Get your battered hilt: best places on the best weapon
Everyone and their mom and dog seem to be farming trash mobs in the ICC 5-man dungeons for their Battered Hilt. And for good reason too; this quest chain will not only get you one of the best weapons in the game (for many classes/specs, the best in slot), it will take you through some amazing lore and epic Azeroth travel.
Rather than write out yet another battered hilt guide, I thought I would point readers in the right direction for Battered Hilt information and how to complete the chain. Before you get started though, let me dispel three myths:
- The Battered Hilt no longer drops off skeletons in Pit of Saron. They fixed that in 12-15-09 to stop people from farming; and thank goodness, I was going insane.
- The Battered Hilt’s droprate is lower in Halls of Reflection. You can wipe and get more trash mobs forever, so it makes sense for them to do this. The change was implemented as of 12-9-09.
- Yes, the Battered Hilt’s droprate was increased.
Alright then! The following are the five best reads on the Internet right now for the Battered Hilt:
- The ups and downs of the Battered Hilt from WoW.com
- Battered Hilt: What? from the WoW forums
- Battered Hilt: Do I have to? from MMOChampion
- Battered Hilt and Epic Drop Changes from Spooncraft
- WoWWiki’s Battered Hilt entry
Personally, I got my Battered Hilt right around Christmas (thank you, Santa) and I had to deal with a paladin QQ the whole instance about how he’s a tank and absolutely has to have that weapon. I politely explained I’m one of the main healers for my guild and then clawed at my face for 20 minutes IRL while I ignored the repetitious pleas for my recently won item. In other groups I’ve joined since then, I’ve had people get into similar “I need it more” contests and I just sit back and think how feral we WoW players all are.
And I lol at the people that pay real money for this thing. If you want to blow a ton of gold you’ve saved up on your WoW toon for it, that’s one thing — virtual money buys virtual things — but some of these Craigslist posts are ridiculous. Like this one:
Looking to purchase a battered hilt that you get from the new five man dungeons in world of warcraft, let me know if you have one and are willing to sell it for $35 send me an email and well figure out how to trade it ingame. Thank you. Please no scammers.
First of all: trying to buy WoW items with IRL money is a scam. So asking for no scammers is mind-boggling. Secondly, I know a great steak restaurant you can get dinner at for $35.
What’s your Battered Hilt story? Where have you read about this mythical drop?
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