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. The tags show which difficulties each encounter can award it on.
Arced War 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, Arced War Axe is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 1099. 2 other items wear 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 9 items nearest to Arced War Axe (item level 13) in item level among Weapon > Axe, from item level 6 to 23.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arced War Axe (this item) | 13 | 8 | 2.5 DPS, +3 Strength, +5 Stamina, +4 Haste, +3 Critical Strike. Boss Drop | Not listed |
 Barbaric Battle Axe | 11 | 6 | 2.1 DPS, +3 Strength, +4 Stamina. World Drop | 2 gold on 52 realms |
 Bronze Battle Axe | 17 | 10 | 3.5 DPS, +10 Strength. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 50 gold on 66 realms |
 Burning War Axe | 19 | 12 | 4.2 DPS. World Drop | 285 gold on 55 realms |
| Bloodspiller | 19 | 12 | 4.2 DPS | 1,200 gold on 56 realms |
 Copper Battle Axe | 6 | 4 | 1.0 DPS, +1 Strength, +3 Stamina. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 100 gold on 56 realms |
 Obsidian Cleaver | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS, +8 Agility, +5 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike. World Drop | 1,000 gold on 59 realms |
 Hellslayer Battle Axe | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS, +4 Stamina. World Drop | 1,262 gold on 52 realms |
| Fiery War Axe | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS. World Drop | 9,999 gold on 53 realms |
 Monstrous War Axe | 23 | 16 | 4.7 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | 6 gold on 54 realms |
Monstrous War Axe has the highest item level here (23). The lowest listed price among them is Barbaric Battle Axe at 2 gold in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from Arced War Axe among Weapon > Axe: Gigantic War Axe (item level 24), Kang the Decapitator (item level 25), The Minotaur (item level 25), Executioner's Cleaver (item level 25) and Grinning Axe (item level 25).
Nearest lower item levels below Arced War 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.
Arced War 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 Arced War 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 Arced War Axe
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