| “ | Aha... you'll be a very interesting quarry to catch, human... | „ |
| ~ Blade of Shade |
Challenge of the Blades 
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 The Boss Altar
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| Discovery Lore | |
|---|---|
| Pure dark magic is all that exists in this magical trap, laid by a sadistic denizen from the Realm of Darkness. | |
| Access | |
| Coordinates | X: -803, Z: -5359 |
| Suggested Level | 65 |
| Reward | 192 Emeralds |
| Environment | |
| Type/Biomes | Forest |
| Battle | |
| Monsters | None |
| Boss | Blade of Shade |
| Usage | |
| Uses | Grinding Items |
Location[]
| Location |
| Kander Forest -803, -5359 |
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| Wynncraft Map |
This Boss Altar is located in the Kander Forest, on top of a hill south of the Forbidden Prison.
Items[]
The items needed for this altar are 5 Werewolf Tails right clicked on the altar within the dark circle. You can obtain Werewolf Tails by killing the Werewolves that spawn in the forest.
Boss[]
The fight consists of simply a melee boss, Blade of Shade. After defeating the first phase, the boss splits into two copies. Each copy will successively split into more copies until eventually being defeated permanently, up to a maximum of 16 copies. They have 12000 health in the first phase, with each successive phase having higher health - the final phase (16 copies) has 24000 health each. This means that attempting to pick off one set at at time is very difficult, since the earlier phases tend to split even when focusing on the later phases. The player should keep their distance, as this horde can easily overwhelm them, especially since the boss often casts Teleport and Vanish. The last clones will drop the various altar rewards and a portion of the emerald rewards.
| Image | Name | Level | Health | AI Type | Abilities | Elemental Stats | Drops | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Blade of Shade (Phase 1) |
75 | 12000 | Melee | Tp Multihit Vanish |
✽ Water: Weakness ✤ Earth: Weakness ✹ Fire: Damage, Defense ❋ Air: Damage ✦ Thunder: Damage, Defense |
2 Blades of Shade (Phase 2) |
Challenge of the Blades |
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Blade of Shade (Phase 2) |
75 | 15000 | Melee | Tp Multihit Vanish |
✽ Water: Weakness ✤ Earth: Weakness ✹ Fire: Damage, Defense ❋ Air: Damage ✦ Thunder: Damage, Defense |
2 Blades of Shade (Phase 3) |
Blade of Shade (Phase 1) |
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Blade of Shade (Phase 3) |
75 | 18000 | Melee | Tp Multihit Vanish |
✽ Water: Weakness ✤ Earth: Weakness ✹ Fire: Damage, Defense ❋ Air: Damage ✦ Thunder: Damage, Defense |
2 Blades of Shade (Phase 4) |
Blade of Shade (Phase 2) |
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Blade of Shade (Phase 4) |
75 | 21000 | Melee | Tp Multihit Vanish |
✽ Water: Weakness ✤ Earth: Weakness ✹ Fire: Damage, Defense ❋ Air: Damage ✦ Thunder: Damage, Defense |
2 Blades of Shade (Phase 5) |
Blade of Shade (Phase 3) |
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Blade of Shade (Phase 5) |
75 | 24000 | Melee | Tp Multihit Vanish |
✽ Water: Weakness ✤ Earth: Weakness ✹ Fire: Damage, Defense ❋ Air: Damage ✦ Thunder: Damage, Defense |
192 Emeralds Subsuming Darkness Wriggling Darkness Blade of Shade Shadestep Shackle of Shade |
Blade of Shade (Phase 4) |
Trivia[]
- The Challenge of the Blades boss altar slipped by 1.20's rework of Kander Forest's lore and builds, and despite the discovery lore referring to the Blade of Shade as a denizen of "the Realm of Darkness", this does not refer to Dern, but to the world from which is Naragath summoned in the now-removed quest Eye of the Storm.
