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Blade of Encroaching Death

Item Level 60
Binds when picked up
One-HandWeapon
14 - 23 DamageSpeed 2.60
(7.1 damage per second)
+6 Strength
+9 Stamina
+7 Versatility
+5 Haste
Requires Level 50
Sell price: 100 gold20 silver
Not sold on the Auction House

This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.

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Blade of Encroaching Death is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no live market price. Its first-party game data (identity, effects and sources) is read from the official World of Warcraft client build.

Blade of Encroaching Death Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Blade of Encroaching Death is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance IDs: 39746, 39747, 39749, 39748. No other item uses this appearance, so it is unique to Blade of Encroaching Death.

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Blade of Encroaching Death Compares

Who It Suits

In their in-game specialization descriptions, these specs name swords among their preferred weapons:

  • Protection Warrior: Axe, Mace, Sword, and Shield
  • Holy Paladin: Sword, Mace, and Shield
  • Protection Paladin: Sword, Mace, Axe, and Shield
  • Survival Hunter: Polearm, Staff, Axe, Dagger, Sword
  • Outlaw Rogue: Axes, Maces, Swords, Fist Weapons
  • Frost Death Knight: Dual Axes, Maces, Swords
  • Arcane Mage: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Fire Mage: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Frost Mage: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Affliction Warlock: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Demonology Warlock: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Destruction Warlock: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Mistweaver Monk: Staff, Mace, Sword
  • Windwalker Monk: Fist Weapons, Axes, Maces, Swords
  • Havoc Demon Hunter: Warglaives, Swords, Axes, Fist Weapons
  • Vengeance Demon Hunter: Warglaives, Swords, Axes, Fist Weapons
  • Devourer Demon Hunter: Warglaives, Swords, Axes, Fist Weapons, Daggers
  • Devastation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace
  • Preservation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace
  • Augmentation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace

Similar Items

The 9 items nearest to Blade of Encroaching Death (item level 60) in item level among Weapon > Sword, from item level 58 to 60.

ItemItem LevelRequires LevelStatsLowest Listed Price
Blade of Encroaching Death (this item)60507.1 DPS, +6 Strength, +9 Stamina, +7 Versatility, +5 Haste. Boss DropNot listed
Notorious Combatant's Cutlass60507.1 DPS, +6 Strength, +9 Stamina. ProfessionNot listed
Volcanospike60323.7 DPS, +6 Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +7 HasteNot listed
Plundered Splitblade Slicer60507.1 DPS, +6 Strength, +9 Stamina, +7 Haste, +6 Mastery. World DropNot listed
Plundered Swarmer's Blade60507.1 DPS, +6 Agility, +9 Stamina, +7 Versatility, +6 Haste. World DropNot listed
Plundered Seacrystal Blade60507.1 DPS, +6 Agility, +9 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike, +6 Mastery. World DropNot listed
Honorable Combatant's Cutlass59507.1 DPS, +6 Strength, +9 Stamina. ProfessionNot listed
Stormsteel Saber59507.1 DPS, +6 Strength, +9 Stamina. ProfessionNot listed
Rivermarsh Machete58506.7 DPS, +6 Strength, +9 Stamina, Haste, Mastery. World DropNot listed
Centurion's Shortsword58506.7 DPS, +6 Strength, +9 Stamina. World DropNot listed

Next item levels up from Blade of Encroaching Death among Weapon > Sword: Reinforced Rapier (item level 100), Dawnforged Long Blade (item level 197), Thalassian Competitor's Sword (item level 197), Tarnished Dawnlit Shortsword (item level 197) and Tarnished Dawnlit Longsword (item level 197).

Nearest lower item levels below Blade of Encroaching Death among Weapon > Sword: Steelforged Saber (item level 44), Engraved Sword (item level 38), Soul Blade (item level 37), Avool's Sword of Jin (item level 35) and Saronite Spellblade (item level 35).

Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.