You’ll be able to buy Obsidian’s RPG Avowed With World of Warcraft Gold — 1.3 million gold at today’s prices

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Microsoft has announced its launch plans for Obsidian’s RPG Awowed, including a surprise release on Blizzard’s Battle.net.

Awowed’s release date is set for February 18, 2025 across Xbox Series X and S, the Xbox app on Windows, Steam, and Battle.net. As a first-party Microsoft game, Awowed launches day one on Game Pass.

It’s the Battle.net launch that’s of most interest here because it means you’ll be able to buy the game with World of Warcraft gold.

Here’s how it works: WoW tokens can be exchanged for Battle.net Balance, not just game time, meaning players can indirectly buy anything Blizzard sells for real-world money with in-game gold. Players can purchase a WoW token from Blizzard for $20 and either keep it for later or put it on the in-game auction house. Another player will (hopefully) buy that token from the auction house for in-game gold and then trade it for $15 of Battle.net Balance (Blizzard actually takes a $5 tax from the transaction). Battle.net Balance can then be used to buy anything Blizzard sells for World of Warcraft for real-world money, including video games.

At the time of this article’s publication, one WoW token is going for 262,365 gold (the price fluctuates as demand rises and falls). At its cheapest, Avowed costs $69.99, which means you’ll need five WoW tokens to exchange for enough Battle.net balance to buy the game. This corresponds to 1.3 million gold.

That’s a lot of gold, most players probably don’t have lying around. But with Avowed three months after launch, there’s time to get your WoW gold grinding going if you’re determined to buy the game without actually buying the game.

Meanwhile, it’s worth noting that Microsoft is selling up to five days of early access to Avowed via the Premium Edition, which costs $89.99 and also includes two premium skin packs and access to the digital artbook and soundtrack.

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can contact Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].