How do you pay for WoW?

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How do you buy World of Warcraft because some say you have to pay it monthly or something like that so now I have to pay monthly like e.g. Pay or pay Netflix like a normal game?

Li

Yes, WoW requires a monthly subscription or prepaid game time…

Pa

You pay it every second year like a normal game, and then you pay monthly like at netflix

Li

You pay it every other year like a normal game

The part makes no sense…

Pa

Every second year there's a new addon, you pay for the extension. For someone who has little idea, it's easier to explain

Li

Well, the extensions are not absolutely necessary for playing…

ta

As with Netflix, you pay monthly, every 3 months or the cheapest every six months.

WoW gets a new part every 2 years, which expands the game. You can then buy it for around 60 euro so that you can play the new things. But you can also wait until the next part comes out, because then the previous one will be added to the game for free for everyone.

Important

You don't need anything except the subscription. You can always create a free account and basically play with it up to level 20. You don't have to buy the game for that. Once you buy a subscription, you can play up to the level of the previous expansion. At the moment this would be level 110. To be able to play up to level 120 you would have to buy the new expansion or wait until the next one comes out.

te

The game itself is free, but you pay a subscription to play it, similar to Netflix.
https://eu.shop.battle.net/de-de/product/world-of-warcraft-subscription
You can also buy the game time individually
https://eu.shop.battle.net/de-de/product/world-of-warcraft-game-time
If you play actively, you can also buy the game time for the ingame currency gold later in the game. In order to earn enough gold, you should already be in the endgame area.

With the season / subscription you then have access to WoW Classic and the base game from WoW, which also includes all old extensions.

The latest extension must always be purchased separately. This is currently "Battle for Azeroth" (BfA).
The new expansion "Shadowlands" is expected to appear this year. With the publication, BfA then becomes part of the basic game and no longer has to be purchased individually.

The extensions bring among other things a new maximum level, new story and new areas. In connection with this also new dungeons and raids.