Grinning Axe

What is Grinning Axe?

Grinning Axe is an uncommon axe two-hand weapon in World of Warcraft: Forever. Sold by vendors for 14g 23s.

Where do you buy Grinning Axe?

Vendors sell it for 14g 23s and buy it back for 2g 84s 60c. 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 Grinning Axe cost on the auction house?

About 12g 27s at the median on Normal Horde US, from the scan at 2026-11-09 03:22 UTC. Across the 7 Forever markets with a price it runs from 4g 26s on Normal Horde EU to 12g 27s on Normal Horde US.

Is Grinning Axe different in Forever than in Classic Era?

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

How fast does Grinning Axe sell on the auction house?

Barely sells on Normal Horde US: none sold this week over the last week. 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: Grinning Axe 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

Two-Hand

Item level

49

Requires level

44

Vendor sell

2g 84s 60c

Vendor buy

14g 23s

Blizzard item id

1639

How to make gold at level 40 to 50

• Vendors sell it for 14g 23s and buy it back for 2g 84s 60c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
• Found in Mithril Bound Trunk (5% of 20 looted).
• Sources are what one player running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.
• Disenchants into Dream Dust, Greater Nether Essence, Large Radiant Shard, worth about 3g 17s 6c on Normal Horde US today. Odds below.

• Tanaris

• Dream Dust20% of the time · 1 to 262s 48c
• Greater Nether Essence75% of the time · 1 to 22g 43s
• Large Radiant Shard5% of the time4g 99s

Expected value 3g 17s 6c per disenchant at Normal Horde US medians. More than the 2g 84s 60c a vendor pays for it.

Selling the materials on: Dream Dust under one a day, listings clear in over two months; Greater Nether Essence about 4 a day, listings clear in about 14 days; Large Radiant Shard about 1 a day, listings clear in about 2 days. Expect to wait over two months for the Dream Dust to move.

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