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MoP Classic item

Barbed Shrike

Item 28531 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70268

  • Item Level 81
  • Binds when equipped
  • ThrownThrown
  • 44 - 83 DamageSpeed 1.70
  • (37.4 damage per second)
  • Requires Level 57
  • Sell Price: 2 gold68 silver

About Barbed Shrike

Barbed Shrike is a poor thrown thrown on MoP Classic at item level 81, usable from level 57. It binds when equipped. It hits for 44 to 83 damage every 1.70 seconds, 37.4 damage per second. Other thrown throwns listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Spinesever (100), Razor-Edged Boomerang (105) and Deadly Saronite Dirk (171). A vendor pays 2 gold68 silver for it.

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Thrown thrown items near item level 81

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 4 other thrown thrown items between item level 81 and 105; 0 of them carry fixed stats.

  • Its 37.4 damage per second ranks 5th of 5 thrown thrown items in this group; Razor-Edged Boomerang (item level 105, requires level 65) has the most, 51.5.
  • Attack speeds among the 5 thrown thrown items in this group run from 1.70 seconds (Fel Tipped Dart) to 2.20 seconds (Spinesever); it swings every 1.70 seconds.
  • Cheapest listed thrown thrown items at a similar or higher item level: Razor-Edged Boomerang at 15,000 gold (item level 105, requires level 65), Spinesever at 98,999 gold (item level 100, requires level 70).
ItemItem levelRequiresDPSFixed statsLowest listed
Barbed Shrike815737.4 (1.70s)none-
Fel Tipped Dart906041.5 (1.70s)none-
Wildhammer Throwing Axe996346.5 (1.70s)none-
Spinesever1007047.5 (2.20s)none98,999 gold
Razor-Edged Boomerang1056551.5 (1.70s)none15,000 gold
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Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Clawed Shuriken.

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Items That Share Barbed Shrike's Icon

Barbed Shrike uses the same icon art, which 1 other item also uses. The 1 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Barbed Shrike

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 28531 (28495 to 28544) were usually added in the same batch as Barbed Shrike: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Built from Blizzard's Game Data API item documents for this game version and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Across game versions
Item 28531MoP ClassicRetail (Midnight)
Item level8129
Required level5757
BindingBinds when equippedBinds when equipped
Damage44 - 83-
Speed1.701.70
Damage per second37.4-
Sell price2 gold68 silver2 gold68 silver

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

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Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 0 of 25, KR 0 of 5, TW 0 of 8, US 0 of 23.

Item data: Blizzard's MoP Classic Game Data API (static data 5.5.4.67732). Prices: per-unit buyouts from one Blizzard Auction House snapshot per connected realm per hour; market is the quantity-weighted median of a realm's listings. Retail column: the retail client datamine.