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Rivetspike Cleaver Drops From

Hellfire High Council - Hellfire CitadelLooking For Raid

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. The tags show which difficulties each encounter can award it on.

Rivetspike Cleaver 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.

Rivetspike Cleaver Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Rivetspike Cleaver is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 25408. No other item uses this appearance, so it is unique to Rivetspike Cleaver.

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Rivetspike Cleaver Compares

Who It Suits

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

Arms Warrior: Two-Handed Axe, Mace, Sword
Fury Warrior: Dual Two-Handed Axes, Maces, Swords
Retribution Paladin: Two-Handed Sword, Mace, Axe
Blood Death Knight: Two-Handed Axe, Mace, Sword
Unholy Death Knight: Two-Handed Axe, Mace, Sword

Similar Items

The 4 items nearest to Rivetspike Cleaver (item level 44) in item level among Weapon > Axe, from item level 35 to 44.

Item	Item Level	Requires Level	Stats	Lowest Listed Price
Rivetspike Cleaver (this item)	44	40	6.8 DPS, +9 Strength, +14 Stamina, +11 Versatility, +7 Haste. Boss Drop	Not listed
Steelforged Greataxe	44	35	6.8 DPS, +9 Strength, +14 Stamina. Crafted with Draenor Blacksmithing	399 gold on 53 realms
Auchenai Broadaxe	41	37	6.4 DPS, +9 Strength, +13 Stamina. World Drop	2,851 gold on 49 realms
Spiritblade Decimator	38	32	6.1 DPS, +8 Strength, +12 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike, +7 Mastery. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing	300 gold on 54 realms
Angerfang Broadaxe	35	29	6.0 DPS, +8 Strength, +12 Stamina. World Drop	55 gold on 58 realms

The lowest listed price among them is Angerfang Broadaxe at 55 gold in the US Auction House.

Next item levels up from Rivetspike Cleaver among Weapon > Axe: Plundered Molten Reaper (item level 60), Plundered Wingblade Axe (item level 60), Drustwrought Executioner (item level 155), Darkreach Splitter (item level 155) and Witherscorn Greataxe (item level 155).

Nearest lower item levels below Rivetspike Cleaver among Weapon > Axe: Crystalforged War Axe (item level 32), Adamantite Cleaver (item level 31), Silver-Edged Axe (item level 31), Rending Claw (item level 31) and Fel-Touched Axe (item level 30).

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

Rivetspike Cleaver