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The Crusaders' Coliseum in Icecrown, as it appears in patch 3.2.

ATG annotated map

Annotated map of the Argent Tournament Grounds.

The Argent Tournament is a world event that was introduced in patch 3.1 and is found northeast of Sindragosa's Fall in Icecrown at an area called the Argent Tournament Grounds.

On the purpose of the Argent Tournament itself, Highlord Tirion Fordring makes the following announcement from the stage to the east of the Ring of Champions at the top of every hour:

Five minutes before Tirion speaks:
Herald Beluus yells: Highlord Tirion Fordring approaches the stage to address those gathered upon the tournament grounds! Make way to the stage area to attend him!
Combatants of the Alliance and Horde! You are welcome under the banner of the Argent Crusade.
To the south lies our goal. We will march to the Citadel and cut out the heart of the Scourge where it dwells.
But this is no task to be taken lightly.
A massive attack with every able-bodied man would end in needless slaughter. Every soldier lost would rise as the enemy. Azeroth would be left defenseless against the undead threat.
Instead, we require a small, concentrated strike force for the attack to succeed. For that reason, we have created the Argent Tournament.
Within these walls, you will be tested. Your skill in combat will be matched against the fiercest dangers Northrend has to offer under the watchful eyes of your leaders.
Your prowess, your might, and your cunning will be under close watch. These games will determine the best Azeroth has to offer.
The victors will take their rightful place in the assault upon the Citadel. We will stand together in the face of evil, and Arthas WILL fall!

Crusaders' Coliseum[]

During patch 3.1.0, participants worked to construct the Crusaders' Coliseum, however the Coliseum itself was completed and released in patch 3.2.0,[1][2] along with the Trial of the Champion 5-player dungeon (available in both normal and heroic modes), as well as the normal mode 10/25-player Trial of the Crusader raid and its heroic version, the Trial of the Grand Crusader.

Rewards[]

All rewards use [Champion's Seals] as currency.

Type Cost
Tabard 10s
Banner 15 Champion's Seal
New-model mount 100 Champion's Seal
Old-model mount 500g5 Champion's Seal
Small pet 40 Champion's Seal
Hippogryph mounts 150 Champion's Seal
Argent Pony 150 Champion's Seal
Epic weapons 25 Champion's Seal
Rare armor 10 Champion's Seal
Rare necklaces 10 Champion's Seal
Rare trinkets 10 Champion's Seal

Faction rewards[]

Players are eligible to purchase rewards from their racial faction and additional factions with which they have earned the right to champion.

Champion collectables[]

   Race    Faction 10s Tabard 15 Champion's Seal Banner 500g5 Champion's Seal Mount 100 Champion's Seal Mount 40 Champion's Seal Companion Pet
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Champion weapons and armor[]

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[Sen'jin Beakblade Longrifle] [Blunderbuss of Khaz Modan] Gun 25 Champion's Seal
[Greatsword of the Sin'dorei] [Claymore of the Prophet] Two-Handed Sword 25 Champion's Seal
[Staff of Feral Furies] [Silvery Sylvan Stave] Staff 25 Champion's Seal
[Scalpel of the Royal Apothecary] [Dagger of Lunar Purity] Dagger (caster) 25 Champion's Seal
[Spinal Destroyer] [Dagger of the Rising Moon] Dagger (dps) 25 Champion's Seal
[Blade of the Keening Banshee] [Gnomeregan Bonechopper] One-Handed Sword (caster) 25 Champion's Seal
[Grimhorn Crusher] [Ironforge Smasher] One-Handed Mace (dps) 25 Champion's Seal
[Axe of the Sen'jin Protector] [Teldrassil Protector] One-Handed Axe (tank) 25 Champion's Seal
[Jouster's Fury] [Jouster's Fury] Trinket 10 Champion's Seal
[Necklace of Stolen Skulls] [Choker of Spiral Focus] Amulet 10 Champion's Seal
[Pendant of Emerald Crusader] [Necklace of Valiant Blood] Amulet 10 Champion's Seal
[Razor's Edge Pendant] [Pendant of Azure Dreams] Amulet 10 Champion's Seal
[Choker of Feral Fury] [Susurrating Shell Necklace] Amulet 10 Champion's Seal
[Gauntlets of Mending Touch] [Gauntlets of Shattered Pride] Plate Armor 10 Champion's Seal
[Clinch of Savage Fury] [Girdle of Valorous Defeat] Plate Armor 10 Champion's Seal
[Blood-Caked Stompers] [Stanchions of Unseatable Furor] Plate Armor 10 Champion's Seal
[Links of Unquenched Savagery] [Cinch of Bonded Servitude] Mail Armor 10 Champion's Seal
[Treads of Whispering Dreams] [Treads of the Glorious Spirit] Mail Armor 10 Champion's Seal
[Treads of the Earnest Squire] [Treads of Nimble Evasion] Leather Armor 10 Champion's Seal
[Waistguard of Equine Fury] [Wrap of the Everliving Tree] Leather Armor 10 Champion's Seal
[Sash of Trumpted Pride] [Sash of Shattering Hearts] Cloth Armor 10 Champion's Seal

Silver Covenant/Sunreavers collectables[]

Hiren Loresong
AllianceInv elemental primal mana [A Silver Confidant]
Vasarin Redmorn
HordeInv elemental primal nether [The Sunreavers]
Type Cost
[Silver Covenant Tabard] [Sunreaver Tabard] Tabard 50 Champion's Seal
[Quel'dorei Steed] [Sunreaver Hawkstrider] Mount 100 Champion's Seal
[Silver Covenant Hippogryph] [Sunreaver Dragonhawk] Flying mount 150 Champion's Seal
[Shimmering Wyrmling] [Shimmering Wyrmling] Small pet 40 Champion's Seal

Crusader collectables and heirlooms[]

Item Type Cost
[Argent Crusader's Banner] Banner 15 Champion's Seal
[Argent Crusader's Tabard] Tabard 50 Champion's Seal
[Argent Warhorse] Mount 100 Champion's Seal
[Argent Charger] Mount (Paladin Only) 100 Champion's Seal
[Argent Pony Bridle] Small pet enhancement 150 Champion's Seal
[Polished Breastplate of Valor] Plate Chest 60 Champion's Seal
[Polished Spaulders of Valor] Plate Shoulder 60 Champion's Seal
[Champion Herod's Shoulder] Mail Shoulder 60 Champion's Seal
[Champion's Deathdealer Breastplate] Mail Chest 60 Champion's Seal
[Mystical Pauldrons of Elements] Mail Shoulder 60 Champion's Seal
[Mystical Vest of Elements] Mail Chest 60 Champion's Seal
[Preened Ironfeather Breastplate] Leather Chest 60 Champion's Seal
[Preened Ironfeather Shoulders] Leather Shoulder 60 Champion's Seal
[Stained Shadowcraft Spaulders] Leather Shoulder 60 Champion's Seal
[Stained Shadowcraft Tunic] Leather Chest 60 Champion's Seal
[Tattered Dreadmist Mantle] Cloth Shoulder 60 Champion's Seal
[Tattered Dreadmist Robe] Cloth Chest 60 Champion's Seal
[Balanced Heartseeker] One-Hand Dagger 60 Champion's Seal
[Bloodied Arcanite Reaper] Two-Hand Axe 95 Champion's Seal
[Charmed Ancient Bone Bow] Bow 95 Champion's Seal
[Devout Aurastone Hammer] Main Hand Mace 75 Champion's Seal
[Dignified Headmaster's Charge] Two-Hand Staff 95 Champion's Seal
[Repurposed Lava Dredger] Two-Hand Mace 95 Champion's Seal
[Venerable Dal'Rend's Sacred Charge] Main Hand Sword 60 Champion's Seal
[Venerable Mass of McGowan] One-Hand Mace 75 Champion's Seal
[Discerning Eye of the Beast] Trinket 75 Champion's Seal
[Swift Hand of Justice] Trinket 75 Champion's Seal

Quests[]

Starting the Argent Tournament: Aspirant & Valiant[]

The quest chain starts in the building to the west of the Crusaders' Coliseum. Justicar Mariel Trueheart directs questers to their faction's respective tents on the east side of the keep, where they must undertake a series of tests to join the tournament proper.


Alliance
  1. A [80] The Argent Tournament
  2. A [80] Up To The Challenge and complete the daily quests listed below to earn enough [Aspirant's Seals] to continue. (15 seals at 5 per day)
  3. A [80] The Aspirant's Challenge
  4. Players will be offered one of these quests based on their race:
  5. A [80] The Valiant's Charge and complete the daily quests listed below to earn enough [Valiant's Seals] to continue. (25 seals at 5 per day)
  6. A [80] The Valiant's Challenge
  7. A [80] A Champion Rises

After completing "The Valiant's Challenge", the following quests open up allowing players to repeat the valiant stage of daily quests (steps six and seven) for the other factions with which they have not yet earned the right to champion:

Horde
  1. H [80] The Argent Tournament
  2. H [80] Up To The Challenge and complete the daily quests listed below to earn enough [Aspirant's Seals] to continue. (15 seals at 5 per day)
  3. H [80] The Aspirant's Challenge
  4. Players will be offered one of these quests based on their race:
  5. H [80] The Valiant's Charge and complete the daily quests listed below to earn enough [Valiant's Seals] to continue. (25 seals at 5 per day)
  6. H [80] The Valiant's Challenge
  7. H [80] A Champion Rises

After completing "The Valiant's Challenge", the following quests open up allowing players to repeat the valiant stage of daily quests (steps six and seven) for the other factions with which they have not yet earned the right to champion:

Also note that like the fishing and cooking daily quests, the 3 blade quests (A Blade Fit of a Champion, The Edge of Winter, A Worthy Weapon) are not independent daily quests. Having one of them in your log prevents you from accepting the other two, should it be offered that day. In other words, should you not complete one of them on the day you accept it, you will not be able to do either of the other two quests the following day. This means that you should do all three daily quests on the day you accept them if you want to complete "Up To The Challenge" in three days.

Completing the four available valiant dailies will reward 52g 92s and 5x[Valiant's Seal] each day.

Over the course of championing all five faction's cities you can expect to gain 11,250 reputation with each capital city. Keep this in mind when considering champion-level quest rewards. The [Champion's Writ] can only be used to buy reputation tokens worth 250 reputation with one city at a time. Do not purchase reputation with a faction when you can reasonably expect to reach exalted status while doing the valiant chain for the rest of the cities. The [Champion's Purse] is a better alternative for players who already have high reputation with their faction's cities. It is also possible to continue doing a faction's valiant-level quests, earning reputation with that faction, if one does not turn in the "The Valiant's Charge" quest with that faction.

The Black Knight chain[]

  1. A [80] The Black Knight of Westfall? -or- H [80] The Black Knight of Silverpine?
  2. N [80] The Seer's Crystal
  3. N [80] The Stories Dead Men Tell
  4. N [80] There's Something About the Squire
  5. N [80] The Black Knight's Orders
  6. After reaching the rank of Champion:
    N [80] The Black Knight's Fall
  7. Starting in Patch 3.2.0:
    N [80] The Black Knight's Curse
  8. N [80] The Black Knight's Fate

Champion dailies[]

  1. N [80] A Champion Rises (Alliance) / (Horde)
  2. N [80] Eadric the Pure -or- N Death knight} [80] The Scourgebane
  3. Start earning [Champion's Seals] to purchase rewards:

N.B: Threat From Above requires the completion of The Black Knight's Fall. See above for the The Black Knight chain.

Completing these dailies will reward 52g 92s and up to 4x[Champion's Writ] or 4x[Champion's Purse] each day.

Also available for players not exalted with the Argent Crusade is N [80 Daily] Contributin' To The Cause.

Completing all Champion, Sunreaver/Silver Covenant and Crusader dailies will reward 159g 07s total, including 10x[Champion's Seal].

Crusader dailies[]

In order to be eligible for these quests, players are required to have earned the title <Crusader>. Several daily quests are offered randomly each day, one from each questgiver:

High Crusader Adelard Offers one of these each day:

Crusader Silverdawn Offers one of these each day:

Silver Covenant (Alliance) / Sunreavers (Horde) dailies[]

In order to be eligible for these quests, players are required to have earned the achievement AllianceInv elemental primal mana [A Silver Confidant] or HordeInv elemental primal nether [The Sunreavers] by being exalted with the Silver Covenant/Sunreavers and being a champion of at least one racial faction. Several daily quests are offered randomly each day, two from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Narasi Snowdawn/Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Girana the Blooded and one from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Savinia Loresong/Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Factiongfx/faction_tip_link.json' not found. Tylos Dawnrunner.

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Goblin dailies[]

These quests dealt with the construction of the Crusaders' Coliseum and were removed in Patch 3.2.0.

Achievements[]

The following achievements are related to the Argent Tournament:

Note
Note: Meta achievements are listed in a separate table at the bottom of this section.

Interactive map[]

 

Alliance and Horde leadership[]

At roughly 10-past, Thrall, Garrosh Hellscream, and a few Kor'kron Elites arrive:

Herald Beluus yells: The Warchief of the Horde, Thrall, and Overlord Garrosh Hellscream have arrived upon the tournament grounds! Clear the way to the entrance!
Thrall, Garrosh and their escort appear from inside the Sunreaver Pavilion and walk along the path following the Ring of Champions. Here, they stop between the Ironforge and Gnomeregan banners and observe.
Thrall says: Garrosh, I expect you to control yourself here. I do not want a repeat of the Violet Citadel.
Garrosh Hellscream says: Pah! That was a show of strength, worthy of a leader. I only regret I did not kill that human before the mage interfered.
Thrall says: We are guests here, Garrosh, and you will conduct yourself honorably.
Garrosh Hellscream says: What honor is there in thrashing about with blunted sticks? This is a waste of time.
The group proceeds to the western entrance of the Crusaders' Coliseum, where Highlord Tirion Fordring awaits.
Highlord Tirion Fordring says: Welcome, Warchief Thrall. Overlord Hellscream.
Thrall says: Thank you for the invitation, Lord Fordring. We look forward to observing these games.
Garrosh Hellscream says: Speak for yourself, Thrall.
Highlord Tirion Fordring says: I hope you'll see the merit of these events in time, Garrosh. We cannot win against the Scourge if we continue to war against one another.
Thrall says: Wise words.
Garrosh Hellscream says: Words of a fool, you mean. The Horde will destroy the undead without your aid, human, or that of the pompous king.
Thrall immediately turns to face Garrosh and rebukes him directly.
Thrall says: Garrosh, enough!
Highlord Tirion Fordring says: Under my roof, gentlemen, I trust you will behave.
Thrall turns back to Tirion.
Thrall says: Of course, Tirion. I apologize for his outburst. It will not be repeated.
Garrosh Hellscream says: Bah.
Highlord Tirion Fordring says: If you will follow me, then.
The group then walks in to the coliseum proper and disappears inside.

At roughly 25-past, Varian Wrynn, Jaina Proudmoore, and a few Stormwind Royal Guards arrive.

Herald Beluus yells: His Majesty, King Varian Wrynn, and Lady Jaina Proudmoore have touched down upon the tournament grounds! Make way!
Varian, Jaina and their escort appear from inside the Silver Covenant Pavilion and walk west towards the Argent Pavilion. Fordring greets them at the entrance to the Coliseum.
King Varian Wrynn says: Tirion.
Highlord Tirion Fordring says: King Varian, Lady Jaina. Welcome to the tournament. Your place in the coliseum is waiting.
Lady Jaina Proudmoore says: Thank you. It's the least I can do to support this; we need to stand together.
King Varian Wrynn says: You ask much of me, Tirion, to sit and watch, trusting the savages to keep themselves in check.
Highlord Tirion Fordring says: My people are here to ensure they honor the rules of engagement. It will do your subjects well to see you in the stands.
Lady Jaina Proudmoore says: I'm sure Thrall will have his people under control...
King Varian Wrynn says: Perhaps. I doubt the effectiveness of this gambit. We would be better served preparing our armies for the final assault.
King Varian Wrynn says: But if my presence is required in these games to gain your support in the battle, then I will remain. For now.
Highlord Tirion Fordring nods and gestures for his guests to follow.
The group then walks in to the coliseum proper and disappears inside.

Videos[]

  • The actual trailer.
  • Cityhunter0505, text-in-video guide (PTR).
Warcraft_Lore_The_Call_of_the_Crusade
Trial_Of_The_Crusader_Part_1
Trial_Of_The_Crusader_Part_2

Additional videos[]

Gallery[]

Patch changes[]

  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Patch 3.2.0 (04-Aug-2009): The Argent Tournament Expands
    • All new Argent Crusader daily quests and rewards have been added for players with the Crusader title. Rewards include a new Argent Crusader banner and tabard (which can teleport players to the tournament grounds), a mounted squire (can periodically run bank, mail or vendor errands for the player), a paladin-exclusive Argent Crusader Charger mount, and new heirloom items.
    • All new Silver Covenant and Sunreaver daily quests and rewards have been added for players exalted with these factions. Rewards include tabards, new ground and flying mounts, and a new pet.
    • Just when you thought you had seen the last of the Black Knight, he makes his astonishing return to the tournament. Wait, didn't you kill him? (Source)
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Hotfix (2009-04-16): "We have made it so players cannot attack additional quest giver NPCs at the Argent Tournament.[3]"
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Patch 3.1.0 (14-Apr-2009): Added.

References[]

  1. ^ Blizz Zarhym 2009-02-25. Re:Argent Tournament Timing?. Retrieved on 2009-02-28.
  2. ^ Blizz Blizzard. Under Development: Patch 3.2: Call of the Crusade. Retrieved on 2009-05-24. “The Argent Tournament Expands: With the help of Azeroth's heroes, the Argent Crusade will finish the Argent Coliseum just in time to call for all brave citizens to prepare for battle with the Lich King. New dailies, rewards, and more will be available at the Argent Tournament grounds to lure adventurers into the coliseum.”
  3. ^ Blizz Bornakk 2009-04-16. Recent In-Game Fixes - 4/16/09. Retrieved on 2009-05-24.

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