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.
Your melee attacks have a chance to send a shadowy bolt that causes Shadow damage and an additional damage over 6 sec.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Demonshear 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, Demonshear is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 3673.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
In their in-game specialization descriptions, these specs name swords among their preferred weapons:
The 10 items nearest to Demonshear (item level 25) in item level among Weapon > Sword, from item level 24 to 27.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demonshear (this item) | 25 | 18 | 4.9 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. Boss Drop | Not listed |
 Blade of the Titans | 25 | 19 | 4.9 DPS, +11 Stamina, +5 Strength. World Drop | Not listed |
 Battlefield Destroyer | 25 | 18 | 4.9 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | Not listed |
 Boneslasher | 24 | 17 | 4.9 DPS, +10 Strength, +6 Stamina. World Drop | Not listed |
 Witchfury | 24 | 17 | 4.9 DPS. World Drop | Not listed |
 Warsword of Caer Darrow | 24 | 4.9 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike, +7 Haste. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | Not listed | |
 Chromatic Sword | 24 | 17 | 4.9 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina, +5 Arcane Resistance, +5 Shadow Resistance, +5 Nature Resistance | Not listed |
 Nightblade | 24 | 17 | 4.9 DPS. World Drop | Not listed |
 Warmonger | 27 | 20 | 5.1 DPS, +1 Strength, +20 Haste. World Drop | Not listed |
 Beheading Blade | 27 | 20 | 5.1 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | Not listed |
| Dark Espadon | 27 | 21 | 5.1 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | Not listed |
Warmonger has the highest item level here (27).
Next item levels up from Demonshear among Weapon > Sword: Blade of Unholy Might (item level 29), Tarnished Claymore (item level 29), Skeletal Broadsword (item level 30), Dragon Wing Blade (item level 30) and Khorium Champion (item level 31).
Nearest lower item levels below Demonshear among Weapon > Sword: Pysan's Old Greatsword (item level 20), Stonecutter Claymore (item level 20), Combatant Claymore (item level 19), Deanship Claymore (item level 18) and Long Bastard Sword (item level 18).
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Demonshear 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 Demonshear 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 Demonshear
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
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