Update - El's Extreme Anglin' is reporting a Sea Pony Companion Pet from fishing in the Darkmoon Island waters.
Patch 4.3 - The New Darkmoon Faire is on Test Realms!
It's the first week-end of the month and it means the new Darkmoon Faire is finally available for testing! The new faire is much much bigger than the old one and now has its own dedicated zone, you can enter it through the portals located in the old locations of the Darkmoon Faire (Goldshire, Thunder Bluff, etc ...)
Upon entering the faire, you will be able to buy a Pouch o' Tokens or a Sack o' Tokens for a reasonable price, these tokens are used to play all the games of the Darkmoon Faire.
More activities are now offered and on the test realms you can currently try:
- A target shooting game where you have to score 25 points in 60 seconds.
- The "Tonk Commander" game, where you have to shoot 30 targets with your Tonk in a set amount of time.
- A ring tossing game, the goal is to toss rings on the turtle in the playing area.
- The Darkmoon Cannon is still here, and will require you to trigger a skill while you fly to land and hit a target on the ground/water.
- The new "Whack-a-gnoll" mini-game will let you test your reflexes and ... well, whack gnolls.
- The Darkmoon Deathmatch Arena, the name pretty much says it all. Any player entering the Arena will be flagged for PvP and able to fight any other players already there.
- Profession quests, rewarding you with tickets and a +5 bonus to your profession skill.
- Last but not least, L90ETC gives a concert every hour!
You can also just walk around the faire and spend your money to buy fireworks or even a balloon from the Balloon Vendor. The faire even has its own zoo with a nice sample of creatures from all over Azeroth on display!
These games will reward you with Darkmoon Prize Ticket and after collecting enough of them, you will be able to buy rewards from the Darkmoon Faire vendors.
Rewards - Tier 0/Dungeon Set Armor Replica
The very first class armor sets from the old level 60 5-man dungeons are back in the game, or at least replicas of them are back and you can buy them for Transmogrification purposes! The items do not have any stats (Replica Deathmist Robe) and are only here to let you get that look when you transmogrify your gear.
I could let most of you roam the internet to figure out how your armor set looks but I'm much nicer than that, here's a compilation! (Warlock Deathmist helm currently bugged)
Rewards - Mounts
Two mounts are available for 180 x Darkmoon Prize Ticket, the Darkmoon Dancing Bear and the Swift Forest Strider.
Rewards - Companion Pets
6 new companion pets are available from the Darkmoon Faire! You can buy them for 90 x Darkmoon Prize Ticket each.
Rewards - Miscellaneous
You can also collect miscellaneous items from the Darkmoon Faire, such as the Cloak of the Darkmoon Faire, Darkmoon "Sword", or the Darkmoon Hammer!
Rewards - Heirlooms
You can also exchange your tickets for Heirlooms.
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Achievements
Category Description Pts Darkmoon Faire Come One, Come All!
Attend the Darkmoon Faire.5 Darkmoon Faire Step Right Up
Play five different Darkmoon games.10 Darkmoon Faire Blastenheimer Bullseye
Score a bullseye when launched from the Darkmoon Cannon.10 Darkmoon Faire Quick Shot
Score a Quick Shot at the Shooting Gallery.10 Darkmoon Faire Darkmoon Duelist
Win the Darkmoon Deathmatch and receive a Pit Fighter trinket.10 Darkmoon Faire Darkmoon Dominator
Win the Darkmoon Deathmatch twelve times and receive a Master Pit Fighter trinket.20 Darkmoon Faire Fairegoer's Feast
Consume one of every Darkmoon food and drink.10 Darkmoon Faire Darkmoon Dungeoneer
Turn in all five dungeon Darkmoon Artifacts.10 Darkmoon Faire Darkmoon Defender
Turn in all three battleground Darkmoon Artifacts.10 Darkmoon Faire Darkmoon Despoiler
Turn in all nine Darkmoon Artifacts.10 Darkmoon Faire Taking the Show on the Road
Launch off Darkmoon Fireworks in every friendly capital city.10 Darkmoon Faire Taking the Show on the Road
Launch off Darkmoon Fireworks in every friendly capital city.10 Darkmoon Faire Faire Favors
Complete at least six profession-based quests at the Darkmoon Faire.10 Darkmoon Faire I Was Promised a Pony
Ride a Darkmoon Pony.5
Quests
Name Currency Reput. Objective Test Your Strength 10 +250 DMF Kerri Hicks wants you to collect 250 Grisly Trophies. Trophies are obtained as long as you kill creatures that offer experience or honor and you have the Darkmoon Field Guide with you. (Daily) Tonk Commander 5 +250 DMF Use your Darkmoon Tonk to destroy 30 Tonk Targets in the time allowed. (Daily) The Humanoid Cannonball 5 +250 DMF Accumulate 5 Cannon Target Points by landing near the target. (Daily) He Shoots, He Scores! 5 +250 DMF Score 25 points in 60 seconds. (Daily) Target: Turtle 5 +250 DMF Land 3 rings on the Darkmoon Turtle. (Daily) It's Hammer Time 5 +250 DMF Score 30 points by whacking Gnolls.
Quests - Professions
Name Reput. Skill Objective A Fizzy Fusion 4x +250 DMF +5 Alchemy Use the Cocktail Shaker to combine Moonberry Juice and Fizzy Faire Drink to create 5 servings of Moonberry Fizz. Fun for the Little Ones 3x +250 DMF +5 Archaeology Bring 15 Fossil Fragments collected with Archaeology to Professor Thaddeus Paleo at the Darkmoon Faire. Baby Needs Two Pair of Shoes 4x +250 DMF +5 Blacksmithing Use the Iron Stock to craft 4 Horseshoes, then apply the Horseshoes to Baby at the Darkmoon Faire. Putting the Crunch in the Frog 3x +250 DMF +5 Cooking Prepare 5 Crunchy Frogs by breading your Plump Frogs with Simple Flour and then frying them in the cauldron behind Stamp Thunderhorn. Putting Trash to Good Use 4x +250 DMF +5 Enchanting Collect 6 Soothsayer's Dusts by disenchanting Discarded Weapons found around the grounds of the Darkmoon Faire. Talkin' Tonks 4x +250 DMF +5 Engineering Repair 5 Damaged Steam Tonks around the grounds of the Darkmoon Faire. Putting the Carnies Back Together Again 3x +250 DMF +5 First Aid Use the Darkmoon Bandage to heal 4 Injured Carnies. Spoilin' for Salty Sea Dogs 3x +250 DMF +5 Fishing Catch 5 Great Sea Herring in the ocean around Darkmoon Island. Herbs for Healing 4x +250 DMF +5 Herbalism Gather 6 Darkblossoms from around the Darkmoon Faire grounds. Writing the Future 4x +250 DMF +5 Inscription Use the Bundle of Exotic Herbs to make Prophetic Ink and then combine the ink with Light Parchment to create Sayge's Fortunes. Keeping the Faire Sparkling 4x +250 DMF +5 Jewelcrafting Find Bits of Glass around the grounds of the Darkmoon Faire and craft it into 5 Sparkling 'Gemstones'. Eyes on the Prizes 4x +250 DMF +5 Leatherworking Use the Darkmoon Craftsman's Kit to make 5 Darkmoon Prizes from Coarse Thread, Shiny Baubles, and Blue Dye. Rearm, Reuse, Recycle 4x +250 DMF +5 Mining Collect 6 pieces of Tonk Scrap from around the Darkmoon Faire grounds. Tan My Hide 4x +250 DMF +5 Skinning Scrape 4 Staked Skins around the grounds of the Darkmoon Faire. Banners, Banners Everywhere! 4x +250 DMF +5 Tailoring Use Coarse Thread, Red Dye, and Blue Dye with a Darkmoon Banner Kit to make a Darkmoon Banner, then set it up in a pile of Loose Stones on the grounds of the Darkmoon Faire.
Quests - Item Drops
Name Currency Reput. Objective A Curious Crystal 10 +250 DMF Bring the Imbued Crystal to Professor Thaddeus Paleo at the Darkmoon Faire on Darkmoon Island. An Exotic Egg 10 +250 DMF Bring the Monstrous Egg to Yebb Neblegear when the Darkmoon Faire is running. An Intriguing Grimoire 10 +250 DMF Bring the Mysterious Grimoire to Sayge when the Darkmoon Faire is running. A Woundrous Weapon 10 +250 DMF Bring the Ornate Weapon to Professor Thaddeus Paleo when the Darkmoon Faire is running. A Captured Banner 5 +250 DMF Bring the Banner of the Fallen to Professor Thaddeus Paleo at the Darkmoon Faire on Darkmoon Island. The Enemy's Insignia 5 +250 DMF Bring the Captured Insignia to Professor Thaddeus Paleo at the Darkmoon Faire on Darkmoon Island. The Captured Journal 5 +250 DMF Bring the Captured Insignia to Professor Thaddeus Paleo at the Darkmoon Faire on Darkmoon Island. The Master Strategist 15 +250 DMF Take A Treatise on Strategy to Professor Thaddeus Paleo at the Darkmoon Faire on Darkmoon Island. Tools of Divination 10 +250 DMF Bring the Soothsayer's Runes to Professor Thaddeus Paleo at the Darkmoon Faire on Darkmoon Island.