Of its 35 pieces, 14 drop from bosses, 11 are sold by vendors, 2 are made by professions and 1 is a quest reward. Every piece is Cloth armor. Wearing them requires level 30. 2 pieces can only be used by Alliance characters. The set was added in patch 3.2.0.
Drops from Champions of the Horde in Trial of the Crusader (10 Player, 10 Player (Heroic)).
Source is the collection journal’s own source for each appearance, read from the current retail build; bosses, quests, recipes, prices and requirements come from the game’s item, journal and quest records.
What This Set Covers
This is a complete head-to-toe outfit - it fills 8 armor slots, so it can be worn as a full look with nothing borrowed from another set. 33 of 35 pieces are Bind on Pickup.
Pieces
35
Slots covered
Head x4, Shoulder x4, Chest x5, Wrist x3, Hands x4, Waist x2, Legs x7, Feet x6
Binding
Bind on Pickup (33), Bind on Equip (2)
Expansion
Wrath of the Lich King
Set type
10 Player (Normal)
Slot and binding read from the current retail build’s item records for this set’s own pieces.
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Where These Pieces Drop
14 of this set's 35 pieces drop from 5 encounters in Trial of the Crusader and Vault of Archavon. The rest come from vendors, quests, crafting or world drops, which the dungeon journal does not record.
Anub'arak - Trial of the Crusader - 4 pieces from this set25 Player25 Player (Heroic)
Koralon the Flame Watcher - Vault of Archavon - 4 pieces from this set10 Player25 Player
Drop chances are not stored in the client data we mine, so none are shown here.
Where to Farm This Set
5 bosses in Trial of the Crusader and Vault of Archavon drop pieces of this set. Each instance below carries its Adventure Guide entry, where its entrance is, and what each boss drops.
The entrance is in Hrothgar's Landing at 55.8, 92.4 (/way #170 55.8 92.4).
Trial of the Crusader entrance
The Northrend Beasts drops 2 pieces of this set (Waist) on 10 Player and 10 Player (Heroic). Adventure Guide map pin: 51.2, 52.7 on the Trial of the Crusader map.
Lord Jaraxxus drops 2 pieces of this set (Wrist) on 10 Player and 10 Player (Heroic). Adventure Guide map pin: 46.4, 40.5 on the Trial of the Crusader map.
Champions of the Horde drops 2 pieces of this set (Feet) on 10 Player and 10 Player (Heroic). Adventure Guide map pin: 42.8, 52.7 on the Trial of the Crusader map.
Anub'arak drops 4 pieces of this set (Legs, Feet) on 25 Player and 25 Player (Heroic). Adventure Guide map pin: 53.3, 35.5 on the Trial of the Crusader map.
The entrance is in Wintergrasp at 50.1, 11.2 (/way #123 50.1 11.2).
Vault of Archavon entrance
Koralon the Flame Watcher drops 4 pieces of this set (Legs, Hands) on 10 Player and 25 Player. Adventure Guide map pin: 36.3, 55.2 on the Vault of Archavon map.
Set Bonus
20 pieces of this appearance set also belong to the item set Kel'Thuzad's Regalia, which carries these bonuses in the game files:
2 pieces: Increases your critical strike chance by 3%.
4 pieces: Increases the damage done by your Immolate, Corruption, and Unstable Affliction spells by 10%.
Versions and Companion Sets
16 companion sets shipped in the Trial of the Crusader group alongside it:
The flavour text the item tooltip prints on 1 piece of this set:
Merlin's Robe: Remember, there's always something cleverer than yourself.
Buying the Tradeable Pieces
2 pieces of Kel'Thuzad's Regalia can be listed on the Auction House (they do not bind on pickup); 2 have a listing on US connected realms in our latest scan.
Lowest listed price on any US connected realm in our recorded Auction House scan, per piece; transmog gear is priced per realm, so the realm named is where that price was seen.