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Rune-Etched Nightblade

Item Level 35
Binds when picked up
One-HandWeapon
9 - 14 DamageSpeed 2.60
(4.4 damage per second)
+4 Agility
+6 Stamina
+3 Haste
+4 Critical Strike
Requires Level 30
Sell price: 81 gold62 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 35, requires level 30, binds when picked up. Drops from The Assembly of Iron in Ulduar.

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Where it comes from
DropThe Assembly of Iron in UlduarNormal
Build history

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

Related
Other versions
Across game versions

In MoP Classic it is item level 225, requires level 80 and sells to vendors for 20g 59s 19c.

VersionItem levelRequired levelQualityBindingSells for
Retail (Midnight)3530EpicBinds when picked up81g 62s 68c
MoP Classic22580EpicBinds when picked up20g 59s 19c
Rune-Etched Nightblade Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Rune-Etched Nightblade is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 11395. 1 other item wears the same appearance:

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

Where Rune-Etched Nightblade Comes From

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

How Rune-Etched Nightblade 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 Rune-Etched Nightblade Fits

Other Items Named Rune-Etched Nightblade

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

Items That Share Rune-Etched Nightblade's Icon

Rune-Etched Nightblade uses icon file 237485, which 7 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:

  • Remorse ID 45142 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 35
  • Stoneguard ID 45700 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 35
  • Remorse ID 155943 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 35
  • Rune-Etched Nightblade ID 156057 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 35
  • Stoneguard ID 156274 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 35
  • Titan Watcher's Shortblade ID 206795 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword
  • Ancient Runic Hilt ID 234718 · Miscellaneous · item level 80 "The visage of a female figure has been engraved into the rune-scripted hilt."

Items Numbered Next to Rune-Etched Nightblade

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 45331 (45326 to 45336) were usually added in the same batch as Rune-Etched Nightblade: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Rune-Etched Nightblade Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 45331 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
408 gold13 silver
Vendor sell price
81 gold62 silver
Material
Metal
Equip slot
One-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.

3D Model

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