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. The tags show which difficulties each encounter can award it on.
Taskmaster Axe is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no Auction House price. Its first-party game data (identity, effects and sources) is read from the official World of Warcraft client build.
In the Appearances collection, Taskmaster Axe is listed as World Drop. Appearance ID: 1804. No other item uses this appearance, so it is unique to Taskmaster Axe.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
In their in-game specialization descriptions, these specs name axes among their preferred weapons:
The 8 items nearest to Taskmaster Axe (item level 12) in item level among Weapon > Axe, from item level 6 to 22.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taskmaster Axe (this item) | 12 | 7 | 2.2 DPS, +3 Strength, +5 Stamina. World Drop | Not listed |
 Bronze Battle Axe | 17 | 10 | 3.5 DPS, +10 Strength. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 75 gold on 57 realms |
| Supercharger Battle Axe | 18 | 11 | 3.9 DPS. World Drop | 4,274 gold on 58 realms |
 Copper Battle Axe | 6 | 4 | 1.0 DPS, +1 Strength, +3 Stamina. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 150 gold on 54 realms |
 Burning War Axe | 19 | 12 | 4.2 DPS. World Drop | 398 gold on 63 realms |
 Bloodspiller | 19 | 12 | 4.2 DPS | 1,900 gold on 65 realms |
 Obsidian Cleaver | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS, +8 Agility, +5 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike. World Drop | 1,567 gold on 57 realms |
 Hellslayer Battle Axe | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS, +4 Stamina. World Drop | 999 gold on 57 realms |
| Fiery War Axe | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS. World Drop | 14,800 gold on 56 realms |
Fiery War Axe has the highest item level here (22). The lowest listed price among them is Bronze Battle Axe at 75 gold in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from Taskmaster Axe among Weapon > Axe: Monstrous War Axe (item level 23), Gigantic War Axe (item level 24), Kang the Decapitator (item level 25), The Minotaur (item level 25) and Executioner's Cleaver (item level 25).
Nearest lower item levels below Taskmaster 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.
Taskmaster 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 Taskmaster 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 Taskmaster Axe
A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
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