| upon achievement of Lieutenant General (Horde) or Commander (Alliance) rank, players will gain the right to purchase mounts of great power. Read below to see what mount is available to your race.
Killing racial leaders: killing one of the NPCs considered leaders of their race. There are only a few of these, all on a two hour spawn timer, and the bonus for their defeat is divided between participating solo characters, groups and raids based on damage contribution. The racial leaders are:
- Thrall
- Cairne Bloodhoof
- Lady Sylvanas Windrunner
- Highlord Bolvar Fordragon
- King Magni Bronzebeard
- Arch Druid Fandrag Staghelm
Achieving Battlegrounds objectives: the Battlegrounds contain several opportunities to gain Honor in addition to killing your opponents, one of them naturally being winning the Battleground. E.g. in Catch-the-Flag Battlegrounds each returned flag gives your side a share of Honor. All members of the Battlegrounds team (Alliance / Horde) will receive the same amount of Honor for a flag capture.
Tips:
- Battlegrounds objectives are intended to be a substantial part of your Honor for a week. Don't ignore them if you wish to attain a high Rank.
- As kills in raids give fewer points to you personally but still count toward your subsequent kill ratio, try get some kills alone or in a small group earlier in the day / evening, then join a raid to collect more kills to meet the cut-off.
- If your number of Honorable Kills is a bit low for the week, join a raid or go play a Battleground to collect some more before the weekly calculation.
Dishonorable Kills
Killing an NPC labeled as a "civilian" is considered a Dishonorable Kill. The civilian label appears on NPCs such as vendors and quest givers when your level substantially exceeds theirs. Beware: penalties for dishonorable kills are applied immediately and may cost you Ranks outside of the weekly Rank calculations.
NPCs which give dishonorable kills have the rank of Civilian and show up with a white title background in the targeting frame.
Calculations - daily and weekly
Daily - calculating Honor: each day, two hours after midnight, the previous day's Honor is calculated for all characters. All your kills and achieved objectives are added together into your Honor for the day, completely independent of other characters.
Weekly - calculating Standing and Rank: during the Tuesday maintenance your weekly Standing is determined and Rank adjustments are calculated. Your Standing is your position on the scoreboard for having the most Honor among your faction on your realm this single week. I.e. the character on your side on your realm with most Honor gained during the week has Standing 1. The Rank adjustments are a bit more complicated. |
