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.
Butcher's 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.
In the Appearances collection, Butcher's Cleaver is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 360. 4 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 10 items nearest to Butcher's Cleaver (item level 13) in item level among Weapon > Axe, from item level 10 to 22.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butcher's Cleaver (this item) | 13 | 8 | 1.9 DPS, +2 Agility, +3 Stamina, +2 Versatility, +1 Critical Strike. Boss Drop | Not listed |
 Razor's Edge | 14 | 9 | 2.1 DPS, +3 Strength, +2 Haste. World Drop | 66 gold on 54 realms |
 Deadmines Cleaver | 12 | 7 | 1.7 DPS, +2 Agility, +2 Stamina. World Drop | 250 gold on 51 realms |
 Bronze Axe | 14 | 9 | 2.1 DPS, +2 Strength, +4 Stamina. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 40 gold on 55 realms |
 Thick War Axe | 10 | 6 | 1.3 DPS, +1 Stamina, +1 Strength. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 40 gold on 57 realms |
 Headsplitter | 18 | 11 | 2.9 DPS, +2 Strength, +4 Stamina | 799 gold on 63 realms |
| Hillborne Axe | 20 | 13 | 3.5 DPS, +3 Agility, +5 Stamina. World Drop | 20 gold on 53 realms |
 Gloom Reaper | 21 | 14 | 3.5 DPS, +3 Agility, +5 Stamina. World Drop | 37 gold on 54 realms |
 Edge of Winter | 21 | 14 | 3.5 DPS, +3 Stamina. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 621 gold on 66 realms |
| Savage Axe | 22 | 14 | 3.5 DPS, +3 Strength, +5 Stamina. World Drop | 8 gold on 51 realms |
 Greater Scythe | 22 | 15 | 3.5 DPS, +3 Agility, +5 Stamina. World Drop | 25 gold on 54 realms |
Savage Axe has the highest item level here (22). The lowest listed price among them is Savage Axe at 8 gold in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from Butcher's Cleaver among Weapon > Axe: Curve-Bladed Ripper (item level 24), Ebonclaw Reaver (item level 24), Crescent Edge (item level 25), Axe of Rin'ji (item level 27) and Moon Cleaver (item level 27).
Nearest lower item levels below Butcher's Cleaver among Weapon > Axe: Dornogal Guard's Splitter (item level 1), Coreway Pickaxe (item level 1), Forest Berserker's Hatchet (item level 1), Twilight Gut Ripper (item level 1) and Phaseblade Headsplitter (item level 1).
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Butcher's Cleaver 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 Butcher's Cleaver 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 Butcher's Cleaver
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
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