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Cruel Barb

Item Level 37
Binds when picked up
One-HandWeapon
9 - 15 DamageSpeed 2.60
(4.6 damage per second)
+4 Agility
+6 Stamina
+4 Critical Strike
+4 Haste
Requires Level 32
Sell price: 85 gold18 silver
Not sold on the Auction House

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

Not sold on the Auction House Weapon

A Rare One-Handed Sword, item level 37, requires level 32, binds when picked up. Drops from Helix Gearbreaker in Deadmines.

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Where it comes from
DropHelix Gearbreaker in DeadminesHeroic, 25 Player
Build history

First seen in build 5.5.4.69585 (Mists of Pandaria).

Related
Other versions
Across game versions

In MoP Classic it is item level 346, requires level 85 and sells to vendors for 25g 21s 88c.

VersionItem levelRequired levelQualityBindingSells for
Retail (Midnight)3732RareBinds when picked up85g 18s 72c
MoP Classic34685RareBinds when picked up25g 21s 88c
Cruel Barb Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Cruel Barb is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 720. 3 other items wear the same appearance:

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

Where Cruel Barb Comes From

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files (JournalEncounterItem, JournalEncounterCreature, Achievement) and the Blizzard Game Data quest API.

How Cruel Barb 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

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

Where Cruel Barb Fits

Other Items Named Cruel Barb

1 other item in the current build is also called Cruel Barb. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.

  • Cruel Barb ID 5191 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 12

Items That Share Cruel Barb's Icon

Cruel Barb uses icon file 135325, which 55 other items also use. The 4 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Cruel Barb

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 65164 (65155 to 65169) were usually added in the same batch as Cruel Barb: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Cruel Barb Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 65164 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
425 gold93 silver
Vendor sell price
85 gold18 silver
Material
Metal
Equip slot
One-Hand
Expansion ID
3
Flags
0 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.