Brewfest is probably my favorite World Event  in WoW.  Why?  Because it’s one giant party.  You get oompah music, to obtain fun pets (who could ever forget the adorable Wolpertinger?), throw beer steins at Dark Iron Dwarves, and drink until you see pink Elekks.  How could that not be fun?

But with all the things you can do at Brewfest, plus the massive amounts of people clogging up your computer, it can get confusing or even annoying figuring out how to do everything you want to get done.  Below I have a quick rundown of the quests, achievements, and tips on how to get the trickier ones done by the end of the Brewfest week.

To Start…

In any major city, look for a Commoner (Human Commoner, Dwarven Commoner, etc) dressed in lederhosen.  He’ll direct you to the Brewfest Organizer outside of Ironforge.  Take a jaunt outside IF and look for the Brewfest banners to start things off.

The Quests

Once you get to the Brewfest itself and talk to the Brewfest Organizer, you have a choice of multiple quests:

• Chug and Chuck!
  Do this one first; it is much easier to hit S.T.O.U.T. when you’re sober than when you’re drunk (in fact, it’s nigh impossible to hit it when you’re drunk).  Pick up a Complimentary Brewfest Sampler from the table under the tent, target S.T.O.U.T. and toss it!  I suggest you put the item in an easily accessible slot for you, rather than searching through your inventory for it.
  Reward: 10 Tokens

• Now This is Ram Racing…Almost
  This quest is designed to teach you how to use the riding reigns and how your ram’s speed works with Ram Fatigue.  So first, read my quick tutorial on Ram Racing Basics:
• Ram Racing Basics
  Your ram has 4 speeds: Walk, Trot, Canter, and Gallop (the last 3 have symbols that can be found on your buff bar).  Basically, you use your ram’s reigns, given to you by the quest giver, to increase the ram’s speed.  The faster you go, though, the faster your ram’s Ram Fatigue (also seen on your buff bar) increases.  If your Ram Fatigue hits 100, your ram is slowed to a crawl for the next 15 seconds.  Walk and Trot each allow your Ram Fatigue to decrease, while Canter and Gallop increases your Ram Fatigue.  Fatigue wouldn’t be a big deal, except that any quest involving you riding a ram will have a time limitation.  When you’re trying to complete a Ram quest, the best way to do it is to either Canter or Trot the entire time.  Steady yourself at a canter until your Ram Fatigue hits around 85 or 90, then slow yourself to a Trot until your Ram Fatigue hits around 50.  Then Canter until you’re done.   The trick to steadying yourself at one speed is to use your ram’s reigns until you get to your required speed, then use them once every count of 3.  The only way to slow your ram down is to stop using the reigns and let it slow on its own.
  For this quest, all you have to do is keep your ram steady for 8 seconds at each of its 3 higher speeds: Trot, Canter, and Gallop.
  Reward: Opens There and Back Again, Bark for the Barleybrews! (Daily), Bark for the Thunderbrews! (Daily)

• There and Back Again
  Simple once you’ve mastered the art of Ram Racing.  Run your Ram to Kharanos until you can see Flynn Firebrew (he’ll have a purple arrow over his head).  Flynn will automatically toss a keg at you as soon as you get close enough; you won’t even have to stop!  Turn around and head right back to the quest giver (he will now have a purple arrow over his head, too).  As you ride by, you will automatically toss the keg to him.  Do this 3 times, and you’re golden.  Don’t forget to keep an eye on your Ram Fatigue and relax to a Trot if you have to.  Also, make sure you have an open spot in your inventory for the keg to land.
  Reward: 10 Tokens

• Bark for the Barley/Thunderbrews (Daily)
  Another Ram Racing quest!  This time you need to run up into Ironforge and in a circle to each of the wards, plus the bank.  Get back to the Brewfest and turn it in on time, and you’re good to go!
  Reward: 15 Tokens

• This One Time, When I Was Drunk…(Daily)
  You can obtain this quest from the Dark Iron Mole Machine Wreckage, which shows up after the Dark Iron’s drill up from the ground in the middle of Brewfest, which happens about once every 30 minutes.  After defeating the Iron Dwarves (much like in Chug and Chuck!, pick up the mugs from the tables around the camp and use them, which will make you drink, then chuck the mug; you should have a fresh one thrown to you if you’re standing near the tables), a large cog wheel will be left behind, giving you this quest.  Simply turn it in, and you’re done!  It should also give you the Down With the Dark Iron achievement.
  Reward: 10 Tokens

• Catch the Wild Wolpertinger!
  Everybody loves Wolpertingers, right?  Now you can have one of your very own!  Head into Brewfest to get yourself nice and drunk (or obtain a pair of Synthebrew Goggles simply by asking for them from Goldark Snipehunter) and search around the areas surrounding the Brewfest.  Find a Wild Wolpertinger, select it, and toss your net onto it.  Easy peasy!
  Reward: Wolpertinger Tankard (pet)

• Pink Elekks on Parade
  Take yourself to the areas outside Darnassus, the Exodar, and Stormwind.  Buy some alcohol (or again, put on your Synthebrew Goggles) until you see adorable pink Elekks wandering about the area.  Target, then zap with your Elekk Dispersion Ray.  Done and done!
  Reward: 40 Tokens

• Direbrew’s Dire Brew
  This is a quest you pick up from the corpse of Coren Direbrew inside Blackrock Depths.  Saunter your way to BRD with 4 friends and once zoned take a look to your right.  There you should see several Dark Iron Dwarves guarding a set of controls.  Once you kill them, you can take the controls to the room where you’ll see Coren Direbrew ranting and raving.  In the bar you’ll find the daily quest from the Brewfest Spy, Insult Coren Direbrew.  This will allow you to activate and then kill him.  The first time you kill him, you will be able to pick up Direbrew’s Dire Brew, from his corpse, which yields this quest.
  Reward: 40 Tokens

The Achievements

If you check out your Achievements, you’ll see that the one for Brewfest under World Events is the Brewmaster Achievement.  Most of the achievements for Brewfest are pretty straight forward and easy, but they also require you to spend your tokens carefully.  For all the achievements, you will need 550 tokens in total (552, assuming you don’t win a Brewfest mount from Coren Direbrew).  There are 2 dailies (Bark for the Thunder/Barleybrews, and This One Time, When I Was Drunk…), which give you 15 and 10 tokens respectively.  Brewfest is open for 14 days, so if you do your dailies every day, you’ll end up with 350 tokens.  Including the extra 100 tokens you get from the one-time quests, you should have 450 when all’s said and done.  This is obviously not quite enough to cover your achievement expenses, but here’s the good news: you can sell items back to the vendor within 2 hours of purchasing them for a full refund  (thank you, 3.2).  So to get all your achievements done, you can purchase the items you need, use them, and sell them back to use the tokens for something else.

• Disturbing the Peace
  This achievement requires you to wear 3 pieces of Brewfest clothing , get completely smashed, and dance in Dalaran.  The 3 pieces are:
  Chest (Dress/Regalia) – 200 Tokens
  Shoes (Boots/Slippers) – 100 Tokens
  Hat (Blue/Brown/Green/Purple) – 50 Tokens
  If you’re going to attempt to get all of your achievements done for the final Brewmaster achievement, save your tokens for this one first.  Buy all 3 pieces at the same time, get smashed, dance in Dalaran, and then return to the Brewfest to sell them back.

• Brew of the Month
  This is a fun little item that signs you up for the Brew of the Month Club.  Every month you’ll get sent in the mail a sample of a new beer; each beer will do something comical after drinking a few (you might start seeing sand gnomes, pink Elekks, or maybe even breathe fire!).  It’ll cost you 200 tokens to purchase the quest item to become a member, so if you’re counting your tokens to complete the Brewmaster achievement, wait until you’ve done Disturbing the Peace first- you won’t be able to get your tokens back from this one.

• Have Keg, Will Travel
  This achievement can be obtained in 1 of 2 ways: first, you can spend the 2 Tokens it costs to purchase Barley Hops.  The Hops work like Preserved Holly in that it turns your mount into something more festive.  In this case, a Brewfest Ram.  Second, you can kill Coren Direbrew (with your Insult Coren Direbrew quest) for a possibility of either a Kodo or Ram to drop.  The Hops is really the more reliable course of action.

• Down With the Dark Iron
  Completed when you turn in This One Time, When I Was Drunk… for the first time.

That sums up the more confusing or time intensive quests and achievements for Brewfest.  Hopefully this small walkthrough plus its tips will help you become a Brewmaster with minimal problems and irritations.  Good hunting…and please…try not to stand on the NPCs!

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This is a little last minute folks but I wanted to get it out there as soon as I could verify the accuracy of the article.

Since Blizzard instituted the 2hr return policy on BoP items, it is now possible to complete the BrewMaster Achievement in a week or so. and here is how you do it:

Start the festivities and do all the available quests you can, save up all your coins until you have 350 of them (200 for the chest, 100 for the boots and 50 for the hat).

This requires doing the dailies every day for the 25 coins and the ram racing barrel hauling one for anywhere from 10 to 26 more coins, depending on how well you can race your Ram.

Once you’ve got your 350 coins (or more) you can:

• Buy the 3 pieces of clothing you need
• Get completely smashed
• Hearth to Dalaran
• /dance
• Take the portal to Org/IF
• Return your clothing for a full refund
• Purchase the brew of the month club membership
• read it to start the quest.
• Complete that quest for the BrewMaster Achievement.
• Buy the pet with left over coins

I’ll keep this one short and sweet.

Happy Dominating BrewFest !

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Spreadsheet Helps You Track Your Expenses And Income

Yes, I said Jewelcrafting.  I know there is this misconception out there that I hate Jewelcrafting, but that’s not really the case at all.  Although I don’t think it should be the cornerstone of your gold making business, it can still be a decent part of it.  The real reason that I haven’t reported much on JC is that I haven’t had one, but recent changes in patch 3.2 have forced my hand into the business.

Jewelcrafting has become far more like what it was in BC than it has been to date in WotLK.  If you have all the recipes you can make some real dough.  The trouble, of course is knowing exactly where the profits are.  And although Lil’Sparkys can help, we all know that it doesn’t update quite as often as it should and has a tendency to be quirky.  In other words, it is more of a guideline than a hard and fast analysis tool.

And that doesn’t really work for the seriously anal retentive.  There are people who want to know things precisely.  I don’t happen to be one of those people.  I’m getting back into JC to shield myself from spending too much on jewels for all my new gear sets.  BUt I do realize that if I’m feeling pain when it comesto prices, that must mean that the market has evolved to the point where there are some profits to be made.  Anytime it hurts, I want to put the hurt on someone else besides me.  Yes, I’m a robber baron, so sue me.

with all that being said, I don’t always make up everything I teach.  You don’t need to go around inventing the wheel all the time if it already exists.  And while this might not be the most sophisticated tool you’ve ever seen, it certainly might help you take advantage of the current market situation and get the insight you need to truly Dominate with Jewelcrafting.

An alert reader, one that is keen on the JC market, ran accros a spreadsheet at Warcraftecon that helps you track everything you need when it comes to Jewelcrafting.  Thanks to Jurandr for sending us the email, and after a cursory review I can say that it definately will help you track all of your prospecting and profits should you choose to engage in such activities.  I know on the alliance server for the DYS guild I have scooped up all the cheap mats I can find for alchemy and transmutes because the profits are nice.  You can only do it once a day, but an extra 1,000 gold a week for two minutes worth of work sounds like my cup of tea.

So check the spreadsheet out at this link: http://www.warcraftecon.net/?p=1777 and see if you can make it work for you.  It just might have you, and the rest of us, Dominating with Jewelcrafting again.

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Dominate Your Server Launches Alliance Faction Guild In Two Flavors

You’ve been asking about it for a while now, and Dominate Your Server is always listening.  Last October we launched the Dominate Horde guild on the Fenris realm, and now it’s time we did the same for Alliance.

We’ve been getting ready in advance this time, and have a couple of options for all of you ally freaks out there.  First of all, we took a little flak for the horde guild being on a pansy-wansy PvE server.  None of that this time.  Our Alliance guild is on a full out warfare PvP server.

Our experience with the Horde guild also taught us that we needed to be pretty certain that we picked the right time zone so that both late night and early raiders can all get in on the action, so the new server is Pacific Time to ensure that those folks on the East Coast have a good shot at getting their fill of raiding at peak server pop times.

Next, we also wanted to make sure that everyone got the experience they needed from the guild.  We have a lot of casual players in Dominate, but also a group of pretty serious folks who really want to kick some butt and take some names.  To make sure that everyone has a place without rubbing each other the wrong way, we’re not just announcing one Alliance guild – but two.

For the casual player who just wants to hang out with folks and have a good time with people who have their WoW screwed on straight, thee is the DYS guild.  DYS will be the nub and learning friendly place to come hang out and get geared up or hone your skills until you are ready to join a much more elite group of raiding folks.

From the very top of the Dominate guild, a group of our senior officers have agreed to defect to Alliance and have formed a sister guild – Dyssention.  Dyssention is a hard core raiding team with one goal in mind – clear content now and let Arthas beware.  These guys will be raiding all the time, I kid you not, and will have some of the best players we’ve ever seen.  You’ll need to apply for Dyssention and you can get details for that during the first live DYS guild meeting.

The meeting will be this Friday at 6pm server time, which (in case you missed it) is pacific.  That means 9pm on the east coast.  If you’re out of the country you’ll need to figure it out on your own, but I’m sure you’re used to that by now.  We’ll meet right outside the front gate of Stormwind to sign everyone up.  So come and join the fun, or come to find out more about Dyssention.  Either way, DYS wants to give fair and equal treatment to both sides in the Horde vs. Alliance debate.

And even though Law and Gavin are snowed under with an exciting new project these days, you’ll be able to catch them sneaking about the Ally guilds in the coming weeks as Dyssention clears content like a bunch of crazed dogs.  So come meet the crew, and make some new friends with DYS and Dyssention this Friday at 6pm server time on the Kalecgos realm.  Whether you already DOminate, or want to learn how, you’re sure to find a place in DYS.  See everyone Friday!

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Making Gold For Newbies Doesn’t Have To Be Guesswork

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.  Um, whatever.  This is a dog eat dog world, and if you’re doing something well it’s only a matter of time before you’re not alone any more.  For more than two years we’ve been teaching people how to Dominate – especially at the auction house.  But from time to time we have to step back (even though the pros gripe at us) and start back at the beginning.

A few days back we brought back an article from back in the day talking about using enchanting for making gold.  Amazingly we get the same old crud from people who think it’s more complicated than that, but disenchanting will always be one of the cornerstones of any good wow gold making business.  But it certainly isn’t the whole story.  Everyone should be using far more than enchanting to make gold and today we’re going to talk about sniffing out the pros in your market and following their lead.  It’s a way to break into the business without getting your feet all that wet.

In the real world marketing sector, there is a lot of follow-the-leader.  Innovation is expensive and very hit or miss.  But a formula that works well tends to work pretty well for lots of things.  We’re working on a technique for the very advanced gold maker, but it takes a ton of gold to do it on a lot of things and it can be risky (or at least it seems to be dangerous – the worst that can actually happen is a break even).  And one of the ways we figured out what the Chinese gold farmers are REALLY doing these days came from price capping.

Price capping is also a pretty advanced technique, and you don’t have to know how to do it to make some gold using it.  It works best if you’re the one in charge, but you can also ride the wave of someone else price capping if you know how to spot it and what to do when you see it.  Below is one example of a price cap.

You see at the top a few stacks of Mageweave at 924% above market price.  This can only be one of two things: somebody made a mistake, or someone is price capping.  Of course, even the price cap might just be ignorance, but let’s give this dude the benefit of the doubt.  Now, in this case the price cap is not going to work.  You can’t move a market of four pages of stacks with four stacks.  The only thing that’s going to happen from this move is maybe a 1% or 2% bump in the overall price of this item.

Here is another example of a price cap done right.  You might recognize the name.  But I also recognize the names above me.  It doesn’t take too long to figure out who is price capping.  When you scan for mats to resell, you’ll start to see the same five to ten names all the time.  As a general rule; those guys are your real competition at the AH, and everyone else is buying them new shoes.  Of course, all pros aren’t going to the hall of fame, and we’ll see why in a second.

This is the way that price capping is supposed to happen.  The difference here, although you can’t see it, is that the majority of the Northern Stew on the AH has been capped which will seriously affect the price.  You can also see another example of someone price capping who doesn’t really know what they are doing.  After being on this particular server for a while I know that Poliea and Tracea are alt bankers for one person – whose main banking toon happens to be Katharinea, not too hard to figure out who that is after a while.  But whoever it is isn’t much competition because she ends up buying all of my price cap markdowns and never price caps hard enough to actually move the market.

But more to the point, when you see something like what is happening above, it means someone is trying to move the market up.  When you see that, it’s a good time to buy out whatever low priced items there are left on the AH that the price-capper has left behind and then resell immediately as prices rise.  In other words, you can buy a little Northern Stew at 1 gold and resell it at 2 gold.  They are pretty sure to sell since almost everything else on the market is 14 gold, if you see what I mean.  Or you can cash in on their price capping push by cooking up some Northern Stew a few stacks at a time and the price-capper will probably buy you out in an effort to corner the market.

The point is that you can tag along behind the big boys and make a pretty good living riding their wake.  The water is smoother and you won’t have to risk very much.  Making a profit from a moving market without having to move the market is pretty shrewd, and just a little Dominating.

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Anyone Can Make Gold Using Enchanting For Disenchanting – Here’s How:

Enchanting can be a very lucrative career profession. The only thing I hate about it is standing around in a major city spamming the trade channels with: level 435 ‘chanter LFW can do [some enchant] [another enchant] blah, blah, blah. Only to have to get into a 2 minute conversation with everybody anyway after linking my stuff and what the mat price is and what I charge for it. It can really be a hassle. But you can still make a TON of gold with enchanting and never enchant anything but your own gear.

Just like fishing and cooking are great for new toons and making bags is perfect for the mid-level characters, there’s just no beating enchanting for making the big bucks for your epic flying mounts. Questing in Northrend will land you the most amazing greens, and I would personally swear that they drop twice as often as in Azeroth & Outlands. Most of these greens are better than the level 70 dungeon gear from before the WotLK patch. However, because of the stats most people need on their items, about 50% of these drops are completely worthless. I mean you can’t sell them in the auction house at all. You can’t even give them away. So the greens in Northrend can be pretty hit-or-miss. They will either leave you agonizing over whether to equip it, sell it at the ah, or vendor it away.

Don’t worry about that if you have enchanting. The great thing about this technique is that you don’t have to mess around with maxing out your enchanting skill to make money at it. At skill level 375 you can disenchant everything in the game.  Combine your DE work with just putting minor enchants on your own gear as you go from 70-80 and you can easily hit skill level 400-425 and sell most of what you DE along the way.

So you can do this without having to spend a ton of money leveling up your skill. The greatest thing about disenchanting items for money is that there are NO auction deposits for enchanting mats. Which means you can go for the highest price possible and re-list them all 100 times if necessary to get the very maximum price. On top of that, if you run just a few heroic dungeons you can easily farm enough Dream Shards to buy all of the top end recipes for yourself or your guild mates. So the materials are in high demand no matter what your server. Plus, at the level of the people buying these materials, money has usually ceased to be a big deal, because you can easily earn a few hundred gold just off of trash items in a few hours grinding, or from dailies.

So when you begin dreaming about that flying mount – you might go retrain in enchanting and spend a couple hundred gold getting it leveled up. After about three weeks of casual questing in Northrend, a famous nub I know was able to disenchant enough mats to sell the whole pile on AH for well over 2,500 gold, enough for half her flying mount (and she’s only level 73 so far). So whether you are farming, questing or raiding, enchanting is one way to make some serious dough without having to advertise.

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Lower Level Flying Mounts Make Leveling In Outlands And Northrend A Breeze

We knew that it would make leveling easier, but until we tried it out in Outlands we just didn’t know how much easier it would be.  And you can complain all you want, but we love the way flying to quest means a whole new level of domination at level 60 and beyond.

We arrived in Hellfire on a fine hot afternoon about 2 weeks ago.  Since Law and his crew always have extra cash lying around, buying the flying mounts was no problem.  Hopping from one quest to another in Hellfire is so good it’s almost scary.  Remember how the stupid pigs have an aggro radius of like 4 miles?  No more of that crap, and Fel Reaver be danged.  It’s an experience like nothing else we’ve ever had.

Even in Northrend, the places you had to fly to were so freakin far apart that part of the fun was lost.  You can only really appreciate how much better the whole process is when you go back and see just how much different Borean Tundra is with a flying mount compared to running around on a ground mount.  Plus, when you DID get your flying mount in Northrend, most of us had to live with the regular version (at least those of us with a bazillion alts) and it was painfully slow.  But now that even regular flyers are fairly fast, you might just skip the epic flyer on a true alt since the basic Kmart mount is actually quite livable.

But perhaps the best part of being able to use the new, faster regular mount in Outlands and Northrend is that is will shave oodles of time off you leveling runs.  So much time, as a matter of fact, that it’s giving us problems with the guide.  People are leveling up so fast that they get ahead of the guide and run out of levels before they riun out of zones.  Not that it’s a bad thing, mind you, just stating the facts.

Petitepowerhouse and the all girl review crew went from 58-68 in Outlands and never even really got into Nagrand.  I mean, 10 levels in Hellfire, Zangarmarsh and Terokkar?  It’s ridiculous, ridiculously delicious.  Now, Petite didn’t have a level 80 main to send her the BoA cold weather flying book at level 68, so they are grounded again and hating it.  But for all the rest of you who are sitting on a level 55 alt, you just might consider running them up to 80 now.  Flying mounts in Outlands – now that’s Dominating!

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FOR THE HOrde. . .Wait, What Side Am I on Now?

We’ve been talking bout it for some time, and it really seemed that it would take a lot longer than it has for this to take effect.  But this afternoon Blizzard released the news that the faction chnge service has gone live.  Since it’s big news, but there isn’t a LOT of news, we’ve borrowed from the official Faction Change FAQ page since it represents the most up-to-date and complete information available.

What is the Faction Change service?

Our Faction Change service is designed to allow existing characters the opportunity to change their designated faction (from Horde to Alliance or Alliance to Horde).

How do I begin the Faction Change process?

To begin the Faction Change process, please visit the Account Management page, select the Faction Change option, and carefully follow the instructions provided.

How much does this service cost?

Each Faction Change costs $30.00 USD (not including applicable taxes). This covers a single Faction Change for a single character.

Is this service taxed? If so, how can I tell if my purchase will be taxed?

Players in select states in the U.S. may be subject to taxation when using our Faction Change service. This list includes, but is not limited to:
- New Mexico
- Texas

Can I change multiple characters’ factions at once?

No. The Faction Change service only allows one change per transaction. If you would like to change multiple characters’ factions, you will need to pay for each one separately.

At what level can I change a character’s faction?

Characters level 10 and above are eligible for a Faction Change. Death Knights will be unable to change their faction until level 60.

Will PvP realm restrictions prevent me from changing a character’s faction?

No. PvP realms no longer possess any faction-based restrictions. You may now play Horde and Alliance characters on any realm you wish.

Will this service allow me to customize a character and select a different name once its faction has been changed?

Yes.  Each Faction Change purchase will also provide the target character with an included re-customization and optional name change.

When I change factions, can I select any race for the character?

You may select any race of the new faction provided that it is available for the character’s class.

Does that mean I can use this service to change the character back to its original faction?

Absolutely; however, this will require purchasing another Faction Change.

When I change a character back to its original faction, can I select any new race?

Yes. As noted previously, though, you will only be able to select a race that is available to the character’s class.

Will I be able to select Cataclysm races and class combinations for a character once they’re available in game?

Details are not available at this time. As development continues, though, we hope to provide more information.

How often can I change a character’s faction?

You may change a character’s faction every 60 days.

What happens after I initiate a Faction Change?

Once your payment has processed and after you have remained logged out of the game for at least 30 minutes, you will see a new button to the left of the character’s name upon next login. Clicking on this button will allow you to select the character’s new faction and race, as well as customize the character’s look and name. These steps will greatly resemble the character creation process.
To complete the Faction Change, press the button labeled “Click to change your character’s faction” and confirm your selections. If you do not wish to change the character’s faction immediately, you may do so at a later time.

What will happen to the character’s old name?

If you opt to change the character’s name, the name will be locked from use on the realm for 90 days. You are not required to change the character’s name, though; this is simply an option we provide included with the Faction Change.

What will happen to the character’s equipment when I change its faction?

Equipment which is not considered faction-specific will remain unchanged by this process. Faction-specific equipment, however, will be automatically exchanged for a cross-faction equivalent. You can view a full list of faction-specific equipment and their cross-faction equivalents here.
**Please note that neither enchants nor socketed gems will be affected by an exchange.**

Will the rest of the inventory (materials, alternate currency, etc) be affected in any way?

As with equipment, items which are not considered faction-specific will remain unchanged by this process. Faction-specific items will be exchanged for a cross-faction equivalent. You can view a full list of faction-specific items here.

What will happen to the character’s mounts when I change its faction?

Mounts which are not considered faction-specific will remain unchanged by this process. Faction-specific mounts will be exchanged for a cross-faction equivalent. You can view a full list of faction-specific mounts and their equivalents here.

What will happen to the character’s non-combat pets when I change its faction?

Non-combat pets will not be affected by this process and will be available once the character’s faction change completes. This even includes faction-specific non-combat pets.

What will happen to the character’s achievements when I change its faction?

Achievements which are not considered faction-specific will remain unchanged by this process. Faction-specific achievements will be exchanged for a cross-faction equivalent. You can view a full list of faction-specific achievements and their equivalents here. Please note that all achievements relating to the Argent Tournament will be reset.

What will happen to the character’s titles when I change its faction?

Titles which are not considered faction-specific will remain unchanged by this process. Faction-specific titles will be exchanged for a cross-faction equivalent. You can view a full list of faction-specific titles and their equivalents here. Please note that all titles relating to the Argent Tournament will be reset.

What will happen to the character’s reputation levels when I change its faction?

Upon changing factions, the reputation level associated with the character’s previous race will become the reputation level of the new race. All other racial reputations will be converted according to the following chart:

• Orc (Orgrimmar) ↔ Human (Stormwind)
Tauren (Thunder Bluff) ↔ Gnome (Gnomeregan Exiles)
Undead (The Undercity) ↔ Night Elf (Darnassus)
Troll (Sen’jin) ↔ Dwarf (Ironforge)
Blood Elf (Silvermoon) ↔ Draenei (The Exodar)

• Additional faction-specific reputations will be converted into their cross-faction equivalents (if a cross-faction equivalent exists). You can view a full list of qualifying faction-specific reputations and their equivalents here.

• Faction neutral reputations will not be affected by this process, and faction-specific reputations which do not possess an equivalent will be lost.

What will happen to the character’s quests when I change its faction?

Quests which are active in the character’s log at the time of the Faction Change will be cleared and all quest items associated with these quests will be destroyed.
With this, completed quests that are considered faction-specific will be removed from the list of completed quests and no longer count towards any running “quests completed” totals. Should you ever elect to change back to the original faction, the original list of completed quests will be restored. Completed quests that are considered faction-neutral or possess a cross-faction equivalent will be unaffected or automatically exchanged without any detriment to the quest completed totals.

What will happen to the character’s flight paths when I change its faction?

All flight points associated with the character will be reset and you will receive a new list of flight points which are appropriate for the level and new faction. Please note that as the Dun Niffelem, Shadow Vault, and Crusader’s Pinnacle flight points are associated with faction-specific quest lines, they will not be automatically provided. To regain these flight points, the character will need to re-complete the appropriate quests.

What will happen to the character’s “Friends” and “Ignore” lists when I change its faction?

The character’s “Friends” and “Ignore” lists will be reset following a Faction Change.

What will happen to the character’s Guild and Arena team(s)?

The character will not be affiliated with any Guild or Arena team following a Faction Change. Guild and Arena team tabards will be removed and Arena team ratings will be reset as a result. If the character is a Guild Master, you will not be able to perform a Faction Change.

What will happen to the character’s honor and Arena points?

Any honor points, Marks of Honor, and lifetime honorable kills will not be affected by this process. Earned Arena points will carry over, as well; however, any pending Arena points accrued after the last maintenance period, but before your Faction Change is initiated, may be lost.

What will happen to the character’s mail and auctions?

Active mail and auction items will prevent a character from Faction Changing, so please be sure to pull all mail from the mailbox and take down any auction items prior to initiating the Faction Change process. These items will be handled as normal inventory.

Is there a gold limit for Faction Changes?

Yes. Characters possessing too much gold for their designated level bracket will not be eligible for a Faction Change. Please use the following table as reference.
Level 10 to 30: 300 gold
Level 31 to 50: 1000 gold
Level 51 to 69: 5000 gold
Level 70 to 80: 20000 gold

Where will the character be located after the Faction Change is complete?

Once the Faction Change is complete, the character will be moved to the capital city of its new race.

What will happen to the character’s Armory profile?

Once you have completed the Faction Change process, the character’s Armory profile will be updated to reflect any faction, racial, gender, or name changes. Please note that our Armory system is still in beta at this time, so the character’s profile may not immediately display the updated information.

Will this service share a cooldown with the Character Transfer, Character Name Change, or Character Re-Customization services?

No. The Faction Change service will not share its cooldown with any of these services.

Can I use this service to change race on my existing faction?

No. We will be releasing a Race Change service in the near future for this purpose.

Will this service share a cooldown with the Race Change service?

Yes.

Can I purchase a Faction Change for a character that has a pending Name Change or Re-Customization or is in the process of being transferred?

No. Before you may initiate a Faction Change for a character, please complete any pending Name Changes, Re-Customizations, or Transfers. These pending transactions will prevent you from initiating a Faction Change.

When will I be charged for the character’s Faction Change?

You will be charged immediately upon pressing the confirmation button on the Faction Change page.

Is there any way to cancel a Faction Change while the process is pending?

Because your payment method will be charged immediately upon confirmation, you will be unable to cancel the process once you have pressed the confirmation button and the Faction Change process is underway.

Is there any way to reverse a Faction Change once it’s completed?

No. Once a Faction Change is done, it is permanent. You may, however, purchase another Faction Change to switch back to the original faction once the service cooldown time has elapsed.

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