Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Tabards for the Thrifty

Continuing in our series of "Achievements for the Thrifty" I decided to look at the 25 Tabards Achievement. This is actually the LAST in a series of three tabard related achievements in the "General Achievement" category and one of the easiest to obtain.

HOWEVER if you are like me even spending 80 silver for a tabard to gain an achievement is annoying so we will look first at all the tabards you can get for relatively nothing more than TIME and go on to end with those that will cost you *gasp* REAL money...

Battlegrounds -

Alliance:
Knights Colors purchased with WSG, AB and AV Marks
Private's Tabard purchased with WSG and AB Marks
Silverwing Battle Tabard Purchased with WSG Marks
Stormpike Battle Tabard Purchased with AV Marks
Arathor Battle Tabard Quest reward

Horde:
Stone Guard's Herald Purchased with WSG, AB and AV Marks
Scout's Tabard Purchased with WSG and AB Marks
Warsong Battle Tabard Purchased with WSG Marks
Frostwolf Battle Tabard Purchased with AV Marks
Battle Tabard of the Defilers Quest Reward

Arena -
Tabard of Brute Force Win 300 ranked arena matches
Furious Gladiators Tabard achieve a 2300 Arena rating and costs 500pts

Drop - Tabard of the Scarlet Crusade Drops off of Scarlet Trainees

Achievement Awards -
Loremaster's Colors Reward for The Loremaster Achievement
Tabard of the Explorer Reward for the Explore Northrend Achievement
Tabard of the Achiever (however as this is the REWARD for this achievement it won't help you)

Reputation BUILDING Tabards - (so most people will have to purchased them anyway)
Tabard of the Kirin Tor purchase at Friendly from Archmage Alvareaux in Dalaran
Tabard of The Wyrmrest Accord purchase at Friendly from Cielstasza at Wrymrest Temple
Tabard of the Ebon Blade purchase at Friendly from Duchess Mynx at the Shadowvault in Ice Crown AFTER completing the quest chain that allows the Ebon Blade to make it their base.
Tabard of the Argent Crusade purchase at Friendly from Veteran Crudaser Aliocha Segard at Argent Vangard in Ice Crown

Argent Tournament Champion Rewards -

Alliance:
Darnassus Tabard Champion with Darnass and 50 champion seals
Exodar Tabard Champion with Exodar and 50 Champion seals
Gnomergan Tabard Champion with Gnomergan and 50 Champion seals
Ironforge Tabard Champion with Ironforge and 50 Champion seals
Stromwind Tabard Champion with Stormwind and 50 Champion seals

Horde:
Orgimmar Tabard Champion with Orgimmar and 50 Champion seals
Sen'jin Tabard Champion with Sen'jin and 50 Champion seals
Silvermoon City Tabard Champion with Silvermoon City and 50 Champion seals
Thunder Bluff Tabard Champion with Thunder Bluff and 50 Champion seals
Undercity Tabard Champion with Undercity and 50 Champion seals

Limited Issue - (so you MIGHT have gotten these in the past)
Tabard of the Argent Dawn obtained as part of the invasion and opening of Naxxramas.
Tabard of the Protector quest reward from Into the Breach from the opening of the Dark Portal
Purple Trophy Tabard of the Illidari quest reward from The Battle of the Crimson Watch
Green Trophy Tabard of the Illidari quest reward from The Battle of the Crimson Watch
Competitor's Tabard obtained from participating in battlegrounds during the 2008 summer Olympics

Quests -
Tabard of Summer Flames Quest reward from Shards of Ahune during the Midsummer Festival
Tabard of Summer Skies Quest reward from Shard of Ahune durign the Midsummer Festival
Blood Knight Tabard (Blood Elf Palidin only) quest reward from True Masters of the Light
Tabard of the Hand (Draenei only) Quest reward from The Unwritten Prophecy

Purchased - Either at the specific faction vendor OR any of the 9 TABARD Vendors
Guild Tabard
Aldor Tabard
Cenarion Expedition Tabard
Consortium Tabard
Honor Hold Tabard (Alliance Only)
Keepers of Time Tabard
Kurenai Tabard (Alliance Only)
Lower City Tabard
Mag'nar Tabard (Horde Only)
Ogri'la Tabard
Scryers Tabard
Sha'tar Tabard
Skyguard Tabard
Sporeggar Tabard
Tabard of the Shattered Sun
Thrallmar Tabard (Horde Only)

Trading Card Game -
Tabard of Brilliance
Tabard of Flame
Tabard of Frost
Tabard of Fury
Tabard of Nature
Tabard of Arcane
Tabard of Defender
Tabard of Void

With the induction of the Argent Tournament doing this achievement with out putting a lot of financial investment is MORE than obtainable.

*Edit*
I have since discovered that the Argent Tournament Tabards do NOT seem to count towards this achievement. As this is appearing to be the case I would hazard a guess that the new Arena Achievement Tabards may ALSO not count towards it as well. This leaves only the other 58 Tabards mentioned.

1 comment:

  1. Wow some hard work put together on this blog! Good Job. I need Tabards!

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