Classic Era item

Ardent Custodian

Name: Ardent Custodian Classic Era Auction House Prices
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Item 868 on Classic Era (Classic Era, Hardcore and Anniversary realms), client 1.15.9.70576

Item Level 43
Binds when equipped
Main HandMace
48 - 90 DamageSpeed 2.10
(32.9 damage per second)
100 Armor
Durability 105 / 105
Requires Level 38
Equip: Increased Defense +5.
Sell Price: 2 gold15 silver

About Ardent Custodian

Ardent Custodian is an epic main hand mace on Classic Era at item level 43, usable from level 38. It binds when equipped. It hits for 48 to 90 damage every 2.10 seconds, 32.9 damage per second. It gives 100 armor and has 105 durability. A vendor pays 2 gold15 silver for it.

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Main hand mace items near item level 43

Our Classic Era item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 18 other main hand mace items between item level 30 and 54; 9 of them carry fixed stats.

Its 32.9 damage per second ranks 4th of 19 main hand mace items in this group; Hammer of the Northern Wind (item level 54, requires level 49) has the most, 39.5.
Attack speeds among the 19 main hand mace items in this group run from 1.90 seconds (Deadwood Sledge) to 2.80 seconds (Mighty Iron Hammer); it swings every 2.10 seconds.
Heaven's Light has the most fixed stat points in this group, 21.
Next main hand mace items up with fixed stats: Heaven's Light (item level 45, requires level 40), Big Black Mace (item level 46, requires level 41), Runed Mithril Hammer (item level 49, requires level 44), Bonesnapper (item level 53, requires level 48), Viking Warhammer (item level 54, requires level 49).
Other weapon types for the main hand slot within 3 item levels of 43: one-handed sword (5): Wicked Mithril Blade, Dazzling Longsword, Furious Falchion; one-handed axe (4): Heavy Mithril Axe, Curve-bladed Ripper, Francisca.

Item	Item level	Requires	DPS	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Truncheon	34	29	16.6 (2.50s)	none	-
Deadwood Sledge	37	32	25.0 (1.90s)	+2 Stamina, +7 Spirit	-
Giant Club	37	32	19.7 (1.90s)	none	-
Stone Club	40	35	13.2 (2.20s)	none	-
Ardent Custodian	43	38	32.9 (2.10s)	none	-
Heaven's Light	45	40	30.4 (2.70s)	+4 Strength, +4 Agility, +4 Stamina, +4 Intellect, +5 Spirit	-
Big Black Mace	46	41	27.5 (2.40s)	+8 Strength	-
Blunting Mace	46	41	16.4 (2.10s)	none	-
Morning Star	46	41	25.8 (1.90s)	none	-
The Shatterer	47	42	31.7 (2.40s)	none	-
Runed Mithril Hammer	49	44	29.2 (2.00s)	+7 Strength, +4 Stamina	-
Bonesnapper	53	48	35.2 (2.70s)	+11 Strength, +5 Stamina	-

Appearance

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Scepter of the Unholy.

Where Ardent Custodian Fits

Items That Share Ardent Custodian's Icon

Ardent Custodian uses the same icon art, which 3 other items also use. The 3 closest by item ID:

Dense Triangle Mace ID 3203 · Weapon - Two-Handed Mace · item level 28
Viscous Hammer ID 13045 · Weapon - Two-Handed Mace · item level 35
Twig of the World Tree ID 13047 · Weapon - Two-Handed Mace · item level 58

Items Numbered Next to Ardent Custodian

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 868 (863 to 880) were usually added in the same batch as Ardent Custodian: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Gloom Reaper ID 863 · Weapon - One-Handed Axe · item level 37
Knightly Longsword ID 864 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 38
Leaden Mace ID 865 · Weapon - One-Handed Mace · item level 31
Monk's Staff ID 866 · Weapon - Staff · item level 42
Gloves of Holy Might ID 867 · Armor - Leather · item level 42
Dazzling Longsword ID 869 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 41
Fiery War Axe ID 870 · Weapon - Two-Handed Axe · item level 40
Flurry Axe ID 871 · Weapon - One-Handed Axe · item level 47
Staff of Jordan ID 873 · Weapon - Staff · item level 40
Staff of Horrors ID 880 · Weapon - Staff · item level 23

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

Across game versions

MoP Classic adds Dodge and Bonus Armor.

Item 868	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	43	43	23
Required level	38	38	38
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	100	-	-
Damage	48 - 90	19 - 36	48 - 90
Speed	2.10	2.10	2.10
Damage per second	32.9	13.1	32.9
Dodge	-	7	-
Bonus Armor	-	40	-
Effects	Equip: Increased Defense +5.	-	-
Sell price	2 gold15 silver	2 gold69 silver	2 gold15 silver

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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	868
Game version	Classic Era (client 1.15.9.70576)
Type	Weapon
Subtype	Mace
Slot	Main Hand
Item level	43
Requires level	38
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	2 gold15 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic_era)