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Discount Notes
Exalted 999 20% Access to racial and faction mounts and tabards
Revered 21,000 15%
Honored 12,000 10% Heroic mode keys for Outland dungeons
Friendly 6,000 5% Championing tabards for Northrend factions
Neutral 3,000
Unfriendly 3,000 Cannot buy, sell or interact.
Hostile 3,000 You will always be attacked on sight
Hated 36,000

You can gain or lose favor, otherwise known as reputation, with many of the several different factions in Azeroth by completing certain quests or killing certain creatures (mostly bosses and mobs). Doing so will usually unlock special rewards or new quests to accomplish.

You can also increase your reputation by doing repeatable reputation quests.

Reputation levels and points[]

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Mostly exalted as of TBC - Alliance

Reputation is very similar to experience. Reputation is divided into a number of different levels for which players must earn reputation points to progress through. Higher reputation levels generally require more points than the previous level to progress. The exception is hated, which spans a very large number of reputation points. Reputation points, just like experience points, are gained through quests and killing various mobs. Unlike experience, it is possible to lose reputation points with some factions, either by killing members of the faction or by assisting rival factions. For rival factions, gaining reputation with one will normally decrease reputation with the other, but at a greater rate. For instance, if you kill a magram centaur, you will gain 20 points of reputation from the gelkis, but will lose 100 points from the magram. Currently there are 5 of these rival-faction pairs: Aldor (Draenei) vs. Scryers (Blood Elves), Gelkis vs. Magram (both Centaur), Steamwheedle Cartel (Goblins) vs. Bloodsail Buccaneers (pirates), Ravenholdt (rogues) vs. Syndicate (Thugs), and The Oracles (Gorlocs) vs. Frenzyheart Tribe (Wolvar).

Various quests and faction-specific rewards are available across the levels, but the player must be able to interact with the faction NPCs to gain access to these rewards. This usually requires Neutral or better standing.

NOTE: All NPCs with whom you have Friendly or higher reputation will appear green in game. The level colors above are only used in WoWWiki and in the Armory.

Reputation sheet[]

You can check your reputation with all factions by pressing the "u" hotkey or by going to the Character window ("c" hotkey) and clicking on the Reputation tab along the bottom. You can also enable or disable various options:

  • Show as experience bar: Allows you to display one reputation bar as a experience bar on your main display.
  • At War: If checked, you can initiate combat with NPCs of that faction, and your AoE spells will affect the mobs of that faction. It's always checked if you are Hated or Hostile; it can't be checked for other races within the Alliance/Horde.
  • Inactive: Moves the selected faction to the bottom of the reputation pane.

Gaining and losing reputation[]

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Mostly exalted as of TBC - Horde

Completing non-repeatable quests will usually increase your reputation with the quest giver's faction(s) by a fixed number of points. Most of the factions also have special repeatable quests that give reputation when completed, or special mobs that give reputation when killed.

Full reputation is still gained by questing at a higher level. For example, completing low level quests with a level 80 character now gives full reputation. This makes it easier to get to exalted and buy another faction's mount.

Grey mobs used to give 20% of the normal reputation until the release of Patch 3.0.8. Now any mob will give full reputation. See the mob difficulty colors chart for when mobs transition from green to grey.

Mobs and quests sometimes both increase your reputation with a faction but decrease it with another. For example, killing Gelkis centaurs will increase your reputation with the Magram, but it will also decrease your reputation with the Gelkis. Thus there is no way to be Friendly with the Gelkis and the Magram at the same time.

For higher-end factions, a general strategy exists to make a reputation grind as painless as possible. Take the Argent Dawn for example. There are several ways in which to earn reputation for them: doing standard quests, killing mobs in and around Scholomance and Stratholme, killing bosses, and doing repeatable quests. The problem is that each of these methods will only work to a certain extent. Killing standard mobs will usually only get you to Revered or so. After that, only quests and bosses will give reputation and these are of course harder to do. Therefore, it is in a player's best interest to go as far as possible on mob kills alone and then use repeatable quests and standard quests to get through revered. Example: for Argent Dawn reputation, run Scholomance and Stratholme to get reputation from kills until you reach Revered status. At this point, reputation gained from killing mobs will stop, but you should have built up quite a collection of Scourgestones and such to turn in in rapid succession to further boost your reputation. Similar tactics can be applied to other factions, simply varying the instances you run.

Reputation Modifiers[]

There are several passive spells that increase the rate at which one gains reputation. Human characters have a racial passive spell called Diplomacy which increases all reputation gains by 10%. There are two Guild Perks called Mr. Popularity, a rank 1 spell which is given to all members of a guild that has attained guild level 5, which increases reputation gains by 5%; and a rank 2 spell which increases reputation gains by 10%, which is available at guild level 11. Reputation modifiers are added together, not multiplied. So a human member of a level 6 guild gains reputation 15% (not 1.05*1.10=1.155=15.5%) faster than a guildless Night Elf e.g.

Gaining reputation with the Horde or Alliance factions[]

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Every playable race has a home faction, for example Darnassus for night elves, Orgrimmar for orcs, etc.

Gaining reputation with your home faction provides access to discounted prices at their vendors, and certain Wrath of the Lich King reputation achievements. However, gaining reputation with other factions may provide additional benefits, such as specific items, patterns, spells etc which can be purchased from vendors of that faction at certain reputation levels. In addition, if you want a mount of a faction that is not your own, you must be Exalted with them. For example, if you are a troll and you want to buy a wolf mount, you must be Exalted with Orgrimmar.

Most quests for an Alliance or Horde faction will give full reputation gain for that faction, and one quarter of that reputation gain for the other factions on that side. For example, a quest completed for a Stormwind NPC will give 250 Stormwind reputation and 62.5 reputation for the other Alliance factions.

At level 77 and above, characters can gain reputation with their faction's races by completing quests for the Argent Tournament. Each Valiant quest rewards 250 reputation points for the appropriate race, and 62.5 for each of the other races in the faction. (e.g. Completing a daily quest as a Valiant of the Undercity gives 250 Undercity reputation, 62.5 Orgrimmar, 62.5 Thunder Bluff, etc.) In addition, the Champion daily quests can optionally award a Champion's Writ, which can be exchanged for 250 reputation with any of the home cities.

There is no way to increase or even view your reputation with factions of the opposite team (ex: You cannot increase your Undercity reputation while playing an Alliance character).

Tabards[]

As of Patch 4.0.3 (Cataclysm and the Shattering), you can buy a tabard for a specific city/faction faction, like a [Thunder Bluff Tabard], and you can gain some reputation for each kill in a non-Outland dungeon.[1]

List of factions and rewards[]

For a list of recipes available grouped by tradeskill, see these pages:

Most factions listed below have itemized lists of reputation rewards at their respective entries.

Group Faction Gaining Rep Rewards
AllianceAlliance

AllianceDarnassus
AllianceGnomeregan Exiles
AllianceIronforge
AllianceStormwind
AllianceExodar TBC
AllianceGilneas Cataclysm

Completing non-repeatable quests. Completing the many repeatable quests in Alterac Valley (see section on the Repeatable reputation quest). Completing Valiant quests at the Argent Tournament, or completing Champion quests in exchange for a Champion's Writ. Racial mounts at exalted.

Discounts according to level of reputation (Patch 2.3).
Fail:Money achievement.png Ambassador of the Alliance when exalted with all Alliance racial factions (as of Patch 4.1).

HordeHorde

HordeDarkspear Trolls
HordeOrgrimmar
HordeThunder Bluff
HordeUndercity
HordeSilvermoon TBC
HordeBilgewater Cartel Cataclysm

Completing non-repeatable quests. Completing the many repeatable quests in Alterac Valley (see section on the Repeatable reputation quest). Completing Valiant quests at the Argent Tournament, or completing Champion quests in exchange for a Champion's Writ. Racial mounts at exalted.

Discounts according to level of reputation (Patch 2.3).
Fail:Money achievement.png Ambassador of the Horde when exalted with all Horde racial factions (as of Patch 4.1).

AllianceAlliance PvP

AllianceLeague of Arathor
AllianceSilverwing Sentinels
AllianceStormpike Guard

Fighting in the battlegrounds; completing non-repeatable quests. Repeatable quests in Alterac Valley for Stormpike Guard. <Justicar> title when exalted with all three.
HordeHorde PvP

HordeDefilers
HordeFrostwolf Clan
HordeWarsong Outriders

Fighting in the battlegrounds; completing non-repeatable quests. Repeatable quests in Alterac Valley for Frostwolf Clan. <Conqueror> title when exalted with all three.
Steamwheedle Cartel

NeutralBooty Bay
NeutralEverlook
NeutralGadgetzan
NeutralRatchet

Can be increased completing non-repeatable quests or killing certain mobs. Every time you gain or lose a certain amount of reputation with one of these factions, you will gain or lose 50% of that amount with all the others. Almost all quests for Booty Bay will lower your reputation with the Bloodsail Buccaneers. Repeatable turn-in quests offered when below neutral standing. Repeatable quests from the goblin vendor by the boat to Feathermoon in Feralas give rep with the entire Cartel simultaneously as will the repeatable quest Free Knot! inside of Dire Maul. Discounts according to level of reputation. (Patch 2.3) If you are at war with these factions you cannot use the neutral auctions or some ships without being attacked on sight by guards. The zeppelins are still usable as a recent patch aligned the zeppelin masters and their guards with Orgrimmar.
Outland TBC NeutralCenarion Expedition Doing quests at Evergrove or Cenarion Refuge, and running any of the Coilfang Reservoir instances and turning in Unidentified Plant Parts to honored. Several rewards including Cenarion War Hippogryph mount.
AllianceHonor Hold Doing quests at Honor Hold, and running any of the Hellfire Citadel instances.
AllianceKurenai Doing quests at Telaar and Orebor Harborage, killing ogres and orcs around Nagrand. Several rewards including epic ground Mounts.
HordeMag'har Doing quests at Garadar and Mag'har Post, killing ogres and orcs around Nagrand. Several rewards including epic ground Mounts.
NeutralOgri'la Doing quests at Ogri'la. Items, armor and weapons.
NeutralNetherwing Doing quests at Netherwing Ledge. Several rewards including Nether drake mount.
NeutralSporeggar Doing quests at the Spawning Glen and Sporeggar, running the Underbog (for items).
NeutralThe Consortium Doing quests around all of Outland, running Mana-Tombs.
HordeThrallmar Doing quests at Thrallmar, running any of the Hellfire Citadel instances.
Shattrath City TBC NeutralLower City Doing their quests around Terokkar Forest, running Auchenai Crypts, Sethekk Halls, or Shadow Labyrinth.
NeutralSha'tari Skyguard Doing quests at Skettis and Ogri'la, killing mobs at Skettis. Several rewards including Nether Ray mount.
NeutralShattered Sun Offensive Doing quests in Shattrath. Doing quests and instances and on Isle of Quel'Danas. Several rewards. See Shattered Sun Offensive
NeutralThe Aldor Mark of Kil'jaeden, Mark of Sargeras and Fel Armament turnins. The Aldor and The Scryers are at odds; you cannot gain faction for both simultaneously. To switch from Scryers to Aldor turn in [Dreadfang Venom Sac] at the Lower City quest giver. Several rewards including Fire Resist recipes.
NeutralThe Scryers Firewing Signet, Sunfury Signet, and Arcane Tome turnins. The Aldor and The Scryers are at odds; you cannot gain faction for both simultaneously. To switch from Aldor to Scryers turn in [Dampscale Basilisk Eye] at the Lower City quest giver. Several rewards including Arcane Resist recipes.
NeutralThe Sha'tar Running any Tempest Keep instance, doing their quests. Additional hidden gain from turning in The Aldor and The Scryers reputation items. Several rewards, include epic healing mace and epic defense shield.
Northrend WotLK AllianceAlliance Vanguard Consists of the following factions Explorers' League, The Frostborn, The Silver Covenant and Valiance Expedition. Several rewards.
NeutralArgent Crusade Doing quests at Zul'Drak and Icecrown Several rewards.
AllianceExplorers' League Doing quests at Howling Fjord. No known rewards.
NeutralFrenzyheart Tribe Doing quests at Sholazar Basin. Several rewards.
AllianceThe Frostborn Doing quests at Storm Peaks. No known rewards.
HordeThe Hand of Vengeance Doing quests at Howling Fjord and Dragonblight. No known rewards.
HordeHorde Expedition Consists of the following factions The Hand of Vengeance, The Taunka, Warsong Offensive and Sunreavers. Several rewards.
NeutralThe Kalu'ak Doing quests at Borean Tundra, Howling Fjord, and Dragonblight. Several rewards including a fishing pole that allows underwater breathing.
NeutralKnights of the Ebon Blade Completing non-repeatable and daily quests in Icecrown. Non-repeatable Death Knight starting zone quests also available. Several rewards.
NeutralThe Oracles Doing quests at Sholazar Basin. Several rewards.
NeutralThe Sons of Hodir Doing quests at Storm Peaks. Several rewards including shoulder enchants and epic ground Mounts.
HordeThe Taunka Doing quests at Borean Tundra, Grizzly Hills, Howling Fjord, and Dragonblight. No known rewards.
AllianceValiance Expedition Doing quests at Borean Tundra, Grizzly Hills, Howling Fjord, and Dragonblight. No known rewards.
HordeWarsong Offensive Doing quests at Borean Tundra, Grizzly Hills, and Dragonblight. No known rewards.
NeutralThe Wyrmrest Accord Doing quests at Dragonblight and at the Transitus Shield in Coldarra. Several rewards.
Dalaran WotLK NeutralKirin Tor Doing quests at Dalaran, completing jewelcrafting daily quests. Completing daily cooking and fishing quests. Several rewards. Most notably, head-slot item enhancements.
AllianceThe Silver Covenant Doing quests for the Argent Tournament. Fail:Money achievement.png A Silver Confidant when exalted with The Silver Covenant and a champion of at least one racial faction. This achievement unlocks additional Argent Tournament daily quests.
HordeThe Sunreavers Doing quests for the Argent Tournament. Fail:Money achievement.png The Sunreavers when exalted with The Sunreavers and a champion of at least one racial faction. This achievement unlocks additional Argent Tournament daily quests.
Mount Hyjal Fail:Icon Cataclysm 18x18.gif NeutralAvengers of Hyjal Killing bosses and trash in Firelands. Purchasable rewards from Avengers of Hyjal Quartermaster, Naresir Stormfury.
NeutralGuardians of Hyjal Doing quests in Mount Hyjal. Purchasable rewards from Guardians of Hyjal Quartermaster, Provisioner Whitecloud.
Deepholm Fail:Icon Cataclysm 18x18.gif NeutralThe Earthen Ring Doing quests in Deepholm, Mount Hyjal (as of Patch 4.2), and Vashj'ir. Purchasable rewards from The Earthen Ring Quartermaster, Provisioner Arok.
NeutralTherazane Doing quests for Therazane's agents and killing members of Twilight's Hammer. Shoulder enchants, ilvl 346 rings. Purchasable rewards from Therazane Quartermaster, D'lom the Collector.
Tol Barad Fail:Icon Cataclysm 18x18.gif AllianceBaradin's Wardens Doing quests in Tol Barad. Purchasable rewards from Baradin's Wardens Quartermaster, Quartermaster Brazie.
HordeHellscream's Reach Doing quests in Tol Barad. Purchasable rewards from Hellscream's Reach Quartermaster, Pogg.
Twilight Highlands Fail:Icon Cataclysm 18x18.gif HordeDragonmaw Clan Doing quests in Twilight Highlands. Purchasable rewards from Dragonmaw Clan Quartermaster, Grot Deathblow.
AllianceWildhammer Clan Doing quests in Twilight Highlands. Purchasable rewards from Wildhammer Clan Quartermaster, Craw MacGraw.
Pandaria Mists of Pandaria AlliancePearlfin Jinyu Mists of Pandaria Doing quests at and around Pearlfin Village in the Jade Forest.  
HordeForest Hozen Mists of Pandaria Doing quests at and around Grookin Hill? in the Jade Forest.  
NeutralAnglers Mists of Pandaria    
NeutralAugust Celestials Mists of Pandaria    
NeutralBrewmasters Mists of Pandaria    
NeutralGolden Lotus Mists of Pandaria    
NeutralKlaxxi Mists of Pandaria    
NeutralLorewalkers Mists of Pandaria    
NeutralOrder of the Cloud Serpent Mists of Pandaria    
NeutralShado-Pan Mists of Pandaria    
NeutralShang Xi's Academy Mists of Pandaria Doing quests on Wandering Isle.  
NeutralTillers Mists of Pandaria    
Raid
NeutralAshen Verdict WotLK Doing quests and killing mobs in Icecrown Citadel. Title at exalted, upgradeable ring available at friendly, crafting patterns.
NeutralAshtongue Deathsworn TBC Quests and killing mobs in the Black Temple. Several crafting rewards and class trinkets.
NeutralBrood of Nozdormu Killing mobs during the Ahn'Qiraj gates opening event, and killing mobs in the Ruins and Temple of Ahn'Qiraj. Also via the repeatable quest The Hand of the Righteous. Rewards include a special ring and epic class sets with token drops from AQ40.
NeutralCenarion Circle Killing Twilight mobs in Silithus and turning in items dropped by them; completing non-repeatable druid quests; completing Lunar Festival quests; killing mobs in AQ20 and AQ40. Several rewards including class items from AQ20 token drops.
NeutralHydraxian Waterlords Killing elementals in Silithus or mobs in Molten Core. Before Patch 3.0.8, Items to summon Majordomo Executus in Molten Core.
NeutralScale of the Sands TBC Killing mobs in the Battle for Mount Hyjal. Rings and gem cuts.
NeutralZandalar Tribe Killing mobs in Zul'Gurub, doing the quests given at Yojamba Isle, and turning in coin sets or destroying Hakkari Bijoux, as well as turning in Shen'dralar Arcanums. Several rewards including class items from ZG token drops.
Other NeutralArgent Dawn Killing undead or turning in Scourgestones dropped by undead; completing non-repeatable quests. Also offered reputation for quests and killing some mobs during the Scourge Invasion. There are several rewards.
NeutralBloodsail Buccaneers Killing Booty Bay guards. It will decrease your reputation with Booty Bay, Everlook, Gadgetzan, and Ratchet. Also by completing non-repeatable quests only offered after attaining high enough reputation. You can get a special quest chain at friendly, leading to [Bloodsail Admiral's Hat].
NeutralDarkmoon Faire Various item turn-ins, rare repeatable quests offered as fortunes, and two non-repeatable quests. Discounted sale of various foods.
NeutralGelkis Clan Centaur[2] Killing Magram centaurs. Lowers your reputation with the Magram Clan Centaur. Various non-repeatable quest rewards.
NeutralKeepers of Time TBC Killing mobs in Old Hillsbrad and Black Morass instances. There are several rewards.
NeutralMagram Clan Centaur[2] Killing Gelkis centaurs. Lowers your reputation with the Gelkis Clan Centaur. Various non-repeatable quest rewards.
NeutralRamkahen Fail:Icon Cataclysm 18x18.gif Doing quests in Uldum. Purchasable rewards from Ramkahen Quartermaster, Blacksmith Abasi.
NeutralRavenholdt Turning in junkboxes pickpocket mobs by Rogues (lowers Syndicate reputation), or by turning in emblems pickpocketed from Syndicate mobs and some non-repeatable quests (both Rogue only). Repeatable. Killing Syndicate mobs in Hillsbrad Foothills and Alterac Mountains (up to revered). Offer a few quest rewards.
NeutralShen'dralar Turning in Dire Maul books and librams. formerly needed for <the Insane> title; requirement removed
NeutralSyndicate[2] Killing Ravenholdt mobs. Lowers your reputation with Ravenholdt. No known rewards.
NeutralThorium Brotherhood Various item turnins . Several rewards including Fire Resist crafting recipes.
NeutralTimbermaw Hold Killing other Furbolgs in Winterspring and Felwood, and turning in items dropped by them. Several rewards.
HordeTranquillien TBC Completing quests in the Ghostlands and turning in items dropped by the Scourge. Several low-level rewards.
NeutralThe Violet Eye TBC The Master's Key quest chain, killing mobs in Karazhan. Quest and reputation rewards.
AllianceWintersaber Trainers Completing time-consuming repeatable quests. Unique mount.
Removed HordeRevantusk Tribe Doing quests at Revantusk Village. This faction was removed as of patch 1.11. No known rewards.
AllianceWildhammer Clan Turning in items dropped by trolls in The Hinterlands. This faction was removed as of patch 2.0.3 but was added again in patch 4.0.3. No known rewards.
AllianceSilvermoon Remnant Unknown Mentioned in Patch 1.6. No known rewards.
AllianceTheramore Unknown Mentioned in Patch 1.6. No known rewards.
  1. Blizzard Entertainment City Tabards and BC Dungeons by Lylirra, 12/2/10 4:17 PM (UTC)
  2. 2,0 2,1 2,2 It is currently impossible to reach Exalted with this faction.

In Wrath of the Lich King[]

WotLK This section concerns content exclusive to Wrath of the Lich King.

See also championing.
See also Northrend Reputation Rewards.

For the most part, the reputations from Classic WoW and from Burning Crusade are not re-used in the Wrath of the Lich King. In the same way that Cenarion Circle of Azeroth turned into Cenarion Expedition in Outland, several old factions have new reputations. For example, the Argent Dawn made its way to Northrend, but since it has allied with the Knights of the Silver Hand, they are called The Argent Crusade.

However, for achievements, many old reputations received new attention. Nearly all factions have an achievement tied to them (excluding the not-in-use factions such as Ravenholdt and Shen'dralar), and there are even additional achievements for pairs or groups of factions. For instance, acquiring exalted with both Cenarion Circle and the Cenarion Expedition will get you the title of <Guardian of Cenarius>. See Achievements for more details.

Re: What is the rep in lich king? | 2007-12-05 20:05 | Bornakk
While we haven't discussed reputation factions for Wrath of the Lich King, I can explain that from a design philosophy we prefer to NOT give players more experienced players a distinct advantage when it comes to new content. If you take The Burning Crusade as an example, there was no reputation that gave you an edge in Outland or would speed you further. Based on this example I wouldn't think the current Argent Dawn faction would be re-used for Northrend.

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References[]

Patch changes[]

  • WotLK/Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (patch date::12-Oct-2010):  
    Method of gaining reputation with your faction by donating Wool, Silk, Mageweave and Runecloth removed.
  • WotLK Patch 3.3.0 (patch date::08-Dec-2009): Reputation gain has been sped up approximately 30% for a number of factions: Argent Crusade, Alliance Vanguard, Horde Expedition, Kirin Tor, Knights of the Ebon Blade, Sons of Hodir, Wyrmrest Accord 
  • WotLK Patch 3.0.8 (patch date::2009-01-20): Reputation rewarded for killing mobs will no longer automatically decrease. This means trivial mobs will continue to give out their full amounts of reputation on kill for the majority of cases in the game (level 70 [sic] creatures in Stratholme, for example, will continue to award the full amount of rep to level 80 players seeking to boost their Argent Dawn faction). 
  • TBC Patch 2.4.0 (patch date::25-Mar-2008): A bug was fixed in which discounts were not given with flightmasters and repairs. 
  • TBC Patch 2.3.0 (patch date::13-Nov-2007): Vendor Discounts: All vendors, flightmasters, and repairs with an associate faction now give discounts at all levels above neutral: (Friendly: 5%, Honored: 10%, Revered: 15%, Exalted: 20%).

            Previously there was a flat 10% discount starting at honored.

  • TBC Patch 2.3.0 (patch date::13-Nov-2007): The requirement for Heroic Keys has been lowered to honored.

            Previously required revered.

  • Fail:WoW Icon 16x16.gif Patch 1.7.0 (patch date::13-Sep-2005): Reputation gains given to a player on the Alliance, Horde, or Steamwheedle Cartel factions directly will now cascade down to member factions through the middle of the Exalted reputation level. 
  • Fail:WoW Icon 16x16.gif Patch 1.3.0 (patch date::07-Mar-2005): Players under Mind Control pass reputation changes due to kills to the controlling player, and do not receive the reputation changes themselves. 

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