Premium Account

Premium Accounts are accounts that have spent real money on DDO. Any of the following counts After the purchase, usually you have to activate a product key via the DDO Store - Redeem Code.
 * Registering a Dungeon's & Dragons Stormreach retail account key
 * Purchasing at least one month of VIP status
 * Purchasing in the DDO Market or via Steam store
 * Purchasing DDO Points in the DDO Store
 * Purchasing DP card in U.S. retail stores

The following does NOT grant premium status:
 * Purchasing an adventure pack from the DDO Store with the DP gained by favor
 * Activating a DP card which was not purchased (but instead won in a giveaway, etc.)

Premium Accounts receive the following benefits:


 * DDO Points: Purchase or earn through Favor
 * Classes: Must purchase Monk, Druid, Warlock and Alchemist. Must purchase Favored Soul (account-wide) or unlock through Favor (per server). Must purchase Artificer (account-wide) or unlock through House Cannith Favor (per server).
 * Races: Must purchase Warforged, Half-Elf, Gnome and Half-Orc. All Iconics (Bladeforged, Deep Gnome, Purple Dragon Knight, Shadar-kai and Sun Elf (Morninglord) must be purchased. Must purchase Drow (account-wide) or unlock through Favor (per server).
 * Adventure Packs: Must purchase packs with DDO Points
 * Character Slots: 5 per server, may purchase more
 * Shared Bank Slot: Can purchase
 * Login Queue: High. (This isn't a real benefit, the game has not yet implemented any log in queue tech, you simply get an error if the sever is full regardless of your account type)
 * Chat: Unlimited. (However Free accounts have no known chat restrictions currently anyway)
 * Auctions: Officially Unlimited, actually limited to 50 items up for sale
 * Mail: Officially Unlimited, actually limited to 50 messages in your mailbox
 * Gold Storage: Officially Unlimited, technically limited to about 4.3 million pp
 * Guilds: Must purchase a Guild Charter to create a guild, can join guilds for free
 * Customer Service: Full for a number of days after a purchase of DDO Points :
 * $1.00 – 15 days
 * $14.99 – 30 days
 * $30.00 – 90 days
 * $60.00 – 180 days
 * $100.00 – 365 days
 * DDO Compendium: Read/Post
 * Official Forums: Read/Post
 * Beta Priority: Normal
 * Idle Auto-logout: 20 minutes
 * Monster Manual: Prologue and Chapter 1. Must purchase Chapter 2 and beyond