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PvP Warning
The alert that a battleground objective is under attack.
Art: Arathi Basin loading screen · Blizzard Entertainment. Arathi Basin: bases under assault
0:00 / 5.3s
Where you hear it
pvpwarning.ogg tells players that something important has changed on the battlefield. In Arathi Basin it plays when a base comes under attack, and similar events in other battlegrounds use it too. Faction-tinted versions sit beside it for Alliance and Horde. At over five seconds it is a full horn-like alert rather than a blip. Defenders guarding the Stables or the Blacksmith learn to react to it instantly.
TriggerPlays with battleground alerts such as a base being assaulted or a node being contested.
In the game client
| Client path | sound/interface/pvpwarning.ogg |
|---|---|
| FileDataID | 567488 |
| Expansion | Classic |
| Game versions | Retail, Classic, Forever |
| Duration | 5.3s |
| Sample rate | 22,050 Hz |
| Channels | Stereo |
| Loudness | -15.2 LUFS |
| MP3 size | 94 KB |
| M4R size | 78 KB |
| OGG size | 54 KB |
Use it as
Notification sound
Over a text, a five-second battlefield alert registers instantly and is hard to confuse with a stock phone chime.
Discord soundboard
The full PvP Warning clip runs 5.3 seconds, past a 5.2-second soundboard slot, so cut the most recognisable part.
Alarm
As an alarm, PvP Warning (mastered near -15.2 LUFS) was built to be heard over game audio, and it loops without a gap until you are up.
iPhone
- Tap iPhone ringtone (.m4r) above and choose Download.
- Open the Files app, go to Downloads and open the file.
- Tap Share, then Use as Ringtone (iOS 26).
- Pick it in Settings, Sounds & Haptics, Ringtone or Text Tone.
Android
- Tap Download MP3 above.
- Open Settings, Sound & vibration, then Phone ringtone or Default notification sound.
- Tap My sounds, then +, and pick the MP3 from Downloads.
Windows
- Windows sound schemes only take WAV files, so convert the MP3 to WAV first (Audacity or any audio converter does it in one export).
- Open Settings, System, Sound, More sound settings, then the Sounds tab.
- Pick an event such as Notification, click Browse, choose the WAV, then Apply.
OBS alert
- Download the MP3 above.
- In your alert tool (Streamlabs or StreamElements) set it as the alert sound file.
- Or in OBS add a Media Source with the MP3, untick Loop, and fire it with a hotkey.
Related sounds
Level Up (Alternate) 5.0s
A second level-up fanfare stored next to the original ding in the interface folder.
Ready Check 2.9s
The raid leader's ready check: a sharp bell that demands a click on Ready or Not Ready.
On TheWoWDB
Appears inRaid and PvP Sounds
Audio © Blizzard Entertainment. Fan reference, not affiliated.