A Wondrous Weapon

What is this? This quest A Wondrous Weapon is started by the item Ornate Weapon - that you can turn in with the Darkmoon Faire whenever it is in town.

How do I get it? In order to be eligible to loot Ornate Weapon, you must have the [item=71634] in your bags inventory - which can be obtained in one of two ways:

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• Receive it as a reward from Gelvas Grimegate after completing The Darkmoon Faire for Alliance or The Darkmoon Faire for Horde.
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• Receive it from Selina Dourman just by talking to her, she stands at the first tent on the left-side of the entrance to the Darkmoon Faire.
  Note: if you have The Darkmoon Faire quest in your quest log, Selina will not offer to give you the guide - you will either need to drop the quest and speak to her again or simply hand in at which point you get the guide anyway.
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Where do I get it? Ornate Weapon only seems to drop from various level-appropriate 5-man dungeon bosses (it seems to drop from melee-type bosses). Drop locations will continue to be updated as they are confirmed:

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• Admiral Ripsnarl -- The Deadmines (dungeon level 15-16)
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• Commander Springvale -- Shadowfang Keep (dungeon level 18-21)
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• Randolph Moloch -- The Stockade (dungeon level 22-25)
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• Herod -- Scarlet Monastery Armory (dungeon level 31-34) this boss no longer exists
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• [npc=58632] -- [zone=6052] (dungeon level 28-31)
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• [npc=59223] -- [zone=6109] (dungeon level 30-33)
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• [npc=12236] -- [zone=2100] (dungeon level 36-39)
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• Lord Aurius Rivendare -- Stratholme Dead (dungeon level 48-51)
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• Overlord Wyrmthalak -- Lower Blackrock Spire (dungeon level 58)
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• Gal'darah -- Gundrak (dungeon level 76-78)
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• Maiden of Grief -- Halls of Stone (dungeon level 77-78)
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• Admiral Ripsnarl -- The Deadmines (dungeon level 85 heroic)
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• Commander Springvale -- Shadowfang Keep (dungeon level 85 heroic)
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• Gal'darah -- Gundrak (dungeon level 80 heroic)
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• Maiden of Grief -- Halls of Stone (dungeon level 80 heroic)
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• Wrath of the Lich King (gauntlet) -- Halls of Reflection (dungeon level 80 heroic)
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• Karsh Steelbender -- Blackrock Caverns (dungeon level 80-82 and 85 heroic)
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• General Husam -- Lost City of Tol'vir (dungeon level 85 and 85 heroic)
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• Asira Dawnslayer -- Hour of Twilight (dungeon level 85 heroic)
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• [npc=61398] -- [zone=6182] (dungeon level 89 normal and 90 heroic)
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• [npc=58632] -- [zone=6052] (dungeon level 90 heroic)
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• [npc=59223] -- [zone=6109] (dungeon level 90 heroic)
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Why do I want it? There are several reasons that you may want Ornate Weapon:

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• Receive 10 Darkmoon Prize Tickets upon handing it in - these tickets allow you to purchase mounts, pets and other collectibles whenever the Darkmoon Faire is on.
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• Receive 250 reputation (or more depending on your racial/guild bonuses etc) with the Darkmoon Faire - great for anyone who is either a rep junkie or is working towards The Insane title awarded by the Insane in the Membrane achievement.
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• Having completed this quest will count towards the achievement Darkmoon Despoiler.
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• Gold gold GOLD - since Ornate Weapon isn't BoP (bind on pickup), it is tradable and sellable via the auction house. If you don't care about the above three points, then you can profiteer from someone who does!
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What else do I need to know?

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• High level characters can no longer farm lower level dungeons for Ornate Weapon since a recent hotfix. It is now only obtainable in level-appropriate dungeons, and as always, success is at the mercy of RNG.
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• The quest can only be turned in once per Darkmoon Faire. You can certainly collect more Ornate Weapon, however if you've turned in for the current faire, you'll have to wait till it's next in town.
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• Ornate Weapon can be looted anytime - that is to say, the Darkmoon Faire does not have to be currently on in order for you to be able to find these puppies.
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What other Darkmoon Faire drops are there?

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• Fallen Adventurer's Journal -> The Captured Journal = 5 x Darkmoon Prize Tickets
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• Banner of the Fallen -> A Captured Banner = 5 x Darkmoon Prize Tickets
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• Captured Insignia -> The Enemy's Insignia = 5 x Darkmoon Prize Tickets
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• Imbued Crystal -> A Curious Crystal = 10 x Darkmoon Prize Tickets
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• Monstrous Egg -> An Exotic Egg = 10 x Darkmoon Prize Tickets
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• Ornate Weapon -> An Intriguing Grimoire = 10 x Darkmoon Prize Tickets
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• Soothsayer's Runes -> Tools of Divination = 10 x Darkmoon Prize Tickets
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• A Treatise on Strategy -> The Master Strategist = 15 x Darkmoon Prize Tickets
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Please keep in mind that the quest is not repeatable during one DMF festival. After you complete the quest you cannot get it for the second time, as it states when you use an item for the second time "You have already completed this quest". In other words - you can do the quest once every month.
Now, to all the naysayers, Blizzard has confirmed that these quests are to be repeated each month. Source
They have also stated that the quest drops that happen in the dungeons/raids/BG’s happen all the time, even if the faire isn’t in town. Source

Here is a macro to show which items you haven't turned in this month. If any lines show up as "nil" just run the macro again to get the item link.
/run q={{0,0},{1,1},{2,2},{3,3},{8,80},{13,316},{14,317},{15,318},{21,81}}print("Items not yet turned in this month:")for _,l in pairs(q)do if not IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(l[1]+29443)then _,t=GetItemInfo(l[2]+71635)print(t)end end

[edit]Updated for patch 5.0.