The Beast

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The Beast

Race

Core hound (Beast)

Level

60 Elite

Health

76,300

Location

The Furnace, Upper Blackrock Spire

Status

Killable

Relative(s)

Beauty (mate), Buster, Lucky, Runty and Spot (pups)

Pet information

Family

Core Hound

Upper Blackrock Spire

The Beast is a boss found at The Furnace in Upper Blackrock Spire. It appears to be a Core hound that has been captured by the forces of Nefarian for use in his breeding experiments. (Experiments on other core hounds could account for the creation of Chromaggus, a core hound-like dragonkin who is the second-to-last boss found in Blackwing Lair.)

At some point before he is encountered by a party, the Beast had swallowed Finkle Einhorn, a gnomish adventurer who has survived in the Beast's stomach for an unspecified period of time. Skinning The Beast will free Finkle.

Strategy

Essentially, a tank will need to keep aggro on The Beast at all times as he hits extremely hard and can kill a cloth wearer in 2 or 3 hits. The rest of the raid will want to DPS him. As long as the Main Tank can keep aggro (best to say the Main Tanks, since it is unlikely that aggro can be consistently held, due to The Beast's oft-cast fears and random charges) and you have sufficient healing, this fight should be a simple one. He may drop [Finkle's Skinner], which increases skinning by 10, so anyone in the group with a skinning skill of 300 should roll on this if they don't have it already, otherwise it can be greeded. It is vital to have a player in the raid who can skin The Beast, as they can receive the [Pristine Hide of the Beast] and also reveal Finkle Einhorn, who is the start of a quest chain.

The Beast is shown to know 7 moves: Terrifying Roar, Flamebreak, Fire Blast, Summon Player, Fireball, Berserk Charge and Immolate.

Legend

Prior to Patch 4.0.3a, The Beast was very well know to Beast Mastery hunters, as it was the only pet in the game that retained the 'Level ?? (Boss)' tag even after taming. As this was changed by Blizzard, The Beast was most likely never intended to actually keep the boss tags in this way. Arguably in compensation for this change, Blizzard allowed many classic, level 60 bosses (such as Chromaggus and Buru the Gorger) to be tamed by Beast Mastery hunters.

Stats

870 - 1,180 Damage
3,714 Armor

Loot

Loot
Ace of Beasts Use: Combine the Ace through Eight of Beasts to complete the set. 1 Charge Sell Price: 1 25 Blackmist Armguards Binds when picked up Leather Wrist 109 Armor +10 Agility +10 Stamina Durability 45 / 45 Requires Level 55 Item Level 60 Equip: Increases your hit rating by 10. Sell Price: 1 21 9 Blademaster Leggings Binds when picked up Leather Legs 217 Armor +26 Agility +11 Stamina Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 55 Item Level 60 Equip: Increases your critical strike rating by 11. Sell Price: 2 39 43 Bloodmoon Cloak Binds when picked up Back 82 Armor +10 Stamina +10 Intellect Requires Level 55 Item Level 60 Equip: Increases your critical strike rating by 10. Sell Price: 1 45 85 Finkle's Skinner Binds when picked up Dagger One-Hand Speed 1.40 38 – 72 Damage (39.3 damage per second) +10 Agility Durability 65 / 65 Requires Level 55 Item Level 60 Equip: Skinning +10. Equip: Increases your haste rating by 10. "Also serves as a skinning knife." Sell Price: 5 95 Frostweaver Cape Binds when picked up Back 82 Armor +13 Intellect Requires Level 55 Item Level 60 Equip: Increases your hit rating by 8. Equip: Increases your critical strike rating by 8. Sell Price: 1 46 40 Ironweave Boots Binds when picked up Cloth Feet 115 Armor +17 Stamina +11 Intellect Durability 65 / 65 Classes: Priest, Mage, Warlock Requires Level 56 Item Level 61 Set: Ironweave Battlesuit (1/8 pieces) [Ironweave Bracers] [Ironweave Belt] [Ironweave Gloves] [Ironweave Boots] [Ironweave Mantle] [Ironweave Pants] [Ironweave Cowl] [Ironweave Robe] (4) Set: Increases your chance to resist Silence and Interrupt effects by 10%. (8) Set: +200 Armor. Sell Price: 1 47 58 Seeping Willow Binds when picked up Mace Two-Hand Speed 3.60 148 – 222 Damage (51.4 damage per second) Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 55 Item Level 60 Chance on Hit: Lowers all stats by 20 and deals 20 Nature damage every 3 sec to all enemies within an 8 yard radius of the caster for 30 sec. Sell Price: 6 12 32 Spiritshroud Leggings Binds when picked up Cloth Legs 144 Armor +18 Stamina +18 Intellect +18 Spirit Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 55 Item Level 60 Sell Price: 1 93 1 Tristam Legguards Binds when picked up Mail Legs 351 Armor +18 Agility +18 Stamina Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 55 Item Level 60 Equip: Increases your haste rating by 18. Sell Price: 2 88 42 Pristine Hide of the Beast