Transmogrification



Transmogrification (commonly referred to as transmog, tmog, xmog or simply mog) provides the ability to replace the appearance of your armor and weapons with those of other items, or to hide certain pieces of armor.

When a player earns or equips an item suitable for their class, the appearance of the item is added to their Appearances collection. Valid items whose appearance the player has not yet collected are highlighted in their tooltips. All soulbound items are automatically added to the player's transmog collection, as well as all quest rewards from completed quests, even if the player did not choose that reward.

By visiting special NPCs, players can browse all available transmogs for any item currently equipped, and replace its appearance with the chosen transmog. Transmogrifying an item costs a variable sum of gold, but can be reverted for free. Hiding armor is also free.

Transmogrification has a number of restrictions, and not all items or pairings can be transmogged. Most importantly, the character must be able to equip both items, armor must be of the same armor type, and weapons must use the same attack style.

Transmogrifying
To transmogrify gear, visit a transmogrifier NPC:
 * Horde
 * Warpweaver Dushar in the Drag in Orgrimmar, in the building opposite the cooking trainer.
 * Warpweaver Shafiee in the Shrine of Two Moons.
 * Warpweaver Jasor in Warspear.
 * Warpweaver Farshlah in Frostwall (if level 3 storehouse is built).


 * Alliance
 * Warpweaver Hashom in The Three Winds in Stormwind, a shop next to the canal on the southwest side of Cathedral Square.
 * Warpweaver Ramahesh in the Shrine of Seven Stars.
 * Warpweaver Shal in Stormshield.
 * Warpweaver Tuviss in Lunarfall (if level 3 storehouse is built).


 * Neutral
 * Warpweaver Tuviss in Dalaran over the Broken Isles.
 * The Reins of the Grand Expedition Yak mount includes a portable transmogrification vendor, Mystic Birdhat, and is purchased for.

The Deployable Attire Rearranger also allows cheap and portable transmogrification services.

Right-click on the NPC. You will be presented with the transmogrification interface, which shows your current equipment, similar to the standard character equipment window. Selecting any item will display in the right hand pane all alternate appearances collected for that item. Appearances selected will be immediately previewed in the character pane.

Once you are happy with the appearance, press 'Apply' to apply all selected transmogs (and/or reversions), for the stated price in gold.

The cost to transmogrify any item is its vendor value, with a minimum of at level 90. Lower-level characters have an adjusted minimum cost.

If you don't want to perform the transmogrification, simply close the window or walk away.

Obtaining transmogs
Subject to certain restrictions, gear from nearly any source can be used to transmogrify, such as: world drops, quest rewards, badge vendors, and crafting.

Collecting appearances is one reason to run old content such as raids. World events often reward special items intended for transmog, as do various game elements such as professions. The auction house is also a good source, though desirable items may command high prices.

For the dungeon sets 1 and 2 from Vanilla, which are no longer obtainable, you can buy replicas from vendors at the Darkmoon Faire. These items were specifically made available for transmogrification.

Transmogrification rules

 * Transmogrifying heirloom items (as source or target) does not make them soulbound, but mailing a transmogrified heirloom to another character will restore the default appearance.
 * Heirloom armor that changes its type at character level 40 (from leather to mail or from mail to plate) can only be transmogrified into its eventual armor type. This means that hunters and shamans can only transmogrify mail heirlooms from level 40 onwards, and warriors and paladins can only transmogrify plate heirlooms from level 40 onwards, since they cannot equip mail and plate respectively until then.
 * Contrary to the blue post above, the quality (color) of an item does not matter at all, the basic rule is that it has to have attributes to be a valid source, and it also has to be Bind on Pickup, Bind on Equip or Bind to Account to be a valid target - other methods to make an item soulbound, such as certain enchantments, do not qualify the item for being a target.
 * In addition, certain items without attributes are intended as sources for transmogrification. Examples of items that are valid sources despite not appearing as such on first glance:
 * Darkmoon Hammer
 * Cloak of the Darkmoon Faire
 * Brunnhildar Bow
 * Brunnhildar Great Axe
 * Brunnhildar Harpoon
 * Straw Hat
 * Challenge Mode reward armor sets sold by /
 * Cosmetic items
 * Heirloom items
 * Limited and promotional items such as Replica Lion's Fang and Replica Lion's Heart.
 * Transmogrification can also be used on certain miscellaneous items (armor that is neither cloth, leather, mail nor plate) but is only compatible to other miscellaneous items. As these are rarely used in combat situations, it has little use since you could just equip the item with the desired look anyway. At best, you can make your Chef's Hat look like a Spring Circlet.
 * Items from the Legacy Armor and Weapon Quartermasters cannot be used in transmogrification. However, characters that acquired the right to purchase these items during Classic can acquire Replica items from vendors in Area 52 that are compatible. This cumbersome method had to be used because the Feats of Strength for the Classic PvP titles could not be directly associated with the ability to use these items for transmogrification, and because it cannot be determined when a player purchased them.
 * All Artifact items can currently be transmogrified account-wide, even on low-level players, as long as they are of the same class.

Weapon compatibilities
In general when transmogrifying weapons, target and source have to be of the same type. However, this restriction has been relaxed in certain ways since the introduction of Transmogrification. As stated at the beginning of the article, the player in question must be able to use the source and the target; this also includes being the appropriate level for using an item. For example, a druid can equip a polearm or a staff, and transmog one into the other. However a mage cannot transmog their staff into a polearm because they cannot equip polearms.

Weapon types that can be transmogrified to each other: This leaves daggers, fist weapons, wands, shields and off-hand items as incompatible to other weapon types.
 * Ranged weapons (bows, crossbows and guns)
 * Two-handed axes, maces, and swords, staves and polearms
 * One-handed axes, maces, swords, and warglaives

Racial compatibilities

 * Mechagnomes cannot transmog their feet, wrist, and hand slots. Besides, only the lower torso will show pants transmog; the actual legs are exposed metal.

Hidden transmog
There are items that are unlocked by default in the transmogrification UI that can be used to hide a specific piece. It is currently not possible to hide the leggings.

Transmogrification set
A transmogrification set or transmog set, more broadly categorized as a vanity set, is a group of items of the same armor type designed with the same visual style and spanning at least two armor slots. A character wearing the set or a transmogrification of the set will tend to have a consistent appearance, so they are often collected purely for this purpose. They should not be confused with gameplay-affecting armor sets, which grant set bonuses when worn together.

"Transmog set" may also refer to any group of items to which a player has (or had, or intends to have) his or her gear transmogrified. This may range from a true vanity set designed by Blizzard artists, a mix of items custom selected to achieve an unusual in- or out-of-universe look, or a simple grab-bag of preferred items with little regard given to matching or composition.

Trivia

 * Transmogrification NPCs are usually accompanied by void storage NPCs, but unlike the latter, do not require any fees to unlock.
 * Otherworldly Discounts was intended as a cost reduction to be added in the Mists of Pandaria expansion, but was pulled when guild levels stayed capped at level 25. (Guild levels would later be removed in Patch 6.0.2.)
 * Reins of the Grand Expedition Yak is the only mount to provide a portable Transmogrifier, and is usable even in Battlegrounds.
 * Ethereal Connection provides all void elves with a 50% discount on Void Storage and Transmogrifiation.