New tabards are all the rage
by Jennie Lees 
Jul 4th 2006 at 10:00AM
I play on a number of servers, and a fashion is spreading through them -- players are donning new tabards everywhere from Ahn'Qiraj to Zul'Gurub. The two items, Tabard of the Argent Dawn (left) and Tabard of the Scarlet Crusade, surfaced in the last patch.
The Argent Dawn tabard is obtainable as a result of the invasion event. Initially, you have to take ten Necrotic Runes to the Argent Quartermaster at Light's Hope Chapel. Finishing this quest will activate an Argent Quartermaster, and you can then trade more Necrotic Runes for items like mana potions and Consecrated Sharpening Stones (+AP against undead). For ten runes, the tabard is yours. I found this tedious to solo, but when grouped with a mage and a couple of others the runes flow heavily.
The Scarlet Crusade tabard, with its 'authentic' dingy look, is a drop from Scarlet Monastery. If you've never been to SM before, now's the time for a new adventure! The tabard itself drops from Scarlet Trainees who appear after you kill Herod, the boss at the end of the Armory. However, the Armory is locked; unless you obtained the key previously, you're going to have to clear the Library wing too, killing Arcanist Doan and looting the Scarlet Key from his lockbox.
If you're not a stealther, it's a fair bit of work, but fairly easy for any level 60. If you can stealth, or fork out for some invisibility potions, then it's pretty much a piece of cake. Herod is not a difficult fight, but if you unequipped your clothes while stealthing, do remember to put them back on. My first attempt was fairly disastrous as a result of this oversight! The trainees that zerg you after Herod's death have low health, so AOE or dynamite are your friends; the tabard doesn't drop every run, but fairly frequently, and it's bind on pickup (so going in with a group is a gamble).
Enjoy your new wardrobe, but remember -- your guild master spent good money on your tabard design, so don't let your Guild Tabard rot!
Filed under: Items, Odds and ends, Instances, Quests
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dyyne Jul 4th 2006 10:15AM
I farmed the Scarlet Monestary Armory so many times trying to get that tabard. By the end, I had the complete Herod set with me, plus the tabard. I put them all on, bought the green scarlet peices off the AH and a pair of red boots, and now I dawn them all and look like an elvish Herod who constantly declares war on the Argent Dawn in IF and spams declaring that the Argent Dawn are "Tolerent pussies. Join the Scarlet Crusade! They get the job done!"
Needless to say, I'm on alot of ignore lists now hehe...
Dustin Jul 4th 2006 11:42AM
Is it just me or does the Tabard of the Argent Dawn look like the symbol that emblazoned the chest of the Nuclear Man from Superman IV. Please say it’s not just me.
Denry Jul 4th 2006 1:48PM
No, your right. There is definatly a resemblance between the Argent Dawn insignia and the symbol on Nuclear Man's chest.
Ernesto Jul 8th 2006 2:52AM
Argent tabard > Scarlet tabard