WoW Classic Warrior Leveling Guide 1-60

Your weapon, as a Warrior, is by far the most impactful piece of your gear while leveling, and as such, looking for weapon upgrades is the main thing to be concerned by.

Dual-wielding, while viable, is not recommended (even for Fury builds) due to hit and glancing blow limitations that will lower your damage significantly while you lack max-level gear. If you still want to go for it, consider using the talent Unbridled Wrath instead of Booming Voice, for extra Rage generation, and use the highest damage one handers you can get.

Finally, for tanking, it is important that you use your highest DPS one-hander, in order to get better Rage and threat generation (faster weapons are slightly better, as well). Also, look for high armor, high stats shields.

While you will change weapons many times during your 1-60 journey, some interesting weapons you might find / procure as you level up are as follows.

• There are many Slow / High DPS weapons sold by Weapon Vendor NPCs, such as the early Large Axe, or the late game Bullova if you did not manage to get anything better by this point.
• Crescent Staff (Horde) and Staff of Westfall (Alliance) are dungeon quest rewards, from Leaders of the Fang and The Defias Brotherhood respectively. Because they are quest rewards, you are guaranteed to get them from your first full dungeon run, and they can last you for a very long time.
• For tanking, you will want to use a one-hander and shield. Try to get Meteor Shard and combine it with Commander's Crest, both of which drop from Shadowfang Keep.
• Whirlwind Axe is the best weapon at Level 30 and, even if you obtain it later, it is still a weapon you can possibly use until 60. If you are speed leveling, however, we would discourage you from pursuing it unless you have high level help, as the time spent on its quest will tend to outweigh its DPS gain on your quest to 60.
• If you are dungeon leveling, make sure to pick up Corpsemaker from Razorfen Kraul and Ravager from Scarlet Monastery: Armory, as these are incredible weapons that will serve you well for quite a few levels. Ravager is amazing for a very long period, due to its proc. It causes a long whirlwind effect which deals periodic area of effect damage to everything around you, and generally makes dungeons go much faster.
• For tanking and dual-wielding Warriors, Sword of Omen and Vanquisher's Sword can both be obtained easily from the Into The Scarlet Monastery and [H] Bring the End / [A] Bring the Light quests, respectively, around Level 40. Combine them with Aegis of the Scarlet Commander for tanking.
• Maraudon has a lot of good two-handed weapons for Warriors, such as Princess Theradras' Scepter, Gatorbite Axe, and even the guaranteed Resurgence Rod, from the Corruption of Earth and Seed quest. Keep in mind that, if you choose the Rod, you miss out on the alternative quest reward, Thrash Blade, which is one of the best one-hand weapons in the game before Level 60 gear.

Axes, both one-handed and two-handed, are the preferred weapons for Orc players, due to their +5 weapon skill for axes from their racial, Axe Specialization. This extra skill is a huge boost against boss level enemies, as explained in our DPS Warrior Stats Page. There are also many high profile Axes for Warriors, such as Whirlwind Axe and Arcanite Reaper.

Swords, one-handed and two-handed, are the best weapons for Human players, as they gain +5 weapon skill when using swords from their racial, Sword Specialization. This extra skill can help a ton against high level enemies because it improves your ability to hit them, as explained in our DPS Warrior Stats Page.

While Maces are also great for Human because of Mace Specialization, they are much worse for PvE than Swords as Mace Specialization is considerably weaker than Sword Specialization. Some of the Maces, unlike Swords, are also designed with caster classes in mind (Intellect / Spell Power), which means they will not be ideal for Warriors.

Staves are quite similar to Maces, but unlike those they do not have an Arms talent specialization at all. All of them are two-handed weapons, and more often than not they have caster oriented stats. This being said, there are a few notable staves that you should look for in your way to 60, such as Crescent Staff and Resurgence Rod.

Polearms are also two-handed only weapons, and Polearm Specialization is quite good. Unfortunately there aren't many weapons of this kind in the game, and there are no races with Polearm bonuses, which makes them a niche weapon type for Warriors.

Daggers are often neglected by DPS Warriors due to their very fast attack speeds, but it is this same trait that makes them some of the best tanking weapons around.

Tanking Warriors benefit more from faster weapons than slow ones because these provide steadier Rage generation, and more ability to quickly dump extra Rage with Heroic Strike when needed.

While there are a few fist weapons Warriors can use in WoW Classic, they are few and far between. If you get a good one, such as Vilerend Slicer feel free to use it!

Warrior can use ranged weapons, but they are little more than stat sticks for them, with the added benefit of allowing pulling from a distance.

Crossbows, in particular Blackcrow, make for some of the best pre-raid ranged weapons for Warriors in the game, as they tend to have very useful stats.

Bows also tend to be great ranged weapons for Warriors, especially while leveling as green Bows with useful stats are often found while playing.

Guns are not as common as Bows, but often bring similar stats to the table. Keep in mind that while Crossbows and Bows use arrows as ammunition, you will need bullets for Guns.

Thrown Weapons are special weapons in that they do not give you any stats, and are consumed when used. You can still use them to pull enemies from a distance, but you will generally be using ranged weapons that grant you extra stats, instead.

While not technically a weapon, Shields will still be taking a weapon slot, and improve your defensive capabilities a lot by increasing your armor, while also often carrying other useful stats.

You should always have a Shield available in your inventory for tanking and other situations that demand you to play more defensively, such as when running away from enemies you cannot defeat.

Depending on their race, Warriors will start with a one-handed Sword, Axe or Mace. They will know how to use some of weapons skills from the start, but require training in the missing one. Also, they know Daggers and Unarmed from the start. Every other weapon skill has to be learned from the various weapon masters below.

Most of the weapon skills listed above can be bought at early as Level 10, with Polearms being trained at Level 20.

Remember that no matter how good a weapon is at a given level, it will quickly be outclassed by common weapons of higher level, so be wary of wasting a lot of time chasing for the perfect low level weapon, unless you are making a twink character or enjoy the weapon hunt!