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Frost Giant's Cleaver Drops From

Icecrown Gunship Battle - Icecrown Citadel10 Player

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.

Frost Giant'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.

Frost Giant's Cleaver Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Frost Giant's Cleaver is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 12420. 3 other items wear the same appearance:

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Frost Giant's 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 10 items nearest to Frost Giant's Cleaver (item level 35) in item level among Weapon > Axe, from item level 30 to 39.

Item	Item Level	Requires Level	Stats	Lowest Listed Price
Frost Giant's Cleaver (this item)	35	30	4.4 DPS, +4 Agility, +6 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike, +3 Haste. Boss Drop	Not listed
Snowy Edge	35	30	4.4 DPS, +4 Agility, +6 Stamina. World Drop	30 gold on 52 realms
Obsidium Cleaver	37	32	4.6 DPS, +4 Strength, +6 Stamina, +4 Mastery, +4 Critical Strike. World Drop	23 gold on 62 realms
Forgewire Axe	38	32	2.3 DPS, +4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike, +4 Mastery. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing	1,182 gold on 53 realms
Zandalari Head-Cleaver	38	35	4.6 DPS, +4 Strength, +6 Stamina. World Drop	2,999 gold on 53 realms
Bladespire Broadaxe	32	26	4.2 DPS, +4 Strength, +6 Stamina. World Drop	25 gold on 54 realms
Wicked Edge of the Planes, Reborn	39	35	4.8 DPS, +6 Stamina, +4 Strength, +4 Critical Strike, +4 Haste. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing	54,936 gold on 57 realms
Colossal War Axe	31	25	4.2 DPS, +4 Strength, +6 Stamina. World Drop	99 gold on 49 realms
Silvermoon Crescent Axe	31	26	4.2 DPS, +4 Agility, +6 Stamina. World Drop	108 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 52 realms

Wicked Edge of the Planes, Reborn has the highest item level here (39). The lowest listed price among them is Obsidium Cleaver at 23 gold in the US Auction House.

Next item levels up from Frost Giant's 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 Frost Giant's Cleaver among Weapon > Axe: Curve-Bladed Ripper (item level 24), Ebonclaw Reaver (item level 24), Heavy Mithril Axe (item level 23), Greater Scythe (item level 22) and Gloom Reaper (item level 21).

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

Frost Giant's Cleaver