Tabard

Tabard refers to a type of clothing bearing a symbol or design and worn in the tabard equipment slot over a character's chest armor. Originally a purely cosmetic item intended to add individuality to a character's look, similar to a shirt, they now often signal an adventurer is championing a cause and thus offer reputation for wearing one in a dungeon.

Overview
Historically, a tabard serves both as a sleeveless shirt or coat (often over armor), and as a means of displaying heraldry (as livery). For players, it can show membership in a guild or (for roleplay purposes) allegiance to a particular group, boast of deeds performed, or simply be decorative.

The only tabard available to players upon the release of World of Warcraft was the guild tabard. The release of battlegrounds and the honor system saw a variety of new tabards introduced, identifying a player's rank or standing with a particular battleground faction. The Scourge Invasion also added a small number of tabards. In World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, each faction in Outland was given its own tabard, available at status. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King continues this trend, but has lower (or no) reputation requirements and instead utilizes faction tabards in a system known as championing for farming reputation.

Patch 3.0 introduced the achievement system, which includes rewards for tabard collectors. Upon obtaining a tabard, a general achievement called "Represent" is granted; subsequent achievement points are granted at ten and twenty-five tabards, with the latter granting the Tabard of the Achiever. There is no current plan to alleviate the amount of bag space taken up by tabards as has been done with mount and non-combat pet collections (which grant similar achievements), but Blizzard has said it is a possibility in the future. However, keeping tabards is not required for the achievement; only equipping them. You can equip and sell or delete each tabard as you get it, and it will still count toward the achievement. Some tabards can be discarded and repurchased or reacquired at a tabard vendor. These generally include rewards from non-repeatable quests and achievements (such as the Green Trophy Tabard of the Illidari).

Reputation
During Burning Crusade tabards were ways to exhibit the fact that you had achieved Exalted reputation with the various factions. When Wrath of the Lich King was released tabards changed modes. The Northrend faction tabards were purchasable at Friendly reputation, and enabled players to gain reputation while defeating monsters in high-level dungeons.

Northrend faction tabards award reputation while defeating monsters in Northrend heroic-mode dungeons and a few normal dungeons that had been tuned for level 80 characters.

Cataclysm took the city tabards that had been introduced with the Argent Tournament and gave them reputation-enhancing abilities as well. The various factions introduced with Cataclysm also had tabards which could be used to gain reputation by defeating monsters in high-level Cataclysm dungeons.

Tabard vendors
There are, generally, two types of vendor that tabards can be purchased from.

Tabards associated with a faction are almost always available from the Quartermasters for that faction.

Visitor's Centers in most major cities have tabard vendors who sell Guild tabards. They also sell: These additional tabards have the same purchase restrictions and costs from the visitor's center vendor as they do from the relevant quartermaster.
 * Burning Crusade faction tabards
 * Honor rank tabards
 * Battleground tabards

Guild tabards
Guild tabards can be purchased for from a guildmaster in the Visitor's Center of any faction capital city. Guild leaders can customize the symbol and color scheme of the guild's tabard for.

See below for web-based tabard design tools.

Once your tabard crest has been created, it will take another every time you wish to make a change to it.

Honor rank tabards
Honor rank tabards are an honor reward for PvP fighting under the Honor System (battlegrounds).

Enlisted tabards were available for at rank one Private and Scout (achievement)).
 * Private's Tabard is blue with a gold lion design on the front of it, essentially what Stormwind guards wear.
 * Scout's Tabard is red (more accurately a very deep orange) with the Horde's emblem and white trim.

Private's Tabard and Scout's Tabard are purchasable from all tabard vendors (except Dalaran's) for.

Battleground tabards
Battleground tabards can be obtained at various reputation with each faction through vendor purchase or quest completion. These tabards have a unique appearance.

Alterac Valley tabards are purchasable from all tabard vendors (except Dalaran's) and the Supply Officers at the entrance to either BG for.
 * Stormpike Battle Tabard has a red backdrop with golden trim, with the emblem of a spear with a golden bolt at the bottom.
 * Frostwolf Battle Tabard has a blue backdrop with white trim, bearing a wolf's head at the center, with a crude shield covering it, both made out of blue and white, and with ice-colored and shaped symbols signifying the cold of Alterac Valley.

Arena tabards
Arena tabards can be obtained by earning enough arena points during given arena seasons. These tabards have a unique appearance.


 * Relentless Gladiator's Tabard has a blue backdrop with bronze trim, bearing an ivory sword with a green gem in the center of the hilt.
 * Furious Gladiator's Tabard has a brown backdrop with bronze trim, bearing a copper sword with a red gem in the center of the hilt.

Other tabards

 * Tabard of Brilliance, Tabard of Flame, Tabard of Frost, Tabard of Fury, Tabard of Nature, Tabard of the Arcane, Tabard of the Defender, and Tabard of the Void are rewards from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game.
 * Tabard of the Scarlet Crusade drops from Scarlet Trainees in the Scarlet Monastery Armory after Herod is killed.
 * Tabard of Summer Flames and Tabard of Summer Skies are rewards from Quest:Shards of Ahune during the Midsummer Fire Festival.

Past event tabards
These tabards were available for a limited time, and cannot be obtained currently. Some of these tabards may be reacquired from tabard vendors if the player had previously owned them.
 * Competitor's Tabard was a reward from the Spirit of Competition event.
 * Contest Winner's Tabard was a reward from the Test of Honor Contest.
 * Tabard of the Argent Dawn was purchasable for 10 Necrotic Runes from the Argent Outfitter during the Scourge Invasion.
 * Tabard of the Protector was a reward from Quest:Into the Breach (Blasted Lands) during the Before the Storm event. It has the same appearance as the Tabard of the Argent Dawn, above.

Burning Crusade tabards
''Unless otherwise stated, reputation with the respective faction is needed to purchase their tabard. These faction tabards are purchased from the faction's quartermaster for, after discount.


 * Blood Knight Tabard is a reward from the Blood Elf Paladin's epic mount quest chain.
 * Tabard of the Hand is a reward from the Draenei starting zones' quest chain.
 * Green Trophy Tabard of the Illidari and Purple Trophy Tabard of the Illidari are rewards for completing the Quest:Battle of the Crimson Watch in Shadowmoon Valley.

Wrath of the Lich King tabards

 * Loremaster's Colors is an Achievement reward for the achievement The Loremaster.
 * Tabard of Brute Force is an Achievement reward for the achievement Brutally Dedicated.
 * Tabard of the Achiever is an Achievement reward for the achievement Twenty-Five Tabards.
 * Tabard of the Argent Crusade is purchasable from the Argent Crusade with reputation.
 * Tabard of the Ebon Blade is purchasable from the Knights of the Ebon Blade with reputation.
 * Tabard of the Explorer is a Achievement reward for the achievement Explore Northrend.
 * Tabard of the Kirin Tor is purchasable from the Kirin Tor with reputation.
 * Tabard of the Wyrmrest Accord is purchasable from the Wyrmrest Accord with reputation.

The Argent Tournament Tabards are available from each faction once you become their Champion. They each cost. With the release of Cataclysm the faction city tabards are also available for purchase from vendors in the capital cities (for ) and enable reputation gains in dungeons.
 * Darnassus Tabard is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of Darnassus.
 * Exodar Tabard is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of the Exodar.
 * Gnomeregan Tabard is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of Gnomeregan.
 * Ironforge Tabard is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of Ironforge.
 * Stormwind Tabard is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of Stormwind.
 * Orgrimmar Tabard is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of Orgrimmar.
 * Darkspear Tabard is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of Sen'jin.
 * Silvermoon City Tabard is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of Silvermoon City.
 * Thunder Bluff Tabard is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of Thunder Bluff.
 * Undercity Tabard is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of Undercity.
 * Argent Crusader's Tabard will warp you to the Argent Tournament Grounds.
 * Silver Covenant Tabard is purchasable at the Argent Tournament when with the Silver Covenant.
 * Sunreaver Tabard is purchasable at the Argent Tournament when with the Sunreavers.
 * Tabard of the Lightbringer is a quest reward from Quest:The Lightbringer's Redemption.

Cataclysm tabards

 * Tabard of the Guardians of Hyjal is purchasable from when  with the Guardians of Hyjal.
 * Tabard of the Earthen Ring is purchasable from when  with the Earthen Ring.
 * Tabard of Therazane is purchasable from when  with Therazane.
 * Tabard of Ramkahen is purchasable from when  with Ramkahen.
 * Tabard of the Wildhammer Clan/Tabard of the Dragonmaw Clan is purchasable from / when with the Wildhammer Clan/Dragonmaw Clan.
 * Baradin's Wardens Tabard/Hellscream's Reach Tabard is purchasable from / when with Baradin's Wardens/Hellscream's Reach.
 * Gilneas Tabard/Bilgewater Cartel Tabard are available from their respective quartermasters. Also, all city tabards from Wrath now grant rep and are now available in much the same way.

Unobtainable tabards
These tabards are worn by NPCs but cannot be obtained by players, though some can be approximated with certain guild tabard designs.