Guide to Obtaining the Crusader Title and Achievement in World of Warcraft (Horde) - Part 1 of 2

 The "Crusader" title, which is a title reward for the achievement of "Exalted Argent Champion of the Horde/Alliance", requires one to complete almost all of the achievements associated with the Argent Tournament. It is essential to be able to buy some of the new heirloom gears available in patch 3.2 through means of Champion Seals, even though these can also be bought by purely doing some heroic instances and spending "Emblems of Heroism". To be able to show off the "Crusader" title in WoW, one would have to hit exalted status with all of the home factions, be it horde or alliance. And not to forget, the amount of time spent jousting and doing dailies to become a champion, (via the Argent Tournament) of every Horde or Alliance city faction. All this will also bag you some other titles and achievements along the way.

This guide will mainly take you through the "Horde" version of the Crusader title and how to go about getting it for yourself efficiently and systematically without putting in too much effort. So without further loss of time let's get right down to business.

If you are totally new to the whole Argent Tournament madness itself, take a look at this - "Argent Tournament Basics" along with the 3.2 additions. You will get a basic idea about the whole thing and a bird's eye view of the different achievements required to ultimately obtain the title along with other goodies related to Argent tournament.

Although the whole process of reaching the Crusader title is a painstaking one, the rewards and other goodies you get after getting the title will be more than appreciated for a while. The beauty lies in the extra rewards and daily quests that you end up earning besides being a champion of at least one faction.

Firstly you will have to start with the starter quests and work your way up through to Champion Status with your home city and eventually all of the other home factions. So here we go...

Every quest in the valiant phase rewards you with 250 Sunreaver rep, and also 250 rep for the city faction for which the quest is completed along with 62 extra reputation for other associated city factions, also known as splash rep.

(Note: Rep - short for Reputation will be used a lot in the next few parts of the guide)

Some of you may or may not know this but when you gain reputation for one particular city, you will also gain 25% splash rep for the other cities. This change was made when "The Burning Crusade" patch was released. This is why people who started during this patch or after it normally have good city reputations as they hit level 80. The reason for this is, most of the leveling quests in the old world give city specific reputation. The leveling got a lot smoother after this patch with the amount of experience being reduced per level. So all those who started before this would find their reputation tabs showing significantly lower numbers as compared to others.