WotLK Classic Reputation Guides (2024)

Last updated on Oct 10, 2023 at 04:12by Sinzhu1 comment

Reputations represent your interactions with a variety of groups and factionsencountered throughout your adventures in Northrend. In particular, there arel4 different factions to gain reputation with during the Wrath of the Lich King.By choosing to help out these groups, you will be rewarded with valuableProfession recipes, mounts, and gear to rival that of earlyRaid drops!

While journeying across the continent of Northrend you will very likely encountera number of new reputation factions, just as you had before in Outland and the restof Azeroth. These factions will have your reputation with them altered by performingtasks that are helpful to their causes, such as completing specific quests, killingspecific enemies, or completing dungeons while representing their group with aspecific tabard equipped.

There are eight possible ranks for reputations, but most reputations will startwith you at "Neutral," which is actually the fourthlevel. The possible rankings are listed below.

1. Exalted is the highest ranking. This is wherethe most prestigious rewards will generally come from within a reputation. Justreaching this is usually enough, but you can further gain a full 999 points beyondthis rank.
2. Revered is the second-highest. You will needto earn 21,000 reputation to reach Exalted from Revered.
3. Honored is the third-highest. Starting at thisrank, you get a 10% discount from anything related to this reputation fromvendors. You will need to earn 12,000 reputation reach Revered from Honored.
4. Friendly is the fourth-highest. You willneed to earn 6,000 reputation reach Honored from Friendly.
5. Neutral is the fifth-highest, and also thestarting point for most reputations when you first unlock them. This representsyou knowing about a faction, but them having no opinion of you yet. You willneed to earn 3,000 reputation reach Friendly from Neutral.
6. Unfriendly is the sixth-highest, orthird-lowest ranking. Some reputations allow you to lose reputation with them, or inother words you can become disliked or even Hated by themby either doing something they do not like or helping their enemies. This isalso where you will stop being able to interact with most of the NPCs of thefaction. You will need to earn 3,000 reputation to go from Unfriendly to Neutral.
7. Hostile is the second-lowest ranking. At thispoint, the faction will actively attack you if you come near them. You willneed to earn 3,000 reputation to go from Hostileto Unfriendly.
8. Hated is the lowest ranking. Thiseffectively is how the Horde would be to the Alliance and vice-versa (and isalso how the Oracles and Frenzyheart Tribe of SholazarBasin regard eachother). While this is the lowest rank, you can get as low aszero out of 36,000 reputation into Hated, which wouldmean needing to gain it all back before moving up to Hostile.

While the vast majority of your reputations that you will engage with willbe positive and either Neutral or higher, there aresome that you could lower if you wanted. For any reputation that is red,meaning Unfriendly or lower, you can choose tobe "At War" with them, meaning you can attack them, lowering your reputationwith them even more.

There are several reputation types, but most are either specific races,towns, or groups within the game. While they generally all will function thesame way, where you can gain reputation to rank up and get access to morerewards from their vendors, some reputations do have specific purposes. Themajor reputations that are worth knowing about are categorized and listedbelow.

• Zone reputations — there are factions of NPCs that existin most of Northrend's zones, though many of these will also allow you to gainreputation through Dungeons provided you are wearing their tabard.These reputations are quite important early on, with some even havinglasting rewards.
• Raid reputations — Wrath of the Lich King contains one important reputationthat is progressed exclusively through the Icecrown Citadel raid.Although it is not immediately accessible, this reputation will be important forplayers that wish to eventually acquire the Legendary Obtaining Shadowmourne.

Although they are exclusively available to only one major faction each —with the Alliance Vanguard only being accessible to Alliance players and the Horde Expedition being exclusive to Horde players — these reputations operate in verysimilar ways. Both of these reputations are actually made up of four sub-factionseach, and while only the overarching reputation has a quartermaster withpurchaseable rewards, you will need to regularly interact with all four to reachExalted with the main faction. In particular, gaining reputation with asub-faction will also grant half of the same amount to the main one, and gainingreputation with the main faction will also grant half of that amount toeach of the four sub-factions. Just as importantly, these reputations arethe default reward when clearing the Dungeons of Northrend; in otherwords, you should not wear another faction's tabard in Dungeons to receivereputation with either the Alliance Vanguard or Horde Expedition.

Fortunately, although gaining reputation with your chosen faction is quick,the rewards for reaching Exalted remain valuable, with Engineersin particular receiving the Schematic: Mekgineer's Chopper to craft a new two-person mount!

Created as a union between the Argent Dawn and the Knights ofthe Silver Hand, the Argent Crusade comprises the bulk of the forcesdedicated to venturing into Northrend to defeat the Lich King in Icecrown, witheach member having been handpicked by Highlord Tirion Fordring himself to avoidany corruption creeping into its ranks.

True to their noble goal of defending the world from the scourge, the Argent Crusadeoffers some defense-oriented helm enchants for players, including the best-in-slot Arcanum of the Stalwart Protector enchant for tanks. Beyond these, thereare useful Tailoring and Jewelcrafting recipes to be earned,and some helpful pre-raid Rare andEpic gear for players to obtain.

Operating solely out of Sholazar Basin, The Oracles and theFrenzyheart Tribe operate similarly to The Scryers andThe Aldor from TBC Classic. Over the course of the zone's quests, youwill be given the opportunity to choose between which of these two factions youwish to support, with the other immediately dropping toHated from your decision. However, you can — andmay indeed wish to for rewards — swap between the two to reach Exalted with each atseparate times.

Players choosing to align with The Oracles will get the opportunityto obtain the rare Reins of the Green Proto-Drake, while those pledged to theFrenzyheart Tribe can instead receive the Frenzyheart Brew toy.In addition, Jewelcrafters may be the most likely togo for Exalted with both factions to receive their unique recipes.

The Kirin Tor comprises a group of mages that lead and protect the floatingcity of Dalaran, seeking to expand their collective knowledge and gather variousmagical artifacts; naturally, any player who chooses to play a Magewill immediately be seen as Friendly to this faction.

Reasons for maximizing one's reputation with these masters of the arcane includeaccess to helm enchants, important Jewelcrafting and Tailoringrecipes, and potential discounts on the incredibly expensive (but powerful) Kirin Torrings — Runed Ring of the Kirin Tor / Runed Loop of the Kirin Tor / Runed Band of the Kirin Tor / Runed Signet of the Kirin Tor.

The Knights of the Ebon Blade are a group of Death Knights that haverecently been freed from the control of the Lich King, and wish to join in theNorthrend campaign's efforts to usurp him. As all playable Death Knightsare a part of this faction due to the events of their starting zone storyline,Death Knight players immediately begin with this reputation set toFriendly. All other classes will need to work from Neutral instead.

This reputation notably does not contain any mount rewards for reaching Exalted,but does offer many useful weapons before acquiring any upgrades from Raidsand some valuable Jewelcrafting and Tailoring recipes.

A fairly nomadic group located within multiple zones of Northrend, The Kalu'akare a tribe of Tuskarr who are primarily interested in the treasures of the sea;that is to say, fishing!

Players that are working on their Fishing Professionwill want to check this faction out in particular, as they offer a variety of fishingpoles, including the best-in-slot Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole, and alsohost a weekly fishing competition similar to the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganzafor valuable rewards.

Located within The Storm Peaks, The Sons of Hodir are a group of frost giantsthat initially regard you as Hated. However, as you progressthrough the zone's story you will quickly reach Honored and can begin to complete a varietyof daily quests to gain further reputation.

The Sons of Hodir are known for their powerful, re-usable shoulderenchants that can be purchased upon reaching Exalted, along with avariety of Profession recipes and even the Reins of the Grand Ice Mammoth/ Reins of the Grand Ice Mammothmounts which can carry two additional players in addition to their rider!

Formed to stand against the mad crusade of the Blue Dragonflight,The Wyrmrest Accord represents the group efforts of the other fourDragonflights to stop Malygos.

The Ashen Verdict is an Icecrown Citadel-based faction in WotLK, revolving aroundthe most elite members of the Argent Crusade. Gaining reputation with the Ashen Verdict will allowyou access to a role specific Ring that is often considered best-in-slot for your role such as the Ashen Band of Endless Destruction.

Beyond their eternal gratitude for your aid, this faction will also provide youwith some valuable Epic gear to rival Raiddrops, a number of Tailoring and Jewelcrafting recipes,and even a Drake mount — the Reins of the Red Drake!