The Grand Arena

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The Grand Arena
area
No Waypoint
Id1_4_5_2
Act4
Area level38
BossesDaresso, King of Swords
Dimachaeri Cassius
Mevion
Rudiarius Felix
Area type tagsbarracks
Tagsact_boss_area, no_echo, einharbull, daresso_area, otherworldly_story_area, arena_area, king_boss_area
ConnectionsDaresso's Dream
Dripping blood and weeping flowers.

The Grand Arena is an area in Act 4. It has a waypoint and is connected to Daresso's Dream.

Quests

Monsters

Inside:

Outside:

Item drops

The following drop-restricted items can drop in this area.

No items include this area in their drop restrictions.

Crafting recipes

The following crafting bench recipes can be unlocked from this location:

Unlock Location Modification Cost
The Grand Arena Two Sockets 1x Jeweller's OrbJeweller's OrbStack Size: 20Reforges the number of sockets on an itemRight click this item then left click a socketed item to apply it. The item's quality increases the chances of obtaining more sockets.
The Grand Arena Three Sockets 3x Jeweller's OrbJeweller's OrbStack Size: 20Reforges the number of sockets on an itemRight click this item then left click a socketed item to apply it. The item's quality increases the chances of obtaining more sockets.
The Grand Arena Four Sockets 10x Jeweller's OrbJeweller's OrbStack Size: 20Reforges the number of sockets on an itemRight click this item then left click a socketed item to apply it. The item's quality increases the chances of obtaining more sockets.

Lore

Plaque 1
Plaque 2
Plaque 3

The player finds here, divided into three parts of the story of the Daresso, from the time when he found himself on The Grand Arena, for the wedding of the Merveil.

Part 1

At age thirteen, carving knife in hand, I killed beast for
the amusement of the filthy. At fifteen, they thought
me worthy to fight a fellow man.

A butcher he was, twice as big and twice as stupid as I.
I butchered the butcher and many like him, earned my
way, kill by kill, out of the offal pit and into the Grand
Arena.

I thought I would find wealth and glory in the arena. I
was wrong. I found something far more precious. My
Lady Merveil.

Part 2

I knelt in the sand of the Grand Arena, awaiting the
killing blow. I rise my eyes to look upon my death.

Instead, I saw her. Merveil. Her beautiful eyes met
mine, and I knew that she saw me too. I turned my
opponent's strike and killed the man with his own
dagger.

Fighting had always been about survival. The primal
instinct to kill or be killed. Now the fight became
about something else. Love.

Part 3

The previous King of Swords was a giant of a man, both
faster and stronger than I. Yet I needed only look up at
my Lady Merveil to know that I had no choice. I could
not die this day.

I made him shiver under every parry, striking with all
my might, so that my arms felt they might snap with
every impact. All the while, I studied his face, watching
for that moment when he began to doubt. It took an
hour, but finally it was there.

Burning with pain, empty with exhaustion, I stepped
inside his faltering swing and I slit the giant's throat.

I did not make my victory bow. I knelt in the sand,
looked to Merveil, and cried out for my Lady's hand in
marriage.

From that day forth, I wore the Crown of Swords upon
my head and a ring of eternal love upon my finger.

Version history

Version Changes
3.5.0
  • Overhauled Mastercrafting: You now have a single Crafting Bench in your Hideout that covers all item types and crafting mods. You now gain new crafting mods from a variety of different sources, including through exploration and helping the new Masters. You can also overwrite previously crafted mods at the cost of an Orb of Scouring.
2.0.2
  • Daresso's area now has lion statue monsters.
2.0.0
  • Introduced to the game.