Tabard Tabard refers to a type of clothing bearing a symbol or design and worn in the tabard equipment slot over a character ' s chest armor . It was once a purely cosmetic item intended to add individuality to a character ' s look , similar to a shirt , but in " " and " " , many tabards resulted in reputation bonuses . Overview . Historically , a tabard serves both as a sleeveless shirt or coat ( often over armor ) , and as a means of displaying heraldry ( as ) . For players , it can show membership in a guild or ( for roleplay purposes ) allegiance to a particular group , boast of deeds performed , or simply be decorative . The only tabard available to players upon the release of " World of Warcraft " was the guild tabard . The release of battleground s and the honor system saw a variety of new tabards introduced , identifying a player ' s rank or standing with a particular battleground faction . The Scourge Invasion also added a small number of tabards . In " " , each faction in Outland was given its own tabard , available at status . " " continued this trend , but has lower ( or no ) reputation requirements and instead , it utilizes faction tabards in a system known as championing for farming reputation . Patch 3 . 0 introduced the achievement system , which includes rewards for tabard collectors . Upon obtaining a tabard , a player is now granted the general achievement ; subsequent achievement points are granted at ten and twenty - five tabards , with the latter granting the Tabard of the Achiever . Keeping tabards in one ' s inventory is not required for tabard achievements ; only equipping them . You can equip and then sell or delete each tabard as you get it , and it will still count toward the achievements . Some tabards can be discarded and repurchased or reacquired at a tabard vendor . These generally include rewards from non - repeatable quests and achievements ( such as the ) . Changes to tabard system . With Legion , tabards are now added to the Appearances tab ( of the Collection window ) after being collected . This was done to alleviate wasted bag space , and allows tabard appearances to be used by any character on the same Battle . net account ( some are locked by faction i . e . Orgrimmar / Stormwind ) . Tabards still will not show for characters who don ' t meet the reputation requirements to equip the tabard . A tabard appearance will not allow it ' s effects to be used , so DON ' T DELETE YOUR TABARDS WITH EFFECTS . It is not clear if reputation bonuses follow the tabard appearance . Speculated changes to the tabard system . A panel of Blizzard employees at BlizzCon 2013 the up - and - coming Warlords of Draenor expansion recently mentioned plans to potentially alleviate the amount of bag space taken up by tabards by including them in a separate menu ( as has already been done with mounts , non - combat pets and toys ) . This feature has been hinted at for quite some time and even now , Blizzard won ' t commit any further than to say that it is a " possibility " . Tabard vendors . There are , generally , two types of vendor that tabards can be purchased from . Tabards associated with a faction are almost always available from the Quartermaster s for that faction . Visitor ' s Center s in most major cities have tabard vendors who sell Guild tabards . They also sell : These additional tabards have the same purchase restrictions and costs from the visitor ' s center vendor as they do from the relevant quartermaster . City / Faction tabards . As of Patch 4 . 0 . 3 ( " Cataclysm " and the Shattering ) , you can buy a tabard for a specific city / faction faction and gain some reputation for each kill in a non - Outland dungeon . Killing level - appropriate mobs in instances will yield 15 faction per kill while wearing an appropriate tabard . High level characters in newbie zones yields 3 faction for trash mobs , 60 for bosses . ( Will you get more faction per mob at 70 killing in Strath than in Ragefire ? ) You can go all the way to max exalted through the use of tabards . Thus , it ' s worthwhile to pick up the tabards from each city and switch once you max out one . You ' ll get to exalted in all eventually . The City / Faction tabards are available from each faction ' s city quartermaster and cost : Guild tabards . Guild tabards can be purchased for from a tabard designer / vendor in the Visitor ' s Center of any faction capital city . Guild leader s can customize the symbol and color scheme of the guild ' s tabard for . See below for web - based tabard design tools . Once your tabard crest has been created , it will take another every time you wish to make a change to it . Honor rank tabards . Honor rank tabards are an honor reward for PvP fighting under the Honor System ( battleground s ) . Enlisted tabards were available for at rank one ( Private and Scout ) . Officers ' tabards were available for at rank six ( Knight and Stone Guard ) . Somewhat more glorified , these look similar to the enlisted tabards , but are significantly more detailed . Similarly , these tabards are now purchasable for 100 Honor point s . Battleground tabards . Battleground tabards can be obtained at various reputation with each faction through vendor purchase or quest completion . These tabards have a unique appearance . Alterac Valley tabards are available from the Supply Officers at the entrance to either BG for 15 , 000 ( Honor Points ) . Arathi Basin tabards are available upon attaining reputation with League of Arathor or Defilers and completing or . Warsong Gulch tabards are available from the Supply Officers at the entrance to either BG for 12 , 000 ( Honor Points ) . The Tabard of Conquest is awarded to players who complete the achievement . Past event tabards . These tabards were available for a limited time , and cannot be obtained currently . Some of these tabards may be reacquired from tabard vendors if the player had previously owned them . Burning Crusade tabards . " Unless otherwise stated , reputation with the respective faction is needed to purchase their tabard . These faction tabards are purchased from the faction ' s quartermaster for , after discount . Wrath of the Lich King tabards . The Argent Tournament tabards are available from each faction once you become their Champion . They used to cost Champion ' s Seal s ( in ) , but now cost only ( as of ) . These tabards still cost Champion ' s Seal s . Cataclysm tabards . Two new tabards were introduced for the new goblin and worgen city / factions . Mists of Pandaria tabards . In Mists of Pandaria , the tabard system reverted back to its pre - Wrath form , where tabards are vanity rewards only available at Exalted reputation from the various Pandaria Factions . Unobtainable tabards . These tabards are worn by NPCs but cannot be obtained by players , though some can be approximated with certain guild tabard designs .