Darkmoon Faire ( old ) The Darkmoon Faire showcases the weird and the extraordinary . Gathering the exotic from around the world , Silas Darkmoon presents the Darkmoon Faire as a celebration of the wonders and mysteries found in Azeroth . While the Faire spends most of its time in parts unknown , they do stop from time to time in Mulgore , Elwynn Forest , and Terokkar Forest . Description . The Darkmoon Faire is an event that appears in the game . The location of the Faire rotates monthly among three locations : Setup takes the carnies three days ; and the Faire opens early that Monday , and remains there for one week . Heralds in Ironforge and Orgrimmar announce the arrival of the Faire . The Faire itself is neutral and can be visited by players of either faction regardless of the location . Naturally , on PvP servers , you will be flagged and subject to enemy player attack while it is in the other faction ' s area . On PvE servers , Alliance guards in Goldshire can aggro on Horde players , especially in the north part of the Faire ( the Faire in Mulgore has no Horde guards nearby ) . Faire schedule . The Darkmoon Faire visits once a month , starting at 00 : 01 on the Sunday before the 1st Monday of each month . The event dates are automatically added to the in - game calendar . You can also see event dates for the Darkmoon Faire on the official Blizzard Event Calendar . The Tauren Chieftains ' concert . To celebrate the 2007 BlizzCon event on August 3 and 4 , The Tauren Chieftains ( aka Level 70 Elite Tauren Chieftain ) made a guest appearance at the new Darkmoon Faire location outside of Shattrath city . At the top of every hour for the duration of BlizzCon , they performed Power of the Horde on a special stage set up for the occasion . http : / / blue . cardplace . com / newcache / us / 676238677 . htm The concerts still occurred up to August 12 but after the Faire moved away the concerts did not return . It was likely only for the debut of the Shattrath location , and that the band would be making regular appearances at World ' s End Tavern in Shattrath from then on . Vendors and other NPCs . The Faire has some vendors and some special NPCs . Darkmoon Faire Prize Tickets . are used like currency to purchase Darkmoon Faire prizes from Gelvas Grimegate , the Darkmoon Faire prize vendor NPC . The Darkmoon Faire tickets are soulbound , so you cannot trade them . They can be saved up , in stacks of 200 . The tickets are the same and can be earned and spent at any Darkmoon Faire location . Prizes purchased with tickets . Gelvas Grimegate sells the following items in exchange for your tickets : You will not be offered prizes that are above your level . See Foodfight for more food weapons . Earning tickets . The easiest way to earn five Darkmoon Faire Tickets is by finding the Darkmoon Faire herald and doing the Darkmoon Faire quest ( find the Darkmoon Faire and locate the prize - turn - in NPC ) . Five tickets is enough for a , which is level - appropriate for a character in the teens to low twenties . This quest gives 75 rep with the Darkmoon Faire ( 82 rep for human characters , with 10 % rep bonus ) . This low amount can alter your availability of turn - ins ( see following ) ; one way around this is to postpone completing this quest until after you have turned in your items . The primary way to earn Darkmoon Faire Prize Tickets is to provide Darkmoon Faire NPCs with requested items in exchange for tickets . You earn tickets by turning in animal parts or some trade - skill goods ( see list following ) . These are repeatable quests , but will only be available to you depending on your level , and as your reputation with Darkmoon Faire increases , easier turn - ins are no longer offered . Each turn - in gives 250 rep with Darkmoon Faire ( 275 for human characters , with their 10 % rep bonus ) . This means that every turn - in consumes a limited number of turn - in slots ( for all except the top level turn - in , which does not cut off ) . To maximize the value of your turn - ins and so you are not stuck with items you can no longer turn in for tickets , note when each item turn - in cuts off . You can turn in quest items produced by a profession even if you do not have that profession ; this is a change from past WoW versions . There are only turn - in quests for blacksmithing , engineering , and leatherworking items , but there are also farmable animal part turn - ins . Each kind of turn - in , by profession or animal parts , is offered by a different Darkmoon Faire NPC . Look around the Faire for the one you want ; they are easy to find . The following list shows the animal parts turn - in , then the blacksmithing , engineering , and leatherworking turn - ins as a series of tiers arranged by availability and cutoff . For each of the following tiers , you may turn in any set of the listed items as a single turn - in transaction . Each tier also lists the number of Darkmoon Faire ( DMF ) tickets given as a reward , the required character level , the reputation cap , and the total number of possible turn - ins , and the possible number of turn - ins if you have already completed the earlier tiers , for normal reputation gain ( and for humans with a 10 % rep bonus ) . Tier 1 . Yields 1 DMF Ticket , requires level 1 , cuts off at 401 reputation . You can do 2 turn - ins ( same as a human ) ; 2 if you do the herald quest first ( same as a human ) . Per turn - in : Tier 2 . Yields 4 DMF Ticket , requires level 10 , cuts off at 1100 reputation . You can do 5 total or 3 more turn - ins ( 4 total or 2 more as a human ) ; 5 total or 3 more if you do the herald quest first ( 4 total or 2 more as a human ) . Per turn - in : Tier 3 . Yields 8 DMF Ticket , requires level 20 , cuts off at 1625 reputation . You can do 7 total or 2 more turn - ins ( 7 total or 2 more as a human ) ; 7 total or 2 more if you do the herald quest first ( 6 total or 2 more as a human ) . Per turn - in : Tier 4 . Yields 12 DMF Ticket , requires level 30 , cuts off at 2500 reputation . You can do 11 total or 4 more turn - ins ( not same as a human ) ; 10 total or 3 more if you do the herald quest first , ( 9 total or 3 more as a human ) . Per turn - in : Tier 5 . Yields 20 DMF Ticket , requires level 40 , unlimited . You can do any number of these tier 5 turn - ins . Per turn - in : You will be offered all of the quests in a tier , if the tier is available to you . Each turn - in is independent . You can mix and match turn - ins until you reach the rep limits . The highest level quests ( tier 5 ) remain available , although they are implemented as two sets of quests , one set that gives reputation that does cut off and is replaced by another set that does not give reputation and does not cut off . Since the number of turn - ins is limited , if you want to earn as many tickets as possible , do the highest tier available to you , and since Tier 5 is unlimited , do it last . Even consider holding off doing low - value turn - ins and save the turn - in slot for better turn - ins . In particular , consider skipping the tier 1 quests , which yield only one ticket each . Ticket transactions as quests . Both the item turn - ins to earn tickets and the ticket turn - ins to purchase prizes are implemented as quests . So , although the Darkmoon Faire Ticket works kind of like currency , and the ticket turn - in NPC works kind of like a vendor , quest completion changes happen in a dialog box when you turn in items in exchange for tickets or purchase prizes with tickets . For instance , each time you transact , the dialog closes , so , unlike a vendor , where you can purchase a stack of something just by clicking on the item , the Darkmoon Faire Ticket turn - ins require a separate dialog with the NPC for each turn - in . Also , to do a turn - in to earn tickets or use tickets for a purchase , you need an open slot in your quest log to accept ( and then complete ) the quest . See the item article , Darkmoon Faire Prize Ticket , for a full list of ticket - earning quests and ticket purchase quest ; the same transactions as are listed above , in quest format . Darkmoon Cards . An important function of the Darkmoon Faire is to allow the return of decks of Darkmoon Cards . These are collectible sets of cards which may be created through inscription or ( for level 60 and level 70 cards ) found as loot . When all the cards in a set are collected , they form a deck . Higher - level decks may be returned to The Darkmoon Faire for an epic trinket . Lower - level decks reward the returner with more modest items . Returning any kind of deck also awards reputation with the Darkmoon Faire . Refer to Darkmoon Cards for a complete list of the rewards , and the sources of the cards . Buffs . If you go to the fortune - seeking Gnoll , Sayge , he will tell you your fortune by giving you a strong buff and a small note . You can receive a new buff only after at least two hours and if your buff has run out . The buff he gives you depends on what you answer to his questions . See the guide to Answering Sayge . Reputation . Increasing Reputation . All players begin at 0 / 3000 Neutral with the Darkmoon Faire . You cannot be " at war " with the Faire . Up to 2000 friendly , the primary method of increasing reputation with the Darkmoon Faire is by turning in items requested by various NPCs around the Faire . Refer to the section Earning tickets above for detailed information on item turn - in quests . Each turn - in increases Darkmoon Faire reputation by 250 , ( 275 for human characters , due to 10 % reputation bonus ) . As your reputation increases , certain turn - in quests will become unavailable and you must rely on more difficult ones . Once your reputation passes a certain number , you can no longer turn in those items . The table shows how many turn - ins you can do for each tier ; keep in mind that the Rep displayed is after the turn - in . Upon reaching 2250 reputation into Friendly ( 5250 total rep ) , turn - ins will no longer provide reputation gains . All turn - in quests will be replaced by " More " versions ; for example , will be replaced with . These quests reward the same amount of tickets , but zero reputation . Upon hitting this reputation level , the Darkmoon Faire NPCs ' gossip text changes . The simplest method of increasing your reputation beyond this point is by turning in decks of Darkmoon Cards . Lesser decks , which can be assembled from cards made by Scribes , award 25 reputation each . These may be turned in at any time , even if the Darkmoon Faire is not running . Major decks , which are assembled from cards made by Scribes or found as loot , award 350 reputation ; they may only be turned in when the Darkmoon Faire is running . If you haven ' t already completed them , the quests and will both give you a further 75 reputation above 2000 Friendly , but are not repeatable . Both versions are available to any race of both factions , and are not mutually exclusive , although it will be difficult for an Alliance member to get the Horde quest , and vice versa . A final method of gaining reputation above 2000 Friendly is completing any of the four versions of the quest entitled . Four of the possible twenty - nine fortunes offered by Sayge at the Darkmoon Faire start this quest . They have players seek a chest in The Deadmines , The Wailing Caverns , Palemane Rock , or Eastvale Logging Camp . These quests reward 75 reputation each , ( as well as the contents of the chest ) and they can be repeated , provided you are able to get the fortune again . Because of the long cooldown on Sayge ' s fortunes and the approximate 14 % chance to get one of these fortunes , increasing your reputation this way is very slow work . There is no known benefit from Darkmoon Faire reputation beyond the discount on the food , drink , special items , and the already cheap beer ; although at the reputation level at which turn - ins stop giving reputation , Silas Darkmoon hints at rewards for those who continue to earn reputation . Insane in the Membrane . reputation with Darkmoon is one of the requirements for the Feat of Strength . An extensive guide on this achievement , has a section on reaching Exalted with Darkmoon Faire .