Contents
Weapons
| Weapon | Drops from | Where | Notes |
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| Axes |
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| Bone Slicing Hatchet | Maleki the Pallid | Stratholme (Undead side) | |
| Serathil | world mobs | | Good for damage mitigation, thanks to the armor stat |
| Hedgecutter | Guard Mol'dar or Guard Slip'kik | Dire Maul (North) | This weapon cannot be acquired in a “Tribute run” (which requires leaving all three Guards alive) |
| Maces |
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| NOTE: If you are playing a human warrior, your racial mace specialization grants you the equivalent of 3% bonus chance to hit with maces. |
| Ironfoe | Emperor Dagran Thaurissan | Blackrock Depths | Very rare drop; do not attempt to farm for this unless you have an extreme tolerance for disappointment |
| Bashguuder | Ghok Bashguud | Lower Blackrock Spire (rare spawn) | Good for maximizing physical DPS against bosses, thanks to the armor reduction on-hit effect (which triggers quite often, stacks up to 3 times, and whose effect is additive with Sunder Armor) |
| Timeworn Mace | Prince Tortheldrin | Dire Maul (West) | Good for damage mitigation, thanks to the armor stat |
| Swords |
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| NOTE: If you are playing a human warrior, your racial sword specialization grants you the equivalent of 3% bonus chance to hit with swords. |
| Mirah's Song | Kirtonos the Herald quest line | | |
| Silent Fang | Darkmaster Gandling | Scholomance | Useful to have against spellcaster enemies, even if you use a different primary tanking weapon |
| Fist Weapons |
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| Hurd Smasher | Ghok Bashguud | Lower Blackrock Spire (rare spawn) | The stun on-hit effect is useful for non-Protection-specced warriors, who lack stun abilities; for Protection-specced tanks, note that this weapon’s on-hit effect shares diminishing returns with Concussion Blow and the Improved Revenge effect |
| Daggers |
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| NOTE: As these weapons are also very useful as DPS weapons for dagger-specced rogues, you will often not have exclusive rights to roll on them. |
| Felstriker | Warchief Rend Blackhand | Upper Blackrock Spire | Very rare drop; do not attempt to farm for this unless you have an extreme tolerance for disappointment |
| Keris of Zul'Serak | War Master Voone | Lower Blackrock Spire | |
| Fang of the Crystal Spider | Crystal Fang | Lower Blackrock Spire (rare spawn) | |
| Frightalon | Kirtonos the Herald | Scholomance | |
| Distracting Dagger | Prince Tortheldrin | Dire Maul West | |
Shields
| Shield | Drops from | Where | Notes |
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| Skullflame Shield | world mobs | | |
| Draconian Deflector | General Drakkisath | Upper Blackrock Spire | |
| Barrier Shield | Gordok Tribute chest | Dire Maul (North) | A “Tribute run” is required in order to get the Gordok Tribute |
| Intricately Runed Shield | Ras Frostwhisper | Scholomance | |
| Crest of Retribution | Ramstein the Gorger | Stratholme (Undead side) | This shield is useful for generating threat against many enemies in “AoE tanking” situations, due to the on-block damage effect (it is an ideal candidate for equipping with a shield spike) |
| Dreadguard's Protector | Lord Hel'nurath | Dire Maul (West) | This boss does not normally appear in Dire Maul (West); he is summoned by a warlock for the dreadsteed quest |
| Darrowshire Strongguard | Ras Frostwhisper quest line | | |
| Argent Defender | Baron Rivendare quest line | | |
Trinkets
Rings
| Trinket | Drops from | Where | Notes |
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| Myrmidon's Signet | world mobs | | |
| Band of Flesh | Ramstein the Gorger | Stratholme (Undead side) | |
| Naglering | Golem Lord Argelmach | Blackrock Depths | |
| Drakeclaw Band of … | Green drakes (Hazzas, Morphaz, Weaver, Dreamscythe) | Sunken Temple | These very rare rings have a random enchantment on them in addition to the Defense stat; if you are lucky enough to get one “of the Bear”, “of the Monkey”, or “of Stamina”, then this ring is better than many higher-level items |
| Ring of Protection | Darrowshire quest line | | |
| Band of the Ogre King | King Gordok | Dire Maul (North) | |
Amulets
Cloaks
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