Tabard
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Tabard refers to a type of clothing worn in the tabard equipment slot over a character's chest armor and bears a symbol or design. It is a purely cosmetic item intended to add individuality to a character's look, similar to a shirt.
The only tabard available to players upon WoW's release was the guild tabard. The release of battlegrounds and the honor system saw a variety of new tabards introduced, identifying a player's rank or standing with a particular battleground faction. The Scourge Invasion also added a small number of tabards. In TBC, each faction in Outland was given its own tabard, available at exalted status. WotLK continues this trend, but has lower (or no) reputation requirements and instead utilizes faction tabards in a system known as championing for farming reputation.
Patch 3.0 introduced the achievement system, which includes rewards for tabard collectors. Upon obtaining a tabard, a general achievement called "Represent" is granted; subsequent achievement points are granted at ten and twenty-five tabards, with the latter granting the Tabard of the Achiever. There is no current plan to alleviate the amount of bag space taken up by tabards as has been done with mount and non-combat pet collections (which grant similar achievements), but Blizzard has said it is a possibility in the future. Some tabards can be discarded and repurchased or reacquired at a tabard vendor. These generally include rewards from non-repeatable quests and achievements (such as the [Green Trophy Tabard of the Illidari]).
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Guild tabards
Guild tabards can be purchased for 1
from a guildmaster in the Visitor's Center of any faction capital city. Guild leaders can customize the symbol and color scheme of the guild's tabard for 10 . See below for web-based tabard design tools.
Once your tabard crest has been created, it will take another 10 every time you wish to make a change to it.
Honor rank tabards
Honor rank tabards are an honor reward for PvP fighting under the Honor System (battlegrounds).
Enlisted tabards were available for 1 at rank one (
Private and 
Scout).
- [Private's Tabard] is blue with a gold lion design on the front of it, essentially what Stormwind guards wear.
- [Scout's Tabard] is red (more accurately a very deep orange) with the Horde's emblem and white trim.
Under the new 'Mark of Honor' system of PvP rewards, [Private's Tabard] and [Scout's Tabard] now are purchasable from Master Sergeant Biggins in the Champion's Hall (located in Stormwind City) / Brave Stonehide in the Hall of Legends (located in Orgrimmar) for 3 
3 
.
Officers' tabards were available for 4 at rank six (Knight and Stone Guard). Somewhat more glorified, these look similar to the enlisted tabards, but are significantly more detailed.
Similarly, these tabards are now purchasable for 20 20 20 
.
Battleground tabards
Battleground tabards can be obtained at various reputation with each faction through vendor purchase or quest completion. These tabards have a unique appearance.
Alterac Valley tabards are available from the Supply Officers at the entrance to either BG for 60 (Alterac Valley Mark of Honor).
- [Stormpike Battle Tabard] has a red backdrop with golden trim, with the emblem of a spear with a golden bolt at the bottom.
- [Frostwolf Battle Tabard] has a blue backdrop with white trim, bearing a wolf's head at the center, with a crude shield covering it, both made out of blue and white, and with ice-colored and shaped symbols signifying the cold of Alterac Valley.
Arathi Basin tabards are available upon attaining exalted reputation with League of Arathor or Defilers and completing 
[60] Control Five Bases or 
[60] Take Five Bases.
Warsong Gulch tabards are available from the Supply Officers at the entrance to either BG for 60 (Warsong Gulch Mark of Honor).
Other tabards
- [Tabard of Brilliance], [Tabard of Flame], [Tabard of Frost], [Tabard of Fury], [Tabard of Nature], [Tabard of the Arcane], [Tabard of the Defender], and [Tabard of the Void] are rewards from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game.
- [Tabard of the Scarlet Crusade] drops from Scarlet Trainees in the Scarlet Monastery Armory after Herod is killed.
- [Tabard of Summer Flames] and [Tabard of Summer Skies] are rewards from
[70D] Shards of Ahune during the Midsummer Fire Festival.
Past event tabards
These tabards were available for a limited time, and cannot be obtained currently. Some of these tabards may be reacquired from tabard vendors if the player had previously owned them.
- [Competitor's Tabard] was a reward from the Spirit of Competition event.
- [Contest Winner's Tabard] was a reward from the Test of Honor Contest.
- [Tabard of the Argent Dawn] was purchasable for 10 [Necrotic Runes] from the Argent Outfitter during the Scourge Invasion.
- [Tabard of the Protector] was a reward from [60] Into the Breach during the Before the Storm event.
Burning Crusade tabards
Unless otherwise stated, exalted reputation with the respective faction is needed to purchase their tabard. These faction tabards are purchased from the faction's quartermaster for 1 .
- [Blood Knight Tabard] is a reward from the Blood Elf Paladin's epic mount quest chain.
- [Tabard of the Hand] is a reward from the Draenei starting zones' quest chain.
- [Green Trophy Tabard of the Illidari] and [Purple Trophy Tabard of the Illidari] are rewards for completing the [70G] Battle of the Crimson Watch in Shadowmoon Valley.
Wrath of the Lich King tabards
- [Loremaster's Colors] is an Achievement reward for the achievement The Loremaster.
- [Tabard of Brute Force] is an Achievement reward for winning 300 ranked arena matches.
- [Tabard of the Achiever] is an Achievement reward for the achievement Twenty-Five Tabards.
- [Tabard of the Argent Crusade] is purchasable from the Argent Crusade with friendly reputation.
- [Tabard of the Ebon Blade] is purchasable from the Knights of the Ebon Blade with friendly reputation.
- [Tabard of the Explorer] is a Achievement reward for the achievement Explore Northrend.
- [Tabard of the Kirin Tor] is purchasable from the Kirin Tor with friendly reputation.
- [Tabard of the Wyrmrest Accord] is purchasable from the Wyrmrest Accord with friendly reputation.
The Argent Tournament Tabards are available from each faction once you become their Champion. They each cost 50 
Champion's Seals.
- [Darnassus Tabard] is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of Darnassus.
- [Exodar Tabard] is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of the Exodar.
- [Gnomeregan Tabard] is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of Gnomeregan.
- [Ironforge Tabard] is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of Ironforge.
- [Stormwind Tabard] is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of Stormwind.
- [Orgrimmar Tabard] is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of Orgrimmar.
- [Sen'jin Tabard] is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of Sen'jin.
- [Silvermoon City Tabard] is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of Silvermoon City.
- [Thunder Bluff Tabard] is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of Thunder Bluff.
- [Undercity Tabard] is purchasable at the Argent Tournament for champions of Undercity.
Unobtainable tabards
These tabards are worn by NPCs but cannot be obtained by players, though some can be approximated with certain guild tabard designs.
Notes
[Primal Hakkari Tabard] is a tabard that cannot be worn. It is used to create the Zandalar Tribe epic chest-piece for paladins, druids, and shamans.
