Challenge of the Blades

Challenge of the Blades
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	70
Quest Required	None
Items Required	5 Werewolf Tails
Altar Info
Monsters	None
Boss	Blade of Shade (Lv. 75)
Rewards	May include the following: 192 Emeralds Subsuming Darkness Wriggling Darkness Blade of Shade Shadestep Shackle of Shade

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Things that lurk in the dark still hold fears. There's no rule that says the rulers of the night can't turn on each other for power.

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Location

Location

Kander Forest -803, 76, -5395

Wynncraft Map

This Boss Altar is located in the Kander Forest, on top of a hill south of the Lexdale Penitentiary.

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

• Blade of Shade: Aha...you'll be a very interesting quarry to catch, human...

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 15000 health in the first phase, with each successive phase having higher health - the final phase (16 copies) has 91,750 health each, with all clones of the Blade of Shade having a total HP of 2,446,500. 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
	Blade of Shade (Phase 1)	75	30,500	Melee	Blindness Immune Slowness Immune Teleport Multihit Vanish	✽✤ Weak ✹❋✦ Dam ✹✦ Def	2 Blades of Shade (Phase 2)	Challenge of the Blades
	Blade of Shade (Phase 2)	75	46,000	Melee	Blindness Immune Slowness Immune Teleport Multihit Vanish	✽✤ Weak ✹❋✦ Dam ✹✦ Def	2 Blades of Shade (Phase 3)	Challenge of the Blades: From Blade of Shade (Phase 1)
	Blade of Shade (Phase 3)	75	61,000	Charge	Blindness Resist Slowness Resist Teleport Multihit Vanish	✽✤ Weak ✹❋✦ Dam ✹✦ Def	2 Blades of Shade (Phase 4)	Challenge of the Blades: From Blade of Shade (Phase 2)
	Blade of Shade (Phase 4)	75	76,500	Crawl	Blindness Resist Slowness Resist Teleport Multihit Vanish	✽✤ Weak ✹❋✦ Dam ✹✦ Def	2 Blades of Shade (Phase 5)	Challenge of the Blades: From Blade of Shade (Phase 3)
	Blade of Shade (Phase 5)	75	91,750	Charge	Blindness Resist Slowness Resist Teleport Multihit Vanish	✽✤ Weak ✹❋✦ Dam ✹✦ Def	192 Emeralds Subsuming Darkness Wriggling Darkness Blade of Shade Shadestep Shackle of Shade	Challenge of the Blades: From 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.
• The tribute of Werewolf Tails is meant to show that the player is a hunter, akin to the Blade of Shade.
• Blade of Shade wields a Crimson Dagger, a custom weapon skin.
  • The weapons scattered around the arena also include numerous custom skins, including Driftwood, Nordic, Phoenix and Fellowship Daggers, Paladin's Greatswords, a Trickster's Main-Gauche, and an Acrobat's Katana.
• This altar was revamped in Hotfix #4 of Version 2.0.4.
  • Blade of Shade, alongside Night Lurkers and Shade Lurkers in the Dark Forest and Kander Forest, were given new appearances to dispel the long-standing misconception that they were Werewolves.

Gallery

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  The hallway inside the altar leading to the arena

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  The arena where Blade of Shade is fought

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  Blade of Shade's appearance prior to being revamped