This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Deals Shadow damage every 2 sec for 30 sec and lowers their Strength for the duration of the disease.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Frightskull Shaft is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no Auction House price. Its first-party game data (identity, effects and sources) is read from the official World of Warcraft client build.
In the Appearances collection, Frightskull Shaft is listed as World Drop. Appearance ID: 4101.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
In their in-game specialization descriptions, these specs name maces among their preferred weapons:
The 10 items nearest to Frightskull Shaft (item level 24) in item level among Weapon > Mace, from item level 20 to 29.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frightskull Shaft (this item) | 24 | 17 | 4.9 DPS. World Drop | Not listed |
 Greater Maul | 24 | 18 | 4.9 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | 5 silver on 63 realms |
 Conk Hammer | 25 | 19 | 5.0 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | 5 gold on 54 realms |
 Blanchard's Stout | 26 | 20 | 5.0 DPS, +9 Strength, +7 Stamina, +2 Fire Resistance. World Drop | 99 gold on 58 realms |
 The Shoveler | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS, +8 Strength, +5 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike. World Drop | 198 gold on 61 realms |
 Royal Mallet | 26 | 20 | 5.0 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | 1 gold on 56 realms |
 Sequoia Branch | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | 11 gold on 55 realms |
 Ballast Maul | 21 | 13 | 4.4 DPS, +6 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | 41 silver on 51 realms |
 Stone Hammer | 21 | 14 | 4.4 DPS, +6 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | 10 gold on 53 realms |
 Viscous Hammer | 20 | 13 | 4.4 DPS, +6 Strength, +4 Stamina, +15 Critical Strike. World Drop | 213 gold on 61 realms |
 Brutehammer | 29 | 24 | 5.4 DPS, +7 Strength, +11 Stamina. World Drop | 20 gold on 54 realms |
Brutehammer has the highest item level here (29). The lowest listed price among them is Greater Maul at 5 silver in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from Frightskull Shaft among Weapon > Mace: Titansteel Destroyer (item level 35), Stormherald, Reborn (item level 39), Lerah's Ribsmasher (item level 39), Howling Hammer (item level 44) and Plundered Firegeode Mace (item level 60).
Nearest lower item levels below Frightskull Shaft among Weapon > Mace: Emerald-Heart Protomaul (item level 1), Lost Soul Collector (item level 1), Darkmoon Hammer (item level 1), Brackenhide Hollow Maul (item level 1) and Gavel of Tyrhold (item level 1).
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Frightskull Shaft 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 Frightskull Shaft 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 Frightskull Shaft
A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4
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