Mark of Honor < onlyinclude > < / onlyinclude > Marks of Honor are PvP items which were used as currency to purchase items from PvP rewards vendors . As of Patch 3 . 3 . 3 , battleground marks of honor ( apart from Wintergrasp Mark of Honor ) are no longer obtainable , but before this patch they were obtained by participating in any Battlegrounds or World PvP . Battleground Marks of Honor . Battleground Marks of Honor were awarded to players who participate in Battlegrounds . At the end of the match , each player in the battleground was awarded either : " one mark of honor for a loss , two marks of honor for a draw or three marks of honor for a win . " Players who leave Battlegrounds before the match is completed would not receive any marks of honor . Each Battleground offered its own mark of honor . For example , Warsong Gulch awards players with the Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor . Each type of mark of honor stacks up to 100 units . If a player accumulates more than 100 units of any type of mark of honor , the excess would be automatically mailed to the player via the in - game mailbox . See Battlegrounds for more complete details . Prior to 3 . 3 . 3 battleground marks of honor were used as currency in conjunction with honor points to purchase items from vendors in the Champion ' s Hall and Hall of Legends as well as Battleground vendors located in Hillsbrad ( Alterac Valley ) , Ashenvale ( Warsong Gulch ) , and Arathi Highlands ( Arathi Basin ) . Players can turn in 1 of each of the 6 battleground Marks of Honor for honor points , reputation and via the Although repeatable , additional turn - ins do not give more gold . In general , items purchasable by battleground marks of honor are no longer all that useful to players . Most current PVP gear is purchasable by either honor points or a combination of honor points and arena points . This makes the best use for battleground marks of honor the quest referenced above , once the player has some of the more unique items purchasable by marks of honor . Value . As of Patch 3 . 3 . 3 , battleground marks of honor can no longer be used as currency for items , instead they can now be traded in to Brigadier Generals in Orgrimmar , Stormwind City and Dalaran for 185 honor points each . In Cataclysm , all remaining Marks of Honor will be converted into Honor Points , forever removing the currency . World PvP Marks of Honor . World PvP marks are awarded to players when they score an Honorable Kill against an enemy faction member when in the specified zone . Mark of Honor Hold and Mark of Thrallmar can be obtained by scoring honorable kills in Hellfire Peninsula and Zangarmarsh . These can be used to purchase a few items from vendors in Honor Hold , Thrallmar , or Zangarmarsh ( Alliance Field Scout / Horde Field Scout ) . Halaa Battle Token s are awarded to those who score an honorable kill in the vicinity of Halaa in Nagrand . They can be used to purchase a few items from vendors in Halaa when controlled by the player ' s faction . Value . Unlike battleground marks of honor , world PvP marks of honor are used to purchase items from vendors without requiring any honor points or other currency . However , there are comparatively few rewards available for these marks , and they are generally of lower quality than battleground rewards . See also . Battleground marks World marks