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Comment by tmptfate

This is one of the items that your Darkmoon Adventurer's Guide can help you find. Darkmoon Adventurer's Guide is from Selina Dourman, who resides in the first tent on your left as you enter the Darkmoon Faire.

Turning in this item is part of 2 achievements: Darkmoon Defender and Darkmoon Despoiler

The artifacts needed for Darkmoon Defender are:

Collecting all the Darkmoon Faire Artifacts rewards Darkmoon Despoiler. The full list of Darkmoon Faire Artifacts is:

As stated by Blizzard (Source):

The Darkmoon Faire Field Guide

It’s your passport to riches, my friend. Y’see, we need a few things -- just some junk, nothing valuable to a big hero like you. We call ‘em Darkmoon Artifacts, and there’s all different kinds to be found all over Azeroth. The Darkmoon Field Guide helps you discover artifacts while you’re explorin’ dungeons, slayin’ monsters, and fightin’ in Battlegrounds. Without a guide, you’d never notice ‘em, and it’ll help keep you focused on the stuff we want. Whether you just reached level 10, or you’ve crushed the biggest baddies in the land, we need somethin’ from nearly everybody. You won’t have to go too far out of your way to get ‘em and each month you’ll get a new opportunity to seek out an Artifact for us. What do you get out of the deal? Don’t you worry, you’ll get your cut. When you bring a Darkmoon Artifact back to us, you’ll get valuable experience (it builds character, you know!), earn a better reputation, and possibly earn precious Darkmoon Faire Prize Tickets too!

Comment by Aislinge

There's not much info on how the PvP items come about.

I received a Captured Insignia while looting a body in Isle of Conquest. So far, I've not received anything for capturing bases, flags, towers etc or for winning a battleground.

So, all I can say is make sure you loot those bodies!

Comment by 457798

These can be traded and sold on the AH.

Can not be traded in a bg, as per usual rules however.

Comment by 668582

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

Comment by 157913

I'd recommend going to Isle of Conquest to farm for this. It's a 40-man, so there are a lot of people dying, and it has a lot more actual PvP than Alterac Valley. Most active combat is near the keeps, and the enemy keep is often your best bet. A few stragglers will periodically rez, only to be torn up by your own forces, leaving behind their corpses, fresh for looting. Be sure you're the first to snag their insignia; this isn't group loot.

Comment by Slaeyn

Seems to be an error in the quest text. When I turned this in Thaddeus said 'This is a remarkable example of an Alliance insignia", but I am Alliance, so it was obviously a Horde insignia.

Comment by DarkRash

Basically it can drop in any battleground each having it own drop rate...around 3-4 corpses you should get one but the chances are to not get any.Remember to loot the corpse after u kill him and have in bag a guide from Darkmoon Faire if u want to get these.P.S.: they go pretty high on AH atm.

Comment by sandyra

What is this? This item Captured Insignia starts the quest The Enemy's Insignia 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 this, you must have the Darkmoon Adventurer's Guide in your ~~bags~~ inventory - which can be obtained in one of two ways:

Receive it as a reward from Gelvas Grimegate after completing The Darkmoon Faire for Alliance or The Darkmoon Faire for Horde.
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.

Where do I get it?

This particular item can be looted by removing insignias from fallen enemies in battlegrounds.

Why do I want it? There are several reasons that you may want this item:

Receive 5 Darkmoon Prize Tickets upon handing it in - these tickets allow you to purchase mounts, pets and other collectibles whenever the Darkmoon Faire is on.
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.
Having completed the quest that this item starts will count towards the achievements Darkmoon Defender and Darkmoon Despoiler.
Gold gold GOLD - since this item 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!

What else do I need to know?

The quest can only be turned in once per Darkmoon Faire. You can certainly collect more of these, however if you've turned in for the current faire, you'll have to wait till it's next in town.
This item 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.

What other Darkmoon Faire drops are there?

Fallen Adventurer's Journal -> The Captured Journal = 5 x Darkmoon Prize Tickets
Banner of the Fallen -> A Captured Banner = 5 x Darkmoon Prize Tickets
Imbued Crystal -> A Curious Crystal = 10 x Darkmoon Prize Tickets
Monstrous Egg -> An Exotic Egg = 10 x Darkmoon Prize Tickets
Mysterious Grimoire -> An Intriguing Grimoire = 10 x Darkmoon Prize Tickets
Ornate Weapon -> A Wondrous Weapon = 10 x Darkmoon Prize Tickets
Soothsayer's Runes -> = 10 x Darkmoon Prize Tickets
A Treatise on Strategy -> = 15 x Darkmoon Prize Tickets

Will frequently amend and extend this post as users request it or as I learn more.

Comment by 920857

it has a chance to drop when you remove someone's insignia in a battleground, the drop chance from people seem to be about 5%

Comment by Dalylah

Edit:
It is February 4, the day before third round of DMF starts and I can pick up the repeatable quests already. It seems Blizzard fixed this. Yay.

It is January 1st and the second round of DMF is here. I am unable to start the quest for Banner of the Fallen, Adventurers Journal or Captured Insignia. I appears that they can be used only once as of today. I could however turn in the other 5 that drop from dungeons and raids.

Comment by 945245

It seems like this drops much more often then both Banner of the Fallen and https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=71953#comments in battlegrounds

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