A friend faction is a new type of faction introduced with Mists of Pandaria that only applies to an individual NPC. Instead of reputation ranging from Hated to Exalted, friendship factions have friend reputation levels ranging from "Stranger" to "Best Friend". A "Friendship bar" appears for each friendship reputation level that needs to be filled up to get to the next level.
So far, all the friend faction NPCs, except Nat Pagle (of the Anglers), belong to the parent Tillers faction.
Levels of friend reputation
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- Stranger - level range: 0-8400
- Acquaintance - level range: 8400-16800
- Buddy - level range: 16800-25200
- Friend - level range: 25200-33600
- Good Friend - level range: 33600-42000
- Best Friend - level range: 42000-42999
Increasing friend reputation
- Give them gifts (Tillers only).
- Complete their quests.
- Usually you will also get bonus reputation for the NPC's parent faction.
Friend faction NPCs
In Mists of Pandaria

Tillers friend factions in Reputation tab

Anglers friend faction in Reputation tab
The Tillers - farming faction primarily in the Valley of the Four Winds
- Friend factions:
- Chee Chee's faction
- Ella's faction
- Farmer Fung's faction
- Fish Fellreed's faction
- Gina Mudclaw's faction, she's also the Tillers' faction quartermaster
- Haohan Mudclaw's faction
- Jogu the Drunk's faction
- Old Hillpaw's faction
- Sho's faction
- Tina 's faction
The Anglers -
Fishing faction headed by Nat Pagle and located primarily in Krasarang Wilds
- Friend faction:
- Nat Pagle's faction - several quests, but only 1 reward, [Nat's Hat] (has +150 lure effect)
In Warlords of Draenor
- Barracks Bodyguards - placeholder faction for Bodyguard follower friend factions
- Friend faction:
Aeda Brightdawn
Defender Illona
Delvar Ironfist
Leorajh
Talonpriest Ishaal
Tormmok
Vivianne
In Legion
Fishing - no regular faction
- Friend faction:
- Conjurer Margoss
- Deaths of Chromie scenario (added in Patch 7.2.5) - no regular faction
- Friend faction:
- Chromie (faction)
- Faction levels
- Whelpling
- Temporal Trainee
- Timehopper
- Chrono-Friend
- Bronze Ally
- Epoch-Mender
- Timelord