WoW Forever Shaman Weapons

Pick a playstyle and your level: the chart shows every Shaman weapon of the game client, the gold line the best one at each level.

In WoW Forever, Shamans can use Axes, Two-Handed Axes, Maces, Two-Handed Maces, Daggers, Fist Weapons, and Staves. Dual Wield from level 1.

Playstyle
Faction
Sources
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Best Shaman weapons by level

The top picks of each playstyle in every ten levels, with the filters above.

Levels 1–10

Two-hand

  • Honed Greathammer9.1 DPS Solo quest · One source so far · Lv ~8NewQuest Return to Valanaar
  • Bonecracker9.1 DPS Solo quest · Lv 10Quest The Family Crypt · Tirisfal Glades · lv 13
  • Giant Mace9 DPS Vendor · Lv 10Vendor Loch Modan · +9Vendor Stranglethorn Vale · +2

One-hand + shield

  • Compact Hammer7 DPS Solo quest · Lv 8Quest A Pilot's Revenge · Dun Morogh · lv 11
  • Skullthumper7 DPS Solo quest · One source so far · Lv ~8NewQuest Murlocs at the Gates
  • Defender Axe7 DPS Solo quest · Lv 9ChangedQuest Ursal the Mauler · Teldrassil · lv 12

Shield

Caster

  • Balanced Quarterstaff+4 stats Solo quest · One source so far · Lv ~8NewQuest Return to Valanaar
  • Makeshift Stormcaller+2 stats Solo quest · Lv ~6NewQuest Stormy Potential
  • Apprentice's Spellstaff+2 stats Solo quest · Lv ~7NewQuest Rare Books

Held in off hand

No pick with these filters.

Wand

No pick with these filters.

Levels 11–20

Two-hand

  • Smite's Mighty Hammer19.7 DPS Group dungeon · +23% over the best quest or vendor pick · Lv 18Dungeon Deadmines · Mr. Smite · 20%
  • Big Bad Basher16 DPS Solo quest · One source so far · Lv ~19NewQuest The Barrens
  • Battle Axe15.3 DPS Vendor · Lv 20Vendor Duskwood · +7Vendor Thunder Bluff · +3

One-hand + shield

  • Butcher's Cleaver16.2 DPS Group dungeon · +26% over the best quest or vendor pick · Lv 20Dungeon Shadowfang Keep · Razorclaw the Butcher · 10%
  • Stinging Viper15.5 DPS Group dungeon · +20% over the best quest or vendor pick · Lv 19Dungeon Wailing Caverns · Lord Pythas · 40%
  • Royal Dagger12.9 DPS Solo quest · One source so far · Lv ~20NewQuest A Friend of the Family

Shield

  • Seedcloud Buckler566 armor Group dungeon · Lv 20Dungeon Wailing Caverns · Verdan the Everliving · 40%

Caster

  • Crescent Staff+21 stats Solo quest · Lv 19Quest Leaders of the Fang · Wailing Caverns · lv 22
  • Emberstone Staff+18 stats Group dungeon · Lv 18Dungeon Deadmines · Captain Greenskin · 40%
  • Staff of Westfall+16 stats Solo quest · Lv 19Quest The Defias Brotherhood · The Deadmines · lv 22

Held in off hand

  • Tear of Grief+5 stats Solo quest · Lv 13Quest For Love Eternal · Darkshore · lv 16

Wand

No pick with these filters.

Levels 21–30

Two-hand

  • Manual Crowd Pummeler29 DPS Group dungeon · Only +5% over the best quest or vendor pick · Lv 29Dungeon Gnomeregan · Crowd Pummeler 9-60 · 40%
  • Corpsemaker28.9 DPS Group dungeon · Only +4% over the best quest or vendor pick · Lv 29Dungeon Razorfen Kraul · Overlord Ramtusk · 40%
  • Heavehammer27.7 DPS Solo quest · One source so far · Lv ~28NewQuest Excavation Site: Wetlands

One-hand + shield

  • Swinetusk Shank23 DPS Group dungeon · Lv 30Dungeon Razorfen Kraul · Agathelos the Raging · 40%
  • Royal Diplomatic Scepter23 DPS Group dungeon · Lv 30Dungeon Gnomeregan · Dark Iron Ambassador · 33%
  • Torturing Poker22.1 DPS Group dungeon · Lv 29Dungeon Scarlet Monastery · Interrogator Vishas · 10%

Shield

  • Crest of Darkshire661 armor Solo quest · Lv 27Quest Bride of the Embalmer · Duskwood · lv 30

Caster

  • Fallen Dragon's Scepter+24 stats Solo quest · One source so far · Lv ~27NewQuest Stopping the Cycle
  • Wind Spirit Staff+23 stats Group dungeon · Lv 29Dungeon Razorfen Kraul · Earthcaller Halmgar · 50%
  • Glimmering Staff+22 stats Crafted · Lv 25NewCrafted Enchanting

Held in off hand

  • Orb of Souls+23 stats Crafted · Lv 25NewCrafted Enchanting

Wand

No pick with these filters.

Levels 31–40

Two-hand

  • Mograine's Might38.9 DPS Group dungeon · No better than the best quest or vendor pick · Lv 39Dungeon Scarlet Monastery · Scarlet Commander Mograine · 23%
  • Bonebiter38.8 DPS Solo quest · Lv 37Quest In the Name of the Light · Scarlet Monastery · lv 40
  • Ravager37.3 DPS Group dungeon · Lv 37Dungeon Scarlet Monastery · Herod · 15%

One-hand + shield

  • Hand of Righteousness29.8 DPS Group dungeon · No better than the best quest or vendor pick · Lv 39Dungeon Scarlet Monastery · High Inquisitor Whitemane · 20%
  • Black Menace29.7 DPS Solo quest · Lv 37Quest In the Name of the Light · Scarlet Monastery · lv 40
  • Coldrage Dagger29.7 DPS Group dungeon · No better than the best quest or vendor pick · Lv 39Dungeon Razorfen Downs · Amnennar the Coldbringer · 20%

Shield

  • Aegis of the Scarlet Commander1548 armor Group dungeon · Lv 39Dungeon Scarlet Monastery · Scarlet Commander Mograine · 40%

Caster

  • Greatstaff of the Necrokhans+34 stats Solo quest · Lv 35NewQuest Khan Jehn
  • Mograine's Might+33 stats Group dungeon · Lv 39Dungeon Scarlet Monastery · Scarlet Commander Mograine · 23%
  • Illusionary Rod+32 stats Group dungeon · Lv 34Dungeon Scarlet Monastery · Arcanist Doan · 25%

Held in off hand

  • Orb of Lorica+17 stats Solo quest · Lv 37Quest In the Name of the Light · Scarlet Monastery · lv 40

Wand

No pick with these filters.

Levels 41–50

Two-hand

  • Thorium Greatmace47.4 DPS Crafted · Lv 50NewCrafted Blacksmithing
  • Princess Theradras' Scepter46.5 DPS Group dungeon · Lv 49Dungeon Maraudon · Princess Theradras · 20%
  • Gatorbite Axe45.8 DPS Group dungeon · Lv 48Dungeon Maraudon · Rotgrip · 20%

One-hand + shield

  • Blade of Eternal Darkness39.3 DPS Group dungeon · Lv 49Dungeon Maraudon · Princess Theradras · 0.5%
  • Thorium Cestus36.5 DPS Crafted · Lv 50NewCrafted Blacksmithing
  • Charstone Dirk35.9 DPS Group dungeon · Lv 49Dungeon Maraudon · Princess Theradras · 20%

Shield

  • Gizlock's Hypertech Buckler1835 armor Group dungeon · Lv 48Dungeon Maraudon · Tinkerer Gizlock · 33%

Caster

  • Radiant Staff+38 stats Crafted · Lv 45NewCrafted Enchanting
  • Dreamstaff+38 stats Crafted · Lv 45NewCrafted Enchanting
  • Kindling Stave+35 stats Group dungeon · Lv 49Dungeon Blackrock Depths · Pyromancer Loregrain · 20%

Held in off hand

  • Twisting Essence Jar+41 stats Crafted · Lv 45NewCrafted Enchanting

Wand

No pick with these filters.

Levels 51–60

Two-hand

  • Might of Menethil95.3 DPS Raid · Lv 60Raid Naxxramas · Kel'Thuzad · 17%
  • Dark Edge of Insanity86.6 DPS Raid · Lv 60Raid Ahn'Qiraj Temple · C'thun · 8%
  • Maul of the Redeemed Crusader84.9 DPS Raid · Lv 60Raid Naxxramas · Four Horsemen Chest · 17%

One-hand + shield

  • Hammer of the Twisting Nether73.2 DPS Raid · Lv 60Raid Naxxramas · Kel'Thuzad · 20%
  • Kingsfall73.1 DPS Raid · Lv 60Raid Naxxramas · Kel'Thuzad · 17%
  • Death's Sting66.4 DPS Raid · Lv 60ChangedRaid Ahn'Qiraj Temple · C'thun · 8%

Shield

  • Shield of Condemnation3425 armor Raid · Lv 60Raid Naxxramas · Kel'Thuzad · 20%

Caster

  • Hammer of the Twisting Nether+344 stats Raid · Lv 60Raid Naxxramas · Kel'Thuzad · 20%
  • Spire of Twilight+315 stats Raid · Lv 60Raid Naxxramas · Thaddius · 20%
  • The Widow's Embrace+253 stats Raid · Lv 60Raid Naxxramas · Grand Widow Faerlina · 20%

Held in off hand

  • Noth's Frigid Heart+96 stats Raid · Lv 60Raid Naxxramas · Noth the Plaguebringer · 14%

Wand

No pick with these filters.

Shaman weapon skills

What the class can equip in the game client, and what each race starts with.

Weapons
1380
usable, levels 1–60
New in Forever
201
not in Classic Era
Changed
95
level, stats or DPS
With a source
93%
Classic Era source or Forever data

Can use

  • Axes
  • Two-Handed Axes
  • Maces
  • Two-Handed Maces
  • Daggers
  • Fist Weapons
  • Staves
  • Shield
  • Held In Off-hand

Dual Wield from level 1

Where to learn a new weapon skill: the WoW Forever weapon trainers in each capital city.

Starting skills by race

  • Dwarf Maces · Staves · Shield
  • Orc Maces · Staves · Shield
  • Tauren Maces · Staves · Shield
  • Troll Maces · Staves · Shield
  • Skyborne (Windshaper) Maces · Two-Handed Maces · Daggers · Staves · Shield

Read before you plan

  • Weapons, levels and stats are read from the WoW Forever client, build 1.60.1.70888, on November 10, 2026; this is the recorded client snapshot; later patches may change these values. Blizzard’s October 8 beta build (1.60.1.70291) lowered various dungeon quest rewards from Rare to Uncommon with new stats; they are listed here with their new quality and stats. The rewards of the new Gelkis and Magram quests in Desolace, which the same notes say were retuned, read the same in that client as before, so their numbers here have not changed.
  • Where a weapon drops, who sells it and which quest gives it are Classic Era sources from cmangos/classic-db: Forever may move or drop some of them. Crafted weapons use the Forever client’s own recipes.
  • World drops and Forever-new weapons with no announced source start hidden: one is luck, the other can’t be planned yet. Their chips show them; “New in Forever only” turns the second on.
  • Weapons that need an honor rank or a reputation standing start hidden too and say what they need on their card: the requirement is read from the item rows. Forever’s own rank rewards are on the PvP rank rewards page, and a rank requirement on a Classic weapon may not carry over.
  • What each reputation standing unlocks, weapons included: WoW Forever reputations.
  • Casters are measured by Intellect, Spirit, Stamina and spell power on the weapon, feral Druids by Strength, Agility and Stamina: forms don’t use weapon damage.
  • Every weapon and armor piece of the client under one search, with the ones this planner hides: WoW Forever item database.
  • Where to train a weapon skill your class can use but doesn’t start with: the weapon masters of every capital are on WoW Forever trainers (Classic Era source).

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