Classic Era item

Shadow Crescent Axe

Name: Shadow Crescent Axe Classic Era Auction House Prices
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Item 3856 on Classic Era (Classic Era, Hardcore and Anniversary realms), client 1.15.9.70576

Item Level 40
Binds when equipped
Two-HandAxe
58 - 87 DamageSpeed 2.50
(29.0 damage per second)
+11 Strength
+10 Stamina
Durability 85 / 85
Requires Level 35
Sell Price: 1 gold42 silver

About Shadow Crescent Axe

Shadow Crescent Axe is an uncommon two-hand axe on Classic Era at item level 40, usable from level 35. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +11 Strength and +10 Stamina. It hits for 58 to 87 damage every 2.50 seconds, 29.0 damage per second. Plans: Shadow Crescent Axe teaches how to make it. A vendor pays 1 gold42 silver for it.

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Shadow Crescent Axe	Recipe

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Plans: Shadow Crescent Axe (10x Steel Bar, 2x Strong Flux, 3x Heavy Grinding Stone, 2x Citrine, 1x Shadow Oil, 3x Heavy Leather) Requires Blacksmithing (200)

Two-hand axe items near item level 40

Our Classic Era item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 27 other two-hand axe items between item level 28 and 49; 10 of them carry fixed stats.

Its 29.0 damage per second ranks 15th of 28 two-hand axe items in this group; Kang the Decapitator (item level 49, requires level 44) has the most, 47.4.
Attack speeds among the 28 two-hand axe items in this group run from 2.70 seconds (Bloodspiller) to 4.00 seconds (Pendulum of Doom); it swings every 2.50 seconds.
+11 Strength ranks 4th of 9 two-hand axe items with Strength; Executioner's Cleaver (item level 48, requires level 43) has the most, +23.
+10 Stamina ranks 3rd of 7 two-hand axe items with Stamina; The Minotaur (item level 49, requires level 44) has the most, +24.
The Minotaur has the most fixed stat points in this group, 37 against 21 here.
Same stat line (Strength and Stamina): Massive Iron Axe, Lumbering Ogre Axe.
Next two-hand axe items up with Strength: Headchopper (item level 44, requires level 39), Lumbering Ogre Axe (item level 44, requires level 39), Executioner's Cleaver (item level 48, requires level 43), The Minotaur (item level 49, requires level 44).
Other weapon types for the two-hand slot within 3 item levels of 40: staff (8): Staff of Jordan, Staff of Protection, Big Stick; two-handed sword (7): Sword of the Magistrate, Boneslasher, Frost Tiger Blade; two-handed mace (5): Thornstone Sledgehammer, The Pacifier, The Shoveler; polearm (2): Ruthless Shiv, Grim Reaper.

Item	Item level	Requires	DPS	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Bullova	35	30	22.4 (3.80s)	none	-
Massive Iron Axe	37	32	25.6 (3.50s)	+11 Strength, +7 Stamina	-
Manslayer	39	34	34.5 (3.20s)	+8 Stamina	-
Shadow Crescent Axe	40	35	29.0 (2.50s)	+11 Strength, +10 Stamina	-
Fiery War Axe	40	35	40.3 (2.90s)	none	-
Hellslayer Battle Axe	40	35	35.5 (2.90s)	none	-
Obsidian Cleaver	40	35	35.6 (3.30s)	+6 Strength, +5 Agility, +19 Stamina	-
Monstrous War Axe	42	37	31.2 (3.70s)	none	-
Great Axe	44	39	31.2 (3.60s)	none	-
Headchopper	44	39	33.6 (2.90s)	+9 Strength	-
Lumbering Ogre Axe	44	39	33.7 (3.90s)	+15 Strength, +7 Stamina	-
Pendulum of Doom	44	39	38.9 (4.00s)	none	-

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Where Shadow Crescent Axe Fits

Items That Share Shadow Crescent Axe's Icon

Shadow Crescent Axe uses the same icon art, which 12 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Brutal War Axe ID 3210 · Weapon - Two-Handed Axe · item level 30
Barbarian War Axe ID 3201 · Weapon - Two-Handed Axe · item level 28
Bronze Axe ID 2849 · Weapon - One-Handed Axe · item level 23
Boahn's Fang ID 5423 · Weapon - Two-Handed Axe · item level 20
Frostmane Hand Axe ID 2260 · Weapon - One-Handed Axe · item level 9
Black Metal War Axe ID 2015 · Weapon - Two-Handed Axe · item level 28
Headchopper ID 1680 · Weapon - Two-Handed Axe · item level 44
Flurry Axe ID 871 · Weapon - One-Handed Axe · item level 47

Items Numbered Next to Shadow Crescent Axe

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 3856 (3851 to 3864) were usually added in the same batch as Shadow Crescent Axe: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Solid Iron Maul ID 3851 · Weapon - Two-Handed Mace · item level 31
Golden Iron Destroyer ID 3852 · Weapon - Two-Handed Mace · item level 34
Moonsteel Broadsword ID 3853 · Weapon - Two-Handed Sword · item level 36
Frost Tiger Blade ID 3854 · Weapon - Two-Handed Sword · item level 40
Massive Iron Axe ID 3855 · Weapon - Two-Handed Axe · item level 37
Coal ID 3857 · Trade Goods · item level 30
Mithril Ore ID 3858 · Trade Goods · item level 40
Steel Bar ID 3859 · Trade Goods · item level 35
Mithril Bar ID 3860 · Trade Goods · item level 40
Citrine ID 3864 · Trade Goods · item level 40

Built from Blizzard's Game Data API item documents for this game version and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Across game versions

Item 3856	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	40	40	22
Required level	35	35	35
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Damage	58 - 87	58 - 87	58 - 87
Speed	2.50	2.50	2.50
Damage per second	29.0	29.0	29.0
Strength	11	11	-
Stamina	10	10	-
Sell price	1 gold42 silver	1 gold77 silver	1 gold42 silver

Retail recipe Shadow Crescent Axe: 10x Steel Bar, 2x Strong Flux, 3x Heavy Grinding Stone, 2x Citrine, 1x Shadow Oil, 3x Heavy Leather.

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest Classic Era scan: EU 0 of 26, US 0 of 23.

Item data: Blizzard's Classic Era Game Data API (static data 1.15.9.68185). Prices: per-unit buyouts from Auction House scans made in game by players with the TheWoWDB addon, one scan per realm per hour at most; Blizzard publishes no auction data for Classic Era, so a price is only as fresh as the latest scan. Retail column: the retail client datamine.

Quick facts

Item ID	3856
Game version	Classic Era (client 1.15.9.70576)
Type	Weapon
Subtype	Axe
Slot	Two-Hand
Item level	40
Requires level	35
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	1 gold42 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic_era)