Retail quest

The Ladder

The Ladder is a World of Warcraft quest for level 10–55. Rewards include 11,250 experience and item rewards.

Quest text

What the quest giver says.

‹name›, ‹class› and ‹race› stand for your character’s.

Within the Theater of Pain, brother, legends rise like cream to the top. Listen to me, brother. If you have the courage to step into that sacred arena, you're going to face the greatest threats in all of existence! The cards will be stacked against you, but only those who can work together will emerge as champions. Gather your team and meet this challenge head on! Enter the Theater of Pain and defeat the opponents within! Prove that you can rise to the top!

Requirements and rewards

What it takes, what it gives.

Requirements

Level 10–55

Rewards

11,250 experience
36g85s50c
+135 reputation with The Undying Army

Choose one of

Ruthless Contender's Rod · Discipline, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Restoration, Elemental, Shadow, Fire, Devastation, Preservation, Holy, Augmentation, Frost, Arcane, Restoration, Balance, Mistweaver
Ruthless Contender's Staff · Feral, Guardian, Survival, Brewmaster, Windwalker
Ruthless Contender's Crossbow · Beast Mastery, Marksmanship
Ruthless Contender's Warglaive · Devourer, Vengeance, Havoc
Ruthless Contender's Wand · Frost, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Fire, Holy, Discipline, Arcane, Destruction
Ruthless Contender's Steel · Frost, Protection, Protection
Ruthless Contender's Spellblade · Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Augmentation, Holy, Mistweaver, Frost, Devastation, Devourer, Arcane, Fire, Preservation
Ruthless Contender's Tome · Mistweaver, Frost, Fire, Devastation, Augmentation, Preservation, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Balance, Restoration, Arcane
Ruthless Contender's Hammer · Enhancement, Outlaw, Brewmaster, Windwalker
Ruthless Contender's Sword · Windwalker, Brewmaster, Vengeance, Havoc, Survival, Outlaw
Ruthless Contender's Shield · Holy, Elemental, Restoration, Protection, Protection
Ruthless Contender's Blade · Restoration, Arcane, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Balance, Devourer, Fire, Frost, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Restoration, Elemental

Source

Where this data comes from.

Read from Blizzard's official World of Warcraft API.

Data from Blizzard’s official World of Warcraft API, retrieved Oct 5, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC. World of Warcraft and its game data are © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. NeedBeforeGreed isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Blizzard.

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