How to Earn Alliance Faction Rep in Alterac Valley

So you want to become Exalted with all of the Alliance factions, eh? A lofty goal, but easy enough to attain if you go about it the right way.

There are a few paths you could take. There's the expensive way, the time consuming way, and then there's the Alterac Valley way.

If you've got plenty of gold, you can simply buy your way to being Exalted with all of the Alliance factions. Go to the capital city, find the Alliance Cloth Quartermaster, and hand in 60 x Runecloth. Continue to do this until you're Exalted. But be warned - it could cost you a couple hundred if not thousands of gold. (Note: The Gnomeragon Exiles Quartermaster is located in Tinkertown in Ironforge).

There's also the time consuming way. Run around Azeroth and complete quests that yield Alliance rep. Going back to the low level areas (Dun Morogh, Ashenvale, Bloodmyst Isle, etc) is a good way to find quests that grant reputation with a particular faction as well as the Alliance in general. The problem is that you need to know what quests you've already done, and you need to know who to talk to. Since the quests will be "greyed out" (far below your level), you won't see any helpful exclamation points.

That leaves the Alterac Valley method.

Grinding Alliance Reputation in Alterac Valley

If you're new to WoW, you probably go into an Alterac Valley and rush the opposing team's general. Games these days are quick and decisive.

In the past, they were much longer. There are various repeatable quests available for you to complete that would, in a long game, help your team win. For example, you can activate the Wing Commanders and have them bomb the Frostwolf Village.

The other upside to this is that completing these quests grants you Ironforge reputation and therefore reputation with all of the Alliance factions. All you have to do is kill the enemy players, loot their bodies, and hand in the items to the respective NPCs.

Storm Crystals. These are your most valuable item. Hand them in to Arch Druid Renferal (he's behind Dun Baldur North Bunker). If you complete the quest Crystal Cluster and hand in 5 x Storm Crystals at a time, you'll earn 18.75 Alliance reputation. Handing in 200 of these will activate the Druids and send them to summon Ivus.

Armor Scraps. These are handed in to Murgot Deepforge. He's standing near the forge, just to the west of Dun Baldur North Bunker. For every 20 Armor Scraps you hand in, you'll earn 2.25 reputation.

Frostwolf Medals. You'll loot various medals, and these can be handed in to the Wing Commanders next to Dun Baldur South Bunker. The Frostwolf Soldier's Medals go to Wing Commander Slidore, the Frostwolf Lieutenant's Medals go to Wing Commander Vipore, and the Frostwolf Commander's Medals go to Wing Commander Ichman. These turns in grant 2.25 reputation per medal handed in.

Expectations and Tips for Maximizing Reputation Gain

In the average game, you can expect to earn 1-200 reputation with the Alliance. You have the potential, though, to gain as much as 1000 to 2000 reputation.

First and foremost, play defense. You rarely find enemy players to kill on offense, so choose a bunker to hunker down in and kill every Horde that comes your way. Friends help a lot. If your bunker gets overrun, just head up to Stormpike Graveyard and continue to kill Hordies.

Don't wait until the very end of a game to hand things in. If the game ends and you're holding 100 x Storm Crystals... well you're outta luck. If other people are handing the items in, you can also lose out on rep. Once the Druids head off to summon Ivus and once the Wing Commanders are activated, you can no longer hand items in. So if you notice other people looting bodies, hand in your items early and often.

Strictly speaking, this isn't going to be the fastest way to get Exalted with any given faction. However, it is simple and it's a good way to make the most of your time. Chances are you can use the Honor points to buy something useful - like a new weapon or some armor.