Scarlet Halls Dungeon Guide

Last updated on Jun 24, 2025 at 00:00 by Abide

The Crusade's fiercest warriors, those who have held their ground and fought to defend the monastery throughout these dark times, are rapidly preparing an army within the Scarlet Halls. These soldiers are bound by their hatred of the unliving, and they are willing to sacrifice everything for their order's righteous cause.

1.

Introduction

This dungeon is available on all 4 dungeon difficulties, starting at level 35 on normal difficulty. Scarlet Halls is a revamped dungeon added during Mists of Pandaria, containing both the Armory and Library wings of the original Scarlet Monastery dungeon. Here you will face off against three new, but somehow still familiar faces.

2.

Houndmaster Braun

Houndmaster Braun Houndmaster Braun is a highly positional fight, requiring the party to be spread out. Piercing Throw Icon Piercing Throw chooses a random player, dealing damage to the targeted player, as well as all enemies between the boss and the targeted player. Houndmaster Braun will also use Death Blossom Icon Death Blossom on a random player, leaping to them and dealing damage to all nearby enemies. With these two abilities in mind as the main threat of the encounter, we will position in a loose circle around the boss, making sure no one is within 5-yards of us, or between ourselves and the boss. Players hit by either Death Blossom Icon Death Blossom or Piercing Throw Icon Piercing Throw getting a stacking bleed, Bloody Mess Icon Bloody Mess, making it very important to spread properly.

At 90%, 80%, 70%, and 60% health, Houndmaster Braun will use Call Dog Icon Call Dog to call Obedient Hounds to aid him in combat; these should be quickly AoE'd down to prevent them from overwhelming your tank and healer as they die easily, but deal high damage-over-time. At 50% health Houndmaster Braun will enter a Bloody Rage Icon Bloody Rage until the end of combat.



Death Blossom
Death Blossom

3.

Armsmaster Harlan

Armsmaster Harlan Armsmaster Harlan is the second boss in the Scarlet Halls, and is meant to be the new and improved version of Herod from the original Scarlet Monastery: Armory dungeon. Armsmaster Harlan comes with a long-range cleave in Dragon's Reach Icon Dragon's Reach, and as such should be kept faced away from the group at all times. He will also frequently call in two Scarlet Defenders to aid him in combat; these adds take significantly reduced damage and can be ignored.

Armsmaster Harlans main ability is Blades of Light Icon Blades of Light, which he precedes by Heroic Leap Icon Heroic Leaping into the middle of his room before entering a deadly spin and quickly travelling all around the room. Blades of Light Icon Blades of Light deals high damage to all nearby enemies and carries them around the room, dealing damage as Armsmaster Harlan spins around the room. The previously mentioned Scarlet Defenders will also be swept up by Blades of Light Icon Blades of Light and should die to it, or be left significantly weakened.

Avoiding the Blades of Light Icon Blades of Light is the most important thing about this fight. We recommend standing at the top of the stairs (if possible), and jumping down into the bottom floor once Armsmaster Harlan begins using Blades of Light Icon Blades of Light.

Once Armsmaster Harlan reaches 50% he will start gaining stacks of Berserker Rage Icon Berserker Rage. These increase his damage dealt by 4% per stack; dispelling this buff will remove 10 buffs at a time, allowing it to be removed easily.



Blades of Light
Blades of Light

4.

Flameweaver Koegler

Flameweaver Koegler Flameweaver Koegler, a powerful Fire Mage, stands as the final encounter of the Scarlet Halls. He will frequently try to cast both Fireball Volley Icon Fireball Volley and Pyroblast Icon Pyroblast, both of which can and should be interrupted as often as possible.

The main threat of the fight is Greater Dragon's Breath Icon Greater Dragon's Breath, in which Flameweaver Koegler slowly rotates on the spot, dealing heavy Fire damage and disorienting all enemies in front of himself; move behind Flameweaver Koegler as he spins around to avoid the deadly flames.

Flameweaver Koegler will also target a random bookshelf in the room with Book Burner Icon Book Burner, shooting a flaming projectile at it. If this projectile contacts the targeted bookshelf, it will erupt in numerous Fiery explosions around the bookshelf. Players are able to stop Book Burner Icon Book Burner from going off by standing in between the flaming projectile and the targeted bookshelf, blocking the Book Burner Icon Book Burner spell from exploding.



Book Burner
Book Burner
Greater Dragon's Breath
Greater Dragon's Breath


5.

Scarlet Halls Loot

Normal Heroic
Houndmaster Braun Armsmaster Harlan Flameweaver Koegler
Houndmaster Braun Armsmaster Harlan Flameweaver Koegler
5.1.

Houndmaster Braun Normal Loot

Item
Hound Trainer's Gloves Icon Hound Trainer's Gloves
Canine Commander's Breastplate Icon Canine Commander's Breastplate
Commanding Bracers Icon Commanding Bracers
Beastbinder Ring Icon Beastbinder Ring
Houndmaster's Compound Crossbow Icon Houndmaster's Compound Crossbow
5.2.

Houndmaster Braun Heroic Loot

Item
Hound Trainer's Gloves Icon Hound Trainer's Gloves
Canine Commander's Breastplate Icon Canine Commander's Breastplate
Commanding Bracers Icon Commanding Bracers
Beastbinder Ring Icon Beastbinder Ring
Houndmaster's Compound Crossbow Icon Houndmaster's Compound Crossbow
5.3.

Armsmaster Harlan Normal Loot

Item
Scarlet Sandals Icon Scarlet Sandals
Lightblade Bracer Icon Lightblade Bracer
Harlan's Shoulders Icon Harlan's Shoulders
Armsmaster's Sealed Locket Icon Armsmaster's Sealed Locket
The Gleaming Ravager Icon The Gleaming Ravager
Ornate Weapon Icon Ornate Weapon
Tabard of the Scarlet Crusade Icon Tabard of the Scarlet Crusade
5.4.

Armsmaster Harlan Heroic Loot

Item
Scarlet Sandals Icon Scarlet Sandals
Lightblade Bracer Icon Lightblade Bracer
Harlan's Shoulders Icon Harlan's Shoulders
Armsmaster's Sealed Locket Icon Armsmaster's Sealed Locket
The Gleaming Ravager Icon The Gleaming Ravager
Tabard of the Scarlet Crusade Icon Tabard of the Scarlet Crusade
5.5.

Flameweaver Koegler Normal Loot

Item
Robes of Koegler Icon Robes of Koegler
Vellum-Ripper Gloves Icon Vellum-Ripper Gloves
Bindburner Belt Icon Bindburner Belt
Pyretic Legguards Icon Pyretic Legguards
Bradbury's Entropic Legguards Icon Bradbury's Entropic Legguards
Scorched Scarlet Key Icon Scorched Scarlet Key
Temperature-Sensing Necklace Icon Temperature-Sensing Necklace
Koegler's Ritual Knife Icon Koegler's Ritual Knife
Melted Hypnotic Blade Icon Melted Hypnotic Blade
Mograine's Immaculate Might Icon Mograine's Immaculate Might
Codex of the Crusade Icon Codex of the Crusade
5.6.

Flameweaver Koegler Heroic Loot

Item
Robes of Koegler Icon Robes of Koegler
Vellum-Ripper Gloves Icon Vellum-Ripper Gloves
Bindburner Belt Icon Bindburner Belt
Pyretic Legguards Icon Pyretic Legguards
Bradbury's Entropic Legguards Icon Bradbury's Entropic Legguards
Scorched Scarlet Key Icon Scorched Scarlet Key
Temperature-Sensing Necklace Icon Temperature-Sensing Necklace
Koegler's Ritual Knife Icon Koegler's Ritual Knife
Melted Hypnotic Blade Icon Melted Hypnotic Blade
Mograine's Immaculate Might Icon Mograine's Immaculate Might
Codex of the Crusade Icon Codex of the Crusade
6.

Quests

All quests for Scarlet Halls have no prerequisites and can be simply grabbed from Hooded Crusader at the entrance of the dungeon.

  1. Rank and File
  2. Just for Safekeeping, Of Course
7.

Achievements

Achievement Description
Humane Society Icon Humane Society Defeat Houndmaster Braun without killing any hounds in Scarlet Halls on Heroic Difficulty.
Mosh Pit Icon Mosh Pit Get a combination of 8 players and Scarlet Defenders caught up in Armsmaster Harlan's Blades of Light simultaneously and then defeat Armsmaster Harlan in Scarlet Halls on Heroic Difficulty.
Scarlet Halls Icon Scarlet Halls Defeat Flameweaver Koegler in Scarlet Halls.
Heroic: Scarlet Halls Icon Heroic: Scarlet Halls Defeat Flameweaver Koegler in Scarlet Halls on Heroic Difficulty.
Scarlet Halls Guild Run Icon Scarlet Halls Guild Run Defeat Flameweaver Koegler in Scarlet Halls while in a guild group.
Heroic: Temple of the Jade Serpent Guild Run Icon Heroic: Temple of the Jade Serpent Guild Run Defeat the Sha of Doubt in Temple of the Jade Serpent on Heroic difficulty while in a guild group.
Scarlet Halls Challenger Icon Scarlet Halls Challenger Complete the Scarlet Halls Challenge Mode.
Scarlet Halls: Bronze Icon Scarlet Halls: Bronze Complete the Scarlet Halls Challenge Mode with a rating of Bronze or better.
Scarlet Halls: Silver Icon Scarlet Halls: Silver Complete the Scarlet Halls Challenge Mode with a rating of Silver or better.
Scarlet Halls: Gold Icon Scarlet Halls: Gold Complete the Scarlet Halls Challenge Mode with a rating of Gold.
8.

Other Pandaria Dungeons

Scarlet Halls is just one of the nine dungeons available to players during Mists of Pandaria. If you would like to learn more about the others, please see our other dungeon pages below:

9.

Changelog

  • 24 Jun. 2025: Page added.
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