Crusaders' Coliseum

Argent Coliseum
Several instances
File:Argentpatch32.jpg Argent Coliseum exterior
Location	Argent Tournament Grounds, Icecrown
End boss	Unknown
Advised level	80
Player limit	5 - 25

Crusaders' Coliseum
Trial of the Champion (5)
Alliance Deathstalker Visceri Eressea Dawnsinger Mokra the Skullcrusher Runok Wildmane Zul'tore Horde Ambrose Boltspark Colosos Jacob Alerius Jaelyne Evensong Lana Stouthammer Neutral Argent Confessor Paletress Eadric the Pure The Black Knight
Trial of the Crusader & Trial of the Grand Crusader (10/25)
Beasts of Northrend Lord Jaraxxus Faction Champions Twin Val'kyr Anub'arak

The Argent Coliseum is an arena complex located in the center of the Argent Tournament Grounds, in northeastern Icecrown. It was added with the opening of the Argent Tournament in patch 3.1. Currently, it is incomplete; masons of the Argent Crusade work tirelessly to build this structure, while Argent watchers on their hippogryphs stand guard on the framework.

In the upcoming patch however, patch 3.2, the construction of the Argent Coliseum is bound to be complete, and it will hold new challenges in the form of boss encounters for players. It will contribute to the next tier of gear in the game, tier 9.

The Argent Coliseum will include

• Trial of the Grand Crusader, a new epic 10- and 25-player raid dungeon with five encounters, with each encounter being unlocked one week at a time
• A more intuitive structure for harder encounters. This raid dungeon will have four different versions: 10-player, 25-player, 10-player Heroic, and 25-player Heroic, with each one using a separate lockout.
• Crusaders' Tribute! Each of the Heroic mode instances has a new tribute system that will limit players on the number of attempts they get in the Coliseum each week to present a greater challenge for the most battle-hardened heroes. Additional rewards can be earned depending on the number of attempts left in the tribute run each week when the final boss is defeated.
• Trial of the Crusader, a new 5-player dungeon with three encounters that will include Champion's Seals as each one is defeated.
• New tier of armor and weapons that are modeled with Alliance- or Horde-specific themes.

Bosses

A variety of bosses will be featured in the Coliseum

• Beasts: Your first challenge will pit you against a group of terrifying beasts the Argent Crusade captured in Northrend, including (but not limited to) a magnataur and not one, but two jormungar wyrms.
• Scourge: Some call the lieutenants of the Lich King fearsome creatures made of pure nightmare, which is doubtlessly a fitting description. How the Argent Crusade managed to capture these fiends remains a mystery; what's less mystifying is your fate should you fail to overcome this challenge.

Quests to build the Coliseum

These quests do not actually progress the construction of the Coliseum but are related to it.

•  [80] The Blastbolt Brothers (optional)
  •  [80 Daily] A Chip Off the Ulduar Block
  •  [80 Daily] Jack Me Some Lumber

With the release of patch 3.2, these quests will be replaced with new ones.

Blue posts

Argent Tournament Timing? | 2009-02-25 21:02 |  Zarhym

It's going to be a permanent event. You will be working to construct the coliseum, though the coliseum itself will officially be added in a future content patch. You'll see more competitions and festivities coming down the road as well.

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Argent Tournament Timing? | 2009-02-25 21:46 |  Zarhym

No, the coliseum will not be PvP-related, at least not as far as the current plan goes, though it will be instanced. We'll have more information on this down the road.

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Enter the Crusaders' Coliseum | 2009-06-18 01:06 |  Bornakk

In the next major content patch, the construction of the Crusaders’ Coliseum on the Argent Tournament grounds will be complete, and it will hold new challenges for players. We’d like to share some details on the new dungeon, which represents the next tier of content for the game, but keep in mind that this is still in development and subject to change. The Crusaders' Coliseum will include:

• New epic 10- and 25-player raid dungeon with five encounters, with each encounter being unlocked one week at a time
• A more intuitive structure for harder encounters. This raid dungeon will have four different versions: 10-player, 25-player, 10-player Heroic, and 25-player Heroic, with each one using a separate lockout.
• Introduction of the Crusaders’ Tribute! Each of the Heroic mode instances has a new tribute system that will limit players on the number of attempts they get in the Coliseum each week to present a greater challenge for the most battle-hardened heroes. Additional rewards can be earned depending on the number of attempts left in the tribute run each week when the final boss is defeated.
• New 5-player dungeon with three encounters that will include  [Champion’s Seals] as each one is defeated
• New tier of armor and weapons that are modeled with Alliance- or Horde-specific themes

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Patch changes

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Gallery

• Argentpatch32.jpg

  The Argent Coliseum, exterior.

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  Alliance side of the Trial of the Crusader.

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  Horde side of the Trial of the Crusader.

• InstanceMap-TheArgentColiseum1.jpg

  Instance map of the Trial of the Crusader.

• InstanceMap-TheArgentColiseum2.jpg

  Instance map of the Trial of the Grand Crusader.