Transmogrification

Transmogrification (transmog, xmog or simply mog) swaps the look of your armor and weapons for the look of other items, or hides some armor pieces completely. The item keeps its own stats; only the appearance changes. It was added in patch 4.3.0 in late 2011.

Visit a transmogrifier NPC, open the window and pick a slot: every collected appearance that fits it is listed and previewed on your character. Press Apply to pay and confirm all changes at once. The price is the item's vendor value. Reverting to the original look and hiding a piece cost nothing.

Transmogrifiers include Warpweaver Taxoss at the Stormwind Trading Post and Warpweaver Zumzi at the Orgrimmar Trading Post, plus neutral ones in Dalaran, Oribos and Valdrakken. Some mounts and toys carry a portable transmogrifier. In Stormwind City and Orgrimmar there is a second one in the city as well.

When you get an item, its look goes into your Appearances collection, even if your class cannot use it. Soulbound items are added at once, and so are all rewards of a finished quest, even the ones you did not pick. Tradable items are only added once they bind. For an item your class cannot wear, right-click it or sell it to a vendor to learn its look. Uncollected appearances are marked in the item's tooltip.

Almost any source works: world drops, quest rewards, vendors and crafting. Old raids and dungeons are a common way to hunt looks, world events often give items meant for transmog, and the Auction House sells many, sometimes at high prices.

• Your character must be able to equip both items, including meeting the level.
• Armor looks must be of your class's own armor type: a mail wearer can equip leather or cloth but cannot use those looks (see Equipment, Armor Types and Stats).
• Weapons must share an attack style. Ranged weapons (bows, crossbows, guns) swap with each other; two-handed axes, maces, swords, staves and polearms swap with each other; one-handed axes, maces, swords, fist weapons and warglaives swap with each other. Wands can take the look of daggers, one-handed swords and one-handed maces, but not the other way round. Shields and off-hand items only match their own kind.
• Some races have limits: Mechagnomes cannot change the look of feet, wrists and hands, and Dracthyr in dragon form only show shoulders, belt and weapons (their visage form works normally).
• These slots can be hidden with a free hidden appearance (helm, shoulders, cloak, chest, shirt, tabard, belt, pants, bracers, gloves, boots).

Outfits save a full transmog look so you can swap between looks quickly; each character can keep 20. Applying one costs gold for the pieces that change. Since patch 12.0.0 transmog is slot-based instead of item-based, and outfits can be tied to situations, such as one for your home, one for delves and one for raiding. The dressing room can also save outfits with appearances you have not collected yet.

A transmog (vanity) set is a group of items of one armor type designed in the same style. It is only cosmetic and should not be confused with tier sets, which give set bonuses.