You can recruit friends who have a new account (created within the last 7 days), or who have an account that has not had active game time for 24 months or more. You can have up to 10 active recruited friends linked to your account at any one time.

Follow these steps to recruit your friends:

Log in to World of Warcraft. Open the Friends List (default hotkey O) and click the Recruit A Friend tab. Click Recruitment. Copy your unique Recruit A Friend recruitment link and share it with your friends. Note: Your unique Recruit A Friend recruitment link can be used to create or connect up to four accounts with yours, after which you will need to generate a new recruitment link. A new recruitment link can be generated once every 30 days.

Once your friend has followed the recruitment link and activated their account, your accounts will be connected. You can then play World of Warcraft together and claim great in-game rewards!

Before the accounts are linked, the recruit will need to agree that their recruiter will be able to see:

The recruit’s BattleTag or Real ID (depending on privacy settings).

Whether the recruit has active game time.

The recruit’s online status.

Once two accounts are linked, they will stay linked until the recruit has added 12 months of paid game time. An account link can also be broken if either party chooses to break the link, or the recruiter’s account is inactive (does not have active game time) for more than six months.