8 battleground factions. A pair for each of the 4 maps.
42,000 to Exalted. Story quests 1st, then turn-ins.How reputation works in WoW Forever
Every faction in WoW Forever keeps a standing for your character. Most start you at Neutral, and the climb runs through Friendly, Honored and Revered to Exalted.
Each step is longer than the last: 3,000 points to Friendly, 6,000 more to Honored, 12,000 to Revered and 21,000 to Exalted, 42,000 in all.
The pattern repeats from faction to faction. Story quests pay a large block of reputation that never comes back, and a repeatable turn-in or kills carry you the rest of the way. A quartermaster sells the rewards, and each item asks for a set standing: recipes, cosmetics, gear and titles.
Forever adds new factions on Zephras Isle, in Mount Hyjal, in Dalaran and on the Darkspear Islands, and keeps classic ones such as Timbermaw Hold.
New factions in WoW Forever
These standings are new in Forever, each tied to a new place on the map:
| Faction | Where | How you earn it |
|---|---|---|
 Nightclaw Druids (neutral) | Zephras Isle, Shadowgale Forest | Story quests, then a repeatable turn-in at Vayn Moongaze in Nightclaw Cavern |
 Windshapers (Horde) and High Order (Alliance) | Zephras Isle | The Skyborne factions, covered in our Skyborne guide |
 Mount Hyjal | Mount Hyjal, a new zone | Quests and turn-ins; the zone is in our new zones guide |
 Kirin Tor (Alliance) | Dalaran, Alterac Mountains | Tied to the City of Dalaran dungeon |
 Darkspear Raiders (Horde) and Theramore Expeditionary Force (Alliance) | Darkspear Islands battleground, levels 30 to 60 | Matches; each base has vendors for the rewards |
The Nightclaw Druids open in the Skyborne starting zone. Their story quests carry you partway into Friendly, and Vayn Moongaze sells Blacksmithing, Leatherworking and Tailoring recipes for the standing, plus a pet and a shoulder piece.
Kirin Tor is for Alliance characters. Blizzard's 16 October beta notes fixed a bug that let Horde characters gain it, so the Horde runs the Dalaran dungeon without the standing.
Battleground reputations: a pair for every map
Each battleground has an Alliance faction and a Horde faction. Matches add standing with your side's faction, and its rewards open tier by tier as the standing climbs.
| Battleground | Alliance | Horde | Levels |
|---|---|---|---|
 Warsong Gulch | Silverwing Sentinels | Warsong Outriders | 10 to 60 |
 Arathi Basin | The League of Arathor | The Defilers | 20 to 60 |
| Darkspear Islands | Theramore Expeditionary Force | Darkspear Raiders | 30 to 60 |
 Alterac Valley | Stormpike Guard | Frostwolf Clan | 51 to 60 |
Darkspear Islands is the new map: 15 v 15 off the coast of Dustwallow Marsh, with quests and reputation vendors at each side's base. How Honor and ranks add up across the 4 maps is in our Honor farming guide.
How to raise reputation faster
- Story quests before any farming. They pay the biggest blocks and never repeat, so clear what a faction offers before the grind.
- Keep the turn-in items. Drops for repeatable quests stack, so bank the ones you find while leveling and hand them in when the quest opens.
- Farm where the drops are dense. Kill-and-collect factions reward packs of the right enemies, so pick a camp with a short respawn and stay.
- Play the holiday battleground. The map with the holiday that week adds Honor and Rank Points, so its reputation comes with more Honor per match.
Timbermaw Hold is the classic case: its opening quests, its furbolg camps in Felwood and Winterspring and its turn-ins are on our Timbermaw Hold reputation guide.
Which factions open at which level
Plan the order by level, since every faction lives in a zone or a map with its own bracket:
Zephras Isle, levels 1 to 12: the Nightclaw Druids, the Windshapers and the High Order.- From level 10: the battleground factions, map by map as each bracket opens.
City of Dalaran: the Kirin Tor, through the dungeon and its quests.
Felwood and Winterspring: Timbermaw Hold, a late classic grind.- Mount Hyjal: the reputation of the new zone.
The start level of every zone is in our WoW Forever zones by level guide.
Reputation farmed by our Pros
Our mounts page sells reputation. A Pro grinds Timbermaw Hold, Zandalar Tribe or Mount Hyjal from the standing you hold now to the one you pick, by quests and turn-ins.
The PvP page adds the reputation of any of the 4 battlegrounds to Exalted in its builder, and the PvP boost guide shows how our Pros play it.
A character below the zone it needs can take our 1 to 60 leveling 1st. Everything the character earns on the way stays on it, reputation included.
From the source
Official“Explore new destinations including Mount Hyjal, Shen'dralas, the Riverglades, and Zephras Isle. Zephras Isle: levels 1 through 12. Horde-aligned Windshapers or Alliance-aligned High-Order Skyborne. The Darkspear Raiders and Theramore Expeditionary Force clash in a 15 versus 15 battleground.”
Official“Location: off the shores of Dustwallow Marsh. Player levels 30-60. 15v15. The bases include vendors with reputation rewards you can acquire as you increase your standing with the Darkspear Raiders or Theramore Expeditionary Force.”
Official“Fixed an issue allowing Horde players to gain Kirin Tor reputation.”
FAQ
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