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Brackenhide Hollow

Hackclaw's War-Band Guide

Hackclaw's War-Band in Brackenhide Hollow, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.

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30-second TL;DR

Adventure Guide says

  • All three gnolls of the war-band assault players together.
  • When any member of the war-band reaches 15% remaining health, Tricktotem will cast Bloodfrenzy.
  • Tanks: Rira will inflict intense physical damage to the first person in her path when she uses Savage Charge
  • Healers: Players who are Marked for Butchery will take intense damage.
  • Damage dealers: Tricktotem will attempt to heal her allies with Greater Healing Rapids

Overview

Adventure Guide says

All three gnolls of the war-band assault players together. When any member of the war-band reaches 15% remaining health, Tricktotem will cast Bloodfrenzy. Upon reaching 100 energy, Rira Hackclaw will call for a combined attack with Gashtooth and Tricktotem. The war-band performs Hextrick Totem, Decayed Senses, and Savage Charge in a ferocious sequence.

  • Tricktotem will attempt to heal her allies with Greater Healing Rapids
  • Hextrick Totem will incapacitate a player for as long as it survives.
  • Tricktotem will cast Bloodfrenzy when any member of the war-band drops below 15% remaining health.
  • Players who are Marked for Butchery will take intense damage.
  • Gash Frenzy continues to cause the target to bleed until they are healed above 90% health.
  • Decayed Senses causes the target to take massively increased Physical Damage.
  • Rira will inflict intense physical damage to the first person in her path when she uses Savage Charge
  • Tricktotem will attempt to heal her allies with Greater Healing Rapids
  • Tricktotem will cast Bloodfrenzy when any member of the War-Band drops below 15% health.

Tank mechanics

Adventure Guide says

  • Rira will inflict intense physical damage to the first person in her path when she uses Savage Charge
  • Tricktotem will attempt to heal her allies with Greater Healing Rapids
  • Tricktotem will cast Bloodfrenzy when any member of the War-Band drops below 15% health.

Healer mechanics

Adventure Guide says

  • Players who are Marked for Butchery will take intense damage.
  • Gash Frenzy continues to cause the target to bleed until they are healed above 90% health.
  • Decayed Senses causes the target to take massively increased Physical Damage.

DPS mechanics

Adventure Guide says

  • Tricktotem will attempt to heal her allies with Greater Healing Rapids
  • Hextrick Totem will incapacitate a player for as long as it survives.
  • Tricktotem will cast Bloodfrenzy when any member of the war-band drops below 15% remaining health.

Boss abilities

AbilityAdventure GuideNotes
Prey on the Weak
Predatory Instincts
Savage Charge
Bladestorm
Cleave
Decayed Senses
Gash Frenzy
Marked for Butchery
Hextrick Totem
Hextrick
Greater Healing Rapids
Bloodfrenzy
Earth Bolt
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Loot

Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.

Ancestral StoneshaperBloodied Wedding RingFrenzying Signoll FlarePoached Kalu'ak SpearRavenous Pursuer's Footwraps

Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog

Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.

Achievements

Brackenhide Hollow · Heroic: Brackenhide Hollow · Mythic: Brackenhide Hollow

Entrance and instance

Brackenhide Hollow is a dungeon in the Adventure Guide. See the Brackenhide Hollow database page for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.

Gutshot
Treemouth
Decatriarch Wratheye

Player strategy

This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal.

Questions

What does the Adventure Guide say about Hackclaw's War-Band?

All three gnolls of the war-band assault players together.

How many abilities does Hackclaw's War-Band have?

The current datamine lists 13 named abilities on the Hackclaw's War-Band encounter.

What does Hackclaw's War-Band drop?

The Adventure Guide lists 5 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Brackenhide Hollow database page.

Does Hackclaw's War-Band change on Heroic or Mythic?

The current Adventure Guide text for this encounter does not include separate Heroic or Mythic sentences we can quote. If a later client build adds them, they appear here automatically.

Where does this guide's text come from?

Quoted Adventure Guide sections come from TheWoWDB's retail datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Player strategy such as positioning, assignments, and cooldown timings is omitted unless that sentence is already in the journal.

Source and build

This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal. Quoted sections come from TheWoWDB Adventure Guide datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Ability names link to first-party spell pages. When a newer retail build is ingested, this page updates with it.