Shadowfang Keep Dungeon Guide

Last updated on Jul 29, 2024 at 00:00 by Abide

In Cataclysm, Shadowfang Keep underwent a revamp, changing from the previous Worgen stronghold to now being overrun with the Undead. Players will need to explore its dark halls and face off against the cursed inhabitants to unravel the mysteries within.

1.

Shadowfang Keep Entrance Location

Shadowfang Keep is found in Silverpine Forest on the Southwestern edge of the zone. Alliance players will need to fly to Hillsbrad Foothills first, or simply queue up for the dungeon.

2.

Overview of Bosses in Shadowfang Keep

Here we will give you a full rundown of what you can expect from each of the bosses found here on both Normal and Heroic difficulties as well as the items they drop.

2.1.

Baron Ashbury

  • Baron Ashbury Asphyxiate Icon Asphyxiate
  • Stay of Execution Icon Stay of Execution
  • Pain and Suffering Icon Pain and Suffering
  • Wracking Pain Icon Wracking Pain
  • Calamity Icon Calamity

Shortly after being engaged, and periodically throughout the fight, Baron Ashbury will use Asphyxiate Icon Asphyxiate on the entire group. This will deal massive damage to the entire group, leaving everyone at 1 health. Immediately following Asphyxiate Icon Asphyxiate, Baron Ashbury will channel Stay of Execution Icon Stay of Execution, healing himself any anyone nearby every second. Allow 1 or 2 ticks of the heal to go off before interrupting to to prevent him from healing himself too much.

Be ready to also interrupt any Pain and Suffering Icon Pain and Suffering casts as these can easily kill low health targets when the damage ramps up. Baron Ashbury will also cast Wracking Pain Icon Wracking Pain from time-to-time, dealing Shadow damage to all enemies and increasing their Shadow damage taken by 20% per stack. Lastly, at 25% health, he will cast Calamity Icon Calamity, transforming, dealing Shadow damage to all enemies every second, and increasing all Shadow damage taken by targets by 1% per second. This can quickly lead to a wipe if you have low damage or you transition at 25% right after a Asphyxiate Icon Asphyxiate.

2.1.1.

Loot from Normal

Item Required Level Item Type
Wolfmaster Cape Icon Wolfmaster Cape 16 Back
Baron's Scepter Icon Baron's Scepter 16 One-Hand Mace
Robes of Arugal Icon Robes of Arugal 16 Cloth Chest
2.1.2.

Loot from Heroic

Item Required Level Item Type
Baron Ashbury's Cuffs Icon Baron Ashbury's Cuffs 85 Cloth Wrist
Boots of the Predator Icon Boots of the Predator 85 Leather Feet
Gloves of the Greymane Wall Icon Gloves of the Greymane Wall 85 Plate Hands
Robes of Arugal Icon Robes of Arugal 85 Cloth Chest
Traitor's Grips Icon Traitor's Grips 85 Mail Hands
2.2.

Baron Silverlaine

  • Baron Silverlaine Veil of Shadow Icon Veil of Shadow
  • Cursed Veil Icon Cursed Veil
  • Summon Worgen Spirit Icon Summon Worgen Spirit
    • Odo the Blindwatcher
      • Howling Rage Icon Howling Rage
      • Blinding Shadows Icon Blinding Shadows
    • Razorclaw the Butcher
      • Spectral Rush Icon Spectral Rush
      • Butcher Drain Icon Butcher Drain
    • Rethilgore
      • Soul Drain Icon Soul Drain
    • Wolf Master Nandos
      • Claw Icon Claw
      • Summon Lupine Spirit Icon Summon Lupine Spirit
        • Lupine Spectre

Baron Silverlaine will often use Summon Worgen Spirit Icon Summon Worgen Spirit, calling either Odo the Blindwatcher, Razorclaw the Butcher, Rethilgore, or Wolf Master Nandos to aid him in battle. Simply have the tank pick these Worgens up and continue to burn Baron Silverlaine down. If your tank gets debuffed with Veil of Shadow Icon Veil of Shadow, quickly dispel it as it reduces healing received by 75%.

2.2.1.

Loot from Normal

Item Required Level Item Type
Baron's Scepter Icon Baron's Scepter 16 One-Hand Mace
Silverlaine's Family Seal Icon Silverlaine's Family Seal 16 Finger
Girdle of the Blindwatcher Icon Girdle of the Blindwatcher 16 Leather Waist
Rift Bracers Icon Rift Bracers 16 Mail Wrist
Rugged Spaulders Icon Rugged Spaulders 16 Leather Shoulder
2.2.2.

Loot from Heroic

Item Required Level Item Type
Baron Silverlaine's Greaves Icon Baron Silverlaine's Greaves 85 Plate Feet
Baroness Silverlaine's Locket Icon Baroness Silverlaine's Locket 85 Neck
Boots of Lingering Sorrow Icon Boots of Lingering Sorrow 85 Cloth Feet
Gloves of the Uplifted Cup Icon Gloves of the Uplifted Cup 85 Leather Feet
Pendant of the Keep Icon Pendant of the Keep 85 Neck
2.3.

Commander Springvale

  • Commander Springvale Malefic Strike Icon Malefic Strike
  • Shield of the Perfidious Icon Shield of the Perfidious
  • Desecration Icon Desecration
  • Word of Shame Icon Word of Shame
  • Wailing Guardsman
  • Tormented Officer

Commander Springvale starts of with a Wailing Guardsman and Tormented Officer at his side, and will frequently call in 2 more to aid him throughout the fight. These adds need to be focused down quickly before they buff the boss with Unholy Empowerment Icon Unholy Empowerment. Commander Springvale himself will use Desecration Icon Desecration on a random target, which must be moved out of quickly.

When Commander Springvale reaches 3 stacks of Unholy Empowerment Icon Unholy Empowerment either through the adds or from Malefic Strike Icon Malefic Strike, he will use one of two abilities. Shield of the Perfidious Icon Shield of the Perfidious will blast a cone attack in front of him, dealing high Shadow damage to all targets in the area. Word of Shame Icon Word of Shame will debuff a random target, dealing 5% of their health every 3 seconds until the end of the fight.

2.3.1.

Loot from Normal

Item Required Level Item Type
Arced War Axe Icon Arced War Axe 16 Two-Hand Axe
Commander's Crest Icon Commander's Crest 16 Shield
Eerie Stable Lantern Icon Eerie Stable Lantern 16 Off-Hand
2.3.2.

Loot from Heroic

Item Required Level Item Type
Arced War Axe Icon Arced War Axe 85 Two-Hand Axe
Breastplate of the Stilled Heart Icon Breastplate of the Stilled Heart 85 Mail Chest
Haunting Footfalls Icon Haunting Footfalls 85 Mail Feet
Springvale's Cloak Icon Springvale's Cloak 85 Back
Thieving Spaulders Icon Thieving Spaulders 85 Leather Shoulder
2.4.

Lord Walden

  • Lord Walden Ice Shards Icon Ice Shards
  • Conjure Poisonous Mixture Icon Conjure Poisonous Mixture
  • Conjure Frost Mixture Icon Conjure Frost Mixture
  • Conjure Mystery Toxin Icon Conjure Mystery Toxin
  • Toxic Catalyst Icon Toxic Catalyst

Lord Walden will be constantly casting either Conjure Poisonous Mixture Icon Conjure Poisonous Mixture or Conjure Frost Mixture Icon Conjure Frost Mixture, giving him a vial that he will throw at random throughout the fight. Be aware of these projectiles and quickly move away from them. He will also throw out Ice Shards Icon Ice Shards all over the room, avoid being in their indicated landing locations. Sometimes he will instead cast a Conjure Mystery Toxin Icon Conjure Mystery Toxin, creating either a Green Mixture or a Red Mixture. If it's a Green Mixture, players must keep moving; if it's a Red Mixture, players must not move.

2.4.1.

Loot from Normal

Item Required Level Item Type
Eerie Stable Lantern Icon Eerie Stable Lantern 16 Off-Hand
Butcher's Cleaver Icon Butcher's Cleaver 16 One-Hand Axe
Black Wolf Bracers Icon Black Wolf Bracers 16 Leather Wrist
Phantom Armor Icon Phantom Armor 16 Mail Chest
2.4.2.

Loot from Heroic

Item Required Level Item Type
Blinders of the Follower Icon Blinders of the Follower 85 Cloth Head
Burden of Lost Humanity Icon Burden of Lost Humanity 85 Mail Shoulder
Double Dealing Bracers Icon Double Dealing Bracers 85 Leather Wrist
Iron Will Girdle Icon Iron Will Girdle 85 Plate Waist
Phantom Armor Icon Phantom Armor 85 Plate Chest
2.5.

Lord Godfrey

  • Lord Godfrey Cursed Bullets Icon Cursed Bullets
  • Pistol Barrage Icon Pistol Barrage
  • Mortal Wound Icon Mortal Wound
  • Summon Bloodthirsty Ghouls Icon Summon Bloodthirsty Ghouls
    • Bloodthirsty Ghoul

Start the fight by pulling Lord Godfrey down into the bottom of the room. He will frequently use Summon Bloodthirsty Ghouls Icon Summon Bloodthirsty Ghouls to call multiple Bloodthirsty Ghouls to aid him in combat. After summoning these ghouls, Lord Godfrey will cast Pistol Barrage Icon Pistol Barrage, dealing high damage to all targets in a cone in front of him. The tank should try to drag the Bloodthirsty Ghouls into the Pistol Barrage Icon Pistol Barrage to quickly kill them. Lastly, interrupt the Cursed Bullets Icon Cursed Bullets casts as these deal high Shadow damage to random targets.

2.5.1.

Loot from Normal

Item Required Level Item Type
Feline Mantle Icon Feline Mantle 16 Cloth Shoulder
Haunting Blade Icon Haunting Blade 16 Two-Hand Sword
Meteor Shard Icon Meteor Shard 16 One-Hand Dagger
Odo's Ley Staff Icon Odo's Ley Staff 16 Staff
2.5.2.

Loot from Heroic

Item Required Level Item Type
Greaves of the Misguided Icon Greaves of the Misguided 85 Plate Legs
Helm of Untold Stories Icon Helm of Untold Stories 85 Plate Head
Lord Walden's Breastplate Icon Lord Walden's Breastplate 85 Plate Chest
Mantle of Loss Icon Mantle of Loss 85 Cloth Shoulder
Mantle of the Eastern Lords Icon Mantle of the Eastern Lords 85 Cloth Shoulder
Meteor Shard Icon Meteor Shard 85 One-Hand Dagger
Relic of Arathor Icon Relic of Arathor 85 Relic
Shackles of Undeath Icon Shackles of Undeath 85 Plate Wrist
Staff of Isolation Icon Staff of Isolation 85 Staff
Worgen Hunter's Helm Icon Worgen Hunter's Helm 85 Mail Head
3.

Shadowfang Keep Quests

Starting in Cataclysm, dungeon quests are found directly inside the dungeon and have no quest chains required. This means you can simply queue up for the dungeon and grab all of the available quests inside without needing to complete long-winded, complicated quest chains! The following quests are found inside the dungeon:

  1. Alliance Icon Sniffing Them Out / Horde Icon This Land is Our Land
  2. Alliance Icon Armored to the Teeth / Horde Icon Plague...Plague Everywhere!
  3. Alliance Icon Fighting Tooth and Claw / Horde Icon Orders Are For the Living
  4. Alliance Icon Fury of the Pack / Horde Icon Sweet, Merciless Revenge
4.

Shadowfang Keep Achievements in Cataclysm

Achievement Description
Bullet Time Icon Bullet Time Defeat 12 Bloodthirsty Ghouls with Pistol Barrage and then defeat Lord Godfrey in Shadowfang Keep on Heroic Difficulty.
Pardon Denied Icon Pardon Denied Defeat Baron Ashbury without letting him heal with Stay of Execution in Shadowfang Keep on Heroic Difficulty.
To the Ground! Icon To the Ground! Defeat Commander Springvale without allowing him to receive Unholy Empowerment in Shadowfang Keep on Heroic Difficulty.
Shadowfang Keep Icon Shadowfang Keep Defeat Lord Godfrey.
Heroic: Shadowfang Keep Icon Heroic: Shadowfang Keep Defeat Lord Godfrey in Shadowfang Keep on Heroic Difficulty.
Heroic: Shadowfang Keep Guild Run Icon Heroic: Shadowfang Keep Guild Run Defeat Lord Godfrey in Shadowfang Keep on Heroic difficulty while in a guild group.
5.

Changelog

  • 30 Jul. 2024: Page reviewed for phase two.
  • 20 May 2024: Added page.
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