War Campaign followers

The following is a list of and information about followers in Battle for Azeroth. The followers can be accessed via the Missions report button and the Mission Command Table on your War Campaign Ship. Thematically, they are well-known characters.

Like in the Legion version, Battle for Azeroth's followers are divided into champions and troops.

Champion
Champions, also referred to as War Champions, are unlocked during your War Campaign questlines, in a total of 6 per faction. Only five can be active at a time. Each champion has a specialization, abilities, and Equipment Slots.

Champions start at level 120 and quality and gain experience for better quality by gaining experience from missions. Achieving, , and quality unlocks abilities and equipment slots, respectively.

Unlike Legion, item level cannot be increased.

Equipment
Champion equipment is obtained through professions.

Troops and upgrades
Troops are additional support followers that can be assigned on missions alongside Champions. They are recruited by placing work orders with recruiters on your War Campaign Ship. The number of maximum troops is 6. What type is obtained is normally chosen randomly. They are important for counters.

Unlike Legion which had the troops divided based on the Class Order, these troops are thematically soldiers of the Alliance and Horde and come from various members of said factions.

After participating in a mission and losing a vitality point, they gain an ability that increases success chance.

Tier 2 of the War Effort Advancements offers upgrade to troops.

Since patch 8.3.0, the following items allow you to choose the type of troops:
 * Ranged Veterans Contract
 * Mounted Veterans Contract
 * Melee Veterans Contract
 * Waterborne Veterans Contract
 * Veteran Ramkahen Lancers Contract
 * Veteran Rajani Sparkcallers Contract

List of troops

 * Since patch 8.2.0, you can buy Troop Requisition from Speaker Utia and  Atolia Seapearl for 500x War Resources to obtain new troops.

Alliance
To recruit Alliance troops, speak with Master Mathias Shaw. Each troop costs 25x War Resources.


 * Looking for reinforcements? Place the order and I'll arrange the transport for additional Troops from Stormwind.

Alliance troops are classed as Alliance Division.

Horde
To recruit Horde troops, speak with Garona Halforcen. Each troop costs 25x War Resources.


 * Looking for reinforcements? Place the order and I'll arrange the transport for additional Troops from Orgrimmar.

Horde troops are classed as Horde Division.

Neutral
Since patch 8.3.0, Alliance and Horde can obtain Troop Requisition: Rajani Sparkcaller and Troop Requisition: Ramkahen Lancer to unlock neutral troops from the Rajani and the Ramkahen.

Removed content
The following items were initially planned but never made it to live servers and were replaced by items listed above: