Arena Battle Board
The Arena Battle Board outside the House of Valor arena.
Basic Info
Faction	House of Valor

Arena Battle Board is an NPC in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

The House of Valor challenge board provides 18 challenges for the Fateless One to complete. Those involve fighting all manner of monsters in the arena, sometimes with added handicaps or a time limit. The reward for each is a level-dependent sum of gold, plus unique items in some cases.

Available FightsEdit

• Strength in Numbers - Defeat all of the Brownies before the announcer calls for the end of the match!
  • Defeat: 40 Brownies in less than 3 min.
  • Reward: 2504 coins.

• From Parts Unknown - You've never seen foes more grotesque or terrifying! Who knows where the beast tamers found this lot? Challengers beware!
  • Defeat: 10 Son of Laz, next wave is 4 Faer Gorta Sentinel and 3 Son of Laz.
  • Reward: 2504 coins.

• Tuatha Vangard - The Champion has arranged for a group of lethal Tuatha to make an appearance! Can you defeat these Mighty Tuatha Overlords?
  • Defeat: 3 Tuatha Overlords - 2 Melee and 1 Mage.
  • Reward: 2504 coins.

• Warrior Kings - Prepare to face Royalty, in the fallen kings and kings of the wild in this match!
  • Defeat: 3 Bolgan Brutes, next wave 2 Bolgan Brutes and 2 Arcane Barghest.
  • Reward: 2504 coins.

• Untouchable: Jottun - Tread carefully! The match ends if you are struck!
  • Defeat: 1 Jottun Runelord - Fight ends if you get struck.
  • Reward: 2504 coins.

• Wood for the Fire - The Champion's beats tamers have appropriated a host of woodland Fae—if you think you can match up, enter this exhibition immediately!
  • Defeat: A wave of Boggarts, and 2 Bog Tresh at the end of the wave.
  • Reward: 3756 coins and ( Random?? ) Purple staff: Ivory Staff ( level 12, 61 Fire Dmg, 53 Burning Dmg over 3 sec, 10% Chanse to steal 24 Health per Hit ).

• Sprite Showdown - Prepare for the sprite fight of your life! In this exhibition, you'll face a horde of sprites led into battle by a trinity of champions!
  • Defeat: Kill 25 Sprite's - Sprites, Sprites fire/frost/lightning Champions.
  • Reward: 3756 coins.

• Race Against Time: 1 - Defeat your enemies before the announcer calls for the ends of the match!
  • Defeat: 25 Boggars in less than 2.30 min.
  • Reward: 3756 coins.

• Scavengers - Defeat these vultures of the depths before they slay you and claim your corpse for their own!
  • Defeat: A wave of Kobolds, followed by a wave of Giant Rats, a wave of more Kobolds, a wave of Leanshee, and a final wave of a Crudok with Brownies.
  • Reward: 3756 coins.
• Blood And Steel: 1 - Magic and sleight-of-hand tricks are prohibited from this match! Only the daring and the hearty need apply!
  • Defeat: A wave of 3 Ettins, followed by a wave of 3 Jottun, followed by a wave of 3 Bolgan, and a final wave with 1 of each Ettin, Jottun and Bolgan Warriors.
  • Reward: 3756 coins.
• Wrath of the Storm - The most electrifying match ever! Fight through this scintillating horde of lightning-powered foes!
  • Defeat: A wave of Storm Sprite Champions, a wave of Murghans and a Banshaen Priestess, and a wave with 2 Ettin War Priests.
  • Reward: 3756 coins and ( Random?? ) Purple hammer: Mortrost ( level 15, 173 Physical Dmg, +10% Physical Dmg, +25% Dmg vs. Jottun and Ettin ).
• Untouchable: Leanashe - Tread carefully! The match ends if you are struck!
• Contagion - Defeat your enemies before you fall prey to their venomous attacks!
• Race against time: 2 - Defeat your enemies before the announcer calls for the ends of the match!
• From Beyond the Veil - Don't ask us what the beast tamers had to do to acquire them, but defeat these Niskaric fiends before they slay you!
• Blood and Steel: 2 - Magic and sleight-of-hand tricks are prohibited from this match! Only the daring and the hearty need apply!
• Untouchable: Troll - Tread carefully! The match ends if you are struck!
• Fae Mania - The beast tamers truly out-did themselves this time! Prepare to face the largest gathering of Fae you've ever seen!

Details and StrategiesEdit

• Strength in Numbers
  • 180 seconds to kill 40 Brownies. Area of effect weapons such as Chakrams, Staves, or Faeblades perform exceptionally well here. Spells make this even easier.
• From Parts Unknown
  • Standard brawl against a group of Sons of Laz followed by more Sons of Laz and some Faer Gorta Sentinels.
• Tuatha Vangard
  • Brawl against 3 Tuatha Overlords, 1 Sorcerer, 1 Warrior, and 1 Rogue. Take the sorcerer out first, then duke it out with the others.
• Warrior Kings
  • 3 Bolgan Thugs, then 2 Bolgan Brutes with 2 Arcane Barghests. Best to stay away from those Bolgans, so ranged attacks and spells do well. Constant dodging required, and Mages should watch out for the Barghests, as they drain mana.
• Untouchable: Jottun
  • 1 Jottun Runelord. Since the Fateless One cannot be touched in this fight it's best to use ranged attacks/spells, or batter the Jottun with a constant stream of attacks. Rogues can also use Smoke Bomb to assassinate the lone enemy. Reckoning Mode helps as well.
• Wood for the Fire
  • 4 Waves of assorted Boggarts, followed by two Bog Threshes. The Fateless One should equip fire weapons and spells to quickly dispatch the monsters.
• Sprite Showdown
  • Elemental mayhem, all 3 Sprite Champions are present, plus a handful of regular Sprites. The Fateless One will need to dodge and block constantly to survive. Elemental resistance Potions will make this somewhat easier.
• Race Against Time: 1
  • 150 seconds to defeat 25 Boggart Zealots, 5 at a time with new ones spawning to replace dead ones. Fire area of effect attacks and spells are most effective.
• Scavengers
  • An assortment of Kobolds, Gigant Rats and Ancient Leanashe in three waves. Venomguard Potions should be useful. Otherwise a regular brawl.
• Blood And Steel: 1
  • The Fateless One has to fight against 4 waves of brutal melee foes without using skills or magic. Once again ranged weapons are useful, with lots of dodging and blocking needed to survive. Poison weapons do well in whittling down the monters' HP, and reckoning mode can easily clear out a wave. The waves are: 3 Ettin Brutes; 3 Jottun Warriors; 3 Bolgan Brutes; and a final wave of one of each monster. You can use magic before accepting the matchup at the board and still keep the effects for the match, so it might be wise to buff up beforehand.
• Wrath of the Storm
  • Similar to Sprite Showdown, this fight involves only Storm Sprite Champions and regular Sprites, but also has Banshaen and Ettin War Priests in waves. Current Stopper Potions are useful.
• Untouchable: Leanashe
  • This one is tricky, the Fateless One cannot be touched and the 2 Leanashe have ranged attacks. For rogues this can be easily completed by using Smoke Bomb to assassinate one enemy and quickly overwhelm the other. Mages should have no problems either, the summon does well to distract the Leanashe. Warriors will need to be extra careful and dodge often. Use Reckoning Mode for an easier time with this one.
• Contagion
  • A standard brawl against Giant Rats, Pestilent Brownies and a Crudok.
• Race against time: 2
  • 240 seconds to defeat 2 Wolves, 2 Ettin Brutes, 2 Jottun Chieftains and a Jottun Runelord.
• From Beyond the Veil
  • 2 Niskaru Hunters, 2 Niskaru Bloodhunters and an orange named Niskaru Horrinox (tyrant).
• Blood and Steel: 2
  • Same as Blood and Steel: 1, except the first 3 waves are of 4 monsters, and the final wave has two of each kind of monster. Reckoning mode is best left for the final wave. To dispose of Bolgans the Fateless One needs to approach and lure them into lowering guard and attacking. You can use magic before accepting the matchup at the board and still keep the effects for the match, so it might be wise to buff up beforehand.
• Untouchable: Troll
  • Same as the previous untouchable challenges, this time a single Mountain Troll. Best attacked from a range or using magic/traps. Its attacks are easily dodged. Use Reckoning Mode for an easier time with this one.
• Fae Mania
  • An assorted selection of Boggarts, Sprite, Barghests, Sprite Champions, Arcane Barghests, and Ancient Leanashe. All served in bite-sized waves and topped with a Mountain Troll. Nothing unusual.

NotesEdit

• Some of the challenges have additional weapon rewards when completed for the first time.
• There is NO reward for completing all the challenges.
• Fights can be repeated for a smaller reward (1/4 of the full gold reward).
• For Untouchable fights, shielding often and throwing the occasional long-range attack is a viable strategy if you don't mind a slow fight.