Kingdom Come: Deliverance
82 Achievements
2,080
226-294h
Arena Master
Everyone recognises you at first sight as the Rattay tourney champion.
30
2.67%
How to unlock the Arena Master achievement in Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Definitive Guide
Travel to the upper Rattay castle, and find “Herald” sitting next to the fighting area. Talk to him to learn the rules, then select: “I want to enrol in the tourney!”.
if the response is “you have to wait”.. then wait a day and try again. (can take up to 7 days).
As HellCreeper666 mentioned:
You need to fight the tournament 5 times to get a full set of Armour from Sir Hanush.
One tournament = 6 fights (if you win).
Thats a total of 30 fights won, for the Achievement to unlock.
I played through the entire game only using the bow, so my sword skills were really low.
My strategy:
Starting each roud, pushing the enemy into the corner, making it difficult for them to dodge your attacks,
See video for an example:
DO NOT EVEN ATTEMPT THIS UNTIL YOU DO ALL TRAINING WITH CAPTAIN BERNARD
For whatever reason, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED to do any tricks like clinching UNTIL you learn it from Bernard. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED to counter until you learn it from Bernard. They, however, are not Henry, and they can bash your head in with the hilt of their sword all they like, and you can't do anything about it. All of your combos outside of slash-stab-repeat are locked behind perk points.
IMO, combat is busted, so good luck with this one, especially if you've just started.
Something else that bugs me is that the enemy can send his shortsword straight for your eye (hits your chest/neck) over your shield and Henry doesn't instinctively raise his shield to stop it. You don't need training to cover your frickin eyes.
You'll obtain the activity "Rattay Tourney" early on in the game but I recommend waiting to do it until you have a decent amount of experience in combat, as the fights can be rather challenging. You're not allowed to use your own weapons or armor. When you're ready, you can enroll by talking with the Herald. If you wish, you can talk to Sir Hans Capon and he'll make you his page for the tournament and pay for the entry cost. I'm not sure if this has any effect on the tournament whether you become his page or not. Also, the Headcracker perk has no effect here so don't bother with that.
There is 5 different tournaments you'll need to compete in to get all 5 pieces of armor. There are 3 different people you'll need to face in each tournament in a best 2 out of 3. The first round you are able to pick your weapon, the second and third one is chosen for you.
These pieces of armor you are going to collect include: Lords of Leipa Gauntlets, Pauldrons, Hounskull, Chausses and the Cuirass.