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. The tags show which difficulties each encounter can award it on.
Haunting Blade 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, Haunting Blade is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 2205. 1 other item wears the same appearance:
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
In their in-game specialization descriptions, these specs name swords among their preferred weapons:
The 10 items nearest to Haunting Blade (item level 13) in item level among Weapon > Sword, from item level 8 to 21.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haunting Blade (this item) | 13 | 8 | 2.5 DPS, +3 Strength, +5 Stamina, +4 Haste, +3 Versatility. Boss Drop | Not listed |
 Searing Blade | 14 | 9 | 2.6 DPS. World Drop | 300 gold on 54 realms |
 Gleaming Claymore | 12 | 7 | 2.2 DPS, +3 Strength, +5 Stamina. World Drop | 1 gold on 48 realms |
| Edged Bastard Sword | 11 | 6 | 1.9 DPS, +3 Strength, +4 Stamina. World Drop | 2 gold on 50 realms |
 Heavy Copper Broadsword | 11 | 7 | 1.9 DPS, +3 Strength, +5 Stamina. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 145 gold on 66 realms |
 Guardian Blade | 16 | 10 | 3.3 DPS, +5 Strength, +12 Dodge, +2 Versatility. World Drop | 535 gold on 59 realms |
 Bronze Greatsword | 16 | 10 | 3.3 DPS, +7 Agility, +4 Stamina, +3 Critical Strike. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 235 gold on 62 realms |
 Coral Claymore | 8 | 5 | 1.4 DPS, +2 Strength, +4 Stamina. World Drop | 2,352 gold on 47 realms |
| Combatant Claymore | 19 | 12 | 4.2 DPS, +6 Strength, +14 Versatility, +6 Stamina. World Drop | 69 gold on 58 realms |
| Pysan's Old Greatsword | 20 | 13 | 4.4 DPS, +9 Strength, +9 Haste. World Drop | 10,000 gold on 50 realms |
 Archaic Defender | 21 | 13 | 4.6 DPS, +6 Strength, +14 Dodge, +4 Versatility. World Drop | 3,500 gold on 66 realms |
Archaic Defender has the highest item level here (21). The lowest listed price among them is Gleaming Claymore at 1 gold in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from Haunting Blade among Weapon > Sword: Nightblade (item level 24), Witchfury (item level 24), Warsword of Caer Darrow (item level 24), Blade of the Titans (item level 25) and Tusker Sword (item level 25).
Nearest lower item levels below Haunting Blade among Weapon > Sword: Lost Cerulean Edge (item level 1), Lost Winter's Hunger (item level 1) and Lost Frostwolf's Stand (item level 1).
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Haunting Blade 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 Haunting Blade 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 Haunting Blade
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
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