How to Turn On Transmog and Apply an Appearance in WoW: Forever

To change how your equipment looks in World of Warcraft: Forever, visit a transmogrifier in a city that has one. Enable transmog there if you started with it disabled. Then select an equipment slot, choose an eligible look from your collection, and apply it. The appearance changes what you see while the stats still come from the item you've equipped.

1. Turn on transmog at a vendor

The Classic first-login preset starts with transmog disabled. Enhanced starts with it enabled. You can change that choice at a transmogrifier, so a character created under Classic can use appearances without changing the rest of its visual or interface setup. The toggle is available from the NPC, and turning the system on or off is free. Review the cost the vendor displays before applying an outfit.

If you don't know where to find the NPC, check the Forever transmogrifier list before leaving for a city. Make sure you're following the Forever vendor list. A route from modern WoW can lead to a different NPC. When you arrive, talk to the transmogrifier and check that the feature is enabled before troubleshooting individual gear slots.

2. Choose an appearance for the slot you're wearing

1. Open the transmogrifier interface and select a slot, such as Chest.
2. Pick a look from the appearances available for that slot.
3. Preview the result on your character. If you're changing several slots, compare them together before confirming.
4. Apply the appearance and check the result after closing the interface.

The armor type of the equipped item controls which appearance fits. If a Paladin equips a cloth chest piece, the character needs a cloth appearance for that slot. A plate look won't fit just because the character can normally wear plate. This distinction is particularly relevant while leveling, when the best item you own for a slot may be a different armor type from what you'll wear later.

Appearances are tied to slots, so you don't need to reapply the same look every time you replace an item with compatible gear. When an upgrade changes the armor type, check the new item and choose an appropriate look if the old one no longer displays.

3. Check Collections when a look is missing

Look in your appearance collection first. A drop appearing in your bags and its look becoming available in Collections are separate events. Low-quality gear can unlock a look without binding, while other loot follows different collection rules. For eligible uncommon and rare bind-on-pickup dungeon gear, the appearance can go to eligible group members without each of them winning the item. That lets the player who needs the upgrade keep it while others collect the look. Epic loot does not follow that same shared rule.

Level restrictions can also hide an appearance from your available choices on a leveling character. At level 60, the appearance level restriction lifts for otherwise valid looks. The armor-type check still applies, so reaching 60 won't make a cloth appearance fit a plate item. If the item is in Collections but unavailable on a specific character, compare the armor type and the level first.

4. Fix an outfit that isn't displaying

• Nothing looks changed. Return to the transmogrifier and verify that transmog is enabled, especially if you picked the Classic preset at first login.
• One slot is missing. Inspect what you have equipped in that slot, then compare the armor type with the look you selected.
• A recent drop isn't in the list. Check whether it was recorded in Collections and whether your character meets the appearance's level requirement.
• You prefer seeing the actual gear. Ask the transmogrifier to disable the feature. You can still collect appearances while it is off and turn it back on later.

Start with one slot if you just want to see how the system works. Apply a collected look to an item you expect to keep wearing for a while. When you're happy with the result, build the rest of the outfit around it.

If you save a look for leveling, preview it again after changing gear in several slots. Checking each mismatched slot individually is faster than rebuilding the entire outfit when only one item changed armor type.