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Comment by tmptfate

>>>~~~ This is from the new Darkmoon Deathmatch Event, added to the game with the new Darmoon Island (Patch 4.3) ~~~<<<

To get this item, you must be at the Darkmoon Deathmatch Arena when the special chest spawns. It spawns every three or so hours at approxamately the following server times:

00:00 (Midnight)
03:00
06:00
09:00
12:00
15:00 (3:00pm)
18:00 (6:00pm)
21:00 (9:00pm)

In addition to being at the chest, you must defend yourself if some else is seeking the treasure. Even if they are from the same faction!

Bonus: If you can collect 12 of these from the treasure chest, you will be able to receive Master Pit Fighter and be awared Darkmoon Dominator

And for the official info, here is what Blizzard has to say:

Like any good carnival, the Darkmoon Faire has a shady side. You can leave the skilled labor to the suckers and go for a faster score instead. If you’ve got the minerals, the Darkmoon Deathmatch offers an experience unparalleled since the Gurubashi Arena. Pitmaster Pei has a big old treasure chest just brimming with goodies and Darkmoon Faire Prize Tickets that he’ll drag out into the Darkmoon Deathmatch Pit every three hours or so. Everybody wants it, so if you want a piece of the action you’ll just have to jump in and prove that you’re the toughest one in the Pit.

Comment by 841822

ooo i cant wait to fight to the death for this item, its going to be awsome

Comment by Lonarain

The trinket itself currently doesn't have any animation effect on proc - you simply get a mastery buff for 20 seconds, same as, for example, with on-use dodge effect of Vial of Stolen Memories.

The proc chance is 20%, and the trinket has exactly 45 secs of internal cooldown.
It's effect doesn't proc from the common range attacks, it occurs only from melee, but Heroic Throw, however, did proc it :]

Comment by Zpot

The fight for this was insane.. at 03:00

All in our group crashed, when everybody entered the arena trying to fight for it.. what the hell was blizzard thinking?

Comment by Euphemia

Did this at 9 this morning, with the help of 2 other alliance players who grouped with me, as I had helped them on the previous spawn. Spawns were at 03:01 / 06:01 / 09:01. Most sane people were in bed I suppose, or at least not busy fighting each other - so we did not have too many inside. At 3 am though, it was an entirely different story: a myriad of guild banners, pvp banners, rings of frost, demonic circles, hunters traps, rogues spamming FOK, and resto shammies with Spirit Link and about a gazillion other abilities going on...

The chest gave 6xMythical Mana Potion, approx. 150 gold and the trinket that starts the quest.
Have fun killing your friends and foes in there!

Comment by 886182

Not very good for casters :l

Comment by 455808

Silly stuff, "... jump in and prove that you’re the toughest one in the Pit."

Or most usually just the one with more fellas cowering your back while you fill the cast bar to open the box. Meh...

Comment by Hotsuma

this item was updated today, now +510 stamina, not sure how much is on the epic version now.

Comment by dutchrend1

The Light of Elune DOES NOT work for looting the chest in the Darkmoon Faire's arena. You CAN NOT loot the chest while under the effects, and you get a similar message to "You cannot loot that right now". It was worth a shot though. I sacrificed mine so that you could keep yours for whatever epic moment it aids you. ;) Confirmed as of 12/10/2011.

Comment by 821119

A very useful trick to get this out of the chest is to drink Noggenfogger until you get the small buff and then /sleep behind the chest, you take two seconds to get up, and you're almost hidden because you're so small. By the time people have noticed, it's too late, and you've already won :D

Comment by 455649

Sounds like a Blood DK's arena trinket. Again.

Comment by 822707

They need to make this trinket proc on activation like the gurubashi one did or at least proc on something universal. Mastery is still a lousy stat to proc for most classes though.

Comment by Transducer

There are 55 chances per Darkmoon Faire to get this prize.

The chest appears at 3 hour intervals: 3am, 6am, 9am, 12pm, etc.
It won't be accessible either Sunday at midnight, when the Faire arrives or leaves.

Do not bother to wait around in the ring before the chest appears, you will be teleported out to the entrance when it starts, to provide a fairer chance to everyone.

If you manage to loot this chest and get the Pit Fighter, you will also receive the following:

Mythical Healing Potion x 5
Darkmoon Prize Ticket x 5 (currency link )
71 gold, roughly. Exact amount may vary.

Comment by bossru

A great guide how to get the achievement within a single week is actualy posted in the guides section
Darkmoon Dominator within 1 week

Comment by 963833

On my server (Balnazzar-US), which is extremely low pop, was just chilling in the fair doing prof quests, when I noticed it was 5 mins till Arena Reset (9AM Realm Time), looked around, no one else at the fair, so finished my quests and just walked in and looted. Easiest achieve ever. Now as soon as I hit 85 can use the trinket.

Comment by Gone

A lot of comments about how to get to the chest and what it drops and the achievment in general, and nobody seems to have mentioned how awesome a trinket this is for tanks. The stamina is ok, not as good as other trinkets, but the mastery is awesome, the proc chance is like 20% and its only a 45 sec ICD.

What I like is that it has stats that are good for both magic and physical damage, so its a great general trinket to keep on you for every fight. Its tough to get for the average raider who isnt into pvp, but get your guild to help you and it shouldnt be a problem to overpower all people who jumped into the ring solo for it, now matter how much resiliance they have.

As somebody who does both pvp and raids this was a fun achivment to get, and it came with an awesome trinket.

Comment by 865088

Tested 2 of these Pit Fighter trinkets to see if they would both proc, didn't work. However it will work along side Varo'then's Brooch

Comment by 949523

Recommend for any low level toon + when you simply can't fell asleep

Obtained this on my level 6 rogue during DMF week 3am in the morning.

Here's what I got -

Pit Fighter x 1

Mythical Mana Potion x 3

Approximately 92 gold

Since the quest has no level requirement, only for equipping it

DING, instantly turned level 9

Edit: That is before blizz fix it so the exp awarded from the quest varies with your lvl.

Comment by greylyth

Wow, now im going to have to get it for my druid. It seems the perfect thing to replace Figurine - Earthen Guardian

Comment by ash1k1

Gotta' love when Blizzard puts useful items for one specific role (this being Tank, and not even all of them at that) along-side an achievement. :|

Comment by 811385

I just thought of something. What they need to do is connect the acheiv with the opening of the chest and not the trinket. That way if someone in your party gets the chest open everyone gets acheiv. Make ppl more willing to group and not take a tank trinket if they are not tanks

Comment by 811385

In keeping with this awesome idea, we should have were pvp gear drop in raids and pve gear from pvp but here is the smartest part you can only get gear you don't have a spec for. dps can get tank or healing etc.

Comment by chromesamurai

Does this not stack? Am I missing something? Eating up 12 inventory slots seems a bit extreme...

Comment by NickMansell

Easiest way to get this, hang out in the cage when nobody is in it, then right when 6:00 hits and you're ported out head right back in immediately and use a speed buff/potion/spell to get to the chest. But I warn you do not use immunity spells or potions on yourself thinking you'll be able to get it just like that, immunity disables you from opening the chest for the duration of the immunity. Once the immunity is over, you'll probably die. Oh yeah and also always go behind the chest to open it that way it takes slightly longer for people to reach you.

Comment by sadistic12345

heh good thing im a blood dk

Comment by Ashbringirl

In case you were wondering, Organic Discombobulation Grenade does not work. I have just tested it, the sheep don't spawn.

Comment by eFse7en

Can be placed in void storage until you win 12 of them to return Master Pit Fighter

Comment by squidkid11

Multiple people can loot this trinket, in a party or outside it. If nobody completely empties the chest, it can be looted multiple times. Just tested, both me and a partymate received it, as well as (i think, language barrier and all) someone from the opposite faction.

The trick is to NOT EMPTY the chest. Take only the trinket, and you can share it. Nice for those of us who like achievements but don't like PVP, or people on high pop realms. :)

I don't know the limit of exactly how many people can loot it, only tested with me and one other in my party. I would imagine a full party of five could, with the possibility of being able to treat it like a 2x4 group.

Proof here!

Comment by wembo

do NOT turn this quest in during Party Sync with multiple pit fighters in your inventory. you WILL lose all but one pit fighter.

Comment by Sashawile

For those of us that twink. This currently does give 39 mastery even though it says it only gives 26 mastery on the buff at level 10 and will avg you +15 mastery. Keep in mind that the proc from two of these trinkets do not stack. You will get the 39 Mastery at about every 50 sec whether you're using one or two of these beauties.

Comment by Irix

Note the chest spawn time is now Pacific Time, not server. So midnight, 3am, 6am .... PT. Korgol Crushkill's announcement comes about a minute into the hour, with the chest spawning seconds after. On my server no one else seemed interested, so I got it done without any kills (or deaths) :)

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Pit Fighter

Item Level 37
Binds when picked up
This Item Begins a Quest

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+6 Stamina

Equip: Your melee attacks have a chance to grant 17 mastery for 20 sec. (Proc chance: 20%, 50s cooldown)

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