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Launch guide · weapons

WoW Forever weapons by level range, for every class and spec

Levels 10 to 30, by class and spec.

Pick your class for the weapon our scoring puts first at levels 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30, among those you can reach by then, with the level it needs and where to get it. The score is a weighted total, not damage. Weapons count for more in Forever: Druid Bear and Cat attacks use the equipped weapon’s DPS, Warrior rage from dealing damage follows weapon speed, and two-handed axes and maces are baseline for Shamans.

Classes
9
Builds
28
Level checks
10, 15, 20, 25 and 30
Faction

Your class

Pick a class, then open a spec. The number on the left is the level we checked.

Warrior

The score is a weighted total of a weapon’s stats and weapon DPS for your spec. It is not damage or DPS, and it only compares weapons in the same slot. How to read this.

Rage from dealing damage is now based on the speed of the weapon that dealt it, and a critical strike gives 75% more rage. Our scores count weapon DPS; they do not model rage. Blizzard: Priest and Warrior changes

Arms
Melee damage · full ranking
Two-hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
  3. 20
  4. 25
  5. 30
Fury
Melee damage · full ranking · Warriors dual wield from level 20, so the off hand starts there.
Two-hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
  3. 20
  4. 25
    Alliance
  5. 25
    Horde
  6. 30
Protection
Tank · full ranking
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
    Alliance
  2. 10
    Horde
  3. 15
    Alliance
  4. 15
    Horde
  5. 20
  6. 25
    Alliance
  7. 25
    Horde
  8. 30

Paladin

The score is a weighted total of a weapon’s stats and weapon DPS for your spec. It is not damage or DPS, and it only compares weapons in the same slot. How to read this.

Holy
Healer · full ranking · Scored for healing in groups. Solo questing scores differently on the class page.
Two-hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
    Alliance
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
    Levels 20 to 30
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
    Alliance
  2. 10
    Horde
  3. 15
    Alliance
  4. 15
    Horde
  5. 20
    Alliance
  6. 20
    Horde
  7. 25
    Alliance
  8. 25
    Horde
  9. 30
Protection
Tank · full ranking
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
    Alliance
  2. 10
    Horde
  3. 15
    Alliance
  4. 15
    Horde
  5. 20
  6. 25
    Alliance
  7. 25
    Horde
  8. 30
Retribution
Melee damage · full ranking
Two-hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
    Alliance
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
  5. 25
  6. 30

Hunter

The score is a weighted total of a weapon’s stats and weapon DPS for your spec. It is not damage or DPS, and it only compares weapons in the same slot. How to read this.

Beast Mastery
Ranged damage · full ranking · Scored as a bow, gun or crossbow build, with melee weapons only as a source of stats.
Ranged weapon
  1. 10
    Alliance
  2. 10
    Horde
    • Heavy Shortbowneeds level 10 · score 18.0
      Vengeful CitizenNPC drop · 14%
      and 46 more on its page
  3. 15
    Alliance
  4. 15
    Horde
  5. 20
  6. 25
  7. 30
Two-hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
  3. 20
    • Bronze Doryneeds level 20 · score 13.2
      Bronze DoryCrafted
  4. 25
  5. 30
Marksmanship
Ranged damage · full ranking · Scored as a bow, gun or crossbow build, with melee weapons only as a source of stats.
Ranged weapon
  1. 10
    Alliance
  2. 10
    Horde
    • Heavy Shortbowneeds level 10 · score 21.0
      Vengeful CitizenNPC drop · 14%
      and 46 more on its page
  3. 15
    Alliance
  4. 15
    Horde
  5. 20
  6. 25
  7. 30
Two-hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
  3. 20
    Alliance
  4. 20
    Levels 20 to 25 · Horde
  5. 25
    Alliance
  6. 30
Survival
Melee damage · full ranking · Hunters dual wield from level 20, so the off hand starts there.
Ranged weapon
  1. 10
    Alliance
  2. 10
    Horde
    • Heavy Shortbowneeds level 10 · score 12.4
      Vengeful CitizenNPC drop · 14%
      and 46 more on its page
  3. 15
    Alliance
  4. 15
    Horde
  5. 20
  6. 25
    Alliance
  7. 25
    Horde
  8. 30
Two-hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
  3. 20
  4. 25
    Alliance
  5. 25
    Horde
  6. 30
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
  3. 20
    Alliance
  4. 20
    Horde
  5. 25
    Alliance
  6. 25
    Horde
  7. 30
    Alliance
  8. 30
    Horde

Rogue

The score is a weighted total of a weapon’s stats and weapon DPS for your spec. It is not damage or DPS, and it only compares weapons in the same slot. How to read this.

Assassination
Melee damage · full ranking · From level 30 this assumes two daggers for Mutilate, if you talent it.
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
  3. 20
    Alliance
  4. 20
    Horde
  5. 25
    Alliance
  6. 25
    Horde
  7. 30
    Alliance
  8. 30
    Horde
Combat
Melee damage · full ranking
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
  3. 20
    Alliance
  4. 20
    Horde
  5. 25
    Alliance
  6. 25
    Horde
  7. 30
Subtlety
Melee damage · full ranking · Below level 30 the main hand is a dagger, for Backstab and Ambush.
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
  3. 20
    Alliance
  4. 20
    Horde
  5. 25
    Alliance
  6. 25
    Horde
  7. 30
    Alliance
  8. 30
    Horde

Priest

The score is a weighted total of a weapon’s stats and weapon DPS for your spec. It is not damage or DPS, and it only compares weapons in the same slot. How to read this.

Discipline
Healer · full ranking · Scored for healing in groups. Solo questing scores differently on the class page.
Two-hand
  1. 10
    Levels 10 to 15 · Alliance
  2. 10
    Horde
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
  5. 25
  6. 30
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
    Alliance
  2. 10
    Horde
  3. 15
    Alliance
  4. 15
    Horde
  5. 20
    Alliance
  6. 20
    Horde
  7. 25
    Alliance
  8. 25
    Horde
  9. 30
Holy
Healer · full ranking · Scored for healing in groups. Solo questing scores differently on the class page.
Two-hand
  1. 10
    Levels 10 to 15 · Alliance
  2. 10
    Horde
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
  5. 25
  6. 30
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
    Alliance
  2. 10
    Horde
  3. 15
    Alliance
  4. 15
    Horde
  5. 20
    Alliance
  6. 20
    Horde
  7. 25
    Alliance
  8. 25
    Horde
  9. 30
Shadow
Ranged spell damage · full ranking
Two-hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
    Alliance
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
  5. 25
  6. 30
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
    Alliance
  2. 10
    Horde
  3. 15
    Alliance
  4. 15
    Horde
  5. 20
  6. 25
  7. 30

Shaman

The score is a weighted total of a weapon’s stats and weapon DPS for your spec. It is not damage or DPS, and it only compares weapons in the same slot. How to read this.

Two-Handed Axes and Maces moved from a talent to a baseline ability, so those weapons are in every Shaman spec’s two-hand list below. Blizzard: Mage and Shaman changes

Elemental
Ranged spell damage · full ranking
Two-hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
    Alliance
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
    Alliance
  5. 20
    Horde
  6. 25
  7. 30
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
    Alliance
  2. 10
    Horde
  3. 15
    Alliance
  4. 15
    Horde
  5. 20
  6. 25
  7. 30
Enhancement
Melee damage · full ranking · Scored as two-handed, or a one-hander with a shield. Match your imbue to the setup.
Two-hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
  3. 20
  4. 25
    Alliance
  5. 25
    Horde
  6. 30
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
    Alliance
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
  5. 25
    Alliance
  6. 25
    Horde
    • Bearded BoneaxeMain hand · needs level 25 · score 63.3 · provisional stats
      Large Solid ChestObject loot · 0.3%
      and 11 more on its page
    • Shield of ThorsenOff hand · needs level 25 · score 7.0 · rare drop · provisional stats
      Large Solid ChestObject loot · 0.4%
      and 11 more on its page
    • Surer to get:Redbeard CrestOff hand · needs level 19 · score 6.3 · provisional stats
      Qiraji Officer ZodNPC drop · 3.3%
      and 90 more on its page
  7. 30
    Alliance
  8. 30
    Horde
Restoration
Healer · full ranking · Scored for healing in groups. Solo questing scores differently on the class page.
Two-hand
  1. 10
    Levels 10 to 15 · Alliance
  2. 10
    Horde
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
  5. 25
  6. 30
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
    Alliance
  2. 10
    Horde
  3. 15
    Alliance
  4. 15
    Horde
  5. 20
    Alliance
  6. 20
    Horde
  7. 25
    Alliance
  8. 25
    Horde
  9. 30

Mage

The score is a weighted total of a weapon’s stats and weapon DPS for your spec. It is not damage or DPS, and it only compares weapons in the same slot. How to read this.

Arcane
Ranged spell damage · full ranking
Two-hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
    Alliance
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
    Alliance
  5. 20
    Horde
  6. 25
  7. 30
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
    Alliance
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
  5. 25
    • Coldflame SaberMain hand · needs level 21 · score 34.1 · provisional stats
      Imbue BladeCrafted
    • Orb of Mystic InsightOff hand · needs level 25 · score 8.8
      Orb of Mystic InsightCrafted
  6. 30
Fire
Ranged spell damage · full ranking
Two-hand
The same weapons and scores as Arcane.
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
    Alliance
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
  5. 25
    • Coldflame SaberMain hand · needs level 21 · score 34.1 · provisional stats
      Imbue BladeCrafted
    • Orb of Mystic InsightOff hand · needs level 25 · score 8.8
      Orb of Mystic InsightCrafted
  6. 30
Frost
Ranged spell damage · full ranking
Two-hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
    Alliance
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
  5. 25
  6. 30
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
    Alliance
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
  5. 25
    • Coldflame SaberMain hand · needs level 21 · score 34.1 · provisional stats
      Imbue BladeCrafted
    • Orb of Mystic InsightOff hand · needs level 25 · score 8.8
      Orb of Mystic InsightCrafted
  6. 30

Warlock

The score is a weighted total of a weapon’s stats and weapon DPS for your spec. It is not damage or DPS, and it only compares weapons in the same slot. How to read this.

Affliction
Ranged spell damage · full ranking
Two-hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
    Alliance
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
  5. 25
  6. 30
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
    Alliance
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
  5. 25
  6. 30
Demonology
Ranged spell damage · full ranking
Two-hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
    Alliance
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
    Alliance
  5. 20
    Horde
  6. 25
    • Staff of Soran'rukneeds level 20 (estimated) · score 34.7
      The Orb of Soran'rukQuest choice
  7. 30
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
    Alliance
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
  5. 25
  6. 30
Destruction
Ranged spell damage · full ranking
Two-hand
The same weapons and scores as Demonology.
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
    Alliance
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
  5. 25
  6. 30

Druid

The score is a weighted total of a weapon’s stats and weapon DPS for your spec. It is not damage or DPS, and it only compares weapons in the same slot. How to read this.

In Bear and Cat Form your auto attack DPS now matches the DPS of your equipped weapon, the form sets the swing speed, and abilities that deal weapon damage use those values. Weapon enchantments and procs work in forms too. Blizzard: Hunter and Druid changes

Balance
Ranged spell damage · full ranking
Two-hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
    Alliance
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
    Alliance
  5. 20
    Horde
  6. 25
  7. 30
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
    Alliance
  2. 10
    Horde
  3. 15
    Alliance
  4. 15
    Horde
  5. 20
  6. 25
  7. 30
Feral (Cat)
Melee damage · full ranking · Cat Form arrives at level 20, so levels 10 and 15 are scored for Bear.
Two-hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
  3. 20
  4. 25
  5. 30
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
  3. 20
    Alliance
  4. 20
    Horde
  5. 25
    Alliance
  6. 25
    Horde
  7. 30
    Alliance
  8. 30
    Horde
Feral (Bear)
Tank · full ranking
Two-hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
  3. 20
  4. 25
  5. 30
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
  2. 15
  3. 20
  4. 25
    Alliance
  5. 25
    Horde
  6. 30
Restoration
Healer · full ranking · Scored for healing in groups. Solo questing scores differently on the class page.
Two-hand
  1. 10
    Levels 10 to 15 · Alliance
  2. 10
    Horde
  3. 15
    Horde
  4. 20
  5. 25
  6. 30
Main hand and off hand
  1. 10
    Alliance
  2. 10
    Horde
  3. 15
    Alliance
  4. 15
    Horde
  5. 20
    Alliance
  6. 20
    Horde
  7. 25
    Alliance
  8. 25
    Horde
  9. 30

How to read this

What the score is. Each stat, and weapon DPS where your spec’s priorities count it, is multiplied by a weight for your spec, then added up. The weights are our starting estimates, not a simulation. Procs, set bonuses, enchantments, imbues, pets and rage are not counted. A two-hander’s score is not comparable with a one-hander’s, and a main hand and off hand are not scored as a pair. Priorities shift at level 20 for many specs, so scores before and after it are not on the same footing. Healers are scored for group healing.

What “by level range” means. We check at levels 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30, the levels our rankings store, and not each level between. “Needs level” shows when you can equip a weapon, which can be earlier than the row it first appears in.

What we skip. The class pages rank everything you can equip. Here a weapon is passed over at a level if its only sources are a quest for another faction or class, a quest or creature more than two levels above you, or a dungeon the group finder does not list at that level, or if we have no source for it. We only look through each slot’s top ten, and we do not check quest chains, reputation or crafting skill, so read the source before you plan a trip. If one weapon leads both hands you need two of it, which a unique item does not allow.

Rare drops. A weapon marked “rare drop” is under 1% from every source we can see for your level, so it is luck rather than a plan. Where the next weapons down include one that is not, we show it as “surer to get”. Percentages are observed rates, not guarantees.

Provisional stats. 81 of the 116 weapons here still show Wowhead’s stats because the game files do not carry them yet. Their scores can change when they do.

Not covered. Wands: our rankings score them by stats rather than wand damage, so a wand list here would mislead.

Questions

Do weapons matter in Cat and Bear Form in WoW Forever?

Yes. Blizzard’s class notes say: In Bear and Cat Form your auto attack DPS now matches the DPS of your equipped weapon, the form sets the swing speed, and abilities that deal weapon damage use those values. Weapon enchantments and procs work in forms too.

Does weapon speed affect Warrior rage in WoW Forever?

Yes. Blizzard’s class notes say: Rage from dealing damage is now based on the speed of the weapon that dealt it, and a critical strike gives 75% more rage. Our scores count weapon DPS; they do not model rage.

Can Shamans use two-handed axes and maces in WoW Forever?

Yes. Blizzard’s class notes say Two-Handed Axes and Maces is now a baseline ability instead of a talent, and the game files list both weapon skills for Shamans.

What does the weapon score mean?

The score is a weighted total of a weapon’s stats and weapon DPS for your spec. It is not damage or DPS, and it only compares weapons in the same slot. The weights are our starting estimates, not a simulation.

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Where this comes from

Items, stats, dungeon levels, dual wield levels and the level of Cat Form come from the WoW Forever game files; provisional items from Wowhead’s Forever data. Scores are the same MaxDPS rankings as the class pages, for dungeon priorities. Drops, vendors and quests come from Wowhead’s Forever data. The class notes come from Blizzard’s class deep dives.