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 wound the target for Physical damage over 15 sec.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Gatorbite Axe 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, Gatorbite Axe is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 5191. No other item uses this appearance, so it is unique to Gatorbite Axe.
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 Gatorbite Axe (item level 22) in item level among Weapon > Axe, from item level 19 to 25.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gatorbite Axe (this item) | 22 | 14 | 4.7 DPS, +10 Stamina, +7 Strength. Boss Drop | Not listed |
 Obsidian Cleaver | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS, +8 Agility, +5 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike. World Drop | 1,000 gold on 60 realms |
 Hellslayer Battle Axe | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS, +4 Stamina. World Drop | 1,000 gold on 56 realms |
 Fiery War Axe | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS. World Drop | 12,000 gold on 54 realms |
 Monstrous War Axe | 23 | 16 | 4.7 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | 1 gold on 55 realms |
 Gigantic War Axe | 24 | 18 | 4.9 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | 6 gold on 61 realms |
 The Minotaur | 25 | 19 | 5.0 DPS, +10 Strength, +4 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike. World Drop | 484 gold on 64 realms |
| Executioner's Cleaver | 25 | 19 | 5.0 DPS, +11 Strength, +7 Haste. World Drop | 251 gold on 58 realms |
| Burning War Axe | 19 | 12 | 4.2 DPS. World Drop | 285 gold on 59 realms |
 Bloodspiller | 19 | 12 | 4.2 DPS | 1,950 gold on 60 realms |
| Grinning Axe | 25 | 19 | 5.0 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | 19 gold on 53 realms |
Grinning Axe has the highest item level here (25). The lowest listed price among them is Monstrous War Axe at 1 gold in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from Gatorbite Axe among Weapon > Axe: Ogre Splitting Axe (item level 30), Adamantite Cleaver (item level 31), Silver-Edged Axe (item level 31), Crystalforged War Axe (item level 32) and Angerfang Broadaxe (item level 35).
Nearest lower item levels below Gatorbite Axe among Weapon > Axe: Barbaric Battle Axe (item level 11), Copper Battle Axe (item level 6), Edge of the Enlightened (item level 1), Lost Sunwell Splitter (item level 1) and Devastating Drakonid Waraxe (item level 1).
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Gatorbite Axe 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 Gatorbite Axe 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 Gatorbite Axe
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