Mercenaries

Mercenaries are temporary companions hired from Mercenary Master NPCs in capital cities and major hubs. They are meant to help players handle elite quests, hard open world content, and dungeon runs.

Where To Hire

Mercenary Masters are placed near capital city mailboxes:

• Stormwind
• Ironforge
• Darnassus
• Orgrimmar
• Thunder Bluff
• Undercity
• Booty Bay

Requirements

You can hire mercenaries only if:

• You are the party leader, or not already in a party
• Your party is not full

If you are in someone else's party, you must leave that party before hiring.

Limits

You can hire up to 4 mercenaries at once.

Cost

Mercenaries are free of charge for levels 1-15. After that, hiring mercenaries costs money.

Available Roles

You can hire:

• Tank
• Heal
• Damage

Tank mercenaries are always Warriors.

Contract Duration

Mercenaries last for a 12 hours contract duration.

The contract timer keeps running even if you log out. When you log back in, active mercenary contracts are restored if they have not expired.

Behavior

When the party leader triggers an attack command, mercenaries will perform their role duties. Tanks will engage enemies, healers will support the party, and damage dealers will help burn targets down.

In dungeons, mercenaries use leash conditions designed to keep dungeon runs safe and prevent them from wandering too far from the group.

Leaving Party

If the hiring player leaves the party, their hired mercenaries are cleared.

If you are not the leader and leave a party where someone else hired mercenaries, those mercenaries should remain with that leader.

Death And Respawn

If a mercenary dies, it will automatically resurrect after 60 seconds.

Gear And Progression

Mercenaries:

• Can gain XP
• Can level up
• Reroll/refresh gear when they level up
• Use PvE gear only