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Wrath of the Lich King
The Argent Tournament
Introduction
What Is the Argent Tournament?
- The Argent Tournament is a neutral (Horde and Alliance) PvE quest and achievement center in northeast Icecrown. It was added in patch 3.1 and extensively revised in patch 3.2.
- Despite some misleading wording, the Argent Tournament and its quests are *not* PvP.
- PvP is *forbidden* (even on PvP realms) on the Argent Tournament grounds.
- Argent Tournament quests are grouped in your quest log under Tournament. They do *not* count toward the achievement, Icecrown: The Final Goal.
- Argent Tournament achievements are listed in the Achievements display under World Events - Argent Tournament.
- All Argent Tournament quests are level 80.
- The initial Argent Tournament quests require a minimum character level of 77, but it is not entirely clear how far you can progress before level 80. (Quest level requirements appear erratic at best.)
- No Argent Tournament quest seems to require flying skill, but some quests would certainly be slow, awkward, or extremely challenging without cold-weather flying to get to or from a quest location (e.g., the Court of Bones).
- Rewards:
- Reputation with The Sunreavers (and thus Horde Expedition), Argent Crusade (or, for Death Knights, Knights of the Ebon Blade), and any or all of the Horde (or Alliance) cities.
- Experience (if you're under 80)
- Cash (especially if you're 80)
- Rare or epic gear, companion pets, mounts, and other items bought with Champion's Seals.
What Do I Do There?
- Do the preliminary/introductory quests.
- Become an Aspirant.
- Start the Black Knight chain.
- Do Aspirant daily quests until you qualify for Valiant status.
- Become a Valiant (initially of your home city).
- Do Valiant daily quests until you qualify for Champion status.
- Become a Champion (initially of your home city).
- Complete the Black Knight chain.
- Qualify for Champion dailies.
- Do Champion daily quests to accumulate Champion's Seals (used to purchase gear, pets, and mounts), Champion's Writs (used to purchase reputation tokens), faction reputation, cash, and (if you are under 80) experience.
- If you are qualified, do Sunreaver daily quests to gain more cash, more Champion's Seals, and still more unique items and mounts.
- If desired, repeat steps 5-7 for each Horde city faction.
- Eventually, if you complete the Achievement: Exalted Argent Champion of the Horde, Crusader daily quests will become available to you.
How Do I Get Started?
Go to the Argent Tournament Grounds [center: 73,21] in northeastern Icecrown. (See Map1.)
If you lack the Argent Tournament flight point, a flying mount, cold-weather flying, or simply the inclination to make your way there on your own, there is an easy way to get there. Go to Krasus' Landing in Dalaran, and talk to Jean Pierre Poulain [Dalaran: 70,47]. He will arrange a free, commercial flight to the Argent Tournament Grounds flight point [Icecrown: 72,22].
- He is on the southwest side of the landing circle and carrying a banner.
- You can take the flight only once. (After that, you can take a conventional flight from the flight master or fly there on your own.)
- If you have already been to the tournament grounds and have the flight point there, this special flight is unavailable.
Get your bearings. (See Map1 again.)
- The Argent Tournament Grounds cover a somewhat oblong area basically bounded by four things:
- At the northeast corner [76,19] is the Silver Covenant Pavilion, the Alliance tent.
- At the southeast corner [76,24] is Sunreaver Pavilion, the Horde tent.
- At the northwest corner [69,20] is the Argent Valiants' Ring, a jousting site.
- At the southwest corner [69,22] is the Argent Pavilion, a neutral tent, and your immediate destination.
- The center of the area is the coliseum, a sprawling building previously under construction but now complete. It has a domed center [74,21]; three short wings on the north, south, and east; and an extended wing to the west.
- Sheltered by the southern edge of the western wing of the coliseum are the flight point [72,22] and the stables housing Champion mounts.
- Note two other areas of future interest:
- South of the stables is the Ring of Champions [roughly 71,23], site of Champion jousts.
- On the north side of the western wing of the coliseum are repairmen (in front of a forge and anvil), vendors, and, a few yards further north, the Aspirants' training area [72,19].
- The Argent Tournament Grounds cover a somewhat oblong area basically bounded by four things:
Talk to Justicar Mariel Trueheart [69,22], just inside the Argent Pavilion, and pick up the quest she offers. (Her second quest was deleted in 3.2.)
You can now ignore these quests and questgivers, all of which were deleted in patch 3.2:
- Bezzle Blastbolt
- Bozzle Blastbolt
- The Blastbolt Brothers, a travel quest to Bezzle Blastbolt
- Jack Me Some Lumber, Bezzle's daily collection quest
- A Chip Off the Ulduar Block, Bozzle's daily collection quest.
The Argent Tournament
Rewards: 10 reputation with The Sunreavers, 2200 experience (or 1g32s at level 80), 74s.
Simple travel quest from Justicar Mariel Trueheart to Magister Edien Sunhollow [76,24] in the Sunreaver Pavilion (the Horde tent in the southeast corner of the Argent Tournament Grounds).- Completing this quest gives you an Achievement: Argent Aspiration.
- Completing this quest unlocks three others that should be done together:
- Completing this quest also allows you to pick up The Black Knight of Silverpine?, the quest that starts the Black Knight chain, from Crusader Rhydalla in the Argent Pavilion.
- The Alliance version of this quest goes to Arcanist Taelis in the Silver Covenant Pavilion [76,19], the Alliance tent in the northeast corner of the Argent Tournament Grounds.
Who's Where
Argent Pavilion (the Champions' tent)
The Argent Pavilion [69,22] is the large tent in the southwest corner of the Argent Tournament Grounds. (See Map2.)
In the entry [69,22]:
Behind the entry curtain in the center of the tent:
In the eastern corner [69,23] are the Champion questgivers:
Sunreaver Pavilion (the Horde tent)
Sunreaver Pavilion [76,24] is the large tent at the southeast corner of the Argent Tournament Grounds. (See Map3.) It is full of questgivers and quartermasters for all five Horde city factions.
Just behind the entry curtain, next to the innkeeper, are two Sunreaver questgivers for those who are exalted with The Sunreavers:
The Aspirant questgivers are near the center of the tent:
Valiant questgivers and vendors, grouped by faction, are arrayed clockwise in a great arc inside the tent.
Silvermoon City [76,23]:
Undercity [76,24]:
Orgrimmar [76,24]:
Thunder Bluff [76,24]:
Sen'jin (Darkspear Trolls) [75,24]:
Elsewhere on the Argent Tournament Grounds
For the following NPCs, see Map4.
Silver Covenant Pavilion (the Alliance tent)
The Silver Covenant Pavilion [76,19] is the large tent in the northeast corner of the Argent Tournament Grounds. Arcanist Taelis and the Alliance Aspirant and Valiant questgivers can be found there.
Death Knight Questgivers
Champion questgivers for Death Knights of both factions are outside, just northwest [73,19] of the angle formed by the north and west wings of the coliseum.
The Advisers
The advisers for the Aspirant Mastery quests are scattered around the training area [72,19] north of the construction site.
- Valis Windchaser (for the quest, Mastery of the Shield-Breaker) is on the eastern edge [73,19] of the training area.
- Rugan Steelbelly (for the quest, Mastery of the Charge) is on the northern edge [72,18] of the training area.
- Jeran Lockwood (for the quest, Mastery Of Melee) is on the west side [72,18] of the training area.
The Squires
Squires are stationed at three jousting rings to summon opponents for you to fight.
- Squire Cavin, who summons the Black Knight for The Black Knight's Fall, is standing on a box [71,23] on the north edge of the Ring of Champions, just west of an opening in the fence.
- Squire David, who summons an Argent Valiant in The Aspirant's Challenge, is standing on a box [71,19] on the north edge of the Aspirants' Ring, just west of the main part of the training area, between a tall pair of blue banners.
- Squire Danny, who summons an Argent Champion in The Valiant's Challenge, is standing on a box [68,20] on the west edge of the Argent Valiants' Ring, between a tall pair of blue banners, in the northwest corner of the Argent Tournament Grounds.
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