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World of Warcraft Making Big Changes For Second Run of Plunderstorm

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November 6, 2024

Christoph Rediske

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Key Takeaways

World of Warcraft is replacing the Renown system with the Plunderstore for Plunderstorm, allowing players to buy desired items.
Plunderstorm’s new rewards include tons of cosmetics, with a Plunder cost to purchase them.
Reception to Plunderstore has been positive, offering more flexibility to earn rewards in the game.

World of Warcraft is doing away with the old Renown system for Plunderstorm, instead replacing it with the Plunderstore – a marketplace where players buy the items they want. This rewards system, along with new cosmetics to earn, will be introduced during the second run of Plunderstorm in World of Warcraft.

Plunderstorm was a limited-time, pirate-themed battle royale game mode World of Warcraft ran from March 19 to May 1. Players dropped into the Arathi Highlands to collect Plunder, battle for supremacy, and earn rewards by progressing through a special World of Warcraft Renown track.

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In early 2025, World of Warcraft is bringing back Plunderstorm – but with some significant changes to the rewards system. Rather than progress through a Renown track with set rewards at certain milestones, World of Warcraft is introducing the Plunderstore. This shop allows fans to spend the Plunder that previously increased their Renown score on individual items in any order, letting them focus on the cosmetics they are most excited about first. What’s more, Plunderstorm is also getting tons of new items, including a black and purple version of the Plunderlord outfit, a matching set of weapons, pets and mounts, and a handful of hats.

New Plunderstorm Rewards in World of Warcraft

Item	Type	Description	Plunder Cost Advertisement
Sparklesnap	Pet	Recolor of Glamrok	3000
Parley Advertisement	Pet	Pet version of Hooktalon	3000
Plunderlord’s Midnight Crocolisk	Mount Advertisement	Recolor of Keg Leg’s Radiant Crocolisk	5000
Hooktalon	Mount	Recolor of Polly Rodger Advertisement	5000
Plunderlord’s Stormridden Tricorne	Head	Recolor of Plunderlord’s Tricorne of Admiralty	1500 Advertisement
Plunderlord’s Stormridden Spaulders	Shoulder	Recolor of Plunderlord’s Tassled Spaulders	1000
Plunderlord’s Stormridden Waistcoat Advertisement	Chest	Recolor of Plunderlord’s Waistcoat	1000
Plunderlord’s Stormridden Cuffs	Wrist Advertisement	Recolor of Plunderlord’s Cuffs	500
Plunderlord’s Stormridden Pilferers	Hand	Recolor of Plunderlord’s Pilferers Advertisement	500
Plunderlord’s Stormridden Cinch	Belt	Recolor of Plunderlord’s Golden Cinch	500 Advertisement
Plunderlord’s Stormridden Trousers	Legs	Recolor of Plunderlord’s Fancy Trousers	500
Plunderlord’s Stormridden Muckscrapers Advertisement	Feet	Recolor of Plunderlord’s Muckscrapers	500
Plunderlord’s Stormridden Drapery	Back Advertisement	Recolor of Plunderlord’s Drapery	1500
Plunderlord’s Stormridden Hand Cannon	Gun	Recolor of Plunderlord’s Hand Cannon Advertisement	1500
Plunderlord’s Stormridden Neck-Severer	One-Hand Axe	Recolor of Plunderlord’s Neck-Severer	1500 Advertisement
Plunderlord’s Stormridden Rapier	One-Hand Sword	Recolor of Plunderlord’s Fine Rapier	1500
Plunderlord’s Stormridden Cutlass Advertisement	Two-Hand Sword	Recolor of Plunderlord’s Silver Cutlass	1500
Plunderlord’s Stormridden Sigil	Staff Advertisement	Recolor of Plunderlord’s Gilded Sigil	1500
First Mate’s Dashing Cap	Head	New Advertisement	1000
First Mate’s Dashing Headgear	Head	New	1000 Advertisement
Plunderlord’s Old Eye Patch	Head	Recolor of Plunderlord’s Monocle	2000
Plunderlord’s Old Hat Advertisement	Head	New	2000
Swabbie’s Shovel	One-Hand Mace Advertisement	New	1000
Swabbie’s Oar	Two-Hand Mace	New Advertisement	1000

At present, it is unclear if this new system will change the income of Plunder World of Warcraft fans gain through actual games of Plunderstorm, but it can be assumed that the store currency will still be a 1:1 ratio to what is earned during a match. According to the costs discovered by Wowhead, players will need 39,000 Plunder in order to purchase all the new rewards coming during this run. To put this number into perspective, fans needed 100,000 Plunder to reach Renown 40 during Plunderstorm’s first run. That said, the old rewards now only add up to about half that amount in the Plunderstore, meaning it may be easier for players to get anything they missed on the first run.

During its first iteration, fans could easily earn 1000 to 1500 Plunder simply by completing their daily quest. All Plunder gains were doubled during the last two weeks of the event, making it even easier to earn all of the rewards. If the Plunderstorm Plunder rate stays the same during World of Warcraft’s second run, even casual players should have no problem picking up all of the new rewards.

Reception to this change has been overall quite positive. While fans of Plunderstorm would undoubtedly have earned every reward regardless, players who didn’t enjoy the game mode, but wanted to collect items from it, will now be able to skip over cosmetics that don’t interest them. It seems World of Warcraft has learned from its first run of Plunderstorm and is gearing up to make its second iteration even better.

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