Huntmaster Draeven
Control the risen shades and defeat them before the eclipse renews them.
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Huntmaster Draeven stalks the Ravine and Crypt. He repeatedly raises shades, turning the encounter into a fight for control of accumulating adds.
Know your role
Tanks
- Pick up new shades promptly and keep the battle near Draeven's home.
- Watch for renewed shades returning at full strength if older adds survive too long.
Healers
- Expect pressure to rise when shades spawn and when surviving shades renew.
- Stay on the battle's floor and inside the boundary so healing is accepted.
Damage dealers
- Assign damage to shades before their one-minute renewal.
- Use the fifteen-second warning to finish older shades before they return at full strength.
Encounter progression
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Every 30 seconds during combat
Break the Hunt Seal
Draeven attempts to summon two shades, up to four living shades at a time. Shades that survive for one minute are replaced by renewed shades.
Abilities & mechanics
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Risen Shades Defeat the adds before their one-minute renewal.
Draeven summons two shades every 30 seconds while fewer than four are alive. They enter the battle against eligible raiders.
At 45 seconds of age, a warning announces that the oldest shades have fifteen seconds remaining. At one minute, surviving shades dissolve and are replaced at full strength.
Field notes
Stay in the battle
Fight near the boss's home. Raiders and their pets must remain within 180 paces of the boss and within 30 paces vertically; attacks and aid from outside that boundary are rejected.
If no eligible living raider remains in the arena, or the boss is pulled too far from home, a warning precedes an encounter reset. Keep healers and resurrection targets inside the battle.
Control the hunt
Use the oldest-shade warning to set priorities. Leaving an almost defeated shade alive through its renewal loses the damage already dealt.
Seasonal victory
A confirmed seasonal kill announces the guild or character victory, identifying the regular or Bloodbound covenant. Pet kills credit their player owner. In-game announcements use the Event Messages chat filter.
Encounter rewards
Equipment
One item is selected from this six-item pool.
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- Undiscovered item
Guardian relic
Two copies accompany the equipment reward.
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