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.
Reef Axe 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, Reef Axe is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 2281. 1 other item wears 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 10 items nearest to Reef Axe (item level 16) in item level among Weapon > Axe, from item level 11 to 22.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reef Axe (this item) | 16 | 10 | 3.3 DPS, +7 Stamina, +5 Strength, +6 Versatility, +4 Critical Strike. Boss Drop | Not listed |
 Killmaim | 16 | 10 | 3.3 DPS. World Drop | Not listed |
 Bronze Battle Axe | 17 | 10 | 3.5 DPS, +10 Strength. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | Not listed |
| Supercharger Battle Axe | 18 | 11 | 3.9 DPS. World Drop | Not listed |
 Burning War Axe | 19 | 12 | 4.2 DPS. World Drop | Not listed |
| Bloodspiller | 19 | 12 | 4.2 DPS | Not listed |
| Bullova | 20 | 13 | 4.3 DPS. Vendor | Not listed |
| Barbaric Battle Axe | 11 | 6 | 2.1 DPS, +3 Strength, +4 Stamina. World Drop | Not listed |
 Obsidian Cleaver | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS, +8 Agility, +5 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike. World Drop | Not listed |
 Hellslayer Battle Axe | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS, +4 Stamina. World Drop | Not listed |
| Fiery War Axe | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS. World Drop | Not listed |
Fiery War Axe has the highest item level here (22).
Next item levels up from Reef Axe among Weapon > Axe: Huge Thorium Battleaxe (item level 28), Colossal Great Axe (item level 28), Nightfall (item level 29), Arcanite Reaper (item level 29) and Razor Axe (item level 29).
Nearest lower item levels below Reef Axe among Weapon > Axe: Edge of the Enlightened (item level 1), Lost Sunwell Splitter (item level 1), Devastating Drakonid Waraxe (item level 1), Greataxe of the Forest Tribe (item level 1) and Twilight Berserker's Cleaver (item level 1).
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Reef Axe 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 Reef Axe 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 Reef Axe
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
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