Phantom Armory now supports World of Warcraft: Forever. You can build an anonymous profile for any Forever character, show it off in a new Forever theme, and share it without giving away the character's name. The same update moves every Classic version onto the full profile layout and lets you paste an armory link from any game mode.
Phantom Armory is a free tool for sharing a WoW character without revealing who it is. A profile shows the gear, stats, talents and collections, and leaves out the name, realm and guild. It is the profile you see on WoW listings here on AccountShark, and anyone can use it on its own.
WoW Forever profiles
WoW Forever has no realms, so Phantom Armory looks a Forever character up by first and last name instead. Pick the Forever tab, choose the region and type the name, for example Bob Abaddon. You can also switch to Paste URL and paste the character's page from the Forever armory, which looks like worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/forever/us/armory/character/bob-abaddon.
A Forever profile uses the same layout as Retail. The character model sits in the middle with every equipped item around it, each with its item level and enchant. The tabs cover:
- Stats: health, power, primary stats, and melee, spell and defense numbers.
- Talents: the character's talent tree with the rank of every talent taken. Forever uses Classic-style trees, so the tree with the most points is shown as the spec.
- Mounts, Pets, Toys and Titles: everything the Forever armory reports for the character.
- Achievements, Reputations and Professions: including each profession's skill level and every faction standing.
- PvP: honorable kills and any rated or battleground records.
The Forever theme
Phantom Armory has always had a choice of looks: Nostalgic for the classic parchment style, Modern for dark glass, and Fel for green fire. Forever is the fourth. It puts the Forever key art behind every page and trims the site in gold and sky blue, taken from the Forever crest. Headings and tabs switch to a carved serif, the main frame gets a gold rim, and small spirit wisps drift up the page.
To use it, pick Forever from the theme switcher in the top corner of any page. The site remembers your choice.
Every Classic version gets the full layout
Until now, Classic profiles used a simpler single-page layout. MoP Classic, TBC Anniversary, Classic Era, Hardcore and Season of Discovery profiles now use the Retail layout too, with the full character model and gear around it.
Each Classic armory reports different things, so a tab only appears when there is something in it. A MoP character shows Talents, Achievements, Reputations and PvP. An Era character shows Talents, Reputations and PvP. A few smaller fixes came with the move:
- MoP item levels now show on every piece of gear.
- Ranged slots appear for Classic characters that have one.
- Talents now read correctly for TBC Anniversary and Era characters.
- Battleground statistics sit in the PvP tab, with games played, won and lost.
Paste any armory link
Blizzard's armory now has a separate address for every game mode, and Phantom Armory reads all of them. Paste URL works on every tab, and the link decides which game mode the character is looked up in:
| Armory link contains | Game mode |
|---|---|
| /worldsoul/ | Retail |
| /classic/ | MoP Classic |
| /classicann/ | TBC Anniversary |
| /classic1x/ | Classic Era, Hardcore or Season of Discovery |
| /forever/ | WoW Forever |
Hardcore and Season of Discovery characters share Blizzard's Classic Era armory. If you paste one of those links while the HC or SoD tab is selected, Phantom Armory keeps the tab you picked.
Still fully anonymous
None of this changes what a profile reveals. The character's name, a Forever character's surname, the realm and the guild never appear on a profile, and they are not hidden anywhere in the page for someone to find. Character images load through Phantom Armory's own address rather than Blizzard's, because Blizzard's image links include the realm and character.
Frequently asked questions
Does Phantom Armory support WoW Forever? Yes. Choose the Forever tab and enter the character's first and last name, or paste the character's page from the Forever armory.
Why do I need a first and last name for Forever characters? WoW Forever has no realms. Blizzard identifies a Forever character by its first and last name, so that is what Phantom Armory looks up.
How do I turn on the Forever theme? Pick Forever from the theme switcher in the top corner of the site. It stays selected until you choose another theme.
Which WoW versions does Phantom Armory support? Retail, MoP Classic, TBC Anniversary, Classic Era, Hardcore, Season of Discovery and WoW Forever.
Can someone find out who my character is from a Phantom Armory profile? No. Profiles leave out the name, surname, realm and guild, and none of them are in the page's code either.
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