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  • When Can You Visit The Darkmoon Faire?
  • How To Get To The Darkmoon Faire
  • Getting Your Darkmoon Game Tokens
  • Benefits Of The Darkmoon Adventurer’s Guide
  • Darkmoon Faire Rides And Benefits
  • Repeatable Quests And Mini Games
  • Profession Quests
  • Battle Pet Tamer Quests
  • Darkmoon Faire Fishing
  • What You Can Buy With Darkmoon Prize Tickets
  • Darkmoon Faire Achievements
  • Darkmoon Cards
  • The Darkmoon Rabbit And Moonfang Boss Fights
  • The Blight Boar And Elite Tauren Chieftain Concerts

The Darkmoon Faire in World of Warcraft is a monthly event filled with excitement. Ride the roller coaster, whack a Gnoll, throw the ring on the turtle, have your fortune told… there’s plenty of fun to be had.

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Showcase your skills in mini games and win exotic prises such as mounts and pets. As of the Shadowlands expansion, you can now bust some moves and take part in the more recent dance game. Head on down to the fairground to see what it's all about.

When Can You Visit The Darkmoon Faire?

The Darkmoon Faire comes to town on the first Sunday of every month, lasting until the next Saturday. You’ll have a week's worth of content to jump into and plenty of rewards and goodies to collect.

How To Get To The Darkmoon Faire

To get to the Darkmoon Faire, you can find the Darkmoon Faire Mystic Mages in all of the main Alliance and Horde cities. Talk to them and they will offer to teleport you to the Darkmoon Faire staging area for a small price. These prices differ depending on your level, scaling up to a maximum of 50 silver. They also offer a one time quest.Hand this in to Gelvas Grimegate, a male goblin vendor, close to the firework stand. You’ll receive the Darkmoon Adventurer’s Guide and five Darkmoon Prize Tickets.

Darkmoon Faire Mystic Mage Locations

City

Mystic Mage Location

Alliance

Stormwind

Just outside the Auction House in the Trade District and Dwarven District.

Darnassus

On the western side of the Temple Gardens, close to the portal and flight master.

Exodar

Just outside the bank to the west of the Seat of the Naaru.

Ironforge

Standing on a crate just outside the Auction House in the Commons.

Horde

Orgrimmar

Near the flight master on the upper ridge.

Undercity

Close to the Undercity Quatermaster in the Trade District.

Silvermoon

In the Walk of Edlers near the main entrance gates.

Thunder Bluff

Just slightly southwest of the Thunder Bluff flight master at the bottom of the large totem tower.

Neutral

Shattrath

Just outside the Aldor Bank, northwest of the Terrace of Light.

Old Dalaran (Northrend)

Within Runeweaver Square beside the fountain.

Alternatively, you can look on your map to find the Darkmoon Faire Icons. There are only two, and they can be found in Elwynn Forest (for the Alliance) and Mulgore (for the Horde).

Travel to one of these areas, and you’ll find the Darkmoon Staging area. Here, you can click on a portal that will take you to Darkmoon Island.

Getting Your Darkmoon Game Tokens

When you arrive on Darkmoon Island, follow the arrows down the hill to the fairground. At the entrance, you’ll find a female goblin named Zina Sharpworth. She sells the Darkmoon Game Tokens. You’ll need these if you want to play the mini-games and complete daily quests for Darkmoon Prize Tickets. This vendor sells a Pouch o’ Tokens which contains five game tokens for 85 silver, and a Sack o’ Tokens for two gold and 72 silver which contains 20 game tokens. If you run out of game tokens, simply head back to her to purchase more.

Benefits Of The Darkmoon Adventurer’s Guide

Just as you enter the Darkmoon Faire, you can find Selina Dourman, an undead female, to your left. She can tell you about the Darkmoon Faire, such as what you can purchase, where certain mini-games are, and more. If you’re struggling to find a particular mini-game, she will mark it on your map for you. She can also offer you the Darkmoon Adventurer’s Guide. This item, when kept in your bag, allows you to loot items that begin quests. You can loot these items in dungeons, raids, and battlegrounds.

If you are levelling a new character via dungeon runs or battlegrounds, check if the Darkmoon Faire is on and grab the Darkmoon Adventurer’s Guide. You’ll be able to loot plenty of items, as will people in your group. If you don’t intend to use these items, you can sell them on the Auction House.

You will get 200 experience and 250 Darkmoon Fairereputation for completing the quests. Here are the items you can loot and the ticket rewards for completing the quests:

Item

Quest

Darkmoon Prize Ticket Rewards

Captured Insignia

The Enemy's Insignia

5

Banner of the Fallen

A Captured Banner

5

Ornate Weapon

A Wondrous Weapon

10

Mysterious Grimoire

An Intriguing Grimoire

10

Fallen Adventurer's Journal

The Captured Journal

5

A Treatise on Strategy

The Master Strategist

15

Monstrous Egg

An Exotic Egg

10

Soothsayer's Runes

Tools of Divination

15

Imbued Crystal

A Curious Crystal

10

Darkmoon Faire Rides And Benefits

The Darkmoon Faire has typical rides you’d find at a carnival, such as the Darkmoon Faire Roller Coaster. Get your kicks with this fun ride and see the fairground from new heights.

If you aren’t a fan of roller coasters, there’s also the Darkmoon Carousel. Each ride costs a Darkmoon Ride Ticket. These can be bought by Kae Ti, a Pandaren found at the carousel enterance, or Mae Ti, another Pandaren found at the roller coaster platform. You can buy the Ride Ticket Book for 85 Silver, which will grant you five Darkmoon Ride Tickets.

Each ride gives you the buff WHEE! which increases experience and reputation gains by 10 percent for an hour.

Repeatable Quests And Mini Games

There are a handful of repeatable quests to do at the Darkmoon Faire. Most of these are daily, some others can only be done once per month. They’re the best way to collect Darkmoon Prize Tickets. Each of these quests will reward you with 250Darkmoon Faire reputation and the Darkmoon Game Prize. This container will always give you one Darkmoon Prize Ticket, but you’ll also have a chance at receiving the following:

  • Darkmoon Cub pet
  • Darkmoon Monkey pet
  • Cloak of the Darkmoon Fair
  • Darkmoon Balloon pet
  • Darkmoon Turtle pet
  • Stationary carousel rides
  • Darkmoon Tonk pet
  • Darkmoon Zepplin pet
  • Darkmoon Hatchling pet
  • Darkmoon Top Hat
  • Darkmoon ‘Sword’
  • Darkmoon Whistle toy.

Activity

Quest

NPC Quest-Giver

Notes

Human Cannonball

The Humanoid Cannonball

Maxima Blastenheimer, a female gnome, by the cannon.

  • Accept the quest and click her again for the Launch me! interaction.
  • She will fire you out the canon, and you need to land in the ring that floats in the sea. Cancel your Magic Wings when you think the timing is right to land in the ring and get a bullseye.
  • You need to collect five points. The closer you are to a bullseye, the more points you’ll get.
  • We recommend pressing it just before you pass the big gorilla banner.
  • To quickly get back to the cannon, Teleportologist Fozlebub, the gnome on the shore, can teleport you there for 50 silver.

Whack-a-Gnoll

It’s Hammer Time

Mola, a female orc, found at the entrance to the mini game field.

  • You must earn 30 points in one minute by playing Whack-a-Gnoll.
  • Run around the ring and try to hit as many Gnolls and Hoggers as possible.
  • Gnolls = one point
  • Hoggers = three points
  • Babies = will stun you for a few seconds, avoid hitting these!
  • If you score 45 points, you’ll complete the That’s Whack! achievement and be rewarded Hogs’ Studded Collar for the Hogs battle pet.

Blazing Wings

Firebird’s Challenge

Ziggie Sparks, a female goblin found next to the firework booth.

  • Fly through 15 fire rings before you lose your Wings of Flame buff.
  • When you fly through a ring, you’ll boost your buff back to ten seconds.
  • If you manage to fly through 50 rings, you’ll complete the Brood of Alysrazor achievement and be rewarded with the Blazing Wings toy.

Ring Toss

Target: Turtle

Jessica Rogers

  • Get three rings to land on the turtle.
  • If you get all ten rings to land on the turtle, you’ll complete the Triumphant Turtle Tossing achievement and receive the Darkmoon Ring-Flinger toy.

Shooting Arcade

He Shoots, He Scores!

Rinling, a male troll, found in the shooting booth.

  • You’ll be given a gun to shoot 25 targets in 60 seconds.
  • Position yourself at the booth and use your strafe left and right keys (usually Q and E) to move left and right depending on where the target is. It’s much faster than standing in a single position trying to shoot three targets as they move around.

Tonk Challenge

Tonk Commander

Finlay Coolshot

  • You’ll take control of a Darkmoon Tonk to destroy Tonk Targets.
  • Destroy 30 targets and keep moving to avoid being destroyed by the Zeppelin.
  • If you hit 45 targets in one go, you’ll complete the Ace Tonk Commander achievement and be rewarded with the Darkmoon Tonk Controller toy.

Defeat Creatures

Test Your Strength

Kerri Hicks

  • Once a month, you can complete this quest that requires 250 Grisly Trophies.
  • These trophies drop from creatures that offer honour or experience.
  • You must be carrying the Darkmoon Adventurer’s Guide for them to drop.
  • You’ll be rewarded with ten prize tickets.

Pet Battle

A New Darkmoon Challenger!

Defeat Christoph VonFeasel in a pet battle.

  • Pick this quest up from Christoph VonFeasel in the pet battle area close to the carousel.
  • Completion rewards you with Greater Darkmoon Pet Supplies, this contains ten Darkmoon Prize Tickets. You also may receive the Syd the Squid pet.
  • This quest is available to complete once daily per account.

Profession Quests

Profession quests are another activity that involves repeatable quests. These quests can be done once a month per character. Each of these quests give you 250 Darkmoon reputation and 200 experience. These quests are also great to complete the Faire Favors achievement. This requires you to complete at least five profession-based quests at the Darkmoon Faire, on a single character. You do not have to change professions to complete this achievement. For example, you can do these all on one character by doing:

  • Leatherworking
  • Skinning
  • Cooking
  • Fishing
  • Archaeology.

As of the release of Dragonflight, you’ll be rewarded with 15 Artisan’s Mettle for completing most profession quests. You’ll also receive Dragonflight Crafting Knowledge.

Quest

Profession

Ticket Rewards

Skill Point Rewards

A Fizzy Fusion

Alchemy

  • One Darkmoon Game Token
  • Four Darkmoon Prize Tickets
  • Two Additional Alchemy Skill Points
  • Three Dragonflight Crafting Knowledge
  • 15 Artisan’s Mettle

Baby Needs Two Pair of Shoes

Blacksmithing

  • One Darkmoon Game Token
  • Four Darkmoon Prize Tickets
  • Two Additional Blacksmithing Skill Points
  • Three Dragonflight Crafting Knowledge
  • 15 Artisan’s Mettle

Banners, Banners Everywhere!

Tailoring

  • One Darkmoon Game Token
  • Four Darkmoon Prize Tickets
  • Two Additional Tailoring Skill Points
  • Three Dragonflight Crafting Knowledge
  • 15 Artisan’s Mettle

Eyes on the Prizes

Leatherworking

  • One Darkmoon Game Token
  • Four Darkmoon Prize Tickets
  • Two Additional Leatherworking Skill Points
  • Three Dragonflight Crafting Knowledge
  • 15 Artisan’s Mettle

Fun for the Little Ones

Archaeology

  • One Darkmoon Game Token
  • Three Darkmoon Prize Tickets

Three Additional Archaeology Skill

Putting Trash to Good Use

Enchanting

  • One Darkmoon Game Token
  • Four Darkmoon Prize Tickets
  • Two Additional Enchanting Skill Points
  • Three Dragonflight Crafting Knowledge
  • 15 Artisan’s Mettle

Talkin' Tonks

Engineering

  • One Darkmoon Game Token
  • Four Darkmoon Prize Tickets
  • Two Additional Engineering Skill Points
  • Three Dragonflight Crafting Knowledge
  • 15 Artisan’s Mettle

Writing the Future

Inscription

  • One Darkmoon Game Token
  • Four Darkmoon Prize Tickets
  • Two Additional Inscription Skill Points
  • Three Dragonflight Crafting Knowledge
  • 15 Artisan’s Mettle

Keeping the Faire Sparkling

Jewelcrafting

  • One Darkmoon Game Token
  • Four Darkmoon Prize Tickets
  • Two Additional Jewelcrafting Skill Points
  • Three Dragonflight Crafting Knowledge
  • 15 Artisan’s Mettle

Herbs for Healing

Herbalism

  • One Darkmoon Game Token
  • Four Darkmoon Prize Tickets
  • Two Additional Herbalism Skill Points
  • Three Dragonflight Crafting Knowledge
  • 15 Artisan’s Mettle

Tan My Hide

Skinning

  • One Darkmoon Game Token
  • Four Darkmoon Prize Tickets
  • Two Additional Skinning Skill Points
  • Three Dragonflight Crafting Knowledge
  • 15 Artisan’s Mettle

Putting the Crunch in the Frog

Cooking

  • One Darkmoon Game Token
  • Three Darkmoon Prize Tickets

Three Additional Cooking Skill

Spoilin' for Salty Sea Dogs

Fishing

  • One Darkmoon Game Token
  • Three Darkmoon Prize Tickets

Three Additional Fishing Skill

Rearm, Reuse, Recycle

Mining

  • One Darkmoon Game Token
  • Four Darkmoon Prize Tickets
  • Two Additional Mining Skill Points
  • Three Dragonflight Crafting Knowledge
  • 15 Artisan’s Mettle

The profession skill points will be applied to your most recent expansion knowledge. If you have maxed out this level, your points will be added to the next available expansion’s crafting level. If all your profession levels are full, you’ll receive all the rewards except the profession skill points.

Battle Pet Tamer Quests

There are two pet tamers you can battle against at the Darkmoon Faire. They are Jeremy Feasel and Christoph VonFeasel.

The pet tamer quests are account-wide, so they can only be completed once per account each day.

Defeating Jeremy Feasel rewards you with Darkmoon Pet Supplies, this contains five Darkmoon Prize Tickets. You also may receive the Darkmoon Eye pet. Defeating Christoph VonFeasel rewards you with Greater Darkmoon Pet Supplies, this contains ten Darkmoon Prize Tickets. You also may receive the Syd the Squid pet.

Darkmoon Faire Fishing

If you’re a fan of fishing, you can receive plenty of rewards for that too at the Darkmoon Faire. Fish off the coast of Darkmoon Island, and you’ll be able to catch Darkmoon Daggermaw. These can be turned into the vendor Galissa Sundew. She is a female blood elf and can be found along the boardwalk. You may fish up a Bloated Thresher, these can contain multiple Darkmoon Daggermaw. You can also discover fish head hats: Severed Crimsonscale Head and Severed Azurefin Head.

Fish within spots of Shipwreck Debris and you have the chance of fishing up the adorable Sea Pony companion pet.

Item

Costs

Day-Old Darkmoon Doughnut

1 Darkmoon Daggermaw

Recipe: Lemon Herb Filet

10 Darkmoon Daggermaw

Recipe: Extra Lemon Herb Filet

10 Darkmoon Daggermaw

Recipe: Sugar-Crusted Fish Feast

25 Darkmoon Daggermaw

Recipe: Extra Sugar-Crusted Fish Feast

25 Darkmoon Daggermaw

Darkmoon Firewater

25 Darkmoon Daggermaw

Seafarer's Slidewhistle

25 Darkmoon Daggermaw

Recipe: Fancy Darkmoon Feast

50 Darkmoon Daggermaw

Recipe: Extra Fancy Darkmoon Feast

50 Darkmoon Daggermaw

Blorp's Bubble

50 Darkmoon Daggermaw

Faded Treasure Map

100 Darkmoon Daggermaw

Translucent Shell

100 Darkmoon Daggermaw