Vicious Gladiator's Dreadplate Armor

Pieces

8

Quality

Epic

Item level

37

Slots

Head, Shoulder, Chest, Wrist, Hands, Waist, Legs, Feet

Armor coverage

8 of 9 armor slots

Binds

Bind on Pickup

Expansion

Cataclysm

Difficulty tier

Gladiator

Classes

Death Knight

Journal sources

1 encounter

Preview in Dressing Room See this set on a 3D character.

All 8 pieces are sold by vendors. Every piece is Plate armor. Wearing them requires level 32. The set was added in patch 4.0.0.

Slot	Piece	Source	How to get it
Head	Vicious Gladiator's Dreadplate Helm	Vendor
Shoulder	Vicious Gladiator's Dreadplate Shoulders	Vendor
Chest	Vicious Gladiator's Dreadplate Chestpiece	Vendor
Wrist	Vicious Gladiator's Armplates of Proficiency	Vendor
Hands	Vicious Gladiator's Dreadplate Gauntlets	Vendor	Drops from Argaloth in Baradin Hold (Normal, Heroic, 10 Player, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic)).
Waist	Vicious Gladiator's Girdle of Cruelty	Vendor	Drops from Argaloth in Baradin Hold (Normal, Heroic, 10 Player, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic)).
Legs	Vicious Gladiator's Dreadplate Legguards	Vendor	Drops from Argaloth in Baradin Hold (Normal, Heroic, 10 Player, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic)).
Feet	Vicious Gladiator's Warboots of Cruelty	Vendor	Drops from Argaloth in Baradin Hold (Normal, Heroic, 10 Player, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 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.

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. Every piece is Bind on Pickup, so the appearances have to be earned rather than bought.

Pieces

8

Slots covered

Head, Shoulder, Chest, Wrist, Hands, Waist, Legs, Feet

Binding

Bind on Pickup (8)

Expansion

Cataclysm

Set type

Gladiator

Slot and binding read from the current retail build’s item records for this set’s own pieces.

4 of this set's 8 pieces drop from 1 encounter in Baradin Hold. The rest come from vendors, quests, crafting or world drops, which the dungeon journal does not record.

• Argaloth - Baradin Hold - 4 pieces from this setNormalHeroic10 Player25 Player10 Player (Heroic)25 Player (Heroic)

Drop chances are not stored in the client data we mine, so none are shown here.

8 pieces of Vicious Gladiator's Dreadplate Armor are sold by vendors. The game's own collection data lists 5 places where they are sold.

• Orgrimmar
• Stormwind City
• Dalaran
• Gadgetzan
• Tanaris

vendor in Stormwind City

The pin is the vendor position the game data records in Stormwind City.

Ensemble: Vicious Gladiator's Dreadplate Armor is a single item whose use effect learns all of Vicious Gladiator's Dreadplate Armor at once. It is Bind on Pickup. Using it requires level 32.

1 boss in Baradin Hold drop pieces of this set. Each instance below carries its Adventure Guide entry, where its entrance is, and what each boss drops.

Baradin Hold

Following the Second War, the ruined fortress of Baradin Hold on the remote island of Tol Barad was converted into a prison for some of the most dangerous forces on Azeroth. Yet with the devastation wrought by the Cataclysm, the prison's integrity has been compromised. Now as the Horde and Alliance vie for supremacy on the island, the liberation of its forgotten horrors may be at hand.

The entrance is in Tol Barad at 47.7, 53.1 (/way #244 47.7 53.1).

Baradin Hold entrance

• Argaloth drops 4 pieces of this set (Hands, Legs, Waist, Feet) on Normal, Heroic, 10 Player, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic) and 25 Player (Heroic). Adventure Guide map pin: 80.4, 63.5 on the Baradin Hold map. Unable to contain the massive pit lord Argaloth in the cells of Dalaran's mighty Violet Hold, the magi of the Kirin Tor were left with no choice but to confine the powerful demon beneath Tol Barad.

5 pieces of this appearance set also belong to the item set Gladiator's Desecration, which carries these bonuses in the game files:

• 2 pieces: Increases Strength by 5.
• 4 pieces: Whenever you are struck by a movement-impairing effect, you will generate 3 Runic Power every 1 sec for 5 sec.
• 4 pieces: Increases Strength by 6.

The game links 1 other version to Vicious Gladiator's Dreadplate Armor, each labelled the way the collection journal labels it. This page is the Gladiator version.

• Elite Vicious Gladiator's Dreadplate Armor - 6 pieces - Death Knight

16 companion sets shipped in the Season 9 group alongside it:

• Gladiator Vicious Gladiator's Satin Armor - 13 pieces - Priest
• Elite Vicious Gladiator's Satin Armor - 11 pieces - Priest
• Honor Bloodthirsty Gladiator's Satin Armor - 26 pieces - Priest
• Gladiator Vicious Gladiator's Plate Armor - 8 pieces - Warrior
• Elite Vicious Gladiator's Plate Armor - 6 pieces - Warrior
• Gladiator Vicious Gladiator's Felweave Armor - 8 pieces - Warlock
• Elite Vicious Gladiator's Felweave Armor - 6 pieces - Warlock
• Gladiator Vicious Gladiator's Ringmail Armor - 21 pieces - Shaman
• Elite Vicious Gladiator's Ringmail Armor - 17 pieces - Shaman
• Gladiator Vicious Gladiator's Leather Armor - 11 pieces - Rogue
• Elite Vicious Gladiator's Leather Armor - 7 pieces - Rogue
• Gladiator Vicious Gladiator's Scaled Armor - 16 pieces - Paladin
• Elite Vicious Gladiator's Scaled Armor - 12 pieces - Paladin
• Gladiator Vicious Gladiator's Silk Armor - 8 pieces - Mage
• Elite Vicious Gladiator's Silk Armor - 6 pieces - Mage
• Gladiator Vicious Gladiator's Chain Armor - 11 pieces - Hunter

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

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The game data carries 2 separate set records under the name Vicious Gladiator's Dreadplate Armor - one per class or armor weight, plus the per-slot recolours the appearance was built from. This page is the one we index for the name; the others are listed here so nothing is lost.

• Vicious Gladiator's Dreadplate Armor (set 760) - 6 pieces - Death Knight