Gelkis Clan Centaur reputation guide

The Gelkis Clan Centaur live in the southwest of Desolace and are the sworn enemies of the Magram Clan Centaur. You can raise only one of the two: every kill that counts for the Gelkis costs you reputation with the Magram. The reputation is open to Alliance and Horde, and neither clan has a quartermaster.

Where you start

Every character starts at Neutral, 2,000 into the 3,000 of that standing, so 1,000 short of Friendly. That value comes from the faction data of the Classic Era client, which the database wago.tools reads out of build 1.15.9.

The standings

Standing	Reputation in the standing	Needed from the start of Neutral
Neutral	3,000	0
Friendly	6,000	3,000
Honored	12,000	9,000
Revered	21,000	21,000
Exalted	1,000	42,000

You begin at 2,000 in the first row, so the first 1,000 to Friendly is all that stands between you and the quest chain.

Where the reputation comes from

Killing Magram centaurs

Most of the reputation comes from killing centaurs of the Magram clan in Desolace. Warcraft Wiki puts a kill at 20 reputation for the Gelkis and 100 lost with the Magram, with 5 and 25 for other kinds of centaur. The bodyguards around Warug, the quest giver of the Magram in the southeast of the zone, give 5 for the Gelkis and cost 25 with the Magram, and they respawn without end.

The quest chain

From Friendly on, Uthek the Wise, on the outskirts of the Gelkis camps in the southwest of Desolace, opens a chain: Strange Alliance, Gelkis Alliance, Raid on the Kolkar, Stealing Supplies, Ongeku, Khan Jehn and Khan Hratha. Strange Alliance and Gelkis Alliance each give 100 reputation with the Gelkis and cost 500 with the Magram, says Wowhead.

Where it stops

Kills stop counting at 11,999 into Honored, one point below Revered, writes Warcraft Wiki. Whoever saves the quest turn-ins until that point ends at Revered 249 of 21,000, or 274 with the Diplomacy racial. Exalted is out of reach.

The fastest way to the cap

1. Kill Magram centaurs until Friendly. From the start that is 1,000 reputation, or about fifty kills.
2. Pick up the chain at Uthek the Wise, but hold on to the turn-ins.
3. Keep killing until the 11,999 in Honored, then turn in what you saved.

Rewards

There are no rewards per standing. At the end of the chain you choose between Gelkis Marauder Chain and Uthek’s Finger, according to Warcraft Wiki. Which quest hands them over, the source does not say.