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Patch 3.1 introduced arena season 6. While PvP will likely get a large makeover in 3.2 and the number of arena players is at an all-time low, it isn't difficult to get some good PvP gear to jump into the fray if you are so inclined.

The most successful PvP outlets are Lake Wintergrasp and the five battlegrounds, which award large amounts of honor. Players can also now convert arena points to honor by purchasing Commendation of Bravery for 100 (arena points, or AP), awarding 2,000 honor (and allowing you to get a head start in honor between seasons). Any team that plays 10 games a week gets arena points regardless of their rating. For teams below 1500, a 2v2 team will get 261 AP, a 3v3 will get 303 AP, and a 5v5 will get 344 AP. If you are just going for honor rewards, that is the equivalent of 5220, 6060, or 6880 honor respectively. That's a lot of honor for just playing 10 games!

Below is the complete list of rewards from honor and arena and their cost. We earlier speculated about this list; this one is the correct and complete one for 3.0.8 and presumably the rest of season 6 and 3.1. Arena required denotes Arena Points, Honor designates Honor Points, Archavon/Emalon designates that those pieces drop from them, and Option Two lists a second exchange rate for some items. Rating is required only if bought with arena/honor/badges. This list does not include gear bought with badges. Later, we will look at the PvP gear available from Wintergrasp.

Item	Honor Required	Rating Required	Arena Required	Archavon Normal	Archavon Heroic	Emalon Normal	Emalon Heroic	Option Two: Honor	Option Two: Arena
Deadly Gladiator’s Wrists	31600	0	0			Yes
Hateful Gladiator’s Gloves	31600	0	0	Yes				7200	200
Hateful Gladiator’s Shoulders	31600	0	0					9600	275
Deadly Gladiator’s Necklace	38000	0	0			Yes
Deadly Gladiator’s Cloak	38000	0	0			Yes
Deadly Gladiator’s Ring	38000	0	0			Yes
Deadly Gladiator’s Belt	49600	0	0			Yes
Deadly Gladiator’s Boots	49600	0	0			Yes
Deadly Gladiator’s Battlemaster Trinket*	49600	0	0
Hateful Gladiator’s Legs	49600	0	0	Yes				12000	350
Hateful Gladiator’s Tunic	49600	0	0	Yes				12000	350
Hateful Gladiator’s Helm	49600	0	0					12000	350
Deadly Gladiator’s Idol/Libram/etc**	6400	1250	350
Deadly Gladiator’s Gloves	7200	1300	400		Yes
Deadly Gladiator’s Legs	12000	1350	700		Yes
Deadly Gladiator’s Tunic	12000	1400	700		Yes
Furious Gladiator’s Wrists	39400	1400	0				Yes
Deadly Gladiator’s Helm	12000	1450	700
Furious Gladiator’s Belt	62000	1450	0				Yes
Deadly Gladiator’s Shoulders	9600	1500	550
Furious Gladiator’s Boots	62000	1500	0				Yes
Furious Gladiator’s Necklace	47400	1550	0				Yes
Furious Gladiator’s Gloves	0	1600	1300				Yes
Furious Gladiator’s Rings	47400	1650	0				Yes
Furious Gladiator’s Legs	0	1700	2150				Yes
Furious Gladiator’s Tunic	0	1750	2150
Furious Gladiator’s Trinket	62000	1800	0
Furious Gladiator’s Offhand	0	1850	1100
Furious Gladiator’s One-hand Weapons (tier 1)**	35000	1850	1200
Furious Gladiator’s Two-hand/Range Weapons (tier 1)**	50000	1850	1400
Furious Gladiator’s Helm	0	1900	2150
Furious Gladiator’s Thrown/Wand/Idol/etc	0	1950	1150
Furious Gladiator’s Shield	0	1950	1950
Furious Gladiator’s Cloak	47400	2000	0				Yes
Furious Gladiator’s Shoulders	0	2050	1750
Furious Gladiator’s Tabard	0	2300	500
Furious Gladiator’s One-hand Weapons (tier 2)***	35000	2350	3000
Furious Gladiator’s Two-hand/Range Weapons (tier 2)***	50000	2350	4250

*designates iLevel 213 items from this list

**designates iLevel 232 weapons from this list

***designates iLevel 239 weapons from this list

What PvP rewards are you picking up these season? What image should I use for PvP articles; I'm as tired of Murkimus as you are. Make or link one in the comments and maybe you'll see it on the next post!