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Introduction
When: Monthly, alternate factions for 1 week
Where: Mulgore, Goldshire and Terokar Forest
A gathering of the exotic from around the world and beyond, has brought together the Darkmoon Faire as a celebration of the wondrous and mysterious found in Azeroth. While the Faire spends most of its time in parts unknown, they do stop from time to time in Mulgore, Elwynn forest and Terrokar Forest. When the faire is on its way, barkers will stop by Orgrimmar, Ironforge and Shattrath to announce its arrival.
The Darkmoon Faire begins set up on the first Friday of each month, and continues for 3 days. On the early morning of Monday (4am server time), the Faire will begin and last for one week. It alternates between Goldshire in Elwynn Forest (A), just outside Thunder Bluff in Mulgore (H) and outside Shattrath in Terrokar Forest (neutral) each month.
You can buy weird and wonderful things from the travelling vendors, such as the [Unknown Item: Darkmoon Ring], [Unknown Item: Pickled Kodo Foot] or the [Unknown Item: Darkmoon Special Reserve].
Faire Quests
Darkmoon Faire Sets
As you'd expect from these colourful characters they have a few tricks up their sleeves and will happily send you on some pretty involved quests.
There are four Darkmoon Faire Sets of cards scattered around Azeroth which you must collect. Each deck comprises eight cards - Ace to Eight. Once you have a deck you return it to at the Faire for a reputation bonus and one of the following trinkets (of which you can carry 2 in trinket slots). Click the drop locations for maps of where each card is dropping.
| Image
| Deck
| Drop locations
| Image
| Trinket Reward
| Effect of Trinket
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| Beasts
| [Unknown Item: Ace of Beasts], [Unknown Item: Two of Beasts], [Unknown Item: Three of Beasts], [Unknown Item: Four of Beasts], [Unknown Item: Five of Beasts], [Unknown Item: Six of Beasts], [Unknown Item: Seven of Beasts], [Unknown Item: Eight of Beasts]
| 
| [Unknown Item: Darkmoon Card: Blue Dragon]
| 2% chance on successful spellcast to allow 100% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting for 15 sec.
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| Portals
| [Unknown Item: Ace of Portals], [Unknown Item: Two of Portals], [Unknown Item: Three of Portals], [Unknown Item: Four of Portals], [Unknown Item: Five of Portals], [Unknown Item: Six of Portals], [Unknown Item: Seven of Portals], [Unknown Item: Eight of Portals]
| 
| [Unknown Item: Darkmoon Card: Twisting Nether]
| Gives the wearer a 10% chance of being able to resurrect with 20% health and mana.
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| Elementals
| [Unknown Item: Ace of Elementals], [Unknown Item: Two of Elementals], [Unknown Item: Three of Elementals], [Unknown Item: Four of Elementals], [Unknown Item: Five of Elementals], [Unknown Item: Six of Elementals], [Unknown Item: Seven of Elementals], [Unknown Item: Eight of Elementals]
| 
| [Unknown Item: Darkmoon Card: Maelstrom]
| Chance to strike your melee target with lightning for 200 to 300 Nature damage.
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| Warlords
| [Unknown Item: Ace of Warlords], [Unknown Item: Two of Warlords], [Unknown Item: Three of Warlords], [Unknown Item: Four of Warlords], [Unknown Item: Five of Warlords], [Unknown Item: Six of Warlords], [Unknown Item: Seven of Warlords], [Unknown Item: Eight of Warlords]
| 
| [Unknown Item: Darkmoon Card: Heroism]
| Sometimes heals bearer of 120 to 180 damage when damaging an enemy in melee.
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| Burning Crusade
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| Blessings
| [Unknown Item: Ace of Blessings], [Unknown Item: Two of Blessings], [Unknown Item: Three of Blessings], [Unknown Item: Four of Blessings], [Unknown Item: Five of Blessings], [Unknown Item: Six of Blessings], [Unknown Item: Seven of Blessings], [Unknown Item: Eight of Blessings]
| 
| [Unknown Item: Darkmoon Card: Crusade]
| Each time you deal melee or ranged damage to an opponent, you gain 6 attack power for the next 10 sec., stacking up to 20 times. Each time you land a harmful spell on an opponent, you gain 8 spell damage for the next 10 sec., stacking up to 10 times.
|
| Lunacy
| [Unknown Item: Ace of Lunacy], [Unknown Item: Two of Lunacy], [Unknown Item: Three of Lunacy], [Unknown Item: Four of Lunacy], [Unknown Item: Five of Lunacy], [Unknown Item: Six of Lunacy], [Unknown Item: Seven of Lunacy], [Unknown Item: Eight of Lunacy]
| 
| [Unknown Item: Darkmoon Card: Madness]
| +51 Stamina; Equip: Each time you land a killing blow on an enemy, you gain the Power of Madness.
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| Furies
| [Unknown Item: Ace of Furies], [Unknown Item: Two of Furies], [Unknown Item: Three of Furies], [Unknown Item: Four of Furies], [Unknown Item: Five of Furies], [Unknown Item: Six of Furies], [Unknown Item: Seven of Furies], [Unknown Item: Eight of Furies]
| 
| [Unknown Item: Darkmoon Card: Vengeance]
| +51 Stamina; Equip: You have a 10% chance when hit by an attack or harmful spell to deal 95 to 115 holy damage to your attacker.
|
| Storms
| [Unknown Item: Ace of Storms], [Unknown Item: Two of Storms], [Unknown Item: Three of Storms], [Unknown Item: Four of Storms], [Unknown Item: Five of Storms], [Unknown Item: Six of Storms], [Unknown Item: Seven of Storms], [Unknown Item: Eight of Storms]
| 
| [Unknown Item: Darkmoon Card: Wrath]
| Each time one of your direct damage attacks does not critically strike, you gain 17 critical strike rating and 17 spell critical strike rating for the next 10 sec. This effect is consumed when you deal a critical strike. (Stacks up to 20 times)
|
| Wrath of the Lich King
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| Chaos
| [Unknown Item: Ace of Chaos], [Unknown Item: Two of Chaos], [Unknown Item: Three of Chaos], [Unknown Item: Four of Chaos], [Unknown Item: Five of Chaos], [Unknown Item: Six of Chaos], [Unknown Item: Seven of Chaos], [Unknown Item: Eight of Chaos]
| 
| [Unknown Item: Darkmoon Card: Berserker!]
| Equip: You have a chance to gain Berserker when you are struck in combat, increasing your critical strike rating and resilience rating by 35 for 12 sec. Effect stacks up to 3 times.(0.77% @ L80)
|
| Nobles
| [Unknown Item: Ace of Nobles], [Unknown Item: Two of Nobles], [Unknown Item: Three of Nobles], [Unknown Item: Four of Nobles], [Unknown Item: Five of Nobles], [Unknown Item: Six of Nobles], [Unknown Item: Seven of Nobles], [Unknown Item: Eight of Nobles]
| 
| [Unknown Item: Darkmoon Card: Greatness]
| Equip: When you heal or deal damage you have a chance to gain Greatness, increasing your Strength, Agility, Intellect, or Spirit by 300 for 15 sec. Your highest stat is always chosen. (Pick card with either +90 Strength, Agility, Intellect or Spirit)
|
| Prisms
| [Unknown Item: Ace of Prisms], [Unknown Item: Two of Prisms], [Unknown Item: Three of Prisms], [Unknown Item: Four of Prisms], [Unknown Item: Five of Prisms], [Unknown Item: Six of Prisms], [Unknown Item: Seven of Prisms], [Unknown Item: Eight of Prisms]
| 
| [Unknown Item: Darkmoon Card: Illusion]
| Equip: Increases Spell power by 100.
Use: Absorbs 400 damage for 6 sec. When the shield is removed by any means, you regain 1200 mana.
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| Undeath
| [Unknown Item: Ace of Undeath], [Unknown Item: Two of Undeath], [Unknown Item: Three of Undeath], [Unknown Item: Four of Undeath], [Unknown Item: Five of Undeath], [Unknown Item: Six of Undeath], [Unknown Item: Seven of Undeath], [Unknown Item: Eight of Undeath]
| 
| [Unknown Item: Darkmoon Card: Death]
| Equip: Improves haste rating by 85 (4.80% @ L80).
Equip: Each time you deal damage, you have a chance to do an additional 744 to 956 Shadow damage.
|
The trinkets require level 60 to wear, level 70 if they are TBC ones and level 80 if they are from WotLK content.
- Once the cards have been combined to make a deck it can not be separated.
Decks have been known to go for thousands of gold on some servers and you can also sell individual cards of a deck in the Auction House.
Darkmoon Prize Tickets
There are also Faire quests to collect varying
quantities of tickets that will net you tasty prizes once handed in such as this
[Unknown Item: Amulet of the Darkmoon]. You have to be level 60 to wear it but still, with stats like that it's worth the effort collecting the tickets. Or there's this handy
[Unknown Item: Darkmoon Storage Box].
Visit who will tell you which items you should be collecting. Once collected return to him to exchange them for Darkmoon Tickets. The table below shows you what you can redeem and in return for how many Darkmoon Prize Tickets and the linked names will show you maps of where the items dropped.
Once you have enough Darkmoon Prize Tickets you can hand them into to exchange for items.
Mini Game
There's been a distinct lack of mini-games at the faire until patch 1.8 it seems when a cannon game was introduced. Here it is explained by Havoc Jack:
"On the eastern end of the faire (in Elwynn at the moment) there's a cannon that's usable. When you use it, it shoots you out over the crystal lake where there's a target floating. The cannon gives you a slow falling debuff, and if you cancel it at the right time, you can hit the target. Now here's the point that will turn most of you off; THERE'S NO REWARD! I haven't been pointed to it by anybody, and nobody will reward you if you hit the sweet spot."
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