WoW Forever Darkmoon Faire

Yes. In November 2026 the Darkmoon Faire is in Elwynn Forest, just south of Goldshire, from Monday Nov 9 to the night of Sunday Nov 15. In December it moves to Mulgore, below Thunder Bluff, from Monday Dec 7. Talk to Sayge for a 2-hour buff: most players answer 1, then 1 for +10% damage.

Like every world buff, a fortune does nothing inside raids. See world buffs for the rest of the open world stack.

• Where

  It alternates every month between Elwynn Forest, south of Goldshire, and Mulgore, at the foot of Thunder Bluff.

• How long

  One week. It opens on a Monday and packs up early the next Monday, realm time.

• Best buff

  Sayge's Dark Fortune of Damage for almost every damage dealer and for leveling. Tanks and healers have better picks below.

• XP buff

  There is no Darkmoon Faire XP buff in WoW Forever. For faster leveling, use XP buffs like Nutritious food and rested XP.

The faire opens on the Monday after the first Saturday of each month and stays for a week. Blizzard has not published a long-range schedule, so check the in-game calendar for exact times.

Darkmoon Faire dates

• Finding Sayge

  In Elwynn the tents sit just south of Goldshire, with Sayge at about 42, 69. In Mulgore the faire camps at the foot of Thunder Bluff, around 37, 38.

• Which side

  Elwynn months are a short trip for Alliance players and Mulgore months for the Horde. Plan your fortune around the faire nearest your quest hub.

Talk to Sayge in his tent and answer two questions to choose a fortune. Each answer pair below gives the choice for his first question, then his second.

Seven fortunes give +10% to one stat, damage or armor. One gives +25 to every resistance. A fortune lasts 2 hours. You can get one every 4 hours, and death removes it.

How Sayge's fortunes stack

Buff type	At once	Stacks with	Does not stack with	Confirmed
Sayge fortunes	At once One fortune at a time	Stacks with	Does not stack with A second Sayge fortune	Confirmed Confirmed
Fortune and other world buffs	At once Both, in the original game	Stacks with The Dire Maul tribute buffs, such as Fengus' Ferocity	Does not stack with	Confirmed Original rule Not confirmed for WoW Forever
Inside a raid	At once None	Stacks with	Does not stack with Every fortune has no effect while in a raid instance	Confirmed Confirmed

• Melee and hunters

  Sayge's Dark Fortune of Damage. A tenth more damage is worth more than a tenth of a single stat.

• Casters

  Sayge's Dark Fortune of Damage again: it raises spell damage as well.

• Healers

  Sayge's Dark Fortune of Intelligence for more mana, or Sayge's Dark Fortune of Spirit for mana recovery between fights and less drinking.

• Tanks

  Sayge's Dark Fortune of Stamina for more health, or Sayge's Dark Fortune of Armor when physical hits are the threat.

• Leveling

  Sayge's Dark Fortune of Damage. Faster kills mean faster levels.

• World PvP

  Sayge's Dark Fortune of Stamina for staying alive, or Sayge's Dark Fortune of Resistance against casters.

Sayge's Dark Fortunes

Buff	Effect	Answers
Sayge's Dark Fortune of Damage	Effect +10% damage dealt	Answers 1 then 1
Sayge's Dark Fortune of Agility	Effect +10% Agility	Answers 3 then 3
Sayge's Dark Fortune of Strength	Effect +10% Strength	Answers 3 then 2
Sayge's Dark Fortune of Stamina	Effect +10% Stamina	Answers 3 then 1
Sayge's Dark Fortune of Intelligence	Effect +10% Intellect	Answers 2 then 2, or 4 then 1
Sayge's Dark Fortune of Spirit	Effect +10% Spirit	Answers 2 then 1, or 4 then 2
Sayge's Dark Fortune of Armor	Effect +10% armor	Answers 1 then 3, or 4 then 3
Sayge's Dark Fortune of Resistance	Effect +25 all resistances	Answers 1 then 2, or 2 then 3

Sayge may also hand you a fortune slip. A few of them start a short treasure hunt that ends at a chest with a small lockbox.

Tickets are the faire's currency, and in WoW Forever they show in your currency tab. You earn them by handing goods to four faire workers, then spend them at Gelvas Grimegate. Each list below runs from the first tier to the top tier.

Blizzard has not published WoW Forever turn-in quantities. Check the worker's quest requirements before buying supplies. The amounts below match the original game.

• Yebb Neblegear

  Animal parts

  Beast drops you pick up anyway while leveling.

  1. 15 Small Furry Paws
  2. 25 Torn Bear Pelts
  3. 35 Soft Bushy Tails
  4. 45 Vibrant Plumes
  5. 5Evil Bat Eyes and Glowing Scorpid Blood, 10 at a time

• Rinling

  Engineering

  Engineers can craft the whole list; everyone else can buy it.

  1. 1Copper Modulators
  2. 27 Whirring Bronze Gizmos
  3. 336 Green Fireworks
  4. 46 Mechanical Repair Kits
  5. 56 Thorium Widgets

  Engineering guide

• Kerri Hicks

  Blacksmithing

  Cheap stones early, a big payout at the top.

  1. 110 Coarse Weightstones
  2. 27 Heavy Grinding Stones
  3. 33 Green Iron Bracers
  4. 4Big Black Maces
  5. 58 Dense Grinding Stones

  Blacksmithing guide

• Chronos

  Leatherworking

  Armor kits and leather pieces most leatherworkers make on the way up.

  1. 13 Embossed Leather Boots
  2. 23 Toughened Leather Armor
  3. 33 Barbaric Harness
  4. 41 Turtle Scale Leggings
  5. 58 Rugged Armor Kits

  Leatherworking guide

• The five tiers pay 1, 4, 8, 12 and 20 tickets.
• The first four tiers stop once your faire reputation passes their cap. The 20-ticket top tier can be repeated as often as you like.
• The quests do not check your professions, so you can buy every item from other players.

Gelvas Grimegate trades tickets for prizes. For most players the first buy is the bag.

• Darkmoon Storage Box: a 14-slot bag for 50 tickets. You can own one at a time, but it is not soulbound, so you can trade or sell it.
• Amulet of the Darkmoon and Orb of the Darkmoon: 1,200 tickets each, for level 60 characters.
• Greater Darkmoon Prize for 40 tickets, Lesser Darkmoon Prize for 12 and Minor Darkmoon Prize for 5.
• Schematic: Steam Tonk Controller for 40 tickets.
• Darkmoon Flower for 5 tickets, Last Month's Mutton for 10 and Last Year's Mutton for 50.

Darkmoon cards drop out in the world. Collect the Ace through Eight of one suit, combine them into a deck and hand it to Professor Thaddeus Paleo at the faire for a trinket.

• Beasts Deck

  Changed in WoW Forever

  Trades for Darkmoon Card: Blue Dragon. It now gives a 2% chance on a spell cast to gain 150 Spirit for 15 sec, instead of the old mana regeneration while casting.

• Elementals Deck

  Melee

  Trades for Darkmoon Card: Maelstrom, which strikes your target with Nature damage on melee hits.

• Portals Deck

  Any role

  Trades for Darkmoon Card: Twisting Nether, a chance to bring yourself back to life after you die.

• Warlords Deck

  Melee

  Trades for Darkmoon Card: Heroism, which heals you on melee hits.

In the original game the Aces came from end bosses: The Beast for Beasts, Darkmaster Gandling for Portals and King Gordok for Warlords. Their WoW Forever drop sources are not confirmed yet.

Beyond the fortune and the tickets, the faire has a few fun extras.

• The faire cannon launches you toward a ring in the pond, with Magic Wings to slow your fall. It is just for fun.
• Tonk Control Consoles let you drive a Steam Tonk for a few minutes and battle other tonks. Also just for fun: neither game pays tickets.
• Flik sells the Wood Frog Box and Tree Frog Box pets.
• Morja trades the Jubling pet egg for 2 Dark Iron Ale Mugs from the Grim Guzzler in Blackrock Depths. The egg hatches after 7 days.
• Faire food and drink, including the Darkmoon Dog, give no buffs. For stat food, see food buffs.
• Turn-ins and decks also raise your Darkmoon Faire reputation.

• XP buffsThe leveling boosts WoW Forever does have
• World buffsDire Maul, Rend, Onyxia and what works where
• All WoW Forever buffsThe full buff stack calculator

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