World of Warcrafthas all kinds of activities and events to keep players busy, and one of the more popular is the traveling carnival, theDarkmoon Faire. This unique event happens once a month, appears in three different locations, and like a proper traveling carnival, the Faire offers games, prizes, and other incentives in exchange for special currency.
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WoW’s Darkmoon Faire trades tickets for prizes, and there are several daily quests that players can do to collect as many as possible. The Faire stays for a week, but it returns next month, and it will take more than one trip to collect all those precious tickets.
The following guide is specifically for theWrath of the Lich Kingversion ofWorld of Warcraft: Classic. The Darkmoon Faire after theCataclysmexpansion is considerably different, such as being in a stationary location and always open, although there are portals to the modern island of the Darkmoon Faire in the old fairground locations.
Darkmoon Faire Locations
There are two places in Old Azeroth where the fair sets up and one location in Outland. They rotate every month,going from Goldshire to Thunder Bluffand then to Shattrath before returning to the woods of Elwynn again.
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The Midway
Not all the characters that players meet on the fairground are trading junk for tickets. Some are selling rare goods for old-fashioned gold, and these items are only available when the fair is in town. ProprieterSilas Darkmoonis usually near the front gate, flanked by bodyguards, greeting visitors.
Vendors
Quest Givers
These are the NPCs that trade certain special goods for Darkmoon Faire tickets. Some have different tasks than others, but all reward the player with Darkmoon Faire tickets, with the exception of one.
Grinding rep with the Darkmoon FaireinWotLKdoesn’t have much benefit other than tweaking some of the prices from vendors or counting towards one of the Exalted reputations that are part of theInsane In The MembraneAchievement.
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The Darkmoon Faire Card Decks
These cards drop virtually anywhere in the open world of Azeroth, although they tend to appear more often in higher-level instances like Strathholme. Since Inscription was added to the game, some can only be crafted. The Aces from these decks are the most difficult to find, dropping randomly from specific bosses in endgame raids and selling fora small fortune on the Auction House.
Every single deck requires that the player find a total of eight cards, from Ace to Eight, to complete a set. They all start the same quest: that the deck is returned to the Darkmoon Fortune Teller or Professor Thaddeus Paleo for a reward.
Buffs And Benefits
Beasts Deck
Darkmoon Card: Blue Dragon
Every successful spell cast gives a 2% chance that 100% of the player’s mana will be restored for the next 15 seconds.
Blessings Deck
Darkmoon Card: Crusade
Gain 6 attack power with every attack, stacking up to 20 times, or gain 8 spell power with each magical attack, stacking up to 1o times.
Chaos Deck
Darkmoon Card: Berserker!
+100 to PvP Resilience and a chance to enter Berserker mode when dealing or taking damage in combat.
Elementals Deck
Darkmoon Card: Maelstrom
A chance to strike an opponent with lightning for 250 Nature damage.
Furies Deck
Darkmoon Card: Vengeance
When the wearer is hit, either with physical or magical damage, it has a 10% chance to do 105 Holy damage to the attacker.
Lunacy Deck
Darkmoon Card: Madness
A chance the player gains The Power of Madness when landing a killing blow in combat. This is a random effect that is determined by class.
Nobles Deck
Darkmoon Card: Greatness
A chance to increase Strength, Agility, Intellect, or Versatility - whichever is highest - by 105 for 15 seconds.
Portals Deck
Darkmoon Card: Twisting Nether
The wearer has a 10% chance to resurrect after death, with 20% of their health and mana.
Absorbs 1500 damage, and restores 1500 mana when removed.
Storms Deck
Darkmoon Card: Wrath
Direct damage that hits but doesn’t crit gives the player a +12 to Critical Strike for ten seconds. The buff is consumed by a critical strike.
Undeath Deck
Darkmoon Card: Death
Adds 85 to Critical Strike ability anda chance to deal +2000 Shadow damage.
Warlords Deck
Darkmoon Card: Heroism
Has a chance to heal the wearer every time they hit an opponent in melee combat.
The cards are of Blue quality, and the decks are of Epic, or purple quality, as are the trinkets players get from them. There are four Lower Level decks of green and blue quality that only Inscriptionists can make; theRogues, Swords, Mages, andDemon’s Deck. These are strictly crafted and don’t drop in the open world, but they can be sold or traded.
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The Darkmoon Faire Prizes
Return the tickets to the NPCGelvas Grimegateto have a choice of many fabulous prizes in exchange for tickets.Some are purely cosmetic, while others are important best-in-slot pieces for endgame players.
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Orb of the Darkmoon
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Amulet of the Darkmoon
