I’ve been revered with the Wintersaber Trainers since before Wrath hit, but could never keep myself awake for more than 2 runs through the quests at a time. It was torture to rep, even with Diplomacy (I’m SO glad I’m human).

It takes me around 30 minutes to do one run at the quests (3 quests total), and it yields me 935 rep as a human. The drop rate for one of the quests is horrible, and the location for the other two quests are so far apart that it requires a lot of travel time.

It is worst when there are other players doing the same rep grind. The two quests where you need to kill a certain number of mobs is hard to complete when they have already been cleared out. You find yourself waiting for them to respawn most of the time.

It was a pain, but I’m glad it’s over with. I can’t say that it was worth all the trouble, but its nice to have something that makes you stand out from the rest of the players. Not only did I get my [Reins of the Winterspring Frostsaber], but I got the “40 Exalted Reputations” Achievement too! That gave me a new title: Utada the Exalted.

If you are planning on getting the wintersaber mount, then you might as well rep up with the Timbermaw Hold faction as well. The mobs that you kill for the Wintersaber rep, will also drop items that will yield rep for the Timbermaw Hold as well. Might as well get a fury bear friend out of it too!

Goal 1: Level Tuanass to 60

Remember that goofy looking Tauren from Halloween? With the Refer-a-Friend promotion running out of time soon, me and my friend decided to go back and level up some characters. Tuanass was my next target. And by “leveling” I meant have a level 70 Warrior run us through instances many many times.

The last instance we ran was a full run of Stratholme, and that took us from level 56 to 60 in a full clear and turning in a couple of quests. No Baron Mount still. Tuanass is Oomkin Spec’d, and is very fun to play.

Goal 2: Level Ayuki to 60

Remember that Mage I created to give free levels to after I got my Paladin to 60? Well she went from level 10 to 39 last time. When Tuanass hit 60, I had more free levels to give, and took her all the way to level 60!

New personal record! Leveled from 1 to 60 in less than six hours! Ayuki is another Frosty, of course.

Goal 3: Get Exaulted with Timbermaw Hold

Well this I could have gotten a long time ago, but I held off on it because I was also doing Wintersaber Trainer rep. Since you have to kill Furbolgs in Winterspring, you could just keep collecting the [Winterfall Spirit Beads] and kill two birds with one stone.

I gave up on Wintersaber rep (for now) and decided to hand in all the beads I have collected so far. Turns out that after I turned in all the beads, I was two turn-ins shy of Exaulted, so after 10 minutes of farming later, I haz exaulted.

After hitting Exaulted, you are then given a quest to defeat some demon. Upon completing the quest, you are given a trinket and a quest to turn-in to the King of Ironforge, Magni Brozebeard. Bronzebeard then tells everyone in Ironforge how much time you wasted by farming rep.

New Title, and new Pet. Utada the Diplomat, and my [Defender of the Timbermaw].