485BPOS

AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 21, 2012

1933 Act No. 333-74295
1940 Act No. 811-09253

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 273 [X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 274 [X]

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

525 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(800) 222-8222
(Registrant's Telephone Number)

C. David Messman
Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
525 Market Street, 12th Floor
San Francisco, California 94105
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

With a copy to:

Marco E. Adelfio, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
901 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

It is proposed that this filing will become effective: (check appropriate box)
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized in the City of San Francisco, State of California on the 21st day of December, 2012.

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

By: /s/ C. David Messman
-----------------------------
C. David Messman
Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 273 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

/s/ Peter G. Gordon Peter G. Gordon* Trustee	/s/ Isaiah Harris, Jr. Isaiah Harris, Jr.* Trustee	/s/ Judith M. Johnson Judith M. Johnson* Trustee
/s/ David F. Larcker David F. Larcker* Trustee	/s/ Olivia S. Mitchell Olivia S. Mitchell* Trustee	/s/ Timothy J. Penny Timothy J. Penny* Trustee
/s/ Donald C. Willeke Donald C. Willeke* Trustee	/s/ Michael S. Scofield Michael S. Scofield* Trustee	/s/ Leroy J. Keith, Jr. Leroy J. Keith, Jr.* Trustee
/s/ Karla M. Rabusch Karla M. Rabusch* President (Principal Executive Officer)	For the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds /s/ Jeremy M. DePalma Jeremy M. DePalma* Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)	For the Wells Fargo Advantage Income Funds /s/ Nancy Wiser Nancy Wiser* Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)

*By: /s/ C. David Messman
C. David Messman
As Attorney-in-Fact
December 21, 2012

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Average Annual Total Returns	0 Months Ended
	Dec. 01, 2012
(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	7.84%
5 Years	6.50%
10 Years	5.78%
(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) | Class R4
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	8.52%
5 Years	7.43%
10 Years	6.33%
Inception Date of Share Class	Nov. 30, 2012
(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	7.84%
5 Years	6.50%
10 Years	5.78%
(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) | Class R6
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	8.52%
5 Years	7.43%
10 Years	6.33%
Inception Date of Share Class	Nov. 30, 2012
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target Today Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	5.26%
5 Years	5.50%
10 Years	6.37%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	7.84%
5 Years	6.50%
10 Years	5.78%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	1.03%
5 Years	(0.01%)
10 Years	3.51%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund) | Class R4
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	4.86%
5 Years	5.01%
10 Years	4.64%
Inception Date of Share Class	Nov. 30, 2012
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target 2010 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	4.49%
5 Years	4.68%
10 Years	6.37%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	7.84%
5 Years	6.50%
10 Years	5.78%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	1.03%
5 Years	(0.01%)
10 Years	3.51%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund) | Class R4
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	4.06%
5 Years	4.14%
10 Years	4.41%
Inception Date of Share Class	Nov. 30, 2012
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target 2015 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	3.42%
5 Years
Since Inception	3.39%	[1]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	7.84%
5 Years
Since Inception	7.01%	[1]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	1.03%
5 Years
Since Inception	(1.53%)	[1]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund) | Class R4
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	3.05%
5 Years
Since Inception	2.86%	[1]
Inception Date of Share Class	Nov. 30, 2012
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target 2020 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	2.01%
5 Years	3.10%
10 Years	6.39%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	7.84%
5 Years	6.50%
10 Years	5.78%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	1.03%
5 Years	(0.01%)
10 Years	3.51%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund) | Class R4
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	1.63%
5 Years	2.69%
10 Years	4.14%
Inception Date of Share Class	Nov. 30, 2012
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target 2025 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	0.49%
5 Years
Since Inception	1.19%	[1]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	7.84%
5 Years
Since Inception	7.01%	[1]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	1.03%
5 Years
Since Inception	(1.53%)	[1]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund) | Class R4
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	0.23%
5 Years
Since Inception	0.80%	[1]
Inception Date of Share Class	Nov. 30, 2012
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target 2030 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	(1.20%)
5 Years	1.75%
10 Years	6.37%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	7.84%
5 Years	6.50%
10 Years	5.78%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	1.03%
5 Years	(0.01%)
10 Years	3.51%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund) | Class R4
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	(1.37%)
5 Years	1.44%
10 Years	3.89%
Inception Date of Share Class	Nov. 30, 2012
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target 2035 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	(2.62%)
5 Years
Since Inception	(0.50%)	[1]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	7.84%
5 Years
Since Inception	7.01%	[1]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	1.03%
5 Years
Since Inception	(1.53%)	[1]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund) | Class R4
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	(2.76%)
5 Years
Since Inception	(0.69%)	[1]
Inception Date of Share Class	Nov. 30, 2012
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target 2040 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	(3.59%)
5 Years	0.93%
10 Years	6.22%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	7.84%
5 Years	6.50%
10 Years	5.78%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	1.03%
5 Years	(0.01%)
10 Years	3.51%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund) | Class R4
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	(3.75%)
5 Years	0.67%
10 Years	3.78%
Inception Date of Share Class	Nov. 30, 2012
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target 2045 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	(3.99%)
5 Years
Since Inception	(0.94%)	[1]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	7.84%
5 Years
Since Inception	7.01%	[1]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	1.03%
5 Years
Since Inception	(1.53%)	[1]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund) | Class R4
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	(4.06%)
5 Years
Since Inception	(1.06%)	[1]
Inception Date of Share Class	Nov. 30, 2012
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target 2050 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	(4.00%)
5 Years
Since Inception	(0.95%)	[1]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	7.84%
5 Years
Since Inception	7.01%	[1]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	1.03%
5 Years
Since Inception	(1.53%)	[1]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund) | Class R4
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	(4.07%)
5 Years
Since Inception	(1.10%)	[1]
Inception Date of Share Class	Nov. 30, 2012
(WFA International Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage International Bond) | BofA Merrill Lynch Global Broad Market ex US Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	4.59%
5 Years	6.54%
10 Years	8.49%
(WFA International Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage International Bond) | Class R6
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	4.31%
5 Years	7.97%
10 Years	9.20%
Inception Date of Share Class	Nov. 30, 2012
(WFA Short Duration Government Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund) | Barclays 1-3 Year Government Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	1.56%
5 Years	3.80%
10 Years	3.38%
(WFA Short Duration Government Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund) | Class R6
Average Annual Return:
1 Year	2.46%
5 Years	4.85%
10 Years	4.02%
Inception Date of Share Class	Nov. 30, 2012

[1] Performance Since 6/29/2007

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(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks total return, consisting of income and capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R4)
Management Fees	[1]	0.36%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.26%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	[2]	0.62%
Fee Waiver		0.10%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[3]	0.52%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R4)	53	188	336	765

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions,when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 803% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in bonds;

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in investment-grade debt securities;

• up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in asset-backed securities, other than mortgage-backed securities; and

• up to 20% of the Fund's total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities of foreign issuers.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests substantially all of its assets in the Core Bond Portfolio, a master portfolio with a substantially identical investment objective and substantially similar investment strategies. We may invest in additional master portfolios, in other Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, or directly in a portfolio of securities.

We invest principally in investment-grade debt securities, including U.S. Government obligations, corporate bonds and mortgage- and asset-backed securities. As part of our investment strategy, we may invest in stripped securities or enter into mortgage dollar rolls and reverse repurchase agreements, as well as invest in U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities of foreign issuers. We may also use futures, options or swap agreements to manage risk or to enhance return or as a substitute for purchasing the underlying security. While we may purchase securities of any maturity or duration, under normal circumstances, we expect to maintain an overall dollar-weighted average effective duration range between 4 and 5½ years. "Dollar-Weighted Average Effective Duration" is an aggregate measure of the sensitivity of a fund's fixed income portfolio securities to changes in interest rates. As a general matter, the price of a fixed income security with a longer effective duration will fluctuate more in response to changes in interest rates than the price of a fixed income security with a shorter effective duration.

We invest in debt securities that we believe offer competitive returns and are undervalued, offering additional income and/or price appreciation potential relative to other debt securities of similar credit quality and interest rate sensitivity. From time to time, we may also invest in unrated bonds that we believe are comparable to investment-grade debt securities. We may sell a security that has achieved its desired return or if we believe the security or its sector has become overvalued. We may also sell a security if a more attractive opportunity becomes available or if the security is no longer attractive due to its risk profile or as a result of changes in the overall market environment.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Options Risk. An investment in options may be subject to greater fluctuation than an investment in the underlying instruments themselves. A Fund that purchases options is subject to the risk of a complete loss of premiums, while a Fund that writes options could be in a worse position than it would have been had it not written the option. There can be no assurance that a liquid market will exist when a Fund seeks to close out an option position.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Stripped Securities Risk. Stripped securities are the separate income or principal components of debt securities. These securities are particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates, and therefore subject to greater fluctuations in price than typical interest bearing debt securities. For example, stripped mortgage-backed securities have greater interest rate risk than mortgage-backed securities with like maturities, and stripped treasury securities have greater interest rate risk than traditional government securities with identical credit ratings.

Swaps Risk. Swap agreements are derivative instruments that can be individually negotiated and structured to address exposure to a variety of different types of investments or market factors. Depending on their structure, swap agreements may increase or decrease a Fund's exposure to long- or short-term interest rates, foreign currency values, mortgage securities, corporate borrowing rates, or other factors such as security prices or inflation rates.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2002   +4.98%

Lowest Quarter:  2nd Quarter 2004   -2.36%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.97%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) (WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	8.52%	7.43%	6.33%
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%	6.50%	5.78%

[1] Reflects the fees charged by Funds Management for providing investment advisory services to the master portfolio in which the Fund invests substantially all of its assets.

[2] Includes gross expenses allocated from the master portfolio in which the Fund invests.

[3] The Adviser has committed through September 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] Historical performance shown for the Class R4 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Institutional Class shares, and is not adjusted to reflect Class R4 expenses. If these expenses had been included, returns for Class R4 would be lower. The Institutional Class annual returns are substantially similar to what the Class R4 annual returns would be because the Institutional Class and Class R4 shares are invested in the same portfolio and their returns differ only to the extent that they do not have the same expenses.

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(WFA Short Duration Government Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to provide current income consistent with capital preservation.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund)	Class R6 (WFA Short Duration Government Bond Fund - Class R6)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund)		Class R6 (WFA Short Duration Government Bond Fund - Class R6)
Management Fees		0.38%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.11%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.50%
Fee Waiver		0.12%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.38%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R6 (WFA Short Duration Government Bond Fund - Class R6)	39	148	268	617

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal period, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 485% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances we invest at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in U.S. Government obligations and up to 20% of the Fund's net assets in non-government mortgage- and asset-backed securities.

We invest principally in U.S. Government obligations, including debt securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury, U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities. We will purchase only securities that are rated, at the time of purchase, within the two highest rating categories assigned by a Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organization, or are deemed by us to be of comparable quality. As part of our investment strategy, we may invest in stripped securities or enter into mortgage dollar rolls and reverse repurchase agreements. While we may purchase securities of any maturity or duration, under normal circumstances, we expect the portfolio's overall dollar-weighted average effective duration to be less than that of a 3-year U.S. Treasury note.

We invest in debt securities that we believe offer competitive returns and are undervalued, offering additional income and/or price appreciation potential, relative to other debt securities of similar credit quality and interest rate sensitivity. As part of our investment strategy, we invest in mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies that we believe will sufficiently outperform U.S. Treasuries. We may sell a security that has achieved its desired return or if we believe the security or its sector has become overvalued. We may also sell a security if a more attractive opportunity becomes available or if the security is no longer attractive due to its risk profile or as a result of changes in the overall market environment.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Stripped Securities Risk. Stripped securities are the separate income or principal components of debt securities. These securities are particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates, and therefore subject to greater fluctuations in price than typical interest bearing debt securities. For example, stripped mortgage-backed securities have greater interest rate risk than mortgage-backed securities with like maturities, and stripped treasury securities have greater interest rate risk than traditional government securities with identical credit ratings.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R6

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 1st Quarter 2009   +3.54%

Lowest Quarter:  2nd Quarter 2004   -1.14%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 2.14%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund) (WFA Short Duration Government Bond Fund - Class R6)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class R6	Nov. 30, 2012	2.46%	4.85%	4.02%
Barclays 1-3 Year Government Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.56%	3.80%	3.38%

[1] The Adviser has committed through December 31, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at 0.37% for Class R6. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] Historical performance shown for the Class R6 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Institutional Class shares, and is not adjusted to reflect Class R6 expenses. If these expenses had been included, returns for Class R6 would be higher. The Institutional Class annual returns are substantially similar to what the Class R6 annual returns would be because the Institutional Class and Class R6 shares are invested in the same portfolio and their returns differ only to the extent that they do not have the same expenses.

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485BPOS

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Aug. 31, 2012

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WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

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Nov. 27, 2012

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Dec. 01, 2012

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Dec. 01, 2012

(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund)

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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The Fund seeks total return, consisting of income and capital appreciation.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

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2014-09-30

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions,when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 803% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

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803.00%

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example of Expenses

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The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in bonds;

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in investment-grade debt securities;

• up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in asset-backed securities, other than mortgage-backed securities; and

• up to 20% of the Fund's total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities of foreign issuers.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests substantially all of its assets in the Core Bond Portfolio, a master portfolio with a substantially identical investment objective and substantially similar investment strategies. We may invest in additional master portfolios, in other Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, or directly in a portfolio of securities.

We invest principally in investment-grade debt securities, including U.S. Government obligations, corporate bonds and mortgage- and asset-backed securities. As part of our investment strategy, we may invest in stripped securities or enter into mortgage dollar rolls and reverse repurchase agreements, as well as invest in U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities of foreign issuers. We may also use futures, options or swap agreements to manage risk or to enhance return or as a substitute for purchasing the underlying security. While we may purchase securities of any maturity or duration, under normal circumstances, we expect to maintain an overall dollar-weighted average effective duration range between 4 and 5½ years. "Dollar-Weighted Average Effective Duration" is an aggregate measure of the sensitivity of a fund's fixed income portfolio securities to changes in interest rates. As a general matter, the price of a fixed income security with a longer effective duration will fluctuate more in response to changes in interest rates than the price of a fixed income security with a shorter effective duration.

We invest in debt securities that we believe offer competitive returns and are undervalued, offering additional income and/or price appreciation potential relative to other debt securities of similar credit quality and interest rate sensitivity. From time to time, we may also invest in unrated bonds that we believe are comparable to investment-grade debt securities. We may sell a security that has achieved its desired return or if we believe the security or its sector has become overvalued. We may also sell a security if a more attractive opportunity becomes available or if the security is no longer attractive due to its risk profile or as a result of changes in the overall market environment.

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Options Risk. An investment in options may be subject to greater fluctuation than an investment in the underlying instruments themselves. A Fund that purchases options is subject to the risk of a complete loss of premiums, while a Fund that writes options could be in a worse position than it would have been had it not written the option. There can be no assurance that a liquid market will exist when a Fund seeks to close out an option position.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Stripped Securities Risk. Stripped securities are the separate income or principal components of debt securities. These securities are particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates, and therefore subject to greater fluctuations in price than typical interest bearing debt securities. For example, stripped mortgage-backed securities have greater interest rate risk than mortgage-backed securities with like maturities, and stripped treasury securities have greater interest rate risk than traditional government securities with identical credit ratings.

Swaps Risk. Swap agreements are derivative instruments that can be individually negotiated and structured to address exposure to a variety of different types of investments or market factors. Depending on their structure, swap agreements may increase or decrease a Fund's exposure to long- or short-term interest rates, foreign currency values, mortgage securities, corporate borrowing rates, or other factors such as security prices or inflation rates.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text]

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An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

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wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

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Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2002   +4.98%

Lowest Quarter:  2nd Quarter 2004   -2.36%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.97%

Performance Table Heading

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Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[7]

(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

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1 Year

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7.84%

5 Years

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6.50%

10 Years

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5.78%

(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) | Class R4

Risk/Return:

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Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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none

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

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none

Management Fees

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0.36%

^[1]

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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none

Other Expenses

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0.26%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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0.62%

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Fee Waiver

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(0.10%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver

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0.52%

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Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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53

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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188

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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336

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

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765

Annual Return 2002

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10.46%

Annual Return 2003

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4.65%

Annual Return 2004

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4.58%

Annual Return 2005

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2.34%

Annual Return 2006

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4.38%

Annual Return 2007

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6.68%

Annual Return 2008

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3.14%

Annual Return 2009

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11.50%

Annual Return 2010

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7.49%

Annual Return 2011

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8.52%

Year to Date Return, Label

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Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.97%

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date

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Sep. 30, 2012

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return

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5.97%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

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Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2002

Highest Quarterly Return

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4.98%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

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Lowest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2004

Lowest Quarterly Return

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(2.36%)

1 Year

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8.52%

5 Years

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7.43%

10 Years

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6.33%

Inception Date of Share Class

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Nov. 30, 2012

(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund)

Risk/Return:

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Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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The Fund seeks total return, consisting of income and capital appreciation.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

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2014-09-30

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions,when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 803% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

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803.00%

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example of Expenses

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in bonds;

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in investment-grade debt securities;

• up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in asset-backed securities, other than mortgage-backed securities; and

• up to 20% of the Fund's total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities of foreign issuers.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests substantially all of its assets in the Core Bond Portfolio, a master portfolio with a substantially identical investment objective and substantially similar investment strategies. We may invest in additional master portfolios, in other Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, or directly in a portfolio of securities.

We invest principally in investment-grade debt securities, including U.S. Government obligations, corporate bonds and mortgage- and asset-backed securities. As part of our investment strategy, we may invest in stripped securities or enter into mortgage dollar rolls and reverse repurchase agreements, as well as invest in U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities of foreign issuers. We may also use futures, options or swap agreements to manage risk or to enhance return or as a substitute for purchasing the underlying security. While we may purchase securities of any maturity or duration, under normal circumstances, we expect to maintain an overall dollar-weighted average effective duration range between 4 and 5½ years. "Dollar-Weighted Average Effective Duration" is an aggregate measure of the sensitivity of a fund's fixed income portfolio securities to changes in interest rates. As a general matter, the price of a fixed income security with a longer effective duration will fluctuate more in response to changes in interest rates than the price of a fixed income security with a shorter effective duration.

We invest in debt securities that we believe offer competitive returns and are undervalued, offering additional income and/or price appreciation potential relative to other debt securities of similar credit quality and interest rate sensitivity. From time to time, we may also invest in unrated bonds that we believe are comparable to investment-grade debt securities. We may sell a security that has achieved its desired return or if we believe the security or its sector has become overvalued. We may also sell a security if a more attractive opportunity becomes available or if the security is no longer attractive due to its risk profile or as a result of changes in the overall market environment.

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Options Risk. An investment in options may be subject to greater fluctuation than an investment in the underlying instruments themselves. A Fund that purchases options is subject to the risk of a complete loss of premiums, while a Fund that writes options could be in a worse position than it would have been had it not written the option. There can be no assurance that a liquid market will exist when a Fund seeks to close out an option position.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Stripped Securities Risk. Stripped securities are the separate income or principal components of debt securities. These securities are particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates, and therefore subject to greater fluctuations in price than typical interest bearing debt securities. For example, stripped mortgage-backed securities have greater interest rate risk than mortgage-backed securities with like maturities, and stripped treasury securities have greater interest rate risk than traditional government securities with identical credit ratings.

Swaps Risk. Swap agreements are derivative instruments that can be individually negotiated and structured to address exposure to a variety of different types of investments or market factors. Depending on their structure, swap agreements may increase or decrease a Fund's exposure to long- or short-term interest rates, foreign currency values, mortgage securities, corporate borrowing rates, or other factors such as security prices or inflation rates.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text]

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An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency,

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

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wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R6

^[8]

Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2002   +4.98%

Lowest Quarter:  2nd Quarter 2004   -2.36%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.97%

Performance Table Heading

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Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[8]

(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

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1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

7.84%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

6.50%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

5.78%

(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) | Class R6

Risk/Return:

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Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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none

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice

none

Management Fees

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0.36%

^[1]

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

none

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.11%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

0.47%

^[2]

Fee Waiver

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.10%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

0.37%

^[3]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

38

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

141

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

253

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

582

Annual Return 2002

rr_AnnualReturn2002

10.46%

Annual Return 2003

rr_AnnualReturn2003

4.65%

Annual Return 2004

rr_AnnualReturn2004

4.58%

Annual Return 2005

rr_AnnualReturn2005

2.34%

Annual Return 2006

rr_AnnualReturn2006

4.38%

Annual Return 2007

rr_AnnualReturn2007

6.68%

Annual Return 2008

rr_AnnualReturn2008

3.14%

Annual Return 2009

rr_AnnualReturn2009

11.50%

Annual Return 2010

rr_AnnualReturn2010

7.49%

Annual Return 2011

rr_AnnualReturn2011

8.52%

Year to Date Return, Label

rr_YearToDateReturnLabel

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.97%

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate

Sep. 30, 2012

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn

5.97%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2002

Highest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn

4.98%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Lowest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2004

Lowest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn

(2.36%)

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

8.52%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

7.43%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

6.33%

Inception Date of Share Class

rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate

Nov. 30, 2012

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund)

Risk/Return:

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Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

rr_ShareholderFeesCaption

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

rr_OperatingExpensesCaption

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination

2014-06-30

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 46% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate

46.00%

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example of Expenses

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to maintain a relatively fixed level of potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. The Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund is the most conservative Fund within the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds series. Within the series, each Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund's allocation of assets among equity, fixed income and money market instruments asset classes, and your decision to invest in this or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "Today" designation in the Fund's name corresponds to the naming convention of the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠, an index designed to represent the targeted level of relative market risk exposure 10 years past a dated Fund's targeted year. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 16%, 79% and 5%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text]

rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress

wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[7]

Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2003    +7.21%

Lowest Quarter:  3rd Quarter 2002    -4.36%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.14%

Performance Table Heading

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Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[7]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target Today Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

5.26%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

5.50%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

6.37%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

7.84%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

6.50%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

5.78%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

1.03%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

(0.01%)

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

3.51%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund) | Class R4

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice

none

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice

none

Management Fees

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.24%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

none

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.25%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.25%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

0.74%

Fee Waiver

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.29%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

0.45%

^[4]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

46

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

207

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

383

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

891

Annual Return 2002

rr_AnnualReturn2002

(3.73%)

Annual Return 2003

rr_AnnualReturn2003

11.89%

Annual Return 2004

rr_AnnualReturn2004

5.43%

Annual Return 2005

rr_AnnualReturn2005

2.76%

Annual Return 2006

rr_AnnualReturn2006

5.67%

Annual Return 2007

rr_AnnualReturn2007

6.14%

Annual Return 2008

rr_AnnualReturn2008

(3.17%)

Annual Return 2009

rr_AnnualReturn2009

9.69%

Annual Return 2010

rr_AnnualReturn2010

7.99%

Annual Return 2011

rr_AnnualReturn2011

4.86%

Year to Date Return, Label

rr_YearToDateReturnLabel

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.14%

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate

Sep. 30, 2012

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn

5.14%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2003

Highest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn

7.21%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Lowest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2002

Lowest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn

(4.36%)

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

4.86%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

5.01%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

4.64%

Inception Date of Share Class

rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate

Nov. 30, 2012

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

rr_ShareholderFeesCaption

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

rr_OperatingExpensesCaption

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination

2014-06-30

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading

Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 43% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate

43.00%

Expense Example [Heading]

rr_ExpenseExampleHeading

Example of Expenses

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

rr_StrategyHeading

Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠. As the Fund has now reached its target year, its risk exposure approaches 27% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 22%, 74% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text]

rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress

wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture

Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[7]

Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2003   +9.30%

Lowest Quarter:  3rd Quarter 2002   -8.55%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.92%

Performance Table Heading

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Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[7]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target 2010 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

4.49%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

4.68%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

6.37%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

7.84%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

6.50%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

5.78%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

1.03%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

(0.01%)

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

3.51%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund) | Class R4

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice

none

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice

none

Management Fees

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.24%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

none

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.25%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.26%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

0.75%

Fee Waiver

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.28%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

0.47%

^[4]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

48

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

212

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

389

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

904

Annual Return 2002

rr_AnnualReturn2002

(8.98%)

Annual Return 2003

rr_AnnualReturn2003

15.99%

Annual Return 2004

rr_AnnualReturn2004

7.01%

Annual Return 2005

rr_AnnualReturn2005

3.44%

Annual Return 2006

rr_AnnualReturn2006

7.54%

Annual Return 2007

rr_AnnualReturn2007

7.10%

Annual Return 2008

rr_AnnualReturn2008

(10.75%)

Annual Return 2009

rr_AnnualReturn2009

12.76%

Annual Return 2010

rr_AnnualReturn2010

9.19%

Annual Return 2011

rr_AnnualReturn2011

4.06%

Year to Date Return, Label

rr_YearToDateReturnLabel

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.92%

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate

Sep. 30, 2012

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn

5.92%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2003

Highest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn

9.30%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Lowest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2002

Lowest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn

(8.55%)

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

4.06%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

4.14%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

4.41%

Inception Date of Share Class

rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate

Nov. 30, 2012

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Objective [Heading]

rr_ObjectiveHeading

Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠.

Expense [Heading]

rr_ExpenseHeading

Fees and Expenses

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

rr_ShareholderFeesCaption

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

rr_OperatingExpensesCaption

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination

2014-06-30

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading

Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 40% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate

40.00%

Expense Example [Heading]

rr_ExpenseExampleHeading

Example of Expenses

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

rr_StrategyHeading

Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2015, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 31%, 65% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Risk [Heading]

rr_RiskHeading

Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

rr_RiskLoseMoney

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text]

rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading

Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress

wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture

Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Bar Chart [Heading]

rr_BarChartHeading

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[7]

Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +10.20%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008    -7.21%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 6.71%

Performance Table Heading

rr_PerformanceTableHeading

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[7]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target 2015 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

3.42%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

3.39%

^[9]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

7.84%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

7.01%

^[9]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

1.03%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

(1.53%)

^[9]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund) | Class R4

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice

none

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice

none

Management Fees

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.24%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

none

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.25%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.26%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

0.75%

Fee Waiver

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.27%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

0.48%

^[4]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

49

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

213

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

390

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

905

Annual Return 2002

rr_AnnualReturn2002

Annual Return 2003

rr_AnnualReturn2003

Annual Return 2004

rr_AnnualReturn2004

Annual Return 2005

rr_AnnualReturn2005

Annual Return 2006

rr_AnnualReturn2006

Annual Return 2007

rr_AnnualReturn2007

Annual Return 2008

rr_AnnualReturn2008

(16.35%)

Annual Return 2009

rr_AnnualReturn2009

15.95%

Annual Return 2010

rr_AnnualReturn2010

10.35%

Annual Return 2011

rr_AnnualReturn2011

3.05%

Year to Date Return, Label

rr_YearToDateReturnLabel

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 6.71%

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate

Sep. 30, 2012

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn

6.71%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

Highest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn

10.20%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

Lowest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn

(7.21%)

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

3.05%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

2.86%

^[9]

Inception Date of Share Class

rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate

Nov. 30, 2012

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Objective [Heading]

rr_ObjectiveHeading

Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠.

Expense [Heading]

rr_ExpenseHeading

Fees and Expenses

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

rr_ShareholderFeesCaption

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

rr_OperatingExpensesCaption

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination

2014-06-30

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading

Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 35% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate

35.00%

Expense Example [Heading]

rr_ExpenseExampleHeading

Example of Expenses

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

rr_StrategyHeading

Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2020, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 44%, 52% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Risk [Heading]

rr_RiskHeading

Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text]

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An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

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wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

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Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +12.48%

Lowest Quarter:  3rd Quarter 2002   -11.76%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 7.86%

Performance Table Heading

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Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

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(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target 2020 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

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1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

2.01%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

3.10%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

6.39%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

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1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

7.84%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

6.50%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

5.78%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

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1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

1.03%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

(0.01%)

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

3.51%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund) | Class R4

Risk/Return:

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Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice

none

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice

none

Management Fees

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0.22%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

none

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.24%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.26%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

0.72%

Fee Waiver

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.22%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

0.50%

^[4]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

51

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

208

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

379

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

874

Annual Return 2002

rr_AnnualReturn2002

(13.76%)

Annual Return 2003

rr_AnnualReturn2003

20.01%

Annual Return 2004

rr_AnnualReturn2004

8.81%

Annual Return 2005

rr_AnnualReturn2005

4.87%

Annual Return 2006

rr_AnnualReturn2006

11.24%

Annual Return 2007

rr_AnnualReturn2007

7.55%

Annual Return 2008

rr_AnnualReturn2008

(21.92%)

Annual Return 2009

rr_AnnualReturn2009

19.65%

Annual Return 2010

rr_AnnualReturn2010

11.81%

Annual Return 2011

rr_AnnualReturn2011

1.63%

Year to Date Return, Label

rr_YearToDateReturnLabel

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 7.86%

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate

Sep. 30, 2012

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn

7.86%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

Highest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn

12.48%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Lowest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2002

Lowest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn

(11.76%)

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

1.63%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

2.69%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

4.14%

Inception Date of Share Class

rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate

Nov. 30, 2012

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund)

Risk/Return:

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Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

rr_OperatingExpensesCaption

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination

2014-06-30

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 31% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate

31.00%

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example of Expenses

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2025, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 57%, 39% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text]

rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress

wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[7]

Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +15.09%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008   -14.28%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 9.11%

Performance Table Heading

rr_PerformanceTableHeading

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[7]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target 2025 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

0.49%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

1.19%

^[9]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

7.84%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

7.01%

^[9]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

1.03%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

(1.53%)

^[9]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund) | Class R4

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice

none

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice

none

Management Fees

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.23%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

none

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.25%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.26%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

0.74%

Fee Waiver

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.24%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

0.50%

^[4]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

51

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

212

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

388

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

896

Annual Return 2002

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Annual Return 2003

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Annual Return 2004

rr_AnnualReturn2004

Annual Return 2005

rr_AnnualReturn2005

Annual Return 2006

rr_AnnualReturn2006

Annual Return 2007

rr_AnnualReturn2007

Annual Return 2008

rr_AnnualReturn2008

(26.70%)

Annual Return 2009

rr_AnnualReturn2009

23.80%

Annual Return 2010

rr_AnnualReturn2010

13.53%

Annual Return 2011

rr_AnnualReturn2011

0.23%

Year to Date Return, Label

rr_YearToDateReturnLabel

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 9.11%

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate

Sep. 30, 2012

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn

9.11%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

Highest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn

15.09%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

Lowest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn

(14.28%)

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

0.23%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

0.80%

^[9]

Inception Date of Share Class

rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate

Nov. 30, 2012

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund)

Risk/Return:

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Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠.

Expense [Heading]

rr_ExpenseHeading

Fees and Expenses

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

rr_OperatingExpensesCaption

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination

2014-06-30

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading

Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 26% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate

26.00%

Expense Example [Heading]

rr_ExpenseExampleHeading

Example of Expenses

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

rr_StrategyHeading

Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2030, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 70%, 26% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text]

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An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

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wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

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Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +17.78%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008   -17.37%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 10.17%

Performance Table Heading

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Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

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(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target 2030 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

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1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

(1.20%)

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

1.75%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

6.37%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

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1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

7.84%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

6.50%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

5.78%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

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1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

1.03%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

(0.01%)

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

3.51%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund) | Class R4

Risk/Return:

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Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice

none

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice

none

Management Fees

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0.23%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

none

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.24%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.27%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

0.74%

Fee Waiver

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.23%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

0.51%

^[4]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

52

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

213

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

389

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

897

Annual Return 2002

rr_AnnualReturn2002

(16.69%)

Annual Return 2003

rr_AnnualReturn2003

23.75%

Annual Return 2004

rr_AnnualReturn2004

10.38%

Annual Return 2005

rr_AnnualReturn2005

5.71%

Annual Return 2006

rr_AnnualReturn2006

13.33%

Annual Return 2007

rr_AnnualReturn2007

7.84%

Annual Return 2008

rr_AnnualReturn2008

(31.38%)

Annual Return 2009

rr_AnnualReturn2009

27.99%

Annual Return 2010

rr_AnnualReturn2010

15.00%

Annual Return 2011

rr_AnnualReturn2011

(1.37%)

Year to Date Return, Label

rr_YearToDateReturnLabel

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 10.17%

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate

Sep. 30, 2012

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn

10.17%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

Highest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn

17.78%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

Lowest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn

(17.37%)

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

(1.37%)

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

1.44%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

3.89%

Inception Date of Share Class

rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate

Nov. 30, 2012

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund)

Risk/Return:

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Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination

2014-06-30

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 22% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

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22.00%

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example of Expenses

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2035, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 80%, 16% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text]

rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress

wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year R4

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Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +19.62%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008   -19.41%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 11.10%

Performance Table Heading

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Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[7]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target 2035 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

(2.62%)

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

(0.50%)

^[9]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

7.84%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

7.01%

^[9]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

1.03%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

(1.53%)

^[9]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund) | Class R4

Risk/Return:

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Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice

none

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice

none

Management Fees

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.24%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

none

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.25%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.27%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

0.76%

Fee Waiver

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.24%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

0.52%

^[4]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

53

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

219

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

399

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

920

Annual Return 2002

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Annual Return 2003

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Annual Return 2004

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Annual Return 2005

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Annual Return 2006

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Annual Return 2007

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Annual Return 2008

rr_AnnualReturn2008

(34.05%)

Annual Return 2009

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31.51%

Annual Return 2010

rr_AnnualReturn2010

16.09%

Annual Return 2011

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(2.76%)

Year to Date Return, Label

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Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 11.10%

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate

Sep. 30, 2012

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn

11.10%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

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Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

Highest Quarterly Return

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19.62%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

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Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

Lowest Quarterly Return

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(19.41%)

1 Year

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(2.76%)

5 Years

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Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

(0.69%)

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Inception Date of Share Class

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Nov. 30, 2012

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund)

Risk/Return:

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Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

rr_ShareholderFeesCaption

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

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2014-06-30

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 20% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

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20.00%

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example of Expenses

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2040, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 87%, 9% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text]

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An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

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wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

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Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +20.73%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008   -20.84%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 11.84%

Performance Table Heading

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Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

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(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target 2040 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

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1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

(3.59%)

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

0.93%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

6.22%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

7.84%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

6.50%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

5.78%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

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1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

1.03%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

(0.01%)

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

3.51%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund) | Class R4

Risk/Return:

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Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice

none

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

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none

Management Fees

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0.24%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

none

Other Expenses

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0.24%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.27%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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0.75%

Fee Waiver

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(0.23%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver

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0.52%

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Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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53

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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217

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

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394

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

909

Annual Return 2002

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(19.77%)

Annual Return 2003

rr_AnnualReturn2003

27.49%

Annual Return 2004

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11.64%

Annual Return 2005

rr_AnnualReturn2005

6.55%

Annual Return 2006

rr_AnnualReturn2006

15.19%

Annual Return 2007

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7.98%

Annual Return 2008

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(36.06%)

Annual Return 2009

rr_AnnualReturn2009

33.03%

Annual Return 2010

rr_AnnualReturn2010

16.97%

Annual Return 2011

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(3.75%)

Year to Date Return, Label

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Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 11.84%

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate

Sep. 30, 2012

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn

11.84%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

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Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

Highest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn

20.73%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

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Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

Lowest Quarterly Return

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(20.84%)

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

(3.75%)

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

0.67%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

3.78%

Inception Date of Share Class

rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate

Nov. 30, 2012

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund)

Risk/Return:

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Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination

2014-06-30

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 19% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

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19.00%

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example of Expenses

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2045, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Risk [Heading]

rr_RiskHeading

Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text]

rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress

wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

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Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +20.64%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008   -20.41%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 11.98%

Performance Table Heading

rr_PerformanceTableHeading

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[7]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target 2045 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

(3.99%)

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

(0.94%)

^[9]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

7.84%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

7.01%

^[9]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

1.03%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

(1.53%)

^[9]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund) | Class R4

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice

none

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice

none

Management Fees

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.25%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

none

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.25%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.27%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

0.77%

Fee Waiver

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.25%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

0.52%

^[4]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

53

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

221

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

403

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

931

Annual Return 2002

rr_AnnualReturn2002

Annual Return 2003

rr_AnnualReturn2003

Annual Return 2004

rr_AnnualReturn2004

Annual Return 2005

rr_AnnualReturn2005

Annual Return 2006

rr_AnnualReturn2006

Annual Return 2007

rr_AnnualReturn2007

Annual Return 2008

rr_AnnualReturn2008

(35.50%)

Annual Return 2009

rr_AnnualReturn2009

33.21%

Annual Return 2010

rr_AnnualReturn2010

17.07%

Annual Return 2011

rr_AnnualReturn2011

(4.06%)

Year to Date Return, Label

rr_YearToDateReturnLabel

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 11.98%

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate

Sep. 30, 2012

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn

11.98%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

Highest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn

20.64%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

Lowest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn

(20.41%)

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

(4.06%)

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

(1.06%)

^[9]

Inception Date of Share Class

rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate

Nov. 30, 2012

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠.

Expense [Heading]

rr_ExpenseHeading

Fees and Expenses

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

rr_ShareholderFeesCaption

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

rr_OperatingExpensesCaption

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination

2014-06-30

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading

Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 19% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate

19.00%

Expense Example [Heading]

rr_ExpenseExampleHeading

Example of Expenses

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

rr_StrategyHeading

Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2050, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Risk [Heading]

rr_RiskHeading

Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

rr_RiskLoseMoney

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text]

rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading

Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress

wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture

Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Bar Chart [Heading]

rr_BarChartHeading

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[7]

Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009  +20.91%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008  -20.62%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 12.12%

Performance Table Heading

rr_PerformanceTableHeading

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[7]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund) | Dow Jones Global Target 2050 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

(4.00%)

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

(0.95%)

^[9]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund) | Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

7.84%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

7.01%

^[9]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund) | Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

1.03%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

(1.53%)

^[9]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund) | Class R4

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice

none

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice

none

Management Fees

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.24%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

none

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.25%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.27%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

0.76%

Fee Waiver

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.24%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

0.52%

^[4]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

53

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

219

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

399

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

920

Annual Return 2002

rr_AnnualReturn2002

Annual Return 2003

rr_AnnualReturn2003

Annual Return 2004

rr_AnnualReturn2004

Annual Return 2005

rr_AnnualReturn2005

Annual Return 2006

rr_AnnualReturn2006

Annual Return 2007

rr_AnnualReturn2007

Annual Return 2008

rr_AnnualReturn2008

(35.78%)

Annual Return 2009

rr_AnnualReturn2009

33.34%

Annual Return 2010

rr_AnnualReturn2010

17.25%

Annual Return 2011

rr_AnnualReturn2011

(4.07%)

Year to Date Return, Label

rr_YearToDateReturnLabel

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 12.12%

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate

Sep. 30, 2012

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn

12.12%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

Highest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn

20.91%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

Lowest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn

(20.62%)

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

(4.07%)

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

Since Inception

rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception

(1.10%)

^[9]

Inception Date of Share Class

rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate

Nov. 30, 2012

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund)

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Objective [Heading]

rr_ObjectiveHeading

Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠.

Expense [Heading]

rr_ExpenseHeading

Fees and Expenses

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

rr_ShareholderFeesCaption

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

rr_OperatingExpensesCaption

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination

2014-06-30

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading

Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 19% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate

19.00%

Expense Example [Heading]

rr_ExpenseExampleHeading

Example of Expenses

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

rr_StrategyHeading

Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2055, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Risk [Heading]

rr_RiskHeading

Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text]

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An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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Since the Fund does not yet have a full calendar year of performance, no performance information is available.

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund) | Class R4

Risk/Return:

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Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

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none

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

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none

Management Fees

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.25%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

none

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

3.39%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.27%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

3.91%

Fee Waiver

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(3.39%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

0.52%

^[4]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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53

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

879

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

1,723

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

3,915

(WFA International Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage International Bond)

Risk/Return:

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Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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The Fund seeks total return, consisting of income and capital appreciation.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

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2015-02-28

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 88% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

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88.00%

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example of Expenses

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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Under normal circumstances, we invest at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in foreign debt securities, including obligations of governments, corporate entities or supranational agencies, denominated in various currencies. We will invest in at least three countries or supranational agencies. We may also invest in investment-grade and below investment-grade debt securities (often called "high yield" securities or "junk bonds") of both U.S. and foreign issuers, including issuers from emerging markets. We may invest up to 35% of the Fund's total assets in debt securities that are below investment grade. As part of our below investment-grade debt securities investment strategy, we will generally invest in securities that are rated at least B- by Standard & Poor's or B3 by Moody's, or an equivalent quality rating from another Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organization, or are deemed by us to be of comparable quality. Under normal circumstances, we invest up to 5% of the Fund's total assets in debt obligations or similar securities denominated in the local currencies of countries that have a sovereign debt rating below investment-grade. Currency is managed as a separate asset class and we may enter into foreign currency exchange contracts to gain exposure, for hedging purposes or to manage risk. We may purchase a foreign currency on a spot or forward basis in order to benefit from potential appreciation of such currency relative to the U.S. dollar or to other currencies. The Fund may enter into foreign currency exchange contracts to gain or hedge currency exposure or control risk.

While we may purchase securities of any maturity or duration, under normal circumstances, we expect the Fund's dollar-weighted average effective maturity to be between 5 and 14 years, and a dollar-weighted average effective duration of 3 1/2 to 10 years.

We use proprietary models and systems to assess and highlight areas of relative value around the world. Model-driven forecasts are created using fundamental economic inputs to generate economic forecasts on the global bond markets. With these forecasts, an optimization process accounts for multiple iteration scenarios to create, what we believe to be, an optimal portfolio strategy. The output of the model process is intended to provide relative valuations for determining an over, or underweight of country-specific bond markets. Similarly, currencies are valued for their potential returns or to hedge currency exposure. These macro 'top-down' quantitative models are used in conjunction with our investment experience and allied to a 'bottom-up' security selection process.

Sell decisions are valuation-driven based on our models and our fundamental analysis. We may also sell a security due to changes in portfolio strategy or cash flow needs.

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Currency Transactions Risk. Foreign securities are often denominated in foreign currencies. As a result, the value of a Fund's shares is affected by changes in exchange rates. Use of hedging techniques cannot protect against exchange rate risk perfectly. If the Fund's adviser is incorrect in its judgment of future exchange rate relationships, the Fund could be in a less advantageous position than if such a hedge had not been established.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

High Yield Securities Risk. High yield securities, i.e. "junk bonds," are debt securities that are rated below investment-grade, are unrated and deemed by us to be below investment-grade, or are in default at the time of purchase. These securities are considered speculative by the major rating agencies, have a much greater risk of default or of not returning principal and tend to be more volatile and less liquid than higher-rated securities of similar maturity.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Regional Risk. The Fund's investments may be concentrated in a specific geographical region and thus, may be more adversely affected by events in that region than investments of a fund that does not have such a regional focus.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text]

rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

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wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R6

^[8]

Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2002    +11.79%

Lowest Quarter:  3rd Quarter 2008     -5.28%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.62%

Performance Table Heading

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Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[8]

(WFA International Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage International Bond) | BofA Merrill Lynch Global Broad Market ex US Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

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1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

4.59%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

6.54%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

8.49%

(WFA International Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage International Bond) | Class R6

Risk/Return:

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Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice

none

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice

none

Management Fees

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.52%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

none

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.12%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

0.64%

Fee Waiver

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

none

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

0.64%

^[5]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

65

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

205

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

357

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

798

Annual Return 2002

rr_AnnualReturn2002

23.61%

Annual Return 2003

rr_AnnualReturn2003

21.20%

Annual Return 2004

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14.00%

Annual Return 2005

rr_AnnualReturn2005

(7.58%)

Annual Return 2006

rr_AnnualReturn2006

4.14%

Annual Return 2007

rr_AnnualReturn2007

9.43%

Annual Return 2008

rr_AnnualReturn2008

8.61%

Annual Return 2009

rr_AnnualReturn2009

10.01%

Annual Return 2010

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7.55%

Annual Return 2011

rr_AnnualReturn2011

4.31%

Year to Date Return, Label

rr_YearToDateReturnLabel

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.62%

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate

Sep. 30, 2012

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn

5.62%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2002

Highest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn

11.79%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Lowest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2008

Lowest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn

(5.28%)

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

4.31%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

7.97%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

9.20%

Inception Date of Share Class

rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate

Nov. 30, 2012

(WFA Short Duration Government Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund)

Risk/Return:

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Objective [Heading]

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Investment Objective

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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The Fund seeks to provide current income consistent with capital preservation.

Expense [Heading]

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Fees and Expenses

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination

2014-12-31

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]

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The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal period, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 485% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate

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485.00%

Expense Example [Heading]

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Example of Expenses

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading]

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Principal Investment Strategies

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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Under normal circumstances we invest at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in U.S. Government obligations and up to 20% of the Fund's net assets in non-government mortgage- and asset-backed securities.

We invest principally in U.S. Government obligations, including debt securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury, U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities. We will purchase only securities that are rated, at the time of purchase, within the two highest rating categories assigned by a Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organization, or are deemed by us to be of comparable quality. As part of our investment strategy, we may invest in stripped securities or enter into mortgage dollar rolls and reverse repurchase agreements. While we may purchase securities of any maturity or duration, under normal circumstances, we expect the portfolio's overall dollar-weighted average effective duration to be less than that of a 3-year U.S. Treasury note.

We invest in debt securities that we believe offer competitive returns and are undervalued, offering additional income and/or price appreciation potential, relative to other debt securities of similar credit quality and interest rate sensitivity. As part of our investment strategy, we invest in mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies that we believe will sufficiently outperform U.S. Treasuries. We may sell a security that has achieved its desired return or if we believe the security or its sector has become overvalued. We may also sell a security if a more attractive opportunity becomes available or if the security is no longer attractive due to its risk profile or as a result of changes in the overall market environment.

Risk [Heading]

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Principal Investment Risks

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Stripped Securities Risk. Stripped securities are the separate income or principal components of debt securities. These securities are particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates, and therefore subject to greater fluctuations in price than typical interest bearing debt securities. For example, stripped mortgage-backed securities have greater interest rate risk than mortgage-backed securities with like maturities, and stripped treasury securities have greater interest rate risk than traditional government securities with identical credit ratings.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text]

rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency

Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]

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Performance

Performance Narrative [Text Block]

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The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Performance Availability Website Address [Text]

rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress

wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Bar Chart [Heading]

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Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R6

^[8]

Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]

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Highest Quarter: 1st Quarter 2009   +3.54%

Lowest Quarter:  2nd Quarter 2004   -1.14%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 2.14%

Performance Table Heading

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Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[8]

(WFA Short Duration Government Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund) | Barclays 1-3 Year Government Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

Risk/Return:

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1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

1.56%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

3.80%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

3.38%

(WFA Short Duration Government Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund) | Class R6

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice

none

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice

none

Management Fees

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

0.38%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

none

Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.11%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets

0.01%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

0.50%

Fee Waiver

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.12%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

0.38%

^[6]

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

39

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

148

Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

268

Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

617

Annual Return 2002

rr_AnnualReturn2002

6.28%

Annual Return 2003

rr_AnnualReturn2003

2.29%

Annual Return 2004

rr_AnnualReturn2004

1.45%

Annual Return 2005

rr_AnnualReturn2005

1.65%

Annual Return 2006

rr_AnnualReturn2006

4.41%

Annual Return 2007

rr_AnnualReturn2007

6.25%

Annual Return 2008

rr_AnnualReturn2008

4.39%

Annual Return 2009

rr_AnnualReturn2009

7.28%

Annual Return 2010

rr_AnnualReturn2010

3.94%

Annual Return 2011

rr_AnnualReturn2011

2.46%

Year to Date Return, Label

rr_YearToDateReturnLabel

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 2.14%

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate

Sep. 30, 2012

Bar Chart, Year to Date Return

rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn

2.14%

Highest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Highest Quarter: 1st Quarter 2009

Highest Quarterly Return

rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn

3.54%

Lowest Quarterly Return, Label

rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel

Lowest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2004

Lowest Quarterly Return

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(1.14%)

1 Year

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01

2.46%

5 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05

4.85%

10 Years

rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10

4.02%

Inception Date of Share Class

rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate

Nov. 30, 2012

[1] Reflects the fees charged by Funds Management for providing investment advisory services to the master portfolio in which the Fund invests substantially all of its assets.

[2] Includes gross expenses allocated from the master portfolio in which the Fund invests.

[3] The Adviser has committed through September 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[4] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[5] The Adviser has committed through February 28, 2015, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at 0.65% for Class R6. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[6] The Adviser has committed through December 31, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at 0.37% for Class R6. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[7] Historical performance shown for the Class R4 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Institutional Class shares, and is not adjusted to reflect Class R4 expenses. If these expenses had been included, returns for Class R4 would be lower. The Institutional Class annual returns are substantially similar to what the Class R4 annual returns would be because the Institutional Class and Class R4 shares are invested in the same portfolio and their returns differ only to the extent that they do not have the same expenses.

[8] Historical performance shown for the Class R6 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Institutional Class shares, and is not adjusted to reflect Class R6 expenses. If these expenses had been included, returns for Class R6 would be higher. The Institutional Class annual returns are substantially similar to what the Class R6 annual returns would be because the Institutional Class and Class R6 shares are invested in the same portfolio and their returns differ only to the extent that they do not have the same expenses.

[9] Performance Since 6/29/2007

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Annual Total Returns	0 Months Ended
	Dec. 01, 2012
(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) | Class R4
Bar Chart Table:
Annual Return 2002	10.46%
Annual Return 2003	4.65%
Annual Return 2004	4.58%
Annual Return 2005	2.34%
Annual Return 2006	4.38%
Annual Return 2007	6.68%
Annual Return 2008	3.14%
Annual Return 2009	11.50%
Annual Return 2010	7.49%
Annual Return 2011	8.52%
(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) | Class R6
Bar Chart Table:
Annual Return 2002	10.46%
Annual Return 2003	4.65%
Annual Return 2004	4.58%
Annual Return 2005	2.34%
Annual Return 2006	4.38%
Annual Return 2007	6.68%
Annual Return 2008	3.14%
Annual Return 2009	11.50%
Annual Return 2010	7.49%
Annual Return 2011	8.52%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund) | Class R4
Bar Chart Table:
Annual Return 2002	(3.73%)
Annual Return 2003	11.89%
Annual Return 2004	5.43%
Annual Return 2005	2.76%
Annual Return 2006	5.67%
Annual Return 2007	6.14%
Annual Return 2008	(3.17%)
Annual Return 2009	9.69%
Annual Return 2010	7.99%
Annual Return 2011	4.86%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund) | Class R4
Bar Chart Table:
Annual Return 2002	(8.98%)
Annual Return 2003	15.99%
Annual Return 2004	7.01%
Annual Return 2005	3.44%
Annual Return 2006	7.54%
Annual Return 2007	7.10%
Annual Return 2008	(10.75%)
Annual Return 2009	12.76%
Annual Return 2010	9.19%
Annual Return 2011	4.06%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund) | Class R4
Bar Chart Table:
Annual Return 2002
Annual Return 2003
Annual Return 2004
Annual Return 2005
Annual Return 2006
Annual Return 2007
Annual Return 2008	(16.35%)
Annual Return 2009	15.95%
Annual Return 2010	10.35%
Annual Return 2011	3.05%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund) | Class R4
Bar Chart Table:
Annual Return 2002	(13.76%)
Annual Return 2003	20.01%
Annual Return 2004	8.81%
Annual Return 2005	4.87%
Annual Return 2006	11.24%
Annual Return 2007	7.55%
Annual Return 2008	(21.92%)
Annual Return 2009	19.65%
Annual Return 2010	11.81%
Annual Return 2011	1.63%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund) | Class R4
Bar Chart Table:
Annual Return 2002
Annual Return 2003
Annual Return 2004
Annual Return 2005
Annual Return 2006
Annual Return 2007
Annual Return 2008	(26.70%)
Annual Return 2009	23.80%
Annual Return 2010	13.53%
Annual Return 2011	0.23%
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund) | Class R4
Bar Chart Table:
Annual Return 2002	(16.69%)
Annual Return 2003	23.75%
Annual Return 2004	10.38%
Annual Return 2005	5.71%
Annual Return 2006	13.33%
Annual Return 2007	7.84%
Annual Return 2008	(31.38%)
Annual Return 2009	27.99%
Annual Return 2010	15.00%
Annual Return 2011	(1.37%)
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund) | Class R4
Bar Chart Table:
Annual Return 2002
Annual Return 2003
Annual Return 2004
Annual Return 2005
Annual Return 2006
Annual Return 2007
Annual Return 2008	(34.05%)
Annual Return 2009	31.51%
Annual Return 2010	16.09%
Annual Return 2011	(2.76%)
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund) | Class R4
Bar Chart Table:
Annual Return 2002	(19.77%)
Annual Return 2003	27.49%
Annual Return 2004	11.64%
Annual Return 2005	6.55%
Annual Return 2006	15.19%
Annual Return 2007	7.98%
Annual Return 2008	(36.06%)
Annual Return 2009	33.03%
Annual Return 2010	16.97%
Annual Return 2011	(3.75%)
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund) | Class R4
Bar Chart Table:
Annual Return 2002
Annual Return 2003
Annual Return 2004
Annual Return 2005
Annual Return 2006
Annual Return 2007
Annual Return 2008	(35.50%)
Annual Return 2009	33.21%
Annual Return 2010	17.07%
Annual Return 2011	(4.06%)
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund) | Class R4
Bar Chart Table:
Annual Return 2002
Annual Return 2003
Annual Return 2004
Annual Return 2005
Annual Return 2006
Annual Return 2007
Annual Return 2008	(35.78%)
Annual Return 2009	33.34%
Annual Return 2010	17.25%
Annual Return 2011	(4.07%)
(WFA International Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage International Bond) | Class R6
Bar Chart Table:
Annual Return 2002	23.61%
Annual Return 2003	21.20%
Annual Return 2004	14.00%
Annual Return 2005	(7.58%)
Annual Return 2006	4.14%
Annual Return 2007	9.43%
Annual Return 2008	8.61%
Annual Return 2009	10.01%
Annual Return 2010	7.55%
Annual Return 2011	4.31%
(WFA Short Duration Government Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund) | Class R6
Bar Chart Table:
Annual Return 2002	6.28%
Annual Return 2003	2.29%
Annual Return 2004	1.45%
Annual Return 2005	1.65%
Annual Return 2006	4.41%
Annual Return 2007	6.25%
Annual Return 2008	4.39%
Annual Return 2009	7.28%
Annual Return 2010	3.94%
Annual Return 2011	2.46%

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Shareholder Fees	0 Months Ended
	Dec. 01, 2012
(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) | Class R4
Shareholder Fees:
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none
(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) | Class R6
Shareholder Fees:
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund) | Class R4
Shareholder Fees:
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund) | Class R4
Shareholder Fees:
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund) | Class R4
Shareholder Fees:
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund) | Class R4
Shareholder Fees:
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund) | Class R4
Shareholder Fees:
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund) | Class R4
Shareholder Fees:
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund) | Class R4
Shareholder Fees:
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund) | Class R4
Shareholder Fees:
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund) | Class R4
Shareholder Fees:
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund) | Class R4
Shareholder Fees:
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund) | Class R4
Shareholder Fees:
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none
(WFA International Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage International Bond) | Class R6
Shareholder Fees:
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none
(WFA Short Duration Government Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund) | Class R6
Shareholder Fees:
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

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(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks total return, consisting of income and capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund)	Class R6 (WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R6)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund)		Class R6 (WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R6)
Management Fees	[1]	0.36%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.11%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	[2]	0.47%
Fee Waiver		0.10%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[3]	0.37%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R6 (WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R6)	38	141	253	582

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions,when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 803% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in bonds;

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in investment-grade debt securities;

• up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in asset-backed securities, other than mortgage-backed securities; and

• up to 20% of the Fund's total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities of foreign issuers.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests substantially all of its assets in the Core Bond Portfolio, a master portfolio with a substantially identical investment objective and substantially similar investment strategies. We may invest in additional master portfolios, in other Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, or directly in a portfolio of securities.

We invest principally in investment-grade debt securities, including U.S. Government obligations, corporate bonds and mortgage- and asset-backed securities. As part of our investment strategy, we may invest in stripped securities or enter into mortgage dollar rolls and reverse repurchase agreements, as well as invest in U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities of foreign issuers. We may also use futures, options or swap agreements to manage risk or to enhance return or as a substitute for purchasing the underlying security. While we may purchase securities of any maturity or duration, under normal circumstances, we expect to maintain an overall dollar-weighted average effective duration range between 4 and 5½ years. "Dollar-Weighted Average Effective Duration" is an aggregate measure of the sensitivity of a fund's fixed income portfolio securities to changes in interest rates. As a general matter, the price of a fixed income security with a longer effective duration will fluctuate more in response to changes in interest rates than the price of a fixed income security with a shorter effective duration.

We invest in debt securities that we believe offer competitive returns and are undervalued, offering additional income and/or price appreciation potential relative to other debt securities of similar credit quality and interest rate sensitivity. From time to time, we may also invest in unrated bonds that we believe are comparable to investment-grade debt securities. We may sell a security that has achieved its desired return or if we believe the security or its sector has become overvalued. We may also sell a security if a more attractive opportunity becomes available or if the security is no longer attractive due to its risk profile or as a result of changes in the overall market environment.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Options Risk. An investment in options may be subject to greater fluctuation than an investment in the underlying instruments themselves. A Fund that purchases options is subject to the risk of a complete loss of premiums, while a Fund that writes options could be in a worse position than it would have been had it not written the option. There can be no assurance that a liquid market will exist when a Fund seeks to close out an option position.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Stripped Securities Risk. Stripped securities are the separate income or principal components of debt securities. These securities are particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates, and therefore subject to greater fluctuations in price than typical interest bearing debt securities. For example, stripped mortgage-backed securities have greater interest rate risk than mortgage-backed securities with like maturities, and stripped treasury securities have greater interest rate risk than traditional government securities with identical credit ratings.

Swaps Risk. Swap agreements are derivative instruments that can be individually negotiated and structured to address exposure to a variety of different types of investments or market factors. Depending on their structure, swap agreements may increase or decrease a Fund's exposure to long- or short-term interest rates, foreign currency values, mortgage securities, corporate borrowing rates, or other factors such as security prices or inflation rates.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R6

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2002   +4.98%

Lowest Quarter:  2nd Quarter 2004   -2.36%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.97%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) (WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R6)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class R6	Nov. 30, 2012	8.52%	7.43%	6.33%
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%	6.50%	5.78%

[1] Reflects the fees charged by Funds Management for providing investment advisory services to the master portfolio in which the Fund invests substantially all of its assets.

[2] Includes gross expenses allocated from the master portfolio in which the Fund invests.

[3] The Adviser has committed through September 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] Historical performance shown for the Class R6 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Institutional Class shares, and is not adjusted to reflect Class R6 expenses. If these expenses had been included, returns for Class R6 would be higher. The Institutional Class annual returns are substantially similar to what the Class R6 annual returns would be because the Institutional Class and Class R6 shares are invested in the same portfolio and their returns differ only to the extent that they do not have the same expenses.

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(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks total return, consisting of income and capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R4)
Management Fees	[1]	0.36%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.26%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	[2]	0.62%
Fee Waiver		0.10%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[3]	0.52%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R4)	53	188	336	765

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions,when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 803% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in bonds;

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in investment-grade debt securities;

• up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in asset-backed securities, other than mortgage-backed securities; and

• up to 20% of the Fund's total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities of foreign issuers.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests substantially all of its assets in the Core Bond Portfolio, a master portfolio with a substantially identical investment objective and substantially similar investment strategies. We may invest in additional master portfolios, in other Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, or directly in a portfolio of securities.

We invest principally in investment-grade debt securities, including U.S. Government obligations, corporate bonds and mortgage- and asset-backed securities. As part of our investment strategy, we may invest in stripped securities or enter into mortgage dollar rolls and reverse repurchase agreements, as well as invest in U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities of foreign issuers. We may also use futures, options or swap agreements to manage risk or to enhance return or as a substitute for purchasing the underlying security. While we may purchase securities of any maturity or duration, under normal circumstances, we expect to maintain an overall dollar-weighted average effective duration range between 4 and 5½ years. "Dollar-Weighted Average Effective Duration" is an aggregate measure of the sensitivity of a fund's fixed income portfolio securities to changes in interest rates. As a general matter, the price of a fixed income security with a longer effective duration will fluctuate more in response to changes in interest rates than the price of a fixed income security with a shorter effective duration.

We invest in debt securities that we believe offer competitive returns and are undervalued, offering additional income and/or price appreciation potential relative to other debt securities of similar credit quality and interest rate sensitivity. From time to time, we may also invest in unrated bonds that we believe are comparable to investment-grade debt securities. We may sell a security that has achieved its desired return or if we believe the security or its sector has become overvalued. We may also sell a security if a more attractive opportunity becomes available or if the security is no longer attractive due to its risk profile or as a result of changes in the overall market environment.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Options Risk. An investment in options may be subject to greater fluctuation than an investment in the underlying instruments themselves. A Fund that purchases options is subject to the risk of a complete loss of premiums, while a Fund that writes options could be in a worse position than it would have been had it not written the option. There can be no assurance that a liquid market will exist when a Fund seeks to close out an option position.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Stripped Securities Risk. Stripped securities are the separate income or principal components of debt securities. These securities are particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates, and therefore subject to greater fluctuations in price than typical interest bearing debt securities. For example, stripped mortgage-backed securities have greater interest rate risk than mortgage-backed securities with like maturities, and stripped treasury securities have greater interest rate risk than traditional government securities with identical credit ratings.

Swaps Risk. Swap agreements are derivative instruments that can be individually negotiated and structured to address exposure to a variety of different types of investments or market factors. Depending on their structure, swap agreements may increase or decrease a Fund's exposure to long- or short-term interest rates, foreign currency values, mortgage securities, corporate borrowing rates, or other factors such as security prices or inflation rates.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2002   +4.98%

Lowest Quarter:  2nd Quarter 2004   -2.36%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.97%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) (WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	8.52%	7.43%	6.33%
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%	6.50%	5.78%

(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks total return, consisting of income and capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund)	Class R6 (WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R6)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund)		Class R6 (WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R6)
Management Fees	[1]	0.36%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.11%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	[2]	0.47%
Fee Waiver		0.10%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[3]	0.37%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R6 (WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R6)	38	141	253	582

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions,when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 803% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in bonds;

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in investment-grade debt securities;

• up to 25% of the Fund's total assets in asset-backed securities, other than mortgage-backed securities; and

• up to 20% of the Fund's total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities of foreign issuers.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests substantially all of its assets in the Core Bond Portfolio, a master portfolio with a substantially identical investment objective and substantially similar investment strategies. We may invest in additional master portfolios, in other Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, or directly in a portfolio of securities.

We invest principally in investment-grade debt securities, including U.S. Government obligations, corporate bonds and mortgage- and asset-backed securities. As part of our investment strategy, we may invest in stripped securities or enter into mortgage dollar rolls and reverse repurchase agreements, as well as invest in U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities of foreign issuers. We may also use futures, options or swap agreements to manage risk or to enhance return or as a substitute for purchasing the underlying security. While we may purchase securities of any maturity or duration, under normal circumstances, we expect to maintain an overall dollar-weighted average effective duration range between 4 and 5½ years. "Dollar-Weighted Average Effective Duration" is an aggregate measure of the sensitivity of a fund's fixed income portfolio securities to changes in interest rates. As a general matter, the price of a fixed income security with a longer effective duration will fluctuate more in response to changes in interest rates than the price of a fixed income security with a shorter effective duration.

We invest in debt securities that we believe offer competitive returns and are undervalued, offering additional income and/or price appreciation potential relative to other debt securities of similar credit quality and interest rate sensitivity. From time to time, we may also invest in unrated bonds that we believe are comparable to investment-grade debt securities. We may sell a security that has achieved its desired return or if we believe the security or its sector has become overvalued. We may also sell a security if a more attractive opportunity becomes available or if the security is no longer attractive due to its risk profile or as a result of changes in the overall market environment.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Options Risk. An investment in options may be subject to greater fluctuation than an investment in the underlying instruments themselves. A Fund that purchases options is subject to the risk of a complete loss of premiums, while a Fund that writes options could be in a worse position than it would have been had it not written the option. There can be no assurance that a liquid market will exist when a Fund seeks to close out an option position.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Stripped Securities Risk. Stripped securities are the separate income or principal components of debt securities. These securities are particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates, and therefore subject to greater fluctuations in price than typical interest bearing debt securities. For example, stripped mortgage-backed securities have greater interest rate risk than mortgage-backed securities with like maturities, and stripped treasury securities have greater interest rate risk than traditional government securities with identical credit ratings.

Swaps Risk. Swap agreements are derivative instruments that can be individually negotiated and structured to address exposure to a variety of different types of investments or market factors. Depending on their structure, swap agreements may increase or decrease a Fund's exposure to long- or short-term interest rates, foreign currency values, mortgage securities, corporate borrowing rates, or other factors such as security prices or inflation rates.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R6

^[2]

Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2002   +4.98%

Lowest Quarter:  2nd Quarter 2004   -2.36%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.97%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[2]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) (WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R6)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class R6	Nov. 30, 2012	8.52%	7.43%	6.33%
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%	6.50%	5.78%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.24%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.74%
Fee Waiver		0.29%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.45%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	46	207	383	891

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 46% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to maintain a relatively fixed level of potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. The Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund is the most conservative Fund within the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds series. Within the series, each Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund's allocation of assets among equity, fixed income and money market instruments asset classes, and your decision to invest in this or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "Today" designation in the Fund's name corresponds to the naming convention of the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠, an index designed to represent the targeted level of relative market risk exposure 10 years past a dated Fund's targeted year. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 16%, 79% and 5%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2003    +7.21%

Lowest Quarter:  3rd Quarter 2002    -4.36%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.14%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	4.86%	5.01%	4.64%
Dow Jones Global Target Today Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		5.26%	5.50%	6.37%
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%	6.50%	5.78%
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%	(0.01%)	3.51%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.24%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.26%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.75%
Fee Waiver		0.28%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.47%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	48	212	389	904

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 43% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠. As the Fund has now reached its target year, its risk exposure approaches 27% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 22%, 74% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2003   +9.30%

Lowest Quarter:  3rd Quarter 2002   -8.55%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.92%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	4.06%	4.14%	4.41%
Dow Jones Global Target 2010 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		4.49%	4.68%	6.37%
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%	6.50%	5.78%
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%	(0.01%)	3.51%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.24%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.26%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.75%
Fee Waiver		0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.48%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	49	213	390	905

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 40% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2015, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 31%, 65% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +10.20%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008    -7.21%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 6.71%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	Since Inception
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	3.05%		2.86%	[1]
Dow Jones Global Target 2015 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		3.42%		3.39%	[1]
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%		7.01%	[1]
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%		(1.53%)	[1]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.22%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.24%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.26%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.72%
Fee Waiver		0.22%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.50%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	51	208	379	874

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 35% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2020, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 44%, 52% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +12.48%

Lowest Quarter:  3rd Quarter 2002   -11.76%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 7.86%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	1.63%	2.69%	4.14%
Dow Jones Global Target 2020 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		2.01%	3.10%	6.39%
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%	6.50%	5.78%
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%	(0.01%)	3.51%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.23%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.26%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.74%
Fee Waiver		0.24%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.50%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	51	212	388	896

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 31% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2025, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 57%, 39% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +15.09%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008   -14.28%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 9.11%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	Since Inception
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	0.23%		0.80%	[1]
Dow Jones Global Target 2025 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		0.49%		1.19%	[1]
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%		7.01%	[1]
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%		(1.53%)	[1]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.23%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.24%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.74%
Fee Waiver		0.23%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.51%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	52	213	389	897

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 26% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2030, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 70%, 26% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +17.78%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008   -17.37%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 10.17%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	(1.37%)	1.44%	3.89%
Dow Jones Global Target 2030 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		(1.20%)	1.75%	6.37%
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%	6.50%	5.78%
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%	(0.01%)	3.51%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.24%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.76%
Fee Waiver		0.24%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.52%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	53	219	399	920

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 22% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2035, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 80%, 16% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +19.62%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008   -19.41%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 11.10%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	Since Inception
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	(2.76%)		(0.69%)	[1]
Dow Jones Global Target 2035 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		(2.62%)		(0.50%)	[1]
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%		7.01%	[1]
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%		(1.53%)	[1]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.24%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.24%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.75%
Fee Waiver		0.23%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.52%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	53	217	394	909

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 20% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2040, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 87%, 9% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +20.73%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008   -20.84%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 11.84%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	(3.75%)	0.67%	3.78%
Dow Jones Global Target 2040 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		(3.59%)	0.93%	6.22%
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%	6.50%	5.78%
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%	(0.01%)	3.51%

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.25%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.77%
Fee Waiver		0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.52%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	53	221	403	931

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 19% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2045, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +20.64%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008   -20.41%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 11.98%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	Since Inception
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	(4.06%)		(1.06%)	[1]
Dow Jones Global Target 2045 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		(3.99%)		(0.94%)	[1]
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%		7.01%	[1]
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%		(1.53%)	[1]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.24%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.76%
Fee Waiver		0.24%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.52%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	53	219	399	920

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 19% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2050, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009  +20.91%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008  -20.62%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 12.12%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	Since Inception
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	(4.07%)		(1.10%)	[1]
Dow Jones Global Target 2050 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		(4.00%)		(0.95%)	[1]
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%		7.01%	[1]
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%		(1.53%)	[1]

(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.25%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		3.39%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		3.91%
Fee Waiver		3.39%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.52%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	53	879	1,723	3,915

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 19% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2055, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

Since the Fund does not yet have a full calendar year of performance, no performance information is available.

(WFA International Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage International Bond)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks total return, consisting of income and capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage International Bond)	Class R6 (WFA International Bond Fund - Class R6)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage International Bond)		Class R6 (WFA International Bond Fund - Class R6)
Management Fees		0.52%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.12%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.64%
Fee Waiver		none
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.64%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage International Bond) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R6 (WFA International Bond Fund - Class R6)	65	205	357	798

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 88% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in foreign debt securities, including obligations of governments, corporate entities or supranational agencies, denominated in various currencies. We will invest in at least three countries or supranational agencies. We may also invest in investment-grade and below investment-grade debt securities (often called "high yield" securities or "junk bonds") of both U.S. and foreign issuers, including issuers from emerging markets. We may invest up to 35% of the Fund's total assets in debt securities that are below investment grade. As part of our below investment-grade debt securities investment strategy, we will generally invest in securities that are rated at least B- by Standard & Poor's or B3 by Moody's, or an equivalent quality rating from another Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organization, or are deemed by us to be of comparable quality. Under normal circumstances, we invest up to 5% of the Fund's total assets in debt obligations or similar securities denominated in the local currencies of countries that have a sovereign debt rating below investment-grade. Currency is managed as a separate asset class and we may enter into foreign currency exchange contracts to gain exposure, for hedging purposes or to manage risk. We may purchase a foreign currency on a spot or forward basis in order to benefit from potential appreciation of such currency relative to the U.S. dollar or to other currencies. The Fund may enter into foreign currency exchange contracts to gain or hedge currency exposure or control risk.

While we may purchase securities of any maturity or duration, under normal circumstances, we expect the Fund's dollar-weighted average effective maturity to be between 5 and 14 years, and a dollar-weighted average effective duration of 3 1/2 to 10 years.

We use proprietary models and systems to assess and highlight areas of relative value around the world. Model-driven forecasts are created using fundamental economic inputs to generate economic forecasts on the global bond markets. With these forecasts, an optimization process accounts for multiple iteration scenarios to create, what we believe to be, an optimal portfolio strategy. The output of the model process is intended to provide relative valuations for determining an over, or underweight of country-specific bond markets. Similarly, currencies are valued for their potential returns or to hedge currency exposure. These macro 'top-down' quantitative models are used in conjunction with our investment experience and allied to a 'bottom-up' security selection process.

Sell decisions are valuation-driven based on our models and our fundamental analysis. We may also sell a security due to changes in portfolio strategy or cash flow needs.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Currency Transactions Risk. Foreign securities are often denominated in foreign currencies. As a result, the value of a Fund's shares is affected by changes in exchange rates. Use of hedging techniques cannot protect against exchange rate risk perfectly. If the Fund's adviser is incorrect in its judgment of future exchange rate relationships, the Fund could be in a less advantageous position than if such a hedge had not been established.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

High Yield Securities Risk. High yield securities, i.e. "junk bonds," are debt securities that are rated below investment-grade, are unrated and deemed by us to be below investment-grade, or are in default at the time of purchase. These securities are considered speculative by the major rating agencies, have a much greater risk of default or of not returning principal and tend to be more volatile and less liquid than higher-rated securities of similar maturity.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Regional Risk. The Fund's investments may be concentrated in a specific geographical region and thus, may be more adversely affected by events in that region than investments of a fund that does not have such a regional focus.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R6

^[2]

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2002    +11.79%

Lowest Quarter:  3rd Quarter 2008     -5.28%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.62%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[2]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage International Bond) (WFA International Bond Fund - Class R6)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class R6	Nov. 30, 2012	4.31%	7.97%	9.20%
BofA Merrill Lynch Global Broad Market ex US Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		4.59%	6.54%	8.49%

(WFA Short Duration Government Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to provide current income consistent with capital preservation.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund)	Class R6 (WFA Short Duration Government Bond Fund - Class R6)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund)		Class R6 (WFA Short Duration Government Bond Fund - Class R6)
Management Fees		0.38%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.11%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.50%
Fee Waiver		0.12%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.38%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R6 (WFA Short Duration Government Bond Fund - Class R6)	39	148	268	617

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal period, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 485% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances we invest at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in U.S. Government obligations and up to 20% of the Fund's net assets in non-government mortgage- and asset-backed securities.

We invest principally in U.S. Government obligations, including debt securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury, U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities. We will purchase only securities that are rated, at the time of purchase, within the two highest rating categories assigned by a Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organization, or are deemed by us to be of comparable quality. As part of our investment strategy, we may invest in stripped securities or enter into mortgage dollar rolls and reverse repurchase agreements. While we may purchase securities of any maturity or duration, under normal circumstances, we expect the portfolio's overall dollar-weighted average effective duration to be less than that of a 3-year U.S. Treasury note.

We invest in debt securities that we believe offer competitive returns and are undervalued, offering additional income and/or price appreciation potential, relative to other debt securities of similar credit quality and interest rate sensitivity. As part of our investment strategy, we invest in mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies that we believe will sufficiently outperform U.S. Treasuries. We may sell a security that has achieved its desired return or if we believe the security or its sector has become overvalued. We may also sell a security if a more attractive opportunity becomes available or if the security is no longer attractive due to its risk profile or as a result of changes in the overall market environment.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Stripped Securities Risk. Stripped securities are the separate income or principal components of debt securities. These securities are particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates, and therefore subject to greater fluctuations in price than typical interest bearing debt securities. For example, stripped mortgage-backed securities have greater interest rate risk than mortgage-backed securities with like maturities, and stripped treasury securities have greater interest rate risk than traditional government securities with identical credit ratings.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R6

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Highest Quarter: 1st Quarter 2009   +3.54%

Lowest Quarter:  2nd Quarter 2004   -1.14%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 2.14%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

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Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund) (WFA Short Duration Government Bond Fund - Class R6)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class R6	Nov. 30, 2012	2.46%	4.85%	4.02%
Barclays 1-3 Year Government Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.56%	3.80%	3.38%

[1] Reflects the fees charged by Funds Management for providing investment advisory services to the master portfolio in which the Fund invests substantially all of its assets.

[2] Includes gross expenses allocated from the master portfolio in which the Fund invests.

[3] The Adviser has committed through September 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] Reflects the fees charged by Funds Management for providing investment advisory services to the master portfolio in which the Fund invests substantially all of its assets.

[2] Includes gross expenses allocated from the master portfolio in which the Fund invests.

[3] The Adviser has committed through September 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] Performance Since 6/29/2007

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] Performance Since 6/29/2007

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] Performance Since 6/29/2007

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] Performance Since 6/29/2007

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] Performance Since 6/29/2007

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] The Adviser has committed through February 28, 2015, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at 0.65% for Class R6. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] The Adviser has committed through December 31, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at 0.37% for Class R6. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] Historical performance shown for the Class R4 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Institutional Class shares, and is not adjusted to reflect Class R4 expenses. If these expenses had been included, returns for Class R4 would be lower. The Institutional Class annual returns are substantially similar to what the Class R4 annual returns would be because the Institutional Class and Class R4 shares are invested in the same portfolio and their returns differ only to the extent that they do not have the same expenses.

[2] Historical performance shown for the Class R6 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Institutional Class shares, and is not adjusted to reflect Class R6 expenses. If these expenses had been included, returns for Class R6 would be higher. The Institutional Class annual returns are substantially similar to what the Class R6 annual returns would be because the Institutional Class and Class R6 shares are invested in the same portfolio and their returns differ only to the extent that they do not have the same expenses.

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(Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.24%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.74%
Fee Waiver		0.29%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.45%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	46	207	383	891

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 46% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to maintain a relatively fixed level of potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. The Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund is the most conservative Fund within the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds series. Within the series, each Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund's allocation of assets among equity, fixed income and money market instruments asset classes, and your decision to invest in this or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "Today" designation in the Fund's name corresponds to the naming convention of the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠, an index designed to represent the targeted level of relative market risk exposure 10 years past a dated Fund's targeted year. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target Today Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 16%, 79% and 5%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

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Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2003    +7.21%

Lowest Quarter:  3rd Quarter 2002    -4.36%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.14%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

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Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	4.86%	5.01%	4.64%
Dow Jones Global Target Today Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		5.26%	5.50%	6.37%
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%	6.50%	5.78%
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%	(0.01%)	3.51%

(Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.24%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.26%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.75%
Fee Waiver		0.28%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.47%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	48	212	389	904

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 43% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠. As the Fund has now reached its target year, its risk exposure approaches 27% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 22%, 74% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2003   +9.30%

Lowest Quarter:  3rd Quarter 2002   -8.55%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.92%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	4.06%	4.14%	4.41%
Dow Jones Global Target 2010 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		4.49%	4.68%	6.37%
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%	6.50%	5.78%
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%	(0.01%)	3.51%

(Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.24%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.26%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.75%
Fee Waiver		0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.48%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	49	213	390	905

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 40% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2015, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 31%, 65% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +10.20%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008    -7.21%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 6.71%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	Since Inception
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	3.05%		2.86%	[1]
Dow Jones Global Target 2015 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		3.42%		3.39%	[1]
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%		7.01%	[1]
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%		(1.53%)	[1]

(Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.22%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.24%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.26%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.72%
Fee Waiver		0.22%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.50%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	51	208	379	874

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 35% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2020, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 44%, 52% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +12.48%

Lowest Quarter:  3rd Quarter 2002   -11.76%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 7.86%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	1.63%	2.69%	4.14%
Dow Jones Global Target 2020 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		2.01%	3.10%	6.39%
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%	6.50%	5.78%
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%	(0.01%)	3.51%

(Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.23%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.26%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.74%
Fee Waiver		0.24%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.50%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	51	212	388	896

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 31% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2025, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 57%, 39% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

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Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +15.09%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008   -14.28%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 9.11%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

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Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	Since Inception
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	0.23%		0.80%	[1]
Dow Jones Global Target 2025 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		0.49%		1.19%	[1]
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%		7.01%	[1]
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%		(1.53%)	[1]

(Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.23%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.24%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.74%
Fee Waiver		0.23%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.51%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	52	213	389	897

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 26% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2030, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 70%, 26% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +17.78%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008   -17.37%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 10.17%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	(1.37%)	1.44%	3.89%
Dow Jones Global Target 2030 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		(1.20%)	1.75%	6.37%
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%	6.50%	5.78%
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%	(0.01%)	3.51%

(Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.24%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.76%
Fee Waiver		0.24%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.52%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	53	219	399	920

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 22% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2035, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 80%, 16% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +19.62%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008   -19.41%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 11.10%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	Since Inception
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	(2.76%)		(0.69%)	[1]
Dow Jones Global Target 2035 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		(2.62%)		(0.50%)	[1]
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%		7.01%	[1]
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%		(1.53%)	[1]

(Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.24%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.24%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.75%
Fee Waiver		0.23%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.52%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	53	217	394	909

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 20% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2040, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 87%, 9% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +20.73%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008   -20.84%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 11.84%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	(3.75%)	0.67%	3.78%
Dow Jones Global Target 2040 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		(3.59%)	0.93%	6.22%
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%	6.50%	5.78%
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%	(0.01%)	3.51%

(Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.25%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.77%
Fee Waiver		0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.52%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	53	221	403	931

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 19% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2045, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009   +20.64%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008   -20.41%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 11.98%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	Since Inception
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	(4.06%)		(1.06%)	[1]
Dow Jones Global Target 2045 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		(3.99%)		(0.94%)	[1]
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%		7.01%	[1]
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%		(1.53%)	[1]

(Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.24%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.76%
Fee Waiver		0.24%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.52%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	53	219	399	920

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 19% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2050, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R4

^[1]

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009  +20.91%

Lowest Quarter:  4th Quarter 2008  -20.62%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 12.12%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

^[1]

Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund) (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	Since Inception
Class R4	Nov. 30, 2012	(4.07%)		(1.10%)	[1]
Dow Jones Global Target 2050 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		(4.00%)		(0.95%)	[1]
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		7.84%		7.01%	[1]
Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		1.03%		(1.53%)	[1]

(Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund)	Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund)		Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)
Management Fees		0.25%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		3.39%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		3.91%
Fee Waiver		3.39%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.52%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R4 (WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4)	53	879	1,723	3,915

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 19% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

• at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠.

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠. Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠. Although the individual goals of each investor with respect to a target year vary, an investor may intend for the target year to represent the approximate year in or around which the investor plans to begin withdrawing a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund and/or stop making new investments to the Fund. The Fund's goals may not align with the goals of an investor that seeks to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In this respect, the Fund's goals may more closely align with an investor that intends to begin gradually withdrawing the value of the investor's account on or around the target year. In addition, the Fund will not have its most conservative asset allocation in the Fund's target year, which may not align with an investor's plan for withdrawing the investor's investment. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠ by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use derivatives, such as stock index futures in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠, the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠. By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2055, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 29, 2012, the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index℠ included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Allocation Methodology Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index will not meet an investor's goals because it will not eliminate the investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor to withdraw when the investor intends to begin to withdraw a portion or all of the investor's investment in the Fund or it may over-emphasize conservative investments designed to ensure capital conservation and current income, which may ultimately prevent the investor from achieving the investor's income and appreciation goals.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

Futures Risk. Because the futures utilized by a Fund are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange itself. Futures are also subject to market risk, interest rate risk (in the case of futures contracts relating to income producing securities) and index tracking risk (in the case of stock index futures).

Growth Style Investment Risk. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to the values of other stocks and carry potential for significant volatility and loss.

Index Tracking Risk. The ability to track an index may be affected by, among other things, transaction costs and shareholder purchases and redemptions.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value when defaults on the underlying mortgage or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of changing interest rates. When interest rates decline, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities may require the Fund to reinvest such prepaid funds at lower prevailing interest rates, resulting in reduced returns.

Multi-Style Management Risk. The management of the Fund's portfolio using different investment styles can result in higher transaction costs and lower tax efficiency than other funds which adhere to a single investment style.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than larger company stocks.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Value Style Investment Risk. Value stocks may lose value and may be subject to prolonged depressed valuations.

Performance

Since the Fund does not yet have a full calendar year of performance, no performance information is available.

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] Performance Since 6/29/2007

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] Performance Since 6/29/2007

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] Performance Since 6/29/2007

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] Performance Since 6/29/2007

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] Performance Since 6/29/2007

[1] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] Historical performance shown for the Class R4 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Institutional Class shares, and is not adjusted to reflect Class R4 expenses. If these expenses had been included, returns for Class R4 would be lower. The Institutional Class annual returns are substantially similar to what the Class R4 annual returns would be because the Institutional Class and Class R4 shares are invested in the same portfolio and their returns differ only to the extent that they do not have the same expenses.

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0 Months Ended
	Dec. 01, 2012
(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) | Class R4
Operating Expenses:
Management Fees	0.36%	[1]
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	none
Other Expenses	0.26%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.62%	[2]
Fee Waiver	(0.10%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	0.52%	[3]
(WFA Core Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Core Bond Fund) | Class R6
Operating Expenses:
Management Fees	0.36%	[1]
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	none
Other Expenses	0.11%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.47%	[2]
Fee Waiver	(0.10%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	0.37%	[3]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund) | Class R4
Operating Expenses:
Management Fees	0.24%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	none
Other Expenses	0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses	0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.74%
Fee Waiver	(0.29%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	0.45%	[4]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund) | Class R4
Operating Expenses:
Management Fees	0.24%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	none
Other Expenses	0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses	0.26%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.75%
Fee Waiver	(0.28%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	0.47%	[4]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund) | Class R4
Operating Expenses:
Management Fees	0.24%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	none
Other Expenses	0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses	0.26%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.75%
Fee Waiver	(0.27%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	0.48%	[4]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund) | Class R4
Operating Expenses:
Management Fees	0.22%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	none
Other Expenses	0.24%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses	0.26%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.72%
Fee Waiver	(0.22%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	0.50%	[4]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund) | Class R4
Operating Expenses:
Management Fees	0.23%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	none
Other Expenses	0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses	0.26%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.74%
Fee Waiver	(0.24%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	0.50%	[4]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund) | Class R4
Operating Expenses:
Management Fees	0.23%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	none
Other Expenses	0.24%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses	0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.74%
Fee Waiver	(0.23%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	0.51%	[4]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund) | Class R4
Operating Expenses:
Management Fees	0.24%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	none
Other Expenses	0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses	0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.76%
Fee Waiver	(0.24%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	0.52%	[4]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund) | Class R4
Operating Expenses:
Management Fees	0.24%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	none
Other Expenses	0.24%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses	0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.75%
Fee Waiver	(0.23%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	0.52%	[4]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund) | Class R4
Operating Expenses:
Management Fees	0.25%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	none
Other Expenses	0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses	0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.77%
Fee Waiver	(0.25%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	0.52%	[4]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund) | Class R4
Operating Expenses:
Management Fees	0.24%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	none
Other Expenses	0.25%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses	0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.76%
Fee Waiver	(0.24%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	0.52%	[4]
(WFA Target Date Funds - Class R4) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund) | Class R4
Operating Expenses:
Management Fees	0.25%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	none
Other Expenses	3.39%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses	0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	3.91%
Fee Waiver	(3.39%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	0.52%	[4]
(WFA International Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage International Bond) | Class R6
Operating Expenses:
Management Fees	0.52%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	none
Other Expenses	0.12%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.64%
Fee Waiver	none
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	0.64%	[5]
(WFA Short Duration Government Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund) | Class R6
Operating Expenses:
Management Fees	0.38%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees	none
Other Expenses	0.11%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses	0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.50%
Fee Waiver	(0.12%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	0.38%	[6]

[1] Reflects the fees charged by Funds Management for providing investment advisory services to the master portfolio in which the Fund invests substantially all of its assets.

[2] Includes gross expenses allocated from the master portfolio in which the Fund invests.

[3] The Adviser has committed through September 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[4] The Adviser has committed through June 30, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[5] The Adviser has committed through February 28, 2015, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at 0.65% for Class R6. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[6] The Adviser has committed through December 31, 2014, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at 0.37% for Class R6. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

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(WFA International Bond Fund - Class R6) | (Wells Fargo Advantage International Bond)

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks total return, consisting of income and capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (Wells Fargo Advantage International Bond)	Class R6 (WFA International Bond Fund - Class R6)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Wells Fargo Advantage International Bond)		Class R6 (WFA International Bond Fund - Class R6)
Management Fees		0.52%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.12%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.64%
Fee Waiver		none
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver	[1]	0.64%

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that operating expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (Wells Fargo Advantage International Bond) (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class R6 (WFA International Bond Fund - Class R6)	65	205	357	798

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 88% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest at least 80% of the Fund's net assets in foreign debt securities, including obligations of governments, corporate entities or supranational agencies, denominated in various currencies. We will invest in at least three countries or supranational agencies. We may also invest in investment-grade and below investment-grade debt securities (often called "high yield" securities or "junk bonds") of both U.S. and foreign issuers, including issuers from emerging markets. We may invest up to 35% of the Fund's total assets in debt securities that are below investment grade. As part of our below investment-grade debt securities investment strategy, we will generally invest in securities that are rated at least B- by Standard & Poor's or B3 by Moody's, or an equivalent quality rating from another Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organization, or are deemed by us to be of comparable quality. Under normal circumstances, we invest up to 5% of the Fund's total assets in debt obligations or similar securities denominated in the local currencies of countries that have a sovereign debt rating below investment-grade. Currency is managed as a separate asset class and we may enter into foreign currency exchange contracts to gain exposure, for hedging purposes or to manage risk. We may purchase a foreign currency on a spot or forward basis in order to benefit from potential appreciation of such currency relative to the U.S. dollar or to other currencies. The Fund may enter into foreign currency exchange contracts to gain or hedge currency exposure or control risk.

While we may purchase securities of any maturity or duration, under normal circumstances, we expect the Fund's dollar-weighted average effective maturity to be between 5 and 14 years, and a dollar-weighted average effective duration of 3 1/2 to 10 years.

We use proprietary models and systems to assess and highlight areas of relative value around the world. Model-driven forecasts are created using fundamental economic inputs to generate economic forecasts on the global bond markets. With these forecasts, an optimization process accounts for multiple iteration scenarios to create, what we believe to be, an optimal portfolio strategy. The output of the model process is intended to provide relative valuations for determining an over, or underweight of country-specific bond markets. Similarly, currencies are valued for their potential returns or to hedge currency exposure. These macro 'top-down' quantitative models are used in conjunction with our investment experience and allied to a 'bottom-up' security selection process.

Sell decisions are valuation-driven based on our models and our fundamental analysis. We may also sell a security due to changes in portfolio strategy or cash flow needs.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Counter-Party Risk. A Fund may incur a loss if the other party to an investment contract, such as a derivative or a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement, fails to fulfill its contractual obligation to the Fund.

Debt Securities Risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to pay interest or principal when due, and changes in market interest rates may reduce the value of debt securities or reduce the Fund's returns.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than offset risk.

Emerging Markets Risk. Foreign investment risks are typically greater for securities in emerging markets, which can be more vulnerable to recessions, currency volatility, inflation and market failure.

Foreign Currency Transactions Risk. Foreign securities are often denominated in foreign currencies. As a result, the value of a Fund's shares is affected by changes in exchange rates. Use of hedging techniques cannot protect against exchange rate risk perfectly. If the Fund's adviser is incorrect in its judgment of future exchange rate relationships, the Fund could be in a less advantageous position than if such a hedge had not been established.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments face the potential of heightened illiquidity, greater price volatility and adverse effects of political, regulatory, tax, currency, economic or other macroeconomic developments.

High Yield Securities Risk. High yield securities, i.e. "junk bonds," are debt securities that are rated below investment-grade, are unrated and deemed by us to be below investment-grade, or are in default at the time of purchase. These securities are considered speculative by the major rating agencies, have a much greater risk of default or of not returning principal and tend to be more volatile and less liquid than higher-rated securities of similar maturity.

Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline because of adverse events or circumstances that directly relate to conditions at the issuer or any entity providing it credit or liquidity support.

Leverage Risk. Leverage created by borrowing or certain investments, such as derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements, can diminish the Fund's performance and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

Liquidity Risk. A security may not be able to be sold at the time desired or without adversely affecting the price.

Management Risk. There is no guarantee of the Fund's performance or that the Fund will meet its objective. The market value of your investment may decline and you may suffer investment loss.

Market Risk. The market price of securities owned by the Fund may rapidly or unpredictably decline due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries.

Regional Risk. The Fund's investments may be concentrated in a specific geographical region and thus, may be more adversely affected by events in that region than investments of a fund that does not have such a regional focus.

Regulatory Risk. Changes in government regulations may adversely affect the value of a security. An insufficiently regulated industry or market might also permit inappropriate practices that adversely affect an investment.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year Class R6

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Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2002    +11.79%

Lowest Quarter:  3rd Quarter 2008     -5.28%

Year-to-date total return as of 9/30/2012 is 5.62%

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2011

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Average Annual Total Returns (Wells Fargo Advantage International Bond) (WFA International Bond Fund - Class R6)	Inception Date of Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
Class R6	Nov. 30, 2012	4.31%	7.97%	9.20%
BofA Merrill Lynch Global Broad Market ex US Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		4.59%	6.54%	8.49%

[1] The Adviser has committed through February 28, 2015, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at 0.65% for Class R6. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

[1] Historical performance shown for the Class R6 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Institutional Class shares, and is not adjusted to reflect Class R6 expenses. If these expenses had been included, returns for Class R6 would be higher. The Institutional Class annual returns are substantially similar to what the Class R6 annual returns would be because the Institutional Class and Class R6 shares are invested in the same portfolio and their returns differ only to the extent that they do not have the same expenses.