[World Event] The Darkmoon Faire

[AlesianDuke]

"Ahead of You, Down the Path
A Majestic, Magical Faire!
Ignore the Darkened, Eerie Woods
Ignore the Eyes That Blink and Stare
Fun & Games & Wondrous Sights!
Music & Fireworks to Light Up the Night!
Do Not Stop! You're Nearly There!
Behold, My Friend: THE DARKMOON FAIRE!"

CONTENTS:

The Darkmoon Faire and How to Reach It
Darkmoon Currency: Guide, Tickets & Tokens
Darkmoon Quests
Daily Quests
Profession Quests
Darkmoon Despoiler Quests
Other Quests
World Bosses: Moonfang & the Darkmoon Rabbit
The Deathmatch Pavilion
Darkmoon Attractions
Achievements
Fun Facts: Lore, Weird NPCs & more

ENTRANCE INTO THE DARKMOON FAIRE

Players can reach the Darkmoon Island via the portal at the Darkmoon Faire Staging Grounds set up near the capital cities of Azeroth:
for Alliance players you need to go to Goldshire, in Elwynn Forest



whilst Horde players have to go to Mulgore, just southwest of Thunder Bluff




There's also an alternative, through the Darkmoon Faire Mystic Mages found in Horde or Alliance cities, and even in Shatrath & Dalaran, which also awards the introductory quest The Darkmoon Faire. Offering them a small fee will teleport the player at the Stanging Grounds, right in front of the Portal for Darkmoon Island.

DARKMOON CURRENCY

First things first, as soon as you arrive at the Faire, get the Darkmoon Adventurer's Guide from Selina Dourman just near the main entrance to the faire. If you've done The Darkmoon Faire from the Darkmoon Faire Mystic Mages, completing it will reward the guide too.

NOTE: keep the Darkmoon Adventurer's Guide in your bags for the duration of the event, this being required for the completion of the event quests and mechanics.




The event currency is the Darkmoon Prize Ticket, which can be obtained by doing the quests mentioned at the next section.

Moreover, in order to participate in daily events or quests on the Darkmoon Island you will also need Darkmoon Game Token, which are obtainable from monthly quests (ex.: the professions related ones) or from Pouch o' Tokens and Sack o' Tokens that are bought on the island from booth vendors.

Finally, if you want to ride the Darkmoon Carousel you will require a Darkmoon Ride Ticket, obtainable from Kae Ti, just outside the attraction entrance.

DARKMOON QUESTS

DAILIES

Daily Mini-Games will each award one Darkmoon Prize Ticket and a Darkmoon Game Prize (with a small chance for a fun reward).
The following 5 mini-games can be done each day on the Darkmoon Island:

It's Hammer Time - take the quest from Mola and when you are ready to begin select the option "Ready to whack!".
Out from the barrels behind her will spawn, in turns, 3 different creatures: a Gnoll, a Baby Gnoll and Hogger. Hitting the Gnoll will award 1 point, Hogger will give 3 points, BUT hitting the Baby will award no point and will temporary stun the player, so be careful.
You will need to hit them from the front, and don't fret that you spam the "Whack" ability and no hit results of it... just keep trying. Also, don't worry that you haven't completed the quest in one try, because selecting the option to begin again will restart the event and not reset your current score (this event is hardly completed in one go, most likely two or three attempts will be required).

NOTE: if Mola isn't available for quest take / reward or simply gossip option, this is normal, and after about 30 seconds she will become available again

The Humanoid Cannonball - taken from Maxima Blastenheimer, when you award her the game token by selecting "Launch me!", you will be blasted above a circle, at the northern tip of the island, where you will use the panel ability and drop into it (do not move until credit and panel removal occurs).
This will most likely award 3 points, out of the 5 necessary, so just swim to the shore, talk to Teleportologist Fozlebub and he will send you back to the cannon... for a small fee, of course.

NOTE: this game has some quirks, so it is best just not to move until you're launched by the cannon and my suggestion is to use the ability to drop into the target circle after about 2 seconds of slow fall

He Shoots, He Scores! - talk to Rinling and "Let's shot!" some targets. Each of the three marked targets will award 1 point, and hitting them fast enough will activate a Quick Shot which will give you double points.

NOTE: if Rinling isn't available for quest take / reward or simply gossip option, this is normal, and after about 30 seconds he will become available again

Tonk Commander - select the option "Ready to play!" from Finlay Coolshot and you'll enter the fighting ring in your Darkmoon Tonk. The objective is to shoot the small targets that randomly spawn inside the arena, whilst evading the Enemy Tonks and MiniZepps.

NOTE: if Finlay Coolshot isn't available for quest take / reward or simply gossip option, this is normal, and after about 30 seconds he will become available again

Target: Turtle - from Jessica Rogers select the option "Ready to play!" and start tossing rings onto Dubenko. You will require 3 hits, out of the 10 possible chances per run.

NOTE: if Jessica Rogers isn't available for quest take / reward or simply gossip option, this is normal, and after about 30 seconds he will become available again

There's also a 6th mini-game, regarding Pet-Battles, from Jeremy Feasel, but this remains unavailable until the system is fixed.


PROFESSIONS


Once per month, with every event occurrence, you can complete a maximum of 6 quests, depending on your primary & secondary professions:
A Fizzy Fusion - taken from Sylannia, requires you to use the Cocktail Shaker and combine 5 of these drinks: Fizzy Faire Drink (bought from Sylannia) and Moonberry Juice (from different vendors/innkeepers in Azeroth).

Fun for the Little Ones - taken from Professor Thaddeus Paleo, needs you to turn in 15 Fossil Archaeology Fragments.

Baby Needs Two Pair of Shoes - taken from Yebb Neblegear, requires you to find an Anvil (suggestion: the closest one being at the Heirlooms Stand, near Barum), use the Iron Stock and create 4 Horseshoes; return to Yabb and use them on Baby.

Putting the Crunch in the Frog - taken from Stamp Thunderhorn, needs you to obtain 5 Simple Flour, use the Plump Frogs to create Breaded Frogs, which you throw in the steaming pot near Stamp.

Putting Trash to Good Use - taken from Sayge, requires you to find and loot Discarded Weapons, which you disenchant into Soothsayer's Dust.

Talkin' Tonks - taken from Rinling, needs you to search for Damaged Tonks and use the Battered Wrench to repair them.

Putting the Carnies Back Together Again - taken from Chronos, requires you to use the Darkmoon Bandage on Injured Carnies.

Spoilin' for Salty Sea Dogs - taken from Stamp Thunderhorn, needs you to fish up Great Sea Herring.

Herbs for Healing - taken from Chronos, requires you to gather Darkblossom.

Writing the Future - taken from Sayge, requires you to use the Bundle of Exotic Herbs in your bags, in order to create Prophetic Ink; now buy from any Inscription vendors 5 Light Parchments and use the ink to create Fortunes.

Keeping the Faire Sparkling - taken from Chronos, needs you to gather Bits of Glass and use them to create Gemstones.

Eyes on the Prizes - taken from Rinling, requires you to bring 5 Coarse Thread, 5 Blue Dye and 10 Shiny Bauble, which combined with the Darkmoon Craftsman's Kit will create Darkmoon Prizes.

Rearm, Reuse, Recycle - taken from Rinling, needs you to collect Tonk Scraps throughout the faire grounds.

Tan My Hide - taken from Chronos, requires you to "scrape" Staked Skins.

Banners, Banners Everywhere! - taken from Selina Dourman, requires you to bring Coarse Thread, Blue Dye and Red Dye, needed for the creation of the Darkmoon Banner, which you plant into a Loose Stone.


DARKMOON DESPOILER


Players have the opportunity to roll on rare artifacts that are occasionally dropped by instance bosses. These artifacts can be accumulated even when the Faire is not active, but each can only be redeemed once per Faire (when it is active).

First of all, we have three Battleground artifacts, which, due to certain circumstances, can be obtained for free from Trixi Sharpworth:

Banner of the Fallen that awards A Captured Banner
Fallen Adventurer's Journal that awards The Captured Journal
Captured Insignia that awards The Enemy's Insignia

Second there are the six Dungeon artifacts, from different bosses inside all of the dungeons in Azeroth and Outland (normal mode):

Imbued Crystal, which is required for A Curious Crystal
Ornate Weapon, which is required for A Wondrous Weapon
Monstrous Egg, which is required for An Exotic Egg
Mysterious Grimoire, which is required for An Intriguing Grimoire
A Treatise on Strategy, which is required for The Master Strategist
Soothsayer's Runes, which is required for Tools of Divination.

NOTE: some bosses have a higher drop chance than others
NOTE: this artifacts aren't soulbound, so you might also find them in the Auction House




OTHERS


Throughout other quests of interest on the Darkmoon Island there is monthly Test Your Strength, from Kerri Hicks, which requires you to turn in 250 Grisly Trophies, obtainable by defeating appropriate level monsters, whilst having the Darkmoon Adventurer's Guide in your bags.

You can turn in decks from Vanilla to Mists of Pandaria to Professor Thaddeus Paleo, in order to get a cool & useful trinket. I won't add the older content ones, but for Mists of Pandaria players the following four decks are of interest:
Tiger Deck that will give you the Darkmoon Tiger Deck quest, in order to obtain one of the following trinkets: Relic of Xuen (strength) or Relic of Xuen (agility)
Serpent Deck that will give you the Darkmoon Serpent Deck quest, in order to obtain the Relic of Yu'lon
Ox Deck that will give you the Darkmoon Ox Deck quest, in order to obtain the Relic of Niuzao
Crane Deck that will give you the Darkmoon Crane Deck quest, in order to obtain the Relic of Chi-Ji.

WORLD BOSSES

There are two world bosses on Darkmoon Island, both of which require a raid group to defeat: the Darkmoon Rabbit is located in a cave on the southeastern shore of the island, whilst Moonfang will spawn in the western forest if his pack is threatened.

The Darkmoon Rabbit is a level 93 Elite, with roughly 174 million HP, that hits at an average of 160,000 physical damage. It also has an ability called HUGE, SHARP TEETH!, for which he jumps at a random target and inflicts extreme damage, which, depending on its health, will almost/surely die. Mentionable is also the fact that he has a respawn time of 2 days.
Loot: Darkmoon Rabbit


Moonfang is also a level 93 Elite, with roughly 174 million HP, but she hits on average for 70,000 physical damage and has a plethora of abilities:
Fangs of the Moon that stuns the target and inflicts Arcane damage
Moonfang's Tears which inflicts Arcane damage at a random location
Call the Pack will summon one Moonfang Packmate for each enemy within 40y range
Leap for the Kill will have Moonfang jump at a random target and most certainly kill it
Moonfang's Curse will temporary transform players within 10y range into servants of Moonfang, friendly to him and hostile to the other players
In order to summon Moonfang you need to defeat Moonfang Snarlers scattered throughout the forest area, which in turn have a 20% chance to call for Moonfang Dreadhowls, that if killed will have a 10% chance to summon "the white wolf".

NOTE: if summoned, Moonfang will despawn if she's not engaged in 15 minutes
Loot:
Moonfang's Pelt, that begins the Den Mother's Demise monthly quest
Moonfang Shroud, which temporary turns your helmet into a wolf's head
Shimmering Moonstone is a temporary mount, usable only when the Darkmoon Faire is active
Moonfang's Paw lets the user assume the aspect of Moonfang for 10 minutes
Moon Moon is a battle-pet.




THE DEATHMATCH PAVILION

At the Deathmatch Pavilion, Korgol Crushskull presides over an arena event, in which contestants compete every three hours for a chance at the Darkmoon Treasure Chest.
There are also two quests involved:Pit Fighter, to obtain a Pit Fighter from the chest, and its follow-up Master Pit Fighter which will require 12 Pit Fighter trinkets.




DARKMOON ATTRACTIONS

Apart from the dailies or the arena mentioned above, there are other interesting attractions on the Darkmoon Island.

An important visit for every player should be to Sayge, near the Southern Pavilion and the Ring Toss area. He's a wise gnoll who will award you with a fortune, depending on the answers given to his riddles. Each fortune buff lasts 2 hours.



A few feet away from Sayge, near the end of the faire, is the Darkmoon Zoo, run by Yebb Neblegear. The zoo contains many animals and even a petting area with penguins, bush chickens, rams, and even ponies. Moreover, the rams, ponies and striders can also be ridden.



Just across the Zoo you can find the Elite Tauren Chieftains stage, which will perform each hour the hit sing "Power of the Horde".



Back at the start of the faire grounds there's a children's sandbox area, which contains several rideable Sandbox Tigers.



Finally, the newest attraction of the Darkmoon Faire is the Merry-Go-Round!, located between The Darkmoon Cannon and the Shooting Gallery. Kae Ti sells Ride Ticket Books which contain Darkmoon Ride Tickets necessary for riding the carousel.
Riding any of the carousel's Dragon, Gryphon, Murloc, Rocket or Wyvern will award the WHEE! buff, granting +10% to reputation and experience gains, the duration of which will increase in 5 minute increments every couple seconds the carousel is ridden (up to a maximum of 30 minutes).

NOTE: riding the carousel costs 2 tickets, and in case you have them, but the machines aren't mountable, just relog




ACHIEVEMENTS

Come One, Come All! is obtainable by simply entering the Darkmoon Island

Step Right Up play the daily mini-games

Blastenheimer Bullseye obtained during The Humanoid Cannonball daily quest, when you release your wings

Quick Shot obtainable during the He Shoots, He Scores! daily quest, whilst hitting the marked targets

Faire Favors complete six profession based quests

Darkmoon Defender complete the three battleground related quests

Darkmoon Dungeoneer complete the five dungeon related quests

Darkmoon Despoiler rewarded when the above two achievements are completed

Darkmoon Duelist loot the Pit Fighter from the Darkmoon Treasure Chest (see above)

Darkmoon Dominator complete the Master Pit Fighter quest, which requires 12 Pit Fighter trinkets (see above)

Fairegoer's Feast for which you need to drink and eat 18 things unique foods to the Darkmoon Faire, all of them obtainable from Sylannia and Stamp Thunderhorn
NOTE: some require a certain level in order to eat or drink

I Was Promised a Pony ride a Darkmoon Pony, found at the Petting Zoo

Taking the Show on the Road / Taking the Show on the Road on the island, from Boomie Sparks, buy a couple of Darkmoon Fireworks, which you must set up in Dalaran, Shatrath City and the Alliance or Horde capital cities
NOTE: for Undercity, you need to light it underground, not above in the Ruins of Lordaeron

That Rabbit's Dynamite! defeat the Darkmoon Rabbit


FUN FACTS

The Darkmoon Faire has a lot of visitors, from both factions, different continents... even the dead visit the faire each month. Throughout these there are some individuals that also offer souvenirs, prizes and other cool stuff.

"Dusty" Brandom can be found right at the entrance of the Darkmoon Faire, just as you come out through the portal, and he will offer players the possibility to ride a Darkmoon Strider and explore the faire grounds.



Morja offers players the chance to obtain the Spawn of Jubjub, by given her a Dark Iron Ale Mug, obtainable from the Blackrock Depths dungeon.

Flik is wandering around the faire grounds and if you manage to find and catch up to him you might be able to buy the Wood Frog Box ... and even though this won't be available for purchase at that time, he will still give you Tree Frog Box as consolation.



Lhara is the person you want to see during the faire, if you are a mount or pet collector; she offers a variety of creatures:
Darkmoon Dancing Bear at a cost of 180 Darkmoon Prize Tickets
Swift Forest Strider at a cost of 180 Darkmoon Prize Tickets
Darkmoon Monkey for 90 Darkmoon Prize Tickets
Darkmoon Cub for 90 Darkmoon Prize Tickets
Darkmoon Turtle for 90 Darkmoon Prize Tickets
Darkmoon Balloon for 90 Darkmoon Prize Tickets
Darkmoon Tonk for 90 Darkmoon Prize Tickets
Darkmoon Zeppelin for 90 Darkmoon Prize Tickets
Darkmoon Hatchling for 90 Darkmoon Prize Tickets

For some cool balloons don't forget to visit Carl Goodup's cart, somewhere in front of the Deathmatch Pavilion.

For some fun items, transmogable memento and more, I suggest you find Gelvas Grimegate's shop.



The Darkmoon Faire has some interesting Heirloom & transmogable items, from Daenrand Dawncrest, Barum & Baruma.

A small mention for Griftah, our favorite "con-artist"... buy his merchandise, if you dare!

If you're feeling bored, I suggest a /dance with Kolin.



If you roam the island when you're in ghost form (a.k.a. dead), you can come across a couple of ghosts, that will tell you a sad story about how they worked for the faire all their lives and want to keep watching it, even in death. These are: Martha Weller, Franklin Jenner, Kupp Coincare, Brendon Paulson, Arlon Surehoof, Sithera Wellspun and Zazla.





This concludes the guide for the Darkmoon Faire. Many more left unsaid, but those are for you to discover ingame.
See ya all on Genesis!