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Baron Ashbury Guide
Baron Ashbury in Shadowfang Keep, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
Interrupts and dispels
Adventure Guide says
Interrupts named in the journal
- Stay of Execution: After Baron Ashbury finishes casting Asphyxiate, he immediately casts Stay of Execution. This spell heals all players to 50% of their maximum health. In Heroic Difficulty, instead of healing players at the end of the cast, Baron Ashbury channels Stay of Execution until interrupted.
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Asphyxiate | Baron Ashbury throws every player into the air, stunning them and dealing enough Shadow damage over 6 sec. to bring the player's health to one. | |
| Stay of Execution | After Baron Ashbury finishes casting Asphyxiate, he immediately casts Stay of Execution. This spell heals all players to 50% of their maximum health. In Heroic Difficulty, instead of healing players at the end of the cast, Baron Ashbury channels Stay of Execution until interrupted. | interrupt |
| Pain and Suffering | The damage dealt increases as the spell continues to channel. | |
| Wracking Pain | This effect stacks. | |
| Calamity | At 25% health, Baron Ashbury takes the form of a Dark Archangel and unleashes his true power. This effect stacks. |
Loot
Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.
Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog
Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.
Achievements
Entrance and instance
Shadowfang Keep is a dungeon in the Adventure Guide. See the Shadowfang Keep database page for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.
Related bosses
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 Baron Ashbury?
The Adventure Guide entry for Baron Ashbury is on this page, quoted from the game files.
What does Baron Ashbury drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 8 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Shadowfang Keep database page.
Does Baron Ashbury 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.