WoW Titles Complete Guide (2026)
Titles in World of Warcraft are prestigious name additions that display before or after your character’s name, showcasing your accomplishments to other players. From the legendary “Gladiator” earned by Arena’s elite to the grindy “the Insane” requiring months of dedication, titles serve as badges of honor representing your journey through Azeroth.
As of 2025, World of Warcraft features over 750 unique titles spanning 20+ years of content across every expansion. Whether you’re a PvP warrior, dedicated raider, completionist collector, or casual achievement hunter, there’s a title that reflects your playstyle and accomplishments.
This complete guide covers everything you need to know about WoW titles: all major categories, how to unlock them, the rarest and most prestigious options, and strategies to efficiently build your title collection.
How Titles Work
The Basics
Unlocking Titles: Most titles are earned by completing specific achievements. Once unlocked, titles become available in your character interface and remain permanently accessible.
Setting Your Title: Open your character panel (C key) and click the dropdown menu next to your name to browse and select from your available titles. You can change titles anytime, anywhere.
Title Format: Titles display in two formats:
- Prefix: Title <Character Name> (example: “Gladiator Gruktor”)
- Suffix: <Character Name> the Title (example: “Gruktor the Insane”)
Account-Wide System: Most titles are account-wide, meaning once earned on one character, all characters can use them. However, some class-specific titles (like Legion Order Hall titles) and seasonal PvP titles have restrictions.
Title Categories
1. PvP Titles
PvP titles represent competitive achievement in Arena, Battlegrounds, and Rated PvP content. These are among the most prestigious and visible titles in the game.
Seasonal Arena Titles (Temporary)
Requirements: Earned at season’s end based on rating percentile
Duration: One season only (removed when next season starts)
Brackets: 3v3 Arena, Solo Shuffle, Battleground Blitz
Rating-Based Titles:
- Challenger: Top 35% of players (~1600+ rating)
- Rival: Top 10% of players (~1800+ rating)
- Duelist: Top 3% of players (~2100+ rating)
- “The Elite”: 2400+ rating in any bracket
Win-Based Titles (2400+ Rating Required):
- Gladiator: 50 wins in 3v3 at 2400+
- Legend: 100 Solo Shuffle rounds at 2400+
- Strategist: 25 Battleground Blitz wins at 2400+
How It Works:
- Reach the required rating threshold
- Earn victories while maintaining rating
- Title awarded at season’s end
- Temporary: Removed when new season begins
Permanent PvP Titles
Seasonal Gladiator Titles (Permanent):
- Example: “Astral Gladiator” (War Within Season 3)
- Requirement: Top 0.1% of players (Rank 1 territory)
- Includes: Unique seasonal mount + permanent title
- Rarity: Extremely rare, only a handful per realm
Battleground Titles:
- Battlemaster: Complete all battleground meta-achievements
- Conqueror: Win 100 games in each rated battleground
- Justicar: Exalted with all battleground factions
Legacy PvP Titles (Removed):
- Grand Marshal / High Warlord: Original Honor System (pre-TBC)
- Hand of A’dal: Black Temple attunement (removed Wrath)
- Champion of the Naaru: Tempest Keep attunement (removed Wrath)
Difficulty: PvP titles range from moderate (Challenger, Battlemaster) to extremely difficult (Gladiator, Rank 1 permanent titles).
2. PvE Titles
PvE titles showcase raiding prowess, dungeon mastery, and endgame progression.
Current Expansion Raid Titles
Mythic End-Boss Titles:
- Example: “the Famed Slayer of Queen Ansurek” (Nerub-ar Palace)
- Requirement: Defeat the final Mythic boss while current content
- Duration: Available until next raid tier releases
- Prestige: High (requires coordinated Mythic raiding)
Cutting Edge:
- Requirement: Defeat all Mythic raid bosses while current
- Achievement: “Cutting Edge: [Raid Name]”
- Rarity: Top raiding guilds only
Legacy Raid Titles
Glory of the Raider Series:
- Example: “the Immortal” (Naxxramas with zero deaths)
- Requirement: Complete all raid achievements in meta
- Rewards: Proto-drake mounts + titles
- Status: Many removed or converted to Feats of Strength
Notable Legacy Titles:
- Twilight Vanquisher: Obsidian Sanctum +3 drakes
- the Undying: Naxxramas 10 with zero deaths
- the Immortal: Naxxramas 25 with zero deaths (removed)
- Death’s Demise: Yogg-Saron hard mode (removed)
Mythic+ Dungeon Titles
Keystone Hero:
- Requirement: Complete all dungeons at +20 or higher
- Season-specific: Resets each season
- Difficulty: High (requires optimal gear and strategy)
Keystone Master:
- Requirement: Complete all dungeons at +15 or higher
- Season-specific: Easier than Hero
- Reward: Achievement + mount
3. Profession Titles
Profession titles require mastering crafting skills, gathering, or related activities.
Cooking Titles
Chef:
- Requirement: Complete “Hail to the Chef” meta-achievement
- Includes: Master all cooking recipes, catch specific fish, and complete cooking dailies
- Grind Level: Moderate to high
- Time Investment: Several weeks
Iron Chef:
- Requirement: Complete all cooking achievements
- Difficulty: Extensive (requires every cooking achievement)
Fishing Titles
Salty:
- Requirement: Complete “Accomplished Angler” meta-achievement
- Includes: Catch rare fish, win fishing contests, and complete achievements
- Grind Level: Very high
- Time Investment: Months (weekly fishing contest required)
Archaeology Titles
Professor:
- Requirement: Solve 20 rare artifacts
- Prerequisites: Associate Professor (10 rare) → Professor (20 rare)
- Time Investment: Moderate (RNG-dependent)
Assistant Professor:
- Requirement: Solve 1 rare artifact (easiest profession title)
Other Profession Titles
The Prestigious:
- Requirement: Complete all profession mastery achievements
- Includes: Multiple professions at max level
- Difficulty: High (requires extensive crafting)
4. Reputation Titles
Earned by reaching Exalted status with various factions across all expansions.
Classic Faction Titles
Ambassador:
- Requirement: Exalted with all 6 home faction cities
- Alliance: Stormwind, Ironforge, Darnassus, Gnomeregan, Exodar, Gilneas
- Horde: Orgrimmar, Thunder Bluff, Undercity, Silvermoon, Darkspear, Bilgewater
- Time Investment: Moderate (tabards in dungeons help)
Bloodsail Admiral:
- Requirement: Exalted with Bloodsail Buccaneers
- Consequence: Hostile with all goblin factions
- Rarity: Unique pirate-themed title
Multi-Expansion Titles
the Diplomat:
- Requirement: Exalted with specific factions across multiple expansions
- Includes: Goblin factions, specific neutral factions
- Difficulty: Moderate
the Beloved:
- Requirement: Exalted with specific faction groups
- Time Investment: High
Guardian of Cenarius:
- Requirement: Exalted with Cenarion Circle and Cenarion Expedition
- Theme: Druidic nature theme
the Argent Champion:
- Requirement: Exalted with Argent Dawn and Argent Crusade
- Theme: Paladin/Light theme
5. Holiday Event Titles
Seasonal titles require completing meta-achievements during annual in-game events.
Major Holiday Titles
the Hallowed:
- Event: Hallow’s End (October)
- Requirement: Complete all Hallow’s End achievements
- Duration: 2 weeks per year
- Difficulty: Moderate (can be completed in one year)
Merrymaker / Merrymaker:
- Event: Winter Veil (December)
- Requirement: Complete all Winter Veil achievements
- Duration: 2 weeks per year
the Love Fool:
- Event: Love is in the Air (February)
- Requirement: Complete all Valentine’s event achievements
- Difficulty: Moderate
Elder:
- Event: Lunar Festival (January/February)
- Requirement: Visit all Elders across Azeroth
- Difficulty: Time-consuming (visiting every zone)
Flame Warden / Flame Keeper:
- Event: Midsummer Fire Festival (June)
- Requirement: Complete all fire festival achievements
- Includes: Honor flames, desecrate enemy flames
Brewmaster:
- Event: Brewfest (September)
- Requirement: Complete all Brewfest achievements
- Difficulty: Moderate
the Pilgrim:
- Event: Pilgrim’s Bounty (November)
- Requirement: Complete all Thanksgiving event achievements
the Noble:
- Event: Noblegarden (Spring)
- Requirement: Complete all Easter event achievements
What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been:
- Meta-Achievement: Complete ALL holiday meta-achievements
- Reward: “the Immortal” title + 310% speed proto-drake
- Time Investment: Minimum 1 full year
6. Exploration & Quest Titles
Titles earned through exploring the world and completing massive questlines.
The Explorer
Requirement: Fully explore all zones in:
- Eastern Kingdoms
- Kalimdor
- Outland
- Northrend
- Pandaria
- Draenor
- Broken Isles
- Zandalar/Kul Tiras
- Shadowlands
- Dragon Isles
- Khaz Algar (War Within)
Reward: Explorer title + Tabard of the Explorer
Time Investment: Moderate (just requires flying to each subzone)
Difficulty: Easy (no combat required)
Loremaster
Requirement: Complete major questlines in every expansion zone
Format: “Loremaster <Character Name>”
Requirements by Expansion:
- Classic: Complete Eastern Kingdoms + Kalimdor storylines
- TBC: Complete Outland storylines
- Wrath: Complete Northrend storylines
- Cataclysm: Complete Cataclysm zone storylines
- Pandaria: Complete all zone stories
- Draenor: Complete all zone stories
- Legion: Complete all zone stories
- BfA: Complete Kul Tiras or Zandalar stories
- Shadowlands: Complete all covenant campaigns
- Dragonflight: Complete Dragon Isles stories
- War Within: Complete Khaz Algar stories
Reward: Loremaster title + Loremaster’s Colors tabard
Time Investment: 100-200+ hours (most time-consuming title)
Difficulty: Moderate (requires dedication, not skill)
the Seeker
Requirement: Complete 3,000 quests
Difficulty: Moderate (earned naturally while pursuing Loremaster)
7. Achievement & Collectionist Titles
Special titles for collectors and completionists.
the Insane
Full Title: “the Insane in the Membrane”
Requirement: Reach Exalted with:
- Bloodsail Buccaneers (while maintaining friendly relations with goblin cities)
- Darkmoon Faire
- Ravenholdt
- Shen’dralar (removed requirement)
Reputation Methods:
- Bloodsail: Kill Booty Bay guards (loses goblin rep)
- Goblins: Restore rep through cloth turn-ins and quests
- Darkmoon: Monthly faire games and quests
- Ravenholdt: Farm heavy junkboxes from rogues or pickpocketing
Time Investment: 200-300+ hours
Difficulty: Extreme (massive grind)
Prestige: One of the rarest titles in the game
Zookeeper
Requirement: Collect all battle pets from:
- Eastern Kingdoms
- Kalimdor
- Outland
- Northrend
- Pandaria
Total Pets Required: 400+ unique pets
Difficulty: High (rare spawns, RNG drops)
Time Investment: Months to years
the Fabulous
Requirement: Collect 1,000+ transmog appearances
Crossover: Transmog collecting achievement
Difficulty: Moderate (earned through normal play)
8. Class-Specific Titles
Titles exclusive to specific classes or roles.
Legion Order Hall Titles
Requirement: Complete Legion Class Order Hall campaign
Class-Locked: Cannot be used by other classes
Account-Wide: All characters of the same class can use
Examples by Class:
- Death Knight: “Deathlord”
- Demon Hunter: “Slayer”
- Druid: “Archdruid”
- Hunter: “Huntmaster”
- Mage: “Archmage”
- Monk: “Grandmaster”
- Paladin: “Highlord”
- Priest: “High Priest”
- Rogue: “Shadowblade”
- Shaman: “Farseer”
- Warlock: “Netherlord”
- Warrior: “Battlelord”
Difficulty: Easy (Legion leveling campaign)
Prestige: Moderate (class fantasy appeal)
9. Miscellaneous & Fun Titles
Unique titles from special achievements or unusual sources.
Jenkins
Full Name: “<Character Name> Jenkins”
Reference: Leeroy Jenkins meme video
Requirement: Kill 50 Rookery Whelps in Upper Blackrock Spire within 15 seconds
Difficulty: Trivial (easily solo’d at max level)
Popularity: Extremely high (iconic meme status)
the Patient
Requirement: Queue for and complete Looking For Raid Finder
Joke: Pokes fun at LFR queue times
Difficulty: Trivial
Salty
Requirement: Complete “Salty” fishing achievement
Difficulty: High (requires rare fish and contest wins)
the Bloodthirsty
Requirement: 250 honorable kills
Difficulty: Easy (casual world PvP)
Destroyer’s End
Requirement: Defeat Deathwing in Dragon Soul on Heroic
Era: Cataclysm raid tier
Difficulty: Easy to solo now
Rarest Titles in WoW
1. Grand Crusader (THE RAREST)
How Obtained: Realm-first Trial of the Grand Crusader completion with 50 attempts remaining (Wrath of the Lich King)
Status: No longer obtainable
Rarity: Only obtained by ~100 players worldwide
Why So Rare: Required perfect execution on every boss with limited attempts during progression
2. Scarab Lord
How Obtained: First player per server to open Gates of Ahn’Qiraj (Vanilla WoW)
Status: No longer obtainable (gates opened on all servers)
Rarity: ~1,000 players total across all servers
Legacy: One of the most prestigious legacy titles
3. Rank 1 Gladiator Titles
How Obtained: Top 0.1% of Arena ladder with specific win requirements
Current Example: “Astral Gladiator” (War Within Season 3)
Rarity: ~50-100 per region per season
Difficulty: Requires professional-level PvP skill
4. The Immortal
How Obtained: Clear Naxxramas 25-man with zero deaths (Wrath)
Status: Removed after Wrath
Rarity: Thousands earned, but no longer obtainable
Difficulty: Required perfect raid coordination
5. Hand of A’dal / Champion of the Naaru
How Obtained: Complete Black Temple / Tempest Keep attunement quests
Status: Removed in Wrath of the Lich King (patch 3.0.2)
Rarity: Only TBC players who completed attunements
Legacy: Prestigious raid attunement titles
6. Cutting Edge: Current Tier
How Obtained: Defeat the current Mythic raid final boss before the next tier
Rarity: Top 1-5% of raiding population per tier
Resets: Each new raid tier has a new Cutting Edge title
Difficulty: Requires a Mythic raiding guild and progression
7. Rank 14: Grand Marshal / High Warlord
How Obtained: Original Honor System PvP ranking (Vanilla, removed TBC)
Status: Display only (can’t improve, but shows legacy rank)
Rarity: Extremely rare (required 12+ hour daily grinds for months)
Legacy: Most time-intensive title in WoW history
Title Farming Strategies
Efficient Title Collection
Phase 1: Easy Wins (0-10 Titles)
Priority Targets:
- Jenkins – 5 minutes, solo UBRS
- the Explorer – 2-3 hours flying around
- the Patient – Complete one LFR queue
- Ambassador – 1-2 weeks dungeon tabards
- Assistant Professor – Solve 1 rare archaeology artifact
Time Investment: 10-20 hours total
Phase 2: Holiday Circuit (10-18 Titles)
Strategy: Complete one holiday meta per year
Annual Events:
- January: Elder (Lunar Festival)
- February: the Love Fool
- March/April: the Noble (Noblegarden)
- June: Flame Warden/Keeper
- September: Brewmaster
- October: the Hallowed
- November: the Pilgrim
- December: Merrymaker
Time Investment: 2-4 hours per event, 1 year minimum
Reward: “What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been” meta after all complete
Phase 3: Profession Grind (18-25 Titles)
Target Professions:
- Cooking: Chef (moderate grind)
- Fishing: Salty (high grind)
- Archaeology: Professor (moderate RNG)
Time Investment: 50-100 hours
Benefit: Profession titles show dedication
Phase 4: Loremaster Push (25-35 Titles)
The Big One:
- Complete all expansion questlines
- Earn “the Seeker” along the way
- Zone-specific titles included
Time Investment: 100-200 hours
Reward: Loremaster title + tabard + 10+ zone titles
Phase 5: PvP Titles (Ongoing)
Entry Level:
- Battlemaster: Complete BG achievements
- Conqueror: 100 wins per BG
- the Bloodthirsty: 250 honorable kills
Advanced:
- Challenger/Rival: Rated Arena/BGs (moderate skill)
- Duelist: Top 3% (high skill)
- Gladiator: Top 0.5% with 50 wins (extreme skill)
Time Investment: Hundreds of hours for top titles
PvP Title Deep Dive
Understanding Arena Ratings
Rating Brackets (2024-2025 System):
- 0-1600: Below average
- 1600-1800: Average (Challenger range)
- 1800-2100: Above average (Rival to Duelist)
- 2100-2400: Excellent (Duelist to Elite)
- 2400+: Elite (Gladiator territory)
How to Earn Gladiator
Requirements:
- Reach 2400 rating in 3v3 Arena
- Win 50 matches while at 2400+ rating
- Maintain rating through season end
Key Challenges:
- Rating Decay: Lose games below 2400, must climb back
- Competition: Fighting other elite players
- Team Synergy: Requires a coordinated group
- Class Meta: Some classes are easier than others
Time Investment: 200-500 hours per season (if skilled)
Rewards:
- Permanent seasonal Gladiator title
- Seasonal Gladiator mount (exclusive)
- Elite transmog gear
- Achievement and prestige
Solo Shuffle Alternative
Legend Title:
- Requirement: 100 Solo Shuffle rounds won at 2400+ rating
- Advantage: No premade team needed
- Difficulty: Similar to Gladiator (requires 2400+)
- Reward: “Legend” title (new system)
Completionist’s Roadmap
Beginner (0-25 Titles)
Focus: Low-hanging fruit and exploration Time Frame: 1-2 months
Priority List:
- Jenkins, the Patient, the Bloodthirsty (trivial)
- the Explorer (map completion)
- Ambassador (faction rep)
- Assistant Professor (archaeology)
- Holiday titles (1-2 per year)
- Class Order Hall title (Legion campaign)
Intermediate (25-50 Titles)
Focus: Profession grinds and zone achievements
Time Frame: 6-12 months
Priority List:
- Chef (cooking mastery)
- Loremaster (all expansions)
- the Seeker (3,000 quests)
- Battlemaster (BG achievements)
- Additional holiday titles
- Zone-specific titles
Advanced (50-100+ Titles)
Focus: Rare titles and extreme grinds
Time Frame: 1-3+ years
Priority List:
- Salty (fishing mastery)
- the Insane (reputation grind)
- Zookeeper (pet collection)
- PvP titles (Duelist or higher)
- Cutting Edge (current Mythic raid)
- All remaining holiday titles
Hardcore (100-200+ Titles)
Focus: Everything possible
Time Frame: Ongoing forever
Activities:
- Every holiday title, every year
- All expansion achievements
- PvP titles every season
- Mythic raid titles when current
- Every profession title
- Every reputation title
- Every exploration title
Tips for Title Collectors
1. Track Your Progress
Use Addons:
- All The Things (ATT): Shows missing achievements
- Overachiever: Tracks achievement progress
- SavedInstances: Track weekly/daily lockouts
In-Game Tools:
- Achievement panel (Y key)
- Title dropdown (Character panel)
2. Prioritize Limited-Time Content
Time-Sensitive Titles:
- Cutting Edge (before next raid tier)
- Seasonal PvP titles (before season ends)
- Anniversary event titles (limited duration)
- Holiday event titles (once per year)
Always Available:
- Loremaster
- the Explorer
- Profession titles
- Most reputation titles
3. Combine Related Activities
Efficient Multitasking:
- Farm Loremaster + the Seeker + zone exploration simultaneously
- Work on holiday achievements + holiday reputation
- PvP titles + PvP transmog gear
- Profession titles + gold making
4. Set Realistic Goals
Don’t Burn Out:
- Pick 1-2 major titles per month
- Mix easy and hard titles
- Take breaks between grinds
- Focus on titles you’ll actually use
5. Join Title-Focused Communities
Find Support:
- Guild achievement runs
- Discord servers for collectors
- Reddit communities (r/wow)
- Achievement hunting groups
Current Meta: War Within Titles (2024-2025)
New Additions
20th Anniversary Titles (Limited Time):
- Classic Enthusiast (100 Timewarped Badges)
- Outland Enthusiast
- Northrend Enthusiast
- Cataclysm Enthusiast
- Pandaria Enthusiast
- Draenor Enthusiast
- Broken Isles Enthusiast
- Zandalar Enthusiast
- Kul Tiras Enthusiast
- Shadowlands Enthusiast
- Dragon Isles Enthusiast
- Total Required: 1,500 Timewarped Badges for all 15
Available: October 22, 2024 – January 6, 2025 only
Season 3 PvP Titles
Current Season Rewards:
- Astral Gladiator – Top 0.1% permanent title
- Gladiator – 2400+ with 50 wins (temporary)
- Legend – 100 Solo Shuffle rounds at 2400+
- Strategist – 25 Blitz wins at 2400+
Seasonal Mount: Astral Gladiator’s Fel Bat
FAQ
How many titles are in WoW?
There are over 750 unique titles in World of Warcraft as of The War Within (2024-2025), spanning all expansions from Vanilla through current content. This includes active, legacy, and removed titles.
Are titles account-wide?
Most titles are account-wide, meaning once earned on one character, all characters can use them. Exceptions include class-specific titles (Legion Order Hall) and seasonal PvP titles, which are character-specific and temporary.
What’s the hardest title to get in WoW?
Gladiator (requiring 2400+ Arena rating and 50 wins) is considered the hardest currently obtainable title due to requiring elite PvP skill. “Grand Crusader” (removed) was historically the hardest, with only ~100 players worldwide earning it.
What’s the easiest title to get?
Jenkins is the easiest title – it requires killing 50 Rookery Whelps in Upper Blackrock Spire within 15 seconds, which takes approximately 5 minutes and can be easily soloed at maximum level.
Can you still get Scarab Lord?
No. Scarab Lord is no longer obtainable as it required being the first player on your server to complete the Ahn’Qiraj gate opening event in Vanilla WoW. All servers have had their gates opened, making this title unobtainable.
Do seasonal PvP titles disappear?
Temporary titles (Challenger, Rival, Duelist, Gladiator) disappear when the next season starts. Permanent titles (seasonal Gladiator names like “Astral Gladiator”) remain forever once earned.
How long does it take to get Loremaster?
Loremaster typically takes 100-200 hours to complete, depending on your leveling speed and whether you skip cutscenes. It requires completing major storylines in every expansion zone from Classic through War Within.
Can you get titles from old expansions?
Yes! Most legacy titles are still obtainable by completing old content. Exceptions include removed titles like Hand of A’dal, Champion of the Naaru, the Immortal, and Vanilla PvP ranks, which can only be displayed if you earned them before removal.
What’s “the Insane” title?
“The Insane in the Membrane” requires reaching Exalted reputation with Bloodsail Buccaneers, Darkmoon Faire, and Ravenholdt. It’s one of the longest grinds in WoW, taking 200-300+ hours and requiring you to tank and then restore the goblin faction reputation.
Do holiday titles come back every year?
Yes! Holiday event achievements and titles return annually during their respective events. You can work on them year after year until complete. The meta-achievement “What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been” requires completing all holiday events.
Conclusion
Titles in World of Warcraft represent the ultimate long-term progression system – they never reset, never become obsolete, and permanently showcase your dedication across decades of content. Whether you’re chasing the prestige of Gladiator, the dedication of Loremaster, or the insanity of… well, the Insane, titles provide endless goals for every type of player.
With over 750 titles available and new ones added each expansion and season, title collecting offers hundreds to thousands of hours of engaging content. Start with easy achievements like Jenkins and the Explorer, work through annual holiday events, tackle the massive Loremaster grind, and perhaps one day join the elite ranks of Arena Gladiators.
Your gear may reset each expansion, your level gets squished periodically, but your titles? Those are forever. Choose your titles wisely – they define your legacy in Azeroth.
Happy collecting, and may your name forever shine with prestigious titles!