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Comment by 24919

He's the first boss in Shadowfang Keep, you don't HAVE to kill him you can just go around the back way (instead of going inside the castle go right and up the path.)

Comment by 66258

He is not the first boss ( the Cell Keeper is the first), and its a waste to go around the back because the Butcher can drop good axe and sword and the Baron can drop a good ring and the scepter so next time think of what you say.

Comment by Magnett

He meant that it's sort of an optional boss. For example, if you're having someone boost you through to get a specific drop from, say, Arugal, and the drop rate is fairly low, you'll want to get to him as fast as possible. Meaning you can skip this boss *if you want*, but not for example the Cell Keeper or Fenrus.

Comment by 120685

It maybe a rare drop but he drops Forest leather bracers for twinks so look out for that ;)

Comment by mackisch

he was sponsering my epic mount when withcing stave droped from when i boosted
(i said if get that thing u dont have to pay for boost)

Comment by Callyndra

He does not always drop a blue, which is usually the case. He can drop a blue mace or ring, those are the known drops. He is the 3rd boss, you must clear first 2 to get to him. Although he is by-passable, it's a good idea to kill him, since he is quite easy.

Comment by 176866

god it says that the mace drops more than the ring but i have had like 5 rings and no mace so far *sad face*

Comment by tibbsy

Soloed, level 23 belfadin 5/0/9 in quest reward greens, and three blues. he's pure and spank, but I also noticed that his Veil of Shadow didn't work on me: I was able to heal myself for full with Flash and Holy Light, and my Judgement of Light procs were healing me for full as well. So basically just a ghost trash mob with double the health.

Too bad he only dropped some BoE green item ... :(

Comment by coolzo

For people who are somehow disappointed when this guy drops BoE greens, don't be!
Almost all the greens he drops are useful to twinks in some way, and they have a much higher drop rate than any BoE blue.
If you acquire one of these items, sell it in the AH! Or better yet, stash them up in your bank and then make your own 19 twink! In my opinion one of the best mobs to farm for twink greens (not a rare spawn, fairly close to the entrance of SFK), and therefore doing so will most likely net you either a large collection of twink items that the average person would be camping the AH for, or a decent sum of cash!

Comment by 245317

Now i dont Know what the chances are of this guy(boss in some words) didn't dont any thing not even a green .. Has this happen to anyoneles?. But i did mange to grab the haunting blade. when i getting ran through.

Comment by 283918

Soloed as a 22 rogue in 2 blues/greens. Non-twinked.

He's fairly easy, don't take the time to interrupt his spell because it doesn't seem to affect Lifeblood/potions. The only problem you should encounter is an add that walks nearby, so pull him closer to the left corner. Left as in facing from the room where the previous boss is.

To get a stealth move on him, climb up a staircase and drop down. Move behind him but execute the move quickly, as he will soon see you.

Plus, Dismantle nearly halved his damage.

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Comment by 395903

In the World of Warcraft Lore this guys was leader of Shadowfang Keep before Argul.

Comment by shurikhan2

Third boss. Keep away from him when fighting the butcher, they are in the same room.

Comment by 333363

why can't I find the ring he drops on wowhead?

Comment by 586703

Soloed him with my 23 warrior, only dropped white shoulders... dang!

Comment by 97210

Baron Silverlaine summons up the ghosts of two bosses from the old SFK during the fight; Rethilgore and Odo the Blindwatcher. They despawn when he dies, so focus on the baron instead.

Comment by Deezaster

Heroic Strategy:
Do NOT ignore adds they are easily and quickly killed, otherwise this is the epitome of a spank and tank. Obviously heal hard after debuff drops and tanks may want to pop mitigation abilities during debuff.

Comment by 299060

He yields 99 to 495 guild rep for my Human Paladin while in a guild group and I think this has to do with the minibosses he summons.
Before Cataclysm hit Rethilgore, Razorclaw the Butcher, Odo the Blindwatcher, and Wolf Master Nandos were independent bosses and I think the devs forgot to remove their boss status from them so the more you kill of them during the fight, the more rep will be gained at the end.

Comment by HordeSkorp

I did wonder what happened to the Old Worgens of SFk o.O my guess is that they became Lunch for Godfrey and his men ;)

Comment by AmiYuy

March 31, 2011
Level 22 guild (so all reputation and experience perks)
Non-human
85 Heroic-mode
4 guild-members in the party (it was 18600 xp per with 3).

Killed all of the adds that spawn.

Straight copy and paste from the chat log after the boss died:
You gain 37200 guild experience.
You gain 37200 guild experience.
You gain 37200 guild experience.
You gain 37200 guild experience.
Reputation with Guild Reputation increased by 91.
Reputation with Guild Reputation increased by 91.
Reputation with Guild Reputation increased by 91.
Reputation with Guild Reputation increased by 90.
Reputation with Guild Reputation increased by 91.
Reputation with Guild Reputation increased by 91.

So with 4 guild members, he generated about 9.5% guild experience.

Up until today we'd always just ignored the adds, but no more (at least until we're level 25).

Edit 4/2/11: It seems the adds he spawns matter in how much reputation you get. The above was probably with Rethilgore, Razorclaw the Butcher, and Odo the Blindwatcher. Today we killed him with Rethilgore, Razorclaw and Wolf Master Nandos and gained experience 6 times, where as the previous was 4 times. Again, this was with 4 guild-members.
You gain 37200 guild experience.
You gain 37200 guild experience.
You gain 37200 guild experience.
You gain 37200 guild experience.
You gain 37200 guild experience.
You gain 37200 guild experience.

Edit 4/4/11: Today with 5 in group he only gave us Experience/Rep once each as opposed to 4 or 6 times. Blizzard may have hotfixed him? (Googling shows that he was hotfixed way back in December to not give multiple XP, perhaps they mistakenly broke the previous hotfix and just fixed it...)
Reputation with Wildhammer Clan increased by 275.
You gain 46500 guild experience.
Reputation with Guild Reputation increased by 114.

Comment by 561234

I've only run heroic SFK three times, but every time Wolf Master Nandos is the second summon. Is that intentional?

Comment by snarkie

Want to mention a solo strategy that might help some folks.

When he casts the summon, you'll see a shadowy ball of light land on the ground near him. In the few seconds it takes for this ball to spawn the miniboss add, you can easily kite the Baron far enough away so as not to draw aggro from the add. Once the Baron is killed, any adds you haven't taken care of will despawn.

Just did this now (31 prot pally) on accident and it worked like a charm. Hope it works for you. :)

Comment by Thottbot

wow i went in with a group but sum1 had to leave so our group disbanded, but as a 24 rogue i snuck past guards killing bosses and i onlky could kill this guy and butcher, but sweet i ganna go back and kill this guy again to get ring, i a rogue so i KINDA want it

Comment by Thottbot

I got a lvl 30 twink druid that I just deicided to level, do u guys think it would be possible to solo this guy for that damn ring?

Comment by Thottbot

i soloed this boss and the two other bosses and mobs before him. and it was all with my level 25 hunter. all alone. hunters are way overpowered, i dont have any special items or anything, just some ordinary greens and Raptors End bow. SFK is perfect for soloing because you can mostly pull one mob at a time, sometimes you have to go with 2 but there are many beasts in there, wich hunters can fear. it took alot of time thoug, i sometimes had to pull, kill one mob, die, corpserun, pull the two other mobs and kill them after. my pet is a pretty ordinary bear. i guess some other classes can solo this too at this levles (locks?)

ps. i was level 24 when i started and leveled 25 in the prosess. and i am NOT a skilled hunters, i think most players who have played for some time can do this.

Comment by Thottbot

"You can't ninja a BOP item. Ninjas take BOE's so they can sell them on the AH"

You can ninja whatever you want to. If you don't need it, and you roll need, you have just ninja'd an item.

Comment by Thottbot

I ran this the other day and Baron Silverlaine dropped me a Witching Stave.
Didn't see it on the list so thought i would add it.
Pretty good on my server.. Worth between 50-80 gold.

Comment by Allakhazam

Another mob that's not in the game. Just fyi

Comment by Allakhazam

I am currently at level 26 with my rogue. I have no problems at all to solofarm this guy. He drops alot of greens, and blues in regular basis, so far no luck with the ring, but I have my thumbs up for it! :) Here is how to do it:

- Step 1 -
- Stealth past all mobs to Rethilgore
- Jump down to the lonely Shadowfang Moonwalker (a white humanoid)
- Kill him, it is easy without potions or any cooldowns

- Step 2 -
- Sap Rethilgore
- Kill 1 of the Wolfs without cooldowns
- Vanish after the kill
- Get full health and sap Rethilgore once again
- Kill the wolf as quickly as you can - I didn't have to use cooldowns for this part
- Kill Rethilgore, but beware: this is where it might come hard
- Use health potion if needed!

- Step 3 -
- Talk to Sorcerer Ashcrombe if you are an alliance, Deathguard if horde..
- Go to the door
- Stealth past all mobs all the way to Baron Silverlaine (Use Distract if needed!)
- Walk up the stairs and jump behind him starting with a Garrote or Ambush (I use Garrote, using a sword/mace dualwield)
- Click Evasion on as soon as possible
- Use 3 CP Slice n' Dice
- Start DPSing as hard as you can!
- He uses Veil of Shadow which reduces all healing taken, NOTICE THAT THIS AFFECTS TO POTIONS TOO; Use potions after or before this effect (it is casted, kick will prevent it)
- Loot, stealth out and be happy
- Rinse and repeat :)

(First time I tried it my health dropped to 451/1251, second time 973/1251!)

PS: Dualwielding Viking Sword of the Bear, Leaden Mace of Power

Comment by Allakhazam

black malice.....after trying 10 times to kill him for his ring (no luck on ring yet....)

Comment by Allakhazam

I entered Shadowfang keep last night for the first time. I'm a lvl 26 T. Hunter. I was working my way through with no problems. I came to the room this guy was in and starting fighting but I never saw him till he linked me. He got the first time cause he caught me off guard. I came back, called my pet out, and spanked him. I got the ring for taking him down. I didn't feel to bad that I died after getting it.

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Baron Silverlaine

Shadowfang KeepBaron AshburyBaron SilverlaineCommander SpringvaleLord WaldenLord GodfreyBaron SilverlaineShadowfang KeepArchmage ArugalLord GodfreyHeroic Strategy

Silverlaine is very close to a tank-and-spank fight. He will use only two spells, both of which should be easily counterable.

Summon Worgen Spirit will summon the spirit of one of the pre-Cataclysm Shadowfang Keep worgen bosses - Rethilgore, Razorclaw the Butcher, Odo the Blindwatcher, and Wolf Master Nandos. Although they all have different abilities, they are not dangerous of prioritized for burn over the boss.

Heroic		Mythic
Deadly		Important
Tank		DPS
Healer		Interruptible
Magic		Curse
Poison		Disease
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