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Ardent Guard

Item Level 60
Binds when picked up
One-HandWeapon
14 - 23 DamageSpeed 2.60
(7.1 damage per second)
+6 Strength
+9 Stamina
+9 Haste
+4 Versatility
Requires Level 30
Sell price: 109 gold24 silver
Not sold on the Auction House

This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.

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Ardent Guard Game Data

Appearance

Appearance ID: 11973. 2 other items wear the same appearance:

Requirements & Properties

Other faction's version
Crusader's Glory

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Ardent Guard Compares

Who It Suits

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

  • Protection Warrior: Axe, Mace, Sword, and Shield
  • Holy Paladin: Sword, Mace, 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
  • Arcane Mage: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Fire Mage: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Frost Mage: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Affliction Warlock: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Demonology Warlock: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Destruction Warlock: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Mistweaver Monk: Staff, Mace, Sword
  • 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
  • Devastation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace
  • Preservation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace
  • Augmentation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace

Similar Items

The 10 items nearest to Ardent Guard (item level 60) in item level among Weapon > Sword, from item level 58 to 60.

ItemItem LevelRequires LevelStatsLowest Listed Price
Ardent Guard (this item)60307.1 DPS, +6 Strength, +9 Stamina, +9 Haste, +4 VersatilityNot listed
Teebu's Scorching Straight Sword60507.1 DPS. World Drop200,000 gold on 50 realms
Notorious Combatant's Cutlass60507.1 DPS, +6 Strength, +9 Stamina. Profession4,999 gold on 78 realms
Volcanospike60323.7 DPS, +6 Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +7 Haste99,000 gold on 54 realms
Plundered Splitblade Slicer60507.1 DPS, +6 Strength, +9 Stamina, +7 Haste, +6 Mastery. World Drop2,969 gold on 54 realms
Plundered Swarmer's Blade60507.1 DPS, +6 Agility, +9 Stamina, +7 Versatility, +6 Haste. World Drop1,500 gold on 55 realms
Plundered Seacrystal Blade60507.1 DPS, +6 Agility, +9 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike, +6 Mastery. World Drop350 gold on 55 realms
Honorable Combatant's Cutlass59507.1 DPS, +6 Strength, +9 Stamina. Profession6,560 gold on 68 realms
Stormsteel Saber59507.1 DPS, +6 Strength, +9 Stamina. Profession1,999 gold on 77 realms
Rivermarsh Machete58506.7 DPS, +6 Strength, +9 Stamina, Haste, Mastery. World Drop43 gold on 52 realms
Centurion's Shortsword58506.7 DPS, +6 Strength, +9 Stamina. World Drop58 gold on 57 realms

The lowest listed price among them is Rivermarsh Machete at 43 gold in the US Auction House.

Next item levels up from Ardent Guard among Weapon > Sword: Reinforced Rapier (item level 100), Dawnforged Long Blade (item level 197), Thalassian Competitor's Sword (item level 197), Tarnished Dawnlit Shortsword (item level 197) and Tarnished Dawnlit Longsword (item level 197).

Nearest lower item levels below Ardent Guard among Weapon > Sword: Steelforged Saber (item level 44), Blazefury, Reborn (item level 39), Ghost-Forged Blade (item level 38), Soul Blade (item level 37) and Avool's Sword of Jin (item level 35).

Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.

3D Model

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

About Ardent Guard

Ardent Guard is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no live market price. It is acquired in-game from the sources listed above. This page collects its first-party game data (identity, effects and where it comes from) from the official World of Warcraft client build.