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Ruthless Contender's Rod

Item Level 85
Binds when picked up
Two-HandWeapon
21 - 29 DamageSpeed 3.60
(6.9 damage per second)
+19 Intellect
+28 Stamina
+20 Haste
+17 Mastery
Requires Level 48
Sell price: 108 gold12 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 85, requires level 48, binds when picked up.

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Build history

First seen in build 12.0.7.68887 (Midnight (patch 12.0.7)).

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Ruthless Contender's Rod Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Ruthless Contender's Rod is listed as Quest. Appearance ID: 41299. 6 other items wear the same appearance:

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

Where Ruthless Contender's Rod Comes From

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

How Ruthless Contender's 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 Ruthless Contender's Rod Fits

Items That Share Ruthless Contender's Rod's Icon

Ruthless Contender's Rod uses icon file 3087527, which 16 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Ruthless Contender's Rod

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 181534 (181529 to 181539) were usually added in the same batch as Ruthless Contender's Rod: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Ruthless Contender's Rod Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 181534 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
540 gold61 silver
Vendor sell price
108 gold12 silver
Material
Wood
Equip slot
Two-Hand
Expansion ID
8
Flags
0 / 8704 / 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.