This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Sends a shadowy bolt at the enemy causing Shadow damage.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Deathbringer 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.
Appearance ID: 5114. No other item uses this appearance, so it is unique to Deathbringer.
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 Deathbringer (item level 29) in item level among Weapon > Axe, from item level 27 to 31.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deathbringer (this item) | 29 | 25 | 4.0 DPS | Not listed |
 Serathil | 29 | 23 | 4.0 DPS, +4 Strength, +3 Versatility. World Drop | 191 gold on 57 realms |
 Felstone Reaver | 29 | 23 | 4.0 DPS, +4 Agility, +5 Stamina. World Drop | 37 gold on 56 realms |
 Ichor Slicer | 29 | 4.0 DPS. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 1,223 gold on 68 realms | |
 Axe of the Deep Woods | 28 | 22 | 4.0 DPS. World Drop | 2,500 gold on 49 realms |
 Axe of the Legion | 30 | 25 | 4.0 DPS, +5 Strength, +5 Stamina, +6 Haste. World Drop | 999 gold on 55 realms |
 Knight's War Axe | 30 | 24 | 4.0 DPS, +4 Strength, +5 Stamina. World Drop | 509 gold on 49 realms |
 Chipped Woodchopper | 30 | 25 | 4.0 DPS, +4 Agility, +5 Stamina. World Drop | 15 gold on 55 realms |
 Corpse Harvester | 28 | 21 | 4.0 DPS, +4 Agility, +5 Stamina. World Drop | 18 gold on 50 realms |
 Axe of Rin'ji | 27 | 21 | 4.0 DPS, +6 Stamina, +3 Agility. World Drop | 183 gold on 61 realms |
 Silvermoon Crescent Axe | 31 | 26 | 4.2 DPS, +4 Agility, +6 Stamina. World Drop | 108 gold on 51 realms |
Silvermoon Crescent Axe has the highest item level here (31). The lowest listed price among them is Chipped Woodchopper at 15 gold in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from Deathbringer among Weapon > Axe: Zandalari Head-Cleaver (item level 38), Plundered Skullsplitter (item level 60), Plundered Iceshard Bite (item level 60), Deadstone Hatchet (item level 155) and Darkreach Hacker (item level 155).
Nearest lower item levels below Deathbringer among Weapon > Axe: Hacking Cleaver (item level 19), Headsplitter (item level 18), Bronze Axe (item level 14), Abomination Cleaver (item level 11) and Thick War Axe (item level 10).
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Deathbringer 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 Deathbringer 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 Deathbringer
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
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