Arena Pass: Getting In and Gearing Up

Arena Pass: Getting In and Gearing Up

Are you ready to fight? Prepare yourself!

The 2011 World of Warcraft Arena Pass has begun with the Practice Phase: the perfect time to experiment! You can check out all the various options available in the Arena Pass, and maybe try out some alternate team combinations before the serious fighting begins. Which classes do you want your three characters to be and what specs will they all have? Now is the time to set up your characters and prepare them for the Ladder Phase that starts on June 7.

The Arena Pass Realm

You’ve probably already found your way in. But if not, once you’ve registered for the Arena Pass you’ll find an additional tab in the World of Warcraft realm list on logging in. From here, just select the Arena Pass realm and log in.

Once you’ve logged into the realm you’ll find a large group of vendors nearby who will provide you with everything you need, including armor, gems, and reforging. There’s an NPC who can teleport you to each of your faction’s capital cities, and should you run out of gold there’s a Paymaster NPC who’ll willingly provide you with 5,000 more.

There are no other NPCs or monsters in this unique version of Azeroth, but you’ll be able to find additional groups of these special Arena Pass NPCs in various towns and cities. This realm is totally focused on Arena combat!



Gearing Up Your Gladiators

Though your characters will already have some great equipment when you create them, there’s an extensive assortment of items to choose from so you can tailor your characters to better fit your play style.

Your characters will already know all glyphs for their class, and you have a stack of Dust of Disappearance available, with more easily acquirable.

A potentially important part of planning your characters is doing so in conjunction with your 3v3 Arena teammates. You only have three character slots, so it might be wise for you to decide as a team which characters you want to have available. But what if you haven’t found teammates yet? What if you have some advice to give to fellow PvPers?  Maybe you’re even looking for advice yourself! Check out the official Arena Pass forums to talk with other like-minded players looking for teammates, or just talking strategy!

What’s this Arena Pass all about?

Have you acquired an appetite for the Arena Pass? Register now!

To learn more about the Arena Pass, visit the Arena Pass information page, or check out the FAQ.

 

 

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Thalov
Illidan
Thalov
4/10/2012
Is this for 2012 or 2011? Because I bought and hope I didn't mess up. If it is for 2012, how long will it take for arena realm to get up???
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Jaylad
Burning Blade
Jaylad
4/23/2012
@Thalov: Thee arena pass for 2012 opens tomorrow which is the 24th
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Warleck
Shadowmoon
Warleck
4/9/2012
How much does it cost...?
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Warleck
Shadowmoon
Warleck
4/9/2012
Can you do battlegrounds? With the arena pass?
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Ilovedruids
Mok'Nathal
Ilovedruids
7/5/2011
sure u will jec
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Jec
Thunderlord
Jec
6/14/2011
yes u have to pay for this but its realy cool and i will be number one on here
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sharpfang u spelt baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak wrong its baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack
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Ziuym
Drak'thul
Ziuym
6/12/2011
do we have to pay for this????
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Copperhide
Shattered Halls
Copperhide
6/12/2011
Sweet
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Fox
Moon Guard
Fox
6/11/2011
Bleep. :P
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Sharpfang
Caelestrasz
Sharpfang
6/11/2011
ARENA PASS IS BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK
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Guidon
Bonechewer
Guidon
6/10/2011
That would be really cool if it was permenant. I would like to play WoW but it takes too much time to farm the gear if ur not playing regularly (like al lthe time). Bloodline Champions does this so its arena based pvp but you dont have to worry about picking up gear. It would be very cool if Blizzard made a realm that was permanent like this that also included competitive battleground play. It just takes to much time to keep up with all the gear
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Guidon
Bonechewer
Guidon
6/10/2011
Is this a new permanent thing or just an annual event only for 8 weeks?
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Redzone
Garona
Redzone
6/9/2011
when will this be ending?
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Thinky
Hyjal
Thinky
6/9/2011
OMG ARENA PASS IS SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Kaboomkid
Rivendare
Kaboomkid
6/9/2011
dude i got the mourlock!!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!! ty IT IS SO AWSOME
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Kaboomkid
Rivendare
Kaboomkid
6/9/2011
WHAT!!!!! WHAT!!!!!
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Rexio
Crushridge
Rexio
6/9/2011
How do i get the mourlock? Like what do i need to do to get it becuse i alredy bought a pass and play some arenas and never got one?
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Sorin
Detheroc
Sorin
6/8/2011
When is this thing up?!
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Hamblet
Earthen Ring
Hamblet
6/8/2011
how long does an areana pass last. like do you buy one monthly?
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Celynara
Arathor
Celynara
6/9/2011
@Hamblet: its lasts for 8 weeks
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Nighted
Stormrage
Nighted
6/7/2011
what are the cash prizes like all of them i remember that not so long ago there was lot of cash in this
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Darkensista
Doomhammer
Darkensista
6/7/2011
WTF arenas down all day or wat pay and no realms or on wtf
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Shnoobin
The Venture Co
Shnoobin
6/7/2011
Gotta love I just got this today, and the servers have been down all day..
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Manaofdeath
Perenolde
Manaofdeath
6/7/2011
@Briarabeast: haha i was getten bored of it anyways too many jerks on it. and i cant heal dungeons on it lol
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Exteceyz
Azuremyst
Exteceyz
6/7/2011
@Briarabeast: Yeah I just got it this morning.. I know how you feel.
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Manaofdeath
Perenolde
Manaofdeath
6/7/2011
Nymba you are so right it would be great to do at least dungeons because my 85s are not really that geared right now on live so i can have as much fun as i want. It makes me wish WotLK where i could heal LK and not run out of mana ever on my shammy. Now its just a struggle every heroic i do. And they also give us the choice of pve gear from the vendors why cant we put that to use.
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Pallyonthego
Wildhammer
Pallyonthego
6/7/2011
Wow. Also now the ptr is down...
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Pallyonthego
Wildhammer
Pallyonthego
6/7/2011
Come on blizz make a post. We need to know when the servers will be up.
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Soon™
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Exteceyz
Azuremyst
Exteceyz
6/7/2011
@Fakeyou: By soon you mean sometime tonight?
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@Exteceyz: pmuch
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Exteceyz
Azuremyst
Exteceyz
6/7/2011
@Fakeyou: I really hope you're correct.
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@Exteceyz: there u go
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Reaperofdoom
Anvilmar
Reaperofdoom
6/7/2011
WHEN WILL THESE SERVERS BE UP!
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Dragonage
Trollbane
Dragonage
6/7/2011
Why are the arena severs down now?
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Gravitymint
Moon Guard
Gravitymint
6/7/2011
imsomad that there down now...
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ok if anyone has any more questions i will anser them and the arena servers will be down all day and a part of tommorow
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horserideri am ansering your questions 1 u go to the home page click on the arena thing that u jsut clicked on above the coments bar ther is a lot of words read them all and click register in 1 sentence. 2yes it is real all the people that are seen here that are in the arena tournament realm 'including me' are wearing all pvp armor so yes it is real. and 3 they are making this realm for competition also i believe the prizes are top 1 5000$ and titles 2nd place 2000$ and 2 titles 3rd place 1000$ 1 title
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Killerbones
Ysera
Killerbones
6/7/2011
WHEN THE HELL DO I GET TO GO BACK ON