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Comment by 2338

I'm assuming that their is no NPC or Loot table for this instance because nobody with the data collection addon has run it?

Comment by Flyv

The instance entrance starts at a tunnel at 49, 93. The actual entrance is 50, 92.

Comment by 30783

easy instance to tank at lvl 38-39 id say good if wariors get in there and get there selves some nice plate items for lvl 40 !!! like i did :D

Comment by Katsurugi

I've been searching for this dungeon for some time now... can anyone tell me which zone it is in?

Comment by Flitzy

The dungeon is located in the horde territory of the Barrens (further to the South), near the border of Thousand Needles.

Comment by 40914

This insance is just north of the entrance to thousand needles from the Barrens, a bit west from Razorfen Kraul

Comment by 72738

This instance is near Razorfen Kraul just on the other side of the road, you can get Vanuishers sword from a quest you obtain in Stormwind for this place.

Comment by 11451

great loot in here :) my group only did to the coldbringer, via glutton, and we got the blue shoulders from glutton, the blue sheild from Ragglesnout, and the blue mail chest and the dagger from the final boss, along with about 10 green drops (weapons and armor) and 3-4 recipies, really fun insance to do, but its a bitch getting a group for it.

Comment by billymx

The final boss is noted as Tuten'kash (the spider) however that's the first boss and the real boss is generally considered the lich Coldbringer.

Comment by 84040

One of, if not the most, money making enchants is fiery right? this is the perfect place to go if you can solo it for those small radiant shards, a good hour and i got all four.

Comment by 24943

Amnennar the Coldbringer is the final boss, not Tuten'kash.

Comment by 99693

With the implementation of patch 2.3, the mobs of this instance have been reduced to 35-37 with the occasional 34. The bosses are all now level 37.

Comment by 57001

just wondering if any other paladins can tell me: Is it AOE grindable? cuz rfk is not AOE grindable because of the amount of healing from totems the mobs in there put down. Just wondering if it is the same here. Ive run it before just forgot :] any info is appreciated. thanks

Comment by blazingpenguin

The lowest level you can zone in is 25.

Comment by 94437

Only quest you should pick up before going Razorfen Downs is http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=3341 in Magic Quarter at Undercity. Requieres lvl 37

Comment by 121883

some of the boars drop totems but there isnt many

Comment by 97898

the real items for rogues in that place are swine fist, coldrage dagger, fleshhide shoulders

Comment by Cross88

It's worth mentioning that you can skip much of this instance. You can take the normal path clockwise from the top, fighting all of the bosses, or you can travel down the southern path and head straight for the final boss's spiral mountain.

Comment by 100642

With careful timing, a priest can be very useful here against certain groups.
Shackle one, mind controll one of the humanoids, the humanoids have shackle too so shackle another undead. Use cripple on one. Then all you have left is two mobs and one of them is crippled.

Comment by Puresnow

A comment fron Thottbot:

Thought I'd add my 2 cents here. I've done this place many times farming small brilliant shards.

RFD is located in the southern barrens, just north of the great lift on the east side of the road. You'll see the meeting stone from the road. To get to the instance, just go straight and a little right. You'll see an enormous pig head made of branchs or something. Then you have to kill about 6 lvl 35 elite pig looking dudes one at a time to get to it.

This place has lvl 39-40 elites, mostly in groups of 2-3 elites and 2-3 non elites. They're almost all undead so priest can shackle away.

Go to the cathedral in stormwind to pick up the quest Bring the Lite (alliance, sorry no idea for horde). The quest reward is a 1h axe or a melee type necklace. This quest requires lvl 39 to pick up I believe. Once you're in the instance there is a guy that starts an escort quest as well. Please let me know if you know of any other quests, horde or alliance.

Once you're in the instance, go right and go past about 4 sets of mobs and you'll be in the spiral. As soon as you get into the spiral you'll see Glutton. He's a big ugly stitches dude. Do your best to pull him back up to the path you were just in and you'll be best off. I think he's a 39 elite. He drops either a green one handed axe or some sweet blue lvl 37 leather rogue/feral druid shoulders, luckily most of the time he drops the shoulders. Go right and follow the spiral up to Amnennar the Coldbringer.

There's about 3 sets of 2 elite guys that slowly patrol the spiral, be very careful to take them out as they will inevitably chain pull other groups of mobs on you. Additionally, there are about 3 sets of 2 non elite skeletons that run up and down the spiral, same story with them.
Take care to not go too close to the left side if you're lower than lvl 40, as you will aggro pull a guy on the edge above you. They will chain pull and there will be 50 guys on you by the time they run down the spiral to get you.

The rare spawn guy, Ragglesnout, will be about half way up the spiral by a hut if he's there at all. Everyone has different luck, but I've done this instance many many times and only seen him twice. He drops a sweet 2h sword, a blue shield and a mail belt, all lvl 39 or so. I got the belt once and the shield once.

At the top of the spiral (and after about 15 sets of mobs) is Amnennar the Coldbringer. She is a lvl 41 elite. About twice per fight she will do somethign to blast you back. If you keep your back to the wall there you will not fly far, otherwise she could blast you right off the edge and you'll get back in time to see your dead party and a $%^&ed off lich king. After she gets to gets down to about 75% health she summons 3 spirits to come help her fight, then again at 40% she summons 4 more. These guys all despawn when she dies so keep your dps on Ammennar. I've heard tricks about hunters using volley to aggro them all then feigning, just to buy time for them to run back and forth. Whatever you do, don't have your party separate and try killing them, you're wasting your time and your healer won't keep up. Of course, I"m talking about a party of lvl 39's, bring your 60 mage to grease them all and forget what I just said. Ammennar seems to mostly drop the mail chest and mail head armor, shammy gear if I recall. Next I'd say she drops the plate armor and cloth lich chest and the dagger least often. BTW, she drops 2 blues most of the time, sometimes just 1 blue and a green. Kill her to complete Bring the Lite quest.

AFter you kill her, go back down the spiral and where you took a right after killing Glutton, go left and you're on your way to Mordresh Fire Eye. Just follow that path until you find a fork in the road. You'll pass about 4 more sets of mobs and 3 patrols. The little skellies fall easily with some AoE. Have your warrrior aggro them all, hunter drop an immolation trap and use volley, then mage aoe's right along and they'll all fall in seconds. Mordesh starts throwing fireballs once most of the little skellies are pulled and it's hard to not pull them all at once. The warrior,pally or hunter's pet can easily tank him while you take care of the little guys. He drops a blue every time, a cloth belt, caster necklace or an offhand.

Now you can go to the back way to Tuten'kash. You'll end up in a small room with about 4 sets of mobs in it. Once you've cleared it, there's a gong in there, ring it once to summon a set of mobs, summon again, same thing, then the third time it summons Tuten'kash. He drops like 10 different blue gloves that can be good for anyone, some plate armor or a one hand mace.

Comment by 167547

This is the first instance where you can get Plate items. I wonder why doesn't SM drop some Plate too...

Comment by Fwibbles

Fun Fact: There's a tablet outside with the possible evolution table of the wind serpents

Comment by 228556

This is a great place to farm Small Radiant Shard. If you kill all the Bosses excluding Ragglesnout, u should hav a minimum of 4 shards depending on how many blues the guys drop...
And this place is realllly easy for a hunter because u can just run to Tuten'kash, feign death, kill mobs around the gong, summon spidies, wait till they get to around the gong and attack 1 and most of them should pull, if other mobs pull kill the spiders and feign death or just slaughter others, and other bosses are easy, just run near a boss feign, stand back up, kill, DE drop.. =]

Comment by Salvogpwns24

You can easily get MANY small radiant shards quickly from this instance. I generally run it in about 20-25 minutes, getting 4-5 shards and sometimes an extra one from the rare spawn Ragglesnout. Great money making.

Infact, I just got 6 shards, 3 from the first 3 bosses, 1 from ragglesnout and Amenar dropped 2. Woot =)

Comment by Psyblade1st

I'll try to solo it on my 41 Alliance Paladin, I'll update on its difficulty.

Comment by 228364

Completed this dungeon with only 2 people. (32 retri paladin and 33 elemental shaman) without twinked gear or bind to account items. We couldn't complete the escort quest But the rest can be done with only 2

Comment by Skelic

There are quite a few powerful BoE (Bind on Equip) zone drops from Razorfen Downs. Their rarity is blue. (rare)

Here they all are:
Thoughtcast Boots
Corpseshroud
Briar Tredders
Boneslasher
Ebony Boneclub
Freezing Shard
Stormgale Fists
Quillshooter
Death's Head Vestment
Quillward Harness

They're all worth heaps of cash, if you loot them on your alt, I recommend selling them and getting the money for your mount, or compensating for the money lost if you already have the cash. If you're an alt, you could just equip any of them, if you needed them.

Comment by 258919

If you are a higher level running this for dungeonmaster or in a group and just wanna get it over fast, take a right as soon as you enter. Keep going and you'll find yourself in the final room. At the top of the spiral ramp/mountain is the Lich. Take him down for a fast run.

Comment by 334103

This is a realy funny instance

Comment by 372144

Easy money here. Level 71 Sub spec Rogue. Use your CDs to kill all the bosses. DE (125+) all the blues for Small Glimmering Shards. Each one should sell for 8-10g on the AH atleast on my server (Ursin). My fastest time is 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Goodluck.

Comment by saferidges

Paladin and Shammy 2 man team took on RFD at lvl 36. (Quest and lower instance gear - no heirlooms) Not a great deal to say about this instance other than if you are sensible and take the mobs in their groups then you wont have any trouble. None of the boss fights are particularly tricky. The only issue we had was with the summoners on the way to the final boss. They caused us a lot of trouble spawning a lot of extra mobs, nothing wipe worthy, but gave us a few scary moments, advice here is to nuke them ASAP and then carry on as normal with the other mobs. Lots of nice loot kindly dropped and another fun encounter to add to our list.

Comment by 270491

Doable with a mage and a priest duo at lvl37 with a few blues from RFK and SM Graveyard.
Oh and lots of mana potions. Just couldnt do the escort eventhough we started going left and clear that part first. Main problem there was running out of mana.
A word about the summoners....they can be shackled by the Priest so no summoning those nasty pew pew skellies. The casters just got sheeped so no probs there.
The only thing is that it can be annoying because it will take a while to do it mainly cause youll have to drink after each pull for mana as mage (at that level)....good thing we are practicly water vending machines.

Comment by Rico77

http://www.wowhead.com/?zone=17

^^

Comment by deffar

I will try to solo this instance (at Level 37 (maybe 38) as shaman)

Going to upload a videoo
Check out my Youtube channel for more instance soloing in low level.

Comment by 475386

Solo'd this instance this morning with my 65 Pali in my current bid to complete all Dungeons before BC.

Fairly easy of course for my level. Quite densely populated I thought for a Dungeon. I can imagine this becomes well messy with a group of 5 all trying to make our their backsides from their elbows in the ensuing melee.

Still ……..worth a go.

Bit of trouble finding the end dude old what his name er …….. 'Amnesia cold member', or whatever he is called. Basically head to the main chamber and spiral your way up to the middle.

The first boss 'Toot en come in'. is a massive spider like chap that comes after you have rung the gong three times in the first chamber you come to. I suggest clearing it all first. Each time you strike the gong you will get a bunch of spawns until the 3rd time when old leggy himself turns up and tries it on with you.

Next one on my list is Razerfen Kraul I think

Comment by RenaiMu

Pretty good place to farm for silk if you don't feel like buying it. I got 100 pieces from a twenty-minute run.

Comment by themguyman

aperently this is moving into 1K needles in cataclysm is this goingto change the lvl requirements

Comment by 567653

Razorfen Downs will be located in northern Thousand Needles in Cata. There is also a level requirement increase to 40 - 50.

The optional summoned boss does not have a skull on the Cata map, possibly because it's optional.

Comment by 584663

It should be mentioned that Henry Stern is located in the Murder Pens. He has a cooking recipe, Goldthorn Tea. Good for people trying for Chef de Cuisine.

Comment by 692108

The final boss can be found in the center of the purple spiral right under the entrance. He's cake for a 80.

Comment by 684397

Quite possibly one of my all-time favorite instances in the game. No matter how many times I run that instance, I just have a blast, start to finish. It's challenging, it's got good drops, and it is just so much fun.

Comment by 309737

Since the cataclysm, it now requires a minimum of level 35 to enter.

Comment by 708256

The entrance is now in thousand needles, more less as it was before. You just need to go more south from southern barrens ^^

Comment by 904623

This instance although in the Southern Barrens region, is now considered a Thousand Needles dungeon. The instance is now in the Thousand Needles level range and the entrance is in Thousand Needles. (Technically it is in Southern Barrens but if your restricted to ground mounts you must enter the sub-zone via Thousand Needles.

Comment by 692994

The path that leads you to the instance entrance begins at coords 43, 25 in Razorfen Downs, Thousand Needles (not The Barrens). To find the path, look for a tunnel that looks like a really big pig snout skeleton. At the end of that path, is where the entrance to the instance is, which is at coords 47, 23 exactly (once again, in Razorfen Downs in Thousand Needles, NOT The Barrens).

Comment by MABGamer6407

This Instance can Be done in two ways.

The long Way Which Involves most of The quests and The Boss's Or the short way that you only need to Kill 1 other boss "unless you run into the rare" Too get too Amnennar the Coldbringer.

Taking the Left from start will do the normal way, and taking the Right will Lead you too the spiral of Thorns. It just depends on what the Party demands. so if you get a group not wanting too do this just take the right, but as a tank your in command so do what you think is best.

(up this so You all can see this info if can)

Comment by 992615

Let's Play style review + lore of this dungeon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej-1IPy18uc&feature=BFa&list=PLF9F94F162CF7F3C3

Hope it helps/provides some mild entertainment :P

Comment by 30049

Just a little info...

You can enter this dungeon on foot at lvl 35.

You can queue this dungeon as specific dungeon lvl 40-50.

In the specific dungeon finder, this dungeon is orange difficulty lvl 40-41, yellow difficulty lvl 42-46 and green difficulty lvl 47-50.

You can queue this dungeon as random dungeon lvl 42-45.

You have to be lvl 40 to obtain the quests.

See more in this guide.

Comment by 1101319

Just like its sister dungeon this one has been heavily nerfed.*Twink Only. All, I mean all items now require level 40+ to wear, even the BoA ones you have obtained before. If you try to log on a level 39 character with an equipped RFD item, it simply wont give any stats and be red.

Why was it done? Not sure.

Even the twink sword quest is gone. All I can say is that was a great revamp.

So, with that in mind
deadmines-gear is nerfed; just look how terrible the Cruel barbs are now and a lot of the gear isn't obtainable. Blackfathom-nerfed, all gear is bumped for level 20s+. Scarlet Monastery(pandaria) and gnomeregan-nerfed. RFK had its gear and quests bumped for levels 30+. Catacylsm by far was the worst expansion. Most BRD gear and BoEs cannot be used by levels 40-49. Dire maul cant be used by level 60 twinks anymore so we are throwing that out of the water. Way to go

Comment by 1205711

Will be completely revamped in Warlords of Draenor.

Comment by Kazane

Notable loot (make sure you got everything you need before 6.0 goes live)
Currently no Legacy achievement.

• Recipes
Henry Stern would teach your character how to make Goldthorn Tea (requires: cooking ≥175) and Major Troll's Blood Elixir (requires: alchemy ≥175). As for the Elixir, it has Recipe: Major Troll's Blood Elixir counterpart which is a world drop recipe, thus it will not become an unobtainable. As for the Tea, it may completely disappear since Henry currently is the only goldthorn-tea-trainer in the whole Azeroth.

• Transmogrification

Unique models:
Bonefingers;
Deathmage Sash – a good choice for Twilight cultist cosplay (Twilight Trappings)

Unique recolors:
X'caliboar, Deathchill Armor

Also, Carapace of Tuten'kash is not unique since it shares model with Tyrant's Chestpiece. However, Tyrant's Chestpiece is a world drop item and it can be sold for 600+ gold on AH. If you want Jade Plate R set, it’s time to get this chest piece!

See also: Blackrock Spire, Blackfathom Deeps, Razorfen Kraul.

Comment by Wolgan

Don't forget unique trash drops that will go away with Warlords of Draenor!

Of Particular Note:
Corpseshroud - Unique Hood Recolor
Stormgale Fists - Unique Gloves (Plate, but looks like mail or leather)

Other Drops:
Boneslasher - Unique Samurai Sword Recolor (Hilt Only)
Ebony Boneclub - Unique Bone Club Recolor

Comment by Alythea

Haven't seen this mentioned in the comments here (apologies if I've missed it!), so I just wanted to share some things I noticed here in 6.0.3:

Just ran it for fun on my free boosted 90 (a belf hunter), and neither Henry Stern nor Belnistrasz appeared, but Sah'rhee did. Also, because I one-shotted Death Speaker Blackthorn, Amnennar didn't appear (should have realized that would probably happen, but I just wasn't thinking!)

Most surprisingly, when I entered the dungeon, I decided to try the right-side path first (by where Koristrasza is). Just a few steps down the path, I got hit with a Rotting Plague, and in a few moments I was dead (given the hp squish, it took me a second to realize that losing 14,000 hp each second was not okay...). I can't remember if this happened the only other time I've run it (on my main, awhile ago, but still at an easily-soloable level), but I thought I'd mention it here, in case someone isn't aware that would happen (the old comments suggesting to go right to save time are out of date?).

Anyway, this is my first time posting, so I hope it's helpful!

Comment by 1387709

just ran this on my 90 prot pally. final fight, I stripped all gear, let the guy summon his minions, downed the minions, then downed him. as he fell he finished the ritual so I could fight the last boss.

Comment by 1440987

Razorfen Downs Entrance: http://youtu.be/tawJF12VKOA

Comment by 380685

Good news everyone! Blackthorn will now finish his ritual even if his health drops to 0!

Comment by WoWGnGP

Razorfen Downs Entrance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXegRWLHWgA&feature=youtu.be

Comment by gbalkam

The route to Razorfen Downs is now via Thousand Needles. Easiest is to go toward RFK and The Great Lift. Jump into the water from the great lift, swim left, there will be a path heading up which leads to the summoning stone. Turn slightly right from summon stone and you will see the entry to RFD. *Screenshots submitted* "RFD-Entry"

Comment by Scuts

Does this dungeon not have a breadcrumb quest leading to it? Cleared out Thousand Needles and not once has it or the quilboar been mentioned.

Comment by TerribleAtGames

For anyone wondering: The yellow plague cloud in front of Koristrasza gives the ticking debuff Roiling Plague which still is dangerously lethal - even for well geared level 60 chars. To make things worse, Roiling Plague can crit.

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Razorfen Downs

Razorfen DownsTuten'kashMordresh Fire EyeGluttonAmnennar the ColdbringerRazorfen DownsThousand Needles

If Chromie Time is enabled, Razorfen Downs' level range is 15-50, but can only be queued if you're using Chromie Time on the Cataclysm expansion. Check more information on Chromie Time in our guide!

Chromie Time - How Shadowlands Leveling Works and Zone Expansion Level Ranges

Encounters

Aarux – The Arachnomancers of the Death's Head cult are particularly proud of their efforts. After many failed attempts they have finally created a suitable guardian for Death Speaker Blackthorn. Aarux is a huge spider whose body bristles with toxin filled pustules that burst and ooze noxious liquids. The Arachnomancers now await the opportune moment to unleash their creation.
Mordresh Fire Eye – Through necromantic magic Death Speaker Blackthorn was able to rekindle the flames of Mordresh Fire Eye's soul, returning him to undeath. As a former shaman, Mordresh has exerted his twisted control over the elements. He burns and scorches all those who threaten the Death Speaker's work.
Mushlump – A recent creation of Death Speaker Blackthorn, Mushlump is a grotesque collection of parts collected from other failed creations. Full of bile, pus, and other noxious humors, Mushlump contaminates the halls leading to Death Speaker Blackthorn.
Death Speaker Blackthorn – Death Speaker Blackthorn rose quickly through the ranks of the Death's Head cult after the defeat of Amnennar the Coldbringer. Shortly after usurping control of the cult, Blackthorn began receiving dark whispers. These whispers promised power and riches beyond belief, if he could return Amnennar to life. Compelled by unnatural energies, Blackthorn discovered the location of Amnennar's Phylactery and has returned to Razorfen Downs to complete the ritual that will return his former master to life once more.
Amnennar the Coldbringer – The lich Amnennar was once a force of reckoning within the Scourge, participating in the assault on Mount Hyjal during the Third War. Afterward, the Lich King instructed his servant to remain in Kalimdor and expand the Scourge's influence. This effort was thwarted by heroes of the Horde and Alliance, however. Now the relative peace that has been brought to Razorfen Downs may be threatened. Death Speaker Blackthorn hopes to revive this powerful lich and renew the assault on the Barrens.

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