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The Butcher
Details
This roster comes from the current game client's data files, so it is not a complete list of every NPC in the game - older world NPCs that are no longer in the modern client are absent.
The Butcher at a Glance
What does The Butcher do?
Dungeon journal bossHighmaul
Boss Encounter
The Butcher appears as a raid or dungeon boss. See the encounter page for its instance.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for the The Butcher encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
The Butcher attacks relentlessly, hacking at his foes with his dual implements of destruction. His main abilities seek to target large clumps of enemies, and positioning is key to handling and overcoming his attacks.
Damage Dealers
- Players in melee range must form clumps of varying sizes throughout the fight to manage the Butcher's Cleave and allow Gushing Wounds to fade.
- Players at range must clump in order to survive the Butcher's Bounding Cleave sequence.
Healers
- Groups that are struck by Cleave suffer periodic damage from Gushing Wounds, which can stack.
- All players in the raid suffer Physical damage when the Butcher begins his Bounding Cleave sequence.
Tanks
- Heavy Handed causes the Butcher to attack the player closest to his current target with a copy of all of his melee attacks. These attacks can be mitigated and avoided as usual. If another player is not close enough, the second attack will trigger on the primary target.
- The Tenderizer will always hit. It cannot be dodged or parried, but it can be blocked.
- The Cleaver will only apply its damage over time effect if the attack successfully lands on its target.
Heavy Handed
All of the Butcher's standard auto attacks trigger a second attack on the next closest target within 5 yards. If no target is found, the primary target is struck again.
The Cleaver
Spell details
The Tenderizer
Spell details
Meat Hook
Spell details
Cleave
Spell detailsBounding Cleave
When the Butcher reaches 100 Energy he begins the Bounding Cleave sequence by knocking all players back, then charging to a clump at range and cleaving targets within that clump.
Gushing Wounds
Spell detailsFrenzy
After the Butcher reaches 30% health remaining, he Frenzies. While Frenzied the Butcher deals 10% more damage and attacks 30% faster.
Night-Twisted Cadaver
In Mythic Difficulty, Night-Twisted Cadavers will spawn and walk towards The Butcher in a final, vain attempt to slay him. When the Cadaver reaches The Butcher or when they walk near a player, they will Explode, leaving a pool of Pale Vitriol behind for the duration of the encounter.
Paleobomb
Spell details
Pale Vitriol
Spell details3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops in Highmaul
Loot the dungeon journal lists for the The Butcher encounter.
Belt of Bloody Guts
Bloodstone Seal
Bonebreaker Boots
Bracers of Spare Skin
Butcher's Bloody Cleaver
Butcher's Cruel Chopper
Butcher's Terrible Tenderizer
Cloak of Frenzied Rage
Emblem of Gushing Wounds
Entrail Squishers
Flenser's Hookring
Fleshhook Cloak
Gauntlets of the Heavy Hand
Gutwrench Ring
Hood of Dispassionate Execution
Meatmonger's Gory Grips
Ogre-Eater Treads
Scales of Doom
Slaughterhouse Spaulders
Spine-Ripper Bracers
Sterilized Handwraps
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
Level and Map Tracking
The game data tunes The Butcher for levels 10 to 40, Warlords of Draenor content.
What Each Drop Is
The The Butcher encounter lists 21 items in the dungeon journal, item level 44. Equip slots covered: Waist, Finger, Feet, Wrist, One-Hand, Back, Trinket, Hands, Head and Shoulder. 2 of them can be traded and 19 bind when picked up.
- Belt of Bloody Guts Waist (Leather), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 20 gold38 silver for it.
- Bloodstone Seal Finger, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 22 gold97 silver for it.
- Bonebreaker Boots Feet (Mail), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 28 gold49 silver for it.
- Bracers of Spare Skin Wrist (Leather), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 19 gold71 silver for it.
- Butcher's Bloody Cleaver One-Hand (One-Handed Axe), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 54 gold39 silver for it.
- Butcher's Cruel Chopper One-Hand (One-Handed Axe), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 53 gold59 silver for it.
- Butcher's Terrible Tenderizer One-Hand (One-Handed Mace), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 121 gold50 silver for it.
- Cloak of Frenzied Rage Back (Cloth), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 33 gold78 silver for it.
- Emblem of Gushing Wounds Trinket, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect and Haste. A vendor pays 11 silver35 copper for it.
- Entrail Squishers Feet (Plate), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 29 gold24 silver for it.
- Flenser's Hookring Finger, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 24 gold38 silver for it.
- Fleshhook Cloak Back (Cloth), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. Tooltip: “The hooks demand a price for protection.” A vendor pays 26 gold95 silver for it.
- Gauntlets of the Heavy Hand Hands (Plate), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Equip. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 19 gold57 silver for it. Lowest listed price right now: 232 gold48 silver across 46 US realms.
- Gutwrench Ring Finger, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 28 gold46 silver for it.
- Hood of Dispassionate Execution Head (Mail), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 28 gold71 silver for it.
- Meatmonger's Gory Grips Hands (Cloth), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Equip. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 19 gold43 silver for it. Lowest listed price right now: 100 gold across 48 US realms.
- Ogre-Eater Treads Feet (Plate), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 28 gold29 silver for it.
- Scales of Doom Trinket, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility. A vendor pays 11 gold79 silver for it. Equip: Item - Attacks Proc Mastery [Balanced Fate].
- Slaughterhouse Spaulders Shoulder (Cloth), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 28 gold82 silver for it.
- Spine-Ripper Bracers Wrist (Leather), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 18 gold93 silver for it.
- Sterilized Handwraps Hands (Cloth), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 18 gold59 silver for it.
Read from the current game build's item data. Listed prices come from our latest US Auction House scan; a drop that binds when picked up never has one.
In the Client Files
Standing toward playersHostile
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a reference to the(nightmare inducing)butcher from diablo 1.
The icon for the butcher in the dungeon journal has two eyes and a horn. His actual model has one eye and his horn is cut off.
✧･ﾟ:*The more you know *:･ﾟ✧
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Game Data
Creature ID87447
Display ID53855
Faction template14
Content tuning301
Held item IDs109166, 109165
