- Author: Judgement
- Date: November 14, 2024
- Updated: November 14, 2024
- Expansion: WoW Classic
There are many unique and interesting items in Classic that you can pick up long before you reach max level, and many of these are often overlooked and forgotten because you get them so early on.
Some of these items are very powerful and others are fun and provides flavour! Heads up though, the first five items on this list are exclusive to Alliance.
Bag of Marbles
The first on the list is Bag of Marbles, you get this as a reward for completing the quest Gold Dust Exchange in Elwynn Forest. Because you get it so early most people don’t think much about it, they just use it on some random mob or sell it to the vendor. The thing that makes this item unique is that it works on bosses. As an example, you can use this on Onyxia and she will miss 25% of her attacks. If several people have it you can keep chaining the debuff, but you can’t stack it. The problem is of course that this item can only be used once and you can only get one per character, so use it wisely.
As a funny side note, Bag of Marbles worked on raid bosses all through Vanilla and TBC, and there are reports of people using it on bosses like Brutallus in Sunwell to cheese the fight. It wasn’t until WotLK when Blizzard took notice and nerfed it to only work on lower level mobs.
Fishliver Oil
Second item is Fishliver Oil. You aquire 5 of these as a reward for completing the quest Selling Fish in Redridge Mountains. It increases your attack speed by 10% for 30sec. These should be saved in your bank and used when trying to push for new dps records in raids, with a 30 second duration it will add a nice boost to your damage.
Dartol’s Rod of Transformation
Acquired as a quest item during a long quest chain in Ashenvale called Raene’s Cleansing you will temporarily get this item as a part of the quest. If you complete the quest you will loose the rod, so it’s recommended to not complete this chain so you can keep the rod forever.
Dartol’s Rod of Transformation will transform you into a Furbolg for 3 minutes. Unfortunately it does break on damage, but it has lower cooldown then duration so you can keep it up if you are not in combat.
As a Paladin or Priest it also has another cool use for PvP. If you are fightning another player who has a spell interrupt you can start using the rod, your hands will start to glow yellow the same as if you were casting a holy healing spell. This can trick the opponent into using their interrupt on you if they are fast on the trigger, you can then freely cast your heals without being worried.
Light of Elune
Light of Elune is from a quest in Ashenvale, this one-time one-use only item is probably one of the most insane items in all of Vanilla. When activated it will make you completely immune to all damage and negative spells while still being able to attack and cast spells. This should be saved for a very special moment, maybe for when you are the last man standing and the boss is at 1% or when fighting in a huge world PvP battle over a world boss.
Torch of Holy Flame
Torch of Holy Flame is acquired from the elite quest Morbent Fel in Duskwood, this item is more Paladin specific.
Paladins are quite unique in the sense that they don’t have any range tagging abilites or spells except from Holy Shock and Exorcism which are very situational. This offhand gives you the possibility to tag mobs at 30 yard range and apply a small debuff.
Because its in the offhand slot you can immediately change back to your normal weapon after using it. The only problem is that when you equip the torch it’s on a 30 sec cooldown so you have to equip it in advance.
Tidal Charm
Tidal Charm is not a quest reward but I figured it would fit into this list. Looted from a rare mob called Prince Nazjak in Arathi Highlands this trinket will give you a 3 second on-demand 30 yard range stun on a 15min cooldown. This is amazing for PvP for all classes and you can bet this Naga will be camped almost constantly the first few weeks, if you happen to find him while leveling don’t waste your shot at getting this trinket early on.
Nifty Stopwatch
Movement speed is a big deal in Classic for many classes, and the Nifty Stopwatch trinket acquired in Badlands from the quest This is going to be Hard will give you a 40% movement speed buff for 10 seconds. Unfortunately it’s on a 30 minute cooldown, but definitely worth saving if you are serious about PvP.
Skull of Impending Doom
Mostly used for PvP, Skull of Impending Doom gives skilled players an amazing advantage being able to remove many types of CC and get a huge movement speed increase. To get this item you fist need to do a quest in Uldaman and then a follow up chain that takes you around Azeroth.
A must have for serious PvPers!
Carrot on a Stick
Carrot on a Stick is an iconic trinket rewarded for killing the summonable boss Gahz’Rilla in Zul’Farrak.
It’s a trinket that increases your mount speed by 3%, it may seem insignificant but in the long run it adds up. It’s also one of the first trinkets you get in Classic so it’s nice to fill out that trinket slot with something. If you want to use this trinket to it’s maximum potential you should make a macro that equips this trinket every time you use your mount, and then swaps back when you dismount.
Luffa
Luffa is a reward from killing 20 Incendosaurs in Searing Gorge, this trinket will remove any bleed effect on the user. Mostly used for PvP and duels against Rogues and Warriors. It’s nice to remove bleeds to be able to use bandage in duels for example. If you are a Rogue, its helpful as you need to remove bleeds to be able to restealth.
In PvE it has limited potential since there aren’t many bosses or dangerous monsters with bleeds, and if they do they can just reapply it shortly after you removed it.
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