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Guide to Garrison Followers: Missions, Building Perks, Bodyguards, Acquiring Them
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Garrison Follower Guide
Follower basics
Warlords of Draenor introduces
followers
to World of Warcraft along with garrison. Followers can be thought as garrison companion pets with a twist. They have unique
skill sets
and they can be leveled up to level 100 like the player; at maximum level item levels are unlocked to the followers. More importantly, followers can be sent out to do
garrison missions
which rewards vary from follower experience, gold, vanity items or even to raid-level epic items. From the garrison architect table, followers can also be assigned to your
garrison buildings
for unique bonuses or other benefits like a personal bodyguard! When followers aren't on a mission or working, they hang around in your garrison and you can ask them to come patrol with you. Patrolling followers help you fight monsters within your garrison perimeter, even during
garrison invasions
!
Check out our
missions guide
for more details on the activities your followers can go on, and for our complete set of Garrison resources and guides; from basics to buildings, followers to missions, and much more, check out our
Garrison Hub
!
You can view your followers in the
Followers pane
after getting the garrison. The pane shows everything you need to know about your current followers, like skill set and experience, are they on a mission, working or just idling around in garrison. Followers pane also lists the followers you haven't yet found and some details where to get them.
Note that two "versions" of the followers pane exist: the
Garrison Followers
pane can be accessed
only
from the garrison command table; it allows you to manage your followers and view follower weapon and armor item levels at maximum follower level. The followers pane in
Garrison Report
pane on the other hand is available everywhere but it's only for browsing your followers:
There is no hard cap on the follower limit, but currently there is
a cap of 20 active followers
(
25 if you have
level 3 Barracks
in your garrison
). This cap prevents you from starting new missions if you have more active followers than you are allowed to. You need to reduce your number of active followers back to 20 (
25
) in order to send followers to missions again. You can't dismiss followers so deactivating is the only way to reduce active followers. It is worth mentioning that the
deactivation only becomes available if you have more followers than your current limit allows
. Inactive followers won't lose anything while being on the bench and once per day you can reactivate one of them for . You won't meet them in your garrison grounds either. The status of a follower can be changed from the
Command Table
in Town Hall:
There are several ways to get more followers to join your ranks. However, you can roughly divide followers into two "groups" based on the way how a follower is obtained:
- Followers awarded from quests or obtained some other way from the Warlords of Draenor content
- Followers recruited from the level 2 or higher
Lunarfall Inn
/
Frostwall Tavern
once per week
The difference of those groups is that followers gained from the
Inn/Tavern
are basically randomised followers with pre-generated names and classes and they aren't listed in the followers pane. The followers from the first group are obtained always the same way thus they are more static. If you are missing some of these follower, you can always check your followers pane which ones you can still recruit. But before delving more in how to get followers, lets first see what makes the followers tick.
Quality
Followers come with
abilities
and
traits
. Abilities are to used to counter enemy
threats
in garrison missions and traits give followers different bonuses or special counters for missions or allows them to be assigned into a level 2 garrison building. Every follower will have at least one ability and one trait. The
quality
of a follower defines how many abilities and traits it is possible for the follower to have:
Uncommon
1 ability, 1 trait
Rare
1 ability, 2 traits
Epic
2 abilities, 3 traits
Legendary
3 abilities, 3 traits
Currently there is only one
legendary
follower in the game and no means to get more of them.
The quality definitions apply to both to the predefined followers who are obtained always the same way (
from quest/achievement/etc.
) and to the followers acquired from the
Lunarfall Inn / Frostwall Tavern
. The predefined followers have always
at least one fixed ability
and sometimes they might also have a fixed trait. The remaining free ability or trait slots allowed by quality are always randomized upon obtaining a follower or when the follower's quality gets upgraded. Followers from Inn/Tavern work the same way: they'll have the ability or trait which you chose and the rest of the skill set will be randomized.
For instance, lets take a look at the famous
Nat Pagle
. His skill set consists of
Eiskältefalle
(
ability
)
Angler
(
trait
)
By definition, a rare follower has one ability and two traits. Nat has only one of each, so when you manage to get him join to your garrison, he will get a random second trait. Further, when Nat gets upgraded to epic quality, he will gain one random ability and one random trait more!
Quality upgrades
It is possible for a
predefined follower
to come as better quality as they would normally be, just like with item upgrades. When a follower is gained, there's a chance that they will be upgraded to a higher quality (
also applies to the followers bought from the faction vendors
). So if you are lucky, an uncommon follower can directly get upgraded to an epic follower! The extra ability and traits gained from the upgrade are randomized at the same time.
There's no need to worry or ditch the poor follower if they don't receive the epic-quality random upgrade. Because after reaching level 100, the non-epic followers continue to
gain experience to upgrade their quality
for better. So an uncommon follower gets first upgraded to rare and eventually to epic-quality follower. Note that
it isn't possible
to bump a follower to legendary quality the same way.
Finally, there's one item in-game which will instantly upgrade a follower to epic-quality.
Die Halskette des Klingenmeisters
is a reward from the final questline in the weekly garrison campaign, but use it wisely as the item can only be used once. Learn more from the Garrison campaign and it's rewards from the
Wowhead's guide
.
Note
: The level 1 bonus from
Dwarven Bunker
/
War Mill
does not
affect to the chance to get a random quality upgrade for a follower. (
source
)
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Race and class
Every follower will naturally have a race and a class with talent specialization. By default, follower's
race
doesn't have any impact on mission outcome (
especially on single follower missions
) but with a proper trait it can help completing a mission requiring a party. For instance, when
follower A
is a worgen and is partied up with
follower B
having
Hündischer Begleiter
which, in this case, increases the chance to win the mission. Some followers come with a race from the non-playable races in World of Warcraft.
The class and talent specialization defines what kind of class-related abilities are available to a follower when an ability is being randomly rolled to them. The amount of available abilities per class varies to some extent. Within a class there are usually some abilities which every talent specialization can get and abilities which only certain spec can have. While there are almost 80 different abilities, there are only nine enemy threats that needs to be countered. This means there will be several classes out there being able to counter some certain enemy threat.
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Abilities and threats
The main purpose of
abilities
is to counter enemy
threats
in the missions. In a mission there can be up to three enemies and each of these enemies can have up to three threats that needs to be countered in order to complete the mission bonus objective with a higher chance of success. The game will roll each opponent separately in order and
if any of these rolls fail, the mission bonus objective also fails
.
Of course there are also other factors that contribute to the success chance, namely
traits
,
follower level
and later on
item level
. Missions mechanics aren't part of this guide but it's worth mentioning that
if follower's level is lower than the enemy's
, the abilities and traits from that follower contribute less to the mission success chance. These low-level followers will also gain less XP from the missions - down to 10% if the difference is 3 or more. In this case, the follower
won't counter any threats
either. The same thing applies at maximum level when item levels come into the equation:
if the follower's item level is below the enemy's item level
, the follower's
contribution to mission success
starts to diminish along with the experience gain. In both cases, the player is informed with an -icon in the mission screen if they are about to send a low-level follower to a mission.
Abilities
are used to counter the following threats:
Danger Zones
Deadly Minions
Group Damage
Magic Debuff
Massive Strike
Minion Swarms
Powerful Spell
Timed Battle
Wild Aggression
If a garrison has 10 or more followers, either of the followers panes will show a row of clickable icons for each threat. These icons will tell how many followers in the roster can counter the respective threat. It is also possible to filter followers with these icons to show only followers which can counter the selected threat.
In the next sub-section are all the abilities currently available to each class and what threats those abilities counter. If an ability is limited only to certain talent specialization, an icon equivalent to that talent spec is shown after the ability. All abilities are based on the respective playable class so they follow the general concept of a class or talent specialization. For example, rogue followers don't have taunt-like abilities to counter
Wild Aggression
or restoration shaman followers can't have
Aszendenz
unlike enhancement and elemental shaman followers.
Follower's abilities can be rerolled with
Umschulungszertifikat für Anhänger
and
Fähigkeitsumschulung für Anhänger
. Both items are acquired from various missions and the latter can also be purchased from the level 3 Garrison quartermaster (
Unteroffizier Krähler
/
Unteroffizier Grimmkinn
) for 1,000
Garnisonsressourcen
. Please note that
Umschulungszertifikat für Anhänger
will also reroll the follower's
traits
.
Follower class abilities:
Deathknight abilities
Ability name:
Counters:
Antimagische Hülle
( )
Magic Debuff
Knochenschild
( )
Massive Strike
Dunkler Befehl
Wild Aggression
Tod und Verfall
Minion Swarms
Runenwaffe verstärken
Timed Battle
Gedankenfrost
Powerful Spell
= Blood
= Frost
= Unholy
Druid abilities
Ability name:
Counters:
Baumrinde
( )
Massive Strike
Berserker
( )
Timed Battle
Himmlische Ausrichtung
( )
Timed Battle
Spurt
( )
Danger Zones
Wucherwurzeln
( )
Deadly Minions
Knurren
( )
Wild Aggression
Hurrikan
( )
Minion Swarms
Anregen
*
Timed Battle
Heilung der Natur
( )
Magic Debuff
Wildwuchs
( )
Group Damage
= Balance
= Feral
= Guardian
= Restoration
*
= Can only be obtained while looking for Timed Battle counters from
Inn / Tavern
.
Hunter abilities
Ability name:
Counters:
Gegenschuss
( )
Powerful Spell
Abschreckung
( )
Massive Strike
Rückzug
Danger Zones
Totstellen
( )
Wild Aggression
Eiskältefalle
Deadly Minions
Mehrfachschuss
Minion Swarms
Schnellfeuer
Timed Battle
= Beast Mastery
= Marksmanship
= Survival
Mage abilities
Ability name:
Counters:
Blinzeln
( )
Danger Zones
Blizzard
( )
Minion Swarms
Essen herbeizaubern
( )
*
Timed Battle
Gegenzauber
Powerful Spell
Eisblock
( )
Massive Strike
Verwandlung
Deadly Minions
Zeitkrümmung
Timed Battle
= Arcane
= Fire
= Frost
*
= Can only be obtained while looking for Timed Battle counters from
Inn / Tavern
.
Monk abilities
Ability name:
Counters:
Chiwelle
( )
Group Damage
Entgiftung
( )
Magic Debuff
Belebendes Gebräu
( )
Timed Battle
Schutz
( )
Massive Strike
Manatee
( )
*
Timed Battle
Paralyse
( )
Deadly Minions
Provokation
( )
Wild Aggression
Rollen
Danger Zones
Speerhandstoß
( )
Powerful Spell
= Brewmaster
= Mistweaver
= Windwalker
*
= Can only be obtained while looking for Timed Battle counters from
Inn / Tavern
.
Paladin abilities
Ability name:
Counters:
Zornige Vergeltung
( )
Timed Battle
Läuterung
( )
Magic Debuff
Göttliche Bitte
( )
*
Timed Battle
Gottesschild
( )
Massive Strike
Göttlicher Sturm
( )
Minion Swarms
Heiliges Strahlen
( )
Group Damage
Zurechtweisung
Powerful Spell
Abrechnung
( )
Wild Aggression
Buße
Deadly Minions
= Holy
= Protection
= Retribution
*
= Can only be obtained while looking for Timed Battle counters from
Inn / Tavern
.
Priest abilities
Ability name:
Counters:
Magiebannung
Magic Debuff
Gedankenkontrolle
( )
Deadly Minions
Glaubenssprung
Danger Zones
Gedankenexplosion
( )
Minion Swarms
Seele der Macht
( )
Timed Battle
Gebet der Heilung
( )
Group Damage
Schattengeist
( )
*
Timed Battle
= Discipline
= Holy
= Shadow
*
= Can only be obtained while looking for Timed Battle counters from
Inn / Tavern
.
Rogue abilities
Ability name:
Counters:
Entrinnen
( )
Massive Strike
Dolchfächer
( )
Minion Swarms
Tritt
Powerful Spell
Todesurteil
( )
Timed Battle
Kopfnuss
Deadly Minions
Sprinten
Danger Zones
= Assassination
= Combat
= Subtlety
Shaman abilities
Ability name:
Counters:
Aszendenz
( )
Timed Battle
Kettenheilung
Group Damage
Kettenblitzschlag
Minion Swarms
Geisterwolf
( )
Danger Zones
Verhexen
( )
Deadly Minions
Geistreinigung
( )
Magic Debuff
Wasserschild
( )
*
Timed Battle
Windstoß
( )
Powerful Spell
= Elemental
= Enhancement
= Restoration
*
= Can only be obtained while looking for Timed Battle counters from
Inn / Tavern
.
Warlock abilities
Ability name:
Counters:
Blutsauger
( )
Group Damage
Furcht
( )
Deadly Minions
Metamorphose
( )
Timed Battle
Feuerregen
( )
Minion Swarms
Magie versengen
( )
Magic Debuff
Zaubersperre
Powerful Spell
Höllenbestie beschwören
Timed Battle
Erbarmungslose Entschlossenheit
( )
Massive Strike
= Affliction
= Demonology
= Destruction
Warrior abilities
Ability name:
Counters:
Spalten
Minion Swarms
Heldenhafter Sprung
Danger Zones
Zuschlagen
Powerful Spell
Tollkühnheit
( )
Timed Battle
Schildwall
( )
Massive Strike
Spott
( )
Wild Aggression
= Arms
= Fury
= Protection
It's worth to mention that in some rare cases it is possible for some certain classes and specializations to get two abilities to counter the same certain threat. For example, a demonology warlock follower can get
Höllenbestie beschwören
and
Metamorphose
which both counter Timed Battle. While this can be annoying, it isn't necessarily a bad thing as some of the high item levels missions can have threats which need to be countered more than once like in
Hochfelsschlachtzug
.
Wowhead's garrison
follower search
can be really helpful when looking for certain threat counters if you don't want to spent much time figuring out which class & spec combo are you after. It offers various filters which can narrow down the results in several ways. For example, you can easily look for
followers
who can counter both Wild Aggression and Powerful Spell and who aren't recruited from the
Inn / Tavern
.
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Traits
Traits
grant followers special perks or bonuses and they aren't tied to the follower's class. Traits can also affect the mission success chance as each mission has an extra condition which can be countered with traits. This condition is said on the
Type
in the mission screen and it's either a
race
or a
terrain
that needs to be countered. Countering it doesn't have as steep impact on mission success rate as countering the enemy threats but it can make a difference. There are also other special traits,
Party buffs
, which help boosting your mission success rate or shorten the mission duration for example. Like with abilities, if a follower is too low-level compared to the enemy, traits won't counter the mission type nor party buffs will be active.
Followers can also have
Profession traits
like
Bergbau
. Most of the level 2 and 3 garrison buildings allows you to assign a follower to them if the follower has the proper trait for it.
Assigning a follower
to a building grants some
extra benefits
to the building. These benefits vary depending on the profession. For example, most of the times assigned follower increases the building's work order output, but it can also give you access to some special bonus items or daily quests. Followers with a profession trait also boosts the success chance in the respective profession missions.
Follower assignment
(
and removal
) to buildings is done from your garrison
Architect Table
. Placing or removing followers is free and there is no cooldown for either action.
On top of those,
Leibwächter
trait allows a follower to be assigned to
level 2 or higher Barracks
. The follower will then work with you in the field, helping you to kill mobs. These followers will also have
special follower reputation
which can be raised by killing enemies that yield XP. Higher reputation unlocks some nifty perks like
Windspeaker
to your disposal.
Follower's non-permanent (
see below
) traits can be rerolled with
Umschulungszertifikat für Anhänger
and
Eigenschaftsumschulung für Anhänger
. Both items are acquired from various missions and the latter can also be purchased from the level 3 Garrison quartermaster (
Unteroffizier Krähler
/
Unteroffizier Grimmkinn
) for 1,000
Garnisonsressourcen
. Please note that
Umschulungszertifikat für Anhänger
will also reroll the follower's
abilities
. Further, there exists
several items
which will randomly replace one of the follower's current traits with the new trait.
Trait restrictions and exceptions
There are no limitations to traits class-wise as in no trait is limited only to some certain class. Race-wise you can get
Zwergischen Ursprungs
to a dwarf etc. but the trait's effect won't trigger from the follower itself. You can also get Racial Preference traits for races from the opposing faction.
A handful of traits are
limited
to certain followers. For example,
Leibwächter
comes only on
certain followers
and
Immergrün
exists only on
Phylarch the Evergreen
. These traits won't appear randomly on any other follower, let it be some predefined follower or a recruit from the Inn/Tavern.
Over half of the limited traits are also
permanent traits
. When a trait is marked as permanent, it can't be removed from a follower no matter what. This an useful feature especially when using the
follower related items
which modify follower traits. For example, you don't have to worry about losing
Leibwächter
when rerolling your bodyguards skill set with
Umschulungszertifikat für Anhänger
.
Among the limited and permanent traits, there are also
exclusive traits
. A follower can't ever have more than one exclusive trait out of all the other exclusive traits. These kind of traits are almost solely profession traits with few other traits so you can can forget of having a follower with three profession traits!
Note
: exclusive traits appear only as the
first
trait. This means that if your uncommon or rare follower didn't initially have an exclusive trait, they won't get one upon quality upgrades either.
Besides those few exceptions above, every follower can get any trait when a random trait is being rolled, let it be a follower from Inn/Tavern or some quest reward follower with non-fixed traits. Below are all such traits followers can have (
other traits do exist but followers can't get them
).
Follower traits:
Increased Rewards
traits boost your yields from mission rewards.
Trait name:
Description:
Zusätzliches Training
Increases the experience gained from a mission for all followers by 35%.
Schneller Lerner
Increases the experience this follower gains from a mission by 50%.
Wiederverwertung
Increases the garrison resources gained from a mission by 100%.
Note:
works despite the follower being out of enemy (
item
) level range!
Extremplünderer
Increases the gold gained from a mission by 100%.
Profession
traits allows assigning followers in garrison buildings which grant
various benefits
to the player.
Trait name:
Description:
Alchemie
Offers various Alchemy benefits when assigned to the Alchemy Lab, and increases success chance on Alchemy missions.
Schmiedekunst
Can reduce your durability damage and increase work order output when assigned to the Forge, and increases success chance on Blacksmithing missions.
Verzauberkunst
Offers a variety of enchanting benefits when assigned to the Enchanter's Study, and increases success chance on Enchanting missions.
Ingenieurskunst
Sells engineering gadgets and boosts work orders when assigned to the Engineering Works, and increases success chance on Engineering missions.
Kräuterkunde
Grants herbalism benefits and boosts work orders when assigned to the Herb Garden.
Inschriftenkunde
Allows you create special documents and boosts work orders when assigned to the Scribe's Quarters, and increases success chance on Inscription missions.
Juwelierskunst
Offers a variety of Jewelcrafting benefits when assigned to the Gem Boutique, and increases success chance on Jewelcrafting missions.
Lederverarbeitung
Can craft tents and boost work orders when assigned to the Tannery, and increases success chance on Leatherworking missions.
Bergbau
Unlocks mining carts and boosts work order production when assigned to the Mine.
Kürschnerei
Boosts work order production based on follower level while assigned to the Barn.
Schneiderei
Offers a variety of tailoring benefits when assigned to the Tailoring Emporium, and increases success chance on Tailoring missions.
(all profession traits are
exclusive
traits)
Slayer
traits are used to counter certain enemy race stated on the mission type.
Trait name:
Counters:
Wildtiertöter
Beast
Dämonentöter
Demon
Zorntöter
Fury
Gronntöter
Breaker
Ogertöter
Ogre
Orctöter
Orc
Ursprünglichentöter
Primal
Krallentöter
Arakkoa
Leerentöter
UndeadAberration
Environment Preference
traits are used to counter the environment stated on the mission type.
Trait name:
Counters:
Höhlenbewohner
Underground
Kaltblütig
Snow
Guerillakrieger
Jungle
Marschenläufer
Swamp
Bergsteiger
Mountains
Naturalist
Forest
Ebenenläufer
Plains
Ödlandbewohner
Desert
Racial Preference
traits increases mission success chance when a follower is partied up with another follower with a certain race.
Trait name:
Description:
Verbündeter von Argus
Increases success chance when on a mission with a draenei.
Bräuliebhaber
Increases success chance when on a mission with a pandaren.
Hündischer Begleiter
Increases success chance when on a mission with a worgen.
Kind Draenors
Increases success chance when on a mission with an orc.
Kind des Mondes
Increases success chance when on a mission with a night elf.
Vom Tod fasziniert
Increases success chance when on a mission with an undead.
Zwergischen Ursprungs
Increases success chance when on a mission with a dwarf.
Ökonom
Increases success chance when on a mission with a goblin.
Elfenfreund
Increases success chance when on a mission with a blood elf.
Freund der Gnome
Increases success chance when on a mission with a gnome.
Humanist
Increases success chance when on a mission with a human.
Totemträger
Increases success chance when on a mission with a tauren.
Voodoozelot
Increases success chance when on a mission with a troll.
Wildling
*
Increases success chance when on a mission with a beastly companion - ONLY from
Wild auf Wildlinge
.
Mechaniker
*
Increases success chance when on a mission with a construct or machine - ONLY from
Voll auf Liebe programmiert
.
Ornithologe
*
Increases success chance when on a mission with an arakkoa - ONLY from
Mit den Arakkoa auf du und du
.
Ogerkumpel
*
Increases success chance when on a mission with an ogre - ONLY from
Gut Freund mit Ogern
.
* = Be warned that applying this trait
will REPLACE a random non-permanent trait
from the follower it is applied on!
Mission Duration
traits are related to the mission time.
Trait name:
Description:
Kraftspurt
Increases success chance on missions with duration shorter than 6 hours.
Episches Reittier
Reduces mission time by 50%.
Note:
works despite the follower being out of enemy (
item
) level range!
Große Ausdauer
Increases success chance on missions with duration longer than 6 hours.
Geschwindigkeit des Lichts
*
Reduces mission time by 50% - ONLY from
Sonnenberührte Feder von Rukhmar
.
Note:
works despite the follower being out of enemy (
item
) level range!
* = Be warned that applying this trait
will REPLACE a random non-permanent trait
from the follower it is applied on!
Miscellanous traits.
Trait name:
Description:
Einsamer Wolf
Increases success chance when on a mission alone.
Meisterassassine
Greatly increases success chance against all targets - exclusive to
Garona die Halborcin
.
Mentor
Accompanying followers gain this follower's combat effectiveness - exclusive to
Harrison Jones
.
Tänzer
*
Partially counters Danger Zones - ONLY from
Der ultimative Tanzleitfaden
Hearthstone-Profi
*
Party members gain experience 35% more quickly - ONLY from
Hearthstone-Strategieführer
* = Be warned that applying this trait
will REPLACE a random non-permanent trait
from the follower it is applied on!
It is worth mentioning that some of the traits above aren't unique i.e. their effect stacks. These traits are all Racial Preference traits and most of the Party Buffs. So basically having two followers with
Hündischer Begleiter
in a party with a worgen follower, increases the mission success rate respectively from the both racial traits.
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Building assignment
Followers with approriate (
profession
) traits can be assigned to the respective level 2 and 3 buildings in your garrison for extra bonuses, like stated in the
traits section
above. As a general bonus
for level 100 followers
, the follower will always
double the yield from work orders for small profession buildings
when a follower is assigned to a building. The chance to get double yield per work order is dependent on the follower level:
50% chance at follower level 90, 100% at level 100
. Follower quality however doesn't affect to the bonus. For other garrison buildings, the bonus to the work order yield varies (
Lumber Mill for example gets 50% more to the yield
).
By default for profession buildings, single work order creates one special crafting ingredient, like
Alchemischer Katalysator
. With a level 100 follower assigned to the respective building, the yield is naturally two per finished work order. For the bonus chance, the follower's presence in the building
is checked on when the work order completes
. Thus it's worthwhile to keep a follower permanently assigned to building since workers also gain experience from every completed work order (
1,800 XP per order at follower level 100
). This XP is applied upon retrieving the work order(s).
NOTE: The XP gain from work orders is currently bugged (25.2.); the experience isn't awarded sometimes at all to the working follower when retrieving work orders.
It's useful to level up followers with profession traits to maximize the work order yield so the experience gained from work orders is needed to help leveling assigned followers because when a follower is working on some building, they can't be send out for missions.
Assigning followers to buildings
A follower is assigned to a building from the
Architect Table
found from the garrison Town Hall. You'll first need to click the building you want to place a worker; the building description appears to the top part of the window along with a new button. When you click the button, you are presented the followers eligible for the assignment to the building in question on the left side of the window. After you click some follower, their portrait is now shown in the button you clicked earlier. This tells you the follower is now working in the selected building.
Removing
the worker works the similar way; you first select a building from the
Architect Table
which then displays the worker who is currently working in that building. You will notice a small cancel sign icon () next to the follower's portrait. Clicking this icon will remove the worker from the building.
There are no cost or cooldown when assigning followers to buildings or removing them from buildings.
Additional building benefits from assigning followers
It was mentioned earlier that when a follower is assigned to a small profession building, they will double the work order yield (
at follower level 100
) and gives some extra yields to other buildings' work orders. Assigned followers grant almost always some other benefits to the player as well. It's worth mentioning that these benefits are also available to players visiting your garrison. For example, if you have assigned a follower to the Enchanter's Study, your visitors can get some special glow to their weapons as well!
Below is listed plot-wise what are the bonuses for assigning a follower to some certain building and what predefined followers have the trait needed for the assignment.
Note
: Unless excluded specifically, you can also recruit more followers with the profession trait in question from the
Inn / Tavern
for your needs.
Alchemy Lab
Related trait:
Alchemie
Benefits:
A daily quest which rewards some random potions and elixirs from
Alchemieexperiment
.
Follower(s):
Bruma Swiftstone
(
Shadowmoon Valley
)
Mulverick
(
Frostfire Ridge
)
Enchanter's Study
Related trait:
Verzauberkunst
Benefits:
Various
visual
weapon enchants,
the full list of enchants
.
Follower(s):
Ahm
(
Talador
)
Engineering Works
Related trait:
Ingenieurskunst
Benefits:
A vendor who sells the following gadgets:
Walter
,
GUMM-E
,
Gnomischer Netzwerfer
,
Gyrostrahlenreflektor
and
Hochspannungsreflektor
.
Follower(s):
Apprentice Artificer Andren
(
Shadowmoon Valley
)
Kimzee Pinchwhistle
(
Spires of Arak
)
Gem Boutique
Related trait:
Juwelierskunst
Benefits:
A set of daily quests
, rewarding
Bezahlung für Juwelierskunst
which contains .
Follower(s):
Artificer Romuul
(
Shadowmoon Valley
)
Olin Umberhide
(
Frostfire Ridge
)
Scribe's Quarters
Related trait:
Inschriftenkunde
Benefits:
Possibility to create merchant orders with
Draenorlieferschein
. Combining two of the same partial receipts will creater either
Lieferschein
or
Großauftrag
. The former contains ~ and the latter ~. Both orders also include a set of food and/or
Teufelsversengter Foliant
.
Follower(s):
Admiral Taylor
(
Spires of Arak
)
Benjamin Gibb
(
Spires of Arak
)
Tailoring Emporium
Related trait:
Schneiderei
Benefits:
Chance to craft two battle standards:
-
Fearsome Battle Standard
: 8 yard AoE doing 5,000 damage every 3s for 1 min.
-
Inspiring Battle Standard
: 30% to maximum HP to allies within 8 yards for 1 min.
(Alliance and Horde standards don't differ)
Follower(s):
Pleasure-Bot 8000
(
Talador
)
The Forge
Related trait:
Schmiedekunst
Benefits:
Use of two buffs from the working follower:
-
Das Lied des Ambosses
: No weapon or armor durability loss from use for 4 hours.
-
Zuspruch der Schmiede
: A chance to summon
Wächter der Schmiede
to help you in combat while Draenor outdoor zones for 4 hours.
Follower(s):
Rulkan
(
Shadowmoon Valley
)
Weaponsmith Na'Shra
(
Frostfire Ridge
)
The Tannery
Related trait:
Lederverarbeitung
Benefits:
A collection of tents which will provide you 10% to all stats for one hour if you stayed in tent for 10 seconds,
the full list of tents
. It takes 25
Rohes Tierleder
to craft one tent.
Follower(s):
Shelly Hamby
(
Shadowmoon Valley
)
Ka'la
(
Frostfire Ridge
)
Barn
Related trait:
Kürschnerei
Benefits:
No other benefits in addition to the work order bonus.
Follower(s):
Hulda Shadowblade
(
Spires of Arak
) -
Brewery outpost needed
Dark Ranger Velonara
(
Spires of Arak
) -
Brewery outpost needed
Goldmane the Skinner
(
Nagrand
)
Lumber Mill
Related trait:
Immergrün
Benefits:
Additional 10x
Garnisonsressourcen
per work order (
a total of 30 per work order
).
Follower(s):
Phylarch the Evergreen
(
Garrison
)
Note:
No follower recruited from the Inn/Tavern can get
Immergrün
, Phylarch is the
only follower
you can assign to the Lumber Mill!
Barracks
Related trait:
Leibwächter
Benefits:
Access to
bodyguards
who will help you in combat in Draenor outdoor zones and offer special perks.
Follower(s):
Five for each faction,
full list of them
in the Bodyguards section.
Note:
No follower recruited from the Inn/Tavern can get
Leibwächter
!
Fishing Shack
Related trait:
Angler
Benefits:
Allows to catch Lunkers without a bait. Lunkers can be turned in for
Nats Glücksmünze
which are a currency for several fishing-related items sold by Nat.
Follower(s):
Nat Pagle
(
Garrison
)
Note:
No follower recruited from the Inn/Tavern can get
Angler
, Nat is the
only follower
you can assign to the Fishing Shack!
Herb Garden
Related trait:
Kräuterkunde
Benefits:
Ability to also grow some
certain herb
instead of random herbs in your Herb Garden. The choice is made by talking to
Naron Blütendorn
/
Tarnon
. Also, the follower must be assigned to the building
before
the daily node reset.
Follower(s):
Fiona
(
Shadowmoon Valley
)
Shadow Hunter Rala
(
Frostfire Ridge
)
Lunalfall Excavation / Frostwall Mines
Related trait:
Bergbau
Benefits:
No other benefits in addition to the work order bonus.
Note:
The trait tooltip states "
Unlocks mining carts
" but currently the carts come with level 2 Mine by default.
Follower(s):
Lantresor of the Blade
(
Nagrand
)
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Leveling and item level
Follower leveling is pretty straight-forward: you send your followers to missions and they gain experience until they reach the next level, up to level 100. At maximum level item level 600 is set to every follower and followers continue to accumulate experience if their quality is uncommon or rare. After reaching the next
Upgrade level
, their quality is upgraded by a notch, up to epic. Beyond epic quality, a follower doesn't gain anything from the gained experience.
All the followers in a mission will always get the base mission experience
. Even if the mission fails and you won't get the extra mission reward, you won't still leave empty-handed. Of course you'll want successfully complete the missions for their various rewards but sometimes you can test your luck and send a follower to a mission without a proper counter ability if you want the base XP. Keep in mind though, that
any follower whose level is below the enemy level won't gain the full experience from the mission
. This level difference penalty affects both to the base experience and to the follower XP rewards. At first the XP gain is halved and if the difference becomes 3 or more, only 10% of the gained experience is rewarded from that mission to the follower. This means, for instance, that even though you can carry lowbie followers in party missions with your level 100 crew, they'll gain substantially less from them. If you are about to send a low-level follower to a mission, an indicator of this is shown in the mission screen.
Followers assigned as workers to garrison buildings accumulate experience too. Every completed work order yields the follower some experience based on their level (
1,800 XP per order at follower level 100
). This experience is applied to the follower upon retrieving the work order(s).
NOTE: The XP gain from work orders is currently bugged (25.2.); the experience isn't awarded sometimes at all to the working follower when retrieving work orders.
There are few traits which boost the follower XP gain, namely
Schneller Lerner
,
Zusätzliches Training
and
Hearthstone-Profi
.
Episches Reittier
and
Geschwindigkeit des Lichts
indirectly also boosts the experience gain since less time spent in missions equals more missions! Lastly,
awards
Foliant des Wissens
which is a one-time 2,000 XP boost to a follower.
It's good to keep in mind while leveling your followers that the levels of your followers affect what level missions will be generated to your Command Table. If you have a follower in the level range
90-94
, level 90-94 missions will be generated and likewise, having a follower in the level range
95-99
, guarantees that level 95-99 missions will be available. The same goes with level 100 and actually applies later on to item levels as well; getting a follower to a certain item level threshold (
615/630/645/660/675
), unlocks missions from that tier and makes them appear on the mission pool every now and then. Note that level 95-99 missions continues to appear despite having all your active followers at level 100.
Here's the current
follower experience table
(
thanks to Kurogasa
):
Level:
XP needed:
Total XP:
91
400
(400)
92
800
(1,200)
93
1,200
(2,400)
94
1,600
(4,000)
95
2,000
(6,000)
96
3,000
(9,000)
97
3,500
(12,500)
99
4,000
(16,500)
99
5,400
(21,900)
100
6,000
(27,900)
Rare
60,000
(87,900)
Epic
120,000
(207,900)
The last two rows indicate how much experience is needed to upgrade your follower from uncommon to rare or from rare to epic.
Item level
Each follower has
weapon
and
armor
item levels which both start at
item level 600
and can be raised
up to 675
. After a follower has reached level 100, the item level becomes visible in the followers pane (
only in the Command Table view
) and you can start raising follower's
item level
which is
the average
of weapon and armor item levels. Higher item level unlocks more difficult missions for your followers. These new missions are unlocked once one of your followers has reached item level 615, 630, 645 and finally 660. Two of latter tiers unlock rare raid missions that award raid-level gear from
Cache of Highmaul Treasures
and
Blackrock Foundry Spoils
. A handful of
item level 675 missions
exist too, but unlike previous tiers, they don't award epic items.
Note that similar restriction applies to item level which affects to the follower level:
if the follower's item level is below the enemy's item level
, the follower becomes gradually deadweight in the mission; their experience gain starts to diminish and they contribute less to the mission success chance. Follower is useless against opponents when item level difference is 15 or more item levels. An icon is also displayed in the mission screen to indicate this.
Raising your followers item level is done with the following items:
Weapon enhancements
Ausgeglichene Waffenverbesserung
Spürbare Waffenverbesserung
Extreme Waffenverbesserung
Kriegsverheerte Waffe
Waffe des Schwarzfelsklans
Blutbedeckte Waffe
Sanketsu
(
sets weapon item level to 655
)
Armor enhancements
Versteifte Rüstungsverbesserung
Verstärkte Rüstungsverbesserung
Schwer bewehrte Rüstungsverbesserung
Kriegsverheertes Rüstungsset
Rüstungsset des Schwarzfels
Blutbedecktes Rüstungsset
Follower
weaponry and armor sets
(like
Waffe des Schwarzfelsklans
) are acquired from the following sources:
Awarded occasionally from missions.
Acquired randomly from the level 2 or higher
Dwarven Bunker
/
War Mill
work orders (
costs 20
Garnisonsressourcen
).
Follower
weapon and armor enhancements
(like
Extreme Waffenverbesserung
) are acquired from the following sources:
Looted from
Kiste mit Bergungsgut
/
Große Kiste mit Bergungsgut
which are randomly received from
level 95-99 missions
if you have level 2 or 3
Salvage Yard
(
successful level 100 mission will
always
award a crate
).
Acquired randomly from the level 2 or higher
Dwarven Bunker
/
War Mill
work orders (
costs 20x
Garnisonsressourcen
).
It is also possible to obtain
Waffenverbesserungsmarke
and
Rüstungsverbesserungsmarke
which can be any of the items mentioned above. You can get these tokens from certain missions and they are also awarded from the level 3
Dwarven Bunker
/
War Mill
daily quest
Schrottschmelze
/
Schrottschmelze
which requires 25
Rüstungsteile der Eisernen Horde
.
Items offer your followers one-time boost to the item level as described when used. To use one, first use the item and then target the follower's model from the either of the follower panes. A confirmation prompt will appear to ensure you won't upgrade a wrong follower. You
can't use
upgrades on followers who are currently on a mission. Upgrade items can't either be used after reaching the
maximum item level
which is currently
675
.
Boosting the item level also upgrades your followers' weapons visually. The higher the item level, the fancier the weapon follower wields is. It's currently unknown what weapons followers can gain as upgrades and what followers are eligible for upgrades as every follower doesn't seem to get new weapons on higher item levels. Note that using
Sanketsu
on a follower doesn't affect the weapon appearance of that follower.
Follower level and item level effects to missions
Below is a recap how higher or lower follower level and item level affect to followers in missions when compared to the enemy.
Level difference:
Item level difference: *
Impact on mission:
1+
1+
Normal experience gain
Abilities & Traits counter Threats
Bonus to mission success chance
0
0
Normal experience gain
Abilities & Traits counter Threats
- 1-2
- 1-14
Experience gain
halved
Abilities & Traits counter Threats
Gradual penalty to mission success chance
-3 or less
-15 or less
10% experience gain
Abilities & Traits don't count
Most party buffs and such aren't active
* = When follower is at level 100
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Bodyguards
Certain followers (
and only them
) have the
Leibwächter
trait. This allows the follower to be
assigned
to level 2 or higher
Kaserne Stufe 2
in your garrison. When stationed there, the follower stands just outside the barracks entrance where you can go pick him as a personal bodyguard!
The follower will accompany you to
Draenor zones
and help you fight monsters (
bodyguards won't follow you into instances, scenarios or battlegrounds
). You can't however control what they attack (
they should prefer your current target though
) or tell them to stop attacking the current target; you can always try to run away far enough from the follower, when the combat drops, the follower should reappear next to you. Nonetheless, this can be somewhat annoying because being unable to control the follower tends to get them killed and
when a follower dies, it takes them an hour to resurrect at your barracks
. While the timer might feel long, you can always temporarily assign another follower for bodyguard duty from your barracks while waiting for the first one to come back alive.
You don't have to worry about your leveling your bodyguard followers as
their level scales up automatically with the character level
and later on they keep scaling based on the player item level (
note that raising the follower item level
doesn't
affect to the bodyguard's damage output
). In fact, you should mostly see level 100 bodyguards roaming around as assigning one requires
level 2 or higher Barracks
; it can be unlocked while leveling towards level 100 but due to the upgrade resource cost, most players can't probably upgrade Barracks to level 2 that early on. Furthermore, level isn't the only thing bodyguards mimic; when you stealth, they will stealth and if you mount up, they will also jump on a horse (
or kodo
).
When killing enemies
in your level range
(
not indicated as "gray mobs"
) with your bodyguard, the follower will gain
10 reputation
(
can't be increased with guild banners
) towards their personal reputation, kind of like
Die Ackerbauern
NPCs. At the base reputation level (
Bodyguard
) follower uses basic abilities typical to their class. After gaining 10,000 reputation, the second reputation level (
Trusted Bodyguard
) is achieved and your bodyguard will learn a new ability from a quest. The third level (
Personal Wingman
) is reached after another 10k reputation. This unlocks a follower related quest which rewards a new perk to the follower. These perks vary from
a personal mailbox
to
a pocket summoner
. The reputation progress is tracked like any other faction reputation and you won't have to start over if you swap between the bodyguards.
Bodyguard list and their perks:
Name:
Zone:
Level 2 ability:
Level 3 perk:
Aeda Brightdawn
Talador
Summon Infernal
Summon a party/raid member
Defender Illona
Talador
Summon Guardian of Ancient Kings
Summon a party/raid member
Delvar Ironfist
Ashran
Breath of Sindragosa
Portal to garrison
Leorajh
Spires of Arak
Primal Bloodlust
Portable command table
Krallenpriester Ishaal
Spires of Arak
Last Rites
Portable mailbox
Tormmok
Gorgrond
Avatar
Repairs anywhere
Vivianne
Ashran
Meteor
Portal to garrison
Some bodyguards are bigger than the others and this can be annoying at times. Luckily it is possible to buy
Leibwächterschrumpfer
from your
Kaserne Stufe 2
for 250
Garnisonsressourcen
. This item will miniaturize your bodyguard for more user-friendly size for an hour!
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Achievements
The achievements tied to followers aren't exactly special snowflakes. They consist of recruiting certain amount of followers and raising their level and item level.
Die Reihen füllen
is worth mentioning as it unlocks the plans for the level 3
Dwarven Bunker
/
War Mill
.
Name:
Description:
Ein seltener Freund
Recruit a Rare follower.
Ein epischer Kumpel
Recruit an Epic follower.
Folgt dem Anführer
Recruit 5 followers.
Wo Ihr auch hingeht, sie werden folgen
Recruit 10 followers.
Furchtloser Anführer
Recruit 25 followers.
Kommandant
Recruit 40 followers.
Anhängerschaft
Raise a follower to level 100.
Die Latte höher legen
Raise 10 garrison followers to level 100.
Die Reihen füllen
Raise 20 garrison followers to level 100.
Meine Gegenstandsstufe ist höher als deine
Raise a follower's item level to 625.
Meine Gegenstandsstufe ist viel höher als deine
Raise a follower's item level to 650.
Gegenstandsstufenarmee
Raise 10 followers' item level to 650.
Bei der Macht von Grays…, äh Gegenständen
Raise 20 followers' item level to 650.
Flügelmann
Become a Personal Wingman with one of your Barracks Bodyguards.
Flügelmänner
Become a Personal Wingman with all of your Barracks Bodyguards.
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Lunarfall Inn / Frostwall Tavern
Level 2 medium size building
Lunarfall Inn
/
Frostwall Tavern
gives players access to steady follower gain.
Each week you can hire one follower
from your local friendly headhunter
Lysa Serion
/
Akanja
. Talking to the NPC opens up a dialog box from which you can choose what
threat
you want to counter or what
trait
you would like the follower to have.
Choose carefully though,
you can't undo your decision after hitting the
Choose Recruit
button
so you are stuck with that choice for that week (
this is probably a precaution to prevent players from rerolling the followers until they get the best result
). Next the game will generate three
random quality
(
either uncommon or rare
) level 90 followers. Each of them will have an ability approriate to their class and spec which counters the threat you selected
or
the trait you selected. The remaining free abilities and/or traits are randomly chosen as well. Congratulations, you have just earned yourself a new follower for free!
The Soulare exception
It's not entirely accurate to say that the followers from Inn/Tavern are 100% random. There exists one minor exception to this rule and he is
Soulare of Andorhal
who some might find familiar from Dark Souls. Soulare can be acquired randomly when śeeking followers to counter Wild Aggression.
Follower-wise Soulare doesn't break any rules but otherwise he offers few things other followers don't. Firstly, if you emote
/tired
to him, he will offer you an addition to your toybox:
Feuer des Wanderers
. Secondly, praising him with
/praise
will grant you a visual buff
Gelobt sei das Licht
from the sunbeam Soulare creates.
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Followers from Draenor zones
The next few sections of this guide list the group of followers which are less prone to the random factor. Most of them aren't entirely unique though; in theory, similar followers could also be recruited from the Inn/Tavern if their skill sets matched. There are quite many followers that players can recruit while leveling towards level 100 and you can always check from the followers pane which you are still missing.
Follower-related outpost choices (
Gorgrond/Talador/Spires of Arak
) aren't permanent. You can always pay to change your zone outpost and gain access to the other set of quests and followers tied to that choice. Level 100 required in order to do the change which is made from the outpost’s foreman NPC.
If you do not want to change an outpost or you want to enlist a follower who you failed to get from a mission/got left behind due to the quest choice in the first Draenor zone (
Shadowmoon/Frosfire
), you can always buy those followers from the contracts vendor in
level 3 Garrison
. Contracts for these followers are sold by
Deluwin Flüsterfeld
/
Nalya Schlachthorn
and they cost each.
Every follower that can currently be obtained from the zones of Draenor is listed below by faction. There will be some overlapping between the
Alliance followers
and the
Horde followers
since there are many followers which both factions can get and thus they are listed on both factions for the sake of clarity.
You can also find a
quicklist
to every Alliance and Horde followers from
Google Docs
. However, how to get certain followers isn't as detailed as in the guide itself so be sure to find out more information from the sections below if needed.
BE WARNED THAT THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS!
Alliance followers
Schattenmondtal
At the end of the Elodor questline, you are given a quest to select one of three followers to your garrison:
Apprentice Artificer Andren
,
Rangari Chel
, or
Vindicator Onaala
. Besides that, Shadowmoon Valley doesn't have other mutually exclusive followers.
Apprentice Artificer Andren
- Level 90 Arms Warrior
Obtained:
From quest (
Freund der Exarchen
)
Default abilities and traits:
Heldenhafter Sprung
- Ability, counters Danger Zones
Ingenieurskunst
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Engineering Works
Notes:
Gained after completing the
Elodor questline
. You have to choose between Andren,
Chel
or
Onaala
.
Artificer Romuul
- Level 92 Holy Paladin
Obtained:
From event (
Embaari Defense Crystal
), respawn time is currently ~9 minutes after killing the last mob
Default abilities and traits:
Zurechtweisung
- Ability, counters Powerful Spell
Juwelierskunst
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Gem Boutique
Notes:
When the event is up,
Romuul
awaits you on a small hill southwest from Embaari Village. You need to kill few waves of mobs and on success Romuul joins the team.
Bruma Swiftstone
- Level 90 Subtlety Rogue
Obtained:
From garrison mission (
Tod den Verderbten
)
Default abilities and traits:
Dolchfächer
- Ability, counters Minion Swarms
Alchemie
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Alchemy Lab
Notes:
Learned from your first garrison mission reward
Vertrag: Bruma Sturmstein
.
Daleera Moonfang
- Level 90 Holy Priest
Obtained:
From garrison mission (
Rangarirettung
)
Default abilities and traits:
Magiebannung
- Ability, counters Magic Debuff
One random trait
Notes:
After doing few garrison missions, you should come across this mission which awards
Vertrag: Daleera Mondfang
if completed successfully.
Fiona
- Level 90 Holy Priest
Obtained:
From quest (
Trächtiger Genesaurier
)
Default abilities and traits:
Gebet der Heilung
- Ability, counters Group Damage
Kräuterkunde
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Herb Garden
Notes:
Rewarded after completing the questline in Blademoon Bloom (
a subzone east from Socrethar's Rise
).
Qiana Moonshadow
- Level 90 Guardian Druid
Obtained:
From quest (
Qiana Mondschatten
)
Default abilities and traits:
Knurren
- Ability, counters Wild Aggression
One ramdom trait
Notes:
Your first follower who is gained after building the barracks to your garrison.
Rangari Chel
- Level 90 Markmanship Hunter
Obtained:
From quest (
Freund der Exarchen
)
Default abilities and traits:
Mehrfachschuss
- Ability, counters Minion Swarms
One random trait
Notes:
Gained after completing the
Elodor questline
. You have to choose between
Andren
, Chel or
Onaala
.
Rulkan
- Level 92 Enhancement Shaman
Obtained:
From quest (
Andenken an die Ahnen
)
Default abilities and traits:
Verhexen
- Ability, counters Deadly Minions
Schmiedekunst
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Forge
Notes:
After completing the questline in Embaari Village,
Ins Zwielicht
starts the next questline. During it you are sent to the Exile's Rise where
Rulkan
can be found. Completing her quest rewards her as a follower.
Shelly Hamby
- Level 90 Subtlety Rogue
Obtained:
From quest (
Ränkespiele
)
Default abilities and traits:
Sprinten
- Ability, counters Danger Zones
Lederverarbeitung
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to The Tannery
Notes:
Vermisste Holzfäller
in your garrison starts a questline to Gloomshade Grove eventually awarding Shelly.
Vindicator Onaala
- Level 90 Protection Paladin
Obtained:
From quest (
Freund der Exarchen
)
Default abilities and traits:
Läuterung
- Ability, counters Magic Debuff
One random trait
Notes:
Gained after completing the
Elodor questline
. You have to choose between
Andren
,
Chel
or Onaala.
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Gorgrond
In Gorgrond you are given the choice to build either Lumber Yard or Sparring Arena to your garrison outpost. Your choice defines what followers will be available to you from the upcoming questlines:
- Building the
Highpass Logging Camp
unlocks
Glirin
and
Rangari Kaalya
.
- Building the
Highpass Sparring Ring
unlocks
Pitfighter Vaandaam
and
Rangari Erdanii
.
Tormmok
- Level 93 Arms Warrior
Obtained:
From quest (
Zenturio ohne Ziel
)
Default abilities and traits:
Spott
- Ability, counters Wild Aggression
Leibwächter
- Permanent trait, accompanies you in Draenor when assigned to a level 2 or 3 barracks
One random trait
Notes:
The quest isn't available until you have defended
Oberster Zenturio Tormmok
from three waves of mobs in southern Gorgrond.
Blook
- Level 92 Fury Warrior
Obtained:
From NPC (
Blook
)
Default abilities and traits:
Tollkühnheit
- Ability, counters Timed Battle
Kampferfahrung
- Permanent trait, grants a bonus to mission success chance
Notes:
West from Bastion Rise (
near Talador border
) you can find a path leading up to the cliff. There you'll find
Blook
who will join your gang after winning him in combat.
Glirin
- Level 93 Survival Hunter
Obtained:
From quest (
Nicht genügend Holz
)
Default abilities and traits:
Totstellen
- Ability, counters Wild Aggression
One random trait
Notes:
Gained after doing all the quests in Tangleheart starting from
Schlingenherz
if
Logging Camp
has been built to your outpost.
Pitfighter Vaandaam
- Level 93 Windwalker Monk
Obtained:
From quest (
Vaandaams Fäuste
)
Default abilities and traits:
Provokation
- Ability, counters Wild Aggression
One random trait
Notes:
Gained from a questline in Stonemaul Arena ending to
Die Axt von Kor'gall
if
Sparring Ring
has been built to your outpost.
Rangari Erdanii
- Level 94 Subtlety Rogue
Obtained:
From quest (
Kann ich zu Diensten sein?
)
Default abilities and traits:
Kopfnuss
- Ability, counters Deadly Minions
One random trait
Notes:
Gained from a questline in Gronn Canyon ending to
Eiserne Ketten
if
Sparring Ring
has been built to your outpost.
Rangari Kaalya
- Level 93 Survival Hunter
Obtained:
From quest (
Die Dienste von Rangari Kaalya
)
Default abilities and traits:
Gegenschuss
- Ability, counters Powerful Spell
One random trait
Notes:
Gained from a questline in Bastion's Rise ending to
Iyu
if
Logging Camp
has been built to your outpost.
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Talador
In Talador you are given the choice to build either Arcane Sanctum or Artillery Tower to your garrison outpost. Your choice defines what follower will be available to you from an upcoming questline:
- Building the
Arcane Sanctum
unlocks
Magister Serena
.
- Building the
Artillery Tower
unlocks
Miall
.
Defender Illona
- Level 95 Protection Paladin
Obtained:
From quest (
Torwächter von Auchindoun
)
Default abilities and traits:
Abrechnung
- Ability, counters Wild Aggression
Leibwächter
- Permanent trait, accompanies you in Draenor when assigned to a level 2 or 3 barracks
One random trait
Notes:
Beschützerin Illona
in Auchenai Precipice offers you an optional quest which rewards her as a follower to your garrison.
Ahm
- Level 95 Arms Warrior
Obtained:
From quest (
Letzter Wunsch
)
Default abilities and traits:
Heldenhafter Sprung
- Ability, counters Danger Zones
Verzauberkunst
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Enchanter's Study
Notes:
Gained after an optional quest started by
Ahm
in Archenon Siegeyard. On your next visit to your garrison, Ahm will be waiting for you outside the main entrance.
Image of Archmage Vargoth
- Level 100 Arcane Mage
Obtained:
From quest (
Temporale Gegenüberstellung
) - requires level 100
Default abilities and traits:
Gegenzauber
- Ability, counters Powerful Spell
One random trait
Notes:
For this follower you first need to collect four items (
boots
,
hat
,
ring
,
staff
) around Draenor and bring them to
Zooti Zappenduster
in Khadgar's Tower. When all four items are gathered, Zooti gives the final quest to get Vargoth. You need to level 100 before you can loot the items.
More information on the item locations
.
Magister Serena
- Level 94 Frost Mage
Obtained:
From quest (
Aufnahme in die eigenen Reihen
)
Default abilities and traits:
Gegenzauber
- Ability, counters Powerful Spell
One random trait
Notes:
Gained from a questline in Gordal Fortress ending to
Ein Grund zum Feiern
if the
Arcane Sanctum
has been built to your outpost.
Miall
- Level 94 Fury Warrior
Obtained:
From quest (
Rüstung verstärken
)
Default abilities and traits:
Schildwall
- Ability, counters Massive Strike
One random trait
Notes:
Gained from a questline in Gordal Fortress ending to
Die wahre Art zu reisen
if the
Artillery Tower
has been built to your outpost.
Pleasure-Bot 8000
- Level 94 Fury Warrior
Obtained:
From quest (
Achtung, Schock!
)
Default abilities and traits:
Tollkühnheit
- Ability, counters Timed Battle
Schneiderei
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Tailoring Emporium
Notes:
Torben Knallschock
in Duskfall Island starts an optional quest which rewards this follower.
Soulbinder Tuulani
- Level 96 Shadow Priest
Obtained:
From quest (
Ziel: Unbekannt
)
Default abilities and traits:
Gebet der Heilung
- Ability, counters Group Damage (
not for Shadow Priests, probably a bug
)
One random trait
Notes:
Follower is rewarded from the last Talador questline.
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Spitzen von Arak
In Spires of Arak you are given the choice to build either Brewery or Smuggler's Den to your garrison outpost. Your choice defines what follower will be available to you from an upcoming questline:
- Building the
Brewery
unlocks
Hulda Shadowblade
.
- Building the
Smuggler's Den
unlocks
Ziri'ak
.
Leorajh
- Level 97 Restoration Shaman
Obtained:
From quest (
Leorajh der Erleuchtete
)
Default abilities and traits:
Kettenheilung
- Ability, counters Group Damage
Leibwächter
- Permanent trait, accompanies you in Draenor when assigned to a level 2 or 3 barracks
One random trait
Notes:
Leorajh
is hidden in the mountains near his cave in southern Spires of Arak. More specific details in the
follower comments
.
Talonpriest Ishaal
- Level 97 Shadow Priest
Obtained:
From NPC (
Krallenpriester Ishaal
) after completing
Das war Spitze!
Default abilities and traits:
Magiebannung
- Ability, counters Magic Debuff
Leibwächter
- Permanent trait, accompanies you in Draenor when assigned to a level 2 or 3 barracks
One random trait
Notes:
After doing all the Spires of Arak questlines,
Krallenpriester Ishaal
at Veil Terokk offers you a quest to join your garrison.
Admiral Taylor
- Level 96 Arms Warrior
Obtained:
From quest (
Admiral Taylor
)
Default abilities and traits:
Tollkühnheit
- Ability, counters Timed Battle
Inschriftenkunde
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Scribe's Quarters
Notes:
Admiral Taylor will join to your ranks after completing a questline in his garrison. The questline starts from Southport.
Hulda Shadowblade
- Level 96 Assassination Rogue
Obtained:
From quest (
Gemeinsam stark
)
Default abilities and traits:
Tritt
- Ability, counters Powerful Spell
Kürschnerei
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Barn
Notes:
Gained from a Southport questline in Shadow's Vigil ending to
Keine Zeit zu verlieren
if the
Brewery
has been built to your outpost.
Kimzee Pinchwhistle
- Level 97 Combat Rogue
Obtained:
From quest (
Flammen los
)
Default abilities and traits:
Sprinten
- Ability, counters Danger Zones
Ingenieurskunst
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Engineering Works
Notes:
Kimzee is obtained from the questline starting from the Clutchpop Gearworks.
Ziri'ak
- Level 99 Arms Warrior
Obtained:
From item (
Inaktiver Apexiswächter
)
Default abilities and traits:
Zuschlagen
- Ability, counters Powerful Spell
One random trait
Notes:
Gained from a vendor if the
Smuggler's Den
has been built to your outpost. The item is sold by
Der ehrliche Jim
who can be summoned every 10 minutes by
Schmuggelaktion!
. Note that he has random goods every time he is summoned.
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Nagrand
There aren't any followers tied up to the garrison outpost choice in Nagrand.
Abu'gar
- Level 98 Blood Death Knight
Obtained:
From quest (
Abu'gar
)
Default abilities and traits:
Dunkler Befehl
- Ability, counters Wild Aggression
One random trait
Notes:
Before joining your garrison,
Abu'gar
wants three items (
Abu'gars Lieblingsköder
,
Abu'gars beste Angelspule
and
Abu'gars Lebenskraft
) which are all found
from Nagrand
. You can gather the items
before
visiting him for the quest.
Goldmane the Skinner
- Level 100 Assassination Rogue
Obtained:
From quest (
Mein bester Freund, die Pelzkugel
)
Default abilities and traits:
Sprinten
- Ability, counters Danger Zones
Kürschnerei
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Barn
Notes:
Bolkar der Grausame
is holding Goldmane as a prisoner in a cage next to him in the watchtower at Ironfist Harbor. Bolkar gives the key for the cage and after releasing Goldmane, he will offer a quest for joining your garrison as a follower.
Lantresor of the Blade
- Level 99 Arms Warrior
Obtained:
From quest (
Herausforderung der Meister
)
Default abilities and traits:
Heldenhafter Sprung
- Ability, counters Danger Zones
Bergbau
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Mine
Notes:
This familiar orc is gained from a Nagrand main questline in Hallvalor. Lantresor waits outside Telaari Station after turning in the quest above.
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Frostfeuergrat
If you are having problems getting into Frostfire Ridge as an Alliance player, you can always cross the Zangari Sea and work your way to inland from the southern coast.
Dagg
- Level 90 Subtlety Rogue
Obtained:
From quest (
Daggs Dienste
) after freeing Dagg few times
Default abilities and traits:
Kopfnuss
- Ability, counters Deadly Minions
One random trait
Notes:
Dagg needs to be freed from two places,
from Grom'gar
and
from Daggermaw Ravine
(
the order doesn't matter
). The next time you go to your garrison, he awaits at the gates with a quest to join your ranks.
Ashran
Morgensucher Rukaryx
- Level 100 Balance Druid
Obtained:
From
Dämmerungssucher Krek
for and 5,000
Apexiskristalle
Default abilities and traits:
Hurrikan
- Ability, counters Minion Swarms
Two random traits
Notes:
Rukaryx can be bought from one of the Apexis Crystal vendors in Stormshield.
Delvar Ironfist
- Level 91 Unholy Death Knight
Obtained:
From quest (
Ein mürrischer Zwerg
)
Default abilities and traits:
Knochenschild
- Ability, counters Massive Strike
Leibwächter
- Permanent trait, accompanies you in Draenor when assigned to a level 2 or 3 barracks
One random trait
Notes:
Delvar is rewarded after a short breadcrumb questline starting from your garrison and ending to the Alliance base Stormshield in Ashran.
Fen Tao
- Level 90 Mistweaver Monk
Obtained:
From NPC (
Fen Tao
)
Default abilities and traits:
Entgiftung
- Ability, counters Magic Debuff
One random trait
Notes:
Fen Tao is found just outside the Town Hall in Stormshield. He will join your gang after simply talking with him.
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Horde followers
Frostfeuergrat
At the end of the Thunder Pass questline, you are given a quest to select one of three followers to your garrison:
Greatmother Geyah
,
Kal'gor the Honorable
or
Lokra
. Besides that, Frostfire Ridge doesn't have other mutually exclusive followers.
Dagg
- Level 90 Subtlety Rogue
Obtained:
From quest (
Daggs Dienste
) after freeing Dagg few times
Default abilities and traits:
Kopfnuss
- Ability, counters Deadly Minions
One random trait
Notes:
Dagg needs to be freed from two places,
from Grom'gar
and
from Daggermaw Ravine
(
the order doesn't matter
). The next time you go to your garrison, he awaits at the gates with a quest to join your ranks.
Greatmother Geyah
- Level 90 Restoration Shaman
Obtained:
From quest (
Die Schlacht am Donnerpass
)
Default abilities and traits:
Geistreinigung
- Ability, counters Magic Debuff
One random trait
Notes:
Gained after completing the last Frostfire Ridge questline in Thunder Pass. You have to choose between Geyah,
Kal'gor
or
Lokra
on the quest
Die Frostwölfe sind bereit.
.
Gronnstalker Rokash
- Level 92 Survival Hunter
Obtained:
From quest (
Nur dem Sieger
)
Default abilities and traits:
Eiskältefalle
- Ability, counters Deadly Minions
One random trait
Notes:
Gronnjäger Rokash
at Colossal's Fall starts a short questline which will award Rokash.
Ka'la
- Level 90 Subtlety Rogue
Obtained:
From garrison mission (
Gronnlinge im Überfluss
)
Default abilities and traits:
Entrinnen
- Ability, counters Massive Strike
Lederverarbeitung
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to The Tannery
Notes:
Learned from your first garrison mission reward
Vertrag: Ka'la von den Frostwölfen
.
Kal'gor the Honorable
- Level 90 Elemental Shaman
Obtained:
From quest (
Die Schlacht am Donnerpass
)
Default abilities and traits:
Kettenblitzschlag
- Ability, counters Minion Swarms
One random trait
Notes:
Gained after completing the last Frostfire Ridge questline in Thunder Pass. You have to choose between
Geyah
, Kal'gor or
Lokra
on the quest
Die Frostwölfe sind bereit.
.
Lokra
- Level 90 Enhancement Shaman
Obtained:
From quest (
Die Schlacht am Donnerpass
)
Default abilities and traits:
Geisterwolf
- Ability, counters Danger Zones
One random trait
Notes:
Gained after completing the last Frostfire Ridge questline in Thunder Pass. You have to choose between
Geyah
,
Kal'gor
or Lokra on the quest
Die Frostwölfe sind bereit.
.
Mulverick
- Level 90 Markmanship Hunter
Obtained:
From quest (
Mulvericks Misere
)
Default abilities and traits:
Tritt
- Ability, counters Powerful Spell (
a rogue ability, probably a bug
)
Alchemie
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Alchemy Lab
Notes:
After completing the siege of Bladespire Citadel (
Die letzten Schritte
),
Guse
lurks about near the Bladespire Fortress flightmaster. She will start a questline to the Sootstained Mines which will reward Mulverick in the end.
Olin Umberhide
- Level 90 Protection Warrior
Obtained:
From quest (
Der Wind der Veränderung
)
Default abilities and traits:
Spott
- Ability, counters Wild Aggression
Juwelierskunst
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Gem Boutique
Notes:
Your first follower who is gained after building the barracks to your garrison and rescueing Olin.
Shadow Hunter Rala
- Level 90 Survival Hunter
Obtained:
From quest (
Richtige Beute
)
Default abilities and traits:
Schnellfeuer
- Ability, counters Timed Battle
Kräuterkunde
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Herb Garden
Notes:
Schattenjäger Rala
and his pals at Cracking Plains offers you a set of quests which eventually reward this follower.
Ulna Thresher
- Level 90 Holy Priest
Obtained:
From garrison mission (
Steinzornrettung
)
Default abilities and traits:
Magiebannung
- Ability, counters Magic Debuff
One random trait
Notes:
After doing few garrison missions, you should come across this mission which awards
Vertrag: Ulna Drescher
if completed successfully.
Weaponsmith Na'Shral
- Level 92 Arms Warrior
Obtained:
From quest (
Verhüttung
)
Default abilities and traits:
Tollkühnheit
- Ability, counters Timed Battle
Schmiedekunst
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the The Forge
Notes:
Initiandin Na'Shra
in Gate of the Breakers offers a quest for you and after completing it, Na'Shral joins your garrison.
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Gorgrond
In Gorgrond you are given the choice to build either Lumber Mill or Sparring Arena to your garrison outpost. Your choice defines what followers will be available to you from the upcoming questlines:
- Building the
Lumber Mill
unlocks
Penny Clobberbottom
and
Kaz the Shrieker
.
- Building the
Sparring Arena
unlocks
Bruto
and
Spirit of Bony Xuk
.
Tormmok
- Level 93 Arms Warrior
Obtained:
From quest (
Zenturio ohne Ziel
)
Default abilities and traits:
Spott
- Ability, counters Wild Aggression
Leibwächter
- Permanent trait, accompanies you in Draenor when assigned to a level 2 or 3 barracks
One random trait
Notes:
The quest isn't available until you have defended
Oberster Zenturio Tormmok
from three waves of mobs in southern Gorgrond.
Blook
- Level 92 Fury Warrior
Obtained:
From NPC (
Blook
)
Default abilities and traits:
Tollkühnheit
- Ability, counters Timed Battle
Kampferfahrung
- Permanent trait, grants a bonus to mission success chance
Notes:
West from Bastion Rise (
near Talador border
) you can find a path leading up to the cliff. There you'll find
Blook
who will join your gang after winning him in combat.
Bruto
- Level 93 Windwalker Monk
Obtained:
From quest (
Brutos Absicht
)
Default abilities and traits:
Provokation
- Ability, counters Wild Aggression
One random trait
Notes:
Gained from a questline in Stonemaul Arena ending to
Die Axt von Kor'gall
if
Sparring Arena
has been built to your outpost.
Kaz the Shrieker
- Level 93 Elemental Shaman
Obtained:
From quest (
Kaz die Kreischende
)
Default abilities and traits:
Verhexen
- Ability, counters Deadly Minions
One random trait
Notes:
Gained from a questline in Bastion's Rise ending to
Iyu
if
Lumber Mill
has been built to your outpost.
Penny Clobberbottom
- Level 93 Survival Hunter
Obtained:
From quest (
Wer die Penny nicht ehrt, ist des Talers nicht wert
)
Default abilities and traits:
Abschreckung
- Ability, counters Massive Strike
One random trait
Notes:
Gained after doing all the quests in Tangleheart starting from
Schlingenherz
if
Lumber Mill
has been built to your outpost.
Spirit of Bony Xuk
- Level 94 Subtlety Rogue
Obtained:
From quest (
Raus mit dem Xais!
)
Default abilities and traits:
Kopfnuss
- Ability, counters Deadly Minions
One random trait
Notes:
Gained from a questline in Gronn Canyon ending to
Eiserne Ketten
if
Sparring Arena
has been built to your outpost.
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Talador
In Talador you are given the choice to build either Arcane Sanctum or Vol'jin's Arsenal to your garrison outpost. Your choice defines what follower will be available to you from an upcoming questline:
- Building the
Arcane Sanctum
unlocks
Magister Krelas
.
- Building the
Vol'jin's Arsenal
unlocks
Morketh Bladehowl
.
Aeda Brightdawn
- Level 95 Demonology Warlock
Obtained:
From quest (
Torwächter von Auchindoun
)
Default abilities and traits:
Metamorphose
- Ability, counters Timed Battle
Leibwächter
- Permanent trait, accompanies you in Draenor when assigned to a level 2 or 3 barracks
One random trait
Notes:
Aeda Morgenglanz
in Auchenai Precipice offers you an optional quest which rewards her as a follower to your garrison.
Ahm
- Level 95 Arms Warrior
Obtained:
From quest (
Letzter Wunsch
)
Default abilities and traits:
Heldenhafter Sprung
- Ability, counters Danger Zones
Verzauberkunst
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Enchanter's Study
Notes:
Gained after an optional quest started by
Ahm
in Archenon Siegeyard. On your next visit to your garrison, Ahm will be waiting for you near the graveyard.
Image of Archmage Vargoth
- Level 100 Arcane Mage
Obtained:
From quest (
Temporale Gegenüberstellung
) - requires level 100
Default abilities and traits:
Gegenzauber
- Ability, counters Powerful Spell
One random trait
Notes:
For this follower you first need to collect four items (
boots
,
hat
,
ring
,
staff
) around Draenor and bring them to
Zooti Zappenduster
in Khadgar's Tower. When all four items are gathered, Zooti gives the final quest to get Vargoth. You need to level 100 before you can loot the items.
More information on the item locations
.
Magister Krelas
- Level 94 Fire Mage
Obtained:
From quest (
Aufnahme in die eigenen Reihen
)
Default abilities and traits:
Gegenzauber
- Ability, counters Powerful Spell
One random trait
Notes:
Gained from a questline in Gordal Fortress ending to
Ein Grund zum Feiern
if the
Arcane Sanctum
has been built to your outpost.
Morketh Bladehowl
- Level 94 Fury Warrior
Obtained:
From quest (
Rüstung verstärken
)
Default abilities and traits:
Schildwall
- Ability, counters Massive Strike
One random trait
Notes:
Gained from a questline in Gordal Fortress ending to
Die wahre Art zu reisen
if the
Vol'jin's Arsenal
has been built to your outpost.
Pleasure-Bot 8000
- Level 94 Fury Warrior
Obtained:
From quest (
Achtung, Schock!
)
Default abilities and traits:
Tollkühnheit
- Ability, counters Timed Battle
Schneiderei
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Tailoring Emporium
Notes:
Ziz Fizziks
in Duskfall Island starts an optional quest which rewards this follower.
Souldbinder Tuulani
- Level 96 Shadow Priest
Obtained:
From quest (
Ziel: Unbekannt
)
Default abilities and traits:
Gebet der Heilung
- Ability, counters Group Damage (
not for Shadow Priests, probably a bug
)
One random trait
Notes:
Follower is rewarded from the last Talador questline.
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Spitzen von Arak
In Spires of Arak you are given the choice to build either Hearthfire Tavern or Smuggler's Den to your garrison outpost. Your choice defines what follower will be available to you from an upcoming questline:
- Building the
Hearthfire Tavern
unlocks
Dark Ranger Velonara
.
- Building the
Smuggler's Den
unlocks
Ziri'ak
.
Leorajh
- Level 97 Restoration Shaman
Obtained:
From quest (
Leorajh der Erleuchtete
)
Default abilities and traits:
Kettenheilung
- Ability, counters Group Damage
Leibwächter
- Permanent trait, accompanies you in Draenor when assigned to a level 2 or 3 barracks
One random trait
Notes:
Leorajh
is hidden in the mountains near his cave in southern Spires of Arak. More specific details in the
follower comments
.
Talonpriest Ishaal
- Level 97 Shadow Priest
Obtained:
From NPC (
Krallenpriester Ishaal
) after completing
Das war Spitze!
Default abilities and traits:
Magiebannung
- Ability, counters Dispel Magic
Leibwächter
- Permanent trait, accompanies you in Draenor when assigned to a level 2 or 3 barracks
One random trait
Notes:
After doing all the Spires of Arak questlines,
Krallenpriester Ishaal
at Veil Terokk offers you a quest to join your garrison.
Benjamin Gibb
- Level 96 Unholy Death Knight
Obtained:
From quest (
Nicht tief genug für ein Grab
)
Default abilities and traits:
Tod und Verfall
- Ability, counters Minion Swarms
Inschriftenkunde
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Scribe's Quarters
Notes:
Benjamin
will join to your ranks after "helping" him at the destroyed Alliance garrison near Axefall.
Dark Ranger Velonara
- Level 96 Marksmanship Hunter
Obtained:
From quest (
Gemeinsam stark
)
Default abilities and traits:
Gegenschuss
- Ability, counters Powerful Spell
Kürschnerei
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Barn
Notes:
Gained from an Axefall questline in Shadow's Vigil ending to
Keine Zeit zu verlieren
if the
Hearthfire Tavern
has been built to your outpost.
Kimzee Pinchwhistle
- Level 97 Combat Rogue
Obtained:
From quest (
Flammen los
)
Default abilities and traits:
Sprinten
- Ability, counters Danger Zones
Ingenieurskunst
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Engineering Works
Notes:
Kimzee is obtained from the questline starting from the Clutchpop Gearworks.
Ziri'ak
- Level 99 Arms Warrior
Obtained:
From item (
Inaktiver Apexiswächter
)
Default abilities and traits:
Zuschlagen
- Ability, counters Powerful Spell
One random trait
Notes:
Gained from a vendor if the
Smuggler's Den
has been built to your outpost. The item is sold by
Linny "Mini" Silbersäckel
who can be summoned every 10 minutes by
Schmuggelaktion!
. Note that he has random goods every time he is summoned.
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Nagrand
There isn't any followers tied up to the garrison outpost choice in Nagrand.
Abu'gar
- Level 98 Blood Death Knight
Obtained:
From quest (
Abu'gar
)
Default abilities and traits:
Dunkler Befehl
- Ability, counters Wild Aggression
One random trait
Notes:
Before joining your garrison,
Abu'gar
wants three items (
Abu'gars Lieblingsköder
,
Abu'gars beste Angelspule
and
Abu'gars Lebenskraft
) which are all found
from Nagrand
. You can gather the items
before
visiting him for the quest.
Goldmane the Skinner
- Level 100 Assassination Rogue
Obtained:
From quest (
Mein bester Freund, die Pelzkugel
)
Default abilities and traits:
Sprinten
- Ability, counters Danger Zones
Kürschnerei
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Barn
Notes:
Bolkar der Grausame
is holding Goldmane as a prisoner in a cage next to him in the watchtower at Ironfist Harbor. Bolkar gives the key for the cage and after releasing Goldmane, he will offer a quest for joining your garrison as a follower.
Lantresor of the Blade
- Level 99 Arms Warrior
Obtained:
From quest (
Herausforderung der Meister
)
Default abilities and traits:
Heldenhafter Sprung
- Ability, counters Danger Zones
Bergbau
- Trait, allows this follower to be assigned to the Mine
Notes:
This familiar orc is gained from a Nagrand main questline in Hallvalor. Lantresor waits outside Wor'var after turning in the quest above.
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Ashran
Morgensucher Rukaryx
- Level 100 Balance Druid
Obtained:
From
Dämmerungssucher Alkset
for and 5,000
Apexiskristalle
Default abilities and traits:
Hurrikan
- Ability, counters Minion Swarms
Two random traits
Notes:
Rukaryx can be bought from one of the Apexis Crystal vendors in Warspear.
Vivianne
- Level 91 Fire Mage
Obtained:
From quest (
Brennende Schönheit
)
Default abilities and traits:
Blizzard
- Ability, counters Minion Swarms
Leibwächter
- Permanent trait, accompanies you in Draenor when assigned to a level 2 or 3 barracks
One random trait
Notes:
Vivianne is rewarded after a short breadcrumb questline starting from your garrison and ending to the Horde base Warspear in Ashran.
Fen Tao
- Level 90 Mistweaver Monk
Obtained:
From NPC (
Fen Tao
)
Default abilities and traits:
Entgiftung
- Ability, counters Magic Debuff
One random trait
Notes:
Fen Tao is found just outside the Brokenspear Tavern in Warspear. He will join your gang after simply talking with him.
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Followers from other sources
Some of the followers are shared between the factions and thus they are gained the same way whether you are an Alliance or a Horde player. Most of them require level 100 and they aren't obtained during leveling process; usually acquiring them requires some extra effort. Below are these followers sorted to categories based on how you get them. Some of them could fit into several categories but in this case, the more "harder" requisite sets the category.
These followers are gained from various Warlords of Draenor achievements.
Aknor Stahlbringer
- Level 100 Arms Warrior
Obtained:
From achievement (
Mama, der Mann mit dem Stahl ist da
) in
Schwarzfelsgießerei
Default abilities and traits:
Spalten
- Ability, counters Minion Swarms
One random ability
Three random traits
Notes:
Aknor is rewarded to you if you manage kill
Flammenbändigerin Ka'graz
while keeping Aknor alive in the Blackrock Foundy raid instance.
Croman
- Level 100 Retribution Paladin
Obtained:
From achievement (
Wenn du leben willst – komm mit mir!
) in
Blutschlägermine
Default abilities and traits:
Gottesschild
- Ability, counters Massive Strike
One random ability
Three random traits
Notes:
Croman is found inside heroic Bloodmaul Slag Mines and he joins your garrison after you help him recover his sword and then defeat
Gug'rokk
.
Leeroy Jenkins
- Level 100 Retribution Paladin
Obtained:
From achievement (
Leeeeeeeeeeeeeroy...?
) in
Obere Schwarzfelsspitze
Default abilities and traits:
Göttlicher Sturm
- Ability, counters Minion Swarms
One random ability
Three random traits
Notes:
This well-known chap will be rewarded as a follower after helping him out in the heroic version of the revamped Upper Blackrock Spire.
Harrison Jones
- Level 100 Sublety Rogue
Obtained:
From achievement (
Nenn mich nicht Junior!
/
Nenn mich nicht Junior!
)
Default abilities and traits:
Mentor
- Permanent trait, accompanying followers gain this follower's combat effectiveness
Extremplünderer
- Trait, increases the gold gained from a mission by 100%
One random ability
Notes:
In order to get Harrison join your ranks, you have to complete each of the six Relic Hunter quests he offers on his random daily visits in garrisons to get
Meisterreliktjäger
.
Klauenwache Kurekk
- Level 100 Arms Warrior
Obtained:
From achievement (
Der Klauenkönig ist tot, es lebe der Klauenkönig!
)
Default abilities and traits:
Spalten
- Ability, counters Minion Swarms
Two random traits
Notes:
You need to do two things for this follower: complete
Terokk's Legacy
storyline in
Spitzen von Arak
and raise reputation with
Ausgestoßene Arakkoa
to Exalted.
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Gaining the followers below require a certain building in your garrison or otherwise relate heavily to garrison.
Garona die Halborcin
- Level 100 Assassination Rogue
Obtained:
From quest (
An Inside Job
)
Default abilities and traits:
Meisterassassine
- Permanent trait, greatly increases success chance against all targets
Three random abilities
Two random traits
Notes:
Currently the only legendary follower in-game is obtained from the legendary questline part which ends to the Blackrock Foundry raid. She starts directly from
item level 630
.
Millhaus Manasturm
- Level 100 Arcane Mage
Obtained:
From quest (
Ein Herz für Kinder!
) in
Obere Schwarzfelsspitze
- requires
Lunarfall Inn / Frostwall Tavern
Default abilities and traits:
Verwandlung
- Ability, counters Deadly Minions
One random ability
Three random traits
Notes:
Every day you are given a random heroic dungeon daily quest from your Inn/Tavern. Completing Millhouse's quest rewards him as a follower.
Nat Pagle
- Level 100 Markmanship Hunter
Obtained:
From quest (
Ein wahrer Angler von Draenor
) - requires
level 3 Fishing Shack
and
Draenorangler
Default abilities and traits:
Eiskältefalle
- Ability, counters Deadly Minions
Angler
- Permanent trait, counters Swamp, also allows to catch lunkers without bait when fishing
One random trait
Notes:
Getting Nat is quite a task and it requires a lot of fishing. First you need to level
Angeln
to 700, then complete
Draenorangler
which unlocks
level 3 Fishing Shack plans
. After building the level 3 shack, you are offered a questline which eventually rewards Nat.
Phylarch der Immergrüne
- Level 100 Restoration Druid
Obtained:
From lumbering - requires
Level 3 Lumber Mill
which
Das Sägewerk aufwerten
unlocks
Default abilities and traits:
Wucherwurzeln
- Ability, counters Deadly Minions
Immergrün
- Permanent trait, counters Swamp, also allows this follower to be assigned to the Lumber Mill
One random trait
Notes:
Having built level 3 Lumber Mill allows you to log
Large Timber
. Phylarch pops up by logging them and eventually, after beating him three times, he will join your team.
Cacklebone
- Level 100 Restoration Shaman
Obtained:
From
Hau'tot
for - requires Revered with
Orcs des Lachenden Schädels
and
level 2 Trading Post
Default abilities and traits:
Kettenheilung
- Ability, counters Group Damage
Two random traits
Notes:
Building a level 2 Trading Post to your garrison gives you the access to Laughing Skull Orcs faction. Cacklebone can be bought from their quartermaster in your garrison at Revered.
Vindicator Heluun
- Level 100 Holy Paladin
Obtained:
From
Maaria
for - requires Revered with
Sha'tarverteidigung
and
level 2 Trading Post
Default abilities and traits:
Heiliges Strahlen
- Ability, counters Group Damage
Two random traits
Notes:
Building a level 2 Trading Post to your garrison gives you the access to Sha'tari Defense faction. Heluun can be bought from their quartermaster in your garrison at Revered.
Thisalee Crow
/
Choluna
- / Level 100 Feral Druid
Obtained:
From quest (
Urzorn
/
Urzorn
)
Default abilities and traits:
Knurren
- Ability, counters Wild Aggression
One random trait
Notes:
This follower is a reward for completing the garrison campaign.
Weldon Barov
/
Alexi Barov
- / Level 95 Assassination Rogue
Obtained:
From lumbering - requires
Sägewerk Stufe 1
Default abilities and traits:
Sprinten
- Ability, counters Danger Zones
One random trait
Notes:
Getting Weldon/Alexi requires a bit of luck. He will randomly spawn to Draenor zones when looking for lumber. He will be trapped under a fallen tree and he will join your ranks after freeing him.
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Certain faction reputation level is required in order to get the followers below.
Fleischklops
- Level 100 Fury Warrior
Obtained:
From Brawler's Guild rank 5
Default abilities and traits:
Tollkühnheit
- Ability, counters Timed Battle
One random ability
Three random traits
Notes:
Getting Meatball is simple, just get rank 5 in Brawler's Guild! Oh, your rank is reseted back to 1 in WoD.
Cleric Maluuf
- Level 100 Holy Priest
Obtained:
From
Verteidiger Nuurem
for - requires Revered with
Exarchenrat
Default abilities and traits:
Gebet der Heilung
- Ability, counters Group Damage
Two random traits
Notes:
Maluuf can be bought from the Council of Exarchs' quartermaster in Ashran after getting Revered with your first Draenor faction.
Karg Bloodfury
- Level 100 Arms Warrior
Obtained:
From
Beska Rothauer
for - requires Revered with
Frostwolforcs
Default abilities and traits:
Zuschlagen
- Ability, counters Powerful Spell
Two random traits
Notes:
Karg can be bought from the Frostwolf Orcs' quartermaster in Ashran after getting Revered with your first Draenor faction.
Professorin Teufelsflamme
- Level 100 Destruction Warlock
Obtained:
From
Gazrix Kolbenfresser
/
Mimi Wirbelwolke
for - requires Revered with
Werterhaltungsgesellschaft des Dampfdruckkartells
Default abilities and traits:
Metamorphose
- Ability, counters Timed Battle
Two random traits
Notes:
Felblast can be bought from the Steamwheedle Preservation Society's quartermaster in Ashran after getting Revered.
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Items for followers
This short, appendix-like section is a compilation of every follower-related item (
except Contracts
) currently in-game. The items are grouped by their use. More items will be added when they become available.
How to use the items
Follower related items are used the same way despite the item. First, you'll open either of the Followers panes and find the target follower. Next you search the item from your bags, right-click on it and use it on the follower model - kind of like some quest items are used. A confirmation prompt is shown to make sure you won't accidentally use the item on a wrong follower. You can't however use items on followers who aren't available e.g. away on a mission. Lastly, even if the follower item level isn't visible in the Garrison Report's followers pane, you can still use the item level upgrade items on followers.
Item:
Use:
Source:
Umschulungszertifikat für Anhänger
Rerolls follower's abilities and non-permanent traits
Reward from
certain missions
Fähigkeitsumschulung für Anhänger
Rerolls follower's abilities
Reward from
certain missions
Purchased from
Unteroffizier Krähler
/
Unteroffizier Grimmkinn
in level 3 Garrisons for 1,000
Garnisonsressourcen
Eigenschaftsumschulung für Anhänger
Rerolls follower's non-permanent traits
Reward from
certain missions
Purchased from
Unteroffizier Krähler
/
Unteroffizier Grimmkinn
in level 3 Garrisons for 1,000
Garnisonsressourcen
Schriftrollenbehälter mit Umschulungszertifikat für Anhänger
Contains
Fähigkeitsumschulung für Anhänger
and
Eigenschaftsumschulung für Anhänger
Reward from a rare mission:
Die Lehre der Klinge
Hearthstone-Strategieführer
*
Teaches
Hearthstone-Profi
to a follower
Reward from a rare mission:
Hearthstone-Turnier
/
Hearthstone-Turnier
Der ultimative Tanzleitfaden
*
Teaches
Tänzer
to a follower
Reward from a rare mission:
Das Tanzstudio
Wild auf Wildlinge
*
Teaches
Wildling
to a follower
Reward from a rare mission:
Der Sommer ist hier
Voll auf Liebe programmiert
*
Teaches
Mechaniker
to a follower
Reward from a rare mission:
Du, der Roboter
Mit den Arakkoa auf du und du
*
Teaches
Ornithologe
to a follower
Reward from a rare mission:
Gefiederte Freunde
Gut Freund mit Ogern
*
Teaches
Ogerkumpel
to a follower
Reward from a rare mission:
Ring der Kooperation
Sonnenberührte Feder von Rukhmar
*
Teaches
Geschwindigkeit des Lichts
to a follower
Reward from a mission:
* = Be warned that the trait gained from this item
will REPLACE a random non-permanent trait
from the follower it's applied on!
Item:
Use:
Source:
Ausgeglichene Waffenverbesserung
Adds 3 to weapon item level
Acquired randomly from level 2 or higher
Wiederverwertung Stufe 2
crates,
Kiste mit Bergungsgut
and
Große Kiste mit Bergungsgut
Looted occasionally from level 2 or higher
Dwarven Bunker
/
War Mill
work orders, placing one order costs 20
Garnisonsressourcen
Spürbare Waffenverbesserung
Adds 6 to weapon item level
Extreme Waffenverbesserung
Adds 9 to weapon item level
Versteifte Rüstungsverbesserung
Adds 3 to armor item level
Verstärkte Rüstungsverbesserung
Adds 6 to armor item level
Schwer bewehrte Rüstungsverbesserung
Adds 9 to armor item level
Kriegsverheerte Waffe
Sets weapon item level to 615
Obtained from certain missions
Looted occasionally from level 2 or higher
Dwarven Bunker
/
War Mill
work orders, placing one order costs 20
Garnisonsressourcen
Waffe des Schwarzfelsklans
Sets weapon item level to 630
Blutbedeckte Waffe
Sets weapon item level to 645
Kriegsverheertes Rüstungsset
Sets armor item level to 615
Rüstungsset des Schwarzfels
Sets armor item level to 630
Blutbedecktes Rüstungsset
Sets armor item level to 645
Waffenverbesserungsmarke
Random weapon enhancement of those above
Obtained from certain missions
Awarded from level 3
Dwarven Bunker
/
War Mill
daily quest
Schrottschmelze
which requires 25
Rüstungsteile der Eisernen Horde
Rüstungsverbesserungsmarke
Random armor enhancement of those above
Sanketsu
Sets weapon item level to 655
Rewarded from
Sanketsu, die brennende Klinge
/
Sanketsu, die brennende Klinge
which is unlocked after killing Azura Bladefury during the last questline of the
garrison campaign
Item:
Use:
Source:
Die Halskette des Klingenmeisters
Upgrades a follower to epic-quality
Rewarded from
Urzorn
/
Urzorn
which is the last questline in the
Garrison campaign
Foliant des Wissens
Gives a follower 2,000 XP
Reward from a mission:
Leibwächterschrumpfer
Miniaturizes bodyguard for 1 hour
Bought from
Kaserne Stufe 2
for 250
Garnisonsressourcen
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Upcoming follower changes
This part of the guide will cover the upcoming changes and features regarding followers. Information is mostly gathered here from Wowhead but also from various blue posts from
Twitter
and official forums (
US
|
EU
). Sources will be provided if possible, but rest assured, the section will only contain confirmed information. Some assumptions may occur but they will be marked with blue.
Due to being unreleased content, everything stated below is subject for a change!
No follower-related changes announced since 6.1 which changes are already implemented to the guide.
Patch 6.1 changes
(currently on PTR) -
contains spoilers
Introduces first legendary follower
Garona die Halborcin
with three random abilities and one fixed trait
Meisterassassine
; two remaining traits are random. She is one reward from the legendary questline continuing in 6.1 and unlike other followers, she has item level 630 by default.
Players can obtain
Harrison Jones
as a follower! He is rewarded from
Meisterreliktjäger
/
Meisterreliktjäger
.
New monk follower
Fen Tao
added. He is found just outside garrison's Town Hall and he can be recruited just by talking to him.
Follower item level required for Blackrock Foundry raid mission is
660
. Follower item level cap is raised to 675.
Followers will gain experience while working in a building.
Follower assignment bonus is changed so that a follower must be present in the building
when a work order completes
in order to get the benefit.
Dwarven Bunker / War Mill offers now a daily quest (
Scrap Meltdown
) to turn in 25
Rüstungsteile der Eisernen Horde
for
Waffenverbesserungsmarke
or
Rüstungsverbesserungsmarke
.
Follower item sets (like
Blutbedeckte Waffe
) can no longer drop from salvage.
New ability:
Entdecker sondergleichen
- counters Danger Zones (exclusive to Harrison Jones).
New trait:
Mentor
- accompanying followers gain this follower's combat effectiveness (exclusive to Harrison Jones).
New trait:
Meisterassassine
- increases success chance against all targets (exclusive to Garona).
New trait:
Extremplünderer
- increases the gold gained from a mission by 100% (
Harrison Jones' starting trait
). Can be sought from Inn/Tavern.
New trait:
Geschwindigkeit des Lichts
- reduces mission time by 50%. Taught from
Sonnenberührte Feder von Rukhmar
.
New trait:
Wildling
- increases success chance when on a mission with a beastly companion.. Taught from
Wild auf Wildlinge
.
New trait:
Mechaniker
- increases success chance when on a mission with a construct or machine. Taught from
Voll auf Liebe programmiert
.
New trait:
Ornithologe
- increases success chance when on a mission with an arakkoa. Taught from
Mit den Arakkoa auf du und du
.
New trait:
Ogerkumpel
- increases success chance when on a mission with an ogre. Taught from
Gut Freund mit Ogern
.
Wiederverwertung
is nerfed from 200% down to
100%
.
Profession traits like
Schneiderei
now increases success chances on corresponding profession missions.
New item:
Fähigkeitsumschulung für Anhänger
- rerolls followers abilities. Reward from missions
,
and
. Also buyable from garrison quartermaster for 1,000
Garnisonsressourcen
.
New item:
Eigenschaftsumschulung für Anhänger
- rerolls followers non-permanent traits. Reward from missions
and
. Also buyable from garrison quartermaster for 1,000
Garnisonsressourcen
.
New item:
Schriftrollenbehälter mit Umschulungszertifikat für Anhänger
- contains
Fähigkeitsumschulung für Anhänger
and
Eigenschaftsumschulung für Anhänger
. Reward from mission
Die Lehre der Klinge
.
New item:
Wild auf Wildlinge
- teaches
Wildling
which replaces a non-permanent trait. Reward from
Der Sommer ist hier
.
New item:
Voll auf Liebe programmiert
- teaches
Mechaniker
which replaces a non-permanent trait. Reward from
Du, der Roboter
.
New item:
Mit den Arakkoa auf du und du
- teaches
Ornithologe
which replaces a non-permanent trait. Reward from
Gefiederte Freunde
.
New item:
Gut Freund mit Ogern
- teaches
Ogerkumpel
which replaces a non-permanent trait. Reward from
Ring der Kooperation
.
New item:
Sonnenberührte Feder von Rukhmar
- teaches
Geschwindigkeit des Lichts
which replaces a non-permanent trait. Reward from
.
New item:
Foliant des Wissens
- gives a follower 2.000 XP. Reward from mission
.
New item:
Leibwächterschrumpfer
- miniaturizes bodyguard for 1h. Bought from
Kaserne Stufe 2
for 250
Garnisonsressourcen
.
Umschulungszertifikat für Anhänger
is also rewarded from two new missions,
and
.
Unteroffizier Krähler
/
Unteroffizier Grimmkinn
will now offer various items for garrison resources; both
Fähigkeitsumschulung für Anhänger
and
Eigenschaftsumschulung für Anhänger
cost 1,500
Garnisonsressourcen
.
A new NPC will be added to level 3 Garrisons which allows players to buy follower missed due to outpost choice, failed mission or quest choice. Contracts are sold by
Deluwin Flüsterfeld
/
Nalya Schlachthorn
and they cost each.
Follower tab has clickable icons for each threat counter. Icons tell how many followers you have that can counter the respective threat and furthermore, you can filter followers by threat counters with the icons. This feature will be available for garrison with 10 or more followers.
Follower item level upgrading has changed a bit: you now need to use the item on follower's model and then accept a prompt in order to upgrade the item level.
If a follower's level/item level is below the mission requirement and thus will receive reduced XP, a new icon will indicate this.
Changes with unknown schedule
Follower assignment bonus will be changed so that a follower must be present in the building
when a work order completes
in order to get the benefit (
currently follower presence is checked only when you collect work orders
). (
source
)
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About this guide
First and foremost, this guide was written during the last months of WoD beta test. There probably might be few things wrong here and there and I've made some assumptions how certain things work with followers. I'll however keep on updating this guide when I find something that's bugged, missing or wrong. Naturally I'll appreciate any corrections and suggestions relating this guide.
I hope that people find this guide useful and I thank you for reading it. And if you read it entirely, I'll tip my virtual hat to you!
Special thanks to
Kurogasa
,
Keyann
,
Draejin
,
Blotnadi
and everyone else in the US beta forums (
I can't post there myself because I'm in the EU
) who contributed to the Alliance and Horde follower guides;
Kollanie
,
watsonious
and the
Wowhead staff
for their guides and for bringing the WoD content readily available in order to write this guide!
Last update on:
27th of February, 2015 (WoD 6.1.0, build 19678)
Guide changelog
27/2/2015
- Harrison was hotfixed to require only
Meisterreliktjäger
. The change will be visible in the next client patch though.
25/2/2015
- Follower XP from work orders is currently bugged: XP isn't granted always when retrieving work orders.
24/2/2015
- Added Permanent trait-corrective to predefined follower lists to emphasize permanent traits more.
23/2/2015
- As 6.1 will launch within the few days, the guide has received a MASSIVE update for patch 6.1. All follower-related changes currently known should be reflected to the guide as well.
4/2/2015
- Added
Follower Retraining Scroll Case
to upcoming notes and pruned the changelog a bit.
27/1/2015
- Bumped the first official
PTR patch notes
to the upcoming changes section.
20/1/2015
- Added
Die Halskette des Klingenmeisters
to the guide and updated the origins of
Sanketsu
. Updated Thisalee / Choluna.
18/1/2015
- Even more 6.1 changes added! Added back
handful of abilities
to the class ability pool table which counter Timed Battle which can be obtained from Inn but not randomly like when rerolling traits. Added few updates to the Abilities and Threats section.
16/1/2015
- Added more 6.1 changes.
13/1/2015
- Added a new section for coming changes regarding followers; it currently has the information from 6.1 PTR and few other scheduled changes.
6/1/2015
- 1) Pruned the abilities which can't be obtained (
remnants of
removed Lengthy Battle threat counters
) from the class abilities, 2) added a mention of patrolling followers in garrison, 3) renamed second bodyguard rank to Trusted Bodyguard, 4) added a "Trait restrictions and exceptions" subsection to reflect the recent changes to Wowhead ability search and 5) updated quests related to the followers gained from outpost questlines.
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Konstrukteurslehrling Andren / Kal'gor der Ehrenhafte
Konstrukteur Romuul / Waffenschmiedin Na'Shra
Bruma Sturmstein / Ka'la
Daleera Mondfang / Ulna Drescher
Fiona / Schattenjäger Rala
Qiana Mondschatten / Olin Umberfell
Rangari Chel / Lokra
Rulkan / Gronnjäger Rokash
Shelly Hamby / Mulverick
Verteidigerin Onaala / Großmutter Geyah
Tormmok
Blook
Glirin / Penny Kloppertopp
Grubenkämpfer Vaandaam / Bruto
Rangari Erdanii / Geist des Knochigen Xais
Rangari Kaalya / Kaz die Kreischende
Beschützerin Illona / Aeda Morgenglanz
Ahm
Abbild von Erzmagier Vargoth
Magistra Serena / Magister Krelas
Miall / Morketh Klingenschrei
Genussbot 8000
Seelenbinderin Tuulani
Leorajh
Krallenpriester Ishaal
Admiral Taylor / Benjamin Gibb
Hulda Schattenklinge / Dunkle Waldläuferin Velonara
Kimzee Quetschpfeife
Ziri'ak
Abu'gar
Goldmähne der Häuter
Lantresor von der Klinge
Delvar Eisenfaust / Vivianne
Aknor Stahlbringer
Croman
Leeroy Jenkins
Klauenwache Kurekk
Millhaus Manasturm
Nat Pagle
Phylarch der Immergrüne
Verteidigerin Heluun / Kicherknochen
Thisalee Krähe / Choluna
Weldon Barov / Alexi Barov
Kleriker Maluuf / Karg Blutfuror
Morgensucher Rukaryx
Fleischklops
Professorin Teufelsflamme
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