WoW Forever Reputations and Factions

How Reputation Works in Classic

Forever is built on original World of Warcraft, so expect the Classic system as the baseline until Blizzard says otherwise. Every faction tracks your standing across eight tiers. You earn points by completing a faction's quests, killing its enemies and turning in items it wants.

Thresholds come from warcraft.wiki.gg's reputation page. Going from Neutral to Exalted takes 42,000 points. Most factions stop giving reputation for kills at some point, so the last tiers usually need item turn-ins or repeatable quests. Some factions are paired enemies: in Desolace, killing Magram centaurs raises your Gelkis standing and the reverse, so you commit to one side.

Forever's Named Reputations

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The Two Trade Factions

The Legacy article calls the Azeroth Commerce Authority and Durotar Supply and Logistics "two new Alliance and Horde factions" and "a major source of new tradeskill activities." It doesn't say which faction is which side. You earn Merchant's Favor from them, and the Performance bonus perk in the Professions tree "causes you to sometimes gain increased Merchant's Favor".Confirmed, a first-party sourceBlizzard: Get to Know the World of Warcraft Forever Legacy System, checked Sep 27, 2026.

If you craft, these are probably the reputations that matter most. Blizzard hasn't said how their standing works; Wowhead's beta guide, covered below, fills in the sides, camps and vendor gates.

Darkspear Islands and Battleground Reputations

Darkspear Raiders and Theramore Expeditionary Force are the island matchup. Current Faction records place the Raiders under Horde Forces and the Expeditionary Force under Alliance Forces. Each description names its opponent and the islands.Reported, press or datamine, not confirmedSource: Darkspear Raiders and Theramore Expeditionary Force; beta build 1.60.1.70205, Faction 2798/2799 with parents 892/891, checked Oct 3, 2026.

The current client also names Master of Darkspear Islands, an Exalted goal for either of those factions. It gives you a progression reference next to Blizzard's general battleground-reputation Legacy challenges, but it doesn't show a reputation earn rate or a reward you can collect today.Reported, press or datamine, not confirmedSource: Darkspear Raiders; beta build 1.60.1.70205, Achievement 62049/64029 and linked faction criteria, checked Oct 3, 2026. Track island faction standing, PvP Honor and account Legacy Points as three separate totals.

The Darkspear Islands guide covers the map and beta access, and the PvP hub covers shared systems.

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Riverglades

In the What's Next panel video, the narrator says Riverglades has "content for both Horde and Alliance players, new reputations."Blizzard: World of Warcraft Forever What's Next panel video, checked Sep 27, 2026. That wording comes from automatic captions, not the written recap, so treat it asReported, press or datamine, not confirmed until a faction is named. The Riverglades guide covers the zone.

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Changes to How You Earn Reputation

Human Diplomacy is absent from Blizzard's Forever racial list. Classic Humans had Diplomacy, a 10% reputation bonus, per warcraft.wiki.gg's reputation page. Blizzard's September 22 list named Will to Survive, Perception, Sword Specialization and The Human Spirit; the October 15 notes replace Sword Specialization with Ruthless. That replacement adds critical strike chance, not reputation. See the Human guide.Sources: Blizzard, September 22 racial list for unchanged baseline effects; October 15 beta development notes, post 6, for the stated changes; retained capture Oct 18, 2026.

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Classic Reputations to Expect

These factions defined Classic endgame. Blizzard hasn't said whether each one carries over unchanged, so treat this table as the Classic Era baseline, not a Forever list.

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Sources: warcraft.wiki.gg Faction, Argent Dawn, Timbermaw Hold), and Shen'dralar.

Two Forever additions involve these factions directly. The Shen'dralas zone ties into the Shen'dralar and Eldre'Thalas, the city Dire Maul occupies. The Desolace update adds faction rewards to the centaur quests. Neither announcement says the Classic reputation bars change. The Legacy Adventure category also awards a point for the Lord Valthalak dungeon set questline, a Classic dungeon-set upgrade chain.

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Planning Around Reputation Now

• Pick one crafter for a trade faction
• Save Diplomat for your reputation main
• Check current Darkspear access before planning an island reputation grind
• Don't pre-farm Classic items for unconfirmed factions

Still Unannounced

Modern WoW players often expect reputation features Classic never had. None of these has a Forever sourceNot announced, nothing on record:

• Account-wide or warband reputation
• Championing tabards for dungeon reputation
• Paragon rewards past Exalted
• Reputation catch-up for alts

Hardcore adds one known catch. The Legacy article says PvP challenges, including battleground Exalted, can't be completed in Hardcore, and Hardcore will get 12 challenges of its ownConfirmed, a first-party source.

How the Trade Faction Loop Works in the Beta

Wowhead's beta guide to the Azeroth Commerce Authority fills gaps the Legacy article leaves open. It calls the Azeroth Commerce Authority an Alliance-only faction and names Durotar Supply and Logistics as the Horde equivalent, so each side joins its own faction.Reported, press or datamine, not confirmedSource: Wowhead: Azeroth Commerce Authority Reputation & Professions, retrieved Sep 28, 2026. Wowhead warns the guide may change before launch.

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Crates First, Writs Unconfirmed

Wowhead describes an item-based loop: you loot Crates around the world, fill them and hand them in at the faction camp for Merchant's FavorReported, press or datamine, not confirmed. On the Alliance side, the hand-in NPC is Marcy Baker at Three Corners. Craftsman's Writs also exist, but Wowhead says little is known about them beyond a possible level 10 start. It also calls writ hand-ins at Marcy Baker unconfirmed.

Merchant's Favor then buys recipes, mounts, toys and cosmetics, according to the same guide. The Alliance recipe vendor, Alynsia, sells profession patterns and formulas priced in Favor, including Enchanting weapon enchants such as Enchant Weapon - Insight.

Where the Camps Are

Wowhead places the Alliance camp at Three Corners in the Redridge Mountains, between Elwynn Forest and Lakeshire, at /way 10.5 72.7Reported, press or datamine, not confirmed. The Horde camp is less clear. Wowhead's text says it is "in Durator," but its location table lists The Barrens, outside the Crossroads, at /way 42 34. Until the guide or the client clears it up, treat both as unconfirmed.

Wowhead says the Alliance camp also has Auctioneer Quickcoin, a standard auction house linked to the major Alliance cities. It doesn't describe a Horde auctioneer.

Vendor Gates Point to a Normal Reputation Bar

The Legacy article never says whether these factions use the eight-tier bar or only a currency. Wowhead's vendor list points to the tier bar: the Advertising License Application requires Honored and costs 1,200 Merchant's Favor, and the faction tabard requires ExaltedReported, press or datamine, not confirmed. The Reins of the Pack Kodo cost 6,000 Merchant's Favor, and the list shows no standing requirement.

That makes standing and Favor separate totals. Blizzard hasn't published point thresholds for these factions, so the Classic numbers above are the working assumption. Plan a tabard or mount around both the bar and the Favor price.

Profession Certifications

Wowhead lists a certification item for each of six crafts once you reach skill 300. Five cost 1,000 Merchant's Favor in its tables, Enchanting is listed at 240, and each grants a title such as "the Enchanter" or "the Leatherworker"Reported, press or datamine, not confirmed. Wowhead lists no standing requirement for them. The Professions hub covers the crafts themselves, and the Enchanting guide covers one craft with Favor-priced formulas at this vendor.