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Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire Effects

Equip: 7.0 Artifacts - All Weapons - General Weapon Equipped Passive (CSA) - Infinite
Equip: Void Torrent
Grants the Void Torrent ability, which unleashes massive shadowy damage, and delays your descent from madness.
Effect: Blade of the Black Empire - 9s

Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.

Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire 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.

Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire Game Data

Appearance

Appearance IDs: 27354, 27355, 27356, 27357. 1 other item wears the same appearance:

Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire

Achievements

Owning Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire counts toward Arsenal of Power (10 points).

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire Compares

Who It Suits

In their in-game specialization descriptions, these specs name daggers among their preferred weapons:

Survival Hunter: Polearm, Staff, Axe, Dagger, Sword
Assassination Rogue: Daggers
Subtlety Rogue: Daggers
Discipline Priest: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Mace
Holy Priest: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Mace
Shadow Priest: Staff, Wand, Dagger, Mace
Elemental Shaman: Mace, Dagger, and Shield
Restoration Shaman: Mace, Dagger, and Shield
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
Balance Druid: Staff, Dagger, Mace
Restoration Druid: Staff, Dagger, Mace
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 Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire (item level 10) in item level among Weapon > Dagger, from item level 1 to 19.

Item	Item Level	Requires Level	Stats	Lowest Listed Price
Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire (this item)	10		0.8 DPS, +1 Intellect, +2 Stamina, +1 Critical Strike, +1 Mastery	Not listed
War Knife	10	6	1.4 DPS, +1 Agility, +2 Stamina. World Drop	1 silver on 53 realms
Goblin Screwdriver	12	7	1.7 DPS, +3 Agility. World Drop	49 gold on 58 realms
Big Bronze Knife	12	7	1.7 DPS, +2 Agility, +3 Stamina. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing	38 gold on 47 realms
Talon of Vultros	6	3	0.8 DPS, +1 Agility, +1 Critical Strike. World Drop	29 gold on 47 realms
Pearl-Handled Dagger	14	9	2.2 DPS, +2 Agility, +2 Stamina. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing	81 gold on 52 realms
Copper Dagger	5	3	0.6 DPS. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing	100 gold on 49 realms
Miniature Winter Veil Tree	1		0.6 DPS. World Drop	2,249 gold on 55 realms
Claw of the Shadowmancer	19	12	1.7 DPS, +3 Intellect, +4 Stamina. World Drop	108 gold on 50 realms
Twilight Ritualist's Stiletto	1		0.6 DPS. World Drop	500 gold on 55 realms
Cultist's Sacrificial Kris	1		0.6 DPS. World Drop	450 gold on 53 realms

Claw of the Shadowmancer has the highest item level here (19). The lowest listed price among them is War Knife at 1 silver in the US Auction House.

Next item levels up from Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire among Weapon > Dagger: Tigerbane (item level 21), Glinting Steel Dagger (item level 21), Deadly Kris (item level 21), The Ziggler (item level 22) and Stonevault Shiv (item level 22).

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

Xal'atath, Blade of the Black Empire