Reputation You can gain or lose favor , otherwise known as reputation , with many of the several different faction s in Azeroth by completing certain quest s or killing certain creatures ( mostly boss es and mob s ) . Doing so will usually unlock special rewards or new quests to accomplish . You can also increase your reputation by doing repeatable reputation quest s . Reputation levels and points . Reputation is very similar to experience . Reputation is divided into a number of different levels for which players must earn reputation points to progress through . Higher reputation levels generally require more points than the previous level to progress . The exception is , which spans a very large number of reputation points . Reputation points , just like experience points , are gained through quests and killing various mobs . Unlike experience , it is possible to lose reputation points with some factions , either by killing members of the faction or by assisting rival factions . For rival factions , gaining reputation with one will normally decrease reputation with the other , but at a greater rate . For instance , if you kill a magram centaur , you will gain 20 points of reputation from the gelkis , but will lose 100 points from the magram . Currently there are 5 of these rival - faction pairs : Aldor ( Draenei ) vs . Scryers ( Blood Elves ) , Gelkis vs . Magram ( both Centaur ) , Steamwheedle Cartel ( Goblins ) vs . Bloodsail Buccaneers ( pirates ) , Ravenholdt ( rogues ) vs . Syndicate ( Thugs ) , and The Oracles ( Gorlocs ) vs . Frenzyheart Tribe ( Wolvar ) . Various quests and faction - specific rewards are available across the levels , but the player must be able to interact with the faction NPCs to gain access to these rewards . This usually requires or better standing . Reputation sheet . You can check your reputation with all factions by pressing the " u " hotkey or by going to the Character window ( " c " hotkey ) and clicking on the Reputation tab along the bottom . You can also enable or disable various options : Gaining and losing reputation . Completing non - repeatable quests will usually increase your reputation with the quest giver ' s faction ( s ) by a fixed number of points . Most of the factions also have special repeatable quests that give reputation when completed , or special mobs that give reputation when killed . Full reputation is still gained by questing at a higher level . For example , completing low level quests with a level 80 character now gives full reputation . This makes it easier to get to exalted and buy another faction ' s mount . Grey mobs used to give 20 % of the normal reputation until the release of Patch 3 . 0 . 8 . Now any mob will give full reputation . See the mob difficulty colors chart for when mobs transition from green to grey . Mobs and quests sometimes both increase your reputation with a faction but decrease it with another . For example , killing Gelkis centaurs will increase your reputation with the Magram , but it will also decrease your reputation with the Gelkis . Thus there is no way to be Friendly with the Gelkis and the Magram at the same time . For higher - end factions , a general strategy exists to make a reputation grind as painless as possible . Take the Argent Dawn for example . There are several ways in which to earn reputation for them : doing standard quests , killing mobs in and around Scholomance and Stratholme , killing bosses , and doing repeatable quests . The problem is that each of these methods will only work to a certain extent . Killing standard mobs will usually only get you to Revered or so . After that , only quests and bosses will give reputation and these are of course harder to do . Therefore , it is in a player ' s best interest to go as far as possible on mob kills alone and then use repeatable quests and standard quests to get through revered . Example : for Argent Dawn reputation , run Scholomance and Stratholme to get reputation from kills until you reach Revered status . At this point , reputation gained from killing mobs will stop , but you should have built up quite a collection of Scourgestones and such to turn in in rapid succession to further boost your reputation . Similar tactics can be applied to other factions , simply varying the instances you run . Reputation Modifiers . There are several passive spells that increase the rate at which one gains reputation . Human characters have a racial passive spell called Diplomacy which increases all reputation gains by 10 % . The Mr . Popularity Guild Perk was eliminated with patch 6 . 0 . 2 but a 10 % bonus via the Darkmoon Faire that last an hour can be obtained . Gaining reputation with the Horde or Alliance factions . Every playable race has a home faction , for example Darnassus for night elves , Orgrimmar for orcs , etc . Gaining reputation with your home faction provides access to discounted prices at their vendors , and certain Wrath of the Lich King reputation achievement s . However , gaining reputation with other factions may provide additional benefits , such as specific items , patterns , spells etc which can be purchased from vendors of that faction at certain reputation levels . In addition , if you want a mount of a faction that is not your own , you must be with them . For example , if you are a troll and you want to buy a wolf mount , you must be with Orgrimmar . Most quests for an Alliance or Horde faction will give full reputation gain for that faction , and one quarter of that reputation gain for the other factions on that side . For example , a quest completed for a Stormwind NPC will give 250 Stormwind reputation and 62 . 5 reputation for the other Alliance factions . At level 77 and above , characters can gain reputation with their faction ' s races by completing quests for the Argent Tournament . Each Valiant quest rewards 250 reputation points for the appropriate race , and 62 . 5 for each of the other races in the faction . ( e . g . Completing a daily quest as a Valiant of the Undercity gives 250 Undercity reputation , 62 . 5 Orgrimmar , 62 . 5 Thunder Bluff , etc . ) In addition , the Champion daily quests can optionally award a Champion ' s Writ , which can be exchanged for 250 reputation with any of the home cities . There is no way to increase or even view your reputation with factions of the opposite team ( ex : You cannot increase your Undercity reputation while playing an Alliance character ) . Tabards . As of Patch 4 . 0 . 3 ( and the Shattering ) , you can buy a tabard for a specific city / faction faction , like a , and you can gain some reputation for each kill in a non - Outland dungeon . List of factions and rewards . For a list of recipes available grouped by tradeskill , see these pages : Most factions listed below have itemized lists of reputation rewards at their respective entries . In Wrath of the Lich King . For the most part , the reputations from Classic WoW and from Burning Crusade are not re - used in the Wrath of the Lich King . In the same way that Cenarion Circle of Azeroth turned into Cenarion Expedition in Outland , several old factions have new reputations . For example , the Argent Dawn made its way to Northrend , but since it has allied with the Knights of the Silver Hand , they are called The Argent Crusade . However , for achievement s , many old reputations received new attention . Nearly all factions have an achievement tied to them ( excluding the not - in - use factions such as Ravenholdt and Shen ' dralar ) , and there are even additional achievements for pairs or groups of factions . For instance , acquiring with both Cenarion Circle and the Cenarion Expedition will get you the title of . See Achievement s for more details .