WoW: Darkmoon Faire Explained - Quests, Rewards, Darkmoon Tokens

Azeroth's only traveling carnival returns to World of Warcraft Dragonflight! Players can partake in the Darkmoon Faire, featuring new quests, bosses, rewards, achievements, and more. Let's explore the features WoW's carnival has to offer!

Darkmoon Faire Basics

The Darkmoon Faire starts on the first Sunday of each month in WoW and runs for a week. To get to the carnival, players can use portals in Elwynn Forest (Alliance) and Mulgore (Horde). They can pay a Darkmoon Faire Mystic Mage in Stormwind, Orgrimmar, or Dalaran to teleport them there.

WoW players need Darkmoon Game Tokens for attractions, available for purchase from vendors Sazz Coincatcher, Zina Sharpworth, and Trixi Sharpworth.

Players earn Darkmoon Prize Tickets by completing games and quests at the Darkmoon Faire, which can be used to get various items.

Darkmoon Dance Competition

Join the dance-off in this fun event where players compete on stage against a rival dancer. Observe their moves and repeat their routine without mistakes to earn rewards.

Achievements:

• First Dance: Join the Darkmoon Faire Dance game.
• Don't Stop Dancing: Join 30 Darkmoon Faire Dance games.
• You Got the Beat: Earn a perfect score on Easy one time.
• Feeling It: Earn a perfect score on Easy 10 times.
• What A Feeling: Earn a perfect score on Medium one time.
• Can't Stop the Feeling: Earn a perfect score on Medium 10 times.
• Make you Sweat: Earn a perfect score on Hard one time.
• Maniac on the Dance Floor: Earn a perfect score on Hard 10 times.
• Dancing Machine: Earned by completing the achievements Feeling It, Can't Stop the Feeling, Maniac on the Dance Floor.

Items:

• Dance Dance Darkmoon toy: Summons a stage, forcing the caster to keep dancing!

Visit Dance Master Simon Sezdans for the daily quest "Dance Dance Darkmoon!" and receive Darkmoon Game Prizes as a reward for your performance.

Darkmoon Arcade:

Lynnish Hardmode operates the Darkmoon Rollercoaster and other arcade games, each costing 1 Darkmoon Game Token. 

• Darkmoon Rollercoaster: Ride this roller-coaster to gain the 'WHEE!' buff, boosting experience and reputation earned for one hour.
• Darkmoon Carousel: Players can ride on a rocket, gryphon, wyvern, dragon, or murloc, gaining the 'WHEE!' buff.

Blight Boar Concert

Experience literal death metal every half hour at the Cauldron of Rock. Join the band, battle the Death Metal Knight, and claim prizes like Chain-Linked Cage Helm and Necromedes, the Death Resonator.

Sayge

Find the fortune teller Sayge, answer her questions, and receive a buff.

Darkmoon Quests

Join the daily minigames to earn Darkmoon Prize Tickets, boost your Darkmoon Faire reputation, and uncover some Dragonflight surprises! To partake in any of the six games acquire a Game Token. 

Minigames:

• Test your Strength: Collect 250 Grisly Trophies by killing creatures 
• Firebird's Challenge: Collect at least 15 rings while flying 
• Whack-a-Gnoll: Whack a normal gnoll for one point and a Hogger gnoll for three points
• The Humanoid Cannonball: Launch from the Blastenheimer 5000 Ultra Cannon, aiming for the target in the water. Score five points for a bullseye, three for landing close, and one for proximity. Get just five points to complete the quest
• Shooting Stall: You have just 60 seconds to win 25 points by shooting targets as they light up
• Aim at the Turtle: Rings, a turtle with a spike – your task? Make three successful throws out of 10 attempts
• Tank Battle Simulator: Destroy 30 'Tonk Targets' in 60 seconds to win a Darkmoon Game Prize and 45 Tonk Targets to score a Darkmoon Tonk Controller toy

Other Quests:

• Profession Quest: Use your skills to keep the Faire running.
• Darkmoon Artifact: Collect artifacts with a Darkmoon Adventurer’s Guide.
• Daily Pet Battle Quest: Challenge pet tamers for Darkmoon Pet Supplies.
• Racing Challenge: Race around the countryside, using boosts and tools to finish quickly.

Darkmoon Faire Bosses

WoW players can defeat the Darkmoon Rabbit and Moonfang for some amazing rewards, such as rare pets and toys.

PvP

Enter PvP matches in the Darkmoon Deathmatch Pit every three hours, starting at midnight. Win to embark on the Master Pit Fighter quest, earning the Returning Champion Heirloom trinket.

Prizes and Rewards

Vendor Mounts:

• Darkmoon Dancing Bear
• Swift Forest Strider
• Darkwater Skate

Vendor Pets:

• Darkmoon Monkey
• Darkmoon Cub
• Darkmoon Hatchling
• Darkmoon Turtle
• Darkmoon Balloon
• Darkmoon Tonk
• Darkmoon Zepplin

Balloons:

• Horse Balloon
• Murloc Balloon
• Wolf Balloon
• Darkmoon Balloon

Transmog Items:

• Cloak of Darkmoon Faire
• Darkmoon Hammer

Darkmoon Achievements:

• Tonk Challenge: Ace Commander Score 45 hits in one session of the Tonk Challenge to earn the Darkmoon Faire Tonk Controller as your reward.
• Firebird’s Challenge: Brood of Alysrazor Fly through 50 Blazing Rings in a single flight session during Firebird’s Challenge and claim the Blazing Wings as your reward.
• Triumphant Turtle Tossing Achieve the feat of successfully tossing 10 rings onto Dubenko the Darkmoon Turtle in a single session of Ring Toss to earn the Darkmoon Ring-Finger.
• Whack-a-Gnoll: That’s Whack! Score 45 points in one session of Whack-a-Gnoll to be rewarded with Hogs’ Studded Collar.
• Darkmoon Racer Roadhog Complete "The Real Race" with a Racing Strider within 11 tolls and receive the Fire-Eater’s Vial as your reward.
• Big Race Roadhog Conquer "The Real Big Race" with a Racing Strider within 20 tolls to claim the Checkered Flag as your reward.
• Rocketeer: Gold Finish "The Real Race" with a Rocketeer within 11 tolls and be rewarded with the Everlasting Darkmoon Firework.
• Big Rocketeer: Gold Complete "The Real Big Race" with a Rocketeer within 20 tolls and earn the Race MiniZep as your reward.
• Wanderluster: Gold Complete "The Real Race" with a Wanderluster within 11 tolls to receive the Attraction Sign as your reward.
• Big Wanderluster: Gold Win "The Real Big Race" with a Wanderluster within 20 tolls and claim the Darkmoon Gazer as your reward.
• Powermonger: Gold Finish "The Real Race" with a Powermonger within 11 tolls and be rewarded with the Gaze of the Darkmoon.
• Big Powermonger: Gold Complete "The Real Big Race" with a Powermonger within 20 tolls and earn the Darkmoon Cannon as your reward.

We hope you have fun at the Darkmoon Faire. We have plenty more WoW Dragonflight content to discover, check it out!