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Hardin's Backup Blade

Item Level 80
Binds when picked up
One-HandWeapon
20 - 33 DamageSpeed 2.60
(10.2 damage per second)
+9 Strength
+13 Stamina
+10 Critical Strike
+8 Mastery
Requires Level 80
Sell price: 40 gold85 silver
Not sold on the Auction House

This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.

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Hardin's Backup Blade Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Hardin's Backup Blade is listed as World Drop. Appearance ID: 122803. 2 other items wear the same appearance:

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Hardin's Backup Blade Compares

Who It Suits

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

  • Protection Warrior: Axe, Mace, Sword, and Shield
  • Holy Paladin: Sword, Mace, 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
  • Arcane Mage: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Fire Mage: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Frost Mage: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Affliction Warlock: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Demonology Warlock: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Destruction Warlock: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Sword
  • Mistweaver Monk: Staff, Mace, Sword
  • 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
  • Devastation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace
  • Preservation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace
  • Augmentation Evoker: Staff, Sword, Dagger, Mace

Similar Items

The 8 items nearest to Hardin's Backup Blade (item level 80) in item level among Weapon > Sword.

ItemItem LevelRequires LevelStatsLowest Listed Price
Hardin's Backup Blade (this item)808010.2 DPS, +9 Strength, +13 Stamina, +10 Critical Strike, +8 Mastery. World DropNot listed
Plundered Splitblade Slicer60507.1 DPS, +6 Strength, +9 Stamina, +7 Haste, +6 Mastery. World Drop9,789 gold on 67 realms
Plundered Celestial Finblade60507.1 DPS, +6 Agility, +9 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike, +6 Haste. World Drop2,378 gold on 49 realms
Plundered Swarmer's Blade60507.1 DPS, +6 Agility, +9 Stamina, +7 Versatility, +6 Haste. World Drop699 gold on 60 realms
Plundered Seacrystal Blade60507.1 DPS, +6 Agility, +9 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike, +6 Mastery. World Drop500 gold on 59 realms
Plundered Carapace Linked Longsword60507.1 DPS, +6 Strength, +9 Stamina, +7 Mastery, +6 Critical Strike. World Drop4,717 gold on 48 realms
Teebu's Scorching Straight Sword60507.1 DPS. World Drop210,000 gold on 57 realms
Notorious Combatant's Cutlass60507.1 DPS, +6 Strength, +9 Stamina. Profession847 gold on 75 realms
Volcanospike60323.7 DPS, +6 Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +7 Haste75,000 gold on 58 realms

The lowest listed price among them is Plundered Seacrystal Blade at 500 gold in the US Auction House.

Next item levels up from Hardin's Backup Blade among Weapon > Sword: Dawnforged Long Blade (item level 197), Thalassian Competitor's Sword (item level 197), Tarnished Dawnlit Shortsword (item level 197), Tarnished Dawnlit Longsword (item level 197) and Draconium Sword (item level 270).

Nearest lower item levels below Hardin's Backup Blade among Weapon > Sword: Honorable Combatant's Cutlass (item level 59), Stormsteel Saber (item level 59), Centurion's Shortsword (item level 58), Steelforged Saber (item level 44) and Blazefury, Reborn (item level 39).

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

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

About Hardin's Backup Blade

Hardin's Backup Blade is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no live market price. It is acquired in-game from the sources listed above. This page collects its first-party game data (identity, effects and where it comes from) from the official World of Warcraft client build.