The salt shaker is a fun toy that has been in World of Warcraft since the Burning Crusade expansion. It allows you to throw salt on other players, transforming them into a Salt Lick for up to 60 seconds. While not the most useful item, it can be great fun to mess around with in cities or during raids. Here is everything you need to know about getting your hands on this silly toy in WoW Classic.
Where to Get the Salt Shaker
The salt shaker toy is contained in an item called the Salt Shaker of the Sand Reaver. This item has a chance to drop from various mobs in the Caverns of Time dungeon The Escape from Durnholde Keep. Specifically, it can drop from the following mobs:
- Sandfury Hideskinner
- Sandfury Blood Drinker
- Sandfury Firecaller
- Sandfury Shadowcaster
- Sandfury Axe Thrower
- Sandfury Witch Doctor
- Sandfury Shadow Hunter
These mobs can be found throughout the Durnholde Keep portion of the dungeon. The salt shaker has a low drop chance of around 1-2% from these mobs. This means you will likely have to run the dungeon several times before seeing it drop.
Requirements for Entering Durnholde Keep
Before you can begin farming Durnholde Keep for the salt shaker, you will need to meet the requirements for entering this dungeon. Here is what you need:
- You must be at least level 66 to enter this dungeon on normal mode.
- You must have a competent group of players around level 66-70 to complete the dungeon.
- You will need the The Caverns of Time attunement in order to enter this dungeon. This involves a short quest line that starts from Chromie in Dalaran.
If you meet these requirements, you can enter Durnholde Keep through the portal located in the Caverns of Time. This portal is located in Tanaris.
Strategies for Farming Durnholde Keep
Once you can enter Durnholde Keep, you will want to farm it repeatedly to try and get the salt shaker drop. Here are some tips for quickly farming this dungeon:
- Run the dungeon on normal mode for faster clears.
- Focus only on killing the Sandfury mob packs that can drop the salt shaker.
- Use AoE compositions to quickly mow down the mobs.
- Ignore optional bosses like Captain Skarloc to save time.
- Leave and reset the instance after killing the mob packs to respawn them faster.
With an efficient group, you can clear the relevant mob packs and reset the dungeon in around 15-20 minutes per run. This allows you to squeeze in many runs per hour, improving your odds of seeing the salt shaker drop.
Using the Salt Shaker Toy
Once the Salt Shaker of the Sand Reaver finally drops for you, you will be able to add it to your toy collection. This will enable the Salt Shaker toy that you can use. Here is how to use it:
- Add the toy to your toy box.
- Target another player.
- Use the toy directly on them while targeting them.
- This will toss salt on them, transforming them into a Salt Lick for up to 60 seconds.
The transformation prevents the player from moving or taking any actions. All they can do is stand there helpless for the duration. This makes it a fun toy to mess with your friends or unwilling participants during raids. Just keep in mind some players may not appreciate having their gameplay disrupted by the toy.
Where You Can Use the Salt Shaker
The salt shaker can be used in most areas in the game, with a few exceptions. Here are the main places you can and can’t use it:
| Where You Can Use It | Where You Can’t Use It |
|---|---|
| Most zones outdoors | Battlegrounds and arenas |
| Capital cities like Orgrimmar | During boss fights in raids |
| Sanctuaries like Shattrath |
So anywhere that PvP is not enabled is fair game. This makes capital cities one of the funnest spots to mess around with the toy and salt unsuspecting passersby. Just be cautious of high traffic areas where you could disrupt important activities like the auction house or bank.
Fun Uses for the Salt Shaker
Beyond its simple amusement value, creative players have found some clever and devious ways to put the salt shaker to use. Here are some of the funnest uses we’ve seen for it:
- Salting players right as they go to click on a vendor or mailbox to interrupt them.
- Tossing it on someone right before they are about to go through a portal to disrupt their teleport.
- Salting your whole raid group at the end of a raid while looting the boss.
- Using it to pause enemy players in World PvP briefly to make an escape.
- Salting players during duels the moment they get low to secure a win.
- Freezing players as they jump off a deadly height, causing them to fall to their death.
As you can see, skilled toy wielders can find creative ways to produce big nuisances with the salt shaker. All in good fun of course!
Conclusion
The salt shaker toy is a humorous novelty item with a wide range of potential uses. While not hugely impactful, it can be used disruptively in clever ways. Acquiring it requirespersistence to farm Durnholde Keep for random drops. But once obtained, you’ll have a fun new toy to annoy your friends and strangers with.
So if you want a new toy to goof around with, try your luck at obtaining the salt shaker. Just be prepared for the long Durnholde Keep grind. And use your newfound salting powers responsibly!