The Hand of Vengeance Reputation Guide

Welcome to Warcraft Tavern’s Reputation Guide for The Hand of Vengeance in Wrath of the Lich King Classic! In this guide, we’ll go over all the ways you can gain rep with The Hand of Vengeance faction, and explain how they’re related to the other Horde Expedition sub-factions. We’ll also cover the best way to reach Exalted with this faction.

As with most Horde Expedition sub-factions (which include The Sunreavers, The Taunka, and the Warsong Offensive), there are no Faction Rewards to be gained from The Hand of Vengeance. However, half of sub-faction Reputation counts towards Horde Expedition rep, so reaching Exalted in two of the four Horde Expedition sub-factions (or the equivalent rep gain spread out over all four sub-factions) is required for reaching Exalted with the Horde Expedition.

_{Trivia: The Hand of Vengeance is a group of Forsaken Undead, sent to Northrend by Sylvanas Windrunner to seek vengeance upon the Lich King.}

How to Reach Exalted With The Hand of Vengeance

This section serves as a TL;DR for the rest of the guide

In brief: Complete all the available Hand of Vengeance quests, finish the Argent Tournament and keep doing the dailies, and run heroic dungeons without a tabard on.

Doing all of the available Hand of Vengeance quests will only net you 11,035 rep, not nearly enough to reach Exalted — there are also no daily quests for this faction.

However, you can earn The Hand of Vengeance reputation by running Heroic Instances without a tabard. (H)Utgarde Keep and (H)Utgarde Pinnacle, or (H)Azjol-Nerub and (H)Ahn’kahet: The Old Kingdom are both excellent choices. Both pairs of dungeons are fairly quick to clear, and each pair has entrances near each other (to save travel time). Optionally, you can also avoid killing the bosses and then exit/re-enter the instances after killing the trash in order to earn even more rep each day.

If you don’t want to run Heroic dungeons, and/or would like to do daily quests, it is possible to gain The Hand of Vengeance rep by doing the Argent Tournament Daily Quests that reward Sunreaver rep once you’ve maxed out your Sunreaver rep. You’ll get Horde Expedition rep from the dailies at that point, and half of Horde Expedition rep earned will also count towards the sub-factions, including The Hand of Vengeance.

Gaining The Hand of Vengeance Reputation

There are a limited number of ways to gain reputation with The Hand of Vengeance. You can do their quests (which are found in Howling Fjord and Dragonblight), and you can run level 80 instances / any Heroic dungeon. You can also earn The Hand of Vengeance rep by gaining reputation with the other Horde Expedition factions (The Sunreavers, The Taunka, The Warsong Offensive). You’ll receive The Hand of Vengeance reputation at a rate of 50% of whatever rep you gain with those factions. Finally, you can do Argent Tournament dailies after you’ve maxed your Sunreavers rep — at that point, you’ll instead receive Horde Expedition rep for those quests, which will spillover to all of the sub-factions.

The Hand of Vengeance Quests

There are a total of 53 quests that grant reputation with The Hand of Vengeance. All are non-repeatable, and are mainly found in Dragonblight and Howling Fjord — the quest list below is organized by zone.

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Dragonblight

Quest	Hand of Vengeance Rep	Other Rewards
A Fall From Grace	250	20,500 XP 530 (or 530 at level 80)
A means to an end	250	20,300 XP 5 (or 986 at level 80)
Beachfront Prop	250	20,300 XP 5 (or 986 at level 80)
Blighted Last Rites	10	2,050 XP 50 (or 9950 at level 80)
Bombard the	250	Choice of: r1 or r2 or r3 20,300 XP 5 (or 986 at level 80)
Do Unto Others	350	Choice of: r1 or r2 or r3 or r4 25,560 XP 1060 (or 1984 at level 80)
Em Drag tears	250	20,300 XP (486 at level 80)
Fire Upon	250	Choice of: r1 or r2 or r3 or r4 20,300 XP 5 (or 986 at level 80)
Fresh Remount	250	20,300 XP 5 (or 986 at level 80)
Funding the	250	Choice of: r1 or r2 or r3 or r4 or r5 20,300 XP 5 (or 986 at level 80)
Imbeciles	25	5,100 XP (123 at level 80)
Let them not	250	Choice of: r1 or r2 or r3 or r4 20,300 XP 5 (or 986 at level 80)
Materiel	250	20,300 XP 5 (or 986 at level 80)
Need to know	250	20,300 XP 5 (or 986 at level 80)
No mercy	250	20,300 XP 5 (or 986 at level 80)
Spread the good	250	20,300 XP (986 at level 80)
Stealing from	250	20,300 XP 5 (or 986 at level 80)
the Denouncement	350	Choice of: r1 or r2 or r3 or r4 25,560 XP 1060 (or 1984 at level 80)
The Forsaken Blight	150	Choice of: r1 or r2 or r3 or r4 or r5 or r6 15,250 XP (366 at level 80)
The forsaken 2	250	Choice of: r1 r2 r3 r4 20,300 XP (486 at level 80)
The High Exec	10	2,100 XP (12 at level 80)
The perfect diss	250	20,300 XP 5 (or 986 at level 80)
The rod of	75	10,1500 XP 250 (or 493 at level 80)
The spy	250	20,300 XP 5 (or 986 at level 80)
The Truth	250	20,300 XP 5 (or 986 at level 80)
To Venom	10	2,050 XP (4950 at level 80)
Torture	250	Choice of: r1 or r2 or r3 or r4 20,300 XP 5 (or 986 at level 80)
Wanted: The scar	250	20,300 XP 5 (or 986 at level 80)
Without a pray	250	20,300 XP 5 (or 986 at level 80)

Howling Fjord

Quest	Hand of Vengeance Rep	Other Rewards
A Tailor	250	Choice of: r1 or r2 or r3 or r4 20,100 XP (240 at level 80)
Against N	250	20,100 XP (240 at level 80)
And you Thought	250	20,100 XP 470 (or 710 at level 80)
Apply Heat	150	15,100 XP (180 at level 80)
Baleheim Bodycount	250	Choice of: r1 or r2 or r3 or r4 25,150 XP 940 (or 1243 at level 80)
Brains	250	Choice of: r1 or r2 or r3 or r4 20,100 XP 470 (or 710 at level 80)
Bring Down	350	Choice of: r1 or r2 or r3 or r4 25,150 XP 940 (or 1243 at level 80)
Draconis Gast	250	Choice of: r1 or r2 or r3 or r4 20,100 XP 470 (or 710 at level 80)
Field Test	250	Choice of: r1 or r2 20,100 XP 470 (or 710 at level 80)
Give it	10	2,050 XP (4950 at level 80)
Green Eggs	250	20,100 XP 470 (or 710 at level 80)
Guide	250	20,100 XP (240 at level 80)
Its a scourge	10	2,000 XP (24 at level 80)
Landing th	350	Choice of: r1 or r2 or r3 or r4 or r5 or r6 25,150 XP 940 (or 1243 at level 80)
Let them eat crow	250	20,100 XP 470 (or 710 at level 80)
New Agamand	10	2,000 XP (24 at level 80)
Report to Anselm	75	10,050 XP (120 at level 80)
Reports from the field	150	15,100 XP (180 at level 80)
Test at sea	250	Choice of: r1 or r2 or r3 or r4 20,100 XP 470 (or 710 at level 80)
the ambush	350	25,150 XP 940 (or 1243 at level 80)
war is hell	250	20,100 XP (240 at level 80)
what in da brew doh	250	20,100 XP 470 (or 710 at level 80)

Misc

Quest	Hand of Vengeance Rep	Other Rewards
Northern Cooking	75	Northern Stew recipe 5,500 XP 370
Gem Perfection	25	Gem Perfection learned Small Velvet Bag 5,500 XP 663

The Hand of Vengeance Dungeons

You can also earn The Hand of Vengeance rep by killing mobs in dungeons — the four regular level 80 instances in Northrend will all grant you spillover rep with the four Horde Expedition sub-factions (The Taunka, The Sunreavers, The Hand of Vengeance, and the Warsong Offensive) You can do 5 an hour of:

• Utgarde Pinnacle
• The Culling of Stratholme
• The Oculus
• Halls of Lightning

All Wrath heroic dungeons will also grant rep with the Horde Expedition factions. You can run these dungeons like normal, or you can kill the mobs and leave the bosses alive, then exit and re-enter the instance to clear the mobs again. Here are all the dungeons that, when run as a Heroic, will give rep with the Horde Expedition factions:

• Utgarde Keep
• Utgarde Pinnacle
• The Nexus
• The Oculus
• Halls of Stone
• Halls of Lightning
• Ahn’kahet: The Old Kingdom
• Azjol-Nerub
• Dark-Tharon Keep
• Gundrak
• The Violet Hold
• Caverns of Time: Culling of Stratholme
• Trial of the Champion
• Forge of Souls
• Pit of Saron
• Halls of Reflection

Remember: If you’re trying to gain Hand of Vengeance rep in dungeons, remove any tabard you’re wearing before you start the dungeon.

The Hand of Vengeance Reputation Rewards

There is no Hand of Vengeance quartermaster, as there are no item rewards for this faction! However, doing Hand of Vengeance quests does also give you reputation with the Horde Expedition, who have a quartermaster and plenty of items to sell once you’ve earned enough reputation with them.