WoW Forever Thorium Brotherhood Rep Guide: Turn-ins, Rewards and the Classic Grind 

Thorium Brotherhood reputation in WoW Forever works the way it does in WoW Classic up to Honored: you turn in Incendosaur Scales with crafting materials to Master Smith Burninate at Thorium Point in Searing Gorge, then Dark Iron Residue. Forever keeps Classic’s quests and NPCs in the original zones. The big difference is Molten Core. Blizzard set WoW Forever before Molten Core, and its first raids, opening on December 9, are Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia’s Lair (Blizzard’s raid overview). The Fiery Cores, Lava Cores and Core Leather that carry Classic players from Honored to Exalted therefore have no known source in Forever yet, which leaves Dark Iron Ore and Blood of the Mountain, both from Dark Iron Deposits, for that stretch.

Expect Honored to Exalted to take much longer in Forever than in Classic, where raid drops did most of the work. The recipe rewards in the table are Classic’s; Blizzard hasn’t said whether Forever changed the Brotherhood’s recipe list.

Updated November 5, 2026: now covers WoW Forever and its missing Molten Core. Removed the outdated Classic phase notes from the reward table.

Introduction

There are lots of reputation factions that you might want to increase when you first hit level 60. The Thorium Brotherhood Faction provides some great crafting recipes for Tailors, Leatherworkers and Blacksmiths, including Fire Resistance gear, which is required for some bosses in the Molten Core and the Blackwing Lair.

Reputation Rewards

Neutral to Friendly

There are some repeatable quests to complete for “Master Smith Burninate” at Thorium Point. You will need 2 Incendosaur Scale, 1 Coal, which can be bought from him, and either 4 Kingsblood, 4 Iron Bars or 10 Heavy Leather. The Incendosaur Scales drop and can be skinned from the Incendosaurs in a cave in the Cauldron. The entrance is at around 47, 43.

These quests all award 25 Reputation for the Thorium Brotherhood. This means that in order to get to Friendly without anything else, you will need to turn in 1200 Heavy Leather, 480 Iron Bars or 480 Kingsblood. There are also some regular quests at Thorium Point that award reputation, so do those first.

Friendly to Honored

This is arguably the easiest step of the reputation farm for the Thorium Brotherhood in Classic WoW. The only thing you need to do is turn in Dark Iron Residue. To get all the way from Friendly to Honored Rep with the Thorium Brotherhood, you will need a total of 960 of it, as it only awards 25 Rep per 4 Dark Iron Residue. You can turn it in at the same NPC as before.

Honored to Exalted

Lokhtos Darkbargainer resides in the Tavern of the Blackrock Depths, in the far left corner. He is also the primary Quartermaster or Vendor for the Thorium Brotherhood, as he sells all the Reputation rewards. Here’s a list of what you can turn in here, with Classic’s reputation values (in WoW Forever, only Dark Iron Ore and Blood of the Mountain have a known source until a Molten Core raid arrives):

• 10 Dark Iron Ore – 50 Rep
• 1 Fiery Core – 200 Rep
• 1 Lava Core – 200 Rep
• 2 Core Leather – 150 Rep
• 1 Blood of the Mountain – 200 Rep

Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros (Classic only)

In addition, by turning in a Sulfuron Ingot for Lokhtos Darkbargainer, Players can aquire the “Plans: Sulfuron Hammer”, which is required for the Legendary Hammer, “Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros”. In combination with the Eye of Sulfuras, of course, which drops from Ragnaros himself. In WoW Forever there is no Molten Core so far, so neither the Sulfuron Ingot nor the Eye of Sulfuras has a source there.

Thorium Brotherhood in WoW Forever

The Thorium Brotherhood in WoW Forever has the same NPCs and turn-ins as in Classic, but not all of the materials. As of November 5, 2026:

• Neutral to Honored: unchanged. Incendosaur Scales, Coal, Kingsblood, Iron Bars, Heavy Leather and Dark Iron Residue all come from the original zones and Blackrock Depths.
• Honored to Exalted: Molten Core isn’t among Forever’s raids. Blizzard’s roadmap lists a “revamped iconic raid” for summer 2027 without naming it. Until then, Dark Iron Ore and Blood of the Mountain are the only Lokhtos turn-ins with a source; our Dark Iron Ore farming guide covers where to mine it.
• Diplomat: the Legacy System’s Diplomat perk adds 10% reputation for 5 points in the Resourcefulness tree, according to the beta client’s data (our WoW Forever Legacy System guide has the full perk list).
• Fire resistance: Classic players farm the Brotherhood’s fire resistance recipes for Molten Core and Blackwing Lair, which aren’t among Forever’s announced raids, so those patterns matter less in Forever for now.

Most Brotherhood rewards are Blacksmithing, Leatherworking and Tailoring patterns. To level those professions in Forever, use our WoW Forever Blacksmithing leveling guide or the WoW Forever professions guide, and see our WoW Forever dungeons by level for when Blackrock Depths fits your level.