The Darkmoon Faire - Maximizing Your Tickets

[sunshoes]

The old Darkmoon Faire is gone! The old collecting quests have disappeared and been replaced with carnival games. However, unlike the old Faire, these quests are dailies which forces a set limit on the number of Darkmoon Prize Tickets that can be earned in a week.

Dailies
The Darkmoon Faire contains 5 daily quests, rewarding one ticket each. Each quest is a different carnival game found around the fairgrounds. Each game requires 1 Darkmoon Game Token to play, but if you don't manage to complete the quest on your first try your credit is saved for your next attempt. Game Tokens are purchased from Sazz Coincatcher, located at (49, 62) on the isle, which is just south of the northernmost UNDER CONSTRUCTION tent.

What a friendly lookin' fella.

Once you have your Game Tokens, you can start doing some quests! Here's a brief explanation of how to play each game:

It's Hammer Time - Whack-a-Gnoll
A fairly straightforward game. A play on the traditional Whack-a-Mole carnival game, Carnie Mola offers you the once-in-a-lifetime chance of whacking some gnolls in a barrel with a mallet. There are 3 types of puppets that will come out of the barrels, each having a unique effect:

• Baby Dolls
  
  Hitting a baby doll will stun you for 4 seconds, as it should. Shame on you.
• Gnoll Dolls
  
  Hitting a gnoll doll will award 1 point.
• Hogger Dolls (for lack of a better name)
  
  Hitting a Hogger doll will award 3 points.

After beginning the game, you are given 60 seconds to gain 30 points. Really nothing else to the game, probably the simplest game of the Faire.

The Humanoid Cannonball
The Darkmoon Cannon has returned! A simple quest for anyone without latency, frame issues, or a neglectedly overweight character, the basic idea is that Carnie Maxima Blastenheimer launches you towards a target sitting in the water off the southern cost of the island. You must cancel your wings using the spell on your hotbar at the appropriate time to fall towards the target. Where you land in respect to the target determines the amount of points gained per shot.

• Bullseye! - 5 points
  
  Land in dead center of the target
• Great Shot! - 3 points
  
  Land within the target circle
• Poor Shot! - 1 point
  
  Land near the target circle

Unlike the old Darkmoon Cannon, cancelling the wings too late (or not at all) does not result in a bloody death, but rather a gentle swim back to shore. Cancelling them too early can still cause permanent damage. Talk to the gnome on the shore for a quick teleport back, unless you'd rather ride a pony back.

He Shoots, He Scores! - Shooting Gallery
Probably the most complex quest in the history of the game. Aim yourself at the marked target and shoot. Shooting quickly is worth 2 points. 60 seconds. 25 points. Carnie Rinling.

Tonk Commander
Carnie Finlay Coolshot would love nothing more than for a military lad or lass such as yourself to try out his very own steam tank battle simulator. The only competitive daily at the Darkmoon Faire, the objective is to shoot 30 Tonk Targets with a steam tonk in 60 seconds. Unlike the previous games, the timer can be ended prematurely if the player's steam tonk is destroyed by hostile NPC tonks and zeppelins. Before shooting at the player, enemy tonks will first mark the player. If the player is marked, getting a certain distance away or using line of sight to escape the enemy tonk will keep the player safe. This quest is very bugged causing additional points to be gained even if a target is not destroyed.

Target: Turtle - Ring Toss
Everyone's tried and failed to land those damn rings on the top of a bottle before. Carnie Jessica Rogers understands, and offers you an alternative -- a stick on a turtle! For a mere Darkmoon Game Token she will give you 10 rings to throw at the majestic Dubenko, or 5 minutes on the clock if speed isn't your thing. Only 9 rings must land on the turtle, but they do not always go exactly where aimed. The turtle also moves around, so don't throw them all at once.

8 possible days to collect tickets, at 5 tickets per day

= 40 Darkmoon Prize Tickets per Faire.

Quests
Primary Profession Quests
Each player may do quests for both of their professions, awarding 1 Darkmoon Game Token, 4 Darkmoon Prize Tickets, and 5 skill points in the respective profession. The skill points will not exceed the character's limit of that profession.
Alchemy - Requires 5 Moonberry Juice, can be bought in Elwynn or Mulgore through the portal
Blacksmithing - Requires an Anvil, can be found in Elwynn or Mulgore through the portal
Enchanting - Pick up Discarded Weapons on the ground within the Faire
Herbalism - Pick up Darkblossom on the ground within the Faire
Jewelcrafting - Pick up Bits of Glass on the ground within the Faire
Mining - Pick up Tonk Scraps on the ground within the Faire
Tailoring - Requires 1 Coarse Thread, 1 Red Dye, 1 Blue Dye, all of which can be bought in Elwynn or Mulgore through the portal
Engineering - Target Damaged Tonks around the fairgrounds and use the quest item on them
Inscription - Requires 5 Light Parchment, which can be bought in Elwynn or Mulgore through the portal
Leatherworking - Requires 10 Shiny Bauble, 5 Coarse Thread, 1 Blue Dye, all of which can be bought in Elwynn or Mulgore through the portal
Skinning - Use Staked Skins, which can be found on the ground within the Faire

2 possible quests*, at 4 tickets per quest

= 8 Darkmoon Prize Tickets per Faire.

*can change and level a different one for more tickets, but your skill in that profession must be at least 75


Secondary Profession Quests
Each player may do quests for all of their secondary professions, awarding 1 Darkmoon Game Token, 3 Darkmoon Prize Tickets, and 5 skill points in the respective profession. The skill points will not exceed the character's limit of that profession.
First Aid - Use the quest item on Injured Carnies around the Faire
Cooking - Requires 5 Simple Flour, can be bought in Elwynn or Mulgore through the portal
Archaeology - Requires 15 Fossil Fragments, found most commonly in Eastern Kingdoms
Fishing - Simply fish around the island

4 possible quests, at 3 tickets per quest

= 12 Darkmoon Prize Tickets per Faire.

Test Your Strength
The Grisly Trophies have a chance of being rewarded whenever you kill an enemy that awards experience or honor, and you have a Darkmoon Adventurer's Guide in your bags, similar to Lovely Charm Bracelets during Love Is In The Air. If you lost your Guide, you can get another one from Selina Dourman at the front of the Faire.


1 quest awarding 10 tickets

= 10 Darkmoon Prize Tickets per Faire.

Artifacts - Credit goes to NelleRavencrest for this entire section
Artifacts drop off of both bosses and players, award Darkmoon Prize Tickets when turned in, and can be traded to other players.

Adventurer's Journal, Banner of the Fallen, Captured Insignia - 5 Tickets

• Looted from players when taking their insignia in battlegrounds

Soothsayer's Runes - 10 Tickets
Drops from:

• Shannox in Firelands
• Halfus in Bastion of Twilight
• Magmaw in Blackwing Descent
• Argaloth in Baradin Hold

Mysterious Grimoire - 10 Tickets
Drops from:

• Gandling in Scholomance
• Velratha in Zul'Farrak
• Jammal'an in Sunken Temple
• Arcanist Doan in Scarley Monastary - Library

Monstrous Egg - 10 Tickets
Drops from:

• Nerub'enkan in Stratholme
• Gahz'rilla in Zul'Farrak
• Skadi in Utgarde Pinnacle
• Anub'arak in Azjol Nerub
• Cyanigosa in Violet Hold
• Murozond in End Time

Imbued Crystal - 10 Tickets
Drops from:

• Taragaman in Ragefire Chasm
• Theradras in Maraudon
• Balnazzar in Stratholme
• Ras Frostwhisper in Scholomance
• Ormorok in The Nexus
• Whitemane in Scarlet Monastary - Cathedral
• Azshara in Well of Eternity

Ornate Weapon - 10 Tickets
Drops from:

• Herod in Scarlet Monastary - Armory
• Rivendare in Stratholme
• Ripsnarl in Deadmines
• Wyrmthalak in Blackrock Spire
• Randolph Moloch in The Stockade

A Treatise of Strategy - 15 Tickets
Drops from (heroic modes only):

• Ulthok in Throne of the Tides
• Springvale in Shadowfang Keep
• Rajh in Halls of Origination
• Slabhide in The Stonecore
• Grand Vizier Ertan in Vortex Pinnacle
• High Prophet Barim in Lost City of the Tol'vir
• Asaad in Vortex Pinnacle
• Umbriss in Grim Batol
• Ripsnarl in Deadmines
• Husam in Lost City of the Tol'vir

This list is not by any means complete.

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Total

40 tickets from games
30 tickets from quests
+80 tickets from artifacts
=150 tickets per Faire

Who cares? What can I buy?
180 Tickets each:

• Swift Forest Strider
• Darkmoon Dancing Bear

160 Tickets each:

• 2 handed Heirloom weapons
• Darkmoon Hammer

130 Tickets each:

• Heirloom trinkets

110 Tickets each:

• 1 handed Heirloom weapons
• Heirloom chests
• Heirloom shoulders

90 Tickets each:

• Darkmoon Balloon
• Darkmoon Monkey
• Darkmoon Turtle
• Darkmoon Tonk
• Darkmoon Zeppelin
• Darkmoon Cub
• Cloak of the Darkmoon Faire

75 Tickets each:

• Dungeon 1 Replica Head
• Dungeon 1 Replica Shoulders
• Dungeon 1 Replica Chest
• Dungeon 1 Replica Legs
• Dungeon 2 Replica Head
• Dungeon 2 Replica Shoulders
• Dungeon 2 Replica Chest
• Dungeon 2 Replica Legs

55 Tickets each:

• Dungeon 1 Replica Wrist
• Dungeon 1 Replica Hands
• Dungeon 1 Replica Waist
• Dungeon 1 Replica Feet
• Dungeon 2 Replica Wrist
• Dungeon 2 Replica Hands
• Dungeon 2 Replica Waist
• Dungeon 2 Replica Feet

20 Tickets each:

• Darkmoon "Sword"

1 Ticket Each:

• 10x Darkmoon "Tiger"
• Darkmoon Flower
• Last Month's Mutton
• Last Year's Mutton
• Darkmoon Storage Box

[kozzzan]

Very well done i must say!
+rep

[_Mike]

Primary Profession Quests
Each player may do quests for both of their professions, awarding 1 Darkmoon Game Token, 4 Darkmoon Prize Tickets, and 5 skill points in the respective profession. The skill points will not exceed the character's limit of that profession.
Alchemy - Requires 5 Moonberry Juice, can be bought in Elwynn or Mulgore through the portal
Blacksmithing - Requires an Anvil, can be found in Elwynn or Mulgore through the portal
Enchanting - Pick up Discarded Weapons on the ground within the Faire
Herbalism - Pick up Darkblossom on the ground within the Faire
Jewelcrafting - Pick up Bits of Glass on the ground within the Faire
Mining - Pick up Tonk Scraps on the ground within the Faire
Tailoring - Requires 1 Coarse Thread, 1 Red Dye, 1 Blue Dye, all of which can be bought in Elwynn or Mulgore through the portal
Engineering - Target Damaged Tonks around the fairgrounds and use the quest item on them
Inscription - Requires 5 Light Parchment, which can be bought in Elwynn or Mulgore through the portal
Leatherworking - Requires 10 Shiny Bauble, 5 Coarse Thread, 1 Blue Dye, all of which can be bought in Elwynn or Mulgore through the portal
Skinning - Use Staked Skins, which can be found on the ground within the Faire

2 possible quests, at 4 tickets per quest

= 8 Darkmoon Prize Tickets per Faire.

Actually it is not limited to 2 quests. I did 2 and switched my professions from herb & mining to alchemy & jewelcrafting and I could do 2 more, so I'm guessing you can do all of them if you are desperate for tickets and don't mind leveling all professions to 75

Very nice guide though, good job.

[sunshoes]

Actually it is not limited to 2 quests. I did 2 and switched my professions from herb & mining to alchemy & jewelcrafting and I could do 2 more, so I'm guessing you can do all of them if you are desperate for tickets and don't mind leveling all professions to 75

Very nice guide though, good job.

Thanks, I'll make note of it in the guide.

[Sklug]

Solid write up, +5 from me =p

[phantom325]

You can also buy Heirlooms with tickets, I can't remember the exact number though. +rep for the nice guide though, thanks.

[sunshoes]

You can also buy Heirlooms with tickets, I can't remember the exact number though. +rep for the nice guide though, thanks.

Dunno how I forgot about that, thanks will add.

[soto]

Can you do all the +10 ticket ones or just one per section?

[sunshoes]

Can you do all the +10 ticket ones or just one per section?

The artifacts? You can do each of them once.