Brackenhide Hollow Dungeon Guide: Location, Boss Strategies, Trash, and Loot (2024)

Last updated on Apr 22, 2024 at 08:58by Petko1 comment

Welcome to our guide to the Brackenhide Hollow dungeon in theDragonflight World of Warcraft expansion. This guide will covereverything you need to know about the dungeon, including how to get to it,its layout, the trash and boss mechanics within, and its loot.

Brackenhide Hollow is a max-level dungeon in theThe Azure Span zone on the Dragon Isles.The nearest flight point for Alliance and Horde players isIskaara, Azure Span, just a few feet from the dungeon.

This guide will focus on an extensive overview of the dungeon, providing vital informationto complete it across all difficulties (Normal, Heroic,and Mythic). We will cover all 4 boss fights supported by the mostnotable trash enemies in thedungeon and their important abilities. If you would like to learn about the otherDragonflight Dungeons or the upcoming Mythic+ season instead, please see ouroverviews linked below. Otherwise, without further ado, let us begin!

Throughout the entire dungeon, you will find several locations whereDecaying Cauldron is present. In order to activate it,one of your party members must have at least 25 skillin Dragon Isles Alchemy.Below you can find more details on how to make the best use of it:

• Once you activate the Decaying Cauldron, you and eachof your party members can collect their Cleansed Rotbrew that can be used to clear one Disease ofyour choice (using the extra action button to trigger it).
• Upon consumption, the Cleansed Rot will disappearand the only way to get it again is if you get back to theDecaying Cauldron and collect it.
• Luckily, there are several locations whereyou can obtain the brew spread across the entire map ofBrackenhide Hollow!

Before we continue with the further details of the trash enemies inthis dungeon, we have to mention that there is an extensive event thatmust be completed to be able to summon the first boss, Hackclaw's War-Band.The event consists of freeing 5 Tuskarr located in Meat Storagecages around the Lost Kanniak area. You can choose which cages to openand design your route and how it suits your taste. Just know that whichever cage youopen is surrounded by packs of angry gnolls!Here is what you should know about them and their abilities:

• Claw Fighter will fixate on random players with Vicious Clawmangle,in which case you can use crowd-control spells to stop it, kite them away or use combat-resetabilities to cancel the cast (such as a Rogue's Vanish, for example).
• Bonecrusher has only to worry Crushing Smash and it usuallytargets your tank, slowing their movement speed by 30% for 12 sec.
• ViciousHyena will reduce your tank's healing intake with its Infected Bite cast. This, in combination with the rest of the"tank-buster" mobs, will make them difficult to heal, so watch out!
• Bonebolt Hunter will be one of the higher-priority targets not onlybecause of its unavoidable Shoot damage on random targets but alsobecause of its Bone Bolt, dealing great initial damage to a randomplayer and leaving a tough Bleed effect afterward. Avoid triggering its Toxic Trap at all costs.
• Interrupt TrickclawMystic's Earth Bolt.
• Decay Speaker are the highest-priority target in the first areaof the dungeon due to its extremely dangerous Withering Burst cast,which applies a follow-up Disease effect. Any spare kick should go on thea single-target high damage Decay Surge as it is not as important.
• Speaking about high-alert mobs, I would advise to be cautious when pullingBracken Warscourge with many mobs due to its Pack Tactics aura.Interrupt Hideous Cackle at all costs, as the AoE fear effect will sendyou shrieking in fear for a short period of time, which is likely to result in a wipe.In addition, step out of their Ragestorm and do not ever stay in it.

You will be simultaneously fighting the 3 chief gnolls,Rira Hackclaw, Gashtooth, and Tricktotem, eachof them having unique abilities under their belt. Here is a more detailedbreakdown of the boss fight:

• Avoid being hit by Rira Hackclaw's Bladestorm; she willbe slowed by 70% during the cast, which will make dodging much easier.
• Interrupt Greater Healing Rapids at all costs to prevent the bossesfrom healing.
• Any spare interrupts should go towards Earth Bolt casts.
• Beware of Bloodfrenzy; if one of the gnolls drops below15% health, this will automatically trigger. You want to cleave themequally until they are all at 15% HP to prevent increasing the fight's difficulty.Another strategy here is to just zerg the Tricktotem caster, this wayyou don't have to deal with interrupts, which can be a better strategy if you play with classesthat have a long cooldown on their stops.
• Quickly nuke the Hextrick Totem to prevent your teammates frombeing Hextricked.

• Be careful of how you position Rira Hackclaw, since her autoattacks Cleave all players in front of her within an 8-yard cone.
• Periodically, Rira Hackclaw will charge a random member of yourparty with Savage Charge. It is your responsibility to stay in front ofthe charge and soak the damage incoming damage, or else they will die.Unless your party member specifically instructs you not to do it because they have animmunity available, you should pay attention to this cast at all costs!

• Gashtooth will occasionally cast Gash Frenzy, shadowsteppingbehind every player and applying a Bleed effect for 15 sec, whichyou can remove if you heal your teammates above 90% health!
• Gashtooth will additionally cast Marked for Butcheryon one player; use your external defensive cooldownson them and spot-heal!
• Dispel Gashtooth's Decayed Senses as quickly as you canto prevent your team member from being crowd-controlled for 15 sec.
• During the entire boss fight, there will be a Prey on the Weak aurathat will empower each boss with the Predatory Instincts stackablebuff based on their missing health. It is your duty to keep everyone above90% health at all times!

Once you have defeated Hackclaw's War-Band, the gate in front of youwill open, leaving you with the choice of either going left toward Gutshotor going right toward Treemouth. Although a much common strategy is to go right side, for thesake of the guide, we will display all of the mobs that you will face should you goto the left side (much more dangerous). Here is what you should know on the way there:

• Fleshripper Vulture is the first trash mob you will be facing.The only ability to watch out for is Screech; interrupt it as soon asit casts it.
• Gutchewer Bear has slightly more health, with the only importantability being Maul
• For several reasons, Rotbow Ranger will be the hardest mob in this area. First, they will have Pack Tactics aura buff that will empowerall the enemies around them, followed by its Shoot and Bone Boltabilities that can go on a random target from your party. Avoid their Bone Bolt Volley frontal damage (it has a 40-yard range so youhave to side-step it rather than out-range it). Finally, this mob will empowernearby Fleshripper Vultures and ViciousHyenas with Rotten Meat to chase one random member of your party. Help yourteammates with stuns, slows, and other disruption effects to prevent them fromfacing certain death.

As soon as you pass the first "room," more terrain will appear only to have the already-known Bracken Warscourge.It is a trap! There will be 6 stealthed Gutstabbersthat will ambush you.

Right from the beginning of the boss fight Gutshot will have2 Rotfang Hyenas next to her. They will attack only thetank until Gutshot casts Meat Toss. Your highest priorityis to defeat them before she casts Call Hyenas again, calling 2 moreof them. Finally, the boss has a Huntleader's Tactics aura, furtherempowering both Rotfang Hyenas, another reason why you should kill thembefore the new ones are going to spawn, just make sure you do not lose out on too muchboss damage. Below you can find more information about the boss fight:

• Cleave any existing Rotfang Hyenas while focusing the boss. Make sure,they are dead before the new set of Rotfang Hyenas spawn.They will attack the target debuffed by Meat Toss.
• Speaking about Meat Toss, it will be cast on a random targetmaking them Smell Like Meat. Kite away from the Rotfang Hyenasand never let them catch you.
• The Rotfang Hyenas will gain the Feeding FrenzyEnrage effect and, upon inflicting damage, will also apply a Bleedeffect from their Crippling Bite ability.
• You should watch out for their Bounding Leap ground animation;it does massive damage and stuns you if you get caught in it!
• Dodge the Ensnaring Trap on the ground. Note that you can kite theexisting Rotfang Hyenas into them!. Upon the trap beingtriggered for the first time, it will rearm itself after5.2 seconds!
• Gutshot will periodically cast Master's Call, if it goes through,it will free any Rotfang Hyenas from Ensnaring Trap and give them15% movement speed for 5 sec. Once you see the boss casting itit is extremely important to interrupt it.

• Kite the Rotfang Hyena into the Ensnaring Traps, if theydo, are not chasing anyone with a Smell Like Meat debuff on them.
• Beware of the Gut Shot ability. It deals great damage and knocks you back,so be careful not to be caught in one of the Ensnaring Traps on the ground!

• Focus on healing your teammates if they get caught by one of the Rotfang Hyenas;do your best to keep them away from your party!

Once you defeat Gutshot, this will be your new spawn point if youend up dying!

A few new non-boss-enemies are on the path heading toward Treemouth,and the distance is relatively short if you do head left upon defeating Gutshot.Now keep in mind, if you decided to go from theright side through the river after defeating Hackclaw's War-Band, thereare a few unique non-boss-enemies. Here is more about it:

Stinkbreath is the only "mini-boss" in this dungeon and he hashas several abilities to watch out for:

• Violent Whirlwind will deal Physical damage to allenemies within 6 yards and knock them back; get away from itimmediately!
• He will occasionally cast Stinkbreath; if you are caughtin the frontal ability, you will become Disoriented for4 seconds so watch out!

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If you choose the right path, here is what you should know about the trash mobs there:

• Interrupt Brackenhide Shaper's Infuse Corruption.
• Watch out for Infected Lashers as they will randomly melee youand apply a stackable Bleed effect - Bleeding.

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  Treemouth will periodically regenerate its Energy. Uponreaching 100 Energy, it will cast Grasping Vines, draggingall players towards it for 4 sec. There areseveral more abilities to watch out for in the fight:

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  • Dodge the Decay Spray frontal ability.
  • Immediately after Decay Spray, Treemouth willspawn 4 Decaying Slimes that will cast Gushing Ooze;use your interrupts to stop them!
  • Upon defeating Decaying Slime they will cast Burst, dealing damage to any players within 5 yards andleaving a pool of decay on the ground for 30 seconds.Standing in the pool will damage you due to Withering Away!, soyou better watch out!
  • Once Treemouth begins its Grasping Vines it will Consume all players within 10 yards, dealing damage andcreating an absorb shield. A common strategy here is to let the mostdurable member from your party (tank) be Consumed or anyone with amagical immunity. If none of the players is close enough to be Consumethen the boss gets a permanent Enrage through Starving Frenzy.
  • In addition, be mindful that if the same person gets Consumed twicein a row due to the Partially Digested debuff, it is better to alternate playersand their defensive cooldowns.
  • Once you break the shield, the player that was Consumed will be spat outand continue the fight. Even if you are being Consumed, you can still useyour abilities!
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• Vine Whip is a frontal ability that will follow your directionuntil the end of the cast. Be careful how you aim it; you do not want toendanger the life of your teammates!

• Spot-heal the player that is being Consumed!

Once you defeat Treemouth, head to the right, where you willfind one of the roads leading toward the Den of Decay, where you will findthe last boss of the dungeon, Decatriarch Wratheye. However,there are several trash mobs to watch out for:

• Filth Caller is going to be the first trash mob you have todeal with. Interrupt its Decay Surge cast and beware of Rotting Surge toxins on the ground.
• Pay attention to Disease Slasher's Decay Claws and Bloody Bite, as it will endanger the life of your tank!
• Fetid Rotsinger will be one of the hardest enemies inthis area. They will have the Pack Tactics aura and an important castto interrupt called Burst of Decay. However, as soon as itcasts Summon Totem, swap to the totem and nuke it immediately to preventyour group from taking the Withering Disease effect.
• Vile Rothexer is another caster that spreads Diseaseeffects. Maintain at least 5 yards of distance between each other to prevent Withering Contagion from spreading and do your best to preventthem from empowering with Siphon Decay by standing further than30 yards away before they finish their cast.
• Wither Biter will also be included in every pack. Even thoughthey are non-elite mobs, they can apply Bloody Bite to yourtank!

The final boss of the dungeon, Decatriarch Wratheye, willhave Energy as her resource. Upon reaching maximum Energy (100)she will cast Decaying Strength, empowering herself and applying Withered Eruption to your entire party. Here is more about the fight:

• Avoid being hit by Choking Rotcloud; it will deal damage andsilence you if you stay in the cloud. Getting hit by the cloudwill apply a stackable Withering Rot damage-over-time effect on you,inflicting damage and reducing your damage done.
• Withering Rot does not expire until Decatriarch Wratheyeabsorbs it with Decaying Strength or the encounter ends.
• Swap to the Rotburst Totem as soon as the boss is about tospawn it, if the cast goes through, your entire party will have Withering Rot debuff.
• Once the boss casts Decaying Strength, she will apply Withered Eruptionto everyone on your team. The more application of Withering Rot you have,the larger the size of the effect will be, so make sure to spread accordingly!

• Use active mitigation when the boss applies Decaystrike on you.Be careful; this stacks!
• Move Decatriarch Wratheye close to the Rotburst Totemto allow your party to cleave both targets simultaneously.

• Heal up the Decaystrike from your tank as quickly as possible.
• Use healing cooldowns if your whole party has Withering Rot as it will dealconstant damage until its removed.

Type	Item	Stats
2H Mace	Ancestral Stoneshaper	Mastery/Haste
Ring	Bloodied Wedding Ring	Mastery/Vers
Trinket	Frenzying Signoll Flare	Agi/Str
Polearm	Poached Kalu'ak Spear	Agi, Crit/Haste
Cloth Feet	Ravenous Pursuer's Footwraps	Vers/Haste

Type	Item	Stats
Cloth Shoulder	Boastful Stalker's Epaulets	Vers/Haste
Leather Wrist	Ferocious Hyena Hidebinders	Vers/Crit
Crossbow	Gutshot's Trophy Hunter	Mastery/Haste
Plate Waist	Trapmaster's Utility Belt	Haste/Vers
Necl	Tuskarr Bone Necklace	Crit/Vers

Type	Item	Stats
Leather Feet	Ancient Rotwalkers	Crit/Mastery
Plate Wrist	Binders of the Moldering	Vers/Haste
2H Mace	Bough of Deterioration	Mastery/Crit
Cloth Head	Mask of Imperishable Leaves	Vers/Mastery
Mail Shoulder	Rooted Shoulders of Putrefaction	Haste/Vers
Mail Waist	Swollen Bark Clasp	Crit/Haste
Trinket	Treemouth's Festering Splinter	Agi/Str

Type	Item	Stats
Leather Hands	Blightweaver's Clutches	Crit/Haste
1H Mace	Decatriarch's Bone Pestle	Int, Mastery/Crit
Plate Head	Decay Mother's Wrathful Gaze	Vers/Haste
Trinket	Idol of Pure Decay	Agi/Int
Dagger	Rot-Carved Totemic Shank	Agi, Crit/Vers
Mail Legs	Tassets of Densified Ooze	Mastery/Vers

There are 10 total achievements to obtain in Brackenhide Hollow:

Achievement	Criteria
Brackenhide Hollow	Defeat Decatriarch Wratheye inBrackenhide Hollow.
Heroic: Brackenhide Hollow	Defeat Decatriarch Wratheye inBrackenhide Hollow on Heroic difficultyor higher.
Mythic: Brackenhide Hollow	Defeat Decatriarch Wratheye inBrackenhide Hollow on Mythic or MythicKeystone difficulty.
Mythic: Brackenhide Hollow Guild Run	Defeat Decatriarch Wratheye inBrackenhide Hollow on Mythic difficultywhile in a guild group.
Keystone Hero: Brackenhide Hollow	Complete Brackenhide Hollow at MythicLevel 20 or higher, within the time limit.
All Bark, All Bite	Defeat Treemouth after every playerhas been consumed at least once in Brackenhide Hollowon Mythic difficulty.
Growlbossify	Defeat Hackclaw's War Band after freeing Chief Softpaw,equipping her with a spear and shield and making sure shesurvives in Brackenhide Hollow on Mythic difficulty.
So You Can Kill This in a Way That Matters...	Defeat Decatriarch Wratheye after finding andplanting three Resilient Mushrooms, then destroying them withDecaystrike in Brackenhide Hollow on Mythic difficulty.
Subscribed to Hyena Facts	Learn five hyena facts from Gwybod in a singlevisit to Brackenhide Hollow on Mythic difficulty.