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Butcher's Bloody Cleaver Drops From

The Butcher - HighmaulNormalHeroicMythic

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.

Butcher's Bloody 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.

Butcher's Bloody Cleaver Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Butcher's Bloody Cleaver is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance IDs: 24342, 24341, 23609.

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Butcher's Bloody 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 4 items nearest to Butcher's Bloody Cleaver (item level 44) in item level among Weapon > Axe, from item level 35 to 38.

Item	Item Level	Requires Level	Stats	Lowest Listed Price
Butcher's Bloody Cleaver (this item)	44	40	5.2 DPS, +5 Strength, +7 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike, +4 Mastery. Boss Drop	Not listed
Forgewire Axe	38	32	2.3 DPS, +4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike, +4 Mastery. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing	500 gold on 54 realms
Zandalari Head-Cleaver	38	35	4.6 DPS, +4 Strength, +6 Stamina. World Drop	2,999 gold on 54 realms
Obsidium Cleaver	37	32	4.6 DPS, +4 Strength, +6 Stamina, +4 Mastery, +4 Critical Strike. World Drop	50 gold on 65 realms
Snowy Edge	35	30	4.4 DPS, +4 Agility, +6 Stamina. World Drop	41 gold on 53 realms

The lowest listed price among them is Snowy Edge at 41 gold in the US Auction House.

Next item levels up from Butcher's Bloody Cleaver among Weapon > Axe: Plundered Skullsplitter (item level 60), Plundered Iceshard Bite (item level 60), Deadstone Hatchet (item level 155), Darkreach Hacker (item level 155) and Witherscorn Handaxe (item level 155).

Nearest lower item levels below Butcher's Bloody Cleaver among Weapon > Axe: Bladespire Broadaxe (item level 32), Silvermoon Crescent Axe (item level 31), Axe of the Legion (item level 30), Knight's War Axe (item level 30) and Chipped Woodchopper (item level 30).

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

Butcher's Bloody Cleaver