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Warmaster Blackhorn
Warmaster Blackhorn - Dragon Soul
Warmaster Blackhorn is a boss encounter in Dragon Soul.
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Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Dragon Soul, Warmaster Blackhorn comes 6th of 8, after Ultraxion and before Deathwing.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Model
Background
Instance Entrance: Tanaris
Dragon Soul entranceThe Dragon Soul entrance is in Caverns of Time, Tanaris, at 61.7, 51.8 on the Tanaris map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Stage One: Dragonriders, Attack!
Flying alongside the Skyfire and surveying the scene while his massive twilight drake lobs balls of destruction at the gunship, Warmaster Blackhorn gives the order for his elite dragonriders to swoop into battle.
The Skyfire
Sky Captain Swayze helms this massive gunship equipped with numerous cannons and a pair of harpoon guns for its defense. The gunship is sturdy but not indestructible, and if it sustains too much damage the pursuit of Deathwing will come to an untimely end.
Harpoon Guns
Alliance engineers equipped the Skyfire with two repurposed harpoon guns, seized during its prior service in Northrend. Harpoon gunners spear the enemy's Assault Drakes and reel them in to bring them within reach of ranged attackers on the deck. The drakes strain against the line, eventually breaking free and returning to a safe distance. After a pause to reload, the harpoon gunners then spear their target anew. In Raid Finder Difficulty, the drakes do not break free from the Harpoons.
Deck Fire
As the Skyfire takes damage, destructive fires break out on the ship and spread rapidly across its deck. Crewmembers rush to extinguish these blazes and keep them in check. Any player standing within a fire suffers Fire damage per second.
Goriona
Warmaster Blackhorn takes to the skies with this massive twilight drake.
Twilight Onslaught
Goriona unleashes a massive blast of dark energy at a random location on the deck of the Skyfire. If the attack strikes the deck of the Skyfire without hitting a player, the gunship suffers the full damage.
Broadside
Goriona periodically unleashes a vicious barrage of fireballs that slam into the side of the Skyfire, causing the ship to suffer damage equal to 20% of its remaining structural integrity.
Twilight Assault Drake
These drakes strafe across the deck of the ship, deposit their fierce riders onto the deck, and then retreat to a safe distance to bombard the gunship.
Twilight Barrage
The twilight drakes launch bursts of dark energy at a random location on the deck of the Skyfire. If the attack strikes the deck of the Skyfire without hitting a player, the gunship suffers the full damage instead. On Heroic Difficulty, Twilight Barrage also increases Shadow damage taken by 50%. This effect stacks.
Twilight Elite Dreadblade
Blade Rush
Degeneration
The Dreadblade carves a swath of destruction with its dark sword. This effect stacks.
Twilight Elite Slayer
Blade Rush
Brutal Strike
The Slayer strikes a vicious blow with its jagged sword. This effect stacks.
Twilight Sapper
Sleek infiltrator drakes airdrop goblins strapped with powerful explosives onto the deck of the ship. These Sappers rush to breach the gunship bridge and detonate their destructive payload.
Detonate
Upon reaching the Skyfire's bridge, the Sapper detonates his explosives.
Stage Two: Looks Like I'm Doing This Myself
Once the Skyfire's defenders defeat three waves of dragonriders, Warmaster Blackhorn leaps down onto the deck of the gunship.
Warmaster Blackhorn
Devastate
Blackhorn sunders his current target's armor, inflicting 120% weapon damage and reducing the player's armor by 20% for 30 sec. This effect stacks.
Disrupting Roar
The shout also interrupts spellcasting for players for 8 sec.
Shockwave
Vengeance
As Warmaster Blackhorn takes damage during the course of the fight, he inflicts 1% more damage for each percentage of his missing health.
Siphon Vitality
When severely injured, Warmaster Blackhorn drains health directly from Goriona.
Goriona
After depositing her master on the deck of the Skyfire, Goriona hovers alongside the Skyfire and rains destruction down on the players. Once Goriona has suffered sufficient damage, she will break off and flee, abandoning her master on the Skyfire. On Heroic mode, upon reaching 90% health, Goriona will land on the Skyfire's deck to assist her master.
Twilight Flames
Twilight Breath
Goriona unleashes a torrent of dark flame, inflicting Shadow damage in a 45 yard cone in front of the caster.
Consuming Shroud
Goriona envelops an enemy target in twilight energy, absorbing the next healing received. When Consuming Shroud absorbs incoming healing, unleashed energy will deal damage equal to the healing absorbed to all allies. Dying while afflicted by Consuming Shroud will release all remaining energy at once.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Warmaster Blackhorn, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Deck Fire
Fire · Instant
Deals Fire damage every 1 sec to players standing within the blaze. The fire has a chance to spread to adjacent portions of the deck and will burn until extinguished.
Twilight Onslaught
Shadow · Instant
Deals Shadow damage to enemies within a radius of the destination, with the damage divided evenly among all enemies.
Broadside
Physical · 2.5 sec cast
Unleashes a series of shadowy fireballs at the side of the Skyfire, dealing damage to the gunship equal to 20% of its remaining structural integrity.
Twilight Barrage
Shadow · Instant
Deals Shadow damage to players of the point of impact. If no players are struck, the Skyfire instead suffers the full brunt.
Degeneration
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 1 min
Carves a swath of ruin, dealing Shadow damage to all enemies in front of the caster, and afflicting them with dark energies that deal Shadow damage every 2 sec for 1 min.
Brutal Strike
Physical · Instant · Lasts 1 min
Deals 150% weapon damage and causes the target to suffer Physical damage every 2 sec for 1 min.
Detonate
Fire · Instant
Detonate a large explosive, dealing Fire damage to enemies, damaging the Skyfire's machinery, and killing the caster.
Devastate
Physical · Instant
Sunder the target's armor, dealing 120% weapon damage and applying the Sunder Armor effect.
Disrupting Roar
Physical · Instant · Lasts 8 sec
Scream fiercely, dealing Physical damage to all enemies, and interrupting the spellcasting of enemies for 8 sec.
Shockwave
Physical · 2.5 sec cast · Lasts 4 sec
Deals Physical damage to enemies in a 80 yard cone in front of the caster, stunning them for 4 sec.
Siphon Vitality
Shadow · Instant
Twilight Flames
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 2 min
Consuming Shroud
Shadow · 1.5 sec cast · Lasts 2 min
Envelops an enemy target in twilight energy, absorbing the next healing received. When healing is absorbed, unleashed energy will deal damage equal to the healing absorbed to all allies. Dying while afflicted by Consuming Shroud will release all remaining energy at once.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Dragon Soul.
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 Warmaster Blackhorn encounter in Dragon Soul.
Though once vast in number, only a few dozen twilight dragons now remain. Astride these hardened survivors are the last vestiges of the Twilight's Hammer's army: the elite drake riders of Deathwing's personal escort. Led by the insidious Warmaster Blackhorn, they move with unholy purpose, driven to protect their dark master.
What Each Drop Is
The Warmaster Blackhorn encounter lists 40 items in the dungeon journal, item levels 37 to 38. Equip slots covered: Two-Hand, Waist, Shield, Trinket, Feet, Wrist and Finger. 1 of them can be traded and 39 bind when picked up.
- Ataraxis, Cudgel of the Warmaster Two-Hand (Two-Handed Mace), item level 38, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 131 gold88 silver for it.
- Belt of the Beloved Companion Waist (Mail), item level 38, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. Tooltip: “Blackhorn's first drake stayed with him forever” A vendor pays 10 gold50 silver for it.
- Blackhorn's Mighty Bulwark Shield, item level 38, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Dodge, Mastery and Intellect. A vendor pays 19 gold53 silver for it.
- Bone-Link Fetish Trinket, item level 38, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength. A vendor pays 45 gold71 silver for it. Equip: Whirling Maw.
- Cunning of the Cruel Trinket, item level 38, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 45 gold71 silver for it. Equip: Shadowbolt Volley.
- Indomitable Pride Trinket, item level 38, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina. A vendor pays 45 gold71 silver for it. Equip: Indomitable.
- Janglespur Jackboots Feet (Cloth), item level 38, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 15 gold24 silver for it.
- Shadow Wing Armbands Wrist (Leather), item level 38, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 10 gold47 silver for it.
- Starcatcher Compass Trinket, item level 38, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility. A vendor pays 45 gold71 silver for it. Equip: Haste.
- Vial of Shadows Trinket, item level 38, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility. A vendor pays 45 gold71 silver for it. Equip: Lightning Strike.
- Windward Heart Trinket, item level 38, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 45 gold71 silver for it. Equip: Nick of Time.
- Ataraxis, Cudgel of the Warmaster Two-Hand (Two-Handed Mace), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 130 gold30 silver for it.
- Belt of the Beloved Companion Waist (Mail), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. Tooltip: “Blackhorn's first drake stayed with him forever” A vendor pays 10 gold20 silver for it.
- Blackhorn's Mighty Bulwark Shield, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Dodge, Mastery and Intellect. A vendor pays 18 gold89 silver for it.
- Bone-Link Fetish Trinket, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength. A vendor pays 42 gold46 silver for it. Equip: Whirling Maw.
- Bone-Link Fetish Trinket, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength. Usable by Warrior, Paladin and Death Knight. A vendor pays 40 gold71 silver for it. Equip: Whirling Maw.
- Breathstealer Band Finger, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 5 gold34 silver for it.
- Crown of the Corrupted Conqueror Miscellaneous, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin, Priest and Warlock. A vendor pays 5 gold for it. Use: Create Item.
- Crown of the Corrupted Protector Miscellaneous, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Warrior, Hunter and Shaman. A vendor pays 5 gold for it. Use: Create Item.
- Crown of the Corrupted Vanquisher Miscellaneous, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Rogue, Death Knight, Mage and Druid. A vendor pays 5 gold for it. Use: Create Item.
- Cunning of the Cruel Trinket, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 42 gold46 silver for it. Equip: Shadowbolt Volley.
- Cunning of the Cruel Trinket, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. Usable by Priest, Shaman, Mage, Warlock and Druid. A vendor pays 40 gold71 silver for it. Equip: Shadowbolt Volley.
- Goriona's Collar Waist (Plate), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Dodge and Parry. A vendor pays 10 gold13 silver for it.
- Hardheart Ring Finger, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Mastery and Parry. A vendor pays 5 gold34 silver for it.
- Indomitable Pride Trinket, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina. A vendor pays 42 gold46 silver for it. Equip: Indomitable.
- Indomitable Pride Trinket, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina. Usable by Warrior, Paladin, Death Knight, Monk and Druid. A vendor pays 40 gold71 silver for it. Equip: Indomitable.
- Infinite Loop Finger, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 5 gold34 silver for it.
- Janglespur Jackboots Feet (Cloth), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 14 gold80 silver for it.
- Seal of Primordial Shadow Finger, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 5 gold34 silver for it.
- Shadow Wing Armbands Wrist (Leather), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 10 gold16 silver for it.
- Signet of Suturing Finger, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 5 gold34 silver for it.
- Starcatcher Compass Trinket, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility. A vendor pays 42 gold46 silver for it. Equip: Haste.
- Starcatcher Compass Trinket, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility. Usable by Hunter, Rogue, Shaman, Monk and Druid. A vendor pays 40 gold71 silver for it. Equip: Haste.
- Timepiece of the Bronze Flight Shield, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Versatility, Haste and Intellect. A vendor pays 18 gold96 silver for it.
- Vial of Shadows Trinket, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility. A vendor pays 42 gold46 silver for it. Equip: Lightning Strike.
- Vial of Shadows Trinket, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility. Usable by Hunter, Rogue, Shaman, Monk and Druid. A vendor pays 40 gold71 silver for it. Equip: Lightning Strike.
- Visage of the Destroyer Two-Hand (Staff), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. Tooltip: “His presence echoed even in his absence” A vendor pays 130 gold77 silver for it.
- Windward Heart Trinket, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 42 gold46 silver for it. Equip: Nick of Time.
- Windward Heart Trinket, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. Usable by Paladin, Priest, Shaman, Monk, Druid and Evoker. A vendor pays 40 gold71 silver for it. Equip: Nick of Time.
- Essence of Destruction Trade Goods, item level 25. A vendor pays 20 silver for it. Lowest listed price right now: 22 silver on the US commodity market.
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.
