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Fang of the Dame — Transmog Set Guide

by SophiaHoney

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SophiaHoney

Started playing back in Pandaria, when the pandaren were still a novelty. Got stuck on Monk because it's the only class where you don't get dizzy after a dash. Tries to manage both tanking and kicking enemies in the face.

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Overview

Fang of the Dame is a rare one-handed dagger added to World of Warcraft in the Midnight expansion (patch 12.0.0). The item level is 237 and the required character level is 90. Its "agility + stamina + critical strike + versatility" stats make it a core weapon for Assassination and Subtlety rogues, but any class able to equip daggers can unlock it for their wardrobe.

Visually it is a short blade in the blood elf style: a dark blade with a faint crimson sheen and a pommel shaped like a predator's fang. The item's name is a nod to its source: the "Dame" is a matriarch lynx known as Dame Bloodshed, who patrols Eversong Woods. It binds on equip, so the dagger can be resold or passed to an alt before it is equipped.

Source

The dagger drops from the rare NPC Dame Bloodshed — a huge lynx bearing the title "Lynx Matriarch" that dwells near Windrunner Village in Eversong Woods. The spawn coordinates are /way #2395 45.0 38.6 (the rare patrols a small stretch north of the village).

Key source details:

Content type — Midnight open world, no group and no difficulties.
Chance for the dagger to drop from a single kill — around 37%.
Limit — one kill per rare's respawn cycle per character, and the drop is rolled for every participant in the fight.
Rare's level — 80–83, easily soloed by a level 90 character.
The lynx is marked with a silver star on the minimap; respawn times for the zone's rares are long, so you sometimes have to wait.

The same rare also drops the Princess Bloodshed pet, plus a chance at the zone's mounts — the Cerulean Hawkstrider and the Cobalt Dragonhawk. Killing Dame Bloodshed counts toward the A Bloody Song achievement, which in turn is part of the zone's meta-achievement Forever Song.

Who it suits visually

Fits sets in a dark-red and purple palette — the classic "vampiric" and "stalking" rogue looks.
Sits well in the elven aesthetics of the House of the Sun and the Silvermoon theme: crimson accents on a dark blade echo the blood-and-magic motif of Eversong Woods.
Works universally alongside any second dagger in a neutral color — the Fang will be the "accent" piece in the right hand.
Contrasts with the golden and holy gear of Silvermoon paladins and priests — for them, consider "cleaner" daggers instead.
A logical pick for themed "beast hunter" or "wild hunt" looks, given the item's lore.

Tips

1

Before the hunt, check the rare's timer through an addon like Rare Scanner or the zone's general chat channel — the lynx is often already dead, and it is easier to wait out the respawn by busying yourself with the neighboring rares of the A Bloody Song achievement.

2

With a drop chance of around 37%, farming on a single character usually takes 2–3 cycles, but in the worst case you can hit the target with alts on reset days.

3

Dame Bloodshed patrols a small circle — stand at the spot /way #2395 45.0 38.6 and wait, and she will pass by on her own.

4

The fight has no complex mechanics: a rogue can comfortably open from stealth with a flurry of daggers, while any other class can simply run its standard rotation.

5

Pick up Princess Bloodshed while you are at it — the pet drops from the same rare and is needed for collection battles.

6

If you are after the zone's mounts, keep the rares in your rotation: the Cerulean Hawkstrider and Cobalt Dragonhawk drop from all the rares of Eversong Woods, so farming the dagger pays off even on a bad luck streak.

7

The dagger binds on equip — if an alt does not need it visually, try selling it on the auction house before equipping it.