Old Hillsbrad Foothills Lieutenant Drake Captain Skarloc Epoch Hunter Epoch Hunter is a drake boss of the Infinite Dragonflight that attacks the young Thrall and his rescuers during his Escape from Durnholde inside the Caverns of Time: Old Hillsbrad Foothills. The Epoch Hunter appears after you have escorted Thrall to Tarren Mill and found Taretha inside the inn. Entrance Epoch Hunter Abilities : breath which does damage to all players in front of him. Melee or people close-by should move away when they see him casting. : damage over time effect which does 750 damage every 3 seconds. It is not dispellable, and should be healed. However, it can be removed with Rogues Cloak of Shadows. : deals a small amount of damage and knockback the player in front of him. : aura which dispels buffs off of the players with each tick. If you are fortunate enough to have a level 70 mage in your group this aura can be stolen using Spellsteal. This will prevent all of your nice buffs from being dispelled. You will however have to resteal this buff every ten seconds or so as it has a short duration. Strategy This is a longer fight than any of the other bosses in this instance, so healing and mana users be ready (be sure Evocation, Innervate, and Shadowfiend are off cooldown). This fight starts with the Epoch Hunter coming from above. He keeps flying over Tarren Mill, but he is not attackable. He will send three waves of adds: The first one spawns at the west side of Tarren Mill (by the epoch hunter), and has two melee dragons and one caster. The caster should be taken out quickly. The second wave is the same as the first, and spawns to the south of Tarren Mill. The final wave will come from the west like the first, and has three melee dragons and one caster. Finally, the Epoch Hunter comes down. Seeing as he has a nasty knockback, he's best to be tanked near the northwestern small house of Tarren Mill, under the outside roof of it. This way, the tank can grab aggro quickly again. Watch out for his breath, and healers should watch out for his damage over time debuff. After he is dead, Old Hillsbrad Foothills will do its last little cinematic. For the entire instance Thrall can die nineteen times, and the encounter can be reset, either from the Keep, outside Tarren Mill, or beside Taretha depending on how far through you are. If you wipe on this boss, he appears beside Taretha after a short period of time. Important note! The Epoch Hunter should now peoperly despawn after Thrall dies the 20th time. In previous versions of the right, the boss would no despawn. He would remain hovering in the center of town. You could engage the boss and fight as normal, but since Thrall must strike the killing blow, the boss would persist indefinitely at 1% health. He would also taunt you, saying that Thrall is dead and 'you lose'.