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?

1. Do the introductory quest.
2. Become an Aspirant.
3. Start the Black Knight chain.
4. Do Aspirant daily quests until you qualify for Valiant status.
5. Become a Valiant (initially of your home city).
6. Do Valiant daily quests until you qualify for Champion status.
7. Become a Champion (initially of your home city).
8. Complete the Black Knight chain.
9. Qualify for Champion dailies.
10. 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.
11. If you are qualified, do Sunreaver daily quests to gain more cash, more Champion's Seals, and still more unique items and mounts.
12. If desired, repeat steps 5-7 for each Horde city faction.
13. 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?

1. 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.

2. 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].

3. 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.)

4. 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.

5. The Argent Tournament
   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).

   Rewards: 10 reputation with The Sunreavers, 2200 experience (or 1g32s at level 80), 74s.
   • Completing this quest gives you an Achievement: Argent Aspiration.
   • Completing this quest unlocks three others that should be done together:
     • Mastery of Melee
     • Mastery of the Shield-Breaker
     • Mastery of the Charge
   • 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.