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.
Your melee attacks have a chance to send a shadowy bolt that causes Shadow damage and an additional damage over 6 sec.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Demonshear 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, Demonshear is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 3673.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
In their in-game specialization descriptions, these specs name swords among their preferred weapons:
The 10 items nearest to Demonshear (item level 25) in item level among Weapon > Sword, from item level 23 to 28.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demonshear (this item) | 25 | 18 | 4.9 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. Boss Drop | Not listed |
 Blade of the Titans | 25 | 19 | 4.9 DPS, +11 Stamina, +5 Strength. World Drop | 451 gold on 58 realms |
 Tusker Sword | 25 | 19 | 4.9 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | 15 gold on 56 realms |
 Witchfury | 24 | 17 | 4.9 DPS. World Drop | 2,000 gold on 51 realms |
 Warsword of Caer Darrow | 24 | 4.9 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike, +7 Haste. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 1,999 gold on 76 realms | |
 Nightblade | 24 | 17 | 4.9 DPS. World Drop | 11,874 gold on 57 realms |
 Warmonger | 27 | 20 | 5.1 DPS, +1 Strength, +20 Haste. World Drop | 3,000 gold on 61 realms |
 Beheading Blade | 27 | 20 | 5.1 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | 20 gold on 49 realms |
 Dark Espadon | 27 | 21 | 5.1 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | 20 gold on 49 realms |
 Headstriker Sword | 23 | 16 | 4.7 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | 25 gold on 61 realms |
 Demonslayer | 28 | 22 | 5.3 DPS. World Drop | 1,500 gold on 59 realms |
Demonslayer has the highest item level here (28). The lowest listed price among them is Tusker Sword at 15 gold in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from Demonshear among Weapon > Sword: Dragon Wing Blade (item level 30), Khorium Champion (item level 31), Fel Iron Greatsword (item level 31), Darkened Broadsword (item level 31) and Abandoned Greatsword (item level 32).
Nearest lower item levels below Demonshear among Weapon > Sword: Combatant Claymore (item level 19), Guardian Blade (item level 16), Bronze Greatsword (item level 16), Searing Blade (item level 14) and Gleaming Claymore (item level 12).
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Demonshear 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 Demonshear 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 Demonshear
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
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