WoW Forever Whirlwind Axe: The Warrior's Whirlwind Weapon Quest, Step by Step

The WoW Forever Whirlwind Axe is a rare 2-hand axe for the Warrior class. It is 1 of 3 rewards of Whirlwind Weapon, the last quest of a chain that begins at level 30 with a trip to Fray Island. Bath'rah the Windwatcher hands it out, and you choose 1 weapon of the 3.

Weapon	Type	Damage	Speed	Damage per second
Whirlwind Axe	2-hand axe	102 to 154	3.60	35.56
Whirlwind Warhammer	2-hand mace	97 to 146	3.40	35.74
Whirlwind Sword	2-hand sword	82 to 124	2.90	35.52

Every Whirlwind weapon adds +16 Strength and +15 Stamina, binds when picked up and can only be used by a Warrior.

1. The Islander, level 30. The quest sends you to Klannoc Macleod, chief warrior of Fray Island. The island lies off the coast of the Barrens, south of Ratchet, and you reach it across the sand bar shallows of the Merchant Coast.
2. The Affray, level 30. Win the island's fighting challenge and kill Big Will. Klannoc rewards you with Berserker Stance.
3. The Windwatcher, level 30. Go to Bath'rah the Windwatcher, a troll hermit, weapon maker and shaman. From Tarren Mill, follow the river on the town's eastern flank to the north. Bath'rah camps by ruins on the eastern bank, between Alterac Mountains and the Western Plaguelands.
4. Cyclonian, level 40. Bath'rah gives you Bath'rah's Parchment. It asks for 8 Liferoot, 30 Bloodscalp Tusks and 1 Essence of the Exile, and all of it goes back to Bath'rah. Liferoot is a crafting reagent with no binding, so you can also buy it from other players.
5. The Summoning, level 40. Bath'rah performs the ritual that calls Cyclonian, a level 40 elite elemental and lord of the wind. Defeat him, take the Whirlwind Heart he drops and bring it to Bath'rah.
6. Whirlwind Weapon, level 40. Bath'rah sets the heart into the weapon you choose: the Whirlwind Axe, the Whirlwind Sword or the Whirlwind Warhammer.

The Windwatcher follows The Affray: its text opens with the stance you have learned and sends you off for a weapon to use it with.

The Affray is the fight that teaches Berserker Stance. Walk into the crowd on Fray Island and step on the grate in the middle of it. Twiggy Flathead then sends a line of challengers at you, and when they are down he calls out Big Will, a level 33 fighter. Kill Big Will and report to Klannoc Macleod within the time the islanders allow.

Berserker Stance needs level 30. It raises your critical strike chance by 3%, and all damage you take goes up by 10% while you are in it.

The 3 weapons carry the same +16 Strength and +15 Stamina and stay within 0.22 damage per second of each other, so the real choice is speed. The Whirlwind Axe is the slowest at 3.60 and lands the biggest single hits, up to 154. The Whirlwind Warhammer sits in the middle at 3.40 and has the top damage per second, 35.74. The Whirlwind Sword is the quickest at 2.90: it swings more often, with hits up to 124.

If your Warrior already levels with an axe, a mace or a sword, the matching Whirlwind weapon keeps your play the same. The class as a whole is in our WoW Forever Warrior guide.

Shamans cannot take any of the 3. Their own quest also ends with Bath'rah, as our shaman weapon quest guide shows. Its 2-hand mace, Rage of the Storm, has the Whirlwind Axe's numbers (102 to 154 damage, speed 3.60, +16 Strength, +15 Stamina) plus a Stormstrike bonus. Rogues earn a sword from 2 solo jobs in the rogue weapon quest.

The Affray and The Windwatcher suit a level 30 Warrior, while Cyclonian, The Summoning and Whirlwind Weapon are level 40 quests. To skip those 10 levels of questing, book our 1 to 60 leveling. 1 booster plays your Warrior 12 hours a day, every day, until 60: about 150 hours in game over 10 to 14 days.

Planning the climb yourself? The WoW Forever zones by level guide lists every zone that opens between 30 and 40.