Player vs . Player In " World of Warcraft " , Player vs . Player ( commonly abbreviated PvP ) denotes combat between players of any kind such as : Aspects of PvP can be managed in the PvP window . Honor points . Killing players of an opposing faction that is the same level , a higher level , or up to eight levels lower will gain a player . Killing players of too low - level will result in zero honor and is usually considered a form of poor sportsmanship . As of Patch 2 . 0 . 1 , players could use with Battleground Marks of Honor to purchase items in Stormwind City ' s Champions ' Hall or Orgrimmar ' s Hall of Legends . The available items ranged from consumables , to gems and trinkets , and to superior and epic armor and weapons . Also , as of Patch 2 . 4 , players could turn in one Mark of Honor from each battleground ( 4 total ; or ) to gain extra honor ( at level 80 ) . These quests are repeatable . As of Patch 3 . 3 . 3 , battleground marks are no longer obtained from completing battlegrounds , instead the amount of honor gained was increased and one could trade in their old marks for 185 honor each . In the Cataclysm expansion ( Patch 4 . 0 . 3 ) , are awarded for participating in non - rated battleground s and for rated battlegrounds . Conquest points . replaced Arena points when the Cataclysm expansion was released . They could also be earned via Rated battlegrounds , as well as winning random battlegrounds . Arena points . There are three categories of Arena teams : 2v2 , 3v3 , and 5v5 . Any player can be a member of one or more Arena teams , but only one of each type . For example , you cannot be a member of more than one 2v2 Arena team at any one given time but you may leave your current Arena Team using the codice _ 1 command before joining a new team . You needed to play at least 30 % of the total arena matches your team participated in for the week to be eligible for being awarded Arena Points at the end of the week . For example , if you played three games but your team played a total of 11 games for the week , you would not receive any Arena Points after the weekly update . Only the highest Arena Points from your 2v2 , 3v3 , or 5v5 teams would be awarded to you each week . So if you were getting more points from your 3v3 team based on its Arena Team rating , you would receive Arena Points based on your 3v3 team and none from your 2v2 nor 5v5 teams . Arena matches did not award Honor Points nor PvP tokens of any type . Arena points could be used to purchase items from in Blade ' s Edge Mountains or in Area 52 ( season 3 items ) . in Area 52 cold season 2 items . Additional info for Arena PvP System was also available at the official Arena page and a point estimation tool was available at the WoW Armory . PvP tokens . Killing players in some specific locations in Outland can also give the player PvP tokens such as , and . These work similar to Battleground Marks of Honor but can be redeemed only at PVP vendors of the faction the token is specific to . For example , only PVP vendors associated with Honor Hold sell PVP items for Marks of Honor Hold . Generally , PvP tokens offer items which are aimed at players who are below level 70 . PvP rewards . Prior to release Patch 2 . 0 , players needed to attain a PvP rank or reach a certain reputation with a PvP faction to be able to purchase items from a PvP vendor with gold . Generally , it took much time and effort to obtain the rank and reputation need to purchase the best epic items available and few players were able put forth the massive effort . After Patch 2 . 0 , this system was replaced with a token system whereby players accumulate Marks of Honor , PvP tokens , and Honor Points to use as currency to buy PvP items from various PvP vendors . Technically these purchasable items are no longer PvP " Rewards " , per se . PvP items can be purchased from : They can also be purchased from PvP vendors in Zangarmarsh , Hillsbrad Foothills , Ashenvale , Arathi Highlands , and in Halaa of Nagrand . Flying . Although players cannot fly while flagged as " in combat " , the ability to fly has always proven to be an easy getaway to avoid PvP for higher level players . Also , because flying players cannot be attacked easily in most cases , it provides an unfair scouting advantage for the ground - bound . PvP changes for flying in Mists of Pandaria . In the plan for Mists of Pandaria was the addition of an item usable by players on the ground to dismount a flying PvP flag ged enemy player ( within a reasonable range ) . This item , the , has a low chance of dropping off in Kun - Lai Summit ; later it was also added to the drop table of two mobs on the Timeless Isle : and .