Arena Seasons and Special Prizes

One very cool aspect of the Arena System is the introduction of seasons. Each season lasts several months, and at the end of a season, the top ranked teams are rewarded with some unique prizes such as special mounts, titles, or anything else the season's promoters deem worthy of the best gladiators.

The top 0.5% of Arena teams in each battlegroup will receive a Deadly Gladiator's Frostwyrm at the conclusion of the Arena season. This awesome mount travels faster than most normal epic mounts at 310% flight speed!

The current ladder season is Arena Season 6

Previous Arena Seasons

Arena Season 1 (February, 2007 - June, 2007)
Arena Season 2 (June - November, 2007)
Arena Season 3 (November, 2007 - June, 2008)
Arena Season 4 (June, 2008 - November, 2008)
Arena Season 5 (December, 2008 - April, 2009)
Arena Season 6 (April, 2009 - ?)
Seasonal RewardsThe start of every Arena season is accompanied by an all-new set of Arena rewards that are slightly more powerful than those of the previous season. For example, at the start of Arena Season 2, new Arena Season 2 rewards became available for purchase from the Arena vendors. Those who had arena points saved up at the beginning of the season could have purchased some of the new items right away. The previous season's items are still available to purchase at a slight discount. For the onset of Arena Season 4, Season 2's rewards are purchasable with honor points instead of arena points. This trend may continue in future seasons.

The newest season of Arena gear can only be purchased if you meet the requirements with your 3 or 5-player team rating. Rating requirements from 2-player teams can still be used to purchase the previous season of gear.

Arena Titles At the conclusion of each season, members of highly-ranked teams receive special titles to honor their achievements:

Gladiator (Top 0.5%)
Duelist (Top 0.5% - 3%)
Rival (Top 3% - 10%)
Challenger (Top 10 - 35%)
Beginning with Season 2, special titles are given to the #1 team in each bracket for each battlegroup. The special title was called "Merciless Gladiator" for Season 2.

Arena titles last until the end of the following season, at which time they are removed and redistributed to that season's top teams.

Beginning with season 7, players will no longer have access to the newest season's weapons or shoulder armor and will not qualify for the Gladiator title/rewards with ratings from the 2v2 bracket alone. Ratings obtained through 3v3 and 5v5 game play will be required for these rewards, while the rest of the newest season's items will remain available to players in all brackets (standard rating restrictions still apply).