In an MMO like World of Warcraft, which is basically about collecting items and gear, the rarest, still obtainable ones are in legendary status. And they’re not just rare: they’re rare for various interesting reasons.
It’s worth noting that there are quite a few items that are no longer available. Some were removed due to gameplay changes, and some were available only for a limited period of time. Also, some other items that were pretty rare back then, such as Shadowfang or Teebu’s Blazing Longsword, are now available in Salvage Yard loot crates, and therefore not that rare anymore.
This list is not about those items (so no Blizzcon or Asia-only pets this time), but about very rare items that are still in the game and players can still obtain in one way or another:
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Big Love Rocket: Also known as the Pink Dildo Mount, for obvious reasons. Why is it hard to get one? It’s only obtainable during the annual Love is in the Air event for a few days. It drops from the Heart Shaped Box, but only once per day and only during the event. And the drop rate? 1 in 3333. Impossible.
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Chromatic Sword: The sword’s a popular transmog item because it’s the only item with a rainbow glow, but there’s a tiny problem. It’s no longer in the game and can only be found on the Auction House. Before Cataclysm the sword was a 26% drop from a rare spawn in Stranglethon called Scale Belly. It was constantly farmed by collectors and some people even created level 55 Death Knights on various servers for the sole purpose of planting them at Scale Belly’s spawn point. But Cataclysm changed the zone, and Scale Belly is now a low-level monster with a different loot table, meaning that the Chromatic Sword no longer drops. The only place to find one is the Auction House, but even if it shows up, it’s stupidly pricey.
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Haunted Memento: This one’s silly. It’s not a pet or a toy. It’s a pretty much worthless item that summons an undead buddy who follows you around. Why is it rare then? The item was only available during Wrath of the Lich King’s launch event back in 2009 when the Scourge attacked Azeroth. So people either forgot about it, destroyed it years ago, or if they were lucky they still have it in their bank. Now it goes for hundreds of thousands of gold on the AH.
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Heavenly Onyx Cloud Serpent: An awesome looking mount that was bugged for months and never dropped for anyone. Now it’s fixed and attainable from the Sha of Anger world boss in Kun-Lai Summit, but the drop rate is still so low compared to other world bosses that it’s basically unknown. Based on one or two lucky drops, it’s impossible to calculate the drop rate.
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Poseidus: A few things make this mount much harder to grab than other rare spawns. The monster that has the seahorse mount is located in the underwater zone of Vashj’ir, and searching for a specific mob underwater is a bit trickier than on dry land. Besides that, it only spawns once or twice a week and the two spawning locations are pretty far from each other. Good news though, it can be sold on the Auction House, usually for 999,999 gold.
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Recipe: Thistle Tea: It’s a cooking recipe, and it’s most likely the single rarest item in the game that still exists out there. The recipe was only available from the release of the game to patch 1.3 as a reward from a Rogue-only class quest, until the whole quest was removed. So it hasn’t been obtainable for 10 years now. But still, some players haven’t learned the recipe, kept it in their bank tab and occasionally they put it up on the Auction House for a horrible price.
Runner up: Recipe: Dirge’s Kickin’ Chimaerok Chops, which is also a cooking reward from a removed quest-chain, that pops up on the AH from time to time. It was removed with Cataclysm, so it’s not as old and rare as the tea. But it’s the only epic-quality cooking recipe in the game.
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Stunted Direhorn: According to Warcraftpets, if we exclude all the pets no longer obtainable (gifts from various old promotions, Asia-only events, old Blizzcons), only 4% of the players have the Stunted Direhorn vanity pet. No surprise. The pet’s a reward for winning 250 pet battles against other players. Only a small amount of players battle against each other with their vanity pets, and winning 250 of them sounds torturing enough.
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Time-Lost Proto Drake: It’s called “Time-Lost” for a reason. A unique flying mount with multiple spawning locations, and even with target macros and relentless camping, it’s basically impossible to find one. It flies around the Storm Peaks, a huge zone with huge snowy mountains, and a lot of other Proto Drakes. Some people even think that it changes realms during its flight, just to make things more cruel. Finding a needle in a haystack is probably easier.
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TCG mounts, pets and toys: Items from WoW’s Trading Card Game loot cards are among the most treasured and they’re highly sought after. However it was never as easy to get them as it is today, since besides the Auction House, they constantly appear on the Black Market Auction House. The most popular ones are the Swift Spectral Tiger, the Magic Rooster and the X-51 Nether-Rocket X-TREME due to their unique appearance. But whether it’s a pet, a toy or a mount, they all go for 999,999 gold all the time as well. And even if you have the money, you still need to bid in time to win.
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Xorothian Firestick: It’s a very unique-looking, collector’s favorite gun. But it’s quite tricky to get one. The gun’s a rare drop for hunters from a boss that only warlocks can summon in Dire Maul. The problem is, this boss was part of a quest chain for the warlock mount that was removed years ago. So the only warlocks who can summon the boss are those who did the quest-chain back then. And even after finding someone who can do it, the drop rate for the gun is still quite low.
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Zin’rokh, Destroyer of Worlds: Also, destroyer of sanity and time, because it’s so rare. This one’s an Archaeology reward for solving Troll dig sites. Some Archaeology mounts are pretty rare, but they’re nothing compared to this weapon. And it’s bind to account, so you have to solve troll projects until it pops up, there’s no other way to obtain it. But it just won’t happen, don’t even try, it’s a 1 in 1500 chance.
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Top pic: Kemaria with a Chromatic Sword via Wowhead
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The World of Warcraft Trading Card Game (WoW TCG) was a collectible card game based on Blizzard Entertainment's MMORPG, World of Warcraft. The game was announced by Upper Deck Entertainment on August 18, 2005 and released on October 25, 2006.[1] Players can fight against each other one-on-one, or can join others in order to defeat dungeon/raid bosses based on those in the MMORPG. In March 2010, Upper Deck Entertainment lost the license from Blizzard Entertainment.[2] On March 24, 2010 Cryptozoic Entertainment announced the acquisition of the game's license and that planned card sets would be released.[3]
On August 23, 2013, Blizzard Entertainment announced that the TCG would be discontinued, and that they would not be renewing the game's license.[4] In March 2014, Blizzard released Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, an online collectible card game featuring many of the same characters, abilities and artwork.
Game details[edit]
Spectral Tiger loot card
Each player uses a hero card and a deck consisting of allies and other supporting cards, such as weapons, abilities, armor, items and quests. Many cards include a trait icon, which limits what heroes can include the card in their decks. Some booster packs also contain legendary rares, or loot cards (i.e. special versions of normal cards) which contain a scratch-off code. This code can then be redeemed in the online game for a virtual prize. The prizes include special tabards, gimmick items, non-combat pets, and mounts.
During play, players start with a single hero. Once per turn, players can play any card from their hand as a resource, which enables the payment of additional cards to augment the hero's powers or add additional members to his or her party. Once brought into play by paying the appropriate cost, all cards (except abilities) remain until destroyed or removed from play. As in games such as Magic: The Gathering, the goal is to reduce the remaining health of the opposing hero to zero. Unlike Magic, combat attacks are always directed at individual heroes or allies, rather than simply declaring an attack with a number of creatures. Furthermore, damage done to characters accumulates between turns, making combat more expensive for both the attacker and defender.
Card types[edit]
The following types of cards are featured in the game:
Products[edit]
Twenty-one expansion sets (and one reprint set) were released for the WoW TCG. Cards were usually sold in booster packs, which contain 15 random cards - 10 commons, 3 uncommons, 1 rare or epic, and 1 hero card or loot card. Booster packs also had one UDE point card redeemable online.[5] Starting with March of the Legion and ending with Twilight of the Dragons, booster packs contained 18 random cards due to more variation of card types: 2 extra commons and 1 extra uncommon.[6]The color of the collector number printed on a card indicates its rarity, using a system similar to that of the online game: white for common, green for uncommon, blue for rare, purple for epic, and orange for legendary.[7]
Certain sets also released with Starter Decks, containing a pre-constructed deck consisting of 33 fixed cards built around one of the 9 classes, 2 booster packs, 3 oversized hero cards and a rulebook. These decks contain 1 rare, 6 uncommons, and the rest are commons. Starter decks were released for Heroes of Azeroth, Through the Dark Portal, March of the Legion, and Drums of War. Class Decks and Champion Decks are other types of Starter Decks. The Battle Deck is a PvP variation of the Starter Deck that contains two pre-constructed decks consisting of 44 fixed cards, 3 oversized hero cards and 8 exclusive allies.[8]
Sets released[edit]
Raid Decks[edit]
In addition to standard 2-player game play, the game also features Raid Decks, representing struggles involving large numbers of players against epic foes. Raid Decks are specially designed pre-constructed products used for a cooperative experience. They combine elements from the World of Warcraft (the team-based questing), and Dungeons & Dragons (the Raid Master). One player, the Raid Master controls all monsters and foes, while 3-5 other players control the characters participating in the raid.
A Raid Deck typically contains epic boss cards, decks for the boss characters, tokens to represent minions, custom rules for the raid, and a treasure pack, intended as a reward for players who are victorious in the raid. The treasure pack contains holofoils and sometimes contains a random insertion of a loot card. Upper Deck Entertainment also made treasure packs available from their UDE points store, although the cards in these packs are not holofoil.
Eight Raid Decks were released:
Dungeon Decks[edit]
Similar to Raid Decks, Dungeon Decks are large scale encounters designed for multiple players to play against. The main difference from Raid Decks is that a Dungeon Deck runs itself with no need for an additional player to act as the Raid Master. Additionally Dungeon Decks are designed to be played against basic starter decks with players unlocking the ability to add new cards by gaining experience from defeating dungeons and leveling up.
Three Dungeon Decks were released in November 2011:
Bonus sets[edit]
Periodically, bonus card sets are released independently to mark special events or dates.
Artwork[edit]
As with many trading card games, a variety of different artists with different styles illustrate the cards. Artists include Chris Rahn, Wayne Reynolds, Steve Prescott, Doug Alexander, Thomas M. Baxa, Julie Bell, Mauro Cascioli, Matt Dixon, Alex Horley, Todd McFarlane, Jeremy Mohler, Ariel Olivetti, Dan Scott, Ron Spencer, Greg Staples, Mike Sutfin, Glenn Rane, Samwise, Boris Vallejo, and Paul Kidby.
Some of the card art was done by Penny Arcade'sMike Krahulik ('Gabe'). In the May 26, 2006 update of the Penny Arcade site, Krahulik revealed his artwork for a card that was based on the exploits of Leeroy Jenkins.
Events[edit]
Along with weekly battleground tournaments at local hobby stores, Cryptozoic Entertainment hosted Darkmoon Faires (DMF), events that ran Friday through Sunday in cities all across the world. Previously, the most notable competition featured was the Dream Machine Championship, which the winner received a custom built computer. Darkmoon Faire Championship Events offered electronics and travel vouchers to the top finishers of its main event. However, the Darkmoon Faire itself has been emphasized as a miniature convention featuring additional games, as well as side events for players to compete for Apple electronics, gift cards, and World of Warcraft loot cards.
DMF Championship winners:
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2009:
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2012:
2013:
WoW Nationals[edit]
The U.S. Nationals took place August 16-August 19, 2007 at Gen Con, a gaming convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. After the first day of constructed play, any player with a record of 5-3 or better advanced to day two. Two sets of draft were played on the second day, each set with three rounds. Players sat in draft pods based on their records from day one, where they drafted two packs of Heroes of Azeroth, and two packs of Through the Dark Portal. The finals were held on the third day, played between the top eight selected after draft play concluded. Brad Watson was declared the U.S. Nationals Champion after his victory in the finals.
In 2008, the U.S. National Championship became the North American Continental Championship (NACC), which combined the Canadian and U.S. National Championship events. The winner of the 2008 NACC was Matt Markoff with a Warlock deck.
In 2009, Corey-Scott Burkhart won the NACC at Gen Con Indy with a Shaman deck.[9]
In 2010, under new management with Cryptozoic Entertainment, NACC moved out of Gen Con Indy. Tim Rivera claimed the title for that year in his hometown of Las Vegas.[10]
In 2011, Tim Batow emerged victorious at Las Vegas with his particular Warlock deck, nicknamed 'Bunny Deck'.
World Cup[edit]
The World Cup Championship took place March 4-6, 2011 in Paris, France. The winners were the American team The Warriors, composed of Ben Isgur, Matt Markoff, and James Kandziolka. They played, respectively: Boarguts the Impaler, Jumo'zin, and Erondra Frostmoon. Their prizes were the Darkmoon Faire tournament scheduled in Baltimore, Maryland along with $15,000 in Amazon vouchers.[11]
World Championships[edit]
The first World Championship took place November 30-December 2, 2007 in San Diego, California. The winner, French player Guillaume Matignon, became the inaugural WoW TCG World Champion by defeating the French-Canadian player Eric Prieur and received $100,000, at the time it was the largest prize in TCG history.[12]
The second World Championship took place in Paris, France from October 16-October 19, 2008. Jim Fleckenstein of Virginia won the title using the hero Kil'zin of the Bloodscalp.
The third World Championship took place in Austin, Texas from October 9-October 11, 2009. The format was Drums of War Block Constructed. It was won by William Postlethwait, also known as 'Billy P.'
The fourth World Championships took place in Indianapolis, Indiana, from August 4-August 7, 2010. The format was Classic Constructed. German player Jonas Skali-Lami won with a Nicholas Merrick mage deck.
The fifth World Championships took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from November 10-November 13, 2011. The format consisted of Core and Classic Constructed and Booster Draft. It was won by German player Hans Joachim Höh using a Rohashu Paladin deck, taking down Jim Fleckenstein's less aggressive Rohashu version in the finals.
The sixth and final World Championships took place in Atlanta, Georgia in early November 2012. Brad Watson defeated Raphael Ait-sliman in the final round.
References[edit]
External links[edit]
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One thing that hasn't really changed about World of Warcraft since it released in 2004 is its user interface. Thankfully, enterprising modders have created a host of WoW addons that add all sorts of wonderful functionality. From addons that make managing your inventory a breeze to ones that replace the UI in its entirety, if you're not customizing your interface you're missing out on some serious improvements.
That's why we've rounded up a selection of the most popular favorites (and a few of our personal ones) to help you figure out which WoW addons are right for you and how to get started customizing the interface to be tailor-fit. Whether you're just getting started or are a hardcore player elbow deep in Battle for Azeroth, the latest expansion, this list will get you started.
Downloading the Twitch app is your first step as it gives you easy access to a marketplace where most of the WoW addons on this list can be found. The app automatically detects your World of Warcraft installation and makes managing and updating your WoW addons ridiculously easy.
Now that you're all set up, let's take a look at some great addons to try. All of these addons (except ElvUI) can be found in the Twitch app, but I've also linked to sites where you can manually download them.
Must have WoW addons
World of Warcraft's hotbars are easily the most outdated part of its user interface. By default, they're quite small, can lack crucial information, and you don't have a whole lot of customization options. Enter Bartender, an addon that gives you full control of ten action bars including their position, size, and even transparency.
If you're starting out in World of Warcraft as a brand new player, this should be one of the first mods you consider. Before long, your hotbars are going to fill up and become an annoying mess. Bartender lets you set keybindings and position them perfectly for an optimal setup. More advanced users will appreciate the ability to program custom macros that can change the state of your action bars too.
The other major addon that you shouldn't be without, Deadly Boss Mods makes World of Warcraft's complex boss fights a little more approachable by providing real-time alerts to keep you one step ahead. With this addon (and its other versions for older expansions) installed, you won't have to painstakingly memorize every boss fight. Alerts and camera effects will warn you of dangerous attacks or give you simple instructions. Raid and dungeon timers are synchronized between other members of your group, which keeps everyone on the same page even if one player accidentally disconnects.
What I really love, however, is a tiny feature that auto replies to in-game messages while you're in a boss fight. This optional autoresponse will let whoever whispered you know you're kinda busy and tell them how much health the boss has left so they know if things are going poorly.
World of Warcraft's inventory system is kind of a mess in the default version. Instead of having one large inventory, you have separate bags that store all the stuff you find while exploring. It's cumbersome to deal with, but Bagnon makes this nightmare go away. It replaces the entire inventory window with one large bag that stores all your items, but its other features are what makes it a must-have.
For one, you can view the items (even if they're in the bank) of all your alternate characters on your account. Icons also have special coloring based on item quality, helping you more easily discern rare items from trash. A search engine in the inventory window makes finding specific items even easier and there's the always helpful sort items option, which cleans up your bags and groups relevant item types together.
You get one guess what this addon does. MoveAnything is a powerful tool that lets you adjust every UI element, giving you complete control over not just your action bars but quest list, portrait location, minimap location, and more. If you've ever wanted to fully redesign WoW's UI, this is a good place to start.
Total conversion and immersion addons
This is one of the most popular total conversion addons for World of Warcraft. ElvUI replaces every single user interface element with a sleek redesign that is a lot more modern and readable. The tradeoff, of course, is that you're also getting rid of the fantasy themed UI altogether. You also have to install and update it manually, but it's not too much of a chore. What ElvUI brings to the table makes the sacrifice more than worth it because, along with the overhaul, ElvUI offers a ton of customization and also includes a suite of addons like TidyPlates that help clean up the look of WoW's aging interface.
One of my favorite parts about ElvUI is that it comes with an in-game setup process that'll help tailor the UI to suit your needs. There's class-specific setups that emphasis the interface elements most important to your role, and the settings have a ton of options to play with. I particularly love how the action bars behave in ElvUI, and its built-in addons means you won't have to fuss with other addons like OmniCC. Just beware, if you want to use ElvUI, install it first before bringing more addons into the fold because it doesn't always play nice.
In patch 7.3.5, World of Warcraft introduced dynamic level scaling to all of Azeroth, entirely changing the way you level new characters. It's a great time to start a fresh character and experience Azeroth from a new perspective—literally. Using the Action Cam feature that was implemented in an earlier patch, Dynamic Cam shifts the perspective to make WoW feel more like a third-person action game. By doing so, Azeroth has a sense of scale that makes it feel wondrous and exciting again. What's great is that Dynamic Cam automatically shifts between different camera positions depending on what you're doing, which Action Cam can't do on its own.
If you're leveling a new character, this is a fantastic addon that'll make your time in Azeroth feel more immersive and intimate. You just can't appreciate the size Ironforge using the usual, zoomed out camera.
Combat addons
This addon is tiny but oh so effective. Basically, it adds text to your action bar icons so you can better read how long the cooldown is on your abilities. There's some nifty customization options, like being able to determine when the cooldown timer starts showing fractions of a second (if you want to be really precise with your abilities). But OmniCC is the kind of addon that does one tiny thing, and does it very well.
Details! Damage Meter is a very accurate graphical DPS meter that shows how much damage you and everyone in your party is doing by sifting through the combat log. If you're playing a damage-dealing specialization, I cannot stress how important it is to have Details. Not only will it help you up your game, its optional tools are a godsend, like being able to see the talent choices and item level of your party members.
You might think that only the tank would need a readout of monster aggro, but you'd be wrong. Omen Threat Meter also helps healers and DPS by showing each party member's relative aggro for whatever monster you are targeting. That way, you know if you're in danger of stealing aggro from the tank or, god forbid, if the tank dies who the monster is going to target next. In high-level raids and dungeons, having that kind of information is invaluable.
Easily the most complex addon on this list, Weak Auras 2 is a framework that lets you display special graphical elements on screen to indicate buffs, debuffs, and other relevant status effects instead of just bombarding your eyes with more numbers and meters. There's an insane level of customization available here, from using custom sounds (like Owen Wilson saying 'Wow!') to class-appropriate visual cues. It can be a lot to take in, but meralonne's video guide will get you started. The great thing about Weak Auras 2 is that, if you don't have the energy to program your own custom ones, you can easily import templates from other players. Here's a website with a massive list of pre-built Weak Auras 2 scripts you can use.
Quest, profession, and miscellaneous addons
World Quests are a new type of temporary daily quest first introduced in Legion. It's a great system that suffers from World of Warcraft's outdated map interface, but World Quest Tracker fixes those problems. From a zoomed out view, World Quest Tracker shows you the rewards available from World Quests in each zone, so you can quickly see if there are rewards that are relevant to your goals. From there, you can simply click on the reward icon to automatically track multiple world quests in your quest window so you don't waste time having to check the map again and again. World Quest Tracker also has a stats screen that tracks how many world quests you complete, cumulative rewards, and more.
Once you've finished leveling your first character to 120 in Battle for Azeroth, you probably aren't keen on doing that whole process over again with another character. Enter Azeroth Auto Pilot, a speed-leveling addon that automates dozens of tiny things to make grinding a new character to max level even easier. With this installed, you'll have an arrow that guides you from quest to quest in highly optimized path while the addon handles all the little things like talking to NPCs, interacting with items, and more. Really, it's like leveling a new character on auto pilot.
There's been a lot of controversy in the community over Blizzard trying to limit addons that automatically place you in groups for World Quests, largely negating the need to even participate in the quest to complete it. LookingForGroup is a nice compromise, though, that makes it easy to instantly find groups without having to comb through the cumbersome group finder interface. Once you reach level 120 in Battle for Azeroth, it's a great tool to help make knocking out those daily World Quests a little easier.
For you crafters and gatherers out there, Gatherer is a must. The addon shows the location of mining, herbalism, and treasure locations on your minimap. It does this by remembering the location of resource nodes that you've previously found. That doesn't sound all that handy because you'll need to find those nodes to begin with, so import the GathererDB from WoWHead. This contains data for all the possible node locations in Azeroth, and Gatherer will always point you toward the location of precious resources.
If you fancy making a bit of gold in World of Warcraft, Auctioneer is going to become your best friend. This complete overhaul of the auction house interface can scan the market to track bids, buyout prices, and quantity of items sold. Simply put, it gives you all the information you need to make informed purchasing and selling decisions on the auction house. One thing I love is that item tooltips will now display a recommended selling price based on some black magic and statistical math. Another amazing addon included in this suite is Bean Counter, which tracks your bids and postings to give you reports on item-specific profitability, helping you identify what's really making you money.
That's just the tip of the iceberg too. Enchantrix shows you the value of materials from disenchanting, milling, and prospecting. Informant tells you if the item is relevant to quests or a certain class. SearchUI will notify you if there are auctions that fit your criteria for buying or bidding. The list goes on and on.
This one is real simple, OPie creates contextual radial menus so you can easily use certain abilities on your action bar with just your mouse. It's not a necessary addon by any means, but it's sleek and simple to use. I love freeing up action bar space and dumping seldom, but still necessary, actions (like Demon Hunters' spectral sight) on the radial menu.
Why Become Exalted?
One of my goals in World of Warcraft is to become exalted with as many reputations as possible. I love looking at my character's reputation sheet and seeing those little green bars being fully filled with Exalted stamped across them!
Maybe you're a completist like me, maybe you're bored, or maybe you would just like to earn the title The Exalted. Either way,here is my guide to maxing out your reputations.
As anyone who currently plays the game will know, you can earn many achievements based on the things you do. The achievement I will be discussing here is the 50 Exalted Reputations, currently the highest level you can achieve.
How Many Reputations Do You Need to Become 'The Exalted'?
In previous patches, you were awarded the title the Exalted when you reached 40 Exalted Reputations. It then got moved to 45 Exalted Reps. Then, with patch 4.0.6, the news came that you can only get this title when you reach 50 Exalted Reputations. The reason for this was due to the ease of getting your reps maxed out, especially with the addition of 7 new reputations with Cataclysm. So Blizzard raised the bar (and removed some old reps from the game just to make it more challenging).
However, this move has since been reverted, so you can still get this title at only 40 Exalted Reps. The achievements still go on to 45 and 50, but all you'll get to show for it, other then a few achievement points that show you may have too much time on your hands, is just the personal satisfaction that you've gone the distance. Although if you're like me, you'll eventually desire to have ALL of your reputations maxed out anyway!!
Ways to Exalt Your Reps
On your journey to level 85, you will naturally become exalted with various factions as you complete quests, run dungeons or PvP along the way. To see who you are currently exalted with, have a look on your character's reputation sheet by pressing (u) in game, or by looking on your Armory profile.
There are many ways to farm rep in World of Warcraft, most of which are repetitive and time consuming. Farming dungeons, killing certain mobs, turning in specific items and completing quests are all ways of raising your reputations. Some are quick and easy; others require a lot of time and effort to grind.
I have divided up the following reputations into several different categories:
In this part of the guide, I am only covering Dungeon and Raid farming factions. Please see part 2 for my guide on raising your reputation with factions by doing Repeatable and Daily Quests and Mob Farming too.
Factions that have multiple methods of farming rep will appear in more then one category.
Dungeon Farming
Dungeon Farming for reputation involves completing various 5 man instances over and over until you reach exalted reputation with the associated faction. For a level 85, this is one of the easiest methods of farming rep, as you will be able to solo clear all instances up to level 80. Always go for a full clear, meaning you should aim to kill every mob in an instance. Almost every mob you kill will award rep.
Dungeon farming, while easy, is also monotonous and can get boring fast. My advice is to turn up the music or put a film on and before you know it, you will be running the dungeon on auto pilot and be at exalted in no time.
To loot or not to loot?
This question often comes up. To be honest, it's entirely up to you. I personally choose to loot as many mobs as I can when I'm farming dungeons. Yes, you can breeze through lower level instances a lot quicker if you don't stop to loot, but I like the little extra income I can get by looting silver, cloth, vendor trash and the multitude of greens and blues along the way. Most instances have vendors near by for you to repair and empty your bags. You'd be amazed at how much gold you can rack up if you stop to loot.
How to Select Normal and Heroic Mode
Right click your character portrait, mouse over Dungeon Difficulty and then select either 5 Player for normal mode, or 5 Player (heroic) for heroic mode.
How to Reset an Instance
Once you have completed a normal instance, you are able to reset it and complete it again. To do this, exit the instance, either by hearthing out or by running back to the entrance. Then, right click on your character portrait and click on Reset all Instances. You will get a pop up box asking if you really want to reset all instances. Click yes (you should also see yellow confirmation text in your chat box). Now your instance has been reset!!
Note: Be aware that you are only allowed to enter 5 instances per hour. Meaning for those of you farming low level dungeons, you are likely to hit this cap. Simply wait out the hour, go take a break, do real life things or work on another faction! :p
Horde / Alliance Factions
You are able to Champion these factions by wearing the associated Tabard and running low level, old world instances (up to level 60) until you reach Exalted.
Classic Factions
Neutral – Exalted: Farm Stratholm and Scholomance
Tip: Kill Lord Aurius Rivendare (formerly Baron Rivendare) in Stratholm for the chance to get the Deathcharger's Reins!
The Burning Crusade Factions
Neutral – Friendly: Farm normal Coilfang Reservoir dungeons - Slave Pens, Underbog and Steamvaults
Honored – Exalted: Farm heroic Coilfang Reservoir dungeons
Neutral – Exalted: Farm both normal and heroic Old Hillsbrad and Black Morass
Primarily a repeatable quest faction, but you can farm The Underbog for Sanguine Hibiscus all the way to Exalted.
Neutral – Honored: Farm normal Mana Tombs
Honored – Exalted: Farm heroic Mana Tombs
Tip: You can also hand in Obsidian Warbeads to increase rep. If you go this route, combine it with farming for The Mag'har / Kurenai rep, as the Ogres in Nagrand that give rep for those two factions also drop the Warbeads.
Neutral – Friendly: Farm normal Hellfire Ramparts and Blood Furnace
Friendly – Honored: Farm normal Shattered Halls
Revered – Exalted: Farm normal Shattered Halls and all heroic Hellfire Citadel dungeons
Shattrath City Factions
Neutral – Honored: Farm normal Auchenai Crypts, Sethekk Halls and Shadow Labyrinth
Honored – Revered: Farm normal Shadow Labyrinth only
Revered – Exalted: Continue farming normal Shadow Labs. Farm all three on heroic mode.
Tip: Run heroic Sethekk Halls once a day for the chance to get Reins of the Raven Lord from the special boss, Anzu.
Neutral – Exalted: Farm either normal or heroic Magister's Terrace
Note: You can also raise your rep with this faction by completing the many daily quests on the Isle of Quel'Danas.
Tip: Kill Kael'thas Sunstrider in both normal and heroic mode for the chance to get the Phoenix Hatchling non combat mini pet. Kill him on heroic mode for the chance to also get theSwift White Hawkstrider mount.
Neutral – Honored: Farm normal Tempest Keep dungeons – The Botanica, The Arcatraz and The Mechanar.
Honored – Exalted: All normal and heroic versions of Tempest Keep dungeons.
Wrath of the Lich King Factions
You are able to Champion these factions by wearing the associated Tabard and running Northrend instances (level 80 normals, any heroic) until you reach Exalted.
Horde Expedition / Alliance Vanguard
You can gain rep with these factions by not wearing a Tabard and running level 80 Northrend normal dungeons and heroics.
Cataclysm Factions
You are able to Champion these factions by wearing the associated Tabard and running Cataclysm instances (level 85 normals, any heroic) until you reach Exalted.
Raid Farming
Farming raid instances to raise rep is a lot harder then dungeon farming. Firstly, raid instances are much harder to complete and will almost certainly require the help of several players. Some classic raids such as Molten Core and Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj (AQ20) can be done solo by some classes, but others such as Black Temple need a group to complete. Secondly, raid instances can only be cleared once a week. However, one way to get around this is to only clear trash mobs. Kill all mobs up to the first boss, run out, reset the instance, go in and kill trash again. Once you've killed a boss, all trash mobs before said boss can't be reset until the normal weekly reset. Thirdly, you need to be in a raid group of two or more players to be able to enter a raid instance.
Note: The instance cap also applies to raid instances.
How to make a raid group
As mentioned above, before you can enter a raid instance, you need to convert your group to a raid. To be able to do this, you need at least one other person to group with you. Once you have your group, click on the Social tab ( O ), then on the Raid tab, now click on the Convert to Raid button at the top of the page. You are now in a raid group!
If you don't wish to farm with other people, you can ask a friend, guildie or a nice person in trade chat if they can join your group with an alt character (one that is high enough level to enter a raid). They can then log offline with that alt, but they will still remain in your raid. You are then free to solo a raid of your choice.
Classic Factions
Associated Raid(s): Ruins of Ahn'qiraj (AQ20) and Temple of Ahn'qiraj (AQ40)
Players begin at 0/36000 Hated, the lowest level of reputation possible.
Hated – 0 / 3000 Neutral: Repeatable quest – The Path of the Righteous
Hated – 2999 / 3000 Neutral: Trash mobs in AQ40
Hated – Exalted: Bosses in AQ20 and AQ40
Hated – Exalted: Qiraji Lord's Insignia: Drops from bosses in AQ40
Ancient Qiraji Artifact: Drops from trash in AQ20 and AQ40
Tip: Save all of the Insignias you get from farming, and don't hand them in until after you are Neutral. Getting rep after Neutral becomes a lot harder.
Associated Raid(s): Ruins of Ahn'qiraj (AQ20) and Temple of Ahn'qiraj (AQ40)
Neutral – Exalted: Trash and bosses in both AQ20 and AQ40
Tip: The best way to farm CC rep is to complete all of the quests in Silithus first, then finish off by doing the repeatable quests and farming AQ20.
Associated Raid(s): Molten Core
Neutral – Friendly: Kill air Elementals in Silithus and Greater Obsidian Elementals (Burning Steppes).
Neutral – Honored: Kill Lord Incendius (BRD), Pyroguard Emberseer (UBRS) and trash mobs in Molten Core
Neutral – Revered: All bosses, except Majordomo Executus in Molten Core
Neutral – Exalted: Kill Golemagg the Incinerator and Ragnaros in Molten Core only.
The Burning Crusade Factions
Associated Raid(s): The Black Temple
Neutral – Exalted: All trash and bosses in Black Temple
Associated Raid(s): Hyjal Summit:The battle of Mount Hyjal
Neutral – Exalted: All trash and bosses in Hyjal Summit
Note: Mobs will not give rep until first wave has been cleared or if previous boss was cleared within the soft reset time (this was implemented by Blizzard to prevent rep grinding by small groups) *note from Wowwiki
Associated Raid(s): Karazhan
Neutral – Exalted: All trash and bosses in Karazhan
Wrath of the Lich King Factions
Associated Raid(s): Icecrown Citadel
Neutral – Exalted: All trash and bosses in ICC
Read the Rest of the Guide in Part 2
That concludes the first part of this guide. In Part 2, I will detail how to raise your reputation with factions by doing:
Objectives
Collect Storm Drake Scales from the Stormwing drakes in Hrydhsal.
Description
The vrykul around here seem to use scales from these drakes to fashion their armor.
If you were able to gather enough material from the local drakes, you may be able to make something useful out of it.
Rewards
You will also receive: 15 40 (at level 100)
Progress
What have we here?
Completion
Good thing. If the vrykul can use the drake scales for their armor, why not us?
It shouldn't be too tough to work this into something servicable.
Gains
Notes
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Progression
Patch changes
External links
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