Launch guide · reputations
Reputations to start in your first week of WoW Forever
Every faction with a reward, the first one worth chasing, and the level it needs.
Go by your level. The lowest-level reward that scores comes from Nightclaw Druids: Cloudy Stormsewn Cuffs at level 5, Friendly. Next come Ratchet (level 20), then The Defilers and The League of Arathor (level 28).
- Factions with a scored reward
- 18
- Lowest level
- Level 5
- New factions we can tie to a new zone
- 8
Every faction with a scored reward, by level
The first reward is the one at the lowest standing that places in a build’s slot ranking, among at least 5 items. A recipe is judged by the item it makes. Level to start is that item’s required level: the game files hold no start level for a reputation. Where quests pay the reputation, the line below it is the lowest level they ask for, so you can often earn the standing sooner; a few of those quests may be open to only one race. Scores are weighted points from our stat priorities, not DPS. How scores work.
New factions from the new zones
Blizzard’s launch post names Mount Hyjal, Shen’dralas, the Riverglades and Zephras Isle as new, and announces the Darkspear Islands battleground. We call a faction new only when its record in the game files sits in the IDs added after the original reputations, and something ties it to one of those places.
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High Order Alliance only
Zephras Isle 56 of the 58 quests that pay it are in this zone.
No item in the game files asks for standing with them. Quests from level 1 -
Nightclaw Druids Both sides
Zephras Isle Its description in the game files names this zone.
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Windshapers Horde only
Zephras Isle Its description in the game files names this zone.
No item in the game files asks for standing with them. Quests from level 1
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Barkskin Burrow Both sides
Mount Hyjal Its description in the game files names this zone.
No item in the game files asks for standing with them. -
Guardians of Hyjal Both sides
Mount Hyjal Its description in the game files names this zone.
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Powderfuse Both sides
Riverglades Its rewards are sold only in this zone.
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Darkspear Raiders Horde only
Darkspear Islands Its description in the game files names this zone.
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Theramore Expeditionary Force Alliance only
Darkspear Islands Its description in the game files names this zone.
Also added after the original reputations, but with nothing tying them to a new zone: Azeroth Commerce AuthorityBolder'ok ClanBrotherhood of the HorseCenarion ScoutsDurotar Supply and LogisticsEarthen RingEmerald WardensKirin TorThe Watchers
We found no new faction tied to Shen'dralas.
Factions with nothing that scores
These have rewards, but none places in a slot ranking. That says nothing about a tabard, pet or resistance piece you may still want.
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Azeroth Commerce Authority Alliance only
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Durotar Supply and Logistics Horde only
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Guardians of Hyjal Both sides
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Hydraxian Waterlords Both sides
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The Watchers Both sides
No item in the game files asks for standing with these factions, so we have no reward to judge. They may still pay out in other ways in game: Barkskin BurrowBloodsail BuccaneersBolder'ok ClanBrotherhood of the HorseCenarion ScoutsDarkmoon FaireDarkspear TrollsDarnassusEmerald WardensFrostwolf ClanGelkis Clan CentaurGnomeregan ExilesHigh OrderIronforgeMagram Clan CentaurOrgrimmarRavasaur TrainersRavenholdtShen'dralarSilverwing SentinelsStormpike GuardStormwindSyndicateThunder BluffUndercityWarsong OutridersWildhammer ClanWindshapersWintersaber Trainers
Questions
Which reputation should I start first in WoW Forever?
Go by your level. The lowest-level reward that scores comes from Nightclaw Druids: Cloudy Stormsewn Cuffs at level 5, Friendly. Next come Ratchet (level 20), then The Defilers and The League of Arathor (level 28). Earn the standing before you reach that level where quests allow it.
What are the new factions in WoW Forever?
The factions we can tie to a new zone: High Order, Nightclaw Druids and Windshapers (Zephras Isle); Barkskin Burrow and Guardians of Hyjal (Mount Hyjal); Powderfuse (Riverglades); Darkspear Raiders and Theramore Expeditionary Force (Darkspear Islands). Others were added after the original reputations too, but nothing in our data ties them to a new zone.
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Where this comes from
Factions, their sides and descriptions, the standing each item asks for, required levels and what each recipe makes come from the WoW Forever game files. Places come from our stored slot rankings at levels 10 to 60. The quests that pay a reputation and the vendors of its rewards come from Wowhead’s Forever data. Every faction with rewards has its full list in the reputation directory.