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.
Reef Axe 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, Reef Axe is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 2281. 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 axes among their preferred weapons:
The 10 items nearest to Reef Axe (item level 16) in item level among Weapon > Axe, from item level 11 to 25.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reef Axe (this item) | 16 | 10 | 3.3 DPS, +7 Stamina, +5 Strength, +6 Versatility, +4 Critical Strike. Boss Drop | Not listed |
 Bronze Battle Axe | 17 | 10 | 3.5 DPS, +10 Strength. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 50 gold on 66 realms |
 Burning War Axe | 19 | 12 | 4.2 DPS. World Drop | 285 gold on 54 realms |
 Bloodspiller | 19 | 12 | 4.2 DPS | 1,200 gold on 56 realms |
| Barbaric Battle Axe | 11 | 6 | 2.1 DPS, +3 Strength, +4 Stamina. World Drop | 2 gold on 55 realms |
 Obsidian Cleaver | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS, +8 Agility, +5 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike. World Drop | 1,000 gold on 61 realms |
 Hellslayer Battle Axe | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS, +4 Stamina. World Drop | 1,262 gold on 49 realms |
| Fiery War Axe | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS. World Drop | 9,999 gold on 54 realms |
 Monstrous War Axe | 23 | 16 | 4.7 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | 6 gold on 53 realms |
 Gigantic War Axe | 24 | 18 | 4.9 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | 6 gold on 57 realms |
 The Minotaur | 25 | 19 | 5.0 DPS, +10 Strength, +4 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike. World Drop | 483 gold on 66 realms |
The Minotaur has the highest item level here (25). The lowest listed price among them is Barbaric Battle Axe at 2 gold in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from Reef Axe among Weapon > Axe: Lord Alexander's Battle Axe (item level 28), Huge Thorium Battleaxe (item level 28), Colossal Great Axe (item level 28), Brain Hacker (item level 29) and Nightfall (item level 29).
Nearest lower item levels below Reef Axe among Weapon > Axe: Edge of the Enlightened (item level 1), Lost Sunwell Splitter (item level 1), Devastating Drakonid Waraxe (item level 1), Greataxe of the Forest Tribe (item level 1) and Twilight Berserker's Cleaver (item level 1).
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Reef Axe 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 Reef Axe 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 Reef Axe
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
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