Gaining Shadow Pan Assault Rep: Quick Strategies

The Shado-Pan Assault is a faction that was added to the Mists of Pandaria as part of Patch 5.2. As an extension of the Shado-Pan, players will need to earn reputation with them separately. There are three ways to earn reputation with the Shado-Pan Assault: completing a limited number of quests, entering the Throne of Thunder raid, or turning in Shado-Pan Assault Insignias.

Completing quests

There are a limited number of quests that can be completed as you learn about the faction, and if you save at least one of them, you can get to friendly status without killing any raid bosses. One of these quests is the Champions of the Thunder King weekly quest, which grants 300 reputation. Another quest involves collecting stones to summon three types of bosses on IoT (Lightning, Spirit, and a third type).

The Shado-Pan Assault Insignia quest is another way to earn reputation. These insignias can be found in the daily reward caches granted at the end of all the dailies, specifically the Arcane Trove (Alliance Dailies) or the Sunreaver Bounty (Horde Dailies). Each insignia grants 100 reputation when turned in.

Killing enemies in the Throne of Thunder Raid

Trash Mobs: 30 reputation each

Bosses: 300 reputation each

Trash mobs will grant reputation until you reach 1 point shy of friendly status. Boss kills will always grant reputation all the way to exalted, however, they will only grant it once per week, regardless of the difficulty level. This means that you can earn reputation just as quickly in LFR as in Normal or Hard mode. If your guild fails to kill all the bosses in a given week, you can find an LFR group to make sure you earn the reputation for the bosses you missed.

The Throne of Thunder is a raid introduced in World of Warcraft Patch 5.2. The raid houses 12 boss encounters (13 if you count the heroic-only boss, Ra-den). The raid can be performed in 10-man and 25-man formats, as well as in LFR format. The 10 and 25-man formats also have an unlockable heroic mode setting. The entrance to the Throne of Thunder is located in the north-western part of the Isle of the Thunder King.

The first boss of the instance is Jin'rokh the Breaker. This is a single-phase fight of relatively low complexity, mostly about proper positioning, movement, and timing of DPS cooldowns. After Jin'rokh, you must fight and defeat Horridon and his master, War-God Jalak. This fight has several phases, and your raid will have to handle a large number of adds.

The next encounter is against the Council of Elders, where you will fight four Troll bosses simultaneously. Your raid will need to deal with a large variety of mechanics, and at certain times, each of the bosses becomes empowered, altering their abilities. The fourth boss of the instance is a giant turtle called Tortos. This is another relatively simple fight, during which your raid needs to defeat the boss and a large number of adds. The fight presents an interesting new mechanic and should be enjoyable.

Once Tortos has been killed, your raid can move forward and face Megaera, the fifth boss of the instance. This is a multi-headed hydra (technically a corrupted Cloud Serpent), and the encounter is extremely challenging. The difficulty of the fight ramps up continually, making for a climactic finish.

Collecting Shado-Pan Assault Insignias

Shado-Pan Assault Insignias are one of the few ways to earn reputation with the Shado-Pan Assault faction in World of Warcraft. Each insignia grants 100 reputation when turned in.

There are a few ways to obtain these insignias. One way is to complete the daily quests on the Isle of Thunder. These quests reward players with either the Arcane Trove (Alliance Dailies) or the Sunreaver Bounty (Horde Dailies), which have a chance to contain the insignias. Another way to obtain them is by completing the Treasure Trove solo scenario, where they occasionally drop from the gold chests at the end.

It is worth noting that there was a disparity in the drop rate for the insignias between the Horde and Alliance daily reward caches, with the Horde trove dropping it about 30% of the time, while the Alliance side only dropped it 0.3% of the time. However, this issue was known to the developers and was supposed to be hotfixed.

Completing the Champions of the Thunder King weekly quest

To complete the Champions of the Thunder King weekly quest, you must perform the Lightning, Spirit, and Primal Rituals at various locations across the Isle of Thunder. To do this, you will need to get your hands on some of the Shan'ze Ritual Stones scattered across the isle.

Once you have the stones, you can use them to summon powerful opponents, including the Spirit of Warlord Teng, Electromancer Ju'le, an Ancient Mogu Guardian, and the Incomplete Drakkari Colossus. You will need to defeat these opponents in combat.

The quest suggests that you will need a group of five players to complete it. Upon completion, you will gain 300 reputation with the Shado-Pan Assault, as well as rewards such as the Cache of Infinite Treasure and the Lesser Charm of Good Fortune.

Buying gear from quartermasters

To buy gear from the Shado-Pan Assault quartermasters, you'll first need to earn reputation with the Shado-Pan Assault faction. This faction is an extension of the Shado-Pan and can be found on the Isle of Thunder.

There are three ways to earn reputation with the Shado-Pan Assault: by completing a limited number of quests, entering the Throne of Thunder raid, or turning in Shado-Pan Assault Insignia's.

Once you've earned enough reputation, you can visit one of the two Shado-Pan Assault quartermasters: Teng of the Flying Daggers or Ao Pye.

Teng of the Flying Daggers can be found on the Isle of Thunder in the cave where you meet the Shado-Pan Assault. Ao Pye can be found at the Niuzao Temple in the Townlong Steppes, along with the other valor and justice quartermasters on the back terrace of the temple.

Both quartermasters sell Tier 15 set items, provided you have the tokens from the Throne of Thunder raid. The item levels of these sets are 502, 522, and 535, depending on whether you obtained your token from LFR, normal, or heroic mode.

Here's a breakdown of the reputation levels required and the valor points needed to purchase gear from the quartermasters:

• Amulets (Neck) are available at Neutral reputation for 1250 Valor Points.
• Rings, Trinkets, and Bracers (Wrist) are available at Friendly reputation for 1250 / 1750 / 1250 Valor points, respectively.
• Gloves (Hands), Legs, and Cape (Back) are available at Honored reputation for 1750 / 2250 / 1250 Valor points, respectively.
• Chest and Waist are available at Revered reputation for 2250 and 1750 Valor points, respectively.
• Shoulders are available at Exalted reputation for 1,000 gold.

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