Become the Invictus

Become the Invictus
Sidequest
Quest information
Location	Arena
Given by	Lanista
Rewards	3000 classic XP / 5 oddity XP Charon reward for each fight won
Related quests ​
Run the Gauntlet Seek Acid Hunters (Coretech) Seek Acid Hunters (JKK) Seek Acid Hunters (Praetorian Security)

You can fight in the arena for money, glory and admission to Gauntlet. Becoming a gladiator will also make the Core City oligarchs notice your prowess.

Objectives

• Defeat all your opponents in the Arena.

Walkthrough

You progress in the arena simply by winning fights.

Challenger fights

You'll start your arena career in these fights, fighting alongside two other challengers against groups of wildlife. Since each match has a large group of enemies, AoE weapons such as grenades are especially effective.

1. Rathounds (50 charons) — 7 Rathounds, 3 Rathound Alphas, 1 Ancient Rathound

2. Psi beetles (75 charons) — 9 Azuridae

3. Siphoners (100 charons) — 7 Siphoners

4. Burrowers (150 charons) — 6 Spawn, 4 Burrowers

From this point on, you will be fighting other challengers in 1v1 battles.

5. Pulverizer (200 charons)

6. Bull's Eye (300 charons)

Gladiator fights

After defeating Bull's Eye, you will become a gladiator and the spectators will give you a nickname based on your fighting style. All gladiator fights are 1v1 fights against other gladiators. Garry just outside the arena building can give you information about your next opponent and some tips. If Lanista tells you to wait while he organizes the next match, visiting Garry and returning is enough to get the next match started.

After you have won your first gladiator fight, the oligarchs of Core City will notice your prowess in the arena. One of the oligarchs (depending on your choice - Coretech, JKK or Praetorian Security) will personally offer you more work after you have completed previous jobs for his company and become a successful gladiator.

After you have defeated gladiators up to and including Chemical Agent, Lanista will let you apply for the Gauntlet.

1. Master Exploder (400 charons)

2. Chemical Agent (500 charons and admission to Gauntlet)

3. Surgeon (600 charons)

4. Zap (700 charons)

5. Stygian Exorcist (800 charons)

6. Dread Lord (1000 charons and title of Invictus) — Instead of Dread Lord you will be fighting Carnifex, or Garry as you know him from earlier.

Once you obtain the title of Invictus, you gain some unique dialogue options with many NPCs relating to how few people acknowledge your title.

Player arena titles

This is a full list of possible nicknames the player can gain when fighting at the Arena. The highest priority fitting nickname is given to the player when he/she reaches the rank of a gladiator, based on fighting style in earlier matches.

Priority	Condition	Nickname (M)	Nickname (F)
1	Survive an attack with 1 health	Immortal	Undying
2	Restealth during combat	Phantom	Apparition
3	Snipe down a full health enemy	Crosshair	Angel of Death
4	3 kills with one burst	Dakka Dakka	Lady Dakka
5	Kill an enemy with dirty kick	Infinite Misery	Agonia
6	Deal over 500 damage with a single weapon attack	Brutalizer	Brutalette
7	5 kills with one grenade	Super Bomberman	Specs Bomb
8	11 adrenaline shots used	Thriller	Rush
9	11 morphine shots used	Painkiller	Narcotica
10	6 enemies frozen	Mister Freeze	Ice Queen
11	8 enemies stunned	Paralyzer	Cripplina
12	12 enemies incapacitated	Sandman	Goddess of Sleep
13	7 enemies ignited	Firestarter	Hellfire
14	2 humans executed	Executioner	Death Penalty
15	Most kills with fists	Spine Splitter	Miss Thrasher
	Most kills with knife	Savage Mangler	Ferocious Blade
	Most kills with sword	Chop	Blaiden
	Most kills with spear	Impaler	Spearanha
	Most kills with sledgehammer	Cranium Basher	Shatterette
	Most kills with firearms	Lead Storm	Lead Fury
	Most kills with energy weapons	Disintegrator	Disintegratrix
	Most kills with acid	Liquidator	Liquidatrix
	Most kills with grenades	Mister Bombastic	Bombalina
	Most kills with crossbow	Bolt Thrower	Ballista
	Most kills with metathermics psi abilities	Weatherman	Weatherwoman
	Most kills with thought control psi abilities	Psycho	Temptress
	Most kills with psychokinesis psi abilities	Electromagnito	Electromagnita
	Most kills with temporal manipulation psi abilities	Timelord	Hourglass
	Most kills with traps	Leg Breaker	Shank Buster
16	Default nickname	Slayer	Black Widow