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Hate-Forged Cleaver Drops From

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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.

Hate-Forged 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.

Hate-Forged Cleaver Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Hate-Forged Cleaver is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 12197. No other item uses this appearance, so it is unique to Hate-Forged Cleaver.

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Hate-Forged Cleaver Compares

Who It Suits

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

Protection Warrior: Axe, Mace, Sword, 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
Enhancement Shaman: Dual Axes, Maces, Fist Weapons
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

Similar Items

The 10 items nearest to Hate-Forged Cleaver (item level 35) in item level among Weapon > Axe, from item level 29 to 39.

Item	Item Level	Requires Level	Stats	Lowest Listed Price
Hate-Forged Cleaver (this item)	35	30	4.4 DPS, +4 Agility, +6 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike, +4 Haste. Boss Drop	Not listed
Decapitator's Razor	36	30	4.6 DPS, +6 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike, +4 Agility, +4 Mastery. Crafted with Cataclysm Blacksmithing	Not listed
Obsidium Cleaver	37	32	4.6 DPS, +4 Strength, +6 Stamina, +4 Mastery, +4 Critical Strike. World Drop	Not listed
Wicked Edge of the Planes, Reborn	39	35	4.8 DPS, +6 Stamina, +4 Strength, +4 Critical Strike, +4 Haste. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing	Not listed
Colossal War Axe	31	25	4.2 DPS, +4 Strength, +6 Stamina. World Drop	Not listed
Silvermoon Crescent Axe	31	26	4.2 DPS, +4 Agility, +6 Stamina. World Drop	Not listed
Axe of the Legion	30	25	4.0 DPS, +5 Strength, +5 Stamina, +6 Haste. World Drop	Not listed
Chipped Woodchopper	30	25	4.0 DPS, +4 Agility, +5 Stamina. World Drop	Not listed
Serathil	29	23	4.0 DPS, +4 Strength, +3 Versatility. World Drop	Not listed
Felstone Reaver	29	23	4.0 DPS, +4 Agility, +5 Stamina. World Drop	Not listed
Ichor Slicer	29		4.0 DPS. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing	Not listed

Wicked Edge of the Planes, Reborn has the highest item level here (39).

Next item levels up from Hate-Forged Cleaver among Weapon > Axe: Golden Fleet Waraxe (item level 58), Kelada's Elucidation (item level 60), Plundered Skullsplitter (item level 60), Plundered Iceshard Bite (item level 60) and Plundered Black Tooth Face-Splitter (item level 60).

Nearest lower item levels below Hate-Forged Cleaver among Weapon > Axe: Curve-Bladed Ripper (item level 24), Ebonclaw Reaver (item level 24), Heavy Mithril Axe (item level 23), Greater Scythe (item level 22) and Gloom Reaper (item level 21).

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Hate-Forged Cleaver