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Small Tournament

Small Tournament

Completed the Prove Yourself mission

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How to unlock the Small Tournament achievement in Borderlands - Definitive Guide

The enemies in the arenas scale to the host's level.

Easiet way -

Get a level 10 character to host the game, and 3 other level 50 characters as co-op partners (one level 50 is enough, but you will go through it faster with more people) You will be able to breeze through the levels without any trouble.

its 5 rounds, each with 5 waves. so it will take while. so make sure you have around an hour in your hand, because you cant quit in the middle of an arena.

If you Join some one else's game half way through, you can still get the achievement, as long as you are there at round 5, wave 5. (so if you lag out, just join back in, it wont effect the achievement)

You get 1 skill point for finishing all 3 small arenas in play thorough 1, and another for finishing them in play through 2.


(you have to be atleast a 10/have fast travel to access the mad moxi dlc)
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29 Dec 2009 19:19

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when i started the game i could fast travel to the dlc locations at only lvl 1 with out activating the fast travel
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By finallife6 on 12 Feb 2011 14:57
i did the first arena, hell burbia like two weeks ago with a partner. last night i hosted a game with the same character and finished the gully and angelic ruins, but with an other guy. he said he once tried hell burbia, but did not finish it.
after finishing the two arenas i was missing, he got the achievement the same time as i did, though he had only finished two of them. maybe it was because of me being the host and having the quest ready.
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By exxonic on 08 Sep 2011 19:20
Where do you turn in at? I have no marker or anything
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By Subliminal Cuts on 27 Sep 2011 11:09
Round 4 of the The Gully glitched on me, where no enemies spawned. It worked fine the next time I played.

If this happens to you on any round of any arena, try getting your characters killed by standing next to the barrels and shooting them, and throwing grenades. This might reset it for you.

Otherwise you'll have to just playthrough that challenge from the start again.

I did this with two controllers. The host account was a level 10 and the main account that I wanted the achievement on was joined as player 2, level 40.

I just let my low lvl account die while the higher account killed all of the enemies. It took a while, maybe 40 minutes per arena, but it worked.
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By Saw3d 0ff on 06 Dec 2020 11:55
Like the guy above me said, you don't have to activate the fast travel machine. However, you need to beat the mission "Fix'er Upper", which can be completed in 20 minutes TOPS. Once that mission is completed, you can fast travel to the DLC locations, but not the main story ones, which doesn't matter because the DLC ones are the only ones you need for this and the other 4 achievements in this pack.
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By Link5646 on 12 Jul 2011 04:31
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If you want to solo this achievement I recommend you equip yourself with some ammo and health regeneration mods. I played through this with a level 37 Hunter carrying the Sniper, Gunslinger and Survivor mods. Every class has at least one mod that will regenerate some type of ammo and health.
You can switch between mods quickly as needed depending on circumstances. Since you're playing solo, bringing up your inventory will pause the action so switching mods does not have to be a frantic task.

The health regen is important for the Vampire waves where you lose health over time. My Survivor health regen balanced the Vampire health drain so I didn't have to rush around looking for kills.

By bringing the right mods to Underdome you aren't so dependent on the ammo and health drops between waves. I didn't need to pick up a single drop.

If you don't have the mods you want, you can easily farm for them by starting the game at the Underdome, and do a quick check at the Medical vending machine, You can exit, check and re-enter very quickly. I got the mods I needed in about 20 minutes but remember it's random.

Another consideration is adjusting your skill tree for this type of play. Being spec'd for looting is no help in the Underdome so spend a little money to optimize for health, ammo and damage.

Hope this helps. :)
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17 Jan 2010 14:37

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didnt think of redoing my skill points, good plan!
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By gazhibs on 03 Oct 2012 01:09
The way I did these achievements was very simple. Have your main character to be a high level character from level 50 - 69 if you have the dlcs. Using a seperate profile/gamertag train up a character through the story till they can teleport to 'The Underdome' this'll be around level 10 maybe lower. Then go into a split screen game with your low level account as player 1, use your main higher level account as player 2, the lowest the enemies can be is level 12. Play through the small tournaments, then move on to the big ones, this will still take a fair amount of time, but with your high level character things should be a breeze. Good Luck
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22 Dec 2010 22:52

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I used a level 3 and was able to get there.
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By Kanchanaburi on 12 Feb 2016 20:53
There are 3 arenas: Hell-Burbia, The Angelic Ruins and The Gully. You must complete the smaller tournaments for each arena for the trophy to unlock. There are several ways to complete each smaller tournament:

1) Solo. Grind it out for hours fighting enemies equal to your level.

2) Co-op. Have your main character be a low level (10-20) and your second a high level (50+). Have the low level character start up the smaller tournament(s) you still need to complete and use your high level character to kill enemies. This is the safer method compared to playing solo.

3) Online. Jump in a game that is playing in the tournament(s) you need to still complete. You only need to be present for the last wave of the last round in order to unlock the trophy.

Happy Hunting :)
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05 Mar 2016 19:37

Complete the quest "Prove Yourself." This is the first quest from the bounty board once entering the Underdome. Complete all 5 rounds in Hell-Burbia, The Angelic Ruins, and The Gully. Each arena should take roughly 25 - 40 minutes.

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Complete the quest "Prove Yourself." This is the first quest from the bounty board once entering the Underdome. Complete all 5 rounds in Hell-Burbia, The Angelic Ruins, and The Gully. Each arena should take roughly 25 - 40 minutes.

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To get this trophy you need to complete 5 rounds in each arena (Hell-burbia, The Angelic Ruins and The Gully)
Each round consists of 5 waves:
1: Starter Wave - you have to confront different enemies.
2: Gun Wave - All enemies will have guns
3: Horde Wave - a crowd of psychos will attack you

4:Badass Wave - skirmish with strong enemies

5: Boss Wave - as the name suggests, your opponent will be one of the game’s story bosses, accompanied by a couple of regular mobs.

Enemies start the first round with -4% health, -6% damage and -8% defense, with each new round their health will increase by 2%, damage by 3% and shields by 4%, i.e. on the 3rd round the bonuses will be zero, and on the 4th the enemies will already receive an increase in health, damage and shields by 2%, 3% and 4%.

starting from the 2nd round, the so-called “rules” will be introduced - these are buffs for your enemies or debuffs for you.
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24 Jan 2010 22:54