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Lightning Rod

Item Level 38
Binds when picked up
Two-HandWeapon
9 - 13 DamageSpeed 3.60
(3.1 damage per second)
+8 Intellect
+12 Stamina
+8 Critical Strike
+9 Haste
Requires Level 32
Sell price: 130 gold46 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 Staff Two-Hand, item level 38, requires level 32, binds when picked up. Drops from Hagara the Stormbinder in Dragon Soul.

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Where it comes from
DropHagara the Stormbinder in Dragon Soul10 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 410, requires level 85 and sells to vendors for 49g 63s 29c.

VersionItem levelRequired levelQualityBindingSells for
Retail (Midnight)3832EpicBinds when picked up130g 46s 99c
MoP Classic41085EpicBinds when picked up49g 63s 29c
Lightning Rod Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Lightning Rod is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 16808.

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

Where Lightning Rod Comes From

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

How Lightning Rod 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 Rod Fits

Other Items Named Lightning Rod

3 other items in the current build are also called Lightning Rod. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.

Items That Share Lightning Rod's Icon

Lightning Rod uses icon file 535300, which 7 other items also use. The 3 closest by item ID:

  • Lightning Rod ID 78426 · Weapon - Staff · item level 37
  • Lightning Rod ID 77221 · Weapon - Staff · item level 37
  • Typhoon Bringer ID 198429 · Weapon - Staff · item level 200 "A small inscription reads 'Brought by Ty'foon'."

Items Numbered Next to Lightning Rod

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 78418 (78413 to 78423) were usually added in the same batch as Lightning Rod: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Lightning Rod Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 78418 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
652 gold34 silver
Vendor sell price
130 gold46 silver
Material
Wood
Equip slot
Two-Hand
Expansion ID
3
Flags
8 / 134226432 / 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.