World Of Warcraft Currencies

There are many different currencies in the game of World of Warcraft and if you don't know what they are then you don't know what they'll buy.

There are currencies in PvP, dungeon and raid currencies, currencies specific to cataclysm, archaeology and a few other miscellaneous currencies.

Let's start with the PvP:

Honor Points - These are awarded for controlling Wintergrasp, winning Tol Barad and from completing some PvP related dailies.

Conquest Points - This are the higher tier for PvP content in their rewards. They are earned and ‘bought’ by using the PvE Valor Points, 250 for 250.

Tol Barad Commendation - These are earned by completing daily quests from Hellscream’s Reach and Baradin’s Wardens on Tol Barad (up to 18 per day) and for victories over Tol Barad battles.

Raids and Dungeons (PvE):

Essence of Corrupted Deathwing – These are earned from winning the final encountering Dragon Soul. They are used to purchase epic gems.

Mote of Darkness – You get these when you down any of the other six bosses in Dragon Soul.

Justice Points – You earn these for doing regular dungeons and they have a hard cap of 4000.

Valor Points – These are the higher tier currency for PvE. Random heroic dungeons and raid bosses will grant these.

Archaeology:

Archaeology Fragments – For each survey area you are digging at you will receive 1-3 fragments at three separate dig spots per survey area for a total of approximately 5-9 total fragments per dig site. Each dig site has the races that you can collect and they include Night Elf, Dwarf, Troll, Fossil, Orc, Draenei, Vrykul, Nerubian, and Tol’vir.

Miscellaneous:

Champions Seal – These are earned at the Argent Tournament Grounds in Northrend and are used to buy rares and epic items, mounts, vanity pets, and gear.

Chef’s Award – These are the currency received for doing the cataclysm cooking dailies in either Stormwind, Ironforge, Darnassus, Orgrimmar, Undercity or Thunderbluff.

Dalaran Cooking Award – These can be earned from doing the cooking dailies in Dalaran.

Dalaran Jewelcrafters Token – These are awarded after completion of the Jewelcrafting dailies in Dalaran for WotLK.

Illustrious Jewelcrafter’s Token – These are awarded after completion of the Jewelcrafting dailies in Stormwind for Cataclysm.

Darkmoon Prize Ticket – You can earn up to 145 of these tickets per month, and only available during the Darkmoon Fair. They are earned from doing the various quests at the fair.

Mark of the World Tree – These are ‘marks’ that you must earn once you unlock quests from the quest hubs Regrowth and Molten Front. You can earn 31 marks daily after everything is unlocked.

After they are unlocked, vendors are made available that sell numerous rewards in exchange for gold. The rewards include ilvl 365 epics and vanity pets. You can also purchase Writ of Commendations which increases reputation for capital city factions by 250, and a few more miscellaneous items can be purchased.

There were many many other currencies that the game of World of Warcraft has seen, but they have since been made obsolete with the expansions and patches. This list is current and up to date for the Cataclysm expansion, but you better believe that there will be newer currencies in the jungles and mountains of Pandaria.

World of Warcraft is a game that is enhanced by addons, and many are available that will help you level, make gold, keep track of your belongings and much more.