Update: Patch 3.1.2 introduced new mounts and reduced costs for existing mounts! See the Rewards section for more details! The cold winds of the north blow over the frigid icy glaciers of Icecrown. The sun barely reaches the frozen lands with its rays. The Lich King gathers his power, his Scourge minions planting destruction everywhere. Bloodthirsty Vrykul shout promises to eviscerate adventurers too foolish to enter their lands. Yet, in the northernmost corner of the great glacier, something defies the self-proclaimed true king's threats. Workers' sweat flows like rivers, as hired hands build a Coliseum. Mounts scream in pain or triumph as their riders - men and women representing all the peoples of Azeroth - fight to prove their worthiness to members of the Argent Tournament and their own war factions. Despite the imminent danger of the Lich King, despite the hatred between King Varian and Garosh Hellscream, and despite the weather for which "harsh" would be a soft word, the heroes of Azeroth battle to determine who will face the horror Arthas has turned into...and who will go home. Mount up, grab your lance and ride to battle, brothers and sisters! Joust in the name of the Argent Crusade! Give your blood for the Horde and endure all pain for the Alliance! Ride, ride, to the Argent Tournament! Table of Contents What is the Argent Tournament? How do I fight in The Tournament? How do I Joust? Seals Quests Rewards Achievements To explain the Argent Tournament, there are a few things we need to look at. Let's start with some basic introduction: What is the Argent Tournament? The Argent Tournament is a new event, introduced in Patch 3.1. It is located in the north-east corner of Icecrown, just north of Sindragosa's Fall. It involves a number of quests, many of which focus on mounted combat - players riding vehicles and simulating jousting. The quest rewards are various Seals, which can be used to purchase weapons, tabards, non-combat pets, and even mounts. The Horde's main assistants and guides in the Tournament are the Sunreavers, while the Alliance is being guided by the Silver Covenant. Currently the Argent Tournament Grounds look as work under construction. And they are. The Coliseum is far from being complete - in fact, only its skeleton can be seen now. Both the Alliance and the Horde are given no more than a tent and stables. But as time goes by and new patches come, the place will become more and more developed, more quests and rewards will be revealed. To prevent not-so-honorable combat from happening, players in the Argent Tournament Grounds are affected by Armistice, which prevents them from fighting members of the opposite faction, unless during a mounted duel. How do I fight in the Tournament? Joining the ranks of the fighters in the Tournament is very easy. All one needs to do is go the Argent Tournament Grounds in Icecrown, enter the Argent Tent, and talk to Justicar Mariel Trueheart. She will direct you to either The Sunreavers if you are member of the Horde, or The Silver Covenant if you belong to the Alliance. She will also send you to the Blasbolt brothers, who are two goblins responsible for the building of the Coliseum. From there on, your factions will direct you to the appropriate quests. How Do I Joust? Jousting is simple to start and hard to master. To begin you only need to pick a Lance from your faction's tent (or automatically obtain one from any of the quests), and then mount on one of the stabled mounts outside. And you are all set! Just keep in mind that you can only ride mounts of the factions you have become Champion with, and your own home faction. When you mount, you will notice a few spells you can use: When jousting, you will need a strategy of some sort in order to win. One of the more basic ones is stacking your Defend 3 times before the duel, then keeping your enemy at a distance, toss a Shield-Breaker whenever possible to reduce his or her Defend. Remember to keep yours up! When the enemy is vulnerable, Charge and Thrust them, and then re-establish the distance, using Shield-Breaker again. Seals The Argent Tournament quests and rewards work with an alternative currency - Seals. All players start as Aspirants with their race and have quests available with only them. Quests at this level award Aspirant's Seal. Total of 15 Aspirant's Seals are required to advance to the next rank - Valiant. Quests now award Valiant's Seal, and you need total of 25 of those to advance to the final rank in the Tournament - Champion. Daily quests at this level award Champion's Seal, which are used to purchase rewards from one of the Quartermasters located in your faction's Tent. After becoming a Champion with your home faction, you can choose another faction to work with. Fortunately, when taking a second faction, you no longer need to go through the basic Aspirant training - you start as a Valiant. Quests Rankless Justicar Mariel Trueheart will simply send you to talk to Arcanist Taelis/Magister Elien Sunhollow. Congratulations, you are now an Aspirant! Justicar Mariel Trueheart will also ask you to talk to Bezzle Blastbolt and see how you can help him and his brother with the construction of the coliseum. Use your Goblin Chisel near Small Stone Blocks to make them go BOOM! Each Block will leave 1-4 Small Stone Blocks, and you need 15 of those. Use your Lumberjack's Axe near Crystalsong Oaks to acquire the 12 Rough Hewn Planks needed. Aspirant Mastery of Melee, Mastery of the Shield-Breaker & Mastery of the Charge The three quests are offered by NPCs of your race in your faction's tent. You will need to practice Thrust on Melee Targets, Shield-Breaker on Ranged Targets, and Shield-BreakerCharge on Charge Targets. Learning the Reins Alliance/Horde Practice your Thrust, Shield-Breaker and Charge abilities against the Target Dummies. Again! Training in the Field Alliance/Horde Slay (almost) any 8 Scourge units in Icecrown. Credit is given for most of the Scourge's allies too (Vrykul, Cult of the Damned necromancers, etc). A Worthy Weapon Alliance/Horde Collect 4x Winter Hyacinth from Winter Hyacinths, found around the dam between Icecrown and Crystalsong Forest. Offer the Hyacinths to the Maiden of Drak'Mar in the North-Eastern corner of Dragonblight. Note: You can only get one of the "blade" quests each day - A Blade Fit For A Champion, A Worthy Weapon, or The Edge of Winter. A Blade Fit For A Champion Alliance/Horde Apply Warts-B-Gone Lip Balm before /kissing an unknown number of Lake Frogs, hoping that one of them will turn out to be the Maiden of Ashwood Lake. Remember to apply the balm before each kiss, or you may and will get Warts!! Note: You can only get one of the "blade" quests each day - A Blade Fit For A Champion, A Worthy Weapon, or The Edge of Winter. The Edge of Winter Alliance/Horde Slay Lord Everblaze for his Everburning Ember, before heading to the Maiden of Winter's Breath Lake and freeing her from her icy prison. Note: You can only get one of the "blade" quests each day - A Blade Fit For A Champion, A Worthy Weapon, or The Edge of Winter. Daily Rewards: Completing all three daily quests awards 5x Aspirant's Seal and 750 Reputation with The Silver Covenant/The Sunreavers. Up To The Challenge Alliance/Horde Collect 15x Aspirant's Seal to be allowed to fight for the rank of Valiant. The Aspirant's Challenge Alliance/Horde Talk to Squire David in order to summon, challenge and defeat an Argent Valiant. A Valiant of... Talk to your race's representative in your faction's tent to become a Valiant of your main city. Valiant A Blade Fit For A Champion Stormwind, Ironforge, Gnomeregan Exiles, Exodar, Darnassus Orgrimmar, Darkspear Trolls, Thunder Bluff, Undercity, Silvermoon City Apply balm, /kiss Lake Frogs. The lovely old story. A Worthy Weapon Stormwind, Ironforge, Gnomeregan Exiles, Exodar, Darnassus Orgrimmar, Darkspear Trolls, Thunder Bluff, Undercity, Silvermoon City Collect 4 Hyacinths and offer them to the Maiden in the Dragonblight. The Edge of Winter Stormwind, Ironforge, Gnomeregan Exiles, Exodar, Darnassus Orgrimmar, Darkspear Trolls, Thunder Bluff, Undercity, Silvermoon City Slay Lord Everblaze and free the Maiden in Winter's Breath Lake in the Howling Fjord. A Valiant's Field Training Stormwind, Ironforge, Gnomeregan Exiles, Exodar, Darnassus Orgrimmar, Darkspear Trolls, Thunder Bluff, Undercity, Silvermoon City An upgrade from Field Training, you now need to slay 10 Scourge units and/or their agents. At Enemy's Gates Stormwind, Ironforge, Gnomeregan Exiles, Exodar, Darnassus Orgrimmar, Darkspear Trolls, Thunder Bluff, Undercity, Silvermoon City Slay 15 Boneguard Footmen, 10 Boneguard Scouts, and 3 Boneguard Lieutenants while using one of the mounts in the Argent Forward Camp in the Court of Bones near Corp'rethar. The Grand Melee Stormwind, Ironforge, Gnomeregan Exiles, Exodar, Darnassus Orgrimmar, Darkspear Trolls, Thunder Bluff, Undercity, Silvermoon City Defeat 3 Valiants in either of the Valiant's Rings in the Argent Tournament Grounds. You can only fight a race's Valiant once per hour. Daily Rewards Completing all four daily quests awards 5x Valiant's Seal, 1,000 Reputation with your race and 1,000 Reputation with The Silver Covenant/The Sunreavers The Valiant's Charge Present 25x Valiant's Seal to your race's representative in your faction's tent to be be allowed to become Champion. The Valint's Challenge Talk to Squire Danny to summon, challenge and defeat an Argent Champion. A Champion Rises Talk to Justicar Mariel Trueheart to receive 10x Champion's Seal and an Argent Squire/Argent Gruntling. Champion Talk to Eadric the Pure to unlock all of the Champion's daily quests. Note to Death Knights: You will be send to Crok Scourgebane through . His quests are identical to Eadric the Pure's, with the only difference that they award reputation with the Knights of the Ebon Blade, not the Argent Crusade. The final version of your Field Training. Slay 15 Scourge units in Icecrown and/or their agents. Defeat 4 Champions in the Ring of Champions. Slay a Boneguard Commander, 10 Boneguard Scouts and 5 Boneguard Lieutenants in the Court of Bones. (3G) Slay Chillmaw and her 3 Cultist Bombardiers. Daily Rewards Completing all 4 daily quests awards 5x Champion's Seal, and up to 4 Champion's Writs, which can be used to purchase Commendations worth 250 Reputation with any city you have become Champion with. Alternatively you can choose to receive a Champion's Purse with 10g and a chance for a Champion's Seal inside, instead of the Writ. You also get 250 Reputation with the Argent Crusade and The Silver Covenant/The Sunreavers The Black Knight The Black Knight of... Westfall?/Silverpine? Obtain the Dusty Journal from a Dusty Journal in either Westfall or Silverpine Forest. Obtain a Seer's Crystal from Unbound Seers in Crystalsong Forest. Use Seer's Crystal near Connall's Grave, Lorien's Grave, and Sir Wendell's Grave. Obtain a Large Femur from Skeletal Woodcutters in Crystalsong Forest. Use the Femur to stun and loot Maloric to obtain Murderer's Toolkit. Use Enchanted Bridle to take control over the Black Knight's Gryphon. Fly to wherever it takes you and obtain Stolen Tournament Invitation and Black Knight's Orders. Note: In order to proceed further ahead with the chain, you will need to complete A Champion Rises first. Talk to Squire Cavin to summon, challenge and defeat The Black Knight. Rewards Champion's Seal is the alternative currency used in the Argent Tournament. Seals are acquired at a rate of no more than 5 Seals/day if you are a Champion with any of your faction's races. Champion's Seals can be used to purchase epic weapons, rare armor, tabards, mounts, cosmetic pets, and banners. In order to use a specific Quartermaster, you need to be Champion with the race of the Quartermaster. This means that you will not be able to purchase an Elekk unless you have 50 Seals and are Champion of the Exodar. Such restriction barely applies to weapons and armor, as they are sold by all the Quartermasters. Also, the Horde and Alliance weapons & armor have identical stats, just different names. Note that the non-combat pets do not bind in pick-up, which means you could make some good money off them, unless you are a collector. Alliance (changed from 250 Seals in v3.1.2) Ground Mounts - 100 Seals each for new mounts - 5 Seals and (minus faction discounts) each for old mounts Tabards - 50 Seals each Non-combat Pets - 40 Seals each Epic Weapons - 25 Seals each Banners - 15 Seals each Rare Armor - 10 Seals each Horde (changed from 250 Seals in v3.1.2) Ground Mounts - 100 Seals each for new mounts - 5 Seals and (minus faction discounts) each for old mounts Tabards - 50 Seals each Non-combat Pets - 40 Seals each Epic Weapons - 25 Seals each Banners - 15 Seals each Rare Armor - 10 Seals each Achievements Argent Aspiration Become an Aspirant with your race. Argent Valor Become a Valiant with your race. Tilted Defeat another player in a mounted duel. Lance A Lot Defeat a rider (Valiant or Champion) of each race. Champion of... Stormwind, Ironforge, Gnomeregan Exiles, Exodar, Darnassus Orgrimmar, Darkspear Trolls, Thunder Bluff, Undercity, Silvermoon City Become a Champion with any of your faction's races. Champion of the Alliance/Champion of the Horde Become Champion with all of your faction's races. Exalted Champion of... Stormwind, Ironforge, Gnomeregan Exiles, Exodar, Darnassus Orgrimmar, Darkspear Trolls, Thunder Bluff, Undercity, Silvermoon City Become Champion with any of your faction's races and earn Exalted status with them. Title Reward: Of <City_Name> Exalted Champion Of The Alliance/Exalted Champion Of The Horde Become Champion with all of your faction's races and earn Exalted status with all of them. Exalted Argent Champion Of The Alliance/Exalted Argent Champion Of The Horde Become Champion with all of your faction's races, and earn Exalted status with them and The Argent Crusade. Title Reward: Crusader. It's Just A Flesh Wound Defeat the Black Knight.