Splitting Hatchet

What is Splitting Hatchet?

Splitting Hatchet is an uncommon axe one-hand weapon in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 2g 51s 66c.

Where do you buy Splitting Hatchet?

Vendors sell it for 2g 51s 66c and buy it back for 50s 33c. It can also be listed on the auction house, and the vendors and zones players have seen it at are listed on this page as they are reported.

How much does Splitting Hatchet cost on the auction house?

About 52s at the median on PvP Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 07:40 UTC. Across the 17 Forever markets with a price it runs from 50s on RP Horde US to 1g 76s on RP PvP Alliance EU.

Is Splitting Hatchet different in Forever than in Classic Era?

No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.

How fast does Splitting Hatchet sell on the auction house?

Sells slowly on PvP Horde US: about 8 sold a day over the last week, and the current listings clear in about 4 days. AHledger estimates it from consecutive scans of the auction house; a cancelled listing can look like a sale, so the figure is a guide.

Unchanged from Classic Era: Splitting Hatchet keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices in Forever.

Era values from Blizzard's Game Data API; Forever values from Forever's game data.

Class

Weapon

Subclass

Axe

Quality

uncommon

Slot

Weapon

Item level

31

Requires level

26

Vendor sell

50s 33c

Vendor buy

2g 51s 66c

Blizzard item id

15231

How to make gold at level 20 to 30

• Vendors sell it for 2g 51s 66c and buy it back for 50s 33c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Dropped by
  • creature 247001 in City of Dalaran (Dalaran)5% of 40 looted
  • Gritjaw Basilisk in Desolaceseen 1 time
  • creature 260804 in Excavation Site: Wetlands (Lost Dig Site)3% of 30 looted
  • creature 6234 in Gnomeregan4% of 26 looted
• Found in Large Iron Bound Chest in Scarlet Monastery (1% of 192 looted), Large Solid Chest in Scarlet Monastery (Chamber of Atonement) (1% of 281 looted).
• Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is creature 247001 in City of Dalaran (Dalaran) at 5% of 40 loot windows.
• Sources are what 2 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
• Disenchants into Soul Dust, Lesser Mystic Essence, Small Glowing Shard, worth about 12s 75c on PvP Horde US today. Odds below.

Seen inside City of Dalaran, Scarlet Monastery, Excavation Site: Wetlands, Gnomeregan.

• Desolace

• Soul Dust20% of the time · 2 to 54s 82c
• Lesser Mystic Essence75% of the time · 1 to 27s 70c
• Small Glowing Shard5% of the time14s 34c

Expected value 12s 75c per disenchant at PvP Horde US medians.

Selling the materials on: Soul Dust about 1,200 a day, listings clear in under a day; Lesser Mystic Essence about 130 a day, listings clear in about 3 days; Small Glowing Shard about 85 a day, listings clear in about 3 days. Expect to wait about 3 days for the Lesser Mystic Essence to move.

Vanilla disenchant tables by quality and item level; the same estimate the addon shows in tooltips.