World of Warcraftisn’t always about war. Sometimes it’s about making friends and doing favors, in exchange for some modest gifts. High-level characters who need powerful enchants, rare recipes or best-in-slot raiding gear end up grinding their reputation with these factions with daily quests, by collecting and exchanging valuable items, or running heroic dungeons while wearing a faction’s tabard.
Not all Quartermasters of the new expansion are equally popular, and reputation grinds have varying levels of difficulty that often have nothing to do with the value of their goods. Certain rep grinds in Northrend are relatively easy with decent to impressive rewards available, while others can be the opposite, but at the same time, compulsory.
Neutral Factions
Most of the factions in Northrend are available to both Alliance and Horde players, so it’s common to see characters from both factions grinding rep in these regions and wearing the same specific types of gear and weapons. Players on PVP servers should be on the lookout for improvised duels.
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Horde Factions
There are five factions in Northrendthat are only accessible to Horde players. Only one of them provides any rewards for reaching Exalted status, but all of them count towards the pertinent Achievements for the completionists out there.
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Alliance Factions
Alliance players also have five exclusive factions that offer reputation grinds through quests, but not all of them provide rewards. The ones that do have some valuable and rare items, but these are mostly cosmetic, like mounts and non-combat pets.
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