| Welcome Friend, | | | | trade items to the vendors; tickets can be |
| You have chanced upon a page from the Journal | | | | redeemed for gear and items of novelty value. |
| of Marcus Ty, level 60 Alliance Mage of | | | | I'm told that Horde players, for example, are |
| Stormwind and servant to the Argent Dawn. In | | | | partial to 'Last Months Mutton' which they use as |
| my Journal I have chronicled my time in the land | | | | a One-Hand Mace! |
| of Azeroth and the labor spent upon a single | | | | Unfortunately, tickets are soulbound and cannot |
| quest. And that quest is for gold - World of | | | | be traded, but there is an opportunity for profit if |
| Warcraft gold! | | | | you can identify those traded items used to earn |
| As an apprentice Mage in my early levels, I | | | | tickets; these items will leap in price when the |
| always looked forward to the first Friday of each | | | | faire is in town as players seek them out or try |
| new month when the cook at the Pig and Whistle | | | | to craft them. I've listed some of the more |
| (Stormwind) would lay out a feast of Smoked | | | | common items in my Journal and some of the |
| Sagefish and the carnival, known as the | | | | Auction House strategies used to exploit the |
| Darkmoon Faire, would pitch their tents in | | | | demand. |
| Goldshire , ready for a week of spectacle and | | | | But the greatest gold making opportunity in the |
| amusements! | | | | Darkmoon Faire lies with the collection of strange |
| If you have yet to find the Darkmoon Faire, then | | | | sets of cards -Ace to Eight - which have been |
| never fear, friend, as they are known to rotate in | | | | scattered across the land of Azeroth (rather like |
| appearance between Terokkar Forest, Elwynn | | | | the pages of my Journal - The Journal of Marcus |
| Forest and Mulgore. Listen out for Barkers, in | | | | Ty - Gold Making Guide). The complete set - or |
| each of the major cities, announcing the arrival of | | | | deck - of these cards can be turned in at the |
| the faire. Be you Horde or Alliance, you'll find | | | | faire in return for a trinket of epic quality and |
| wondrous things to delight and amaze you - and | | | | magic. These trinkets are much sought after, but |
| perhaps turn a small profit in the process. | | | | bind on pickup. Fortunately, the cards can be |
| Many exotic vendors travel with the faire giving | | | | freely traded and can thus sell for epic amounts |
| you the opportunity to purchase hard-to-find | | | | of gold in the Auction House. |
| items from the far corners of the land of | | | | So, friend, before you spend all of your hard, |
| Azeroth, which can be sold for much profit at the | | | | earned gold on frivolous games and amusements, |
| Auction House. Visit each vendor and see what | | | | consider some of the gold making opportunities |
| takes your fancy. | | | | when the Darkmoon Faire next makes an |
| You can also earn tickets for supplying gathered | | | | appearance in a town near you. |