Is Multiboxing ALLOWED? 💀 Blizzard's Policy

This is a re-upload! This is not new information, but is still completely valid. This was originally removed due to SERIOUS hate toward me in the comments! This video is BACK because I still get questions about how to multibox with software, which means you all need to know the rules! Deal with it.
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[@KrakenLatte]

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[@SinKieran]

Used to play 2v2 arenas with my Multibox for fun to challenge myself to push as high as I could by myself. Also enjoyed pushing mythic+ keys in a 5man box, and attempting normal raids in 10man box. Also just loved using the multibox to level faster, and then gear up faster. Que'ing up LFR's & WBosses with a stack of same class and trading everything to the main until I'd start dripping it down to 2nd, 3rd, etc. Was also hilarious seeing myself occupying top 5 dps in LFR, no clue how others were placing below me, when I have to play around mechanics on 8 seperate characters simultaneously... Also made gold making a lot more fun, when I could be looting 10x Herbs / Ores / Cloth at once, would always have Herb/Mining and 1x Skinner every time I levelled to max level. Then I'd swap out the Non-druids to other professions to begin crafting with an infinite supply of mats :') Had 130 Lv120's in BFA from Mboxing... Now Idk what to do in WoW, playing single acc feels so boring, and the game feels like torture when I have to play like a sweaty no-lifer on my Main, and just know that even then I still have 4 more characters I need to Gear up. And even then, I have another 4 characters beyond that I want to play, but the time investment just to BiS gear + Rep grind on a single acc is already too much...

[@peterraes9352]

it is allowed if you respect the rules, no automation software! i had a 5 druid team and manually switched each screen and each action button to play fully legit,no software whatsoever and i got banned for 6 months as Blizz states i was botting, wich i was not at all! when i appealed later the real reason of the ban was shown....it wasn't about software botting or whatever...i was banned by "reported by another player"! How can Blizz just believe another player who reports me? on what evidence? Thats was the moment i stopped playing as the game is dead to me, i played a 100% manually and got banned cause some jalous turd reports me,seriously....

[@TheCrystalShield]

I multibox two accounts to RP at the same time! Who needs friends!

[@smesus7207]

Also, I just want to point out that it's clear some of the folks in the comments don't know the difference between someone multiboxing within ToS and bots.

[@procyondarkstar2802]

Years ago you used to see a character, say a warrior with 4 shaman alts following behind and when the warrior attacked the 4 Shaman would all cast Chain Lightning at the same time against whatever the warrior was attacking. All the Shaman casted at exactly the same moment at the target. This is what Blizzard is fighting against. If you want to tab between 4 shaman and cast chain lighting one at a time, then more power to you that's totally legal. I've also seen this with people farming herb and mining nodes since the days when multiple people can tag the same node before it goes away.

[@MasonC2K]

That's actually not what they were fighting. MB was the most popular form of botting by Chinese gold farmers. They never cared about the guy with a ton of money running around one-shotting people in PVP because they were MB a whole raid.

[@Fogwell94]

Or 10 druids applying moonfire and sunfire to you and killing you in 3s

[@mercb3ast]

@@MasonC2K Multiboxing ISN'T Botting. Botters were NEVER multiboxing. They were using BOTS to run multiple accounts. Running 20 accounts on one computer that are botting, isn't the same thing as running 5 accounts at once YOU were playing manually.

[@MasonC2K]

@@mercb3ast bots were multiboxing. Whether manual or auto, controlling multiple accounts at once is the definition of MB. Blizzard just couldn't tell the difference between auto and manual. So they banned MB with the aid of 3rd party software.

[@ludekcortex]

I'm a bit confused - the policy about input broadcasters is not new at all - it was announced in November 2020. What did actually change then?

[@ryoriotwow]

Nothing.

[@Destrolisher1]

Read the description

[@KrakenLatte]

Correct! That's when this video was originally uploaded. This was taken down because of major hate against me, but I put it back up because I keep getting questions regarding this and had no video to link to!

[@бумер-м8л]

I'm glad you said that I think I saw the original!@@KrakenLatte

[@smesus7207]

There was an update to the policy made in May 2021, just google Blizzard multiboxing policy or input broadcasting and it should link to the updated Blue post.

[@PrincessPolyhedra]

*60 character cap ^_^

[@KrakenLatte]

It is indeed! Assuming you don't have the account glitch that prevents more than 50 like mine. XD This is also a reupload of a 9.0 video that was removed for major abuse in the comments (including people telling me to kms).

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[@seancool]

I am currently and still Multiboxing with 10 Chars in WoW Classic WOTLK and with 8 Chars in WoW retail DF. I get flamed, harrased and insulted every other day because many still think or believe Multriboxing is "banned". I have the Blizzard policy site/url on my shortcut now to copy&paste. Sometimes it helps and I get a quality conversation out of this :) Some people igore me immediately but that's the way it is. What I don't like is the misuse or abuse and of the reporting system to call other players or guild members to report me. These people should get suspensions because of harassing but that's just my POV.

[@aaronzheng9772]

boooo

[@dougcastle1785]

Other games banned people for this because it is harassment. But Blizzard likes to pander to the cry babies

[@seancool]

yep @@dougcastle1785

[@JuliusGoatfanatic]

Hey quick question I want to start multiboxing again(I used to do 15 on retail) but Isboxer is banned what can I use to multibox instead?

[@ZavokMB]

I've dueled box from time to time using a alt account for holiday events and used it for recruit a friend stuff done but never used or supported programs the bot farmers use plus most of those guy are fully automated and that's the problem, i see most of them currently in Zaralek Cavern these days.

[@BartonForcier]

She says in the video description that this is not new information!!!! "1,331 views Oct 7, 2023 #WorldofWarcraft #KrakenLatte #Multiboxing This is a re-upload! This is not new information, but is still completely valid. This was originally removed due to SERIOUS hate toward me in the comments! This video is BACK because I still get questions about how to multibox with software, which means you all need to know the rules! Deal with it. ~~~~~"

[@omarfuentesmola8307]

thank for the info, love it, i have 4 accounts ❤

[@omarfuentesmola8307]

@@facetiouslyinsolent8313 wtf dude thats rude, i dont have any issues i dont use mutiboxing asshole, mind your business

[@jorgiotoldo8636]

@@facetiouslyinsolent8313 used to have 5 active accounts. now sometimes 3. if you have the money and a good PC just try it. its so fun when you dont find any group to do old content. i managed to do nyalotha heroic except the 2 last boss with 3 characters. for me its another way of playing WOW

[@lochermaleficent5062]

I mean I don’t see why it’s not allowed the user base is too low for bliz to miss out on extra cashy

[@бумер-м8л]

Can you do a video on 'multibox' achievements? I have a few accounts and I've been doing some world PVP achies namely things like Warlord of Draenor, it's nice when you play solo and done on your own schedule. Wondering if you do this too, achies are always fun to chase! I even did 'Safe hands' achie which is very hard solo, but with 2 accounts (my own) it was a simple 10min and done!

[@JacobWalker2891]

Love your show, thanks for keeping at it!

[@dougcastle1785]

I Multiboxed 10 UH DKs and 4 Resto Shammy’s during the BFA EXPAC. It was soooooo much fun because I loved doing WPVP. I never did BGs or even rated stuff. I just enjoyed the casual open world stuff and gathering resources from time to time. I even came out in 1 of Swiftys videos when he was streaming and didnt even realized it till a friend told me about lol. I took a break due to work and months later when I was ready to come back I heard Blizzard was working on making it harder for us to play so I waited and then it came to pass so I quit and have not played in years. After Multiboxing the game is just not the same. Is like an adrenaline junkie once you got a taste everything else is just bland and boring.

[@SinKieran]

I used to play 2v2 arenas with my Multibox for fun to challenge myself to push as high as I could by myself. Also enjoyed pushing mythic+ keys in a 5man box, and attempting normal raids in 10man box. Also just loved using the multibox to level faster, and then gear up faster. Que'ing up LFR's & WBosses with 8x of same class and trading everything to the main until I'd start dripping it down to 2nd, 3rd, etc. Also made gold making a lot more fun, when I could be looting 10x Herbs / Ores / Cloth at once, would always have Herb/Mining and 1x Skinner every time I levelled to max level. Then I'd swap out the Non-druids to other professions to begin crafting with an infinite supply of mats :')

[@cherikitty]

I play two accounts because our guild is just three people. We use two extra accounts to get dungeon achievements. We are not very hardcore and laid back. I also use my accounts to get use the other achievements for all classes and races in guild.

[@aarent]

Multiboxing is amazing for productivity. I've noticed a huge increase in the ability to farm up mounts and other cosmetic things during a new patch when every time you kill the rare that drops the thing you want you have two chances at it. There's so much to do in this game getting the grinds out of the way just lets me have more time to do other stuff. Also, there are other things out there that you typically need multiple people for and being able to do them by myself is of great convenience. I'm not anti social or anything and for bigger achievements I have many friends I can call on to help with them but when its 2 am and I'm bored and there's something I need help with it's nice being able to just do it myself.

[@DonTinker]

I only use multibox to loot Garrison invasions mounts because I'm too lazy to goldmake and sustain more subscriptions 😅

[@matthewconroy5275]

While multiboxing is still allowed, as long as you don’t use input software. You can technically still get reported and then banned if you get reported too much. There is still a lot of negative opinions about mboxers so just becareful out there

[@86Corvus]

or stop being a shithead and play the game normally.

[@lochermaleficent5062]

Love your Username, reminds me of a mocha by the beach!

[@AmandaPelland]

Thank you Kraken!

[@sjsr1067]

Thanks for your input on this.

[@tryptic1120]

5 min vid summed into one message: it's against the policy if you use a program to multibox, you have to manually control the characters

[@Winsor1986]

Blizzard banned 8 of my accounts even though I've never used any kind of automation. Perms for 3rd party tools with no chance at appeals. They're very selective when it comes to how you impact the game if you're multiboxing.

[@facetiouslyinsolent8313]

This pearl of wisdom was so incredibly knowledgeable. You should create your own channel and post it there...

[@jorgiotoldo8636]

@@Winsor1986 yep they banned automated multiboxing but i still see druids bots farming in DF.

[@brizwaldjonson]

hardcore casuals, kekw

[@darknagaadventures7884]

solid clarification

[@BeHeaven616]

Blizzard put a statement out that says "hardware mechanisms used to mirror commands" is not allowed. Anyone know what that means?

[@jayvan4353]

This won't change a thing. They'll just come up with a new method

[@Dom-zy1qy]

No it will. Something being bannable deters most people from doing it. "Methods" are completely irrelevant.

[@Arnota42]

I mean non of the huge multiboxers (myself included) do it anymore for farming items, but its still really useful for mount chances or tmog and stuff for collection. It did not help at all for the bot problem but thankfully classic did, classic has so many bots compared to retail.

[@fathom117]

I mean hasn't input broadcasting been illegal for some time? I'm an avoid RP multiboxer and i've always known that to be the case.

[@KrakenLatte]

Correct! That's when this video was originally uploaded. This was taken down because of major hate against me, but I put it back up because I keep getting questions regarding this and had no video to link to!

[@PokemonPrincess7]

The character limit is now 60 per account!

[@KrakenLatte]

It is indeed! Assuming you don't have the account glitch that prevents more than 50 like mine. XD

[@kindosar]

if all of your characters are on the same realm that is likely the issue. I think servers are capped at 50 but the account is at 60. I have this issue. I think its left over from the fact that they increased the cap from 12 to 50 per server at one point then eventually increase the account cap to 60. This is just a guess but I too experience it. @@KrakenLatte

[@KrakenLatte]

Yeah, all mine are the same realm. It's really irritating because I don't want to be spread across multiple realms like the olden days, so I don't get to enjoy the 60 cap. 🙃@@kindosar

[@DevineDarkLight]

I am also a boxer so its not dead :D

[@TicoDK]

That "Rule" always existed and blizzard often bans accounts that are just on follow running dungeons. great vid thought.

[@KrakenLatte]

This rule came into effect in 9.0 (launch of SL), which is when this video was originally uploaded. Took down because of major hate against me, but I put it back up because I keep getting questions regarding this!

[@TicoDK]

@@KrakenLatte ohhh, I see, thanks for the explanation. I guess I should have read the description 😅

[@KrakenLatte]

No worries! You're totally fine.

[@tunnfisk]

I have a question, and I know this is a bit of a grey area.. What do you think about KVM switches? There was always a debate about software vs KVM in multiboxing and software was always frowned upon but always "legal". Now that they are making a push for "software bad", does that mean KVM is back on the menu? Or do you think they won't make that distinction at all? I know, a bit of a complicated question that you probably won't know the answer to. And Blizzard, being Blizzard, will most likely not give an answer on it. Either way, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.

[@TheWindracerss]

Ok so here is my question, if I have a second starter account linked to my main account how do I make it a regular account, what would be the cost and what would be shared? Right now I think my mounts and battle pets are shared???

[@1steditiongamer276]

So, multi-boxing is legal. Software to do multi-boxing is illegal. Thus for the most part multi-boxing is dead. RIP

[@theR1ch]

I did an Isle of Conquest years ago with a multi-boxer with Ele Shamans. They all did Chain Lightning at the same time and the combined arcing animation was massive, and one-shot people. Hella cool to see though.

[@OutlawViIe]

I thought this was changed like, 2 years + ago?

[@landsraad9745]

Blizzard cant fight bots but have the free time for this

[@Tome_Wyrm]

It's 3 years old. From KrakenLatte: This rule came into effect in 9.0 (launch of SL), which is when this video was originally uploaded. Took down because of major hate against me, but I put it back up because I keep getting questions regarding this! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaDcZ4eld5WlbLc&lc=UgzfyB2pYW0O8yKwD9l4AaABAg.9v_6s5ttnoE9v_SZnp39Ot

[@Arnota42]

The best stop for bots blizzard ever put in the game was classic. Bots flooded classic cause of demand and ability to have more for less resources.

[@harryhightower]

so I guess innerspace is no longer legal to use in wow even Thu it's not botting software.

[@Arnota42]

Yah because innerspace helped with isboxer and getting software to work with boxing.

[@jorgiotoldo8636]

sometimes i multibox 2 or 3 characters by using a g510S logitech. i have 18 programing keys. each time i press a key it does use virtual keys then alt escape to other window so its not mirroring cause each windows are not used at the same time. never been reported or banned. it makes my life easier in zaralek,forbidden reach to kill rares. when no groups are available. the only problem is i dont know what to use in the futur cause theres no more keyboards with enough programming keys in the market

[@Tome_Wyrm]

There are many options. Some hardware, some software. Personally I'd plug in a second keyboard and use autohotkey. Though that's "third party software" and everyone gets squeamish about that

[@jorgiotoldo8636]

@@Tome_Wyrm thx but as you say firmware and hardware mirroring an action are forbidden. maybe i'll find a software that do the alt esc with a little latency so its not considered as instant mirroring.

[@Arnota42]

So this is also now bannable as its hardware boxing. This was updated in like may of 2020 i believe because it was peoples response to the first issue with software being banned.

[@Arnota42]

@@Tome_Wyrm The rules have been updated to now include hardware as well.

[@Eyran84]

Took them long enough

[@facetiouslyinsolent8313]

90% of multiboxers are cheaters, specifically farming accounts. It's a great policy. Anyone in the comments that has an issue with it is outting themselves as a cheater :)

[@ryoriotwow]

That leaves 10%. And your numbers are just wrong. For my part, I have an issue with this because what I did use my 3 accounts for was soloing dungeons at the appropriate levels.

[@jrock69]

ok cuck

[@Tome_Wyrm]

@@ryoriotwow Which some people consider cheating. Personally I disagree, but you're dealing with a large population. At least one person is going to not like quite literally every single thing you do or don't do. Note: as far as I can tell if you use alt-tabbing, or multiple virtual or even physical devices with SEPERATE input devices, rather than mirroring a single device? It should still be above board.

[@ryoriotwow]

​@@Tome_Wyrm Generally trying to please every single moron and crook out there is just silly. It isn't cheating, whoever considers it as such is just stupid.

[@Arnota42]

@@Tome_Wyrm No the rule has been expanded to included hardware too.

[@mothman84]

This is one of those many things that I'll never ever understand about the world I live in. Why was multiboxing ever ok to begin with? So, If you use software to fish automatically, that's the #1 textbook case of a 6-month ban. However, it has been ok for years to use software to play 8 druids at the price of 1, hyper-farming and flooding the herb/ore market. And they feel the need to amend the EULA to say it will no longer be ok, thus sanctioning that, until now, it was in fact ok. It makes no sense to me.

[@timschantz5225]

Multi-boxing is the cancer that plagues all versions of this game and anyone that defends it in ANY WAY is despicable. It ruins the expierience for everyone incluDING the person cheating.

[@Moozerty]

I hope multiboxing will never be allowed ever again in wow

[@KrakenLatte]

Multiboxing IS perfectly allowed! That's what this video is about.

[@Moozerty]

@@KrakenLatte I wish it wasnt

[@Tome_Wyrm]

@@Moozerty Why do you hate people that want to bypass the character limit, or want to have their own guild without involving strangers, or to solo dungeons at level as a challenge, or like RP-ing with multiple characters at the same time? I could go on too. There's lots of perfectly legit uses for multiple accounts.

[@widehero]

ive flamed multiple multiboxers and got them banned. so take that as u will. i will continue to do so. i am right

[@Arnota42]

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason!

[@edpone8600]

Multiboxing is allowed a the non time lapsed progressed servers in Everquest. Man, is it fun. I left WOW for Everquest and never looked back.

[@86Corvus]

Just ban these cheaters, how hard can it be!?

[@86Corvus]

Just ban it...