Update 5-23-09

There have been some changes to the basic interface, most notably:

*You now use your in-game email and password to log into the XTH
*Guild and HB lists are now ordered by Qualifying Points
*Interface has been changed a lot, but for the better.

This link goes to a thread on GWOnline's forums that is a very comprehensive FAQ on the XTH, that is updated with the above information.

Terragale's original post, below, is still full of good information, so please read it too.

Thanks again to terragale for posting this, you've made me a lot of in-game gold!

XUNLAI TOURNAMENT HOUSE 06-22-08

 

Last month I made my first predications in Guild Wards Xunlai Tournament House.  This is something I had been resisting (due to sheer laziness), since I first heard about it.  Now, I regret I haven’t been doing it every month and stacking a horde of keys.

 

On the first week of June after the May 1V1 and GvG tournaments completed I made 80 rewards points for my predictions that I collected from Kun Shao, a Xunlai Tournament Agent in Kamadan, than I turned the points into Tolkano in my guild hall for Zaishen Keys.  Some of you may or may not be aware, but Zaishen Keys are now worth about 4.8 to 6K, depending on when you sell them. 

 

For the best price I have found to either wait for someone advertising that they are willing to pay the maximum gold in the trade search or I have noticed a pattern that the price of the keys increase during the first week of the month due to the release of the latest Everlasting Tonic (i.e., phantasmal, automatonic).  When I was on the first weekend of June regular non-everlasting Automatonic was going for about 8K per bottle and the new Everlasting Tonics were worth 100K+60 and above which would approximate to 300K-600K with ecto estimating at 5k each.  This is why everyone wants those keys not only do the rich gamers want the newest of the new, but it also gives them points towards the new Zaishen title for using the Zaishen chest inside the Isle of the Nameless training yard from the Temple of Balthazar.

 

All you have to do is go to the Guild Wars Xunlai Tournament House website, follow the simple registration directions, make your predictions (a list of competitor’s markers who are in the tournament will be there and you just pull the marker in to a corresponding numbered slot), and you may need to register a character with Tolkano in-game as well before clicking on the Agent who will give you the reward points you earned instantly.  Last time I went to the Guild Wars ladder for 1V1 and GvG than listed the possible winners by who came up first on the ladder list.

 

 

Link to Tonics:

http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/tournament2008/zaishencalendar/default.php

 

Link to Tournament Predictions:

http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/xunlai_tournament_house/

*This is where you would enter to make your predictions.  On the left of this page you will see a list of links along with the registration link and ladder links for you to use to make an educated guess on your predictions which you will make after registration by pressing the button to enter the House in the middle of the page.

 

What you may be missing out on, for example, Tolkano will take 5 rewards points per key if you get 80 rewards points that is 16 keys (16*5K = 80K).  Those rewards points can also be traded in to Tolkano to unlock different armor and weapon skins for you pvp characters, so they look more like leet PvE players in PvP arenas.  However, that means you are using those points up that could be used for getting keys.  I suppose the dilemma is your own when deciding on what to use the points for. 

 

To see how many reward points you have click on the H on your keyboard which is also the same as going to HERO on your MENU button to bring up your character’s interface tabs and go to the Accounts tab.

 

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Tolkano and the Xunlai Tournament Agent can both be accessed from the Temple of Balthazar where PvP characters go after their creation (although you may end up in the attached Isle of the Nameless training yard and may have to go into the Temple gate to be in the town) and Tolkano is also available in your guild hall while the Agent seems to also be available in the capital towns of three campaigns.

 

For those of you who hate farming like myself, but need the funds for your Hall Of Monuments, selling keys every month can help get you the goods for your hall or help someone new raise cash quickly for skills unlocking etc. Don’t miss out on all that gold like I did.  Enjoy your free keys and gold however many they may be, you will lose nothing except the chance to cash in on this opportunity!

Edited by BladeDVD 5/23/2009 12:49 PM (Most Recent)

Nice write up on the Xunlai Tournament House

Got bit by the gambling bug, did you?

Galee

Thank you!

I finally figured out how to get the darn points. Forgot about the Xunlai Tournament Agent in Temple of Balthazar.

Wow, 80 points? Very nice. I only got 30 lol. Hopefully I'll do better next time.

6 Keys!

Thanks a lot, man =)
I had a misconception about this thing but you cleared it up for me ^^

terragale said:

Personally, I'm with you on wanting to make money, but someone in game asked me to clarify that if you get armor or weapon skins using the points, it is actually upgrading the look of the weapon your PVP character has. I think you can give the weapons to your heroes, but the armor is gone if you delete the PVP character, so it works a little differently from the way skill and upgrade unlocks work.

Thanks again though for posting all this. I gave your thread a shout out in ally chat today.

Thank you so much for posting this.  I had never done any predictions before and I did not realize that it was free to try every month.  And just in time to do it for June too!

The Z key surge is on and so is the race to get the newest tonic.  Be sure to check in with a Xunlai Tournament Agent to get your reward points. 

YES! TYVM I won 55 points this month for my very first try. After trading in the points for Z Keys, I opened the chest to find a Diamond Aegis Shield - very pretty! I'm off to make my predicitons for July *waves

Oh yes, big, big thank you for this.

I did it on 2 accounts this time and managed to get 105 points on each one!

Got my zrank on my main account and some keys left over to sell for more title hunting money!

Oh, funny story: I was hitting the z. chest for the last time to get my rank 1 in the title. I had my baby girl on my leg and as I leaned forward to type /zrank to test it out, she banged the keyboard space bar and used one of her daddy's 5k keys to get him a creme brulee! lol

She's not even eight months old yet and she's already spending my money! Better watch out for this one.

July GvG results:
http://guildwars.com/competitive/tournament2008/july/gvgresultselim.php

July 1v1 results:
http://guildwars.com/competitive/tournament2008/july/1v1resultselim.php

I don't think I did very well this time around. The 1v1 were extremely hard to guess. If you are not closely following these games, players name changes can really throw you. 

Same with the GvG eliminations. Some of these top GvG teams have other guilds they use.  So if you are not aware of which guilds house some of the same players then it makes for a more difficult guess.

Oh well, some wins are better than none.

Gimme those Z Keys!

Galee