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Lava Spine

Item Level 37
Binds when picked up
One-HandWeapon
9 - 15 DamageSpeed 2.60
(4.6 damage per second)
+4 Strength
+6 Stamina
+4 Critical Strike
+4 Haste
Requires Level 32
Sell price: 99 gold12 silver
Not sold on the Auction House

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

Not sold on the Auction House Weapon

An Epic One-Handed Sword, item level 37, requires level 32, binds when picked up. Drops from Magmaw in Blackwing Descent.

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Where it comes from
DropMagmaw in Blackwing Descent10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic)
Build history

First seen in build 5.5.4.69585 (Mists of Pandaria).

Related
Other versions
Across game versions

In MoP Classic it is item level 372, requires level 85 and sells to vendors for 35g 54s 76c.

VersionItem levelRequired levelQualityBindingSells for
Retail (Midnight)3732EpicBinds when picked up99g 12s 6c
MoP Classic37285EpicBinds when picked up35g 54s 76c
Lava Spine Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Lava Spine is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 13989. 3 other items wear the same appearance:

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

Where Lava Spine Comes From

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files (JournalEncounterItem, JournalEncounterCreature, Achievement) and the Blizzard Game Data quest API.

How Lava Spine 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

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

Where Lava Spine Fits

Other Items Named Lava Spine

1 other item in the current build is also called Lava Spine. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.

  • Lava Spine ID 59333 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 37

Items That Share Lava Spine's Icon

Lava Spine uses icon file 369281, which 5 other items also use. The 5 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Lava Spine

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 65047 (65042 to 65052) were usually added in the same batch as Lava Spine: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Lava Spine Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 65047 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
495 gold60 silver
Vendor sell price
99 gold12 silver
Material
Metal
Equip slot
One-Hand
Expansion ID
3
Flags
8 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.

3D Model

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