The Kalu’ak Reputation Guide

Welcome to Warcraft Tavern’s Reputation Guide for the Kalu’ak in Wrath of the Lich King Classic! In this guide, we’ll go over all the ways you can gain reputation with the Kalu’ak faction, as well as the best ways to reach Exalted.

How to Reach Exalted With The Kalu’ak

This section serves as a TL;DR for the rest of the guide.

Reaching Exalted with the Kalu’ak is very straightforward since the main way to gain reputation with them is to first do all of their normal quests, and then run the 3 daily quests that are spread between their 3 main camps in Northrend. By the time Horde players finish all of the 1-time quests as well as the 3 dailies, they will already be Revered, while Alliance players may or may not be Revered depending on how many dailies have been completed while questing.

Alliance players will need 14 days of Kalu’ak dailies after the main quests to reach exalted (Humans will only need 12). Horde will need 13 days of dailies.

The only other way of gaining reputation with the Kalu’ak is the Kalu’ak Fishing Derby fishing quest that was introduced in patch 3.3.0 in Wrath of the Lich King. This isn’t a reliable way of gaining reputation however, as only 1 player per server would get their hands on the 2500 reputation awarded by the quest, once a week, so we won’t be covering it in this guide.

Who Needs the Kalu’ak Rep?

Players who have Fishing or Tailoring may want to shop with the Kalu’ak quartermaster, as will people who think Pengu is cute. There are also a few easy-to-acquire gear peices that are decent pre-raid.

• Fishing Poles
  • Mastercraft Kalu’ak Fishing Pole–
    • One of the best fishing poles in the game, with +30 skill for fishing and underwater breathing. While the Arcanite Fishing Pole has +40 for fishing, it is difficult to obtain as you must win the Stranglethorn Fishing Tournament (which starts with quest). Bone Fishing Pole and Jeweled Fishing Pole also grant +30 to fishing but are rare drops from fishing dailies, so they aren’t as straightforward to obtain (they also do not give you underwater breathing).
• Tailoring Patterns
  • Pattern: Emerald Bag
    • 32-slot Herbalism bag.
  • Pattern: Trapper’s Traveling Pack
    • A 32-slot Leatherworking bag.
  • Pattern: Dragonscale Ammo Pouch
    • A 28-slot ammo pouch.
• Gear
  • The level 76 chest pieces and level 78 weapons are solid choices for pre-raid items and are suitable for heroic dungeons, as they are easy to obtain.
• Pets
  • Nurtured Penguin Egg
    • Requires exalted. Pengu!
• Achievements
  • Tuskarrmageddon – Earn exalted status with the Argent Crusade.
  • 40 Exalted Reputations – Raise 40 reputations to exalted.

Kalu’ak Quests

Quests for the Kalu’ak can be found throughout the Borean Tundra, Howling Fjord and Dragonblight, and have level requirements ranging from level 68 – 71. With all of the quests being spread out through 3 different zones in Northrend, you can make it easier to navigate between those by riding the giant turtle that swims between the three zones.

Kalu’ak Turtle Boat Locations

• Borean Tundra

• Howling Fjord

• Dragonblight

Below, you will find the locations of the questing hubs that can be found in the 3 aforementioned zones. See here for a complete list of Kalu’ak quests.

Borean Tundra

Howling Fjord

Dragonblight

Kalu’ak Daily Quests

Once you’ve done all of the available quests, your only reliable way of gaining reputation will be their 3 daily quests that grant 500 reputation each. While two of them are available with no requisites other than being the appropriate level, The Way to His Heart… only becomes available once you’ve completed Swabbin’ Soap in Howling Fjord. As for the daily quests in question, you will find 1 in each of the Kalu’ak‘s main settlements:

• Borean Tundra – Preparing for the Worst
• Howling Fjord – The Way to His Heart…
• Dragonblight – Planning for the Future

You can click a zone in the list above to see a guide that contains detailed instructions for all zone’s daily quests, including the Kalu’ak dailies. Remember to ride the giant turtle swimming between these 3 zones to cut down on travel time!

Kalu’ak Reputation Rewards

The Kalu’ak have two quartermasters that you’ll be able to purchase your rewards from:

• Dragonblight – Sairuk, Moa’ki Harbor
• Howling Fjord – Tanaika, Kamagua

Rank	Item	Cost	Type
Friendly	Freshly-Speared Emperor Salmon	1 60	Food
Friendly	Design: Seer’s Dark Jade	2	Jewelcrafting (Skill level of 350)
Honored	Design: Defender’s Shadow Crystal	2	Jewelcrafting (Skill level of 350)
Honored	Pattern: Dragonscale Ammo Pouch	5	Leatherworking (Skill level of 415)
Honored	Cuttlefish Scale Breastplate	37 18 81	Mail Chest
Honored	Cuttlefish Tooth Ringmail	37 52 51	Mail Chest
Honored	Ivory-Reinforced Chestguard	44 24 28	Plate Chest
Honored	Pigment-Stained Robes	27 97 22	Cloth Chest
Honored	Turtle-Minders Robe	25 6 36	Cloth Chest
Honored	Whale-Skin Breastplate	29 60 45	Leather Chest
Honored	Whale-Skin Vest	29 71 87	Leather Chest
Honored	Whalebone Carapace	43 22 62	Plate Chest
Revered	Pattern: Emerald Bag	5	Tailoring (Skill level of 435)
Revered	Pattern: Trapper’s Traveling Pack	5	Leatherworking (Skill level of 415)
Revered	Totemic Purification Rod	65 70 82	One-Handed Mace
Revered	Traditional Flensing Knife	72 36 12	Dagger
Revered	Whale-Stick Harpoon	82 45 45	Polearm
Exalted	Mastercraft Kalu’ak Fishing Pole	128 4 48	Fishing Pole
Exalted	Nurtured Penguin Egg	12	Companion

Make sure to check out our other Wrath of the Lich King Classic reputation guides here!