WOW Headless Horseman Guide

Hallow's End Boss Guide

The Headless Horseman is the primary event boss in WOW’s Hallow’s End event that drops some of the most sought after loot during the Halloween festivities which include the Mounts. This is a guide to help you to defeat the Headless Horseman and claim your loot.

First you need to guide your raid group through the Scarlet Monastery to the Graveyard. He will spawn at the Pumpkin Shrine by lighting the required candle. When the Headless Horseman spawns, his first prey will of course be the unlucky party member that lit the candle. He is going to break off into two mobs later on in the fight so prepare for that, one as the body and one as the head.

Tank him with taunt (make sure the tank did not light the candle) and start to DPS the hell out of him. Just when you think you have taken down the softy Headless Horseman (1%HP), he will become immune, that is when he will separate his head from his body. Stay clear of his whirlwind and target the head. At 59-61% head HP he will put his head back on to his body that has been regenerating to 100%.

Rinse and repeat the same above but be mindful of the conflagration he now deals to the high threat targets. This can be dealt with by using a PVP trinket with healer support (healers target who the Headless Horseman is damaging with conflagration). Make sure you do not get too close to those targets though.

Once the head is at 29% or the body reaches 100%, he will stop using conflagration and spawn Pumpkin Fiends. Tanks should deal with the fiends by using focus in the middle of the mob pack. Those that wear cloth should know that the fiends crit at 1k, so be careful and healers be alert. While the tank is dealing with the Pumpkin fiends the DPS should be heavily soaked on the Head of the Horseman. Depending on how fast you wear him down he could spawn a second set of fiends, so try to make the most out of your DPS.

The key to the final stage of the Headless Horseman is that when the head dies, everything else dies. This should help guide your decision making easier if you have to make a choice as to what needs to be dealt with: Deal with the head.

Important tip: Groups that tank the Horseman on the steps are going to find it much easier for the tank to snag the fiends and guide them away from he group.

Now go enjoy your loot!