Neutral

In World of Warcraft

The word neutral means:

unfriendly ⇐ neutral ⇒ friendly

1. The faction alignment of an NPC, town, or city that is not allied or hostile towards the Alliance or Horde. Contrast with Friendly and Hostile.
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2. Derivative; the availability of a quest or item that is obtained through an Neutral aligned NPC.
   • Available to both Alliance and Horde is not the same thing as available through a Neutral NPC.
   • Pairs of nearly identical quests that have an Alliance quest giver and end point and a Horde quest giver and end point are not a single Neutral quest.
     • They are a pair of Alliance and Horde quests.
     • The quest id numbers are different.
3. The disposition alignment of a monster, beast, or NPC towards your character
   • When you click on Neutral beasts or NPCs, their name and highlight will be yellow.
   • Neutral creatures will not attack unless attacked.
   • Neutral creatures become hostile when attacked, but will revert to neutral, if you go out of attack range for long enough.
   • Most non-carnivorous beasts will be neutral.
   • Goblins are typically neutral NPCs.
   • You can talk to some neutral creatures.
   • Not all Neutral creatures can be attacked.
     • Darkmoon Faire NPCs cannot be attacked, even when they are Neutral.
     • (Applies mainly to Horde) Neutral NPCs from your own faction generally cannot be attacked; there are specific exceptions.
4. The Reputation Level 3000 points below Friendly and above Unfriendly.
   • The members of a faction you have a Neutral reputation with will generally have a like disposition alignment towards you.

Roleplaying Game

In the RPG neutral means;

1. Refers various neutral alignments including;

• Neutral good
• Neutral evil
• Lawful neutral
• Chaotic neutral
• Neutral (aka true neutral)

2. Regions that are "neutral", i.e. neutral to all factions.

3. Some of the Independent factions.