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The Dreadblades

Item Level 13
Binds when picked up
Main HandWeapon
4 - 6 DamageSpeed 2.60
(1.9 damage per second)
+2 Agility
+3 Stamina
Requires Level 10
Equip: [DNT] Remix Artifact Weapon
Effect: [DNT] Equip Artifact
“She saw herself commanding an impossibly large pirate fleet, one that could conquer the high seas and all the nations of Azeroth. Every ship that dared to challenge her burned, and every city gave up its treasures or was destroyed.”
Sell price: 1 gold59 silver
Not sold on the Auction House

This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.

Not sold on the Auction House Weapon
  • Legion Remix item.client data

An Artifact One-Handed Sword Main Hand, item level 13, requires level 10, binds when picked up. Sold by a vendor NPC.

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Where it comes from
VendorNPC #208070Dornogal

Sold By

The game's collection data lists The Dreadblades as sold by a vendor NPC in Dornogal.

VendorZoneMapWaypointOther items it sells
NPC #208070Dornogal--117

Vendor NPC, zone and position come from the client's collection source tables (CollectableSourceInfo and CollectableSourceVendorSparse); coordinates are the in-game map readout.

Build history

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

Related
The Dreadblades Game Data

Appearance

Appearance IDs: 28346, 28344, 28345, 28347. 3 other items wear the same appearance:

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How The Dreadblades 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

Similar Items

The 10 items nearest to The Dreadblades (item level 13) in item level among Weapon > Sword, from item level 11 to 20.

ItemItem LevelRequires LevelStatsLowest Listed Price
The Dreadblades (this item)13101.9 DPS, +2 Agility, +3 StaminaNot listed
Defias Rapier1271.7 DPS, +2 Agility, +3 Critical Strike. World Drop78 gold on 44 realms
Blackwater Cutlass1271.7 DPS, +2 Agility, +2 Critical Strike. World Drop10 gold on 53 realms
Fangblade152.1 DPS, +3 Agility, +1 Stamina. World Drop50 gold on 48 realms
Bronze Shortsword1592.1 DPS, +4 Agility. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing15 gold on 48 realms
Scimitar1171.5 DPS. Vendor11 silver on 44 realms
The Butcher19123.1 DPS, +4 Agility, +3 Stamina1,684 gold on 63 realms
The Black Knight19123.1 DPS. World Drop500 gold on 47 realms
Sword of Decay20133.5 DPS. World Drop1,617 gold on 48 realms
Zealot Blade20131.5 DPS, +3 Intellect, +5 Stamina, +7 Versatility. World Drop578 gold on 46 realms
Jade Serpentblade20133.5 DPS, +4 Strength, +4 Agility. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing519 gold on 56 realms

Sword of Decay has the highest item level here (20). The lowest listed price among them is Scimitar at 11 silver in the US Auction House.

Next item levels up from The Dreadblades among Weapon > Sword: Wicked Mithril Blade (item level 24), Furious Falchion (item level 24), Shortsword of Vengeance (item level 25), Phantom Blade (item level 25) and Bloodletter Scalpel (item level 25).

Nearest lower item levels below The Dreadblades among Weapon > Sword: Pitted Defias Shortsword (item level 2), Distinguished Blade of Cartel Al (item level 1), Lost Blade of Spacial Descent (item level 1), Drakonid Striker's Cutlass (item level 1) and Wingcrest Scimitar (item level 1).

Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Where The Dreadblades Fits

Where to Buy The Dreadblades

The Dreadblades is listed at 1 vendor placement. NPC 208070 stands in Dornogal at map coordinates 47.4, 43.6.

Other Items Named The Dreadblades

3 other items in the current build are also called The Dreadblades. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.

  • The Dreadblades ID 128872 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 10 "She saw herself commanding an impossibly large pirate fleet, one that could conquer the high seas and all..."
  • The Dreadblades ID 134552 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 10 "No blade can shed the blood of so many innocents and not demand a toll on its wielder as well. They are no..."
  • The Dreadblades ID 242604 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 13 "No blade can shed the blood of so many innocents and not demand a toll on its wielder as well. They are no..."

Items That Share The Dreadblades's Icon

The Dreadblades uses icon file 1267793, which 3 other items also use. The 3 closest by item ID:

  • The Dreadblades ID 242604 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 13 "No blade can shed the blood of so many innocents and not demand a toll on its wielder as well. They are no..."
  • The Dreadblades ID 134552 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 10 "No blade can shed the blood of so many innocents and not demand a toll on its wielder as well. They are no..."
  • The Dreadblades ID 128872 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 10 "She saw herself commanding an impossibly large pirate fleet, one that could conquer the high seas and all..."

Items Numbered Next to The Dreadblades

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 242588 (242583 to 242594) were usually added in the same batch as The Dreadblades: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

  • Truthguard ID 242583 · Armor - Shield · item level 13 "With the first hammer fall, rivers of magma spilled from the icy mountains. With the second, the sky howled..."
  • Oathseeker ID 242584 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 13 "Killing for the sake of killing... conquering for the sake of conquest... there is no honor in such things...."
  • Light's Wrath ID 242585 · Weapon - Staff · item level 13 "It was with our greatest hopes and prayers that we attended the ceremony that day... and it is with our..."
  • The Kingslayers ID 242586 · Weapon - Dagger · item level 13 "It was not a pleasant death. But it was fast, quiet, and efficient. When the orc took his last breath, the..."
  • The Kingslayers ID 242587 · Weapon - Dagger · item level 13 "Countless voices hushed, and countless leaders toppled... all at the whim of his foul command. There would..."
  • Fury of the Stonemother ID 242589 · Weapon - One-Handed Mace · item level 13 "Created through the power of Doomhammer and the powerful shaman who wields it."
  • Sharas'dal, Scepter of Tides ID 242591 · Weapon - One-Handed Mace · item level 13 "They drifted into the abyss, but Azshara and her Highborne remained unbroken. The darkness around them was..."
  • Shield of the Sea Queen ID 242592 · Armor - Shield · item level 13 "As the ocean crushed the life from their bodies, ancient creatures stirred in the darkness. Their whispers..."
  • The Fist of Ra-den ID 242593 · Weapon - Fist Weapon · item level 13 "To seal Al'Akir's demise, Master Ra slammed his fist into the mountaintop. The heavens split wide, and all..."
  • The Highkeeper's Ward ID 242594 · Armor - Shield · item level 13 "Ra and Helya crafted a shield, the Highkeeper's Ward, to act as a key to the Elemental Plane. It thrummed..."

The Dreadblades Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 242588 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
7 gold95 silver
Vendor sell price
1 gold59 silver
Unique (max carried)
1
Material
Metal
Equip slot
Main Hand
Content tuning ID
2905
Expansion ID
6
Flags
4292640 / 16789504 / 8388608 / 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.