About Zaishen Medallions: Alcohol, Creme, Flame of Balthazar and Sigils! All from PvP

Hey, if any of you are wondering what these new fangled Zaishen medallions are for I recommend you check out the Great Temple of Balthazar! You can get some pretty nifty stuff from PVPing now in RA/TA/HA.




Creme Brulee is a Run buff
Flask of Firewater is Alcohol.



Flame of Balthazar when used gives you 1k Balthazar Faction!

And if that wasn't enough, you can now get Celestial Sigils with 500 Medallions (10 Flames of Balthazar):



Not bad at all. I guess it's a nice reward for the PvP grind. :]

Is this just for this event or will it remain ?

Do you know how long the firewater gives you towards your drunkard title?

This is a great addon for PVP, before the only items you got was from HOH chest and Jade/Amber for factions. Do you get these from GVG? I know that you get them in HOH, RA, and TA.

...a run buff as in Red Bean Cakes (i.e. only work in town) or do they work in outside areas as well?

How do they drop? Is it one per win?

From what I can tell, you get one medallion per win in either RA, TA, GvG or HoH.

It looks like the Creme Brulee works just like the Red Bean Cakes.

It looks like the Flask of Firewater works just like Rice Wine.

Anyone know if the Brulee and Flasks are sellable to the merchant for a similar price to the Red Bean Cakes/Rice Wine (i.e. 200g each)?

If so, that would mean that each medallion has a face value of about 7 gold each (i.e. 200g/30 medallions). I'm not sure how much sigils are selling for nowadays, but even if you save up for a sigil, I can't see these medallions having a true inherent value of more than 20g-25g each. A boon to PvPers, but definitely not worth farming if you're a PvEer.

So that's like 500 wins for a sigil. How long does it take to play 500 games?


Edit: Oh.. Thanks for the info Fender.

Well, if the mods hadn't moved 2 previous threads on this...

6 medallions for arena flawless
5 medallions for 5 consecutive arena wins
15 for HA win
20 for flawless HA win
20 for GvG win
25 for flawless GvG win

Maybe this thread should stay here. hmmm?

my understanding is that it depends on where you are. HA gives 15 per win or 20 for flawless. GvG gives 20 per win, 25 per flawless. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

Why anyone would use these to get flasks or Creme brulee is beyond me. Most people are selling them for around 50g right now, but that is mainly because they are new. Once they drop in price, I see 20g being fair. That would make 1k faction work 1k gold. Equal to the cost of skills in PvE.

No wonder I haven't gotten any of these yet, I keep losing after 3-4 wins lately. Hope I can big some up today.

It isnt just rewarded for a HoH win (like holding favor win) but ANY win in HA on any of the maps.

So if you won 3-4 maps you'll have about 60 of them in your inventory..

The fact that you can get the Drunkard title while PvPing is a nice addition and the ability to farm up even more faction is cool. :]

i remember in the days when not just ANYBODY could get a sigil.

the main reason for a lack of good ppl to invite is because every one is in chief mode and no one is brave!

It really sucks how many one-person guilds there are1 and they think they are all bad with a Hall...

Halls are a dime a dozen these days... its sad really.

sad.... why? why not let people get what they want? this kind of elitism just sickens me. anyone who wants a hall should be able to have one, how will that affect your game? Getting a good guild running, that's the important part.

I was planning to get the Sigil to sell for cash. Ironically enough, I sold about 5 flames for about 3 times I would've made from one sigil.

zomg what do sigils do?!?!


JK :P but do you get extras if you win halls?

The money you made isn't from people wanting to collect 10 to trade for a sigil, it's from people wanting that 1000 faction so they can unlock stuff

Will the sigils obtained from this still have the flags in the hall that you would get if you won the sigil in the HoH? Also, how long will these be available for?

Unfortunately, this is just for the preview. "For the duration of our celebration..." in other words, during the specialness. This seriously sucks though, since it makes good sense to earn these rewards full-time. Perhaps Anet will make them stick later on?