History

Zandalar Tribe

The Zandalar Tribe is the faction of the Zandalari, the oldest of the troll tribes, who came to Stranglethorn Vale in patch 1.7 to stop the Blood God Hakkar the Soulflayer from rising again in Zul'Gurub. Their camp on Yojamba Isle is the hub for everything in that raid: its quests, its class armor and its enchantments. Zandalar reputation decided which of Zul'Gurub's rewards a player could claim, from the class sets to the shoulder enchantments every raider wanted.

Yojamba Isle, the Zandalari camp off Stranglethorn Vale © Blizzard Entertainment

Location	Yojamba Isle in Stranglethorn Vale
Leader	Molthor, Hand of Rastakhan
Quartermaster	Rin'wosho the Trader
Reputation from	Zul'Gurub, coins and bijous
Notable reward	[Zandalar Signet of Might] and the other Zandalar signets

Who they are

The Zandalari are the tribe from which all other trolls descend. Their warlike members left long ago to found tribes of their own, and those who stayed became scholars and priests, keepers of troll history whom the other tribes respected without being ruled by them. When the Sundering tore the world apart, their magic kept their homeland intact as an island.

Thousands of years ago, the Gurubashi of Stranglethorn turned to Hakkar for power, and the Soulflayer grew fat on their sacrifices. The Zandalari warned the jungle trolls of what he was, and together the tribes rose against him and drove out his Atal'ai priests. The Gurubashi Empire fell soon after. In Classic, the Atal'ai have succeeded in calling Hakkar back into Zul'Gurub and have bent several tribes and the avatars of the troll gods to his will. With the jungle tribes divided, the Zandalari have crossed the sea to recruit outsiders: adventurers of the Alliance and the Horde alike.

Where to find them

Everything happens on Yojamba Isle, a small island off the northwest coast of Stranglethorn Vale. Molthor leads the expedition. Around him are Rin'wosho the Trader, who sells recipes, the class quest givers Jin'rokh the Breaker, Al'tabim the All-Seeing, Maywiki of Zuldazar and Falthir the Sightless, Exzhal, who wants trophies from the troll tribes, and Vinchaxa, who takes coins and bijous. Inside Zul'Gurub itself, the ghost Zanza the Restless offers the head and leg enchantments.

Rin'wosho the Trader, the Zandalar quartermaster © Blizzard Entertainment

Earning reputation

Players start at Neutral. Almost all reputation comes from Zul'Gurub:

Killing. Every troll and beast in the raid gives a few points. Each of the five high priests gives 100, Bloodlord Mandokir and Jin'do the Hexxer 200 each, and Hakkar 400. The optional bosses Gahz'ranka and the Edge of Madness spirits give a little more.
Coins. The trolls of Zul'Gurub drop coins of nine tribes. A set of three, such as one [Zulian Coin] with a Razzashi and a Hakkari coin, is a repeatable turn-in to Vinchaxa, for example Zulian, Razzashi, and Hakkari Coins, Gurubashi, Vilebranch, and Witherbark Coins and Sandfury, Skullsplitter, and Bloodscalp Coins.
Bijous. Hakkari Bijous drop from the bosses; destroying one at the altar on Yojamba Isle gives reputation, and A Bijou for Zanza rewards a [Zandalar Honor Token].
Honor tokens. Each [Zandalar Honor Token] can be used for more reputation, or saved for the shoulder enchantments.
One-time quests. The Heart of Hakkar (bringing back the [Heart of Hakkar]), A Collection of Heads, the class set quests and the amulet upgrades all add to the climb.

Molthor, who takes the Heart of Hakkar © Blizzard Entertainment

Rewards

Rin'wosho's recipes

Standing	Recipes
Friendly	[Pattern: Bloodvine Boots], [Pattern: Primal Batskin Bracers], [Plans: Bloodsoul Gauntlets], [Plans: Darksoul Shoulders], [Schematic: Bloodvine Lens], [Recipe: Greater Dreamless Sleep], [[forever:item:20757]]
Honored	[Pattern: Bloodvine Leggings], [Pattern: Primal Batskin Gloves], [Pattern: Blood Tiger Shoulders], [Plans: Bloodsoul Shoulders], [Plans: Darksoul Leggings], [Schematic: Bloodvine Goggles], [Recipe: Major Troll's Blood Potion], [[forever:item:20756]]
Revered	[Pattern: Bloodvine Vest], [Pattern: Primal Batskin Jerkin], [Pattern: Blood Tiger Breastplate], [Plans: Bloodsoul Breastplate], [Plans: Darksoul Breastplate], [Recipe: Mageblood Potion]
Exalted	[Recipe: Living Action Potion]

The Zandalar enchantments

The rewards that kept raiders coming back were enchantments for the head, legs and shoulders.

Head and legs. For a [[forever:item:22637]] and a class's Punctured Voodoo Doll, Zanza the Restless gives a libram such as [Presence of Might] (Presence of Might) or [Prophetic Aura] (Prophetic Aura). Each class has its own, and they need Friendly standing.
Shoulders. At Exalted, Rin'wosho trades 15 Zandalar Honor Tokens for one of three signets in Signets of the Zandalar: [Zandalar Signet of Might] (+30 attack power), [Zandalar Signet of Mojo] for spell damage, or [Zandalar Signet of Serenity] for healing. They were the best shoulder enchantments in Classic until Naxxramas.

Class armor and amulets

Each class has a Zandalar armor set, whose pieces are traded for Primal Hakkari tokens from the raid's bosses. Each class has three set quests, the first open at Friendly, the next at Honored and the last at Revered; one example is Paragons of Power: The Vindicator's Breastplate, which gives the [Zandalar Vindicator's Breastplate]. At Friendly, each class can also start a neck piece from the class quest givers, such as Falthir's The Maelstrom's Tendril, and upgrade it at each new standing up to an Exalted version like [Maelstrom's Wrath].

Zanza the Restless, who sells the head and leg enchantments © Blizzard Entertainment

History and trivia

The faction and Yojamba Isle arrived with Zul'Gurub in patch 1.7, the first 20-player raid in the game.
The faction was frozen in Cataclysm, when Zul'Gurub was rebuilt as a five-player dungeon; reputation could no longer be earned until a Timewalking commendation was added in patch 11.0.5.
The Zandalari returned as the main villains of later troll stories, from the Mists of Pandaria assault on the Isle of Thunder to the Zandalari Empire of Battle for Azeroth, ruled by King Rastakhan, the king Molthor serves.