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Blood Death Knight
The Tank specialization of the Death Knight class. Its ladders, talent tree, and the class page are below.
Blood Death Knight at a glance
- Class
- Death Knight
- Role
- Tank
- Armor
- Plate
- Resource
- Runes and Runic Power
- Introduced in
- Wrath of the Lich King
- Sibling specs
- 2
Other Death Knight specializations
Death Knight appearance sets
Baleful Grave-Knight's CrucibleMidnightBaleful Grave-Knight's CrucibleMidnightBaleful Grave-Knight's CrucibleMidnightBaleful Grave-Knight's CrucibleMidnight
Galactic Gladiator's Plate ArmorMidnight
Galactic Gladiator's Plate ArmorMidnightGalactic Gladiator's Plate ArmorMidnightGalactic Gladiator's Plate ArmorMidnight227 more Death Knight appearance sets
Pieces of Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible.
- Skullguard of the Risen Sacrifice
Shellbound Bracers
Forgotten Grotto Girdle
Pauldrons of the Forgotten Sacrifice
Baleful Grave-Knight's Greatcloak- Baleful Grave-Knight's Vambraces
- Baleful Grave-Knight's Girdle
- Baleful Grave-Knight's Gibbets
Baleful Grave-Knight's Greaves- Baleful Grave-Knight's Casque
Baleful Grave-Knight's Deathgrips
Baleful Grave-Knight's Sabatons
Recent Blood Death Knight hotfixes
- September 9, 2026 Classes › Death Knight › Blood
Resolved an issue causing Grip of the Dead from Death and Decay to permanently be active on targets.
- August 25, 2026 Classes › Death Knight
Developers’ notes: Frost Death Knight has performed under our expectations at the beginning of Curse of Ula'tek, especially in the Venomous Abyss raid.
- August 19, 2026 Classes › Death Knight
Resolved an issue causing Army of the Dead Epidemic Orders to cast from the Death Knight instead of the Lesser Ghoul.
- August 18, 2026 Classes › Death Knight › Blood
Deathbringer: Resolved an issue causing Echoing Fury to grnt Exterminate stacks on Reaper’s Mark casts.
- August 18, 2026 Classes › Death Knight › Blood
San’layn: Visceral Strength now grants 6% strength (was 10%).
- August 18, 2026 Classes › Death Knight › Blood
San’layn: Transfusion increases Dancing Rune Weapon damage by 5% (was 10%).
- August 18, 2026 Classes › Death Knight › Blood
Developers’ notes: The tooltip will be updated at a later date to reflect the new value.
Blizzard Entertainment's official hotfix notes, shown in full at the hotfix tracker.
Every Death Knight hotfix, by date: Death Knight hotfixes.