Boss
Houndmaster Braun
Houndmaster Braun - Scarlet Halls
Houndmaster Braun is a boss encounter in Scarlet Halls.
Found In
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Scarlet Halls, Houndmaster Braun comes 1st of 3, before Armsmaster Harlan.
- Houndmaster Braun
- Armsmaster Harlan
- Flameweaver Koegler
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Model
Background
Instance Entrance: Tirisfal Glades
Scarlet Halls entranceThe Scarlet Halls entrance is in Whispering Gardens, Tirisfal Glades, at 85.3, 32.3 on the Tirisfal Glades map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Piercing Throw
Houndmaster Braun throws one of his knives at a random enemy, inflicting Physical damage and applying Bloody Mess to all enemies in the knife's path.
Death Blossom
Houndmaster Braun leaps onto a random enemy and whirls around, releasing a spray of knives at all targets, inflicting Physical damage and applying Bloody Mess to the target and any of its nearby allies.
Bloody Mess
Houndmaster Braun's knife attacks inflict damage to an enemy every 2 sec. for 10 sec. This effect stacks. Braun applies this effect to any target hit by Piercing Throw or Death Blossom.
Call Dog
Houndmaster Braun calls for an Obedient Hound to enter the fight at 90%, 80%, 70%, and 60% remaining health.
Obedient Hound
Trained by Houndmaster Braun, this large mastiff follows any order given to it by his master.
Bloody Rage
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Houndmaster Braun, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Piercing Throw
Physical · Instant
Houndmaster Braun throws one of his knives at a random enemy, inflicting Physical damage and applying Bloody Mess to all enemies in the knife's path.
Death Blossom
Physical · Instant
Houndmaster Braun leaps onto a random enemy and whirls around, releasing a spray of knives at all targets, inflicting Physical damage and applying Bloody Mess to the target and any of its nearby allies.
Bloody Mess
Physical · Instant · Lasts 10 sec
Houndmaster Braun's knives' attacks inflict Physical damage to an enemy every 2 sec. for 10 sec. This effect stacks.
Bloody Rage
Physical · Instant
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Scarlet Halls.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Houndmaster Braun encounter in Scarlet Halls.
The quickest and surest way to detect the undead is by the scent of rot they carry, and even the most veteran soldier cannot match the olfactory sense of a hound. Houndmaster Braun has bred and trained a savage pack of canines to aid the crusaders in hunting down their foes--living and undead.
What Each Drop Is
The Houndmaster Braun encounter lists 10 items in the dungeon journal, item levels 19 to 39. Equip slots covered: Finger, Chest, Wrist, Hands and Ranged. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Beastbinder Ring Finger, item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 11 gold98 silver for it.
- Canine Commander's Breastplate Chest (Plate), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 59 gold15 silver for it.
- Commanding Bracers Wrist (Plate), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 29 gold63 silver for it.
- Hound Trainer's Gloves Hands (Leather), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 29 gold74 silver for it.
- Houndmaster's Compound Crossbow Ranged (Crossbow), item level 39, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 104 gold84 silver for it.
- Beastbinder Ring Finger, item level 19, requires level 12. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 17 silver23 copper for it.
- Canine Commander's Breastplate Chest (Plate), item level 19, requires level 12. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina and Versatility. A vendor pays 1 gold16 silver for it.
- Commanding Bracers Wrist (Plate), item level 19, requires level 12. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 58 silver13 copper for it.
- Hound Trainer's Gloves Hands (Leather), item level 19, requires level 12. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 58 silver35 copper for it.
- Houndmaster's Compound Crossbow Ranged (Crossbow), item level 19, requires level 12. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 2 gold5 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.