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= Overview =
  
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|name=Razorfen Downs
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|aka=RFD
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|ss=Razorfen Downs loading screen.jpg
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|caption=Razorfen Downs loading graphic
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|loc=[[Southern Barrens]] (pre-Cataclysm)<br>[[Thousand Needles]] (post-Cataclysm)
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|race={{Race|Quilboar }}<br />{{Race|Undead }}<br />{{Race|Undead Quilboar }}
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|boss=[[Amnennar the Coldbringer]]
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|type=
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|level=42-45
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|players=5 (10)
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|key=
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|bosses={{Razorfen Downs}}
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}}
   
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'''Razorfen Downs''' are the ancestral burial grounds of the [[quilboar]], nestled amid huge brambles in the [[Barrens]], on the east side of the far southern edge. The [[Scourge]] have taken over much of the downs, and infest the burial grounds with the reawakened dead. It is also known as '''RFD,''' not to be confused with [[RFK]] or [[BFD]].
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To generate a random number in a particular range (usually 1 - 100) by [[Player|player]]s vying for n [[Loot|looted]] [[Item|item]] or [[Chest|chest]].
  
   
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== History ==
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In [[World of Warcraft]], most players would generate a random number using the [[Slash Command]] "/random &lt;#&gt;" ("/roll" and "/rand" are synonymous). The number &lt;#&gt; denotes the range of numbers to pick randomly from; for instance will "/random 20" return a number from 1 to 20. The default value of &lt;#&gt; is 100.
  
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:''Crafted from the same mighty vines as [[Razorfen Kraul]], Razorfen Downs is the traditional capital city of the [[quilboar]] race. The sprawling, thorn-ridden labyrinth houses a veritable army of loyal quilboar as well as their high priests - the [[Death's Head]] tribe. Recently, however, a looming shadow has fallen over the crude den. Agents of the undead [[Scourge]] - led by the [[lich]], [[Amnennar the Coldbringer]] - have taken control over the [[quilboar]] race and turned the maze of thorns into a bastion of undead might. Now the [[quilboar]] fight a desperate battle to reclaim their beloved city before Amnennar spreads his control across the Barrens.''
   
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== Geography ==
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In a [[Party|group or party]], rolling is [[#Involuntary Rolling|involuntary]] depending on the [[Loot#Looting While In A Party|loot options]].
  
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===Maps===
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<gallery>
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File:WorldMap-RazorfenDowns1.jpg
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</gallery>
   
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===Subregions===
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{| class="darktable"
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|[[The Bone Pile]] • [[The Caller's Chamber]] • [[The Murder Pens]] • [[Spiral of Thorns]]
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|}
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{{clrl}}
   
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== Voluntary Rolling ==
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== Quest guide ==
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{| class="darktable"
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! Quest name
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! Quest giver
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! Zone location
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|-
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!colspan="3"|{{Alliance Icon Small}} Alliance quests
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|-
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| [[Quest:Looming Threat (Alliance)]]
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| {{RaceIcon|NightElf|Male|Small}}{{NPC|Alliance|Telaron Windflight}}
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| [[Dreamer's Rest]], [[Feralas]]
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|-
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!colspan="3"|{{Horde Icon Small}} Horde quests
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|-
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| [[Quest:Looming Threat (Horde)]]
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| {{RaceIcon|Tauren|Male|Small}}{{NPC|Horde|Kanati Greycloud}}
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| [[Westreach Summit]], [[Thousand Needles]]
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|-
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!colspan="3"|{{Neutral Icon Small}} Neutral quests
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|-
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| [[Quest:Scourge of the Downs]]
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| {{RaceIcon|Human|Male|Small}}{{NPC|Neutral|Belnistrasz}}
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| [[The Murder Pens]], Razorfen Downs
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|-
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| [[Quest:Extinguishing the Idol]]
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| {{RaceIcon|Human|Male|Small}}{{NPC|Neutral|Belnistrasz}}
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| [[The Murder Pens]], Razorfen Downs (escort quest)
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|-
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| [[Quest:Cure the Scourge]]
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| {{RaceIcon|High Elf|Female|Small}}{{NPC|Neutral|Koristrasza}}
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| Razorfen Downs (entrance)
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|-
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| [[Quest:Partners in Crime]]
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| {{RaceIcon|High Elf|Female|Small}}{{NPC|Neutral|Koristrasza}}
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| Razorfen Downs (entrance)
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|-
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| [[Quest:The Coldbringer]]
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| {{RaceIcon|High Elf|Female|Small}}{{NPC|Neutral|Koristrasza}}
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| Razorfen Downs (entrance)
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|}
   
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== General notes ==
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Example scenario:
  
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Razorfen Downs has a more menacing atmosphere than many lower level instances before it due to the presence of the [[Scourge]]. Loot here is valuable and useful but you can expect a workout in order to get it. If you are between levels 42-45, have a group of people you trust, a couple hours or so to spare and are looking for a more intense fight than what you will normally experience below level 45, chances are you will enjoy this instance.
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# '''Player 1''': "Hey, I see a chest!"
  
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# '''Player 2''': "Okay, let's roll for it."
  
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# '''Player 3''': /random 100
  
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#:''System Message:'' <font color="yellow">You rolled a 3 of 100.</font>
  
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# '''Player 3''': "I guess I don't get to open it... :-("
  
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# '''Player 1''': /rand 100
  
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#:''System Message:'' <font color="yellow">You rolled a 97 of 100.</font>
  
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# '''Player 1''': "W00t!"
  
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# '''Player 2''': "Hold on, cowboy..."
  
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# '''Player 2''': /roll
  
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#:''System Message:'' <font color="yellow">You rolled a 56 of 100.</font>
  
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# '''Player 2''': "Darn, roll hack! ;-)"
  
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# '''Player 1''' opens the chest and loots its contents... but being nice, gives stuff not needed or can't use to the other players...
  
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# '''Player 2''': "Sweet"
  
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# '''Player 3''': "Thx"
  
   
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As a result of being taken over by the [[Scourge]], the mobs populating Razorfen Downs are predominantly [[undead]]. The [[priest]] ability [[Shackle Undead]] shines here as a staple form of [[crowd control]]. The earlier [[quilboar]] mob groups usually consist of one [[humanoid]] caster (Geomancer or Necromancer) and several [[undead]] tanks (Withered Warriors and Reavers). Another strategy is to have the [[priest]] [[Mind Control]] the Death's Head Necromancer and use the mob's version of [[Shackle Undead]] against the nearby [[undead]] tanks just before the caster dies. The group only needs to worry about interrupting the [[Mind Control]] battle.
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''Blizzard claimes that there is no such thing as [[Roll hack|roll hacks]].''
  
   
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Also of note are the various patrols of weak skeletons and non-elite mobs in the [[Spiral of Thorns]]. These can easily be taken care of with AoE. Be sure to communicate your intent with the group when pulling mobs and [[Power Word: Shield|shield]] your AoEers appropriately. In [[Tuten'kash]]'s chamber, or "the gong room," there are mobs straight ahead to the right and left. The sharp angle of the left wall may obscure your vision of these mobs, so either scout ahead or remember to tackle this left mob group first. Pulling the right mob group without handling the left may result in [[add]]s and eventually a wipe.
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== Involuntary Rolling ==
  
   
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Deeper into the dungeon (the [[Spiral of Thorns]]), the mobs change to a banshee and skeleton type. The banshees are casters with silence, so plan your anti-caster attack accordingly. Further in still are skeletal summoners who, if allowed to cast, will summon non-elite shadowcasters to attack you. Close to the entrance of the [[Spiral of Thorns]], you may come across what looks like a passable shortcut, but is not. It is possible to take the right fork (toward the banshee/skeleton types) and deal with that side first before heading for the left fork and the [[quilboar]] types. This means you will fight [[Glutton]] first followed by [[Amnennar the Coldbringer]], which may be desirable if time is a significant factor.
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See [[Loot#Looting While In A Party|Looting While In A Party]].
  
   
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== Dungeon denizens ==
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[[File:RFDBosses.jpg|500px|right|Razorfen Downs Bosses]]
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===Bosses===
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*{{NPC|Combat|Tuten'kash||icon=CryptFiend}}
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*{{NPC|Combat|Plaguemaw the Rotting||icon=UndeadQuilboar_Male}} (Summoned)
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*{{NPC|Combat|Mordresh Fire Eye||icon=Skeleton}}
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*{{NPC|Combat|Glutton||icon=Abomination}}
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*{{NPC|Combat|Ragglesnout||icon=Quilboar_Male}} (Rare)
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*{{NPC|Combat|Amnennar the Coldbringer||icon=Lich_Male}} (Final)
   
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===Encounters===
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{| class="darktable"
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|-
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! Bosses || Monsters || NPCs
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|- valign=top
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* '''Entrance
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*{{RaceIconExt|Boar|Small}} {{mob|Battle Boar Horror}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Quilboar|Female}} {{mob|Death's Head Cultist}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Quilboar|Female}} {{mob|Death's Head Geomancer}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Quilboar|Female}} {{mob|Death's Head Necromancer}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Quilboar|Male}} {{mob|Razorfen Battleguard}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Boar|Small}} {{mob|Withered Battle Boar}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|UndeadQuilboar|Male}} {{mob|Withered Quilguard}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|UndeadQuilboar|Male}} {{mob|Withered Reaver}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|UndeadQuilboar|Male}} {{mob|Withered Spearhide}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|UndeadQuilboar|Male}} {{mob|Withered Warrior}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Human|Female}} {{NPC||Koristrasza}}
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|- valign=top class="alt"
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|
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* '''[[The Caller's Chamber]]
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** {{RaceIconExt|CryptFiend}} {{mob|Tuten'kash}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Boar|Small}} {{mob|Battle Boar Horror}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Quilboar|Female}} {{mob|Death's Head Necromancer}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|CryptFiend}} {{mob|Tomb Fiend}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|CryptFiend}} {{mob|Tomb Reaver}}
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|- valign=top
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|
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* '''[[The Murder Pens]]
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**{{RaceIconExt|UndeadQuilboar|Male}} {{mob|Plaguemaw the Rotting}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Boar|Small}} {{mob|Battle Boar Horror}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Quilboar|Female}} {{mob|Death's Head Necromancer}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|UndeadQuilboar|Male}} {{mob|Withered Quilguard}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|UndeadQuilboar|Male}} {{mob|Withered Reaver}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Human|Male}} {{NPC||Belnistrasz}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Human|Male}} {{NPC||Henry Stern}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Ogre|Male}} {{NPC||Sah'rhee}}
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|- valign=top class="alt"
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|
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* '''[[The Bone Pile]]
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**{{RaceIconExt|Skeleton}} {{mob|Mordresh Fire Eye}}
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|
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*{{RaceIconExt|Boar|Small}} {{mob|Battle Boar Horror}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Skeleton}} {{mob|Splinterbone Skeleton}}
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|- valign=top
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|
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* '''Beginning of the [[Spiral of Thorns]]
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**{{RaceIconExt|Abomination}} {{mob|Glutton}}
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**{{RaceIconExt|Quilboar|Male}} {{mob|Ragglesnout}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Ghoul}} {{mob|Boneflayer Ghoul}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Wraith}} {{mob|Freezing Spirit}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Wraith}} {{mob|Frozen Soul}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Skeleton}} {{mob|Skeletal Frostweaver}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|SkeletalWarrior}} {{mob|Splinterbone Centurion}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Skeleton}} {{mob|Splinterbone Skeleton}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|SkeletalWarrior}} {{mob|Splinterbone Warrior}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Ghoul}} {{mob|Thorn Eater Ghoul}}
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|- valign=top class="alt"
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* '''[[Spiral of Thorns]]
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**{{RaceIconExt|Lich|Male}} {{mob|Amnennar the Coldbringer}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Wraith}} {{mob|Freezing Spirit}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Wraith}} {{mob|Frost Spectre}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Skeleton}} {{mob|Skeletal Summoner}}
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**{{RaceIconExt|Skeleton}} {{mob|Skeletal Shadowcaster}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|SkeletalWarrior}} {{mob|Splinterbone Captain}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Skeleton}} {{mob|Splinterbone Skeleton}}
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*{{RaceIconExt|Human|Female}} {{NPC||Koristrasza}}
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|}
   
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== Loot ==
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{{main|Razorfen Downs loot}}
   
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==Achievements==
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* [[Razorfen Downs (achievement)]]
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* [[Razorfen Downs Guild Run]]
   
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== Resources ==
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[[Category:Game Terms]]
  
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* [[Arthas' Tears]]
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[[Category:Stubs]]
  
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* [[Grave Moss]]
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==Patches and hotfixes==
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* {{Patch 4.0.3a|note=Level range increased to 42-45 and a rear entrance from Thousand Needles has been added roughly northeast of [[Darkcloud Pinnacle]].}}
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* {{Patch 2.3.0|note=Level range lowered from 35-42.}}
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* {{Patch 1.5.0|note=New load screen added.}}
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* {{Patch 1.3.0|note=
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**Capped at ten players.
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**Lengthened the respawn time of many of the creatures in Uldaman.}}
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Revision as of 17:47, 1 December 2011

Razorfen Downs
RFD
Razorfen Downs loading screen
Razorfen Downs loading graphic
Location Southern Barrens (pre-Cataclysm)
Thousand Needles (post-Cataclysm)
Race(s) QuilboarQuilboar Quilboar
UndeadUndead Undead
QuilboarQuilboar Quilboar
End boss Amnennar the Coldbringer
Advised level 42-45
Player limit 5 (10)

Razorfen Downs are the ancestral burial grounds of the quilboar, nestled amid huge brambles in the Barrens, on the east side of the far southern edge. The Scourge have taken over much of the downs, and infest the burial grounds with the reawakened dead. It is also known as RFD, not to be confused with RFK or BFD.

History

From the World Dungeons page on the official World of Warcraft Community Site:

Crafted from the same mighty vines as Razorfen Kraul, Razorfen Downs is the traditional capital city of the quilboar race. The sprawling, thorn-ridden labyrinth houses a veritable army of loyal quilboar as well as their high priests - the Death's Head tribe. Recently, however, a looming shadow has fallen over the crude den. Agents of the undead Scourge - led by the lich, Amnennar the Coldbringer - have taken control over the quilboar race and turned the maze of thorns into a bastion of undead might. Now the quilboar fight a desperate battle to reclaim their beloved city before Amnennar spreads his control across the Barrens.

Geography

Maps

  • WorldMap-RazorfenDowns1.jpg

Subregions

The Bone Pile • The Caller's Chamber • The Murder Pens • Spiral of Thorns

Quest guide

Quest name Quest giver Zone location
Alliance Alliance quests
Quest:Looming Threat (Alliance) IconSmall NightElf MaleAlliance Telaron Windflight Dreamer's Rest, Feralas
Horde Horde quests
Quest:Looming Threat (Horde) IconSmall Tauren MaleHorde Kanati Greycloud Westreach Summit, Thousand Needles
Neutral Neutral quests
Quest:Scourge of the Downs IconSmall Human MaleNeutral Belnistrasz The Murder Pens, Razorfen Downs
Quest:Extinguishing the Idol IconSmall Human MaleNeutral Belnistrasz The Murder Pens, Razorfen Downs (escort quest)
Quest:Cure the Scourge IconSmall HighElf FemaleNeutral Koristrasza Razorfen Downs (entrance)
Quest:Partners in Crime IconSmall HighElf FemaleNeutral Koristrasza Razorfen Downs (entrance)
Quest:The Coldbringer IconSmall HighElf FemaleNeutral Koristrasza Razorfen Downs (entrance)

General notes

Razorfen Downs has a more menacing atmosphere than many lower level instances before it due to the presence of the Scourge. Loot here is valuable and useful but you can expect a workout in order to get it. If you are between levels 42-45, have a group of people you trust, a couple hours or so to spare and are looking for a more intense fight than what you will normally experience below level 45, chances are you will enjoy this instance.

As a result of being taken over by the Scourge, the mobs populating Razorfen Downs are predominantly undead. The priest ability Spell nature slow [Shackle Undead] shines here as a staple form of crowd control. The earlier quilboar mob groups usually consist of one humanoid caster (Geomancer or Necromancer) and several undead tanks (Withered Warriors and Reavers). Another strategy is to have the priest Spell shadow shadowworddominate [Mind Control] the Death's Head Necromancer and use the mob's version of Spell nature slow [Shackle Undead] against the nearby undead tanks just before the caster dies. The group only needs to worry about interrupting the Spell shadow shadowworddominate [Mind Control] battle.

Also of note are the various patrols of weak skeletons and non-elite mobs in the Spiral of Thorns. These can easily be taken care of with AoE. Be sure to communicate your intent with the group when pulling mobs and shield your AoEers appropriately. In Tuten'kash's chamber, or "the gong room," there are mobs straight ahead to the right and left. The sharp angle of the left wall may obscure your vision of these mobs, so either scout ahead or remember to tackle this left mob group first. Pulling the right mob group without handling the left may result in adds and eventually a wipe.

Deeper into the dungeon (the Spiral of Thorns), the mobs change to a banshee and skeleton type. The banshees are casters with silence, so plan your anti-caster attack accordingly. Further in still are skeletal summoners who, if allowed to cast, will summon non-elite shadowcasters to attack you. Close to the entrance of the Spiral of Thorns, you may come across what looks like a passable shortcut, but is not. It is possible to take the right fork (toward the banshee/skeleton types) and deal with that side first before heading for the left fork and the quilboar types. This means you will fight Glutton first followed by Amnennar the Coldbringer, which may be desirable if time is a significant factor.

Dungeon denizens

Razorfen Downs Bosses

Bosses

Encounters

Bosses Monsters NPCs
  • Entrance

Loot

Main article: Razorfen Downs loot

Achievements

Resources

Patches and hotfixes

  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Level range increased to 42-45 and a rear entrance from Thousand Needles has been added roughly northeast of Darkcloud Pinnacle.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): Level range lowered from 35-42.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.5.0 (2005-06-07): New load screen added.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.3.0 (2005-03-07):
    • Capped at ten players.
    • Lengthened the respawn time of many of the creatures in Uldaman.

External links

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