Blizzard Adjusts Gold Rewards
When we evaluated the economy going into WoW: Forever, we made a conscious choice to disable the XP-to-Gold conversion for quests completed at maximum level,
Blizzard stated in an official announcement covered by Wowhead News.
Blizzard is adding gold to most quests above level 48 in WoW: Forever after removing the traditional experience-to-gold conversion at maximum level, Wowhead News reported. The developer confirmed the economy update via a Blue Post following community feedback regarding tighter gold income.
Removing Max Level Conversion
The original XP-to-gold conversion system was first introduced in 2006 during the weeks leading up to the original Burning Crusade launch. Blizzard left that functionality in place for Classic Era servers in 2019, according to Wowhead News.
Developers removed the conversion for WoW: Forever to prevent players from hoarding a full quest log of completed missions to turn in right after hitting level 60. Without this change, the optimal leveling strategy relied on grinding creature kills instead of turning in completed quests, a design philosophy the team wanted to avoid.
Hotfixing High Level Quests
Only about 25 percent of quests in original World of Warcraft award raw gold.
To balance player income, a hotfix scheduled to deploy within 24 hours adds bonus gold rewards to most quests set at level 48 or higher. This adjustment includes granting gold to high-level quests that previously offered no monetary payout at all, ensuring regular character progression feels properly compensated.
Questions About the Gold Reward Hotfix
When will the hotfix go live?
The hotfix deploying additional gold rewards to quests level 48 and higher is scheduled to go live within 24 hours of the announcement.
Why was the XP-to-gold conversion removed?
Blizzard removed the conversion to stop players from holding a full log of completed quests to hand in all at once upon reaching level 60.
What percentage of original quests gave gold?
According to game developers, only about 25 percent of quests in the original version of World of Warcraft provided raw gold rewards.