New Account for my Daughter

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I figured this was the best place to ask this.

My daughter has asked me if she could play WoW. What would be the best way to go about getting her her own account? I want her to be able to create her own characters without using my account, but also be able to benefit from all the items I have on my own.

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Your battle.net account can have up to 8 WoW accounts, but I don’t know if you can set different passwords for each one. All 3 of my WoW accounts use the same password, it’s great for inviting myself into my bank guild or AH trading stuff around.

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This thread is kind of interesting, on the subject. A blue posts in it (or someone quotes the blue, anyway) about the ups and downs of doing this.

The blue offers a couple of suggestions, so it is kind of a good read.

I know it isn’t specifically on what you are asking, but I think that is also covered and the ups and downs are mentioned.

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Tell her mining, fishing and herbing are the most fun things to do in the game

Trust me :+1: , you will thank me later

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Definitely still valid advice in that thread :slight_smile: I look so much younger in that thread too!

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Very helpful information in there, thanks.

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As suggested the smartest thing is to have her copy under your main battletag … you can share mounts etc as mentioned but somethings like pet battles can only be active on one account at a time…

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Actually, it’s recommended that they don’t do that. It gives their daughter access to the main account and prevents parental controls. It also means that should their daughter want their own account at some point, they’ll have to deal with the loss of all those mounts/pets/achievement/etc.

The OP is much better off starting a new Battle.net (under a new e-mail that they control) and starting a fresh WoW account there. Yes, it means their daughter starts from scratch, but it will be their own account and won’t lose out in the future.

The new battle.net should be under the parent’s name assuming the child is under the age of 13.

To be clear, the OP is indeed welcome to make a new WoW account under their own Battle.net (sharing with a child is allowed), it’s still not actually recommended in the long run.

I’ve seen plenty of horror stories in the CS forums of parents accounts being abused/stolen from by their kids…not saying it would necessarily happen here, it’s just not a necessary risk to take.

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Thats not doable.

BFA is on sale right now (with all of the other expansions) for $40, that includes 30days of game time.

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What’s not “doable”? Just wondering who you’re replying to and what it has to do with the original poster.

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Having multiple accounts with the same b-tag like is described in other comments. You get either an independant account or a secondary that shares account ‘goodies’.

It’s why I let the OP know that BFA is on sale for $40 USD right now.

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Yeah. that was pretty well covered a few hours ago. I’m still wondering what part you felt wasn’t “doable”.

But yes, the OP can get the Complete Edition of Battle for Azeroth on sale right now (sale ends in about 1day and 15 hours as of posting this) and they can use that on a new Battle.net or their existing one. But as far as what’s recommended for a minor, a separate battle.net is still what Blizz and most people in CS would recommend.

OP should also be sure to send their kid a Recruit a Friend to benefit from that as well!

BFA Complete edition:
https://us.shop.battle.net/en-us/product/wow-complete-collection

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…exactly what the OP was asking for in the way they wanted it…
“I want her to be able to create her own characters without using my account, but also be able to benefit from all the items I have on my own”

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The only way your child will have the benefit of your account mounts/pets is to create another account under your battle tag.

If you don’t want to do that then you would have to create an account under a different email, but they lose out on mounts and pets. For a while my son was playing on my second account but he wanted to be able to add friends to his account. So I went through the process of splitting the accounts. He lost out on all my mounts/pets pathfinder but he now has friends his own age to play with.

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Aye. If you think she’s ever going to graduate to her own account (at 18 or 21 or after college or whenever) - best to set her up on her own b.net and start from scratch (send her some gold - tell her to start characters on your realm / invite her to your guild). Otherwise, her account will not be able to be separated from yours in the future and she’ll have to start back over from scratch. There are a ton of horror stories like this. It’s just not possible to separate them after the fact.

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Are you sure? I’ve heard that children could have their characters moved, but it is a process… At least I think I have if they’re on a different license. The main thing is that mogs, mounts, pets and so on won’t go as well.

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I’ll second that.

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They can move her to her own b.net, but she’ll start over with no mounts, pets, xmog, anything. They can’t separate what she earned from what he earned after the fact.

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You can separate them. As that is what I did. I had to get Blizzard on the phone to do so and I had to submit a copy of my ID. But it can be done it isn’t a simple thing to do nor fast but it can be done.

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So few issues.

You can simply create a second wow license on your bnet account. This will allow her access tothis stuff.

I don’t recommend that though. I recommend a brand new bnet login under your name. This way she can start to build her own collections. More importantly when she is of age it can be easily transferred into her name. This would avoid the pain of losing all that stuff later.

Either way, though, be sure to use refer a friend and get some stuff.

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