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by Alex Ziebart 
Dec 4th 2011 at 8:00AM
If you weren't able to check out the Faire on the PTR and you're utterly lost as to what to do there, no worries. Our test realm coverage may help you out a little.
The one question everybody seems to be asking but nobody thought to answer is: How the heck do you get to the Darkmoon Island? Do you fly there? Is there a boat? No, neither of those things. It's much easier than that. The former carnival grounds in Elwynn Forest (just south of Goldshire) or Mulgore (just west of Thunder Bluff) will get you there. Go to one of those two areas, find the great big portal to Darkmoon Island, and you're on your way. Going through the portal will even earn you what is possibly one of the easiest achievements in the entire game: Come One, Come All!
Players that enjoy collecting purely cosmetic items like mounts, pets and transmogrification outfits are going to be making some of the most difficult World of Warcraft decisions they've made in a very long time thanks to the Darkmoon Faire. The Faire offers many things, but they all cost precious Darkmoon Prize Tickets -- tickets which are in extremely limited supply. If you're chasing a pricey mount, you may not be able to get anything else this month!
What are all of you planning to pick up first with your tickets? Personally, I'm going for the pets. I've never been either a pet collector or a mount collector, so I have a very low number of both. Pet Battles in Mists of Pandaria caught my interest, however, so I need to start building up my stable of pocket monsters before the expansion rolls around. Mounts are still pretty low on my list of priorities, so I may even go after heirlooms and replica gearsets before I ever look at that Darkmoon Dancing Bear.
Brace yourselves for what could be some of most exciting updates to the game recently with patch 4.3. Review the official patch notes, and then dig into what's ahead: new item storage options, cross-realm raiding, cosmetic armor skinning and your chance to battle the mighty Deathwing -- from astride his back!
Reader Comments (Page 4 of 4)
Drakkenfyre Dec 4th 2011 1:33PM
It's greyed out because it's now junk.
There is no way Blizzard would let someone who stockpiled old tickets clear out everything they want in one day.
If it gets updated, and used a currency, expect the currency to be replaced. Hell, you can't even keep currency from holidays from one year to the next now.
anne Dec 4th 2011 8:24PM
@Drakkenfyre...I asked because they are NOT grayed out. I didn't want to dump them if they could somehow be useful.
Drakkenfyre Dec 4th 2011 9:23PM
Oh, sorry, read too fast and got "was greyed out".
Seen too many patch notes about older items getting greyed out. It's an oversight. They won't be used again.
Puntable Dec 5th 2011 10:59AM
I noticed a vendor in the OLD faire area by Goldshire. Did you check her?
Zaet Dec 4th 2011 12:54PM
How do i get more tokens?
Saikoujin Dec 4th 2011 1:12PM
In addition to obtaining them from the quests, you can buy them from vendors. One is towards the entrance, the other towards the docks. You can purchase either a small bag of tokens or a larger one that has 20. Both are extremely cheap.
Zaet Dec 4th 2011 1:33PM
Thank a lot
Will Dec 4th 2011 2:59PM
Yeah... 1 ticket per daily instead of 5? It'll take months of grinding just to get anything at all, and years of diligent DMF farming to get all the rewards. I understand Blizzard wanting to make the new content last a while, but that's ridiculous.
Cyno01 Dec 4th 2011 3:27PM
http://www.wowhead.com/item=71634#comments:id=1566916
Ez Dec 4th 2011 3:09PM
Just wondering if there is a port back to Elwynn? I ended up hearthing back to SW cuz i couldn't find a way back. lol
deepred Dec 4th 2011 4:06PM
Portals on the Darkmoon Island docks.
Falcon6 Dec 4th 2011 4:12PM
At the very end of the dock in the faire there's portals to Elwynn and Mulgore.
Salculd Dec 4th 2011 4:43PM
TIME FOR PONIES
Grotticus Dec 4th 2011 7:32PM
The old DF tickets and rep items (Glowing Scorpid Blood, Furry Paw et al) are still white-quality items. May we assume this is sloppy auditing and that they will have no further use in the game?
John.r.trahan Dec 4th 2011 10:08PM
So where are the heirloom pants and rings? I thought they were going to be some of the rewards you could buy with the tickets. Did I miss something?
iceveiled Dec 5th 2011 12:47PM
Don't forget to head to the stage at the top of the hour to see a virtual Elite Tauren Chieftains concert. I busted out the nogginfogger elixir, turned into a heavy metal skeleton, and danced in the audience. It's quite a spectacle seeing a bunch of random race dances during this performance. i was literally LOLing.
Really impressed with the Darkmoon faire, especially the atmosphere. They've really transformed that event from a snorefest to the place I now go to hang out when raiding for dungeon queues to pop.