Official Scroll of Resurrection revamp details

Scroll of Resurrection - Resurrected Soon!- A Free Spectral Gryphon for an Alliance character
- Or a Free Spectral Wind Rider for a Horde character
- A single character immediately boosted all the way to level 80 -- DING!
- A FREE upgrade to Cataclysm -- regardless of your friend's original box level
- An optional FREE character move -- to your realm and faction so you can play together
- 7 FREE days of game time -- available immediately
Do note that the official release notes that when this system goes live, the offer will only be available for a limited time. Head over to Battle.net for the full release, or just click through the cut below.
Scroll of Resurrection - Resurrected Soon!The Scroll of Resurrection is currently on cooldown, but will be resurrected soon. Once it's available, you will be able to earn a free faction mount when you use a Scroll of Resurrection to bring a friend or former guildmate back to World of Warcraft, but this offer will only be available for a limited time. Any active World of Warcraft non-trial player can send a Scroll of Resurrection. To be eligible to receive a Scroll of Resurrection, your friend must have previously purchased at least one month of game time at any point in the past, and your friend's account must have been inactive since March 4, 2012 or earlier.
Once your friend accepts your scroll and pays for at least 30 days of game, you unlock your choice of the following rewards:
- A Free Spectral Gryphon for an Alliance character
- Or a Free Spectral Wind Rider for a Horde character
And, to enable you and your friend to play together in Cataclysm's newest content, any friend who accepts your Scroll will also receive the following epic benefits:
- A single character immediately boosted all the way to level 80 -- DING!
- A FREE upgrade to Cataclysm -- regardless of your friend's original box level
- An optional FREE character move -- to your realm and faction so you can play together
- 7 FREE days of game time -- available immediately
A few other prerequisites apply -- such as a free upgrade to a Battle.net account for players who haven't played since 2009 or earlier -- so be sure to check out the FAQ below for full eligibility details.
We'll provide an update once the Scroll of Resurrection is ready to be cast on your friends. Keep an eye on the World of Warcraft official Community site for more information.
Scroll of Resurrection FAQ
Basics
How do I send a Scroll of Resurrection to my friend?
There are two options for sending Scrolls of Resurrection:
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While in-game, open your Real ID friends list or guild roster; any characters or accounts that are eligible to receive a Scroll of Resurrection will have a special button next to them. Click that Scroll of Resurrection button to generate the email invitation. You'll also have the option to include a personal message to your friend inviting them back to the game.
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From your Battle.net Account Management page, click on the World of Warcraft account that you would like to send the invitation from and select Referrals Rewards- Scroll of Resurrection will be an option in that menu. Once clicked, you can enter the name and e-mail address of the friend you'd like to resurrect and include a personal message along with your invitation.
Eligibility & Limitations
Who can be sent a Scroll of Resurrection?
To be eligible to receive a Scroll of Resurrection, your friend must have previously subscribed to World of Warcraft for at least 30 days and their account must have become inactive on or before March 4th, 2012.
If your friend's World of Warcraft account has been inactive since December 2009 (or longer), your friend must first associate their World of Warcraft account with a free Battle.net account before they can receive a Scroll of Resurrection. Tell your friend to see our Battle.net Account FAQ for information on creating a Battle.net account and merging their WoW account. After your friend has set up their account, you should be able to send them a Scroll of Resurrection normally.
Can I resurrect one of my own World of Warcraft accounts?
If you have at least one active World of Warcraft account, you can send your inactive accounts Scroll of Resurrection invitations.
How long is the Scroll of Resurrection invitation good for once I send it out?
Your friend has 30 days to accept the invitation. The offer will expire if not used within that time.
Is there a limit on the number of Scroll of Resurrection invitations that I can send out?
There is a limit of one Scroll of Resurrection invitation per day per World of Warcraft Account on both the web and in-game. This makes an effective limit of 2 Scroll of Resurrection invitations per day per account if you use both sending options. There is no limit on the number of lifetime Scroll of Resurrection invitations that an account can send.
Can I invite someone who has never played before with a Scroll of Resurrection?
Scroll of Resurrection can only be used on players who once had active World of Warcraft subscriptions. For a similar offer for friends who have never subscribed to World of Warcraft, please see the Recruit-A-Friend FAQ.
Sending the Scroll of Resurrection
What benefits are there to sending a Scroll of Resurrection?
You will receive an exclusive mount when your friend who accepted the Scroll first renews their subscription and pays for 30 days of game time -- the Spectral Gryphon for Alliance characters or the Spectral Wind Rider for Horde characters.
How do I redeem my mount once my friend subscribes?
Visit your Account Management page and click on the Scroll of Resurrection option. Under the History/Status tab, you will see Claim Mount button when you are able to redeem the mount. Choose the realm and character on which you want to receive the mount and it will arrive in your character's mailbox.
Note: The mount can only be redeemed on one character per Scroll.
When do I receive my mount for resurrecting a friend?
Your friend must accept your Scroll of Resurrection invitation and renew their subscription for you to qualify for the mount. In order to qualify for the mount, your friend must renew their subscription after accepting the Scroll, and pay for at least 30 days of game time.
Can I earn multiple mounts on my account?
Yes! This reward will be given to you for each friend who accepts your invitation and meets the re-subscription criteria.
Can I track the invitations I send out?
After your friend accepts, you will be able to view the status of the invitation on the History page in the Referrals & Rewards section of your Battle.net Account Management page.
Who will receive the sender reward when several people send the same person Scrolls of Resurrection?
Only the player whose invitation is accepted will receive the sender's reward. If the recipient gets several invitations, it will be up to them to choose which to accept. A recipient can accept a maximum of one Scroll of Resurrection per eligible World of Warcraft account.
Accepting the Scroll of Resurrection
What benefits are there for accepting a Scroll of Resurrection invitation?
The Scroll's recipient immediately receives a FREE digital upgrade all the way to World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Additionally, the Scroll's receiver can permanently boost one character to level 80 so that they can jump straight into the adventure for their 7 days of FREE game time!
Note: The digital upgrade and level boost will only be available for scrolls sent during the 90-day promotion period. Players who accept a Scroll of Resurrection that was sent after the promotion period ends will still receive 7 days of FREE game time, but will not be eligible for the digital upgrade or level boost.
I just accepted a Scroll of Resurrection. How do I level boost my character?
Log in to your Battle.net Account and click on the resurrected license. Once you're on the Game Management page, click Claim Rewards and select the character to level along with their spec. The next time you log in, they'll be ready to adventure in a sundered Azeroth!
How does the boost to level 80 work for the Scroll's recipient?
After accepting the Scroll, the recipient can choose one character to boost to level 80. The character's spec will be chosen by the recipient prior to completing the level boost and the character will also be given appropriate talents under the chosen spec. The character will be placed in his or her faction's capital city and will be ready to adventure immediately. This means that the character will be granted all class skills and spells up to level 80, a flying mount and riding skill, and a green quality set of level- and spec-appropriate gear for leveling.
Any gear that was on the character prior to the level boost will be mailed back to the character via in game mail.
Hunter pets will not be given a spec, so level boosted Hunters will need to spec out their pets normally after logging in for the first time.
Note: Active quests may be abandoned when a level boost is performed. If a quest is abandoned in this way, you will be able to pick it up normally from the NPC who originally gave you the quest.
Can I only level boost one character? What happens if my main character is on a different realm or faction than the friend who invited me?
If the character that was level boosted is on a different realm or faction than the character who sent the invitation, you will be eligible for a free Character Transfer and/or a free Faction Change to bring you to your friend's realm and faction.
Note: Existing limitations apply for Faction Changes and Realm Transfers under the Scroll of Resurrection system. Please see the Faction Change and Realm Transfer FAQs for details. In addition, players on an RU server will not receive a free Realm Transfer if the friend who invited them is from an EU server.
How many times can one person accept a Scroll of Resurrection?
After March 5th, 2012, accounts are only able to accept one Scroll of Resurrection per eligible World of Warcraft account -- if your friend has already accepted an invitation after March 5th, they will not be able to accept another for the same World of Warcraft account, but may accept invitations for other eligible World of Warcraft accounts.
Is there a way for me to boost a character to 80 without a Scroll of Resurrection?
The ability to boost a character to 80 only comes when you accept a Scroll of Resurrection invitation.
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 6)
andysdavis Mar 6th 2012 9:22PM
I'm sorry, but I'm with Touph on this one, and downvote me on this one if you want but in no way does:
a free anniversary pet and/or a (useless) tabard for being a loyal subscriber for the past 6 or so years = a FREE mount + a FREE upgrade to Cataclysm + a FREE faction and server transfer + 80 FREE levels + 7 FREE days of play time.
Let's do the math on this one:
One mount: $25 (assuming you purchased it in the blizzard store)
Cataclysm expansion: $40
Free Faction Change + Server Transfer: $25 + $30
7 days of free play time: $15/4 = $3.75
Total: $123.75
At $15.00/month that comes out to 8.25 months worth of game time that someone get's for free. Plus that doesn't even include the $10 for a name change in the event that the server you transferred to already has a character on it with your name OR the price for WotLK in the event that the person receiving the scroll doesn't have it yet.
I'm as much a fan of Blizzard as anyone and I love their games, but this just feels like a kick in the face for those of us who loyally pay our monthly fee.
raingod Mar 6th 2012 9:35PM
It's not you specifically, but the attitude in general. What Blizz is offering to people returning is nothing compared to what they'll get back from monthly subscriptions.
This isn't about rewarding them, it's about them regaining subscribers.
I'm money in the bank to them. I've been a loyal player since '08 with only a month here or there where I let my sub lapse. I don't really care what they do to attract either new subscribers, or what they do to regain lost ones; doesn't affect my game playing one bit.
People always have to complain about something though. It's like siblings, one gets shoes another gets a toy, and each wants what the other has (in addition to what they already have), and it's silly. I find it laughable and sad at the same time that people are trying to figure out a way to game the game.
Jade Mar 6th 2012 9:38PM
Because the opportunity to get a Tyrael's Charger, and free DIII wasn't incentive enough for the ones that never quit? For paying for something I already am.
Sure, I don't get a character leveled to 80.. but how many more of those do I really need?
And as the 'never left', we're the ones that will get the spectral mount.
I'd say it feels balanced to me. One gets stuff for paying for a month, the other gets me stuff for not doing anything differently that I am now.
Touphemia Mar 6th 2012 9:40PM
@Scunosi,
Yeah... I'm lazy. I'm not the best person in the world, I'll easily admit. I don't have a lot of time to play at all, sadly. A free 80 would spare me a lot of time... not that I don't love 1-60, but 60-80 is hard to complete on my schedule.
/shrug, I guess it's just a minor annoyance. It's something I'd really like, but it's not available to me because I didn't quit.
Spellotape Mar 6th 2012 9:50PM
Maybe you can check with your friends to see if they have second accounts they would be willing to have resurrected? I know that any friend of mine who stopped playing isn't likely to come back for any of the offers, but my partner has an account I'll be resurrecting just for this mount, even though they won't play another 80+ character or care about getting free Cata etc.
DarkWalker Mar 6th 2012 10:44PM
If it's available here, I'm really tempted to rez my second account (inactive since BC) just for the updates and the mount. The values in Brazil are completely skewed:
1 month of subscription: $8
WotLK: $60
Cataclysm: $60
So, I would be getting a mount, plus $120 worth of updates, and the option to instant level one character to lv80 - for a measly $8.
BTW, you can count on Blizzard to try to skew subscriber numbers the month the quarterly subscription numbers are tallied. June last year it was the unlimited trial, the free BC, and the complimentary copies of the Battle Chest sent to subscribers. The next quarter there was nothing - and it was the one where the player base shrank by 800k players. December it was the Annual Pass. Now, in March, we have a completely revamped and upgraded Scroll of Resurrection, with up to $70 worth of expansions given away - and players who take the offer and pay for a month will obviously be subscribed by March 31, when the subscriber numbers will be tallied.
Al Mar 7th 2012 12:05AM
I get the "regain" argument, but they should also worry about "retain". Especially in the dead-time between expansions, convincing people to stick around should be a focus. "If I hang around, I (might, if we're lucky) get a new Brewfest stein. If I quit, I can wait for bribes to come back."
The "Prodigal Son" story didn't make sense to me back in Sunday School as an allegory, and even less so as a business move.
JattTheRogue Mar 7th 2012 5:54AM
@andysdavis: I completely agree with your point, but your math is slightly off. The person coming back doesn't get the mount, the person who is still playing does. So it would be a $98.75 value for the person coming back, and a $25 value for the person who has been playing.
Arrohon Mar 7th 2012 6:17AM
I used this for my friend last night. His account went down only a few days before the deadline. I'll get a mount out of it, but the real reason that I did it was for the free transfer. I do think it's only fair that you get similar rewards as the recruited. Theoretically, you can send this to someone and grant them a free copy of Cata as well as an auto-80... when you don't even have Wrath, so you don't have Cata OR an 80. I'm sorry, but if my friend had been on my server already, I probably wouldn't have sent him the Scroll. The person recieving it doesn't have to do anything. Give the sender an actual incentive otherwise people won't see why they should. Humans are selfish, greedy creatures. You need to account for that. Plus, the mounts really aren't that cool anyway (and for only one character which makes it less valuable than the cooler $25 account-wide mounts). It's sparkle pony texture on the flying mounts we've had since BC. Meh
Plaguewood Mar 7th 2012 8:18AM
Totally agree, this is a slap in the face to veteran players and loyal subscribers everywhere. I just recently started playing again to level up yet another toon and the boost would have saved me a lot of time.
Was debating going back to trying Rift and/or TOR, but now I most certainly will. Blizzard frankly doesn't deserve my money anymore.
Alysandir Mar 7th 2012 8:40AM
@raingod:
Why is it that you only seem to post for the purpose of savagely criticizing something? Are you that angry?
threesixteen Mar 7th 2012 10:52AM
i'm with Toup 100% on this.
blizzard has created a two-tier membership setup which is a horrible way to handle loyal subscribers. insta-80 is an unbelievable perk. i can't think of a single person that i know in-game that doesn't have at least one alt that they'd love to boost to 80 right away.
it seems like the only fair solution is to offer insta-80s to current subscribers as well.
Lipstick Mar 7th 2012 3:18PM
I think you all are kind of looking at it the wrong way...
What have you gotten for 5-7 years of loyal game play?
- Friendships with those you've met in game
- New content every few months which you got to enjoy to it's fullest while it was current
- Countless "nerfs" erm, changes to hard to get achievements which grant unique mounts or pets.
- Limited time only holiday pets which those who've quit will never gain access to. Ever.
- An array of new features which didn't use to exist, such as LFR, better PVP queuing system, LFD..
I could go on and on. The point is, that while some of these things are things blizzard -has- to do, to actively retain customers, some of these things are things blizzard has -chosen- to do, for it's current subscribers. To say we've got "nothing" in 5-7 years is ludicrous.
All that being said, I am a tiny bit jealous I don't get my own free level 80 .. but the idea of getting to see some of my friends in game I haven't seen in forever since they quit playing .. and having an awesome new mount to ride around on, that I didn't pay a dime for in the blizzard pet store... sounds pretty awesome to me.
I think that life when it comes right down to it, is what we make of it. We can choose to see the darkness, or celebrate the light. While it might make me a bit of a pollyanna to apply this thought process to a video game .. I find that as a whole I am a happier person, in game and outside it when I stop trying to feel like I am getting screwed all the time.
Lumi Mar 6th 2012 8:12PM
Those are some insane gains for the people on the receiving end. Free copy of Cataclysm and a boost to 80? I am sure this is going to make a lot of people very angry.
On the bright side, I think this will spawn some channels where people will give away their scrolls for free (unless there's a limit to it), like on Twitter. I wonder if Cataclysm will even sell with this.
cosmicape Mar 6th 2012 8:21PM
"... account must have been inactive since March 4, 2012 or earlier."
I'm pretty sure this bit here means you can't close your account now and get this deal later. It only applies to accounts that were inactive on or before 4th of March.
matt Mar 7th 2012 11:11AM
yes but if you quit now you know that you will eventually get a shit ton of bonuses and a free copy of MoP when you decide to come back.
This is like some insane thing where they just talked me into quitting a game that I like because not playing for a few months (of inter-xpac lull) will net me all sorts of rewards that save me time and money?!!?!!?!!?
smartazjb0y Mar 6th 2012 8:22PM
Wait, so first off, the Cata upgrade and 80 boost are only during the promotion...so what do you get when it's not the promotion period, just a free 7 days like the old Scroll of Res? Why are they limiting this to only 3 months?
And the old reward for ressing someone was a free 30 days if they subscribed and it seems like that's gone...so now all you get for ressing someone is a mount?
This seems almost worse than the old one.
Gorgon Mar 6th 2012 8:26PM
It's a gimmick to boost sub numbers over the next quarter possibly.
Landry Mar 6th 2012 8:23PM
Looks like I might accept one of these & have to find a buddy who is inactive and bargin with them for a mount for my collector toon.
Evelinda Mar 6th 2012 9:16PM
This is exactly what I'm going to do. I'm going to find a friend whose subscription has lapsed, invite them, and offer to pay for their first month, so i can get that sweet spectral gryphon.