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Hello, and welcome to an Iksar's guide to love and friendship through murder. Well, not ''entirely'' through murder...just mostly through murder, for murder is the Iksar way.

Any numbers given are not exact due to class modifiers, but do give a ballpark figure for when you will hit '''dubious''' or '''apprehensive''' with that particular faction.

This guide has a lot of factions on it, but not all can be raised by Iksar and certainly not all at once. If you would like a second place to bank, I recommend raising North Freeport paladin faction and learning how to use the tunnels. (For monks, FP monk faction is raised at the same time as NFP, and you can also use the tunnels to reach the monk guild.) If you want to cross Highpass Hold safely without invis, you also need to raise HPH guard faction.

If you'd prefer to stay in Kunark but want to bank in more than one city, Firiona Vie is much easier to raise than the OT outpost.

=Starting Out=

It's common knowledge that Iksar are naturally KoS to everyone outside of their home city of Cabilis. The question for those determined to faction their way to peace is this: ''how'' KoS?

The answer is complex. Beta Neutral faction is indifferent to Iksar starting out, for example, while residents in Firiona Vie take far more convincing than residents in Antonica that Iksar are okay. For Iksar, starting faction will also change based on class (since your race and deity remain the same no matter what). Starting faction for an Iksar monk will look like the following:

* Kunark Outposts: Close to max KoS
* Good factions: KoS, but relatively close to threatening (between 50 to 100 hits)
* Evil factions: Bottom of threatening
* Neutral factions: Neutral

So any given Iksar monk will start out scowls with Freeport Paladins and threatening with Freeport Militia, scowls with halflings and threatening with dark elves, etc.

Note: You will start out KoS to frogloks in Guk.

==Friendly Vendors==

Friendly vendors start out indifferent to Iksar.

'''Antonica'''
* Gypsies (Beta Neutral)
* Druid ring vendors (but NOT druids) (Beta Neutral)
* Basil the Skinner, Dran Hieth in Firiona Vie (there are probably more, will need to check)
* The Shady Swashbuckler in EC tunnel (Greedy)
* Mugu (large banded armor molds) and various other Ogre merchants in Feerrott (Oggok Residents) (not Innkeeps)
* *Katha Firespinner in EC by the WC zoneline (*note: dubious to iksar necromancers currently)
* Toxdil by the secret entrance to the WFP tunnels in the newbie yard (north side) (*note: dubious to wood elf druids, Iksar Shadowknights, and iksar necromancers currently)
* Bloodsabers (apprehensive to Iksar Shadowknights)
* Darfumpel Zirubbel (Rathe Mtns)
* [[Turga]] in Lake Rathetear (3000,-1800)
* [[Rathmana Allin]] (NW corner of South Ro; Temple of Solusek Ro faction)
* [[Craven Jonsbrow]], [[Endan Halson]], [[Sanian Shearsin]] - first island from Freeport, Ocean of Tears, "Zachariah Reigh island". Beware of nearby Wood Elves on Kelethin factions with Halson.
* [[Gindlin Toxfodder]] in Western Karana, #25 on map

'''Faydwer'''
* [[Conium Darkblade]] in Dagnor's Cauldron at the top of the mountain in the center. Watch out for the numerous aqua goblins.
* [[Ellona]], Druid ring vendor in Butcherblock Mountains

'''Odus'''
* [[Martyn Firechaser]], Druid ring vendor
* There may be one merchant in Kerra Isle, but the rest of the Kerrans are definitely KOS

=Antonica=

==Freeport==

===Militia===

* Faction name: [[Freeport Militia]]
* Applies to: All WFP and EFP guards, Sir Lucan D'Lere

Once you are non-KoS (indifferent) to Highpass Hold guards (see relevant section), turn in gnoll scalps by the hundreds to Captain Orben ([[Gnoll Scalp Collecting]]) or orc scalps to Captain Ashlan ([[Orc Scalp Collecting]]).

If you have fixed Erudin faction, you can do the [[Inert Potion Quest]] (turn in to fake Slansin).

Or if you don't mind not banking in Freeport for a little while, you can kill NFP guards until you're dubious with Militia and then repair paladin faction by killing more orcs.

If you don't mind getting worse with [[Priests of Marr]] you can do the [[Deathfist Slashed Belts]] quest (evil version) for faster [[Freeport Militia]] faction, this also lowers [[Knights of Truth]] faction but this is more than compensated by the killing of the orcs to get the belts for the quest. Iksar become non-kos to Freeport Militia with wolf form, allowing you to skip straight to turning in belts.

===Freeport Paladins===

* Faction name: [[Knights of Truth]]
* Applies to: All NFP guards ('Sir Soandso'), paladin guild

Kill approx. 600 Deathfist orcs in WC and EC.

Or kill [[Sir Lucan D'Lere]] (massively lowers Militia faction).

===Freeport Warriors===

* Faction name: [[Steel Warriors]]
* Applies to: Warrior guilds in both Qeynos and Freeport

You can kill the various dark elf ambassadors running around, but it's probably easier to fix this by tying it in with your Halas faction and doing [[Gnoll Bounty]].

===Freeport Clerics===

* Faction name: [[Priests of Marr]]
* Applies to: Clerics in the cleric guild in NFP

Once you hit amiable with NFP paladins, hand bottles of milk to [[Mojax Hikspin]] in WC (drops militia and dismal rage).

===Freeport Monks===

* Faction name: [[Ashen Order]]
* Applies to: Monks in the monk guild in WFP

Kill approx. 600 Deathfist orcs in WC and EC.

===Freeport Casters===

* Faction name: Academy of Arcane Scientists
* Applies to: Casters in Freeport's caster guild, [[Ran Flamespinner]] in Highpass Keep

Do this before working on Freeport Militia, because this gives negative hits for Opal Darkbriar (Only Opal Darkbriar is on this faction) and Freeport Militia (smaller than the caster guild hits).

Best done with sneak or wolf form. Purchase several stacks of rat ears in EC from Katha Firespinner and travel to Qeynos Hills. Thusly disguised so that [[Rephas]] does not attack you, turn in the rat ears until he is no longer KoS. Once he's happy with you, the caster guild is happy with you.

===Freeport Rogues===

* Faction name: [[Coalition of Tradefolk Ill]]
* Applies to: Freeport Rogues, various Freeport merchants, Lendel Deeppockets (halfling rogue GM)

You start out dubious to these guys, enabling you to do the [[Note for Rebby]] quest to raise it and other factions if you'd like. (Involves crossing the paths of Freeport Militia.) It's in your vested interests to keep this faction up if you want to use the Freeport tunnels.

===Freeport Evil Sewer Dwellers===

* Faction name: [[Opal Dark Briar]]
* Applies to: Opal Darkbriar in EFP, and I suppose kind of also Opal Darkbriar in the WFP caster guild.

Kill [[Rephas]] (lowers FP casters and NFP paladins). 

Alternatively, you get a small boost turning in bone chips for [[Assist the Great Xelha]] (lowers NFP paladins).

This one is confusing. You are probably better off just ignoring it and avoiding the evil version of Opal Darkbriar. She's the only one on this faction.

* Faction name: [[Dismal Rage]]
* Applies to: The evil guildmasters living in the Freeport tunnels (necros, evil wizards, shadowknights, evil clerics, etc)

Not sure what starting faction with Dismal Rage is (iksar monks start at dubious, but should take care moving through these areas in the tunnels as there may be more than one faction down there), but if you are dubious, you can do the bone chips portion of [[Assist the Great Xelha]].

One turn in of bone chips will bring an iksar necro from dubious to apprehensive, allowing you to purchase necro spells!

===Antonican Bards===

* Faction name: [[League of Antonican Bards]]
* Applies to: All bards on Antonica, and all the bards who give out mail delivery quests.

Kill anything in Mistmoore.

For kicks, you can make [[Fabian]] sing for you and give you faction in the tavern by handing him 2gp (lowers ring of scale and mistmoore), but killing in Mistmoore is more lucrative.

===Coalition of Tradesfolk (banker)===

* Faction name: [[Coalition of Tradefolk]]

[[Note for Rebby]] is one of the best ways to raise this.

==Neriak==

Dark elf faction is a messy business. The king and queen despise each other, the various guilds don't like each other, and as a group, none of them want anything to do with you.

===Dark Elf Warriors (Indigo Brotherhood)===

* Faction name: [[Indigo Brotherhood]]
* Applies to: Dark elves in the warrior guild in Neriak

They are reluctant allies with Crushbone orcs and faction enemies with wood elves (although they hate everyone), so any killing in CB to make friends with elves is a no go if you want to preserve your standing with them. Best raised by killing wood elf guards in Kelethin.

===Dark Elf Necros and Shadowknights===

* Faction name: [[The Dead]]
* Applies to: Dark elves in the necro and shadowknight guilds as well as their ghoul guards, + 1 NPC pather by bank.

Kill [[Dragoon Szorn]] in [[Lesser Faydark]] (drops Indigo Brotherhood), or kill the two gnomes in the houses by Steamfont Mountains in lfay.

You will want to raise this if you plan to use Neriak as a base because an NPC on this faction paths by the bank.

It is difficult to raise this faction from KOS, but several isolated NPCs can be farmed.<br> [[Linara Parlone]] , [[Retlon Brenclog]] and [[Zondo Hyzill]] though each will cause an opposing faction hit

===Dark Elf Rogues===

* Faction name: [[Hall of the Ebon Mask]]
* Applies to: Dark elves in the rogue guild

They are opposed to Barbarian rogues and a number of other factions, so raising this one might be tough if you're also raising conflicting factions. The only quest that's really any good is [[Moss Snakes]].

===Dark Elf Clerics===

* Faction name: [[Priests of Innoruuk]]
* Applies to: Patrolling guards by cleric guild in Third Gate (near the zoneline to Commons), clerics in cleric guild

[[Innoruuk Recommendation]] Can be done by anyone with illusion, skeleton form, (DE mask?) or monks with sneak.

Find Saxarivza Zaxun in Grobb or her twin [[Saxarivza Zaxun]] in [[East Freeport]] and tell her 'I am devoted to Innoruuk' to get a note. Deliver the note to Perrir Zexus in the Neriak cleric guild for a massive faction hit. (drops high elf clerics, priests of life, and priests of marr)

===Dark Elf Guards (Outer)===

* Faction name: [[Dreadguard Outer]]
* Applies to: Guards in Nektulos forest

[[Bottle of Red Wine]] will raise this faction.

Or kill halfling deputies.

===Dark Elf Guards (Inner)===

* Faction name: [[Dreadguard Inner]]
* Applies to: Guards inside Neriak, generally Foreign Quarter (each guild has guards on their own faction)

[[Bottle of Red Wine]] will raise this faction.

===Dark Elf Merchants (banker)===

* Faction name: [[Dark Bargainers]]
* Applies to: Dark elf merchants in Neriak, SRo

[[Bottle of Red Wine]] will raise this faction. You should be at apprehensive at least before trying this one. (Iksar warriors and perhaps all other classes start at apprehensive.)

===Dark Elf Queen===

* Faction name: [[Queen Cristanos Thex]]

[[Fire Beetle Eyes]] will raise this faction. (lowers King, high elf casters, gnome casters)

===Dark Elf King===

* Faction name: [[King Naythox Thex]]
* Applies to: I have no idea, the king doesn't seem to exist

Kill Kizdean Gix in WC. Lowers Queen's faction.

Or do [[Innoruuk Symbol Quests|Initiate Symbol of Innoruuk]] if you don't have problems with dark elf clerics. (?)

==Rivervale Area==

===Halfling Clerics===

* Faction name: [[Priests of Mischief]]
* Applies to: Clerics in the cleric guild by the zoneline to Kithicor forest in Rivervale

I'm not sure this is possible for Iksar, unless wolf form can bring you up to amiable for [[Cleric Supplies]]. This is unfortunate since they will waste you if they spot you coming in from Kithicor. I have been told wolf form works for monks, though. This will not be the case for all classes.

Wolf form took an Iksar Warrior to apprehensive, which was enough to complete [[Cleric Supplies]] and it took 5 turn-ins to go from threatening to dubious.  Black wolf skins are usually available on vendors around town and in the newbie area.

Wolf form took an Iksar Shadow Knight from scowling to apprehensive (enough to do the quest). It took 107 turn-ins to go from scowling to dubious when using an Ornate Velium Pendant for Alliance - still threatening w/o Alliance. Took 131-136 to reach dubious without the OVP.

===Halfling Guards===

* Faction name: [[Guardians of the Vale]]
* Applies to: All deputies in Rivervale and Misty Thicket

Kill Deathfist orcs in WC and EC or kill pickclaw goblins in Highpass Keep.

===Halfling Rogues===

* Faction name: [[DeepPockets]]
* Applies to: NPCs in Fool's Gold tavern, Gunrich in Misty Thicket

[[Bandages for Honeybugger]] will raise this faction. (Lowers Freeport Rogue faction, so watch out if you want to keep using the Freeport tunnels!)

===Halfling Druids===

* Faction name: [[Storm Reapers]]
* Applies to: All druids in Rivervale, Ella Foodcrafter in Misty Thicket (druid/ranger epic)

Kill goblins in Runnyeye, Mooto in Misty Thicket, or certain goblins in Butcherblock Mountains.

===Halfling Merchants (banker)===

* Faction name: [[Merchants of Rivervale]]
* Applies to: All merchants in Rivervale

[[Bandages for Honeybugger]] will raise this faction. (Lowers Freeport Rogue faction, so watch out if you want to keep using the Freeport tunnels!)

Once non-KoS with halfling druids and guards (Storm Reapers and Guardians of the Vale), you can also do [[Deputy Tagil's Debt]] or [[Jillin's Stew]] (lowers Unkempt Druids).

===The Mayor===

* Faction name: [[Mayor Gubbin]]
* Applies to: Mayor Gubbin and friends.

[[Bandages for Honeybugger]] will raise this faction. (Lowers Freeport Rogue faction, so watch out if you want to keep using the Freeport tunnels!)

Once non-KoS with halfling druids and guards (Storm Reapers and Guardians of the Vale), you can also do [[Deputy Tagil's Debt]] or [[Jillin's Stew]] (lowers Unkempt Druids).

===Bixies===

* Faction name: [[Stone Hive Bixies]]
* Applies to: Bixies

Technically everyone starts out dubious to Bixies, but if you ever feel like raising that, kill Mooto (random spawn at the goblin camps by Runnyeye entrance in Misty Thicket).

==Ogres (Feerrott)==

Ogres and Kazon Stormhammer really don't like each other. Being friends with both would be pretty difficult. The merchants out in Feerrott tend to be indifferent.

===Ogre Warriors===

* Faction name: [[Craknek Warriors]]

Kill dwarven guards in Kaladim to raise this faction.<br> Or try [[Pickled Frogloks]] quest

===Ogre Guards===

* Faction name: [[Oggok Guards]]
Try [[Pickled Frogloks]] quest

===Ogre Shadowknights===

* Faction name: [[Green Blood Knights]]

Kill Corflunk in Butcherblock Mountains. (drops Clurg and ogre warriors)

Kill Guard Shiznak in Rathe Mountains. (drops troll bashers and troll shadowknights)

Kill Boog Mudtoe in OOT. (drops Clurg and ogre warriors)<br> Or try [[Pickled Frogloks]] quest

===Ogre Shamen===

* Faction name: [[Shamen of War]]

I am not certain this is possible for Iksar but maybe [[Marda's Secret Mission]] <br>
There is a step involves killing [[Zimbittle]] and looting [[Zimbittle's Pouch]]. Bring this pouch Ogguk and Sneak or Invis behind [[Marda]] Put the pouch in the Trade Window and reinvis or sneak to confirm /con is Indifferent. Then turn in the pouch.

===Ogre Merchants===

* Faction name: [[Merchants of Ogguk]] 

No faction work needed, these guys start out indifferent to Iksar.<br> but if you want to raise it do [[The Bread Shipment (Feerrott)]]

===Ogre Citizens===

* Faction name: [[Oggok Citizens]] on p99 this is called 'OggokResidents'

Do [[Marda's Secret Mission]] you can often find [[Intestine Necklace]] sold to Grobb Vendors and just hand them to froglok slave in Grobb.

===Clurg===

* Faction name: [[Clurg]]

Some bartender in Oggok and all his alcoholic friends are on this faction. Kill superdorf King Kazon Stormhammer for this one, if you're really that invested in the opinion of some ogre in Oggok who serves sludge for tips.<br> Or try [[Pickled Frogloks]] quest

==Trolls (Innothule)==

===Troll Shadowknights===

* Faction name: [[Shadowknights of Night Keep]]

Kill [[Lynuga]] in Innothule or [[Bugglegupp]] in Steamfont. These guys are allied with Da Bashers.<br>
Once high enough faction, switch to [[Bone Chips Grobb]] (lowers Ogre SKs)

===Troll Warriors===

* Faction name: [[Da Bashers]]
* Applies to: Generally anyone with the title of Basher.

Kill [[Lynuga]] in Innothule or [[Bugglegupp]] in Steamfont. When relating your tale of heroic slaughter to Da Bashers, be sure to use small words and bad grammar. <br>
Or hand 3x [[Fire Beetle Eye]] to a Basher in Grobb [[A Job for Nanrum]]. Because Grobb is an outdoor zone, you can request a Druid to 'Share Wolf Form' and this will put you at Apprehensive to DaBashers and Merchants. This will enable you to hand in Firebeetle eyes to Nanrum

===Troll Shamen===

* Faction name: [[Dark Ones]]

I don't believe there's a way to raise this one for Iksar.

===Troll Merchants===

*Faction name: [[Grobb Merchants]]
*Applies to merchants and vendors in Grobb. They sell some pretty funky alcohol [[Skunk Breath Ale]] and such.

Collect a few thousand [[Wolf Meat]] - and do [[Wolf Meat for Wista]]. Because Grobb is an outdoor zone, you can request a Druid to 'Share Wolf Form' and this will put you at Apprehensive to Bashers and Merchants. This will enable you to hand in to Wista.

===Troll Has-beens===

* Faction name: [[Broken Skull Clan]]
* Applies to: Bunglegupp, Lynuga

Most modern self-respecting trolls hate these guys, so to raise it, just kill modern self-respecting trolls (aka Bashers).

==Highpass Area==

===Highpass Hold Guards===

* Faction name: [[Highpass Guards]]
* Applies to: All guards in Highpass Hold and Highpass Keep

Kill approx. 300 orcs or gnolls in Highpass Hold, hold onto scalps. I had around 100 scalps by the time I conned dubious to Captain Orben.

===Highpass Hold Merchants (banker)===

* Faction name: [[Merchants of Highpass]]
* Applies to: Banker in Highpass Keep, others

Once you are non-KoS (indifferent) to Highpass Hold guards (see relevant section), turn in gnoll scalps by the hundreds to Captain Orben ([[Gnoll Scalp Collecting]]) or orc scalps to Captain Ashlan ([[Orc Scalp Collecting]]).

==Karanas==

* Faction name: [[Karana Residents]]
* Applies to: Everyone living in the Karanas who isn't a Qeynos guard, druid, or ranger, includes Sir Morgan and his squire; also includes the barbarians in EK, but NOT the ones in WK near QH who are on Halas factions

Kill [[a bandit]], [[a raider]], and/or [[a highwayman]] in the Karanas. Lowers faction with the bandits, understandably. (You can raise bandit faction by killing gnolls.)

Or kill Highpass gnolls.

==Qeynos==

===Good Qeynos Guards===

* Faction name: [[Guards of Qeynos]]
* Applies to: All good Qeynos guards.

Kill gnolls in Blackburrow, then turn in Gnoll fang to Captain Tillin with wolf form, then the moonstones to McNeal Jocub ([[Moonstones]] quest).
Or kill bandits in the Karanas. Or both!

===Evil Qeynos Guards===

* Faction name: [[Corrupt Qeynos Guards]]
* Applies to: All evil Qeynos guards.

Once you are non-KoS (indifferent) to Highpass Hold guards (see relevant section), turn in gnoll scalps by the hundreds to Captain Orben ([[Gnoll Scalp Collecting]]) or orc scalps to Captain Ashlan ([[Orc Scalp Collecting]]).

You can give 5gp to Guard Shilster in NK as long as he's non-KoS to you (lowers good Qeynos guards, easily repaired by gnoll genocide).

===Qeynos Warriors===

* Faction name: [[Steel Warriors]]
* Applies to: Warrior guilds in both Qeynos and Freeport

You can kill the various dark elf ambassadors running around, but it's probably easier to fix this by tying it in with your Halas faction and doing [[Gnoll Bounty]].

===Bloodsabers===

* Faction name: [[Bloodsabers]]

This is another cult of Bertoxxulous that lives down in the Qeynos sewers. Iksar start off indifferent to this faction.

To raise it, kill anything remotely related to Rodcet Nife (the various priests of life, Lashun Novashine, koalindl fish, etc).

===Qeynos Paladins===

* Faction name: [[Priests of Life]] (Rodcet Nife), [[Knights of Thunder]] (Karana)

[[Bandit Sashes]] will raise this faction but lowers [[Bloodsabers]] faction. (Use wolf form)

Or donate lots and lots of money to Lashun Novashine (wolf form).

===Qeynos Clerics===

* Faction name: [[Priests of Life]] (Rodcet Nife), [[Knights of Thunder]] (Karana)

[[Bandit Sashes]] will raise this faction but lowers [[Bloodsabers]] faction. (Use wolf form)

Or donate lots and lots of money to Lashun Novashine (wolf form) which also lowers [[Bloodsabers]] faction.

===Qeynos Casters===

* Faction name: [[Order of Three]]

Do [[Bat Fur Quest]] (misnomer, requires rat whiskers, bat furs, and fire beetle eyes). Use wolf form. (?)

Or do [[Blank Scrolls]] (with wolf form - you will need the druid to follow you through multiple zones multiple times.)

Do [[Unser's Call]] (with wolf form). All three items are vendor-purchaseable. Rat Whiskers are bought in Kithicor Forest (Jeena Firechaser - Kithicor Residents, kill orcs in highpass), Snake Scales from EC (Pardor the Blessed), and bat wings from Katha Firespinner (neutral)

===Qeynos Rogues===

* Faction name: [[Circle Of Unseen Hands]]
* Applies to: Hanns Kreighor (rogue GM), other rogues

Safest way is to kill bandits and raiders in the Karanas. (Lowers bandit faction)

===Qeynos Monks===

* Faction name: [[Silent Fist Clan]]

Kill gnolls in Blackburrow.

===Qeynos Citizens===

* Faction name: [[QeynosCitizen]]
* Applies to: Qeynos beggars, drowned citizens in Freeport tunnels, various others, innkeepers in the Karanas

Maybe [[Snake Fang Necklace Quest]]? Might need wolf form to do this one.

===Qeynos Banker and Guards===

* Faction name: [[Banker]]
* Applies to: Qeynos bankers and the two barbarian guards

Everyone starts out indifferent to this faction. (This faction may not be on p99 at the moment, although I believe it should be.)

==Surefall Glade (Rangers and Druids)==

===Rangers===

* Faction name: [[Protectors of Pine]]
* Applies to: Ranger NPCs on Antonica, notably Holly Windstalker

(After reaching non-KoS with Surefall druids) Use an alt or friend to spawn and kill Raffel Minnmorn repeatedly (spawn by hailing Gash Flockwalker) (Clarification: the alt or friend will kill Raffel for you if you want to preserve QRG protected animal faction - you just need to loot). Collect the stackable black wood chips he drops and turn them in to Gerael Woodone. Lowers Unkempt Druids.

===Druids===

* Faction name: [[Jaggedpine Treefolk]]
* Applies to: Druid NPCs around druid rings, notably Ceel Moonwhisper, Briana Treewhisper, Sil Silverstar

Kill gnolls in Blackburrow.

===Unkempt Druids===

* Faction name: [[Unkempt Druids]]
* Applies to: unkempt preserver (Rathe Mtns), others

These guys are nuts. Raise it by killing treants, symbols of nature, or various enemy druids and rangers. (Lowers regular druid and QRG protected animal factions.)

Note that despite their stated mission, the Unkempt and QRG protected animal factions are not necessarily related. My hypothesis is that, like PETA and nature, animals of Norrath are trapped in an abusive relationship with unkempt druids.

===Surefall Animals===

* Faction name: [[QRG Protected Animals]]
* Applies to: Mammoth, bears and wolves in Surefall Glade and Qeynos Hills (only killing certain named will lower this faction)

(After reaching non-KoS with Surefall druids) Use an alt or friend to spawn and kill Raffel Minnmorn repeatedly (spawn by hailing Gash Flockwalker). Collect the stackable black wood chips he drops and turn them in to Gerael Woodone. Lowers Unkempt Druids.

(Clarification: Killing Raffel Minnmorn lowers Unkempt Druids AND QRG Protected Animals, but turning the black wood chips in raises QRG Protected Animals while lowering Unkempt Druids further.)

==Halas==

Beware! Strange faction conflicts ahead! You also are unable to use wolf form to turn in items if you're KoS. Halas hates real wolves despite having several of them as pets. Go figure.

Check out the [[Halas Faction Guide]] for an exact how-to. This will take a very, very long time.

===Barbarian Rogues (banker)===

* Faction name: [[Rogues of the White Rose]]
* Applies to: Rogue guild, Halas banker

Quests for warriors and merchants '''tend to lower this faction''' and vice versa, so take care.

Kill Frostbite in WK (lowers all other Halas factions and human warrior faction). Raise the other factions later.

===Barbarian Shamen===

* Faction name: [[Shamen of Justice]]
* Applies to: Shaman guild

[[Ice Goblin Necklaces]] (all positive hits), turned in to warrior GM, so raise warriors first.

===Barbarian Warriors===

* Faction name: [[Wolves of the North]]
* Applies to: Warrior guild, guards

Sneak into the city with many polar bear skins (easily gotten from outside Halas but they are not common drop) and do [[Cindl's Polar Bear Collection]] until you can do [[Gnoll Bounty]] (gnoll fangs). (Cindl is a merchant and therefore always dubious, which is the minimum for the polar bear skin quest.) '''Note:''' 77 polar bear skins are not enough to get you above dubious with merchants and scowls with guards.

You can also kill Giz Dinree in EFP until you are non-KoS with warriors and then do gnoll fang turn-ins.

===Barbarian Merchants===

* Faction name: [[Merchants of Halas]]
* Applies to: All barbarian merchants across Norrath

You can raise this one with [[Ice Goblin Necklaces]], [[Gnoll Bounty]], and later on [[Lion Meat Shipment]].

=Faydwer=

==Gnomes==

===Gnome Guards (Warriors)===

* Faction name: [[Gem Choppers]]
* Applies to: Watchmen who guard Ak'Anon, others

Kill kobolds near the entrance of Ak'Anon.

Or kill [[Khrix Fritchoff]] on the second floor of the mansion in Unrest. (lowers gnome necros)

Later you can give vasty deep ales to Shondo Billin in Erudin Palace's prison (in the Erudin City Office) for [[Shondo and the Tonic]]. (Use sneak or kill minos first, Shondo is on Gem Choppers faction). (Raise Erudin faction first, he is past a lot of guards)

===Gnome Casters===

* Faction name: [[Eldritch Collective]]

Kill Khrix Fritchoff on the second floor of the mansion in Unrest. (lowers gnome necros)

===Gnome Clerics and Rogues===

* Faction name: [[Deep Muses]]

Kill Khrix Fritchoff on the second floor of the mansion in Unrest. (lowers gnome necros)

===Gnome Merchants===

* Faction name: [[Merchants of AkAnon]]

Once you reach dubious with Gem Choppers (the guards/warriors), do [[Rusted Black Boxes]] (lowers faction with gnome necros). Involves killing defective clockworks in Steamfont Mountains.

Or give vasty deep ales to Shondo Billin in Erudin Palace's prison (in the Erudin City Office) for [[Shondo and the Tonic]]. (Use sneak or kill minos first, Shondo is on Gem Choppers faction). (Raise Erudin faction first, he is past a lot of guards)

===Gnome Necros===

* Faction name: [[Dark Reflection]]

There's no real reason to make peace with this particular extra-smelly set of gnomes, but if you do, you just need to kill a lot of the other gnomes because they all hate Dark Reflection and Dark Reflection hates them (although newbie gnome necros start out dubious just so they can get out of the city).

Now, if you want to have your beetle bake and eat it too, here's what you do: First, fix your Erudin faction. Then head down into the depths of the palace, where you'll find a little guy named [[Shondo Billin]]. Kill him a bunch. Then head to Steamfont mountains and kill minotaur slavers to fix the two factions Shondo's death lowers.

===King of Gnomes (clockwork guards)===

* Faction name: [[King Ak'Anon (Faction)|King Ak'Anon]]

Kill minotaur slavers in Steamfont Mountains.

Or give vasty deep ales to Shondo Billin in Erudin Palace's prison (in the Erudin City Office) for [[Shondo and the Tonic]]. (Use sneak or kill minos first, Shondo is on Gem Choppers faction). (Raise Erudin faction first, he is past a lot of guards)

==Wood Elves==

===Treetown Guards===

* Faction name: [[Emerald Warriors]]
* Applies to: Warrior guild, city guards.

Kill approx. 600 Crushbone orcs OR 600 goblins in Butcherblock Mountains. (The orcs are more plentiful but lower your Indigo Brotherhood faction.)

===Treetown Merchants (banker)===

* Faction name: [[Kelethin Merchants]]

After hitting amiable with Emerald Warriors, do [[Emerald Warriors' Items]] or [[Shark Meat Quest]].

(To do the shark meat quest, it's best to travel to Erudin. This means you should do this section after Qeynos and good Erudites, but before evil Erudites, because some of the sharks give faction hits to Heretics ([[a diseased shark]] and [[a young shark]]).)

===Treetown Druids===

* Faction name: [[Soldiers of Tunare]]

Do the [[Muffin for Pandos]] quest. (Use wolf form.)

===Treetown Rogues===

* Faction name: [[Tunare's Scouts]]

These guys may or may not be indifferent to all. (Need to confirm in-game)

===Treetown Rangers===

* Faction name: [[Faydarks Champions]]

Kill Crushbone orcs.

===Treetown Bards===

* Faction name: [[Songweavers]]
* Applies to: All bards in bard guild save for Jakum Webdancer and Idia (Antonican Bards)

If you have wolf form on hand and want to raise this one, try Sylia Windlehands' [[Spiderling Silks]] quest.

==High Elves==

===High Elf Casters===

* Faction name: [[Keepers of the Art]]

Free the high elf slaves in Crushbone (slave keys 20 and 21).

Or kill important NPCs in Neriak.

Once non-KoS, do [[Bat Wings]] to raise it further.

===High Elf Paladins===

* Faction name: Generally [[Clerics of Tunare]], plus the fairly useless [[Anti-Mage]]

[[Bone Chips Felwithe]] (with wolf form) will raise this faction.

===High Elf Clerics===

* Faction name: [[Clerics of Tunare]]

[[Bone Chips Felwithe]] (with wolf form) will raise this faction.
[[Muffin for Pandos]] also offers minor gains.

===High Elf Merchants (banker)===

* Faction name: [[Merchants of Felwithe]]

Free the wood elf slaves in Crushbone (slave keys 18 and 19).

Or do Regren's [[Shark Meat Quest]] (also raises Kelethin Merchants).

===King of the High Elves===

* Faction name: [[King Tearis Thex]]
* Applies to: unknown

Kill anything in Mistmoore.

==Dwarves==

===Dorf Warriors===

* Faction name: [[Storm Guard]]

Kill Crushbone orcs OR kill goblins and aqua goblins in Butcherblock Mountains.

===Dorf Rogues===

* Faction name: [[Miners Guild 628]]

Kill dwarven bandits in Butcherblock Mountains. (#12 on the map for BB - Peg Leg spawns a non-KoS mob for the Shaman epic quest upon death.)<br>
Once high enough con (amiable?) you can farm Giant Rat Pelts for [[Rat Patrol]] or the named metal rat in the rogue mines [[Cleaner VII]] for a Metal Scrap to hand to [[Jeet]] for [[Miner's Cap]]<br>

(Both of these quest options will lower DE Rogues - Hall of the Ebon Mask and Circle of Unseen Hand Rogues)

(Killing clockworks in SolA lowers this faction.)

===Dorf Clerics===

* Faction name: [[Clerics of Underfoot]]

Best way to raise this is with the [[Bone Chips Kaladim|Kaladim Bone Chip Quest]] after becoming non-KoS with dorf pallies.

===Dorf Paladins===

* Faction name: [[Miners Guild 249]] or [[Paladins of Underfoot]]

Turn in Crushbone belts to Canloe Nusback for [[Crushbone Belts]] quest after reaching dubious (?) with warriors.

(Lowers Ogre Warrior faction (Craknek Warriors))

There is no way for Iksar to raise Paladins of Underfoot.

===Dorf Merchants===

* Faction name: [[Merchants of Kaladim]]

Turn in [[Tumpy Tonics]] to [[Trantor Everhot]] which are craftable, or go to Ocean of Tears and buy as many Kiola Nuts as you can carry. Back in Kaladim turn in 1 [[Kiola Nut]] and 1 [[Water Flask]] to [[Tumpy Irontoe]] to receive [[Tumpy Tonic]]<br>
OR Turn in more Crushbone Belts + Pads to Canloe Nusback

(Lowers Ogre Warrior faction (Craknek Warriors))

===King of Dwarves===

* Faction name: [[Kazon Stormhammer]]

[[Bone Chips Kaladim]] will raise this faction.

=Odus=

==Good Erudites==

Do this before doing Paineel faction.

===Guilds===

* [[Deepwater Knights]] (Prexus): Kill heretics in Paineel or the two in Toxxulia, Hyakallen (LS), or kill the diseased shark and young sharks in the harbor while doing the shark meat quest for Kelethin.
* [[Crimson Hands]]: Kill Elial Brook, Aglthin Dasmore, Hyakallen (LS), and Paineel Guards.
* [[Gate Callers]]: Kill Elial Brook, Aglthin Dasmore, Hyakallen (LS), and Paineel Guards.
* [[Craftkeepers]]: Kill Elial Brook, Aglthin Dasmore, Hyakallen (LS), and Paineel Guards.
* [[Peace Keepers]] (Quellious): Impossible for Iksar.

===Other===

* [[High Guard of Erudin]]: Kill kobolds in The Warrens.
* [[High Council of Erudin]]: [[Ice Goblin Beads]] (after raising Crimson Hands)
* [[Merchants of Erudin]]: After becoming amiable with Faydarks Champions (wood elf rangers), find Jyle Windshot in WFP and hand him small lanterns over and over again to get stackable, non-lore wooden shards (part of the Trueshot bow quest). Once you get a lot of these, go to Toxxulia and hand them in to Emil Parsini. Raises merchants, high council, and high guard.

While the above works, this is highly inefficient. Don't bother yourself with seeing Jyle Windshot. The Centaur Vendor in South Karana often carries the wooden shards that treant hunters have vendored. You can also buy them off players.

Buy a good number stacks (15-20) and head to see Emil Parsini. As he is a merchant he is dubious and the guards are out of sight; you can walk in here KOS and do turn-ins. Turn in the shards ONE AT A TIME.

==Evil Erudites==

* Faction name: [[Heretics]]
* Applies to: All of Paineel

Kill kobolds in The Warrens. You'll probably be max-KoS at this point, so get ready to kill more than a thousand.

GREEN: As the Warrens doesn't exist, you're going to more or less have to pick a side.

=Kunark=

==Overthere Outpost==

* Faction name: [[Venril Sathir (Faction)|Venril Sathir]]
* Applies to: Everyone in the evil outpost in The Overthere.

Do [[Protect the Shipyard]] by killing sarnak berzerkers and handing in their war braids 4 at a time. Good luck figuring out how to do this on your own. (Note: No one on Kunark likes wolf form.)

Or kill dragons in Veeshan's Peak.

==Firiona Vie==

* Faction name: FirionaVie (referred to incorrectly as [[Inhabitants of Firiona Vie]] on this wiki)
* Applies to: Majority of residents in the Firiona Vie outpost, guards, pilgrims, and Firiona drixies.
* Exceptions: The barbarian shamen in the guild hall on the docks (Halas faction), Shieldbearer Relios (High elf faction), Shieldbearer Beurd (High elf faction), Vrionele (?), Tracker Azeal's patrolling form (indifferent to all)

Kill approx. 1,000 goblins in the goblin fort in [[Warsliks Woods]] or at #9 in [[Lake of Ill Omen]]. (This will get you barely to dubious.)


As of 2020-12-18, on Blue, per my logs as an Iksar Shaman:
* Somewhere between 406 and 726 kills got me to Threatening
* Somewhere between 769 and 912 kills got me to Dubious
* Somewhere between 1084 and 1193 kills got me to Apprehensive
* Exactly 1551 kills to become Indifferent

==The Great Iksar City==

You're an Iksar, right? You shouldn't need this faction. For everyone else, this is a very, very difficult set of factions to raise, for Iksar return your homeland's hate tenfold because a) Cazic-Thule worshipers, and b) Iksar are naturally stronger in all aspects, including hatred.

The amount of bone chips to turn in will vary greatly depending on class, race, and most importantly deity.

===Iksar Monks===

* Faction name: [[Swift Tails]]
* Applies to: Monk guild NPCs

Turn in thousands of bone chips to Trooper Mozo in FoB.

===Iksar Shamen===

* Faction name: [[Scaled Mystics]]
* Applies to: All Iksar shamen and Crusader Quarg.

Turn in thousands of bone chips to Trooper Mozo in FoB.

===Iksar Necros===

* Faction name: [[Brood of Kotiz]]
* Applies to: Iksar necromancers.

Kill The Forsaken iksars (bandits/brigands) who roam Kurnark. The best location is a cave off the NW coastal beach of Field of Bone, it has 12 spawns in a small area on 6:40 respawn. Another option is a few sets of ruins in Warsliks Woods and could be multi-tasked with goblins. They are also roaming all over Field of Bone<br>
'''OR'''<br>
If non KOS, can tell an Iksar hermit in West Cab "I am a great sorcerer" and get free Brood faction.<br>
If KOS a monk can Invis behind him, Sneak and still trigger text to gain faction but will gain aggro<br>
You can create a macro to trigger the quest text, and immediately Feign Death before you get hit (if it doesnt fail!)
 /stand
 /pause 1
 /say I am a great sorcerer
 /doability X (Feign Death)

===Iksar Shadowknights===

* Faction name: [[Crusaders of Greenmist]]
* Applies to: Many of the guards named 'Crusader'.

Turn in thousands of bone chips to Trooper Mozo in FoB.

===Iksar Warriors===

* Faction name: [[Legion of Cabilis]]
* Applies to: All guards named 'Trooper', some 'Crusader'.

Kill goblins in WW and LOIO, or Sarnaks in all outdoor Kunark zones, or rogue iksar (The Forsaken).

Or if you hate the idea of being friends with the wretched invaders over in Firiona Vie, kill explorers in LOIO and turn in their knives.

===Iksar Merchants (banker)===

* Faction name: [[Cabilis Residents]]
* Applies to: Banker, all merchants

Turn in thousands of bone chips to Trooper Mozo in FoB.

=Velious=

Iksar start off the same as everyone else in Velious*. Both dragons and dwarves hate the giants, so they're the easiest ones to raise.

(* exception: certain Rallos Zek worshipers start off dubious to giants, and I believe Veeshan-worshipping bards are dubious to dragons.)

Wolf form in Velious will drop you to KoS until around Kindly or higher.

==Coldain==

Start at Apprehensive.

Kill frost giants (the bearded ones).

==Giants==

Start at bottom of Threatening.

Kill dwarves for frost giant faction. Kill dragons for storm giant faction.

==Claws of Veeshan==

Start at bottom of Threatening.

Kill storm giants (the clean-shaven ones).

==Snowfang Gnolls==

Start at Indifferent.

Kill walruses (Ulthork).

==Otters and Walruses, Eternal Enemies==

* Otters: [[Othmir]] (Start at Indifferent)
* Walruses: [[Ulthork]] (Start at bottom of Threatening)

To raise one, kill the other. The otters are cuter and sell baking supplies and give cool rewards to quests. There is no benefit to being friends with walruses.

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''Credits''
* Gladoree Jamboree <Cracked Staff Artisans> - Author
* Aalderon Crystafire - Faction/Quest Consultant


[[File:Iksarfactiongladoree01.png|thumb|center|Hanging out with the wood elves]]
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