Disguise

A disguise is an item, object, or spell that changes a character's appearance beyond what the game typically allows, normally found in the form of buffs and debuffs. Sometimes being in a certain zone or phase of a zone will change your character into something else. Getting your hair cut or colored at a barber would not be a disguise. An effect on the character that does not substantially change the character's appearance would not be a disguise.

Implicit is the assumption that being in disguise is voluntary, and the player retains control of the character. A hostile transformation whose main purpose is to cause the loss of control of your character and not to in any conceptual sense provide a deceptive appearance is not considered to be a disguise, however, it might be exploited as a disguise by a creative team in unusual circumstances. After all, sheep critters, polymorphed player sheep, and explosive sheep all look pretty much alike.

Item disguises
These are disguises which take up inventory space. If you use them then the disguise will be applied to you or your target. Most of the ones which apply a disguise to a target require you to be partied with that target. Certain ones are consumed when used.

Teleporter malfuctions
Engineers can use their teleporters, and, in an attempt to disguise themselves with a debuff that lasts an hour. Unlike other disguises, these can stack if you logout then log back in after 4 hours, but people prefer just to have fun with the malfunctions while they have them.

Mount disguises
Your mounts can be disguised with certain items.

Quest disguises
These only last until the quest they belong to are completed. Most are limited to a certain zone. is one of the only quests that you can abandon and keep the item forever, but you can never finish the quest or will be removed from your inventory. can be made continuously, but it's limited to its quest's zone.

Object disguises
Object disguises come from objects you can interact with in the environment. They can either be clicked on or you must walk on top of them.
 * PX-238 Winter Wondervolt turns you into a gnome if stepped on.
 * Brightly Colored Eggs sometimes turn you into a pink rabbit.

Spell disguises
Disguises can be applied to players through spells. Both NPCs and players can cast them.

Player spell disguises
Some classes come with spells which let them disguise themselves. They are normally used for combat, but they can be used for fun as well.


 * Druids can use shapeshifting to turn into certain animals.


 * Shamans can turn into a Ghost Wolf.


 * Shadow priests can use Shadowform to turn themselves a dark purplish color. Some may argue that this is not a disguise, however at one point it use to share the same blanket effect as disguises. That means it actually removed disguises once.

NPC spell disguises
If you interact with certain NPCs, they can provide you with a disguise. While there are a few NPCs that will give you a disguise just by speaking to them, a majority of NPCs will only cast spells on you for certain quests until they are complete.


 * The Pirates' Day buffs alter only the appearance of the character's clothes, but are disguises in the sense that they bypass the normal clothes mechanic of having to equip the items to display them and overide the appearance of equipped items. The buff can be obtained through talking with one of the commoners that spawn in the capital cities. You can get a longer lasting buff from Dread Captain DeMeza who's in Booty Bay during the event.


 * During Hallow's End, sometimes innkeepers will trick you instead of giving you a by turning you into mini diablo, a cat, a miniature sand worm, or a frog. The debuff from being tricked only lasts for a short period of time, but some players like to run around with it.


 * provides several short term spells; one enlarges the character, and one makes it a "ghost" - makes it more transparent.


 * Using the item and then selecting the NPC that spawns, Dancing Flames, will allow you to interact with her through some emotes. The emote /dance will turn you into an enlarged version of her.

Zone disguises
When you step into certain zones, your character will become disguised.
 * Caverns of time instances will turn night elves, draenei, or any Horde race into humans if the instance takes place in a time or place where they are not suppose to be in.
 * After doing some chain quests and having enough reputation for the Netherwing faction, you turn into a fel orc in the subzones Dragonmaw Skyway, Netherwing Ledge, and Dragonmaw Fortress in Shadowmoon Valley.
 * Storm Peaks has some subzones where you turn into a female frost vrykul. The subzones will only turn you into a vrykul if you're on certain quests or have completed them.

Equipment disguises
Equipped clothing items, which are intended to change appearance, could be counted as disguises. However, the mechanic of equipping armor is not uniquely beyond what WoW normally allows to change appearance. Allowing clothing items to be called disguises leaves every costume item open to debate, however, not allowing this still leads to ambiguities.
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Other

 * and (one effect is shrink) are on the periphery as they change the character's size but none of the graphic elements.


 * You can trick the disguise buffs into thinking you're your opposite gender! All you need is . Make sure you drink enough to turn into the gnome, then use any other disguise which adjusts to genders. The disguise you use must have a duration lasting over what's left of the 's buff. For example, if your disguise duration is 5 minutes long, you must wait until the oil buff duration reaches 5 minutes or below.