How to fix Warband bank not working in World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft: The War Within pre-patch gave us the Warband Bank, a new feature for sharing items and Gold between your characters. But the system isn’t without its bugs, as many players are encountering an error that says “The bank is being used by another member of your Warband.”

Only your own WoW characters can access your Warband Bank, though, so how is this possible? It’s not like your characters are getting up to mischief while you’re offline, right? Fortunately for you, that isn’t the case, so keep reading to find out what’s wrong with Warband Banks.

How to fix the ‘The bank is being used by another member of your Warband’ error in WoW

At the time of writing, Blizzard has disabled Warband Banks due to a critical error the developer couldn’t immediately fix. While the developer hasn’t provided specific details about the nature of this error or bug, the feature being entirely disabled suggests it might be a significant problem.

A community post from the admins addresses the situation: “Along with the launch of the pre-expansion patch (11.0), we’ve temporarily disabled the Warband Bank while we work on a critical issue. This is a top priority, and we intend to enable the Warbank as soon as possible. Thank you!” We expect Blizzard’s customer support team to update this X (Twitter) thread when the feature is back online.

So, the only solution to fix the “The bank is being used by another member of your Warband” error in WoW is simply waiting it out. Hopefully, Blizzard will fix the issue soon, so you’ll be able to access your Warband Bank as intended.

How to access the Warband bank in WoW

To access the Warband Bank in WoW after Blizzard implements a fix, you have two main options:

1. Visit any bank location in-game and look for the Warband Bank tab. This tab should be visible alongside your personal bank tabs when interacting with a bank NPC.
2. Use the Warband Distance Inhibitor, which allows you to open the Warband Bank from anywhere in the game world.

To unlock the Warband Distance Inhibitor, you need to complete a short Warband questline that sends you to Ratchet. Once you finish this questline, the ability will automatically appear in your Spellbook.

Once Blizzard redeploys Warband Banks, you should be able to access it normally via the methods above—which should happen before we get the full The War Within patch.