Timbermaw Hold Reputation in WoW Forever: Route to Exalted

The WoW Forever Timbermaw Hold reputation guide in one breath: you start at 2,500/3,000 Hostile, the intro quests in Felwood open the tunnel, kills on Deadwood and Winterfall furbolgs pay 5 rep each only until Revered, and the final 21,000 points come from turn-ins worth 50 rep per 5 tokens. That is 420 hand-ins, or 2,100 tokens. There is no shortcut, only arithmetic.

The payoff is free passage through Timbermaw Hold, eleven crafting recipes, two agility weapon enchants that hunters and cat druids actually use, and the Defender of the Timbermaw trinket at Exalted. No mount, no attunement, no raid key. Forever keeps the level 60 cap and ships without flying, so the tunnel between Felwood, Winterspring and Moonglade is still a road you walk, not a museum piece.

How to Unlock the Timbermaw Faction

Timbermaw inside the Hold attack on sight until you reach Unfriendly. Killing one of them, even in self defense, costs reputation, so do not bulldoze the tunnel on day one. Walk around it and earn the door.

1. Find Grazle west of the road opposite the Emerald Sanctuary in southern Felwood, around 50, 84, and take Timbermaw Ally.
2. Kill 6 Deadwood Warriors, 6 Deadwood Pathfinders and 6 Deadwood Gardeners in Deadwood Village west of him, then accept Speak to Nafien.
3. Run north to Nafien at 65, 8, right outside the Felwood mouth of the tunnel, and take Deadwood of the North.
4. Clear 6 Deadwood Den Watchers, 6 Deadwood Avengers and 6 Deadwood Shamans in Felpaw Village southwest of Nafien.
5. Accept Speak to Salfa, cross the tunnel once you hit Unfriendly, and meet Salfa outside the Winterspring exit.
6. Take Winterfall Activity and kill 8 Winterfall Shaman, 8 Winterfall Den Watchers and 8 Winterfall Ursa in Winterfall Village far to the east.

The Timbermaw quartermaster location in WoW Forever is the same cave as always. Meilosh sells the recipes from the central junction of the Hold, Gorn One Eye stands beside him with his Honored stock and the Exalted quest, and Kernda takes the ritual totem quests near the middle of the tunnel. Enter from Nafien’s side and follow the main path; you cannot miss a cave full of bears who finally stopped hitting you.

NPC	Location	Why you visit
Grazle	Felwood, around 50, 84	Intro chain and feather turn-ins
Nafien	Felwood, 65, 8, tunnel entrance	Second chain and feather turn-ins
Salfa	Winterspring, outside the tunnel exit	Winterfall chain and bead turn-ins
Meilosh	Central junction inside the Hold	Quartermaster, cloth hand-ins
Gorn One Eye	Central junction inside the Hold	Honored vendor, Exalted quest
Kernda	Middle of the Hold	Ritual totem quests

Reputation Math Nobody Wants to Read

From 2,500 Hostile to Exalted you owe the furbolgs 45,500 points. Regular Deadwood and Winterfall kills pay 5 each until Revered. The WoW Forever reputation grind lives or dies on one detail: which points you get from kills and which you are forced to buy with tokens.

Standing	Points to next	What pays
Hostile (from 2,500)	500	Intro quests and kills
Unfriendly	3,000	Quests, kills, turn-ins
Neutral	3,000	Quests, kills, turn-ins
Friendly	6,000	Kills, turn-ins, cloth quests
Honored	12,000	Kills and turn-ins
Revered	21,000	Turn-ins and named mobs only

A handful of named furbolgs pay more and, according to the Classic baseline data, keep paying after Revered. None of them is fast enough to replace turn-ins.

Mob	Camp	Rep per kill
Overlord Ror	Deadwood Village, Felwood	15
Chieftain Bloodmaw	Felpaw Village, Felwood	15
Ragepaw (rare elite)	Deadwood Village, Felwood	25
High Chief Winterfall (elite)	Winterfall Village, Winterspring	25
Grizzle Snowpaw (rare elite)	Winterfall Village, Winterspring	25

Bank every feather and bead until kill reputation stops at Revered. Turn-ins pay the same at any standing, but every early hand-in pushes you into Revered sooner, and every furbolg you kill after that point is worth zero. Hoarding converts thousands of kills into free rep. Turning tokens in early is donating your evenings to a bear.

Fastest Route to Exalted

The fastest Timbermaw exalted WoW Forever route is not clever, just ordered. Quests first for the one-time rep and the right to turn in, kills with a full bank until Revered, then one long walk to the turn-in NPCs.

1. Finish the Grazle, Nafien and Salfa chains before farming anything, because feathers and beads are useless until those quests unlock the turn-ins.
2. Loot a Deadwood Ritual Totem from Deadwood furbolgs and hand Deadwood Ritual Totem to Kernda.
3. Kill High Chief Winterfall for the item that starts Winterfall Ritual Totem, also finished at Kernda.
4. At Friendly give Meilosh 30 Runecloth for Runecloth, and tailors add 2 Mooncloth for Sacred Cloth.
5. Grind Felpaw Village or Winterfall Village until kills stop paying, keeping every token in your bags.
6. Dump the bank through Feathers for Grazle, Feathers for Nafien and Beads for Salfa, then farm the remainder.

Humans shave 10% off the whole thing through Diplomacy. Forever adds a second discount: the Legacy tree shown in the BlizzCon build has a Diplomat perk reported at 2% more reputation per rank across 5 ranks. A human alt with Diplomat maxed is the correct character for this job, and everyone else is volunteering for extra hours.

Turn-In Items and Where to Farm Them

Token	Dropped by	Turn in	Rep
Deadwood Headdress Feather	Deadwood furbolgs in Felwood	Grazle or Nafien	50 per 5
Winterfall Spirit Beads	Winterfall furbolgs in Winterspring	Salfa	50 per 5

The Deadwood Headdress Feather farm WoW Forever players should pick is Felpaw Village. It sits a short run from Nafien, so turn-ins cost seconds instead of a zone crossing, and Chieftain Bloodmaw respawns in the middle of your rotation. Deadwood Village near Grazle works too, but Overlord Ror and Ragepaw do not compensate for the walk.

The best Winterfall Spirit Beads farming spot is Winterfall Village east of Everlook. It is dense, drops Runecloth for the Meilosh quest, and holds both 25 rep named mobs. Winterfall Totemic, Winterfall Pathfinder and Winterfall Ambusher packs around Timbermaw Post and the Frostfire Hot Springs are closer to Salfa but thinner. Alliance players can overlap bead farming with the Wintersaber Trainers quest Winterfall Intrusion and grind two factions with one set of corpses.

Rewards by Standing

All Timbermaw Hold rewards in World of Warcraft Forever sit on Meilosh except Gorn One Eye’s two Honored greens and the Exalted trinket. Prices drop each time your standing rises, so buying a Friendly recipe at Friendly is paying the impatience tax.

Standing	Reward	Requirement
Friendly	Recipe: Transmute Earth to Water	Alchemy 275
Friendly	Pattern: Warbear Harness	Leatherworking 275
Friendly	Pattern: Warbear Woolies	Leatherworking 285
Friendly	Formula: Enchant 2H Weapon – Agility	Enchanting 290
Honored	Formula: Enchant Weapon – Agility	Enchanting 290
Honored	Pattern: Might of the Timbermaw	Leatherworking 290
Honored	Pattern: Wisdom of the Timbermaw	Tailoring 290
Honored	Plans: Heavy Timbermaw Belt	Blacksmithing 290
Honored	Furbolg Medicine Pouch from Gorn One Eye	None
Honored	Furbolg Medicine Totem from Gorn One Eye	None
Revered	Pattern: Mantle of the Timbermaw	Tailoring 300
Revered	Pattern: Timbermaw Brawlers	Leatherworking 300
Revered	Plans: Heavy Timbermaw Boots	Blacksmithing 300
Exalted	Defender of the Timbermaw	Quest reward

The Defender of the Timbermaw quest is The Root of All Evil from Gorn One Eye. He hands you a Demon Summoning Torch, you plant it at the mouth of the chief’s cave in Winterfall Village, and a demon named Xandivious shows up to disagree. Bring friends. The trinket summons a furbolg ancestor that fights and heals for a short while.

BiS Rewards and Which Class Wants Them

Item	What it is	Who wants it
Enchant 2H Weapon – Agility	+25 Agility on a two-hander	Hunters on a stat stick, cat druids
Enchant Weapon – Agility	+15 Agility on a one-hander	Rogues and hunters on budget weapons
Mantle of the Timbermaw	Cloth mana regen shoulders	Restoration druids, other healers
Wisdom of the Timbermaw	Cloth mana regen belt	Priests and druid healers
Heavy Timbermaw Belt	Mail attack power belt	Hunters, enhancement shamans
Heavy Timbermaw Boots	Mail attack power boots	Hunters, enhancement shamans
Might of the Timbermaw	Leather Strength and Stamina belt	Feral tanks, leather-friendly melee
Timbermaw Brawlers	Leather Strength gloves	Feral tanks, warriors filling gaps
Warbear Harness and Woolies	Leather chest and legs	Feral druids leveling into tanking

In the old data Mantle of the Timbermaw was a best in slot shoulder for restoration druids in its phase, and the agility enchants lived on hunter weapons for years. Forever merges hit and crit stats and rebuilds every talent tree, so treat these slots as the starting list the beta will argue about, not a verdict carved into a totem.

What Timbermaw Hold Gates

• It gates walking through the Hold between Felwood, Winterspring and Moonglade, which matters more in a version with no flying mounts.
• It gates your first arrival in Everlook on foot, and with it the Winterspring flight path you need for every later visit.
• It gates eleven Meilosh recipes for Alchemy, Enchanting, Leatherworking, Tailoring and Blacksmithing.
• It gates Gorn One Eye’s Honored stock and the Exalted trinket quest.
• It gates no raid, no attunement and no mount, and anyone telling you otherwise is selling a boost.

For the how to get to Winterspring in WoW Forever question: reach Unfriendly, enter at Nafien, cross the bridge, exit at Salfa, then take the Everlook flight path forever after. Alliance players chasing Wintersaber Trainers reputation start here whether they like furbolgs or not.

There is also a quiet Forever bonus. Maxing reputations is one of the Legacy challenge categories reported from the BlizzCon demo, and Classic Plus Timbermaw rep is one of the cheapest Exalteds in the game to set up. Blizzard has not published the full challenge list, so check it in the beta before you grind for points that may not exist.

Timbermaw Lore in Brief

Forever is set in the first year of World of Warcraft, after the Battle of Mount Hyjal and before Molten Core. Its new Mount Hyjal zone shows the mountain healing. Felwood, next door, did not get that memo: the demonic taint left behind by the Legion rotted the forest and the furbolgs living in it.

The Timbermaw are the only furbolg tribe that escaped the corruption, which is why they trust almost nobody. The Deadwood of Felwood and the Winterfall of Winterspring are their own kin, driven mad by fel. Nafien says as much while sending you to kill them, and asks you to spare him the details. The Root of All Evil finally names a culprit, the demon Xandivious, and killing it is the first step of a cure the furbolgs admit will take years.