World of Warcraft has all kinds of activities and events to keep players busy, and one of the more popular is the traveling carnival, the Darkmoon Faire. This unique event happens once a month, appears in three different locations, and like a proper traveling carnival, the Faire offers games, prizes, and other incentives in exchange for special currency.
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WoW's Darkmoon Faire trades tickets for prizes, and there are several daily quests that players can do to collect as many as possible. The Faire stays for a week, but it returns next month, and it will take more than one trip to collect all those precious tickets.
The following guide is specifically for the Wrath of the Lich King version of World of Warcraft: Classic. The Darkmoon Faire after the Cataclysm expansion is considerably different, such as being in a stationary location and always open, although there are portals to the modern island of the Darkmoon Faire in the old fairground locations.
Darkmoon Faire Locations
There are two places in Old Azeroth where the fair sets up and one location in Outland. They rotate every month, going from Goldshire to Thunder Bluff and then to Shattrath before returning to the woods of Elwynn again.
- Elwynn Forest. The small wooded field just south of Goldshire is conveniently close to the Alliance capital city of Stormwind. Horde needs to tread softly to visit this location.
- The Plains of Mulgore. The peaceful hills of northern Mulgore are quiet and isolated, next to but well-separated from the high-mesas of the Tauren capital, Thunder Bluff.
- South of Shattrath. The only neutral location of the Faire, it's located outside of the southern entrance of Outland's capital city in Terrokar Forest.
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The Midway
Not all the characters that players meet on the fairground are trading junk for tickets. Some are selling rare goods for old-fashioned gold, and these items are only available when the fair is in town. Proprieter Silas Darkmoon is usually near the front gate, flanked by bodyguards, greeting visitors.
Vendors
- Sayge: Raiders still come to visit Sayge for his precious scrolls and world buffs awarded just by answering a few simple questions. There's a chance to get a quest with a fortune if the player asks for a written version.
- Flik: A vendor selling frog pets and a leather ball that players can throw at each other.
- Sylannia: The drink vendor, she sells unique beverages that can't be purchased elsewhere, like soda and slushies.
- Stamp Thunderhorn: Enjoy Darmoon Dogs and Deep Fried Cruncybars from Sylannia's fellow vendor.
- Professor Thaddeus Paleo: The prof sells a variety of scrolls. Bring any Darkmoon decks to this NPC as well.
- Lhara: Shares a booth with Thaddeus and sells two kinds of uncut gems.
Quest Givers
These are the NPCs that trade certain special goods for Darkmoon Faire tickets. Some have different tasks than others, but all reward the player with Darkmoon Faire tickets, with the exception of one.
- Kerri Hicks: The strong local woman, bring Kerri a Black Mace or a Dense Grinding Stone.
- Yebb Neblegear: This creative goblin is building something special, but he needs Vibrant Plumes, Glowing Scorpid Blood, and Evil Bat Eyes.
- Rinling: This troll is the local repair carnie but needs some Repair Kits and Thorium Widgets to do his job.
- Chronos: An NPC that rewards leatherworkers, he accepts a variety of leather-crafted goods, some of which drop or can be purchased during certain quests.
- Morja: This NPC offers a quest, but it's not what a player might expect. Morja has a secret quest and a rare pet in return for a mug of Dark Iron Ale. This can only be purchased in the Grim Guzzler, the tavern in Blackrock Depths.
Grinding rep with the Darkmoon Faire in WotLK doesn't have much benefit other than tweaking some of the prices from vendors or counting towards one of the Exalted reputations that are part of the Insane In The Membrane Achievement.
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The Darkmoon Faire Card Decks
These cards drop virtually anywhere in the open world of Azeroth, although they tend to appear more often in higher-level instances like Strathholme. Since Inscription was added to the game, some can only be crafted. The Aces from these decks are the most difficult to find, dropping randomly from specific bosses in endgame raids and selling for a small fortune on the Auction House.
Every single deck requires that the player find a total of eight cards, from Ace to Eight, to complete a set. They all start the same quest: that the deck is returned to the Darkmoon Fortune Teller or Professor Thaddeus Paleo for a reward.
Name of Deck | Trinket Rewarded | Buffs And Benefits |
Beasts Deck | Darkmoon Card: Blue Dragon | Every successful spell cast gives a 2% chance that 100% of the player's mana will be restored for the next 15 seconds. |
Blessings Deck | Darkmoon Card: Crusade | Gain 6 attack power with every attack, stacking up to 20 times, or gain 8 spell power with each magical attack, stacking up to 1o times. |
Chaos Deck | Darkmoon Card: Berserker! | +100 to PvP Resilience and a chance to enter Berserker mode when dealing or taking damage in combat. |
Elementals Deck | Darkmoon Card: Maelstrom | A chance to strike an opponent with lightning for 250 Nature damage. |
Furies Deck | Darkmoon Card: Vengeance | When the wearer is hit, either with physical or magical damage, it has a 10% chance to do 105 Holy damage to the attacker. |
Lunacy Deck | Darkmoon Card: Madness | A chance the player gains The Power of Madness when landing a killing blow in combat. This is a random effect that is determined by class. |
Nobles Deck | Darkmoon Card: Greatness | A chance to increase Strength, Agility, Intellect, or Versatility - whichever is highest - by 105 for 15 seconds. |
Portals Deck | Darkmoon Card: Twisting Nether | The wearer has a 10% chance to resurrect after death, with 20% of their health and mana. |
Prisms Deck | Darkmoon Card: Illusion | Absorbs 1500 damage, and restores 1500 mana when removed. |
Storms Deck | Darkmoon Card: Wrath | Direct damage that hits but doesn't crit gives the player a +12 to Critical Strike for ten seconds. The buff is consumed by a critical strike. |
Undeath Deck | Darkmoon Card: Death | Adds 85 to Critical Strike ability and a chance to deal +2000 Shadow damage. |
Warlords Deck | Darkmoon Card: Heroism | Has a chance to heal the wearer every time they hit an opponent in melee combat. |
The cards are of Blue quality, and the decks are of Epic, or purple quality, as are the trinkets players get from them. There are four Lower Level decks of green and blue quality that only Inscriptionists can make; the Rogues, Swords, Mages, and Demon's Deck. These are strictly crafted and don't drop in the open world, but they can be sold or traded.
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The Darkmoon Faire Prizes
Return the tickets to the NPC Gelvas Grimegate to have a choice of many fabulous prizes in exchange for tickets. Some are purely cosmetic, while others are important best-in-slot pieces for endgame players.
Item Name | Ticket Cost |
Darkmoon Flower | 5 |
Minor Darkmoon Prize | 5 |
Last Month's Mutton | 10 |
Lesser Darkmoon Prize | 12 |
Greater Darkmoon Prize | 40 |
Schematic: Steam Tonk Controller | 40 |
Darkmoon Storage Box | 50 |
Last Year's Mutton | 50 |
Orb of the Darkmoon | 1200 |
Amulet of the Darkmoon | 1200 |
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