Reputation (WoW)

see also: Reputation Rewards, Generic Reputation Guide

Definition

Reputation, also sometimes called "faction" as a carryover from other games, is your standing with a particular group of people. A group of people might hate you initially, but there are actions you can perform to improve their attitude toward you. It is, of course, also possible to make people hate you more.

You can view the reputation (or rep for short) with groups you have made contact with in your Reputation Window (Default key: U). Initially this window will only list the races of your faction. As your time in the game progresses, this list will be filled with a great many different affiliations.

Reputation Levels

The worst attitude an NPC can have toward you is Hated. Unless that character is pre-disposed to not attack players, he will come after you. This is the default setting for most MoBs in the game. Slightly better, but still "kill on sight," is Hostile. If you can reach the next level up, Unfriendly, you will only get the cold shoulder from these NPCs.

Beyond Unfriendly is Neutral. Neutral will allow you to interact with an NPC, such as getting most quests from them or being able to buy and sell from vendors. Many groups begin as Neutral, and earning their trust provides additional rewards.

Positive levels of reputation begin with Friendly, continue into Honored, Revered, and finally Exalted. Achieving these levels of reputation will sometimes open up new quests, allow new purchases from a quartermaster, and will make purchases from all their merchants less expensive. Some actions, such as receiving riding training with another race, can only be done once a high level of reputation has been acquired. For more information on items you can purchase at higher levels of reputation, see the Reputation Rewards page.

A person's reputation level can be partially identified by pointing at him or her with the mouse. The color can help indicate your reputation with him.

Level	Points to Complete	Merchant Discount	NPC color
Exalted	N/A	20%	Green
Revered	21000	15%	Green
Honored	12000	10%	Green
Friendly	6000	5%	Green
Neutral	3000	-	Yellow
Unfriendly	3000	-	Orange
Hostile	3000	-	Red
Hated	36000	-	Red

The Reputation Window

The Reputation Window, accessed by hitting the "U" key on your keyboard, will contain not only a list of all the factions you have access to, but will also allow you to find out more information about each, sometimes to "declare war" on them (making them attackable), or show your progress toward the next level of reputation alongside your experience bar.

Certain sets of reputations are all aligned under a particular heading. For example, each of the goblin cities are collectively called the Steamwheedle Cartel. After that, most of the random isolated factions are listed. It is possible to move a reputation to the "Inactive" heading instead, to reduce clutter. For example, a Blood Elf that has moved beyond the Ghostlands no longer need to worry about their Tranquillien rep.

List of Factions

Azeroth

Alliance Factions

Darnassus

Character begins: Friendly
Represents: The Night Elves of the Alliance.
Leader: Tyrande Whisperwind <High Priestess of Elune>
Based in: Darnassus, Teldrassil
Raised by: Completing general Alliance quests, particularly those given by Night Elves.
Rewards: Exalted allows non-Night Elves to ride a Nightsaber.

Gnomeregan Exiles

Character begins: Friendly
Represents: The Gnomes of the Alliance.
Leader: High Tinker Mekkatorque
Based in: City of Ironforge, Loch Modan (formerly Gnomeregan)
Raised by: Completing general Alliance quests, particularly those given by Gnomes.
Rewards: Exalted allows non-Gnomes to ride a Mechanostrider.

Ironforge

Character begins: Friendly
Represents: The Dwarves of the Alliance.
Leader: King Magni Bronzebeard
Based in: City of Ironforge, Loch Modan
Raised by: Completing general Alliance quests, particularly those given by Dwarves.
Rewards: Exalted allows non-Dwarves to ride a Ram.

Stormwind

Character begins: Friendly
Represents: The Humans of the Alliance.
Leader: Highlord Bolvar Fordragon
Based in: Stormwind City, Azeroth
Raised by: Completing general Alliance quests, particularly those given by Humans.
Rewards: Exalted allows non-Humans to ride a Horse.

Exodar

Character begins: Friendly
Represents: The Draenei of the Alliance.
Leader: Prophet Velen
Based in: The Exodar, Azuremyst Isle
Raised by: Completing general Alliance quests, particularly those given by Draenei.
Rewards: Exalted allows non-Draenei to ride an Elekk.

Wintersaber Trainers

Character begins: Neutral
Represents: Two Night Elves in Winterspring
Leader: Rivern Frostwind
Based in: Frostsaber Rock, Winterspring
Raised by: Completing repeatable quests
Rewards: Exalted for unique Nightsaber mount
Notes: Entirely not worth the effort. This is not a valued judgement.

Horde Factions

Darkspear Trolls

Character begins: Friendly for Orcs, Trolls, and Tauren. Neutral for Undead and Blood Elves.
Represents: The Trolls in the Horde
Leader: Shadow Hunter Vol'jin
Based in: Orgrimmar, Durotar (or arguably, Sen'jin Village)
Raised by: Completing general Horde quests, particularly those given by Trolls.
Rewards: Exalted allows non-Trolls to ride a Raptor.

Orgrimmar

Character begins: Friendly for Orcs, Trolls, and Tauren. Neutral for Undead and Blood Elves.
Represents: The Orcs of the Horde
Leader: Warchief Thrall
Based in: Orgrimmar, Durotar
Raised by: Completing general Horde quests, particularly those given by Orcs.
Rewards: Exalted allows non-Orcs to ride a Wolf.

Silvermoon City

Character begins: Friendly for Undead and Blood Elves. Neutral for Orcs, Trolls, and Tauren.
Represents: The Blood Elves of the Horde
Leader: Regent Lord Lor'themar Theron
Based in: Silvermoon City, Quel'thalas
Raised by: Completing general Horde quests, particularly those given by Blood Elves.
Rewards: Exalted allows non-Blood Elves to ride a Hawkstrider.

Thunder Bluff

Character begins: Friendly for Orcs, Trolls, and Tauren. Neutral for Undead and Blood Elves.
Represents: The Tauren of the Horde
Leader: Cairne Bloodhoof
Based in: Thunder Bluff, Mulgore
Raised by: Completing general Horde quests, particularly those given by Tauren.
Rewards: Exalted allows non-Tauren to ride a Kodo.

Undercity

Character begins: Friendly for Undead and Blood Elves. Neutral for Orcs, Trolls, and Tauren.
Represents: The Forsaken
Leader: Lady Sylvanas Windrunner
Based in: The Undercity, Lordaeron
Raised by: Completing general Horde quests, particularly those given by Undead.
Rewards: Exalted allows non-Undead to ride a Skeletal Horse.

Steamwheedle Cartel Factions

Booty Bay

Character Begins: Neutral.
Represents: Steamwheedle Cartel.
Leader: Blackwater Raiders, Baron Revilgaz.
Based in: Booty Bay, Stranglethorn Vale.
Raised by: Completing quests for the Blackwater Raiders, goblins, the Steamwheedle Cartel, or denizens of Booty Bay.
Rewards: -

Everlook

Character Begins: Neutral.
Represents: Steamwheedle Cartel.
Leader: Steamwheedle Cartel.
Based in: Everlook, Winterspring.
Raised by: Completing quests for the goblins, the Steamwheedle Cartel, or denizens of Everlook.
Rewards: -

Gadgetzan

Character Begins: Neutral.
Represents: Steamwheedle Cartel.
Leader: Steamwheedle Cartel.
Based in: Gadgetzan, Tanaris.
Raised by: Completing quests for the goblins, the Steamwheedle Cartel, or denizens of Gadgetzan. Killing the Southsea NPCs and Wastewander nomads will increase your Reputation with the Steamwheedle Cartel as well.
Rewards: -

Ratchet

Character Begins: Neutral.
Represents: Steamwheedle Cartel.
Leader: Venture Company
Based in: Ratchet, The Barrens.
Raised by: Completing quests for the goblins, the Steamwheedle Cartel, or denizens of Ratchet.
Rewards: -

Shared Factions

Thorium Brotherhood

Character Begins: Neutral.
Represents: Thorium Brotherhood.
Leader: Overseer Oilfist
Based in: Thorium Point, Searing Gorge
Raised by: Completing quests for the Thorium Brotherhood.
Rewards: Profession recipes

Argent Dawn

Character Begins: Neutral.
Represents: Argent Dawn.
Leader: Duke Nicholas Zverenhoff
Based in: Light's Hope, Eastern Plaguelands and Chillwind Camp, Western Plaguelands
Raised by: Completing quests, including repeatable quests, using valor tokens which are obtained by turning in scourgestones
Rewards: Purchased items
Note: The mantles of the dawns that can be purchased and add resistances to a players mantle are unlocked by completing a quest given but the quartermasters which involves handing in 10 valor tokens and then turning in 25 valor tokens is required to be able to purchase chromatic mantles of the dawn

Timbermaw Hold

Character Begins: Hostile.
Represents: Timbermaw Hold
Leader: Unknown
Based in: Timbermaw Hold, Azshara and Winterspring, Winterspring
Raised by: Completing quests, including repeatable quests (turning in beads)
Rewards: Purchased items, Allows access to Moonglade and Winterspring through tunnels at unfriendly

Outlands

Alliance Factions

Honor Hold

Character begins: Neutral
Represents: Remaining Human forces in Outland when the Dark Portal was opened.
Leader: Force Commander Danath Trollbane
Based in: Honor Hold, Hellfire Peninsula
Raised by: Completing quests, killing hellfire orcs, or running Hellfire Citadel.
Rewards: Various from quartermaster, including Heroic key for Hellfire Citadel at Honored.

Kurenai

Character begins: Unfriendly
Represents: The tribe of Broken living in Telaar
Leader: Arechron
Based in: Telaar, Nagrand
Raised by: Quests in Orebor Harborage and Telaar, killing Nagrand ogres
Rewards: Various from quartermaster
Notes: Player will want to start by performing quests in Orebor Harborage.

Horde Factions

The Mag'har

Character begins: Neutral
Represents: Orcs who remain in Outlands and have separated themselves from the fel orcs.
Leader: Greatmother Geyah
Based in: Garadar, Nagrand.
Raised by: Killing any ogre and most murkblood mobs will yield 10 Mag'har reputation.
Rewards: Various

Thrallmar

Character begins: Neutral
Represents: The Horde.
Leader: Nazgrel
Based in: Hellfire Peninsula, Outland.
Raised by: Completing quests for the denizens of Hellfire Peninsula, and running the Hellfire Citadel instances.
Rewards:

Shared Factions

Cenarion Expedition

Character Begins: Neutral.
Represents: Cenarion Circle, Night Elves, Tauren, Horde, and Alliance.
Leader: Cenarion Expedition
Based in: Cenarion Refuge, Zangarmarsh
Raised by: Completing quests for the Cenarion Expedition. Running The Slave Pens, The Steamvault, and The Underbog instances.
Rewards:

Netherwing

Character Begins: Hated.
Represents: Outlands Nether Dragons.
Leader: -
Based in: Netherwing Ledge, Shadowmoon Valley.
Raised by: Completing quests for the Netherwing.
Rewards: Rideable Netherwing Drake.

Ogri'la

Character Begins: Neutral.
Represents: Enlightened Blade's Edge Ogres.
Leader: - (You can eventually become King of the Ogres)
Based in: Ogri'la, Blade's Edge Mountains.
Raised by: Completing quests for the Ogres of Ogri'la.
Rewards:

Sporeggar

Character Begins: Unfriendly.
Represents: Sporelings.
Leader: -
Based in: Sporeggar, Zangarmarsh.
Raised by: Completing quests for the Sporelings and handing in Sanguine Hibiscus, which is found in the Steam Vaults.
Rewards:
Notes: Sporeggar takes Glowcap, found in Zangarmarsh, as currency.

The Consortium

Character Begins: Neutral.
Represents: The Consortium.
Leader: Nexus-Prince Haramad
Based in: Stormspire, Netherstorm.
Raised by: Completing quests for the Consortium, including the Daily Heroic and Daily Regular Dungeon quests. You can also turn in Obsidian Warbeads in Nagrand, along with running Tempest Keep instances in Netherstorm.
Rewards:

Shattrath City Factions

Lower City

Character begins: Neutral
Represents: Refugees from all of Outlands.
Leader: -
Based in: Lower City, Shattrath City.
Raised by: Running Auchenai Crypts and Sethekk Halls instances, and complete the repeatable quest More Feathers.
Rewards:

Sha'tari Skyguard

Character begins: Neutral
Represents: The fighters of the Sha'tar of Shattrath City.
Leader: -
Based in: Shattrath City.
Raised by: Completing quests in Skettis.
Rewards:

Shattered Sun Offensive

Character begins: Neutral
Represents: Mostly of Blood Elves and Draenei, led by the Naaru
Leader: -
Based in: Isle of Quel'Danas.
Raised by: Completing quests in Isle of Quel'Danasas well as in outlands.
Rewards:

The Aldor

Character begins: Neutral (Unfriendly for Bloodelves. Can become part of this faction by doing quests for Aldor)
Represents: Draenei faction in Shattrath City.
Leader: High Priestess Ishanah
Based in: Shattrath City.
Raised by: Completing quests for The Aldor. This will cause your Scryers reputation to decrease.
Rewards:

The Scryers

Character begins: Neutral (Unfriendly for Draenei. Can become part of this faction by doing quests for Scryers)
Represents: Blood Elf faction in Shattrath City.
Leader: Voren'thal the Seer.
Based in: Shattrath City.
Raised by: Completing quests for The Scryers. This will cause your Aldor reputation to decrease.
Rewards:

The Sha'tar

Character begins: Neutral
Represents: Group of Naaru in Shattrath City.
Leader: A'dal.
Based in: Terrace of Light, Shattrath City.
Raised by: Completing various quests, by raising their reputation with the Aldor or Scryers, and by adventuring in Tempest Keep.
Rewards:

Northrend Factions

The Kalu'ak

Character begins: Neutral (Horde only)
Represents:
Leader: Roanauk Icemist
Based in: Borean Tundra
Raised by: Completing quests
Rewards: -

The Kirin Tor

Character begins: Neutral
Represents:
Leader: Rhonin
Based in: Dalaran
Raised by: Completing quests
Rewards: -

The Tuskarr

Character begins: Neutral (Available to both Alliance and Horde)
Represents:
Leader:
Based in: Borean Tundra
Raised by: Completing quests
Rewards: -

The Knights of The Silver Hand

Character begins: Neutral
Represents: Alliance Paladins
Leader: Lord Tirion Fordring
Based in: Stormwind City, City of Ironforge
Raised by: Completing quests
Rewards: -

The Knights of the Ebon Blade

Character begins: Neutral
Represents: Renegade Death Knights
Leader: Highlord Darion Mograine
Based in: Acherus, The Ebon Hold
Raised by: Completing quests
Rewards: -

Raid Factions

Ashtongue Deathsworn

Character begins: Neutral
Represents: Broken Draenei
Leader: Elder Sage Akama
Based in: Black Temple, Shadowmoon Valley
Raised by: Completing quests and killing mobs in the Black Temple.
Rewards:

Brood of Nozdormu

Character begins: Hated
Represents: Bronze Dragonflight
Leader: Anachronos
Based in: Ahn'Qiraj, Silithus
Raised by: Completing quests and killing mobs in Ahn'Qiraj. Also completing quests for Anachronos will earn you reputation.
Rewards: Signet Ring of the Bronze Dragonflight, and a five-piece armor set for each class.

Cenarion Circle

Character begins: Neutral
Represents: Druids - both Tauren and Night Elf.
Leader: Cenarius
Based in: Nighthaven, Moonglade
Raised by: Completing quests and instances in Dire Maul, Silithus,and Desolace.
Rewards:

Hydraxian Waterlords

Character begins: Neutral
Represents: Elementals in Azshara.
Leader: Duke Hydraxis
Based in: Azshara
Raised by: Completing quests and instances in Eastern Plaguelands, Silithus, and Molten Core
Rewards: -

The Scale of the Sands

Character begins: Neutral
Represents: Subgroup of the Bronze Dragonflight.
Leader: Soridormi
Based in: Mount Hyjal
Raised by: Completing quests and the instance Battle for Mount Hyjal.
Rewards: The Exalted rings are rumored to have the highest item level of any armor in the game.

Zandalar Tribe

Character begins: Neutral
Represents: Trolls
Leader: King Rastakhan
Based in: Yojamba Isle, Stranglethorn Vale, and Zandalar
Raised by: Completing quests in Yojamba Isle, the instance Zul'Gurub, and turning in coins for faction.
Rewards:

PvP Factions

Alliance PvP Factions

The League of Arathor

Character begins: Neutral
Represents: Alliance forces in Arathi Basin.
Leader:
Based in: Refuge Point, Arathi Highlands
Raised by: Participating in Arathi Basin battlegrounds.
Rewards: Exalted with all 3 battleground factions gives the title of Justicar.
Notes: Completing an AB battleground gives marks of honor that are spent with quartermaster.

Silverwing Sentinels

Character begins: Neutral
Represents: Alliance forces in Warsong Gulch.
Leader:
Based in: Silverwing Grove, Ashenvale
Raised by: Participating in Warsong Gulch battlegrounds - 35 reputation (38.5 for humans) is gained each time your team captures the horde flag. Therefore 1200 (1091 for humans) flag captures are required to gain exalted reputation.
Rewards: Exalted with all 3 battleground factions gives the title of Justicar.
Notes: Completing a WSG battleground gives marks of honor that are spent with quartermaster.

Stormpike Guard

Character begins: Neutral
Represents: Alliance forces in Alterac Valley
Leader: Vanndar Stormpike
Based in: The Headland, Alterac Mountains
Raised by: Participating in Alterac Valley battlegrounds or completing AV quests.
Rewards: Exalted with all 3 battleground factions gives the title of Justicar.
Notes: Completing an AB battleground gives marks of honor that are spent with quartermaster.

Horde PvP Factions

The Defilers

Character Begins: Neutral.
Represents: The Forsaken in the Arathi Basin Battleground.
Leader: Lady Sylvanas Windrunner
Based in: Arathi Basin.
Raised by: Participating in the Arathi Basin Battleground.
Rewards: Players that have exalted with Warsong Outriders, Frostwolf Clan, and the Defilers receive the title of Conqueror, three marks of honor for a win, one for a loss, and at Exalted faction level you can buy their tabbard.

Frostwolf Clan

Character Begins: Neutral.
Represents: Orcs and the Horde in general.
Leader: Drek'Thar
Based in: Alterac Valley.
Raised by: Participating in the Alterac Valley Battleground. Turning in Alterac Valley related quests, along with turning in specific items during the battleground.
Rewards: The Frostwolf Howler is a wolf mount available to all members of the Horde costing 50 Alterac Valley Marks of Honor. The Frostwolf Battle Tabard is a tabard available to members of the Horde that are friendly with the Frostwolf Clan costing 60 Alterac Valley Marks of Honor. Three marks of honor are awarded for a win, one for a loss. Also, players that have exalted with Warsong Outriders, Frostwolf Clan, and the Defilers receive the title of Conqueror, three marks of honor for a win, one for a loss, and at Exalted faction level you can buy their tabbard.

Warsong Outriders

Character Begins: Neutral.
Represents: Warsong Outriders and the Horde in general.
Leader: Warchief Thrall
Based in: Warsong Gulch.
Raised by: Participating in the Warsong Gulch Battleground.
Rewards: Players that have exalted with Warsong Outriders, Frostwolf Clan, and the Defilers receive the title of Conqueror, and three marks of honor for a win, one for a loss.

There are many other smaller factions that a player can gain Reputation with also, such as the Dark Moon Faire, Argent Dawn, and the Syndicate. Exploring these yield rewards, some great, and some small. This outline is only a rough sketch of the many wonderful beings that you will come into contact with during gameplay.

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