In this post, we dug up 3 ways to restore World of Warcraft items.
Indeed, one of the most, if not the most, popular Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games is World of Warcraft.
Boasting millions of active players and monthly subscribers, it’s no longer surprising that a lot of players have invested hundreds or even thousands of cash just to get their hands on top-tier items for their characters.
If you’re an avid WoW player, chances are you’ve also invested a decent amount of cash in the game.
However, there are instances when the item you’ve spent hours playing and farming can suddenly get lost. Fortunately, don’t fret out just yet. We’ve got the right fixes for that. Read on.
What is World of Warcraft?
World of Warcraft is a highly popular MMO which lets you create and control your own character to explore vast lands, fight monsters, complete quests, and interact within the World of Warcraft in-game world.
Since WoW is very popular with a huge and active player base, some of the items became rare – while some are no longer available for different reasons.
Also, some items can get lost as mentioned above. If you happen to experience such issue, here are some tips you can follow to restore them.
Quick Video Fix: How to Use Blizzard’s Battle.net Item Restoration To Restore Deleted, Disenchanted and Vendored Items!
In this video, the YouTuber demonstrates how to access the Battle.net Item Restoration page. He’ll walk you through the steps of restoring your lost items, and provide some tips for making your gaming life in the future a lot easier:
How to Restore Items in WoW
Restoring your items in WoW is actually pretty simple. Here are a few quick fixes you can follow:
1st Fix: Use Blizzard’s Item Restoration Feature
If you happen to have lost, destroyed or disenchanted item in your World of Warcraft game, you can use the Item Restoration feature by Blizzard. To do so, simply follow these steps.
- Go to this link.
- Click the blue button that says “Begin Item Restoration.” After clicking, you’ll be prompted to log in to your Blizzard account. However, if you’re already logged in, you’ll be taken to the restoration page instead.
- In the restoration page, simply select your character and the item(s) you want to restore.
- Once you have chosen the items you want to restore, simply click Continue.
- After that, you’ll be taken to the Confirmation page where you can finalize things. If everything’s fine, then click on Restore Items.
- Your items should be available in your in-game character via the in-game
Please note that you can only use this “Item Restoration” service once every 15 days if you have an active account with a good standing. Therefore, it’s recommended that you have to choose all of the items you want to restore in one go.
Also, keep in mind that this is only applicable for items you have either sold, disenchanted, or destroyed. For items which have been disenchanted or destroyed, WoW’s system will remove all the materials gained before they were destroyed. Therefore, you need to make sure that you have all the materials in your character’s bag before you can use the Item Restoration service.
You won’t be able to complete the restoration process if you are not equipped with the necessary materials.
Additional Note: The Heirloom Items of your characters are added to your collections tab upon logging in. Thus, you need to ensure that you have logged in to your character before you use the Restoration service for Heirloom Items. Please note that Game Masters are not able to assist you in recovering Heirloom Items.
2nd Fix: Restore a Deleted Character
If the item you want to recover is in a character you have already deleted, you can just undelete it. Blizzard Support has given us these quick and easy to follow tips:
- In the Character Selection screen, click on the circular arrow icon right next to the Create New Character button.
- After that, you’ll see a list of characters you can restore.
- Simply choose the character you want to restore and click the circular arrow button.
Although you can restore your character and all items in the inventory prior to deletion, you can’t restore those items you already destroyed or deleted before the deletion happened. Also, you need to make sure that you have enough space for your deleted character.
You can only restore up to 18 characters per realm with a maximum of 50 throughout all realms.
You should also consider these following criteria:
- Class Trial characters, a Lv. 98 Demon Hunter, a Lv. 55 Death Knight, and a character below Lv. 10 are not eligible for restoration.
- Characters that are between Lv. 10-29 can be restored within 90 days after deleting, while those between Lv. 30-49 or a Demon Hunter between Lv. 99-100 can be restored within 120 days after deleting.
- Characters that are at least Lv. 50 can be restored anytime you want.
Video Guide: Recovering A 10-year-old WoW character
3rd Fix: Submit a Ticket
If in case you have lost a stackable item, then you will need to submit a ticket to Blizzard’s Customer Support. Here’s how:
- Visit this link.
- Click on Web Ticket. You will then be taken to a page where you have to provide information about your character.
- Simply fill in the required fields. These include your Character, Realm, the name of the item you want retrieved, and a detailed description of your item. Make sure to be as accurate as possible.
- You may even attach an image detailing the issue. Click Continue then Submit Ticket.
- After that, all you can do is wait for a reply from their Customer Support.
For all other items which are no longer available on the stackable items, they are no longer available for restoration. Please note that restored items, including bind on equip, should not be traded.
Forum Feedback
We went looking for more information regarding WOW item restoration and searched through several support forums.
In general, people are interested in WOW item restoration filter, WOW item restoration EU, WOW item restoration limit, and WOW item restoration page. They also wanted to know why WOW item restoration wasn’t working right.
A gamer commented that he wanted to restore some items in World of Warcraft, but he wasn’t able to do it.
- From what he could understand, item restoration worked on objects a couple of months old and that you couldn’t restore items, which you had already replaced with new ones.
- The computer user also mentioned that loading item restoration took longer than he anticipated and that it might not work correctly for high-level players.
Another person complained that Blizzard had removed the filtering from their restoration feature and that it was harder than ever to find items. The gamer was very disappointed from that update, and he said that it was pointless to search through dozens of pages for one item. He added that he might forget about item restoration until Blizzard comes with a better solution.
An individual also remarked that you might not be seeing the item you want to restore because not enough time had passed. He shared that from his experience it might take up to 12 hours for the object to appear in the restoration page after you had deleted it. The user also mentioned that the page loaded very slowly for him so that you must be patient and that you shouldn’t click “submit” multiple times.
Another gamer pointed out that you could also restore items you have disenchanted, which he found out to be very useful. However, he warned that to do that you have to have the items produced from the disenchantment. He also added that you couldn’t restore a relic from a weapon and that there was a cooldown period of 15 days.
A computer user reported that he had many trinkets he won during the first couple of months of playing World of Warcraft.
- However, he was disappointed that he couldn’t restore them because too much time had passed.
- He also mentioned that you couldn’t restore relics that you’ve used to equip your weapon.
- You could get back only relics you’ve sold or the ones deleted from the bag.
Another person observed that he got an unknown error every time he tried to restore an item. When he contacted support, they explained that it might be a server problem related to maintenance and that he had to be patient.
A Reddit user commented that he restored items twice for the past months and that he was glad that Blizzard had lowered the cooldown period to 15 days. He added that they would email you the items directly to the character. The gamer also reported that you would lose any enchanting materials received from disenchantment.
Another forum member complained that he had to go through 60 pages of scraped items to find the one he wanted to restore. He added that the lack of filter made item restoration useless and that he wasn’t going to use it anymore. The person advised that you should be careful when scraping items because it won’t be easy to find them later.
A person said that Blizzard might have removed the filter option of the item restoration page because people were using it as a storage. He emphasized that the feature is for restoring items you’ve deleted by mistake and that it should be used sparingly.
Another individual commented that he deleted tier gloves by mistake.
- However, when he went to the item restoration page and clicked on the character, he couldn’t get the page to load.
- The gamer tried several different browsers, but the result was the same.
- He was very surprised by that turn of events because he had restored items before with no problems.
- When the user asked the other forum members for help, they advised him to log off because his character’s current state couldn’t be uploaded to the servers.
A gamer also complained that he disenchanted an item by mistake and that it didn’t appear in the restoration page afterward. After posting on the WOW forum he was advised to wait a bit longer and submit a ticket if the item was still unavailable.
Conclusion
If you’re an avid fan of World of Warcraft, you may want to check out all these fixes to restore your well-loved collectibles and deleted items so you can continue enjoying the game.
Fortunately, it’s not really that hard. Just have to make sure you follow each of the steps to ensure a smooth and hassle-free process.
Mostly, restoring your items are done on a self-service basis. However, if you think you have issues after using the service, you can directly contact Blizzard’s Customer Support instead.
