Article by Cuslok of Worldofraids.com
In Wrath of the Lich King reputation
gain with several factions is revamped through a new feature called
Championing. Championing means by wearing the tabard of a faction, you gain reputation with that faction in any dungeon that is level 80 in normal mode or in any heroic dungeon.
Obviously for this to work tabards - that were only obtainable at exalted so far - had to be changed, so now they
are available at friendly. An important change is that you don't gain
reputation in any dungeon for any faction without wearing a tabard and
championing in no way works with older factions.
In normal dungeons an elite trashmob gives 5 reputation, single pull,
superstrong trashmobs reward 10 reputation and a boss is worth 50
reputation. In heroic dungeons non-elite mobs give 2 reputation, elite
trashmobs are worth 3 times the normal, so 15 and 30 reputation and
bosses net 5 times as the normal, 250 reputation. Note: boss encounters
that involve more than one NPCs tagged as ?? boss (like the second
encounter of Utgarde Keep) reward boss reputation for each of these
NPCs.
| |
Normal |
Heroic |
| Non-elite |
0 |
1-2 |
| Elite trash |
5 |
15 |
| Super trash |
10 |
30 |
| Boss |
50 |
250 |
The shortest dungeons sum up to a 300 gain in normal mode, 1000 in
heroic mode, the longest dungeons are close to 700 in normal and 2000
in heroic. The values only triple because both versions of a dungeon
have the same amount of mobs. Trashpacks in heroic versions aren't
bigger and there aren't more packs either, the same mobs are just tuned
to be harder with more HP and stronger abilities.
New factions that are available for championing:
- Argent Crusade:
they came to be by uniting the Argent Dawn and Order of the Silver Hand
for a common goal. Quests get you to honored, from there you can do a
daily quest in Zul'drak (that is 6 dailies in fact) and if you do it in
20 minutes you are rewarded +950 reputation. They also have a tabard so
championing works with them. The most notable rewards are head enchants
and at random epics.
- Kirin Tor:
the Dalaran dudes. Quests get you to neutral, from there you can do
cooking / jewelcrafting dailyquests for +150 reputation each or the
normal and heroic dungeon daily quest for +250 reputation. They are
also available for championing. They sell similar stuff as the Argent
Crusade.
- Knights of the Ebon Blade:
where there's Scourge there are friendly Death Knights. Quests get you
to honored, Icecrown has massive amounts of dailies for them for close
to +3000 reputation. Championing also works and their rewards are
similar to the previous 2 factions.
- The Wyrmrest Accord:
the dragonflights united against the Blue Dragonflight. They have 1
daily quest in Wyrmrest Temple for +250 reputation, in addition they
have a tabard so championing can get you similar rewards as the
previous 3 faction and also a Red Drake mount at exalted.
New factions that aren't available for championing:
- Frenzyheart Tribe / The Oracles:
the two factions of Sholazar Basin, similar to the Aldors and Scryers.
Quests get you to honored, you can only progress with daily quests from
this point. There are 3 sets of dailies, they give +1700 reputation
every day. At exalted they sell epic trinkets!
- The Kalu’ak:
The tuskarr faction in Howling Fjord, Dragonblight and Borean Tundra.
Quests get you to revered and so far I have found no way to gain
additional reputation even though they sell an epic fishing pole at
exalted!
- The Sons of Hodir:
friendly giants in The Storm Peaks. The long questchain gets you to
neutral. At first you get 2 dailies, then at friendly a third, at
honored a fourth each of them for +250 reputation. Their most important
rewards are 2 mammoth mounts and the shoulder enchants.
- There
are 4 new "home" factions and 1 in Dalaran too, you get reputation
through questing but they don't have rewards so they are not available
for championing.
