- For other uses, see Arena (disambiguation).
The Arena of Life and Death is a location in Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer. It can only be reached by taking the coach from either the Guild Caravans in Ravenshore or another one in Garrote Gorge on a Sunday.
Here, the party can talk to the arena master to fight a group of monsters to earn gold. They can only fight once per visit, and they can only visit once a week. The party must choose which level of difficulty to face: page, squire, knight, and lord. Higher difficulty will give stronger monsters, but also gives more money when completed.
The difficulty rises when the players level up, so high-level parties can face great wyrms, crystal guardians and ruby dragons, while first-level parties will encounter pirate seers, young couatls and serpentmen even on the "lord" diffculty.
A defeated monster in the arena gives experience points, but no loot. However, some monsters sometimes drop certain items as usual, such as vials of gog blood from gogs.
The party should use the L-shaped, I-shaped and T-shaped rising and sinking platforms for cover to their advantage when under attack.