In a recent update for World of Warcraft, Blizzard quietly removed two expensive achievements, “Learning to Share” and “So Much Sharing,” associated with the Warband Bank. This change, part of the Radiant Echoes pre-patch event for the upcoming expansion The War Within, means completionists no longer need to spend over 3,000,000 gold to obtain these achievements.
Fans have welcomed this decision, as it alleviates the burden of purchasing costly bank tabs for achievements.
Highlights
- WoW quietly removed 2 costly achievements from the Warband Bank, no longer forcing completionists to spend over 3,000,000 gold.
- Fans are happy that Learning to Share and So Much Sharing achievements were removed, as buying all Warband Bank tabs was costly.
- The Radiant Echoes pre-patch event offers players new cosmetics and gear in preparation for The War Within expansion.
During its recent update, World of Warcraft quietly removed Learning to Share and So Much Sharing, two achievements associated with the Warband Bank in The War Within. This means World of Warcraft completionists will no longer need to feel compelled to spend over 3,000,000 gold in order to get all the achievements from the new expansion.
The Pre-Expansion Update for The War Within began on July 23, but several of its features didn’t come online until a week later. On July 30, World of Warcraft finally fixed the Warband Bank, squashed other bugs that rippled out from the previous update, and began the Radiant Echoes Pre-Patch world event.
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The new pre-patch event, Radiant Echoes, offers players exciting new cosmetics and gear in preparation for WoW”s upcoming expansion, The War Within.
However, World of Warcraft also made another change in this recent hotfix. Though the Warbands feature was fully added to the game, Learning to Share and So Much Sharing – two achievements associated with the Warband Bank in World of Warcraft – were removed. Originally, the former was awarded with the purchase of their first Warband Bank tab, while the latter required one to buy all five tabs. The achievements have since been removed from the game, removing any incentive from buying every tab outside the extra storage space.
Removed World of Warcraft Warband Bank Achievements
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- Learning to Share – Buy your first tab in the Warband Bank.
- So Much Sharing – Buy five Warband Bank tabs.
The first tab of the Warband Bank only costs 1,000 gold, so earning Learning to Share was not particularly challenging. That said, each subsequent tab dramatically increases in cost, with the final tab costing 2,500,000 gold – for a grand total of 3,126,000 gold to buy every tab. With no extra titles, mounts, or other rewards granted for completing So Much Sharing beyond having access to the tabs, this achievement was as egregious as the Support Your Local Artisans achievement from WoW”s Love Is In The Air event, which originally required players to burn 70,000 gold to get, though it was reduced to 50,000.
World of Warcraft: The War Within Warband Bank Tab Unlock Costs
| Tab | Gold Cost |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1,000 |
| 2 | 25,000 |
| 3 | 100,000 |
| 4 | 500,000 |
| 5 | 2,500,000 |
| Total | 3,126,000 |
Needless to say, fans are near-universally happy to see this particular change. While the first achievement would have been a nice and easy bonus, few players have the extra gold to buy all five tabs. Completionists can rest easy knowing they will not have to empty their wallets buying their Warband Bank tabs in order to earn every achievement in the new World of Warcraft expansion.
There is an achievement players can earn that will help their Warband Bank, however. Reaching max level with five characters of different classes will earn the Quintessential Quintet achievement, which reduces the cooldown of the Warband Bank Distance Inhibitor – a spell unlocked from a short questline added in the World of Warcraft: The War Within Pre-Patch – by one hour, letting them access the storage area for 10 minutes every hour instead.
World of Warcraft: The War Within
In this opening chapter of The Worldsoul Saga, you’ll journey through never-before-seen subterranean worlds filled with hidden wonders and lurking perils, down to the dark depths of the Nerubian empire, where the inscrutable Harbinger of the Void has gathered her arachnid forces to bring Azeroth to its knees.
Franchise
Warcraft
Base Game
World of Warcraft
Platform(s)
PC
Released
August 26, 2024
Developer(s)
Blizzard
Publisher(s)
Blizzard
Genre
MMORPGExpand
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