Gurubashi Arena

The Gurubashi Arena is located in the jungles of Stranglethorn Vale, just north of Booty Bay. The Arena is an old relic of the mighty Gurubashi Empire, which once controlled vast tracts of land in the southern regions of the Eastern Kingdoms.

= Overview = The sub-region "Gurubashi Arena" covers a wide area around the arena itself. Within the actual arena, Free For All PvP is enabled; players may attack or be attacked by any players from either faction, except those within your party.

The arena is still in use for the Gurubashi Arena Booty Run. This arena was built by Gurubashi Empire, but endured the long ages from its fall. In these times, it is often used by pirates for entertainment: Every 3 hours starting from midnight, the pirate captain places a chest with some precious booty into the middle of arena and the crew is then entertained by the bloody battle that occurs. Any adventurer can join the battle! A universal PvP flag is enabled when you enter the floor of the arena.

= Gurubashi Arena Booty Run =

Overview
The Bloodsail Pirates have a penchant for illicit after-hours activities, especially those involving mass combat and treasure. To see that his crew has its nightly fill of extracurricular entertainment, a lone pirate captain will drop a chest in the center of Gurubashi Arena starting at midnight, and again every three hours so at 3 a.m. 6 a.m. 9 a.m. 12 p.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m. 9 p.m. and back to midnight the chest drops. The Gurubashi Arena is located in Stranglethorn Vale just north of Booty Bay. Be the first to get to the chest and loot it - while fighting off everyone else trying to do the same - and you'll reap the reward it holds. Of course, the arena is a PvP Free for All area, so there might be other players who are trying to open it first... And the pirates will rejoice!

|Official World of Warcraft information on Gurubashi Arena Booty Run

Originally written by LemonBaby, SwiftD, Mozai; merged from "Gurubashi Arena Booty Run"

Time of Occurrence
While the Gurubashi Arena is a PvP FFA area at all times, the Arena Treasure Chest that contains rewards for the victors spawns every 3 hours from 12 am, server time. The times that the chest spawns daily are:


 * 12 am
 * 3 am
 * 6 am
 * 9 am
 * 12 pm
 * 3 pm
 * 6 pm
 * 9 pm

When the chest is about to be spawned at the aforementioned times, the NPC will yell out to a zone-wide message to alert thrill-seekers.

Rewards
Within Arena Treasure Chest adventurers can frequently find health potions ( and and mana potions ( and ). Rare as well as uncommon equipment can also be found inside the chest. Some notable equipment exclusive to the treasure chest are:


 * - Rare Mail Wrist
 * - Rare Leather Wrist
 * - Rare Plate Wrist
 * - Rare Cloth Wrist
 * - Uncommon Trinket, always in chest

These items are usable from level 45.

In addition, through the quests and, the rare trinket  can be obtained. Adventurers must hand in 12 Arena Master trinkets to inside the arena to obtain the rare trinket.

Note that the Arena Grand Master rare trinket has no level requirements, and therefore makes for an excellent twink item. Both the Arena Grand Master and the Arena Master, however, are Bind on Pickup.

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Originally written by LemonBaby, SwiftD, Mozai; merged from "Gurubashi Arena Booty Run"

Winning in the Arena
First and foremost, the item is BoP. Be ready to click "OK" when you loot the chest to quickly acquire the trinket. If you don't click in time, you might end up with everything except the trinket.

There are several strategies that are useful to winning at the arena. First, arriving at off-hours (3am and 6am server time) will minimize the competition. Rogues and druids will often lurk in the stands; if the arena appears empty when the chest appears they will try to grab it, if there's a single or two opponents they might try to eliminate the competition, and if things appear too competitive they will either wait until the others have killed each other or slip away unnoticed. Classes not capable of stealth typically have their best chance in the off hours if they work in pairs.

At times of day when opponents are more likely, it is best to bring as many friends as possible. Remain in a group. Avoid area of effect attacks; these can affect your friends as well as your enemies. Be sure when recruiting allies that they are not the kind to backstab you and take the trinket for themselves. Bringing large numbers of friends can often have a chilling effect on your competition. If you are forming a Zul'Gurub raid, there will sometimes be an opportunity to grab a trinket while the raid finishes forming.

Unless you have a large group with you, it is best not to hang around in the arena, as even a group of 60's will act as a PvP magnet. Instead, wait nearby outside until the announcement is made that the chest is about to be dropped. It will take about a minute for the chest to actually appear, which is plent of time to ride in. A stealthed rogue or druid can help scout for the main group.

One final tactic is to corpse-run to the arena on the day that a server first opens. By sitting in the arena and collecting a trinket every three hours, it is possible to collect enough trinkets to gain the Grand Master trinket long before anyone is high enough level to be adventuring in Stranglethorn normally. Note that reports conflict about whether a lowbie character can actually turn in these trinkets before level 35; the Grand Master trinket itself has no level requirement. At the moment, only a handful of new players employ this strategy on any given server; this is often few enough that everyone will get the trinkets they need.

The unconfirmed reports of level 19 battleground twinks with this trinket suggest that the damage shield is devastatingly powerful in low-level PvP.