The Darkmoon Faire is open in Elwynn Forest from Monday 9 November until Monday 16 November 2026, and both factions can go. It's a week-long travelling fair with games, a fortune teller who gives a 2-hour buff, and tickets you trade for prizes. These dates come from Forever's own game calendar. The next one is in Mulgore from 7 December.

Elwynn Forest, where the Darkmoon Faire is until 15 November
Elwynn Forest, where the Darkmoon Faire is until 15 NovemberImage © Blizzard Entertainment

Blizzard hasn't published a Forever guide to the Faire. Dates, items and buffs below are from Forever's game files. How the games and tickets work comes from Blizzard's Classic post, and Forever may differ in the details.

At a glance
This week 9 to 16 November 2026, Elwynn Forest
Next 7 to 14 December 2026, at the foot of Thunder Bluff in Mulgore
Length 7 days, opening at 04:00 on the game calendar
Who can go Horde and Alliance, wherever it's camped
Run by Silas Darkmoon and his troupe

All future dates are on the Darkmoon Faire schedule.

What to do first

  1. Get there. Alliance players walk from Stormwind. Horde players have the long trip, see how to get to the Darkmoon Faire. On a PvP ruleset, take care in enemy land.
  2. See Sayge. Answer two questions for a 2-hour buff such as +10% damage. See Sayge's buffs.
  3. Bring trade goods. Four Faire workers take them in exchange for tickets. See Darkmoon Faire tickets.
  4. Spend your tickets. Rewards include a 14-slot bag and two epic necks.
  5. Play. The cannon, the tonks and the rest are in things to do at the Faire.

Darkmoon cards

Collecting a full deck earns an epic trinket. Forever's files hold all four decks, so see Darkmoon cards and decks for what each trinket does.

Is it worth going

Yes, if you can get there easily. Sayge's buff is free and helps while leveling, and the bag is a real upgrade early on. If you're Horde and in your teens, wait for the Mulgore week in December, because the trip to Elwynn crosses high-level zones.

Dates, item names, buffs and trinket effects: WoW Forever client 1.60.1 game files, read through wago.tools. Games, vendors and how tickets work: Blizzard's Darkmoon Faire post for Classic.