WoW Forever Darkmoon Faire Guide

The Darkmoon Faire is in WoW Forever, and for the first week it stands in Elwynn Forest south of Goldshire, from November 9 to November 15. It comes back every month for one week and switches between Elwynn Forest and Mulgore. You can pick up a free two-hour buff from Sayge, earn Darkmoon Prize Tickets for item turn-ins, and trade 50 of them for the Darkmoon Storage Box, a 14-slot bag that any character from level 6 can get.

Below you will find the dates and locations, every Sayge buff, the cheapest way to 50 tickets, the full prize list, the Darkmoon cards and the pets you can buy at the Faire.

When and Where Is the Darkmoon Faire in WoW Forever

The Faire arrives on the first Friday of the month and spends the weekend setting up. During those days the vendors, games and quests are not available. It opens on Monday and closes the following Monday morning, so Sunday is the last full day. It alternates between two places:

In Elwynn Forest the tents stand south of Goldshire at about 42, 70. In Mulgore they stand southwest of Thunder Bluff at about 37, 38. The exact times for your realm are in the in-game calendar. The barkers Melnan Darkstone in Ironforge and Kruban Darkblade in Orgrimmar announce the Faire, and they also give you the free ticket voucher (see below).

Can the Other Faction Visit the Darkmoon Faire?

Yes. The Faire is neutral, and both factions can use every vendor and game. On a PvE realm nobody can attack you there. On a PvP realm you are flagged, and players often fight at the entrances. Horde players can reach Elwynn Forest by zeppelin to Grom'gol and the road north through Duskwood, and Alliance players can reach Mulgore by boat from Menethil Harbor to Theramore and through the Barrens. Every boat and zeppelin is in our WoW Forever travel routes guide.

Sayge's Darkmoon Faire Buffs

Sayge is the fortune teller near the entrance. Talk to him, answer two questions, and you get one of eight buffs for 2 hours. The first question has four answers and the second has three, and your choices decide the buff:

You can get a new buff after 4 hours of play time; time offline does not count. The buff is lost when you die. Its tooltip says "No effect while in a raid instance", which matches the rule for every world buff in Forever. It works in the open world, so it is a good boost while you level. Whether it also works in five-player dungeons has not been confirmed yet. Our WoW Forever world buffs guide covers the other buffs and how they stack.

After the buff, Sayge also hands you a Darkmoon Faire Fortune. Some fortunes start the quest Your Fortune Awaits You..., which leads to a Mysterious Lockbox with food, potions and sometimes a green item.

How to Get Darkmoon Faire Prize Tickets

Tickets are a currency, so they appear in the Currency tab of your character window (C), not in your bags. You earn them in only two ways: the free voucher and item turn-ins. The games at the Faire do not give tickets.

The free voucher is the quest The Darkmoon Faire for the Alliance or the quest of the same name for the Horde, from the barker in Ironforge or Orgrimmar. Hand the voucher to Gelvas Grimegate at the Faire for 5 tickets.

Darkmoon Faire Turn-Ins by Tier

Four NPCs take items for tickets: Yebb Neblegear takes animal parts, Kerri Hicks Blacksmithing goods, Rinling Engineering parts and Chronos Leatherworking items. You do not need the profession: everything can be bought on the Auction House. Each NPC has five tiers:

Every turn-in also gives Darkmoon Faire reputation, and the lower tiers disappear once your reputation is too high. Wowhead lists the cutoffs at 500 reputation for tier 1 and 1100 for tier 2, but players report that the quests vanish earlier, at about 400 and 1050. Plan the order, or you may be stuck with items you can no longer hand in.

Fastest Way to 50 Tickets

For the 14-slot bag you need 50 tickets, and the voucher gives 5. These routes cover the rest:

• Green Iron Bracers. Six turn-ins of 3 bracers give 48 tickets, so 18 bracers and the voucher make 53. The bracers are cheap on the Auction House and need level 20.
• High tiers from level 30 and 40. Five tier-4 turn-ins give 60 tickets and three tier-5 turn-ins give 60, so the bag takes only a few hand-ins.
• Torn Bear Pelts. From level 10, pelts give 4 tickets per 5. Because of the reputation cutoff you get about 10 turn-ins, so finish with one tier-3 turn-in instead of counting on the last pelt quest.

Before you buy, compare the Auction House prices of each set: the cheapest tickets change from realm to realm. Kerri Hicks's Blacksmithing goods are often the best value.

Darkmoon Faire Prizes

Gelvas Grimegate trades tickets for prizes. Each prize is a quest at his stand, and some need a minimum level:

The 1200-ticket necks take about 60 tier-5 turn-ins, so they are a goal for several Faires at level 60.

Darkmoon Storage Box: Is the 14-Slot Bag Worth It?

The Darkmoon Storage Box is a 14-slot bag for 50 tickets. It is unique, so each character can own one, and it is not bound when you buy it, so you can mail it to an alt. At the low levels it is one of the cheapest big bags in the game. Since the November 11 hotfix, tailors can also make a 14-slot Red Mageweave Bag from 5 bolts of Mageweave, so check its price before you spend many tickets. Every other bag is in our WoW Forever bag guide.

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Darkmoon Cards and Decks

Darkmoon cards drop from level 45 to 60 humanoids and undead. Collect the Ace and the cards from Two to Eight of one suit, click them to make a deck, and bring the deck to Professor Thaddeus Paleo for a level 60 trinket:

Cards and finished decks can be traded and sold on the Auction House, but the trinkets bind when picked up. As of November 12, no player has reported a deck turn-in in Forever, so the trinket effects come from their tooltips.

Darkmoon Faire Pets, Toys and Games

The Faire has a few extras that cost little or nothing:

• Frogs. Flik wanders the grounds and sells the Tree Frog Box and the Wood Frog Box for about 1 gold each. He has only one Wood Frog at a time, and it restocks after about 20 minutes.
• Jubling. Buy two Dark Iron Ale Mugs in the Grim Guzzler in Blackrock Depths. Place one on the ground next to Morja before you talk to her, take the quest Spawn of Jubjub and hand in the second mug. You get an Unhatched Jubling Egg that hatches after 7 days.
• Steam Tonk Controller. Engineers with 275 skill can buy the schematic for 40 tickets and build the Steam Tonk Controller, a toy tonk you can drive for fun.
• Cannon and tonk battles. The Blastenheimer 5000 Ultra Cannon fires you across the grounds, and the Tonk Control Consoles let you fight other tonks. Neither gives a reward.

Darkmoon Faire Tips

These habits save tickets and a wasted trip:

• Pick the buff for your role. Damage for most damage dealers, Intellect or Spirit for healers, Stamina or Armor for tanks, then quest while it lasts.
• Turn in high tiers first if you can. Low tiers disappear as your reputation rises, so do not buy a stack of low-tier items you may not be able to hand in.
• Check the Auction House first. Price every 20-ticket set before you buy, and remember that an alt can craft the items for you.
• Use the voucher. The free quest from the barker is 5 tickets for one walk to the Faire.
• Go before Sunday. The Faire packs up on Monday morning, and it will not be back in the same zone for two months.
• Watch the entrances on PvP realms. Players of the other faction often wait there.

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