Shadow Hound

Shadow Hounds began to appear in Sosaria on October 17th, 2024 with the event Shadows Awakening (Publish 118.1). During battle, the Manifestation of Evil would spawn Demon Portals to call in reinforcements. Mostly Shadow Reavers answered the call and came through the portals, but rarely a Shadow Hound would appear. Due to the spawn mechanic and rarity, it was difficult to tame Shadow Hounds, especially on highly populated shards where many players arrived to defeat the boss. The difficultly in taming was partly due to the Shadow Hound being fairly small and dark, as the hound uses a Dire Wolf graphic, and many players, or their summons, targeted and killed the hounds without players even realizing the hounds were present. The other difficultly in taming was that if players did realize the hound was present, some players would purposefully target and kill the hounds, even during a taming attempt, just to grief the potential hound owner.

| Shadow Hounds appearing through a Demon Portal |

On October 29th, 2024 a hotfix was issued which included changes to Shadow Hound spawn mechanics. With this hotfix Shadow Hounds now spawned from Cache, Hoard, and Trove chests in all facets. Also, whereas hounds from the Demon Portals were 1 or 2 slot at spawn, all of the hounds from treasure chests were 1 slot at spawn. Shadow Hounds could spawn in a treasure chest's initial guardian wave, or when items were removed from the chest. A number of hounds could spawn during the initial guardian wave. Three hounds spawning during the guardian wave were seen multiple times at Cache chests. As a result of the hotfix, Shadow Hounds immediately went from being extremely rare to quite common.

Statistics

Basic Information

Property	Value
Spawn Locations	Manifestation of Evil,
Fame	~50
Alignment	Neutral
First Seen	Shadows Awakening
Pack Instinct	Canine

Loot

Property	Value
Gold	50 - 69
Magic Items	0 - 1
Cut Up Loot	8 [[Hides, 1

Attributes

Property	Value
Strength	235 - 265
Hit Points	150 - 200
Dexterity	147 - 165
Stamina	147 - 150
Intelligence	187 - 210
Mana	187 - 210

Combat Stats

Property	Value
Base Damage	15 - 18
Barding Difficulty	81 - 84
Taming Difficulty	84.0
Preferred Foods	Meat
Slayer Vulnerability	Wolf

Skills

Property	Value
Wrestling	75 - 80
Tactics	76 - 86
Magic Resist	55 - 66
Anatomy	72 - 80
Meditation	0 - 15

Special Abilities

Grasping Claw

Resistances

Property	Value
Physical	55 - 65
Fire	35 - 45
Cold	45 - 65
Poison	25 - 35
Energy	25 - 35

Damage Output

Property	Value
Physical	100%
Fire	--
Cold	--
Poison	--
Energy	--

*Statistics taken from 10 Shadow Hounds.