In World of Warcraft Classic, the grind to the top of the PvP ladder is one of the game’s most infamous features. With thousands of honorable kills required to earn and maintain a high ranking, PvP requires immense dedication. And while achieving the fabled “Rank 14” might have been a tough task back when WoW was originally released in 2004, it’s just as difficult this time around during the reissue of Classic.
WoW Classic‘s notoriously difficult-to-navigate and arguably dated ranking system features weekly rank decay for all players at every rank, practically forcing players to retrace their steps each week to keep their PvP rank up. With so much ground to cover, WoW Classic presents one of the toughest uphill battles for a competitive PvP game.
All PvP ranks in WoW Classic
If you want to climb to the top, you’ll have a swath of ranks to tread through. Here are all the attainable PvP ranks in WoW Classic and the relevant rewards for achieving each rank.
| Rank | Rating required | Alliance title | Horde title | Rewards |
| 1 | 0 | Private | Scout | Common PvP tabard |
| 2 | 2,000 | Corporal | Grunt | PvP Trinkets |
| 3 | 5,000 | Sergeant | Sergeant | Rare cloak, 10-percent discount on goods and repairs from friendly NPCs |
| 4 | 10,000 | Master Sergeant | Senior Sergeant | Rare necklace |
| 5 | 15,000 | Sergeant Major | First Sergeant | Rare bracers |
| 6 | 20,000 | Knight | Stone Guard | Upgraded PvP tabards, combat potions, access to Champions’ Hall/Hall of Legends |
| 7 | 25,000 | Knight-Lieutenant | Blood Guard | Rare boots, rare gloves |
| 8 | 30,000 | Knight-Captain | Legionnaire | Rare chest armor, rare leg armor |
| 9 | 35,000 | Knight-Champion | Centurion | Battle standards |
| 10 | 40,000 | Lieutenant Commander | Champion | Rare helmet, rare shoulders |
| 11 | 45,000 | Commander | Lieutenant General | Epic PvP mounts, access to World Defense chat channel |
| 12 | 50,000 | Marshal | General | Epic gloves, epic leg armor, epic boots |
| 13 | 55,000 | Field Marshal | Warlord | Epic helmet, epic chest armor, epic shoulders |
| 14 | 60,000 | Grand Marshal | High Warlord | Epic weapons |
60,000 Honor is an incredibly difficult mark to reach, as countless hours, honorable kills, and battlegrounds are required for a player to reach WoW Classic’s highest PvP rank. What makes the climb to Rank 14 even harder is WoW Classic’s inherent rank decay. Each week, you’ll receive a 20-percent hit to your Honor based on how much you earned during the previous week. To keep yourself on track and outpace the game’s rank decay, you’ll have to calculate 20 percent of your total Honor and earn that number again as a safety blanket.
Additionally, less Honor is granted to your character each time you earn a repeated kill on an enemy player. Make sure to diversify the players you’re up against in a grinding session to maximize the amount of Honor you earn. Camping the same players over and over again will eventually result in a net negative for your Honor.
The WoW Classic ranking system does not work like a traditional ranking system, where every player is stacked up on top of each other like a ladder, and progress is cumulative. Instead, your rank is reset each week, combined with the rank you received during the previous week to formulate an average, and then compared to every other player on your server.
