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.
Your melee attacks have a chance to poison the target for Nature damage every 3 sec for 15 sec.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Strike of the Hydra 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, Strike of the Hydra is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 2284. No other item uses this appearance, so it is unique to Strike of the Hydra.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
In their in-game specialization descriptions, these specs name swords among their preferred weapons:
The 10 items nearest to Strike of the Hydra (item level 16) in item level among Weapon > Sword, from item level 11 to 22.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strike of the Hydra (this item) | 16 | 10 | 3.3 DPS, +7 Stamina, +5 Strength. Boss Drop | Not listed |
 Guardian Blade | 16 | 10 | 3.3 DPS, +5 Strength, +12 Dodge, +2 Versatility. World Drop | 950 gold on 57 realms |
 Bronze Greatsword | 16 | 10 | 3.3 DPS, +7 Agility, +4 Stamina, +3 Critical Strike. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 141 gold on 61 realms |
 Deanship Claymore | 18 | 12 | 3.8 DPS, +5 Strength, +4 Versatility, +14 Dodge. World Drop | 700 gold on 53 realms |
 Searing Blade | 14 | 9 | 2.6 DPS. World Drop | 300 gold on 55 realms |
 Combatant Claymore | 19 | 12 | 4.2 DPS, +6 Strength, +14 Versatility, +6 Stamina. World Drop | 764 gold on 58 realms |
| Pysan's Old Greatsword | 20 | 13 | 4.4 DPS, +9 Strength, +9 Haste. World Drop | 10,000 gold on 55 realms |
 Shiver Blade | 12 | 7 | 2.2 DPS. World Drop | 300 gold on 55 realms |
 Archaic Defender | 21 | 13 | 4.6 DPS, +6 Strength, +14 Dodge, +4 Versatility. World Drop | 1,799 gold on 64 realms |
 Heavy Copper Broadsword | 11 | 7 | 1.9 DPS, +3 Strength, +5 Stamina. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 145 gold on 64 realms |
| Sword of the Magistrate | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS, +4 Strength, +8 Haste, +8 Stamina. World Drop | 1,265 gold on 53 realms |
Sword of the Magistrate has the highest item level here (22). The lowest listed price among them is Bronze Greatsword at 141 gold in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from Strike of the Hydra among Weapon > Sword: Warmonger (item level 27), Beheading Blade (item level 27), Dark Espadon (item level 27), Destiny (item level 28) and Deathblow (item level 28).
Nearest lower item levels below Strike of the Hydra among Weapon > Sword: Copper Claymore (item level 5), Lost Cerulean Edge (item level 1), Lost Winter's Hunger (item level 1) and Lost Frostwolf's Stand (item level 1).
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Strike of the Hydra 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 Strike of the Hydra next to the live retail market on this page.
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First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
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