Hand of the Dark Animus Drops From

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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.

Hand of the Dark Animus 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.

Hand of the Dark Animus Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Hand of the Dark Animus is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 20228. 5 other items wear the same appearance:

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Hand of the Dark Animus Compares

Who It Suits

In their in-game specialization descriptions, these specs name maces among their preferred weapons:

Protection Warrior: Axe, Mace, Sword, and Shield
Holy Paladin: Sword, Mace, and Shield
Protection Paladin: Sword, Mace, Axe, and Shield
Outlaw Rogue: Axes, Maces, Swords, Fist Weapons
Discipline Priest: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Mace
Holy Priest: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Mace
Shadow Priest: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Mace
Frost Death Knight: Dual Axes, Maces, Swords
Elemental Shaman: Mace, Dagger, and Shield
Enhancement Shaman: Dual Axes, Maces, Fist Weapons
Restoration Shaman: Mace, Dagger, and Shield
Mistweaver Monk: Staff, Mace, Sword
Windwalker Monk: Fist Weapons, Axes, Maces, Swords
Balance Druid: Staff, Dagger, Mace
Restoration Druid: Staff, Dagger, Mace
Devastation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace
Preservation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace
Augmentation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace

Similar Items

The 10 items nearest to Hand of the Dark Animus (item level 39) in item level among Weapon > Mace, from item level 34 to 44.

Item	Item Level	Requires Level	Stats	Lowest Listed Price
Hand of the Dark Animus (this item)	39	35	4.8 DPS, +6 Stamina, +4 Agility, +4 Critical Strike, +5 Haste. Boss Drop	Not listed
Phantasmal Hammer	38	32	4.8 DPS, +4 Strength, +6 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike, +3 Mastery. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing	888 gold on 53 realms
Immaculate Scepter	38	34	2.3 DPS, +4 Intellect, +6 Stamina. World Drop	15 gold on 52 realms
Gurubashi Punisher	37	32	4.4 DPS, +4 Strength, +6 Stamina, +3 Critical Strike, +4 Haste. World Drop	9 gold on 56 realms
Heavy Geode Mace	36	30	4.4 DPS, +4 Agility, +6 Stamina, +4 Haste, +4 Critical Strike. World Drop	50 gold on 56 realms
Gargoyle's Mace	35	30	4.4 DPS, +4 Agility, +6 Stamina. World Drop	21 gold on 50 realms
Flamewashed Mace	35	28	2.7 DPS. World Drop	1 gold on 50 realms
Tremendous Tankard O' Terror	44	40	5.2 DPS, +5 Agility, +6 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike, +5 Haste. World Drop	100 gold on 81 realms
Steelforged Hammer	44	35	5.2 DPS, +5 Agility, +7 Stamina. Crafted with Draenor Blacksmithing	870 gold on 51 realms
Adamant Mallet	34	29	4.4 DPS, +4 Agility, +6 Stamina. World Drop	1 gold on 50 realms
Serene Hammer	34	29	2.1 DPS, +4 Intellect, +6 Stamina. World Drop	1 gold on 55 realms

Steelforged Hammer has the highest item level here (44). The lowest listed price among them is Adamant Mallet at 1 gold in the US Auction House.

Next item levels up from Hand of the Dark Animus among Weapon > Mace: Flanged Mace (item level 58), Notorious Combatant's Discombobulator (item level 60), Plundered Paragon's Mace (item level 60), Plundered Geode Gavel (item level 60) and Plundered Frost Scepter (item level 60).

Nearest lower item levels below Hand of the Dark Animus among Weapon > Mace: Blesswind Hammer (item level 28), Hammer of the Northern Wind (item level 27), Viking Warhammer (item level 27), Bonesnapper (item level 27) and Skullcrusher Mace (item level 25).

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

Hand of the Dark Animus