Epoch Hunter

Epoch Hunter
Title(s)	The Dragon The Beast
Race	infinite drake (Dragonkin)
Level	[[NPC level::68 Elite (Normal)]]
Affiliation	Infinite dragonflight
Location	Tarren Mill, Old Hillsbrad Foothills
Status	Killable
See
Escape from Durnholde Keep
Lieutenant Drake Captain Skarloc Epoch Hunter Don Carlos (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) NPCs Thrall Other Caverns of Time instances Opening the Dark Portal (5) Battle for Mount Hyjal (25) Culling of Stratholme (5)

[[Category:Level 68 Elite (Normal) NPCs]]

Epoch Hunter is a drake boss of the infinite dragonflight that attacks the young Thrall and his rescuers during his Escape from Durnholde Keep inside the Caverns of Time. Epoch Hunter appears after you have escorted Thrall to Tarren Mill and found Taretha inside the inn.

Epoch Hunter is voiced by Michael McConnohie.

Attacks and Abilities

This fight starts with Epoch Hunter swooping in from above. He keeps flying over Tarren Mill, but he is not attackable at first. He will send 3 waves of adds.

Wave 1: trash, west

• Infinite Defiler x1 - Infinite Slayer/Infinite Saboteur x2

Wave 2: trash, south

• Infinite Defiler x1 - Infinite Slayer/Infinite Saboteur x2

Wave 3: trash, west

• Infinite Defiler x1 - Infinite Slayer/Infinite Saboteur x3

Intermission

• Now there will be a small pause. Use it to get your health and mana back up. You can use regular food at this moment so save your potions!

Wave 4: Epoch Hunter, west

• Sand Breath: Cone-shaped Arcane damage.
• Impending Doom: Non-dispellable DoT which does 750 Shadow damage every 3 seconds. Removed by the Rogue ability Cloak of Shadows.
• Knockback
• Disrupt Magic: An aura that dispels 1 buff from each player within 45 yards every 3 seconds. Can be stolen and prevented by Spellsteal, but it is recast every 10 seconds. Warning: This makes paladin tanking impossibly hard since you can't keep Righteous Fury up. You have to hold him with constant taunts.

Strategies

This is a longer fight than any of the other bosses in this encounter, so healing and mana users be ready. (Be sure Evocation, Innervate, and Shadowfiend are off cooldown.)

Defeat the three waves of adds as you did in the barn, church, and inn. They are affected by all forms of CC that work on Dragonkin. The Defilers, which love to hang back and spam Shadowbolt, are an excellent target for Hibernate.

Boss Seeing as he has a nasty knockback, he is best tanked near the northwestern small house of Tarren Mill, under the outside roof of it. This way, the tank can grab aggro quickly again. Watch out for his breath, and healers should watch out for his DoT. After he is dead, Old Hillsbrad Foothills will do its last little cinematic.

For the entire instance, Thrall can die nineteen times and the encounter can be reset from the Keep, outside Tarren Mill, or beside Taretha ,depending on how far through you are. (Prior to Patch 2.2.0, Thrall could only die twice.)

Important note! If Thrall does die the last time and you have reached the last boss, the boss will be found hovering in the center of town. Thrall is dead. You can engage the boss and fight as normal, but since Thrall must strike the killing blow, the boss will persist indefinitely at 1% health. He will also taunt you by saying that Thrall is dead and "you lose". Save your strength (and your repair bill) and reset the instance after your twentieth failure. (This is unconfirmed since Patch 2.2.0.)

When Thrall dies, you must walk back into the inn and find him upstairs. Talk to him to start the boss fight again.

Loot

Normal

Design: Circlet of Arcane Might Binds when picked up Requires Jewelcrafting (370) Use: Teaches you how to craft a Circlet of Arcane Might. [Circlet of Arcane Might] Requires Felsteel Bar (20) Primal Mana (20) Star of Elune (2) Mercurial Adamantite (5) 1 Charges Broxigar's Ring of Valor Item Level 103 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Finger +21 Strength +19 Stamina Requires level 66 Equip: Improves resilience rating by 21. Sell Price: 3 66 45 Diamond Prism of Recurrence Item Level 103 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Neck +20 Spirit +18 Intellect +12 Stamina Requires level 66 Equip: Increases spell power by 14. Sell Price: 1 23 77 Mantle of Perenolde Item Level 103 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Leather Shoulder 197 Armor +24 Stamina Red Socket Red Socket Socket Bonus: +3 Dodge Rating Durability 60 / 60 Requires level 66 Equip: Improves hit rating by 23. Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 23. Equip: Increases attack power by 20. Sell Price: 2 96 89 Pauldrons of Sufferance Item Level 103 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Cloth Shoulder 105 Armor +19 Spirit +13 Intellect +18 Stamina Blue Socket Yellow Socket Durability 50 / 50 Requires level 66 Equip: Increases spell power by 19. Sell Price: 2 36 63 Time-Shifted Dagger Item Level 103 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Dagger Main Hand Speed 1.70 37 - 103 Damage (41.4 damage per second) +15 Intellect +15 Stamina Durability 65 / 65 Requires level 66 Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 13. Equip: Increases spell power by 85. Sell Price: 7 82 96

Heroic

Cord of Sanctification Item Level 110 Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Cloth Waist 105 Armor +24 Intellect +25 Stamina Durability 35 / 35 Requires level 70 Equip: Increases spell power by 33. Equip: Restores 7 mana per 5 sec. Sell Price: 2 14 6 Greaves of the Martyr Item Level 110 Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Legs 1216 Armor +27 Intellect +38 Strength +30 Stamina Red Socket Blue Socket Blue Socket Durability 120 / 120 Requires level 70 Equip: Restores 8 mana per 5 sec. Sell Price: 7 78 57 Nightfall Wristguards Item Level 110 Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Leather Wrist 153 Armor +24 Agility +22 Stamina Durability 40 / 40 Requires level 70 Equip: Increases attack power by 46. Sell Price: 2 91 63 Wyrmscale Greaves Item Level 110 Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Mail Legs 681 Armor +32 Intellect Blue Socket Blue Socket Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +8 Attack Power Durability 105 / 105 Requires level 70 Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 26. Equip: Increases attack power by 64. Equip: Restores 6 mana per 5 sec. Sell Price: 6 62 41 Arcanist's Stone Item Level 115 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket Requires level 70 Equip: Improves hit rating by 25. Use: Increases spell power by 167 for 20 sec. Sell Price: 1 Doomplate Warhelm Item Level 115 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Plate Head 946 Armor +34 Strength +39 Stamina Red Socket Meta Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Hit Rating Durability 80 / 80 Requires level 70 Sell Price: 4 70 53 Set: Doomplate Battlegear (1/5) Epoch's Whispering Cinch Item Level 115 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Leather Waist 164 Armor +25 Agility +24 Stamina Durability 35 / 35 Requires level 70 Equip: Increases attack power by 40. Equip: Improves hit rating by 17. Hauberk of Desolation Item Level 115 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Mail Chest 652 Armor +25 Intellect +28 Stamina Yellow Socket Yellow Socket Red Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Crit Rating Durability 120 / 120 Requires level 70 Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 16. Equip: Increases attack power by 50. Sell Price: 5 5 52 Set: Desolation Battlegear (1/5) Mana-Etched Vestments Item Level 115 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Cloth Chest 156 Armor +25 Stamina +25 Intellect Red Socket Blue Socket Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +5 Spell Power Durability 80 / 80 Requires level 70 Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 17. Equip: Increases spell power by 29. Sell Price: 3 57 71 Set: Mana-Etched Regalia (1/5) Necklace of Resplendent Hope Item Level 115 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Neck Requires level 70 Equip: Increases spell power by 28. Equip: Restores 9 mana per 5 sec. Sell Price: 2 24 64 Reaver of the Infinites Item Level 115 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Axe Two-Hand Speed 3.60 268 - 403 Damage (93.2 damage per second) +22 Stamina Red Socket Yellow Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Resilience Rating Durability 100 / 100 Requires level 70 Equip: Improves resilience rating by 27. Equip: Increases attack power by 50. Sell Price: 10 81 22 Resounding Ring of Glory Item Level 115 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Unique Finger +24 Strength +24 Stamina Requires level 70 Equip: Improves hit rating by 15. Sparking Arcanite Ring Item Level 115 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Finger +14 Intellect +13 Stamina Requires level 70 Equip: Improves hit rating by 10. Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 14. Equip: Increases spell power by 22. Sell Price: 8 37 97 Timeslicer Item Level 115 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Dagger One-Hand Speed 1.40 80 - 121 Damage (71.8 damage per second) +13 Stamina Durability 65 / 65 Requires level 70 Equip: Increases attack power by 30. Equip: Increases your expertise rating by 15. Sell Price: 9 1 22 Wastewalker Helm Item Level 115 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Leather Head 237 Armor +30 Stamina Blue Socket Meta Socket Socket Bonus: +8 Attack Power Durability 60 / 60 Requires level 70 Equip: Improves hit rating by 18. Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 22. Equip: Increases attack power by 56. Sell Price: 3 35 51 Set: Wastewalker Armor (1/5) Wyrmfury Pauldrons Item Level 115 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Mail Shoulder 489 Armor +25 Agility +20 Intellect +18 Stamina Durability 70 / 70 Requires level 70 Equip: Increases attack power by 50. Sell Price: 4 14 67 Dazzling Chrysoprase Item Level 70 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up +5 Intellect and 2 mana per 5 sec. "Matches a Yellow or Blue Socket." Sell Price: 3 Empowered Fire Opal Item Level 70 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up +8 Attack Power and +5 Resilience Rating "Matches a Red or Yellow Socket." Sell Price: 3 Enduring Chrysoprase Item Level 70 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable +6 Stamina and +5 Defense Rating "Matches a Yellow or Blue Socket." Sell Price: 3 200200 Badge of Justice Item Level 70 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Requires level 70 2020 Primal Nether Item Level 65 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Sell Price: 1 60 Epoch Hunter's Head Item Level 1 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Quest Item Unique "It'll look fine mounted just so long as the wind trader's customer has plenty of wall space."

Quotes

Epoch Hunter, like others of the infinite brood, has a deep voice that echoes and rasps.

Intro:

• Thrall! Come outside and face your fate!
• Taretha's life hangs in the balance. Surely you care for her. Surely you wish to save her...
• Ah, there you are. I had hoped to accomplish this with a bit of subtlety, but I suppose direct confrontation was inevitable. Your future, Thrall, must not come to pass and so...you and your troublesome friends must die!

Aggro:

• Enough! I will erase your very existence!
• You cannot fight fate!

Breath:

• Not so fast!
• Struggle as much as you like!

Killing a player:

• You are...irrelevant.
• Thrall will remain a slave. Taretha will die. You have failed.

Death:

• No!...The master... will not... be pleased.

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