An Uncommon Staff Two-Hand, item level 44, requires level 40, binds when equipped.
On Howling Staff's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 347 gold36 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 40 gold40 silver to 1,931 gold95 silver. Only 1 was available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 64% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 347 gold36 silver.
First seen in build 12.0.7.68887 (Midnight (patch 12.0.7)).
In the Appearances collection, Howling Staff is listed as World Drop. Appearance ID: 21870. 25 other items wear the same appearance; 9 of them are listed here.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
In their in-game specialization descriptions, these specs name staves among their preferred weapons:
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
1 other item in the current build is also called Howling Staff. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.
Howling Staff ID 116639 · Weapon - Staff · item level 44Howling Staff uses icon file 926274, which 38 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Howling Staff ID 116639 · Weapon - Staff · item level 44Longclaw Staff ID 116589 · Weapon - Staff · item level 42Longclaw Staff ID 116588 · Weapon - Staff · item level 42Auchenai Staff ID 116554 · Weapon - Staff · item level 41Lunarglow Staff ID 116486 · Weapon - Staff · item level 39Whirlwind's Harvest ID 116808 · Weapon - Staff · item level 44Frostbitten Staff ID 116469 · Weapon - Staff · item level 39Megana's Staff of Knowledge ID 115423 · Weapon - Staff · item level 44Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 116640 (116635 to 116645) were usually added in the same batch as Howling Staff: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Howling Mace ID 116635 · Weapon - One-Handed Mace · item level 44
Oshu'gun Scepter ID 116636 · Weapon - One-Handed Mace · item level 44
Howling Hammer ID 116637 · Weapon - Two-Handed Mace · item level 44
Howling Spear ID 116638 · Weapon - Polearm · item level 44Howling Staff ID 116639 · Weapon - Staff · item level 44
Howling Sword ID 116641 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 44
Howling Greatsword ID 116642 · Weapon - Two-Handed Sword · item level 44
Oshu'gun Wand ID 116643 · Weapon - Wand · item level 44
Steelforged Dagger ID 116644 · Weapon - Dagger · item level 44
Blixthraz's Tools ID 116645 · Quest "For rapid disassembly."The raw ItemSparse values for item 116640 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
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