the same 4 men group + one "random" on many servers taking the titles everywhere, the "gladiators", etc.Comment by HighderplordI don't quite understand the difference between china and rest of the regions. Is it also Blizzard who supervises that region?

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