Darkmoon Faire in Wrath of the Lich King Classic

By RenataKane Updated: 2022/10/02

Darkmoon FaireHow is Darkmoon Faire Different in WoTLK Classic?Differences in Darkmoon Faire between Burning Crusade Classic and WoTLK Classic

New Schedule: Darkmoon Faire now starts on the first Sunday of each month at 12:01 server time, rather than starting setup on the first Friday of the month and opening the following Monday. This means that Darkmoon Faire's schedule is far more predictable than it used to be. It also appears on the new in-game calendar if you forget.

New Darkmoon Faire Cards and Decks: Four new Darkmoon Faire trinkets can be created from Darkmoon Faire cards. These have an iLevel of 200 and a required level of 80. All Darkmoon Faire cards used to create decks are now created through Inscription.

Darkmoon Trinkets are no longer Bind on Pickup. In both Classic and Burning Crusade Classic, Darkmoon trinkets created from decks were Bind on Pickup. All Darkmoon trinkets are now Bind on Equip, even those from previous expansions. This means that completed trinkets can now be sold on the Auction House.

Reputation: Darkmoon Faire reputation has become far more important to build, since it is a required element for the Insane in the Membrane achievement, which earns the title .

Differences in Darkmoon Faire between Classic and Retail

There is no Darkmoon Isle in WoTLK Classic. Darkmoon Faire has three static locations in Mulgore, Elwynn Forest, and Terokkar Forest, and the Faire rotates every month among them.

There are no Darkmoon Faire Mages to teleport you to the grounds in any Classic version.

Vendors have a much more limited selection in Classic versions..

In WoTLK Classic, Darkmoon Faire doesn't earn you anything other than the usual changes in vendor prices that come with any reputation improvements, although as noted it does earn credit toward Insane in the Membrane.

Games in the WoTLK Darkmoon Faire are just there for play. They don't have any associated daily quests and there are no prizes or reputation that comes from playing them.

The +5 Profession quests that exist in Retail Darkmoon Faire were not introduced until Cataclysm, so are not present now.

Darkmoon Faire Locations and ScheduleElwynn ForestMulgoreTerokkar Forest

Opens on the first Sunday of the month at 12:01 AM server time. This is a change from previous Classic expansions, where opening day was on Mondays following the first Friday of the month.

Closes the following Saturday at 11:59 PM server time

Melnan DarkstoneKruban Darkblade2022 Darkmoon Faire Calendar

Month

Opening Day

Location

October

Mulgore

November

Terokkar Forest

December

Elwynn Forest

2023 Darkmoon Faire Calendar

Month

Opening Day

Location

January

Mulgore

February

Terokkar Forest

March

Elwynn Forest

April

Mulgore

May

Terokkar Forest

June

Elwynn Forest

July

Mulgore

August

Terokkar Forest

September

Elwynn Forest

October

Mulgore

November

Terokkar Forest

December

Elwynn Forest

Faire Setup in MulgoreDarkmoon Faire LocationsReaching the Elwynn Forest Darkmoon Faire as Horde

Go to the zeppelin platform in either Ogrimmar or Undercity and take the zeppelin to Grom'gol Base Camp in Stranglethorn Vale.

Once in Grom'gol (don't forget to pick up the flight point if you don't have it), take the road northeast out of the camp, and turn left at the T intersection. Travel north along this road until you cross into Duskwood.

Follow the road north, but keep your eye out for a small Alliance guard encampment on the right side of the road, near the junction of the east-west road. As soon as you see it, swing west to avoid this camp. Do not turn onto the road, but head overland north between the Twilight Grove and Raven Hill Cemetery.

Stay north in this corridor until you hit the river (ideally you want to be around 30,24 in Duskwood). Cross the river into Elwynn Forest.

Head north, keeping the farm (Maclure Vineyards) to your right. You will soon see the Darkmoon Faire grounds, just south of Goldshire.

Stranglethorn Vale Map

Duskwood Map

Elwynn Forest Map

Reaching the Mulgore Darkmoon Faire as AllianceShorter but Riskier: Menethil Harbor > Theramore > Dustwallow Marsh > Barrens > Mulgore

Fly to Menethil Harbor in Wetlands, and take the boat to Theramore.

From Theramore, run northwest into Dustwallow Marsh and follow the road as it winds north, then west, then south, and then west again toward the Barrens.

Upon entering the Barrens, go west and then turn north on the main road. When you can see Camp Taurajo up ahead, swing west toward the mountains and pass south of Camp T, picking up the road going west into Mulgore on the other side.

Go west into Mulgore until you see a small dirt road heading north, just to the east of the pond (this route avoids Bloodhoof Village and mostly avoids a guard that can wander this road, although you will need to keep an eye out for him).

Keep the pond at your left shoulder and follow it around until you pick up the road again going north. This will take you safely into the Darkmoon Faire grounds.

Dustwallow Marsh Map

Barrens Map

Mulgore Map

Longer but Safer: Stormwind > Elwynn > Duskwood > Stranglethorn > Ratchet > Barrens > Mulgore

Take your best route to Stormwind City, and exit the city into Elwynn Forest. Run south to Goldshire, and turn east.

Run east across Elwynn Forest into Redridge Mountains.

In Redridge, take your first right and run south into Duskwood.

Follow the road south through Darkshire, and around a bend toward the west. Just south of the Twilight Grove, turn left on the road and due south into Stranglethorn Vale.

Follow the road south down the entire length of Stranglethorn Vale to Booty Bay, and take the boat on the northwest docks to Ratchet.

Once in Ratchet (don't forget to pick up the flight point!), take the road west toward the Crossroads. Once you can see the Crossroads, you will need to cut off the corner going southwest, and pick up the road going south.

As you approach Camp Taurajo, you will see a road turning west into the camp. Skirt well north of Camp T and pick up the road west into Mulgore on the other side.

Keep the pond at your left shoulder and follow it around until you pick up the road again going north. This will take you safely into the Darkmoon Faire grounds.

Elwynn Forest Map

Redridge Mountains Map

Duskwood Map

Stranglethorn Vale Map

Barrens Map

Mulgore Map

Reaching the Terokkar Forest Darkmoon Faire at Lower Levels (Below 58)Portal: ShattrathPortal: DalaranDarkmoon Faire ReputationInsane in the MembraneDarkmoon FaireDarkmoon FaireDarkmoon Faire TicketsDarkmoon Faire Prize TicketEngineeringLeatherworkingBlacksmithingYou do not need to be an engineer, leatherworker, or blacksmith to turn in these items.CataclysmEarning Darkmoon Faire Tickets (and Reputation)

Awards a set number of tickets

Awards 250 Darkmoon Faire reputation per turn-in

Has a minimum level required to complete

Has a cutoff. Upon reaching a certain reputation level, you can no longer turn in that tier for reputation. In fact, that quest will disappear entirely and you won't be able to turn those items in again.

Tier Number

# Tickets Per Turn-In

Minimum Level

Reputation Cutoff

Tier 1

(500/3000) Neutral

Tier 2

(1100/3000) Neutral

Tier 3

(1700/3000) Neutral

Tier 4

(2500/3000) Neutral

Tier 5

(5999/6000) Friendly

Yebb NeblegearTurn-in Type:Elwynn Forest Location:Mulgore Location: Terokkar Location:Quests:

Tier 1: Small Furry Paws for Small Furry Paw x5

Tier 2: Torn Bear Pelts for Torn Bear Pelt x5

Tier 3: Soft Bushy Tails for Soft Bushy Tail x5

Tier 4: Vibrant Plumes for Vibrant Plume x5

Tier 5: More Bat Eyes / More Bat Eyes for Evil Bat Eye x10
also Glowing Scorpid Blood / More Glowing Scorpid Blood for Glowing Scorpid Blood x10

Kerri HicksTurn-in Type:Elwynn Forest Location:Mulgore Location: Terokkar Location:Quests:

Tier 1: Coarse Weightstone, for Coarse Weightstone x10

Tier 2: Heavy Grinding Stone, for Heavy Grinding Stone x7

Tier 3: Green Iron Bracers, for Green Iron Bracers x3

Tier 4: Big Black Mace, for Big Black Mace x1

Tier 5: Rituals of Strength / More Dense Grinding Stones, for Dense Grinding Stone x8

RinlingTurn-in Type:Elwynn Forest Location:Mulgore Location: Terokkar Location:Quests:

Tier 1: Copper Modulator, for Copper Modulator x5

Tier 2: Whirring Bronze Gizmo, for Whirring Bronze Gizmo x7

Tier 3: Green Fireworks, for Green Firework x36

Tier 4: Mechanical Repair Kits, for Mechanical Repair Kit x6

Tier 4: Thorium Widget / More Thorium Widgets, for Thorium Widget x6

Schematic: Green FireworkGagsprocketHeavy StoneSchematic: Thorium WidgetGearcutter CogspinnerSovikChronos Turn-in Type:Elwynn Forest Location:Mulgore Location: Terokkar Location:Quests:

Tier 1: Carnival Boots, for Embossed Leather Boots x3

Tier 2: Carnival Jerkins, for Toughened Leather Armor x3

Tier 3: The World's Largest Gnome!, for Barbaric Harness x3

Tier 4: Crocolisk Boy and the Bearded Murloc, for Turtle Scale Leggings x1

Tier 5: Armor Kits / More Armor Kits, for Rugged Armor Kit x8

Differences between Retail and ClassicIn Retail, all these carnies are still employed by Darkmoon Faire, but have different jobs. Yebb Neblegear runs the Petting Zoo and gives the Blacksmithing profession quest. Kerri Hicks gives the quest for 250 Grisly Trophies. Rinling runs the Shooting Gallery and offers the profession quests for Engineering, Leatherworking, and Mining. Chronos manages the profession quests for Herbalism, Skinning, and Jewelcrafting, having recently retired from managing the First Aid quests (which leads one to wonder who's handling carnie health care).Spending Darkmoon Faire TicketsDarkmoon Storage BoxGelvas Grimegate

# Tickets

Item

Req. Level

Darkmoon Flower

Minor Darkmoon Prize

Last Month's Mutton

Lesser Darkmoon Prize

Greater Darkmoon Prize

Darkmoon Storage Box

Last Year's Mutton

1200

Amulet of the Darkmoon

1200

Orb of the Darkmoon

Minor Darkmoon PrizeLesser Darkmoon PrizeGreater Darkmoon PrizeDifferences between Retail and Classic In Retail, you can buy over 200 items with tickets, including heirlooms, transmogs, pets, toys, recipes, garrison music rolls, and other assorted goodies. In Classic, there were only 9 possible items, only 2 of which survived to Retail: Darkmoon Flower and Darkmoon Storage Box (which is 14 slots in Classic instead of 16 in Retail). No new items were added in either Burning Crusade Classic or Wrath of the Lich King Classic.Darkmoon Cards, Decks, and TrinketsDarkmoon FaireInscriptionInscriptionAcquiring Darkmoon Cards through Inscription

Darkmoon Card - Inscription (275) - creates random cards for level 60 decks

Greater Darkmoon Card - Inscription (325) - creates random cards for level 70 decks

Darkmoon Card of the North - Inscription (400) - creates random cards for level 80 decks

Finding Darkmoon Cards 2-8 for Level 60/70 DecksInscriptionFinding Darkmoon Ace Cards for Level 60/70 DecksAce of ElementalsAce of BlessingsAce of FuriesAce of LunacyAce of StormsCreating a DeckProfessor Thaddeus PaleoLevel 60 trinkets: Darkmoon Beast DeckDarkmoon Elementals DeckDarkmoon Elementals DeckDarkmoon Portals DeckLevel 70 trinkets:Darkmoon Blessings DeckDarkmoon Furies DeckDarkmoon Lunacy DeckDarkmoon Storms DeckLevel 70 trinkets:Darkmoon Chaos DeckDarkmoon Nobles DeckDarkmoon Prisms DeckDarkmoon Undeath DeckDarkmoon Faire

Elwynn Forest: /way 41.3, 70.0

Mulgore: /way 36.5, 38.0

Terokkar Forest: /way 34.3, 34.3

Level 80 Darkmoon TrinketsChaos Deck

Darkmoon Card: Berserker!: Improves your resilience rating by 100. Equip: You have a chance to gain Berserker when you deal or take damage in combat, increasing your critical strike rating by 35 for 12 sec. Effect stacks up to 3 times. (Proc chance: 50%)

Nobles Deck

Darkmoon Card: Greatness: Equip: When you heal or deal damage you have a chance to gain Greatness, increasing your Strength, Agility, Intellect, or Spirit by 300 for 15 sec. Your highest stat is always chosen. (Proc chance: 35%, 45s cooldown)

This trinket comes in four versions, depending on whether you want it to be +90 Agility, Intellect, Spirit, or Strength. It's the only card that comes with that choice.

Prisms Deck

Darkmoon Card: Illusion: Equip: Increases spell power by 100. Use: Absorbs 1500 damage for 6 sec. When the shield is removed by any means, you regain 1500 mana. (5 Min Cooldown)

Undeath Deck

Darkmoon Card: Death: Improves critical strike rating by 85. Equip: Each time you deal damage, you have a chance to do an additional 1750 to 2250 Shadow damage. (Proc chance: 15%, 45s cooldown)

Level 70 Darkmoon TrinketsBlessings Deck

Darkmoon Card: Crusade: Each time you deal melee or ranged damage to an opponent, you gain 6 attack power for the next 10 sec., stacking up to 20 times. Each time you land a harmful spell on an opponent, you gain 8 spell damage for the next 10 sec., stacking up to 10 times.

Furies Deck

Darkmoon Card: Vengeance: You have a 10% chance when hit by an attack or harmful spell to deal 95 to 115 holy damage to your attacker. (Proc chance: 10%)

Lunacy Deck

Darkmoon Card: Madness: Each time you land a killing blow on an enemy that yields experience or honor, you gain the Power of Madness.

This deck works differently for each class. The deck has the possibility of 9 different buffs, but will randomly pick different ones depending on your class. For example, Martyr Complex can be applied to all classes, but Sociopath only applies to Paladins, Rogues, Druids, and Warriors. See the description of Darkmoon Card: Madness for a full list of possible effects. These random buffs last for 30 seconds, can be applied to a player more than once, and can refresh the timer on buffs if it randomly selects a duplicate.

Storms Deck

Darkmoon Card: Wrath: Each time one of your direct damage attacks does not critically strike, you gain 17 critical strike rating and 17 spell critical strike rating for the next 10 sec. This effect is consumed when you deal a critical strike.

This is a strange trinket, and worth reading the comments section when you click on this. On the face of it, the trinket looks good, but running the numbers tells a different story. It only affects crit chance when you don't crit, which is odd. In fact, it gets less effective the better your gear is -- the more you crit, the less chance it has to proc. It may be useful to classes that don't crit that often, but there's a reason this trinket doesn't appear on anyone's BiS list. For most DPS classes, Darkmoon Card: Crusade is a much more appealing choice.

Level 60 Darkmoon TrinketsBeasts Deck

Darkmoon Card: Blue Dragon: Equip: 2% chance on successful spellcast to allow 100% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting for 15 sec.
If you cast a lot of instant or short-cast spells, such as healers in raids, this is a very useful trinket. Not so useful for DPS classes who primarily use long-cast or channeled spells.

Elementals Deck

Darkmoon Card: Maelstrom: Chance to strike your melee target with lightning for 200 to 300 Nature damage.
Note this says "melee" damage, so obviously this is best for melee classes. It's considered a BiS for Retribution paladins.

Portals Deck

Darkmoon Card: Twisting Nether: Gives the wearer a 10% chance of being able to resurrect with 20% health and mana.
This trinket is primarily good for PvP.

Warlords Deck

Darkmoon Card: Heroism: Sometimes heals bearer of 120 to 180 damage when damaging an enemy in melee.

This may seem like a good tank trinket, but the general consensus is that this is a more useful trinket for melee farming or grinding.

Buffs and FortunesSaygeSayge's Locations:

Elwynn Forest, /way 42.1, 69.0

Mulgore, /way 36.9, 38.4

Terokkar Forest, /way 34.9, 35.0

"Slay the Man"

"Turn him over to liege"

"Confiscate the corn"

"Let him go and have the corn"

Sayge's Dark Fortune of Agility

(3) Confiscate the corn, (3) Keep your brother out without letting him know

Sayge's Dark Fortune of Intelligence

(2) Turn him over to liege, (2) Show not so quiet defiance, or

(4) Let him go and have the corn, (1) Take credit, keep gold

Sayge's Dark Fortune of Spirit

(2) Turn him over to liege, (1) Confront the diplomat, or

(4) Let him go and have the corn, (2) Take credit, share the gold

Sayge's Dark Fortune of Stamina

(3) Confiscate the corn, (1) Speak against your brother openly

Sayge's Dark Fortune of Strength

(3) Confiscate the corn, (2) Help your brother in

Sayge's Dark Fortune of Armor

(1) Slay the Man, (3) Let your friend go, or

(4) Let him go and have the corn, (3) Let the knight take credit

Sayge's Dark Fortune of Resistance

(1) Slay the Man, (2) Execute your friend painlessly, or

(2) Turn him over to liege, (3) Remain quiet

Sayge's Dark Fortune of Damage

(1) Slay the Man, (1) Execute your friend painfully

Darkmoon Faire Fortune

Sayge's Fortune #23: "Your fortune awaits you in Eastvale." Your Fortune Awaits You...

Sayge's Fortune #24: "Your fortune awaits you inside the Deadmines." Your Fortune Awaits You...

Sayge's Fortune #25: "Your fortune awaits you inside the Wailing Caverns." Your Fortune Awaits You...

Sayge's Fortune #27: "Your fortune awaits you outside Palemane Rock." Your Fortune Awaits You...

Mysterious LockboxMysterious LockboxDifferences between Retail and ClassicAlthough better known as the quest giver for the Inscription and Enchanting profession quests, Sayge still gives the same fortunes and buffs for answering the same question. This is one case where not much has changed.Companion PetsFlikLocation:

Wood Frog Box - Only 1 available at a time. Spawn timer is about 20 minutes.

Tree Frog Box - Unlimited supply

Heavy Leather Ball - Unlimited supply

MorjaMorja's Location:

Elwynn Forest, /way 43.3 70.3

Mulgore, /way 35.9, 35.3

Terokkar Forest, /way 33.6 35.9

Spawn of Jubjub

2x Dark Iron Ale Mug

Important: Do NOT click on Morja before you start.

Right click on one mug. When the hand starts to glow, set the Dark Iron Ale Mug on the ground next to Morja.

Wait until her frog Jubjub hops over to the mug. This may take a while, so be patient.

When he has returned, she will offer a quest.

Take the quest, and turn in the second Dark Iron Ale Mug.

This completes the quest, and she will give you Unhatched Jubling Egg. In seven days, it will hatch and you will have your very own Jubling, summoned through A Jubling's Tiny Home.

Dark Iron Ale MugDifferences between Retail and ClassicThese two NPCs still exist in Retail and still hand out frogs in the same manner. This is one of the few things that has not changed.Fun and Games: The Human Cannonball and Tank Battle SimulatorReminder: in Classic, games do not award prizes.The Humanoid CannonballLooks ... safe?Maxima Blastenheimer

Elwynn Forest: inside the Faire grounds, /way 44.6, 70.3

Mulgore: in Thunder Bluff on the main rise, right between Trade Goods and Supplies and Kuruk's Goods. There is a Darkmoon Faire banner marking the spot to run between the tents. /way 41.2, 67.4

Terokkar Forest: in Shattrath City near the Aldor bank, /way 52.0, 31.3

Selina DourmanWhen in Mulgore, follow the cheery banner to certain death!

Elwynn Forest: in the river between Elwynn Forest and Darkshore.

Mulgore: just outside Bloodhoof Village.

Terokkar: in Silmyr Lake east of Shattrath City. Low level characters not able to deal with eel-infested waters and hungry basilisks in the 62-63 level range should probably give this experience a miss.

*Except for the aforementioned ravenous eels.Magic WingsA temporary illusion of safety, but the view is nice.Magic WingsThis is the target.This is the target when you miss, complete with "insert your corpse here" placeholder.Tank Battle SimulatorAn unused Tonk Control ConsoleA Tonk Control Console in use. Note the four new action bars above the main bars.

Cannon
15 yd range
Instant, 4 sec cooldown
Fires a cannon round at the nearest tonk in front of you within 20 yards. Deals 18 to 22 damage.

Mortar
30 yd range
Instant, 5 sec cooldown
Fires a mortar which lands 25 yards away dealing 35 to 45 damage to all tonks within 5 yards.

Shield Generator
10 Mana
Instant cast, 15 second cooldown
Protects you with a mana shield which can absorb up to 50 damage. Two points of mana are drained per point of damage taken.

Nitrous Boost
10 Mana
Instant cast
10 mana per second. Increases movement speed by 50%.

Ace

Mob(s)

Comments

Comment by cpmax

Does anyone know if you can start handing in Tier 5 quests right away or would you have to complete lower tiers first? Thanks!

Comment by Kathelexidon

Quest: "More Dense Grinding Stones" stopped giving me rep at 2075/6000 Friendly. 12/4/2022
:( That's a few more decks I'll need for Exalted then eh?

Comment by Nageek

Hey, thanks for a great guide! It helped me a lot <3

I'd just like to point out a typo in this part:
https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/guide/darkmoon-faire-wrath#creating-a-deck

Creating a Deck
To create a deck, collect all eight cards and click on them to combine. This starts a corresponding quest to turn in the deck to Professor Thaddeus Paleo in Darkmoon Faire:

Level 60 trinkets: Darkmoon Beast Deck, Darkmoon Elementals Deck, Darkmoon Elementals Deck, Darkmoon Portals Deck
Level 70 trinkets: Darkmoon Blessings Deck, Darkmoon Furies Deck, Darkmoon Lunacy Deck, Darkmoon Storms Deck
Level 70 trinkets: Darkmoon Chaos Deck, Darkmoon Nobles Deck, Darkmoon Prisms Deck, Darkmoon Undeath Deck

I believe the Chaos Deck etc are level 80 trinkets ^_^

Comment by GibbleFenwick

Great guide.
There's just one thing I'd like to point out.

... worth highlighting are the 50-ticket Darkmoon Storage Box, a 14-slot bag you can get as early as level 6 ...

While this is technically true. At level 6 you won't be able to earn it yourself, and would have to get it second-hand from a higher level character.
At that level you only have access to tier 1 hand-ins for 1 ticket at a time.
And the reputation earned will take you past the cutoff after just 2 hand-ins.
Leaving you with a total of only 7 tickets, until you level up for higher tier turn-ins.

If you want to obtain it yourself, you should be able to from level 20.
This grants Tier 3 hand-ins (8 tickets each).
Which should cut off after 6 hand-ins.
Plus the 5 tickets from the flyer quest, and squeak past the line with 53 tickets.

And a 14 slot bag at level 20 still comes in pretty handy.

Darkmoon Faire in Wrath of the Lich King Classic

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