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Exquisite Costume Set: "The Lich King"

Item Level 1
Binds when picked up
Unique

Use: Dress up like Arthas, the Lich King. (10 Sec Cooldown)
50 Charges
"An intricate replica, down to the very strands of hair. It will wear out over time."

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Hallow's End
(October 18
- November 1)

Comments

Comment by FireKatKid

Well... taking Defile at lvl 100 just got a lot more interesting.

Comment by lovelywaz

The question is, does your character also have the Frostmourne in their hands?

Comment by Whytewolf

50 charges? Ugh. Limited. That kinda stinks.

Comment by lysealoo

More toys for my toybox!

Comment by Gonahz

Champions attack!

Comment by Orchimonde

Rumour is every innocent villager you kill has a chance to drop this item.

Comment by Elyseon

Will this also bestow the ability to do cheap oneshot kill punts in the middle of fights when it looks like your enemies are about to win?

Comment by Dracovarius

"And I know you will show restraint when exercising your great power!"

Comment by wisedada

There must ~~always~~ 50 times must be a Lich King...

After all, "No King rules forever, my son."

Comment by Magnusmalum

How is this NOT the perfect item for the toybox?

50 charges is nice, but with the release of the toybox and placing other very similar items in it, it makes us sad and confused why we can't look like Arthas indefinitely.

Comment by christiantroy

My body is ready!

Comment by Voross

Are we sure this is a holiday thing? Those charges make it look like a TCG item.

Comment by Creditmoney

For when my charges have come to an end, you shall be King!

Comment by Ehra

I can't help but think that some people in Azeroth would find this insensitive. I mean, how would people react if you dressed up as a known terrorist who killed and tortured people in our world? Maybe the people of Azeroth are more accepting of jokes.

Comment by Racthoh

can't wait for the 25 lich kings vs the lich king video

Comment by KittyGotWet

I had hoped that new vanity items like this would start being added to the toy box.

Comment by dinerbr

LIGHT, GRANT ME ONE FINAL BLESSING. GIVE ME THE STRENGTH... TO SHATTER THESE BONDS!

*sees 25 people in Lich King Costume*

Highlord Tirion Fordring yells: OH HELL NO, IM OUT!

Comment by Isharne

-Tiriron: The weight of such a burden... It must be mine, for there is no other-
-Bolvar: Tiri-
-25 adventurers simultaneously: TIRION!
-Bolvar/Tirion: ?
(Every single adventurer is looking like Arthas)
-Bolvar: NO GUYS! WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS! I'M THE ONE WHO CAN USE IT BEST! IT'S BiS FOR ME!

Comment by Guyviroth

For those who are complaining about the limited charges;

"No king rules forever, my son".

Comment by heliolord

Damn you, Blizzard! Please give us a permanent version of this for our toyboxes!

Comment by bonzybabee

I think, similarly to my Falling Flame, I will receive one of these and then promptly never use it because one day I might need 50 charges of an Athas costume.

Comment by Variann

I wonder if it just makes your armour look like Arthas's armour or it will also change your model into Arthas, like if you were a tauren and used this and just dont get his armour. If so then this might be my new favourite item.

Comment by Xkiller9000

This + Defile + Remorseless Winter + Army of the Dead = Lich King himself

Comment by jesenok

I WANT IT

Comment by Ravenstormer

Would like to see some Lich-Kings in a 40 vs 40 Alterac Valley :o Primary 80 DKS :D

Comment by elbearzor

okay this is gonna be awesome :D i love the LK and now i can turn into him? *drool*

Comment by regma

Nice. Its good to see something that'll allow others to change, even temporary, into him. Unlike that Frostmourne spell.
(be funny if get chased out of Undercity because of this)

I guess no one think it would be funny..

Comment by George14

I would guess this is a reward from the Hallow's End event, seeing as it will be updated for WoD with the other holiday events.

Comment by uH8R

Should make you hostile to every single player and faction in the game.
Have fun PvPers!

Comment by zaslanec

Nice

Comment by perculia

This is currently listed on Chinese Battle.net as costing 1000 Tricky Treats. I don't believe there is a way to get that many in one year (at least using 2013's calculations) so it will be interesting to see what the cost is for US realms.

I do believe this was meant to be available in 2014 as it was previewed on Chinese Battle.net and highlighted with an animated gif on Warcraft's twitter advertising the holiday. Would be misleading if it wasn't available.

Edit: This is not finalized, but they are leaning towards hotfixing the cost to 500 Tricky Treats. Source.

Comment by perculia

can we add a sorting feature to the comments section that list comments by the pertinet information they contain. that way the top 20 comments wont be stupid jokes and rp conversations that in now way give any info about this item?

Comment by zaldak

hmm, when tarren mill vs southsore. another side is full dk,s in this suit and another is full of paladins and paladins look same as tirion

Comment by Rasboinica

can someone confirm the price? if its doable i'm gonna subscribe:)

Comment by Goldschakal

While it says 1 Charge, it probably has 50 as shown here.
Ofcourse I cant proof that, but the new Hallowed Wand's also get displayed with 1 Charge, for example Hallowed Wand - Abomination, but it still has 5.

Hallowed Wand - Abomination http://puu.sh/cgR9U/91a687859c.png

Comment by clarkeyboy

Would be awesome if instead of all the stupid RP crap, we could get some information on vendor location, actual price, actual amount of charges, and anything actually helpful.

Comment by Hallwacker

When we defeat Arthas in ICC, how come his father says "It is over, Mason." Like wtf? I thought his name is arthas? why is it suddenly mason? is this a plothole?

Comment by Lunyra

Funny thing is, it costs 1000 Treats while you can only get around 630 during the entire event :)

Comment by mange3

It's good to be the king!

Comment by derph

Don't get mad about my comment but I really wonder how is anyone able to get this?
Did blizz just add it for fun but that no one will be ever able to get it? It has 1 charge!
Maybe it will drop at some place? What do you need to do to get this item.. no one said anything
about how to get this or some info about this item I really hope people will help anyways I think
your tricky treat will be removed once hallow's end will end.

Comment by gormarrow

The event lasts 14 days, by flying all over Eastern Kingdoms, i was able to get over 70 tricky-treats from the candy bowls. meaning it is in fact possible to get this, by farming every day all day. if the same amount goes for kalimdor aswell, then it is possible to obtain therabouts 200 tricky-treats in a single day, meaning you could gather it in 5 days if you are farming your asses off that is :D

Comment by foxierowan

so, they add a really cool item that we can't actually get because there is no way to get 1k treats in 1 year and they don't carry over... -_-

And, it has 50 charges peeps. Shame its not unlimited and a toybox item.

Comment by NomadDC

Just confirming earlier post: it does cost 1000 Treats on EU realms and has just 1 (one!) charge (at least that's what I see in-game on vendor).

Comment by Nevernite

As of now on EU servers it costs 1000 Tricky Treats and the ingame tooltip actually says only 1 charge - not 50.

edit 1: All candy buckets needed for Tricks and Treats of Eastern Kingdoms and Tricks and Treats of Pandaria plus a full daily set + killing/looting the horseman in Goldshire and in the Dungeon Finder only gave 143 Tricky Treats overall. Really seems like the 1000 Tricky Treats needed for Exquisite Costume Set: "The Lich King" are unreachable. Odd :S

edit 2: Deleted the question directed to Perculia because I failed at reading and comprehend her comment..

edit 3: @Aliandrin, looks like that is a bug affecting ALL vendor tooltips for items with charges. Even Red Rider Air Rifle with 200 charges only displays 1 charge.

Comment by Teqall

Would be good if you could defeat ICC25 man for extra charges...

Comment by xHagalaz

This year Candy Bucket in taverns are updated every day — to receive Artas's suit won't make problems.

Comment by TerraBoii

This is impossible to get. This is blizzard's "Trick" while the 2 new companions are the treats!

Comment by Knagar

How on earth do you get 1000 treats to get the costume? Or is this one of those silly multi year things?

Comment by jglonek

Current cost (1000 Treats) appears to be incorrect according to Bashiok:

Thanks for all the reports. Looking into expected cost/attainment rate and charges. It is Epic quality so I expect it is intended to be difficult to get, just not sure if the current price is intentionally as Epic as it is. :)

Still a couple weeks to go until Hallow's End is over, of course.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/14926872836#11

10/19/14 AM Update:

Bashiok says it should be hotfixed to 500 Treats this week, however the vendor will still say 1000 (but work at 500). Doesn't look like we are going to get it changed to no charges anytime soon, though.

So after looking into it there are a few hotfixes that will be going out early next week to address the Lich King costume. We won't be testing these fixes until Monday, so until they're applied and listed in the Hotfixes blog these are just current intentions. Assuming it all goes to the current plan: the cost is being adjusted down by half, we're ensuring it is indeed 50 charges (20min per charge), and that it's usable outside of the Hallow's End event period. Keep in mind that when the hotfixes go out the cost shown on the vendor won't change, but the item will indeed be purchasable for the hotfixed amount.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/14926872836?page=11#219

Comment by Aliandrin

Will be spending my 600 treats on two cats, and two more cats.

Somehow, four nice permanent things seems like a better investment than... well... six tenths of a thing (and that thing being cursed with charges to boot).

Would definitely pay 500 treats for a perm broom mount, though. Very important: That broom isn't worth it. It's Hallows End only.

Comment by KaptainKrunk

It is time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqWJNu-IllU

Comment by Wownomo

The ultimate "stay in your bags forever cause you will never want to use it" item.

Comment by Derren

Its a consumable... Boooo!

Make it a toy in the toybox, non-consumable.

Comment by JSMaTT

Blizzard has indicated they are looking into this.

EDIT: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/14926872836

Comment by DONalex

No more Candy's to spare this year, don't eat don't touch , just keep them in your bag and hope you will get 1000 even if you have no chance this year:(.

For 50 charges I would have expected to cost like 500 candy's since you don't have anything else to spend the candy this year other then the two new felines us old players:P.

Comment by oplix

This item is kinda of completely worthless as the Lich King doesn't exist without Frostmourne.

Comment by Alfa

1000 treats for one charge as of right now on live servers.

I expect it to be less costly and more charges-or even a toy.

Comment by piraka810

Sure would be awesome if we actually had some way to get 1,000 candies in one year.

Comment by Rikochet

To obtain this Arthas you must collect many Arthas during Arthas.

The Culling of Arthas - (A WoW Machinama by Nixxiom)

Comment by TheCarnofKorgath

Looks like I'll finally be able to be Private Ownusohard

Comment by Zensunim

Looks like Blizzard says it will be hotfixed to cost 500 treats instead of 1000.

But they appear to be holding steady on keeping it a consumable item. :/

Comment by gunsotsu

how about upvoting ppl who actually make useful comments like idk.. where the heck to get the item? everyone downvoted.

Comment by nightelfbane

Dunno why everyone is voting down the comments that are saying it only has 1 charge. That is correct and accurate information.

Comment by Cirutho

Frostmourne Replica not included.

Comment by Demonboy

Blizzard removes the Ashbringer effect from Holy Avenger because it conflicts with lore. They add the ability to transform into the Lich King in the same patch. Gotta love hypocrisy.

Comment by Vjnzen

Disclaimer: This Item does not grant you the ability to control the Scourge!

Comment by gimolos

On the final charge upon expiration, "Father, is it over?"... "No king rules forever my son."
or, "You hold a grim destiny in your hands Tirion but...It's out of charges. Nevermind."
Blizzard make this a toy, "There must ALWAYS be a lichking!"

Comment by rzzr

Looks like it's being hotfixed.

"So after looking into it there are a few hotfixes that will be going out early next week to address the Lich King costume. We won't be testing these fixes until Monday, so until they're applied and listed in the Hotfixes blog these are just current intentions. Assuming it all goes to the current plan: the cost is being adjusted down by half, we're ensuring it is indeed 50 charges (20min per charge), and that it's usable outside of the Hallow's End event period. Keep in mind that when the hotfixes go out the cost shown on the vendor won't change, but the item will indeed be purchasable for the hotfixed amount."

Comment by Kaidelair

I want the same thing with Uther and Tirion!

Comment by Paulizzfun

Do you still have a grudge with Arthas that hasn't been settled in WotLK? Did you have family and friends who died at the Wrathgate? Well say no more, your time is now! Get your Exquisite Costume Set and dress up as the Lich King. Carry around a bouquet of flowers. Dance on top of his corpse in Icecrown Citadel! Desecrate the memory of Arthas with your very own costume set today! (Only Available during Hallow's End)

Comment by gimolos

If this has the lk emotes it's going to own,
/sit: You sit as if on the frozen throne. Might be odd though if they didn't spawn a throne for you.
Feign Death: The helm, which I note the costume doesn't even seems to have, falls off and you die like LK did in the Icecrown raid.
Either way, I am glad I at least have an Ashkandi or something to use as a sword for this costume. Being a hunter, my options are rather limited.

Comment by s32ialx

priced reduced from 1000 to 500 treats and totally still not worth the penny the charges went from 50 charges to 1 charge and makes this "cool" costume even more not worth the coin

Comment by gimolos

Every comment in here was downvoted at least twice, likely by the same person. This is why you disable downvotes entirely and allow upvotes to determine what receives priority. Much harder to sabotage and much less gratifying to do so.

Comment by sugglekitten

Tool tip says "50 charges" why is every one saying single charge?

Comment by Kalidiar

when you transfer on beta, the candy buckets reset in the inns so i can have 500 of them. I now have the costume on beta lvl 1 server on the char named costume, i am in stormwind. If you have some questions about the costume, tell me. The Costume has 50 charges btw. I submitted a screenshot of the costume, screen taken near the Stormwind AH

Comment by kme026

Hotfixed to 500 tricky treats. As per blue post it should be also 50 charges, not 1.

Comment by megraam

Exquisite Costume Set: "The Lich King" no longer has a Hallow's End requirement and costs 500 Tricky Treats to obtain (down from 1000). Note that we're (Blizzard) aware of item tooltip on the vendor incorrectly displaying number of charges available on the item as 1.

Comment by BlizzardCS

Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know that we hotfixed this item. It should now cost 500 Tricky Treat. There’s a display issue that causes it to show only one charge, even though it really has 50. The item won’t disappear when Hallow's End event is gone, so you can enjoy it all year round!

Comment by Soradobi

"There can be only one prince of dark--" *looks around at the hundred Arthases* "...Dangit"

Comment by Chubs

How do you even get 1000 candies? I have visited every Inn and do the dailies.. Im not even half way there :/

Comment by SoCalWoWGal

UPDATE: Note that the cost is now properly reflected on the Wowhead site

~~Even though as of the posting of this comment, the cost is showing here on Wowhead as 1,000 Tricky Treat. it was hotfixed in game to show that the cost is now 500 Tricky Treat.~~

Exquisite Costume Set: "The Lich King" no longer has a Hallow's End requirement and costs 500 Tricky Treats to obtain (down from 1000). Note that we're aware of item tooltip on the vendor incorrectly displaying number of charges available on the item as 1.

Source.

Comment by Hohen666

Extremely costly for a charge item… You should also note that you need 450 more to get both pets and the toy.

Comment by drainbamaged

I have completed all the candy buckets except for northrend and still 150 short doesn't seem like its obtainable

Comment by couchstyle

Halloween 2014, it's listed to buy for 500 treats on my screen, please update.

Comment by Veoxus

There must always be a Lich King!

only for a limited time

-Terenas Menethil

Comment by Nerothia

Poor Arthas model... from a feared almighty dark King down to a silly Halloween costume for the kids to enjoy.

Comment by madara666

if this was an unlimited toybox item I would definately farm for it.

cant handle limited charge items, too many of those on Timeless that could have been insane unlimiteds (which considering the time it can take to farm them, they should be).

Comment by gimolos

Somebody must have faction changed over to horde to get more buckets to have it already. Wish I had done that.

Comment by Sapph

Running total of Tricky Treats that can be obtained per Hallow's End assuming you don't accidentally eat any of course (If I've made any mistakes please do say and I will amend):

Note: There are two quests the Orphan Matrons ~~will~~ should give you to put out the fires: (H)Stop the Fires! (A)Stop the Fires! when the towns are on fire, (H)"Let the Fires Come!" (A) "Let the Fires Come!", before they are on fire. For Alliance, both quests grant a Tricky Treat; however for Horde, if you accept the quest while there are fires, you will receive 3 Hallow's End Pumpkin Treat instead so Alliance are guaranteed these extra tricky treats, while Horde don't usually get them.
However! It is possible to grab the "Let the Fires Come!" quest just after the fires have gone out but before HH is killed and still get credit immediately to snag your extra tricky treat, Horde!

10 from one-time quest (H)Hallow's End Treats for Spoops! (A)Hallow's End Treats for Jesper!
225-285 (H), 240-285 (A) at 15(H)/16(A) -19 per day, for 15 days - 11(H)/12(A)-13 from daily quests + 4-6 from Loot-Filled Pumpkin
262-393 (H), 252-378 (A) from Handful of Treats from all candy buckets (Helpful addon), broken down into:
- 26(H&A) from Eastern Kingdoms,
- 30(H), 27(A) from Kalimdor,
- 14(H), 15(A) from Outland,
- 24(H), 22(A) from Northrend,
- 13(H), 14(A) from Cataclysm,
- 24(H), 22(A) from Pandaria.
  Total Handful of Treats for Horde: 131, for Alliance: 126

Grand total with all quests, dailies and dungeon:

Horde
Maximum: 688

Minimum: 497

Average: ~592.5

Alliance
Maximum: 673
Minimum: 502
Average: ~587.5

As you need 500 Tricky Treats on one character to get this item, that means with an average of (H) ~337.5 and (A) ~325 from non-daily quests, you must complete a minimum of about 10 full sets of dailies (including dungeon) in addition to all the buckets in one Hallow's end unless you are unlucky.
This also means it is extremely difficult to get enough treats with a low levelled character as without the dungeon daily, even if you manage to do all the buckets including Pandaria, Northrend and Outland somehow as well as every other daily for 15 days (including before 11 AM on Nov 1st), you'll only have an average of (H) ~517.5 and (A) ~512.5.

Being as there's such a huge amount of work involved in getting this item, coupled with the fact that if you miss a few days of dailies it is impossible to obtain, in my opinion, this item should be a toy box item or at least have no charges/be rechargeable (killing Lich King anyone?).

Comment by dreamoneup

Why is his face exposed? So ugly! The helm is the sweetest part of LK.

Comment by DG2020

Wish the costume came with the Helm of Domination as well. Arthas looks so much more badass when he's wearing it.

Comment by Darkbander

Does combat dispel this like the murloc costume?

Comment by menace97

it just had to have charges... *sighs*

Comment by Fincayra

Cannot mount while under the affects, and taking damage does not dispel the costume.

Comment by madara666

say NO to limited charge vanity items!

rise up brothers and sisters!

items like this and the Falling Flame and Rain Stone could be great additions to the toybox - with decent length cooldowns so blizzard doesnt have to worry about spam.

Comment by Snoipah

As Mr. Dink would say:

"Very expensive!"

Comment by bakhtarrh

I got mine a few hours ago from Dorothy and, as of now (Tue Oct, 28th), it was indeed

bound when picked up
coming at a cost of 500 Tricky Treat
sold with 50 charges

I am still indecisive.

Yes, I'd like all my purchases being non-consumptive very much, especially those for which I had to go to some pain (being on business travel, hotel WLAN barely receivable, 1s lag... took about 5 minutes to finally throw the Dousing Agent).

If the game designers want to make this costume not only hard to get, but rarely to be seen, too, making it a consumable is one way, but, of course, there'd be others, most (if not all) of them already proposed by the community.

A cool-down of several days
A component needed on use (like Snowmaster 9000 which needs some water to work (pick something from Fine Thread to Primordial Saronite, we are not lacking ideas).
Repair costs ("exquisite" cuts both ways)

I understand that anything regarding achivements and collections need a stable fundament of fairness, and something a player may not be able to obtain however hard he/she may try just because of a few days of bad luck sounds improper for any counter increasing. I indicated so in a comment and, of course, are already collecting down-votes for it.

But since the toy box already holds some things you cannot obtain anymore (and quite a lot of dices which are a real pain to farm), the point isn't that strong, and making the currency endure the seasons would address the fairness issue. It probably boils down that something that just does not last forever limits its use better than any cool-down, or maintenance costs.

I understand it. I still don't like it.
But I knew it beforehand and farmed my personal Exquisite Costume Set: "The Lich King", anyway.

Comment by k2kambo

After farming all the inn's (Kalimdor/Eastern Kingdoms/Outlands/Northrend/Pandaria) which literally took hours on end (i only had 280% flight speed at time) and doing all the hallowed ends dailies for 9 days ive finally reached over 500 tricky treats on my horde character. I can now buy it, despite it saying 1 charge still it's 50 charges. Still debating between this lich costume or the companions (e.g. pug) and companion costumes wihch are pemanent. Wish it was a toy or something or didn't have charges or if it was permanent but only usable during hallowed ends that would've been great instead. All that grinding for 50 charges, if i buy this i probably would never use it.

Comment by Mormolyce

You CAN in fact mount in this costume, however you will need a costume that overrides it, eg Rime of the Time-Lost Mariner. Simply use it, mount up, and click it off. Your LK costume will still be there.

Comment by Azure30

Having finally obtained it, thought you should know a few things:

-Your weapon does not change. No Frostmourne :( but hey! You can wield Shadowmourne if you got it!
-No Helm of Domination. No helm at all, for that matter, regardless of what you're wearing. Vry'kul drinking horn didn't apply the helmet effect but still applied the growth effect.
-You're kind of small while wearing it. Maybe it was because I used the suit while under the effects of a growth buff at the time but you need a growth buff to be 'normal' size. Will have to test again later.
-You are full-on human model in this suit. You can do all human emotes including /dance and /train.
-Despite the above, you cannot mount up in this suit. EDIT: Apparently you can if you use another costume that overrides it that you can mount up in. See Mormolyce's post.
-Entering combat does not break the suit. Not sure about taking damage but I'd assume you keep it on.
-Yes, it says 1 charge on the vendor. It is 50 charges when you have it in your inventory. 20 minutes each charge.

Of course, if you haven't been actively trying to get the suit anyway, you wont get it now until next year if you have bought anything else this season or missed doing the dailies for more than I think 3-4 days. If you are still on pace for getting the suit before the event ends, be sure to use an alt to get the pets/toy!

Comment by DELcoolfreezer

As stated in previous comments you cannot mount up while shapeshifted into Arthas. BUT you can transform into Arthas while you are mounted up! Finally we can see Arthas ride Invincible

Comment by Kaydian

Slayer of the Lifeless is a good substitute for Frostmourne. Nowhere near as good as the original, but it will do if you ask me.

Comment by MelancholyRose

This costume item is only available during Hallow's End. It can be purchased for 500 Tricky Treat, which is possible to obtain, but it takes a good amount of work (you must do all of the candy buckets, and do your best to complete dailies every single day during the event, including Horseman runs). It has 50 charges (for now), and is not considered a "toy", which means you cannot add it to your collection.

The duration of the costume is 20 minutes.

You can't mount with it on, but you can activate another illusion on top of the costume, mount up, and remove the illusion, and remain mounted as Arthas... just don't dismount until you're really ready to. You can also activate the costume while already mounted, and it will not dismount you.
I'm sure it won't be too long before they hotfix this, so take advantage of it while you can.
This makes the costume less usable in a place like a Battleground where constant mounting needs to take place. Many illusion toys have very extensive cooldowns on them, and it won't be long before you run out of options just to use mounts while under the effect of the costume. When grinding the treats for this, I was hoping I'd get to ride into PvP battle with it atop a deathcharger or Invincible... alas, no such joy. If you got this for fun with PvP, I'm afraid you're going to be let down.
One illusion effect I can think of that doesn't have a cooldown and allows you to mount is Burgy Blackheart's Handsome Hat, which you can put on to turn into a gnome pirate, mount up/switch mounts, then reapply your actual helm. Obviously, if you want to do this in PvP, you need to be quick about changing gear items, and needless to say, it's kind of a pain to use such a workaround.

This was finally properly hotfixed, and you can now summon a mount while under the effects of the costume. That is the only thing that's been changed. The following still occurs:

Druid shapeshifting does not remove the costume, but you don't keep the illusion while in other forms-- you won't be able to bear tank as Arthas, for example, or shred as Arthas kitty. I haven't attempted trying it in moonkin, since I don't have that spec.

He is regular human size (in other words, puny. He's shorter than pandas. It is very non-threatening. Even female blood elves stand taller. Growth effects like the Vrykul Drinking Horn do work to increase his size, but not by much), and does not use the new, updated human models. He's just the same old Arthas he always was: blocky and expressionless-- unless, of course, you count "permanent evil smirk" as an expression.

Your weapon doesn't change into Frostmourne. Sorry for the bad news.

Combat does not remove the effect.

I sacrificed a charge to determine whether or not the effect persists through death. It does not. Once you die, the costume is removed. Very disappointing.

Even with the costume on, you keep your own voice (except when you're laughing. It uses both your voice and a human male's at the same time. It's very weird).

With these things in mind, I'm debating whether it was worth the work. Looking like Arthas is very cool. However, having only 50 charges, not having it in the Toy Box, not being able to keep the costume while shapeshifted as a druid, the model using the old skin, and the fact that it doesn't persist through death, it seems so far underwhelming. It's good that it has a 20 minute duration, but that's the only thing I find positive about it, other than combat not removing it. It's a bit better now that you can use mounts, but after some thought, I'm really not that excited about it-- not as much as I was when I started grinding those treats. Blazing Wings turned out to be a much better toy. At least that's permanent and lasts an hour-- even if shapeshifting does remove it for now.

It seems that its greatest use is for standing around in cities for 20 minutes looking like Arthas. Or maybe doing a dungeon that you're very certain you won't die in. I will say this though: working on my farm at Halfhill was pretty amusing with the outfit on.

So far, I'm feeling like I wasted a good amount of my time farming this. The chances are pretty high that it's going to sit in my bags (or rather now, it's my bank) until it's ever fixed and/or it's made into a toy.

Comment by hejsantxu

i love this item ! :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBbgDNgK1j4&list=UUQrrCtWtVi2R-SeWru2lIgg

Comment by TheHolyLancer

You can capture the image via the mirror, I just did it and it looks just as cool.

So if you wanted it but cant or dont want to grind, just hang out around the toy seller in a high pop realm and wait for someone to try it after buying!

http://puu.sh/cwLuC/d9d187e192.jpg

Comment by Brilin

The costume gives a 20 minute buff in which you guise as Arthas without his helmet. You cannot currently mount with the buff active, and entering a pet battle will drop the costume.

Comment by AmiYuy

Exquisite Costume Set: "The Lich King" now allows the user to ride on a mount while transformed.
6.0.3 Hotfixes: October 30

Comment by gnils

Hey kids! Dressing up as the Lich King for Halloween is NOT COOL!

Comment by Niagra112

I will only use 49Charges i will never use the 50th cause during the year they might make it a toy instead :D

Comment by thejokernodq

Blizz, you have to make this a toy... There is no way you hold out the greatest thing ever. Next year, please do one of Illidan!

Comment by pouljin

There must always be a Lich King.... well until the 50 charges run out that is...

Comment by Lushly

You can't even mount while wearing this costume because you are "shapeshifted" - now come on - at least make it so we can actually do stuff while wearing this very "expensive" costume - please fix so we are able to use mounts like some of the other costumes allow you to

Exquisite Costume Set: "The Lich King"

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