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WoW Forever’s new Booty Bay weekly quest can award up to 100 gold, but players are questioning whether weeklies fit the game’s Classic identity.
Blizzard has added a weekly gold quest to WoW Forever, and the reward structure is already drawing criticism from players who worry that the system feels too much like modern World of Warcraft. IGN reports that the quest appears in Booty Bay and can award one of four random gold payouts, with the highest result worth 100 gold.
According to IGN, the quest is called In Demand - Ancient Elven Curiosities. Max-level players have found it available once per week so far, with the objective sending them to Dire Maul to collect three items. The available evidence covers the first two weeks of WoW Forever, so it is not yet confirmed whether the quest will continue pointing players to the same dungeon or rotate elsewhere.
The disagreement is not mainly about adding another source of money. IGN’s report indicates that players are reacting to the weekly structure itself, particularly the possibility that a limited recurring reward could encourage them to log in every week or feel that they are losing out when they do not.
IGN reports that the Booty Bay quest is aimed at max-level characters and requires three items from Dire Maul. Completing it grants a small bag rather than a fixed amount of gold. That bag can contain one of four items valued at 10, 20, 40, or 100 gold, making the payout random rather than predictable.
That range is important for understanding the player response. The quest does not simply promise a guaranteed 100 gold for completing a weekly activity. Instead, the player performs the same broad task while the final value is determined by which reward appears. IGN describes this as a loot-box-style gold reward, a comparison based on the random selection between the four possible payouts.
IGN also reports that the quest has been seen for two weeks and has directed players to Dire Maul during that period. A possible rotation to other high-level dungeons has been discussed in the reporting, but the source does not confirm that such a rotation has begun, how often it might happen, or which dungeons could be included.
The immediate confirmed picture is therefore narrow: a weekly Booty Bay quest exists, it currently involves collecting three items in Dire Maul, and its bag can produce four different gold values. The broader design is still developing, and there is not enough information to establish whether this is a permanent system, a limited experiment, or the first part of a larger set of endgame changes.
IGN reports that several players see the quest as a departure from the principles associated with the original game. The criticism is aimed at the obligation created by a recurring schedule. A player who wants to maximize available income may feel pressure to complete the quest every week, even if the activity itself is not appealing.
This is an analysis of the concern rather than a claim that every player will experience it in the same way. A weekly task can be convenient for someone who wants a reliable reason to revisit a dungeon. It can also become a checklist for players who prefer to complete every available source of progression or currency. The same structure can therefore feel helpful to one group and burdensome to another.
According to IGN, community reactions on social media and Reddit focused on opposition to weekly and daily systems. The report says players compared the new quest with the design of retail World of Warcraft, where recurring activities have often been used to add more gold and other rewards to the economy. For these critics, the concern is not simply that Blizzard is distributing additional currency. It is that the reward is attached to a calendar-based task that can create fear of missing out.
IGN’s reporting places that reaction in the context of WoW Forever attempting to define its identity. The source says Blizzard has kept some original-game decisions, including group tagging, while changing other systems such as Dungeon Experience and gold rewards. That makes the weekly quest part of a larger question: how far can the project adjust the original formula before players stop viewing those changes as compatible with its Classic-style goals?
Analysis of the player criticism suggests that predictability may matter as much as the amount of gold. A fixed reward for an optional activity would be easy to evaluate. A random bag tied to a weekly deadline combines uncertainty with a recurring obligation. That combination can make the activity feel less like a natural part of the world and more like a scheduled task, even if the actual time required is modest.
IGN also reports a different community interpretation: that a weekly gold reward could be intended to reduce the advantage held by bots. In the view described by IGN, concentrating some income in a capped player activity could make it harder for characters controlled by software to gain an unlimited advantage from running around the clock.
That explanation remains a player theory, not a confirmed statement from Blizzard. IGN does not report a developer explanation for the quest’s design. It is therefore not established that anti-bot considerations caused the change, or that Blizzard measured the quest against bot-generated income before adding it.
The theory is nevertheless relevant because gold scarcity and botting create competing design pressures. IGN reports that bots can be programmed to gather materials such as ore and herbs and sell them in large quantities through the auction house. The source also notes that Blizzard has dealt with botting and gold buying across versions of World of Warcraft, including action during the WoW Forever beta against people involved in buying or selling gold.
From a player-focused perspective, a capped weekly payment could offer one way for people with limited playtime to access extra gold without competing directly with automated characters for every gathering node. That is an analysis of the proposed benefit, not evidence that the system is working. The source provides no test results showing whether bot activity, material prices, auction-house supply, or player income have changed since the quest appeared.
There is also a trade-off. If the goal is to reduce the advantage of unlimited farming, the weekly limit may help narrow one gap between regular players and bots. But attaching the payment to a required-feeling weekly activity can introduce a different kind of pressure. Players may accept a scheduled reward more readily if Blizzard explains the problem it is addressing, while the absence of a confirmed explanation leaves the community to infer the purpose from the design.
The next important evidence will be whether In Demand - Ancient Elven Curiosities consistently appears each week and whether its dungeon target changes. IGN reports that Dire Maul has been the destination during the first two weeks, but does not confirm a rotation schedule. Future quest locations would show whether the system is designed as a broader high-level dungeon loop or is currently tied to one specific activity.
Players should also watch for clarification about the reward table. The current report identifies four possible values: 10, 20, 40, and 100 gold. It does not establish the probability of each result, the average payout, whether those probabilities can change, or whether Blizzard plans to adjust the values. Without that information, the headline maximum does not tell players what they can normally expect from the quest.
Economic data would provide another useful measure. If the quest is intended to help players keep pace with bot-driven material sales, the relevant questions include whether ordinary players are gaining meaningful purchasing power and whether the gold enters the economy at a sustainable rate. The supplied reporting does not provide auction-house figures, inflation data, bot-ban numbers, or any official assessment of the quest’s economic impact.
The community response may also influence how Blizzard handles future systems. IGN presents the quest as the latest example of changes being made while the team works out what WoW Forever should be. If later additions use weekly or daily schedules, players may treat this quest as a signal of the project’s direction. If Blizzard removes, changes, or explains it, that would offer clearer evidence about whether the system was an isolated solution or part of a larger design policy.
What remains unconfirmed
- Blizzard has not been reported as publicly explaining why the weekly quest was added.
- The source does not confirm whether Dire Maul will remain the quest’s destination or whether it will rotate through other dungeons.
- The odds for the 10, 20, 40, and 100 gold rewards are not provided.
- There are no reported measurements of the quest’s effect on bots, gold supply, auction-house prices, or player income.
- It is not confirmed whether this weekly quest is permanent, experimental, or connected to additional planned activities.
For now, the confirmed change is straightforward: max-level players can find a weekly Booty Bay quest that sends them to collect three items in Dire Maul and pays through a random gold bag. The larger debate is about what that structure says about WoW Forever. It may offer a practical way to give regular players another income source, but IGN’s reporting shows that many players see the calendar-based format as a more significant change to the game’s identity than the gold itself.