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Lightning Giant Staff

Item Level 35
Binds when picked up
Two-HandWeapon
18 - 24 DamageSpeed 3.60
(5.8 damage per second)
+8 Agility
+15 Stamina
+7 Critical Strike
Requires Level 30
Sell price: 100 gold70 silver
Not sold on the Auction House

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

Not sold on the Auction House Weapon

A Rare Staff Two-Hand, item level 35, requires level 30, binds when picked up. Drops from Loken in Halls of Lightning.

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Where it comes from
DropLoken in Halls of LightningNormal, Heroic
Build history

First seen in build 3.80.2.69874 (Wrath of the Lich King).

Related
Other versions
Across game versions

In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 200, requires level 80 and sells to vendors for 17g 75s 81c. In MoP Classic it is item level 200, requires level 80 and sells to vendors for 17g 75s 81c.

VersionItem levelRequired levelQualityBindingSells for
Retail (Midnight)3530RareBinds when picked up100g 70s 5c
Wrath of the Lich King20080RareBinds when picked up17g 75s 81c
MoP Classic20080RareBinds when picked up17g 75s 81c
Lightning Giant Staff Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Lightning Giant Staff is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 9915. 1 other item wears the same appearance:

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

Where Lightning Giant Staff Comes From

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

How Lightning Giant Staff Compares

Who It Suits

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

  • Survival Hunter: Polearm, Staff, Axe, Dagger, Sword
  • Discipline Priest: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Mace
  • Holy Priest: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Mace
  • Shadow Priest: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Mace
  • 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
  • Brewmaster Monk: Staff, Polearm
  • Mistweaver Monk: Staff, Mace, Sword
  • Balance Druid: Staff, Dagger, Mace
  • Feral Druid: Staff, Polearm
  • Guardian Druid: Staff, Polearm
  • Restoration Druid: Staff, Dagger, Mace
  • 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 Lightning Giant Staff Fits

Other Items Named Lightning Giant Staff

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

Items That Share Lightning Giant Staff's Icon

Lightning Giant Staff uses icon file 135206, which 28 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Lightning Giant Staff

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 37848 (37843 to 37853) were usually added in the same batch as Lightning Giant Staff: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Lightning Giant Staff Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 37848 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
503 gold50 silver
Vendor sell price
100 gold70 silver
Material
Wood
Equip slot
Two-Hand
Expansion ID
2
Flags
0 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0

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