Quests

- Trinket Quest

This quest allows you access to a trinket which offers a small amount of Frost Resistance, some health restoration, and dodge.  It is upgradeable at each level of reputation with your faction, and each level adds one or two of the above stats.  To first get your trinket, you must retrieve the Frostwolf/Stormpike banner from the gnoll cave.  You can then upgrade it as you progress in reputation.

The most important part of this trinket is the ability to hearth back to your base.  This can be used to turn in any collectibles you may have picked up during the battle, or to hold off the enemy for a moment to allow your team to kill the commander before they can. If you are going to be playing AV a lot, it is important to get this trinket, and is not difficult to do so.

- The Battle for Alterac

Available to both Horde and Alliance, this is one of the best quests in the game, reward wise.  If you are a warrior, paladin, or hunter, you should do this at 51.  The Ice Barbed Spear and the crossbow Bloodseeker are two of the best blue quality weapons available in the game, and surpass anything available at that level.  Unfortunately, the Cold Forged Hammer has a level requirement of 58, which the other weapons do not, so casters are somewhat disadvantaged. 

Still, this quest is easy to accomplish (assuming your faction can win one game of AV), offers a good reward for all casters, and some experience.  You should pick it up from the quest givers outside of the gate in the Alterac Mountains, and complete it as soon as possible, especially if you can use the reward at 51.

- Capture a Mine

A simple quest to capture a mine, which gives faction.  This is not commonly undertaken due to the current tactic of rushing the commanders.

- Capture a Tower

To complete this quest, you do not need to personally click the flag. The tower does not need to be destroyed.  You simply need to be in the vicinity of the tower when someone else clicks the flag. 

- Capture a Graveyard

The same rules apply for capturing a graveyard as for capturing a tower.

- Rewards

The rewards for AV are some of the most sought after PvP rewards.  They are generally not quite as powerful as the rewards from the other two battlegrounds; this is made up by the fact that the reputation comes much quicker in AV than in WSG or AB.

The most sought after reward is the Epic mace the Unstoppable Force.  It is one of the highest damage pre-raid weapons, and is easy to get.  Other sought after items are the various offhand books (there is one of each spell school available, with different bonuses and damage boosts), as well as the two rings. Don Julio's Band, the melee ring, is one of the best available for melee PvP as well as PvE, as it has bonuses to the most effective stats.  The Lobotomizer is also a good quality dagger.

Reputation

Reputation can be gained from turn-ins of tokens, as well as completing a variety of quests within AV.

Killing Enemy General (389 Rep)

Killing Enemy Captain (125 rep)

Killing Enemy Lieutenants and Commanders (12 rep each)

Killing an Enemy Air Master (5 rep)

Killing any Enemy Guard (5 rep)

Killing an Enemy Player(1 Rep).

Killing Ivus the Forest Lord or Lokholar the Ice Lord (125 rep)

Destroying an Enemy Tower (12 rep)

Armour Scraps, Hides, Frostwolf/Ram returns and Blood/Crystals all give rep when returned.