This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
In the Appearances collection, The Axe of Severing is listed as World Drop. Appearance ID: 3684. 1 other item wears the same appearance:
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
In their in-game specialization descriptions, these specs name axes among their preferred weapons:
The 9 items nearest to The Axe of Severing (item level 13) in item level among Weapon > Axe, from item level 6 to 23.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Axe of Severing (this item) | 13 | 8 | 2.5 DPS, +4 Strength, +4 Critical Strike, +4 Haste. 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 57 realms |
 Burning War Axe | 19 | 12 | 4.2 DPS. World Drop | 398 gold on 64 realms |
 Bloodspiller | 19 | 12 | 4.2 DPS | 1,875 gold on 66 realms |
 Copper Battle Axe | 6 | 4 | 1.0 DPS, +1 Strength, +3 Stamina. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 150 gold on 53 realms |
 Obsidian Cleaver | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS, +8 Agility, +5 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike. World Drop | 1,567 gold on 54 realms |
 Hellslayer Battle Axe | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS, +4 Stamina. World Drop | 999 gold on 55 realms |
| Fiery War Axe | 22 | 15 | 4.7 DPS. World Drop | 14,800 gold on 57 realms |
 Monstrous War Axe | 23 | 16 | 4.7 DPS, +7 Strength, +10 Stamina. World Drop | 21 gold on 53 realms |
Monstrous War Axe has the highest item level here (23). The lowest listed price among them is Monstrous War Axe at 21 gold in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from The Axe of Severing among Weapon > Axe: Darkmoon Executioner (item level 24), Gigantic War Axe (item level 24), The Minotaur (item level 25), Executioner's Cleaver (item level 25) and Grinning Axe (item level 25).
Nearest lower item levels below The Axe of Severing 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.
The Axe of Severing 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 The Axe of Severing 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 The Axe of Severing
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.
The Axe of Severing is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no Auction House price. It is acquired in-game from the sources listed above. This page collects its first-party game data (identity, effects and where it comes from) from the official World of Warcraft client build.
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