Transferring character to a new account for minor child

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long story short, my minor step-son and I share an account, and for his Birthday im going to give him his own account with his favorite character(s). Will all his progress transfer over? As in transmog, mounts, and special items? I don’t want to create a new account for me since my account has been around since 2006

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Unfortunately no.

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thanks, im reading the FAQ now :frowning: if I put pets in a carrier those would go to bad they cant do the same for mounts :frowning:

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Here’s an idea, I know people sell BoE mounts on the AH, get him a few (if you can find them for cheap), and send it to that character and have him put it in his bags. BUT DON’T LEARN THEM until the transfer is complete or wait til he transfers and then send them to him.

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According to the FAQ, caged battle pets can’t be in your inventory during the transfer. But you should be able to give them to him after the transfer :wink:

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The OP is most likely moving the new between battle net accounts, not between wow accounts. They’re unable to keep mounts, pets and the like between battle net accounts.

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It’s also good to start the new account now so they can start collecting mounts/pets/mog now instead of down the road

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It’d be a moot point given the fact, in the end, once the OP’s son become of age and get his own battle net account, they’d lose those items regardless. So it’s best to do so now.

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Only works til the kid is 18…then we are back to where we started. Not really a solution or a good option…

The OP did say he was setting up a new seperate account for his child, and not add another account to his .

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Setting up a new battle.net account is the absolute best way to do this. Even if he’s a minor (under 13), we still recommend making a new battle.net just having it in the parent’s name.

Having them under the parent’s account is allowed under the age of 18, but I isn’t recommended as it also gives the child access to the parent’s wow account and they are stuck sharing some of the communication systems too.

At the end of the day, it’s just not recommended to do it that way.

As already pointed out on in the thread, doing this sooner than later is best :wink:

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If you are just getting him an account that is on your own battle net account, then he will be able to share all the mounts heirlooms and battle bets. Considering he is a minor, I am assuming this is what you are doing.

If you are transferring him to a completely different battle net account not connected to yours what so ever, then you will have to send him things and help him buy stuff. Considering he is a minor this will probably not be the case.

I have more then one account, my characters share everything, pets, mounts, heirlooms. However when I transferred my oldest account to connect to the new one, I lost mounts, heirlooms and pets in the trade.

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Entirely true, but I do want to echo some of the other statements made in this thread about providing the step-son with their own Battle.net account.

  • A separate Battle.net account allows you to set up parental controls for the account that won’t impact your game play.
  • A separate Battle.net account allows you to have entirely different communication settings, and it means that messages intended for you won’t be received by him or vice versa (if in-game or Battle.net chat is an option for him).
  • While his Battle.net account won’t have any of the mounts, pets or other account bound items, anything he earns will be his on his own account.
  • If he continues to play, eventually reaching 18, he’ll need his own Battle.net account at that point so will lose all those mounts, pets, etc… which can be more harsh since he at that point it would have been things that he may have earned himself.
  • It is easier to keep your account secure, regardless of their actions.
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