Brawler's Guild

''The first rule of brawls is you don’t talk about the brawls. The second rule''...

The Brawler's Guild is an organization that arranges one on one battles between willing combatants, captured monsters, and other participants in gladiatorial combat. Being a neutral organization, members of the Horde and Alliance are both allowed to enter, rising through the Brawler's Guild ranks with more wins. Prizes are awarded at higher ranks. The fights are all solo PvE matches in which the players must adapt and use different strategies depending on which opponent they are currently facing, making the Brawler's Guild one of the most challenging PvE activities a player can attempt on their own.

The announcer will change between Bizmo and Boss Bazzelflange according to the location (respectively Bizmo's Brawlpub and the Brawl'gar Arena).

Entry


On 27 November, patch 5.1 and the Brawler's Guild went live, and Community Manager Nethaera again confirmed how invites will be obtained. "Entry into the brawler’s guild is by invitation only. Invitations can be found on the Black Market Auction House, by invitation from somebody within the guild, and occasionally as drops from certain Horde and Alliance NPCs."

The Blood-Soaked Invitation, which is Bind on Pickup, can be found when you complete Legion dungeons or open Emissary chests.

Upon reaching Rank 7 with Bizmo's Brawlpub or Brawl'gar Arena players will receive one in the mail. The pass can be traded and sold on the Auction House to other players and is the only other means to gain access to the Brawler's Guild.

Using either invite, the account is flagged to join the Brawler's Guild, giving all characters on a player's account access to the guild. Future expansions will not get rid of this membership. Once you're in, you're in for life!

A nice little bonus is that once you reach rank 8, this gives you the right to go into the area for VIPs only.

Starting fights
To join the queue, speak with any bouncer at Bizmo's Brawlpub in the Deeprun Tram for the Alliance, or Brawl'gar Arena for the Horde:
 * You here to fight?

Speak to any bouncer or look at the Queued for Brawl buff tooltip to see your spot in line. Then, wait until the queue pops - a boss emote will display warning that the next turn is the adventurer's:
 * bossemote

There will be no warning upon getting teleported to the arena floor. The fight lasts two minutes before the arena itself will kill adventurers who take too long.

Queue system
The queue system is built on a first come, first serve basis, with one exception: you will be placed one spot behind for your first fight for the day (current fight, next fight, and your fight). This rule is applied to all your eligible characters individually, not to your account.

After the match
Winners will receive a Brawler's Purse and 250 reputation with the Brawler's Guild.

Losers will have to be resurrected.

Gladiators


Normally, challengers will only fight the next higher-ranked gladiator until it is defeated or the challenger throws in the towel, but the addition of Challenge Cards gives challengers the opportunity to relive earlier fights. For the ranked fights, defeating a gladiator will unlock that gladiator's challenge card. There are also rare challenge cards, unlocked upon gaining higher ranks and completing quests that are started by items found in the world.

Season 4
Patch 8.1.5 sees the return of the Brawler's Guild, with new challenges and rewards.
 * Rank 1
 * Bruce
 * Thog Hammerspace
 * Grandpa Grumplefloot
 * Ash'katzuum
 * Rank 2
 * Blat
 * Phillip Carter Tracey
 * Johnny Awesome
 * Mama Stormstout
 * Rank 3
 * Oso the Betrayer
 * Klunk
 * Farmer Xiang-Su
 * Ahoo'ru
 * Rank 4
 * Ouroboros
 * Sanoriak
 * Spymaster
 * Warhammer Council
 * Rank 5
 * Meatball
 * Millie Watt
 * Tidemistress Shellbreaker
 * Mingus Diggs
 * Rank 6
 * Nibbleh
 * Stitches
 * Robe-Robber Robert
 * Mecha-Bruce
 * Rank 7
 * Hyper Mega-Mecha Seagull x9000
 * Fran & Riddoh
 * Blackmange
 * Ogrewatch

Hiatus
The Brawler's Guild was on hiatus since the launch of Patch 8.0 in preparation for "the next big thing".

Season 3
Patch 7.1.5 sees the return of the Brawler's Guild, with new challenges and rewards.


 * Rank 1
 * - In the other corner, a dwarf and his totally loyal companion who would NEVER harm its master. Ever.
 * - And in the corner, it's not one, not two, but the THREE dwarves of the Warhammer Council!
 * - And in the corner, it's not one, not two, but the THREE dwarves of the Warhammer Council!
 * - And in the corner, it's not one, not two, but the THREE dwarves of the Warhammer Council!


 * Rank 2
 * - We also welcome everybody's favorite frosty feathered friend: Dippy!
 * - And their challenger, Bill, the custodial engineer of death! Wait... what? Bill! What are you doing in there?
 * - From deep within the bowels of Blackrock Mountain, it's Sanoriak, master of flame!
 * - Kindly insert a gold coin for a battle with Master Paku!


 * Rank 3
 * - Oh, the huge manatee! It's here to seal the deal... DOOMFLIPPER!
 * - Brawl'gar veterans may remember Blat, the self-replicating ooze. Today, we meet his maener, uglier, older sister: Splat!
 * - In the other corner, a master of both shadows AND interior lighting... it's Shadowmaster Aameen!
 * - And in the other corner, a hunter of incomprehensible spectacular amazing splendor! It's Johnny Awesome!


 * Rank 4
 * - Get fired up for the djinn who will literally melt your heart, it's Burnstachio!
 * - And... Meatball.
 * - Their partnership was never meant to be. It actually makes me sick a little bit. Here comes GG Engineering!


 * Rank 5
 * - And now for some soul-pounding beats from the musical underground, it's Thwack U and his dancers!
 * - Unfortunately, he's a little out of his element. Everybody raise your glass for Razorgrin!
 * - The opposition includes some of Gnomeregan's finest... although they've all seen better days. It's the leper gnome quintet!
 * - In the other corner, a pirate with a lethal definition of head cannon! Put your hooks together for Blackmange!


 * Rank 6
 * - In the other corner... a really big dinosaur!
 * - Up next, it's Millie Watt! I used to date her in engineering school!
 * - And in the other corner, it's the terrible trio... Hudson, Stuffshrew, and Dupree from the Ogrewatch Team!
 * - And in the other corner, it's the terrible trio... Hudson, Stuffshrew, and Dupree from the Ogrewatch Team!


 * Rank 7
 * - Aww... look at the cute little snake, Nibbleh! Go ahead, let him nibble on your toes. Let's see what happens.
 * - In the other corner, a challenger so ancient he no one remembers his actual name. Let's call him Serpent of Old!
 * - Now, choke on your own hubris!
 * - And now for the challenger that cost us so much... it's Ray D. Tear!

Hiatus
The Brawler's Guild was on hiatus between the launch of Patch 7.0.3 before Legion in preparation "for the next big thing". The guild returned in Patch 7.1.5.

Season 2
As part of keeping the Brawler's Guild fresh, Patch 6.0.2 retuned the fights for level 100 players, putting an end to the first season of fights. When players reach level 100 they will find that their ranks have been reset to one and the fights have been changed around, with some bosses going away from the rank rotation completely and becoming Challenge Card fights, making a max of eight ranks again. For example, Bruce will now be a Rank 5 fight and Hexos is removed. Players will also find new achievements for reaching the higher ranks again, the old ones being moved to the new Legacy achievements tab.

Legacy fights are those that were part of Season 1, but were removed and made available only through challenge cards.

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 * Rank 1
 * Rank 2
 * Rank 3
 * Rank 4
 * Rank 5
 * Rank 6
 * Rank 7
 * Challenge Card Fights
 * Legacy Fights

Season 1
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 * Rank 1
 * Rank 2
 * Rank 3
 * Rank 4
 * Rank 5
 * Rank 6
 * Rank 7
 * Rank 8
 * Rank 9
 * Rare
 * Rare Challenge Cards

Former quests
All of these quests and sources were removed in Patch 7.0.3.

Trivia

 * The concept of the Brawler's Guild appears to be loosely inspired by the film . In particular, the introduction lines "The first rule of brawls is you don’t talk about brawls." and "If this is your first night at Brawler's Guild, you have to fight." are taken almost verbatim from the film. The developers have stated that the "Fight Club vibe" was an intended design aspect.
 * Invitation to the Brawler's Guild was initially extremely limited, with invites only available as rare drops or from the Black Market Auction House. Part of the reason for this design was to reduce the rate at which players were able to access the Guild, due to concerns about server stability and the quality of the play experience with very large numbers of players involved. Knowing that the feature was eagerly anticipated, the developers designed the invitation system to allow players to "trickle into" the new content, "a little bit more slowly, a little bit more elegantly". Tom Chilton described the Brawler's Guild design as "a pretty heavy-handed method" of achieving this, although its secondary effect of initially making entry to the guild feel more selective and restricted was considered to be helpful in establishing the Guild's "Fight Club vibe".
 * According to Ion Hazzikostas' speech at the BlizzCon 2016 What's Next Panel, the Brawler's Guild is "100% non-canon".
 * As of patch 5.1, the Deeprun Tram is also the home to the Brawler's Guild for the Alliance, which is located on the Stormwind side of the tram.
 * And it is possible to receive Brawler's Gold and You Are Not Your $*@! Legplates (Season 2).