This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Encounters that drop this item, from the game's own dungeon journal. Drop chances are not stored in the client data we mine, so none are shown here. The tags show which difficulties each encounter can award it on.
Butcher's Cleaver 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.
In the Appearances collection, Butcher's Cleaver is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 360. 4 other items wear the same appearance:
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
In their in-game specialization descriptions, these specs name axes among their preferred weapons:
The 9 items nearest to Butcher's Cleaver (item level 13) in item level among Weapon > Axe, from item level 14 to 23.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butcher's Cleaver (this item) | 13 | 8 | 1.9 DPS, +2 Agility, +3 Stamina, +2 Versatility, +1 Critical Strike. Boss Drop | Not listed |
 Razor's Edge | 14 | 9 | 2.1 DPS, +3 Strength, +2 Haste. World Drop | Not listed |
 Headsplitter | 18 | 11 | 2.9 DPS, +2 Strength, +4 Stamina | Not listed |
| Splitting Hatchet | 19 | 12 | 3.1 DPS, +3 Agility, +4 Stamina. World Drop | Not listed |
 Hacking Cleaver | 19 | 12 | 3.1 DPS, +3 Agility, +4 Stamina. World Drop | Not listed |
 Hillborne Axe | 20 | 13 | 3.5 DPS, +3 Agility, +5 Stamina. World Drop | Not listed |
 Gloom Reaper | 21 | 14 | 3.5 DPS, +3 Agility, +5 Stamina. World Drop | Not listed |
 Edge of Winter | 21 | 14 | 3.5 DPS, +3 Stamina. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | Not listed |
 Greater Scythe | 22 | 15 | 3.5 DPS, +3 Agility, +5 Stamina. World Drop | Not listed |
| Heavy Mithril Axe | 23 | 16 | 3.7 DPS, +3 Agility or Strength. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | Not listed |
Heavy Mithril Axe has the highest item level here (23).
Next item levels up from Butcher's Cleaver among Weapon > Axe: Curve-Bladed Ripper (item level 24), Ebonclaw Reaver (item level 24), Flurry Axe (item level 25), Axe of Rin'ji (item level 27) and Moon Cleaver (item level 27).
Nearest lower item levels below Butcher's Cleaver among Weapon > Axe: Dornogal Guard's Splitter (item level 1), Coreway Pickaxe (item level 1), Forest Berserker's Hatchet (item level 1), Twilight Gut Ripper (item level 1) and Phaseblade Headsplitter (item level 1).
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Butcher's Cleaver is in the Classic Era game data, the era World of Warcraft: Forever is built on. Blizzard describes Forever as vanilla World of Warcraft plussed up: its story sits in year one, characters level to 60 and stay there, and it launches November 4, 2026. Blizzard has not said which vanilla items appear in Forever, so nothing here is a Forever claim; it is the Classic Era record for Butcher's Cleaver next to the live retail market on this page.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's class revamps and new race and class combinations · Classic Era page for Butcher's Cleaver
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
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