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Comment by HaKProduct

Before autoshot was given to wands (nearly doubling the actual DPS of a fast wand and a 30%+ increase for slower wands) this was a desired item for priests who could tack on dots, a mind blast or 2 and melee to finish off the mob (spirit tap, mana refills, etc.)

Now that wands of this level hit so much hard than melee, this item has fallen out of popularity. If you are a druid, pally, or shaman (especially when pallies come to Horde) this item is great for melee based regen. With this item, blessing of wisdom on, seal of wisdom on, and seal of wisdom on the mob, a paladin can refill his/her complete manabar in less than 2 minutes while in combat.

Comment by crazykefka

Paladins can't use daggers. :-)

Comment by Darkweave

I remember the first run of Maraudon i did and this droped for some reason they let a rogue roll on it and he won it.

but this is a nice weapon untill 60 if u cant get anything else.

Comment by ennis

I remember Running Mara countless times for my friends priest for that to dropp, and now that i look at it i cant see why. This weapon is absoutly horrible compared to other items at that level.

Comment by Hadorne

This weapon is just ok, not worth spending a lot of time trying to get. It has an extremely low drop rate making it very hard to get, and the equip bonus isn't that great. In my opinion, if you are a caster go for a staff or one-hander with +intellect and +spirit or if you're a warlock +stamina.

Comment by bawbooo

You guys are thinking that this procs when you melee... (It used to be an On Use activation where you had to click the item for it to proc and it would have a cooldown.) This is no longer the case. Since 1.10 patch, the proc is now activated when you do a damaging spell on your target:

"The On Use ability on the Blade of Eternal Darkness has been changed to an On Equip triggered effect with a chance to occur on any damage spell."

So whenever you cast a spell on your target, you have a chance to do 100 shadow damage as well as gain an extra 100 mana. This is why this item is epic and so rare. The only question is if you get the proc from ticks or from whenever you first cast the spell. In other words, I'm not sure if this will proc from DoTs like shadow word pain or corruptions, or if this only procs from instant damaging spells from shadowbolts and fireballs and whatnot.

Comment by Spectro

I've never seen this drop before.

Comment by SSdraken

This item does not proc on ticking dots (it will proc on the original cast of the dot), but only single damage spells. The proc occurs not on when damage is caused, but when a damage spell hits the opponent

It will proc on: (examples)
- Fireball
- Shadowbolt
- Smite

It won't proc on: (examples)
Shadow Word : Pain
Auto-Attack Wand
Melee

Comment by AuReacT

You're wrong.
This weapon only has a chance to restore mana when you hit with a SPELL.
Trust me I know.. A lvl 70 lock (friend of mine) has it.

This is with no doubt a Mage item (and Warlock too, if it the effect works for curses), since spells is the only thing a mage can do.. Just wondering if it works on AoE too (imagine how powerful Mage's AoE becomes - 100 extra damage on all targets + a whooooole lot af mana recovery)

Comment by bebbe

Had it on my priest before i disenchanted it, it's kinda crappy.

And no, it never procced from mindflay for me.

Comment by ElMikelo

I lvled with this Dagger as Warlock from lvl 51 to lvl 60 with a +30 spell dam enchant on it (other wise its not worth useing imo). Gives 100 mana and 100 dam to target betwen 1 and 4 times on each mob in an instance if you are Destro.
Works with:
Shadowbolt
Immolate
Shadowburn
Deathcoil
Soulfire
Seering Pain
and Incinerate in TBC

Comment by sme7a

very good for a warrior

Comment by soultwister

You made ma roll on the floor, thanks :)

Comment by Tsaza

I believe this procs on druid buff "thorns", which does magical damage on every attack :)

Comment by TheGreatKirby

got thin on my very first run through mara as a frost-mage...

i really dosen't proc that much,
it procs about once every fith mob or something, (not that good)
after some time i went with http://www.wowhead.com/?item=18082 much better since the dagger has no permanent stats

Comment by Sikz

being a mage i really wanted to get this weap, i ran mara constantly for about a week to get this weap.. after so many runs it finally dropped but the biggest KJ of all.. the rogue rolled need.. AND WON /cry

Comment by Klep

It really pains me how inaccurate some of these comments are. Take it from someone who actually has it; when you cast any spell and it hits your opponent, the dagger has a chance to proc. I've had it proc when I cast Corruption, Curses, Siphon Life, and of course direct damage spells. It does not proc on periodic damage once you've cast the spell.

Comment by Arkafon

does it procs on dr00dz spells?

Comment by Makkakke

Does it proc from hunter "spells" like arcane shot? ;)

Comment by Duco

No, it doesn't; I had this blade on my hunter for like 5 levels and never seen it proc.

I think the problem is that hunter shots are not considered normal "spells".

Comment by Falkor

If a 49 twink doomkin was to use this over Zumras vexing cane or anything like that would the best OH be Orb of the Forgotten Seer(http://www.wowhead.com/?item=7685)..seems to have the most damage possible, unless i missed something

Comment by jlnemenyi

what do u get from the DE?

Comment by Tibblesworth

Now I've heard a few rumors of this having a Proc Cooldown. Sort of like how Windfury has a 3 second cool down. Is this true? Or is it just merely a rumor. I'm busy farming this item for a shammy, so if I can come up with the answer alone I will repost/edit.

Just received dagger 2 days ago, ~80 kills. No matter though. Anyways to the real stuff. I did 2 weapon procs in under 3 seconds so no CD I believe, AND this dagger will proc off of Lightning Shield. Thats all I've noticed so far though.

Comment by Falkor

Is the proc effected by +shadow damage?

Comment by Tibblesworth

I have 255dmg/heal, and it still hits for only 100 and it will still only give me 100 mana. I have seen it crit for 200 a few times, though I'm not sure if it would only be 150 if I didn't have talents to make my crits do 100% damage, not just the normal 50% for spells.

***Newly discovered info***

Whenever you have something like Berzerking, Shadoweaving, or Misery, on a target the proc DOES do extra damage. So to boil it down:

Buffs or Debuffs that do a %extra damage to spells (Like misery or Shadoweaving) DO affect the damage of the Weapon Proc.

Straight up +dmg though, will NOT affect the damage on the Weapon Proc.

Arcane Power may or may not affect the damage of the Weapon Proc, if Berzerking does affect it though, then I would think that Arcane Power would also affect the damage.
^^^^^
I have noted that the Proc does receive the 20% spell damage from Power Infusion. Seeing as how Power Infusion and Arcane Power are virtually the same thing except that you can cast PI on somebody else, I would assume that yes, the damage Proc would do 20% more damage with Arcane Power.

I am not sure about the hunters talent Ferocious Inspiration which does 3% extra damage to ALL types of damage, I assume that it would cause extra damage.------------Confirmed, Ferocious Inspiration does affect the dmg.

Warlocks can sacrifice their pet and get +% to shadow damage. I am not sure if this would affect the proc damage, but as with the Ferocious Inspiration I assume that it would work. Maybe a Warlock could confirm this for us?

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I guess it's not much, but still added information: Up to my knowledge this weapon does NOT work off of totem spells. I've placed down hundreds of Fire Nova totems in my lifetime with this dagger and no dagger proc has happened, so don't expect your totems to have the dagger proc.
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To clear up some confusion that keeps getting reposted:

YES this will proc on at least some AoE's, only Arcane Explosion has been confirmed. Thank Moshimoshi for this information that he confirmed on his 70 mage. ***Copied from his Post*** "This blade has got NO internal cooldown at all, so IF you find yourself very low on mana and have the ability to use an AOE spell then you can get many times your mana back from downranking and switching to this blade in your main hand."
Again Thank You Moshimoshi!

NO this will not proc off of Weapon Enhancements. Weapon Enhancements include Flametongue, Windfury, Frostbrand, Fiery Enchant, Icy Enchant, etc. No I don't know why it doesn't proc, but trust me, it has never procced for my 49 Elemental Shaman and I melee people quite frequently. If you want an explanation then my best guess can only be that since (we'll use Flametongue as an example) Flametongue originates from the Weapon and not You it does not count as YOUR direct damage spell. Yes it gets extra Spell Damage but something in Blizzards programming states that it is not a direct spell.

Comment by Plorkyeran

There's also the minor detail that Paladins can't even equip it due to it being a dagger.

Comment by Chickenspine

Say I am using hellfire with 10 alliance in my wrath. Due to 10% proc rate and no cooldown: 10 * 10 = 100% proc per hellfire wave. I should be making that 100 mana every wave of hellfire. Over 15 seconds of hellfire, I make back my whole casting cost. WOOT!!

can this be for real??

Does it have a chance of proc off of each opponate hit by a grenade? What about seed of corruption? or even shadowfury?

Comment by unitepunx

Actually, It does proc on Warlock's Corruption DoT, but only when the spell lands on the target. It will not proc on the second, third, fourth etc ticks of the dot. I have not seen it proc on Curse of Agony, or Siphon Life. It also will proc on Immolate, since it deals a damage then DoTs off the damage, and will also proc on Unstable Affliction, for the same reason as Corruption.

Comment by Bojo

I saw a rogue with it, and he said that it worked for sinister strike as well.

Comment by Tibblesworth

That's very possible, Aimed Shot has a casting time and I think is considered a spell, but I'm personally doubtful about that.

Comment by tolor20

i dont know about the rest of yall... but this dropped for my rogue in mar and its a good wepon for me , dps and speed is decent and proc doest realy matter to me, its gunna get out dated for me real quick though

Comment by Mortent

Okay, i've been having trouble with rogues needing on this item. For "DPS" they say. But can this really be reasonable when even a Charstone Dirk that drops from Princess Theradras as well has higher DPS? Should i go OMGNINJA, or is there a reasonable excuse for them to need on it? I haven't found any yet.

Comment by Gazril

can this proc when windfury occurs? as in the hit you make with windfury?

Comment by fuusio

Gah! Team with druid, 2 rogues, shaman and I, warlock, and guess who needed for it? the rogues! (got it too, by the way)

Comment by lynzh

Got it on my first kill, I'm a warlock, putting it to good use.

Comment by orlov

Does arcane shot count as a spell? Would this be triggered by scatter shot? Arcane shot benefits from spell damage, does it not?

Comment by Moshimoshi

This blade has got NO internal cooldown at all, so IF you find yourself very low on mana and have the ability to use an AOE spell then you can get many times your mana back from downranking and switching to this blade in your main hand.

(Yes, as a lvl 70 char, have this myself and I used it with very great success on morogrim tidewalker on the murlocs when I was running low. I'm a mage and had only a resto shammy in my group so I had to do the most with what I had.)

Comment by Asuun

I'd like to know if it procs off Shaman Flametounge. I don't see why it wouldn't.

Comment by Merotisha

Anyone know if this could be a viable paladin tanking weapon with the proc chance and speed??

Comment by capnrocket

If you think this could be use as a paladin tanking weapon please log out of your paladin and delete it right away because if you haven't realized by Mara level that paladins cannot use daggers then you are a waste of time.

Comment by Epitaph

Even as an enhancement shaman, I could see this being a useful weapon.

If it procs off flametongue, that also basically makes it a chance on hit bonus. Not to mention lightning shield/shocks.

Comment by tigereye

wil this thing proc off of a hunters shot abbilites

Comment by Wowcrack29625

Is this a good dagger for a Preist that is holy Spec?

Comment by Weedle

But.. but... it's a purple...

Comment by Stilfor

This weapon is simply unbeatable for a Mage leveling with a lot of aoe grinding. Not only does it have no internal CD but it has a chance to proc off each tick of Arcane Explosion, Cone of Cold, and Frost Nova but not Blizzard ticks.

There are times when you're aoe grinding where it will proc multiple times off a Frost Nova, AE, or CoC- netting you an overall mana gain! If you're leveling a mage and thinking you want to do a bit of aoe grinding, this should be #1 on your list of dream items. It will drastically reduce your mana concerns while aoe grinding.

Comment by Grizznot

Simply amazing on my 49 Moonkin twink Grizznot as shown here:

http://www.ramzal.com//upload_files/1022122089_Eternal_Darkness.jpg

I'm probably the best 49 Moonkin on the entire game but I think the dagger helps a little in BGs with my damage:

http://www.ramzal.com//upload_files/1290000277_For_Xelious.jpg

I'd estimate it is more useful than any other twink weapon for a Moonkin, the proc rate seems to be about 1 out of 6-8 castings (including Moonfire), havent narrowed it down yet.

Comment by axellemaelstrom

Thorn is a direct damage spell...
We need a druid to get this dagger and test it out, would be OP imo, esp with a moonkin.

Comment by pumpkinjack86

this drops this afternoon for me and I was actually kinda happy for it.
by the end of the night I'm sick of it. on a mage I expected with all my casting to see some procs. but its such a low proc rate that I'm back to my old wep.
nice to show off, not nice to use

Comment by ryanyoyo

"Apply Aura: Proc Trigger Spell
Proc chance: 10%
Engulfing Shadows" This is what it says on the spell it uses, is it really a 10% chance?

Comment by xxxillidanxxx

this blade's affect can only be actived with a direct damage spell not damage over time or channeling one so this blade unique for the following classes and specs:
*fire mage
*frost mage
*destruction warlock
*balance druid
and a little helpful for:
*arcane mage
*demonology warlock
*shadow priest

Comment by donk

"Chance on landing a direct damage spell to deal 100 Shadow damage and restore 100 mana to you."

Shouldn't this wording mean that you take 100 Shadow damage? English isn't my first language so tell me if I'm wrong. But to me it seems like the "to you" refers to the damage part as well as the mana part, since there is no punctuation mark between them, or anything that implies that the effects will happen to diferent targets (other than comon sence maby).

That's at least how I read it at first glance. Thought it was like an involuntary Life Tap.

Comment by demerkson

33 mana / 5 sec and 3,3 dps increase while spamig wrath - WOW realy epic!

Comment by Aditi

When casting Arcane Missiles with this item equipped, each tick has a separate chance to trigger the proc
AoE with Arcane Explosion: each target damaged by the spell has a separate chance to trigger the proc on them. if multiple targets have the proc trigger on them in a single AE cast, you get 100 mana back per target it damaged.
10% proc rate confirmed

to show how amazing this is for an arcane mage, allow me to do some math.
let's say in a battleground you cast 500 spells.
200 - Arcane Explosions (400 targets hit)
100 - Arcane Missiles (500 ticks)
100 - Scorches
80 - Fire Blasts
20 - Fireballs

at a 10% proc rate, you would have seen the dagger proc about 110 times, give or take.
110 times x 100dmg = 11,000 dmg done and 11,000 mana gained.

for comparison, lets see how the 8 dmg on Arbiter's Blade would have contributed to your overall dmg:
400 AE (targets) @ 21.28% dmg coefficient = 400 * 1.7 = 680dmg
100 AM @ 187% dmg coefficient = 100 * 15 = 1500dmg
100 Scorch @ 42.86% dmg coefficient = 100 * 3.4 = 340dmg
80 Fire Blast @ 42.86% dmg coefficient = 80 * 3.4 = 272dmg
20 Fireball @ 100% dmg coefficient = 20 * 8 = 160dmg

total dmg contributed by Arbiter's Blade = 2,952

2,952 VS 11,000+/-

Comment by passarei

Wonder if it also procs with thorns. Because, if it does, I'm definitely gonna farm this, so I can:

tree of life + thorns + rejuvenation + lifebloom + spam /lol = pvp ownage. Or not... :D

Comment by esahc

Would this be viable option for an enhancement shaman? with the mana regen and all...damage is a bit lacking though.

Comment by Manatapthis

As far as I can tell, this is still only a Main Hand weapon, not a one-hand weapon.

Comment by ogrethebuffoon

Not worth it for shadow priests. As far as I can tell it has only procced off of mindblasts. I was hoping at least mindflay would also work with this weapon, but sadly this does not seem to be the case.

Comment by Curious

Worst dagger for a rogue planning to use.

Comment by aedlas

ok this isnt really helpful comment but i have a hilarious story to tell of how i one it

WELL, when we killed princess it droped along with the amulet i was the only spell dps so i need because AT the time i was still using hypnotic blade (level 48 ) so im like WOOT epic dagger then i see another need roll come up from a ENCHANCEMENT shaman LOL.....everyone in the group was like wtf dude let Aedlas have it you dont need it (this shaman had dragons call from ST and some blue mace idr what it was but he was very well armed)so he says "i spell dps to sometimes"(he did like 2 chain lightnings throughout the whole run). so my party members whisper me and say "wel kick him " and b4 i could say the goahead the damn shammy hearthed and i won the roll thank god

a day later he whisperd me and said "im respecing ele , sure was a waste giving it to the warlock" =\

Comment by Clarox

It procs off lightning shield, and it DOES proc off frostbrand. Great for those last desperate moments where you're out of mana.

Comment by philanthropy

i just had a feral druid ninja this from me

Comment by satelitko

Just got it today (I'm so happy) and was wondering... does this proc off Drain Life and/or Soul?

Comment by Cantras

Not sure I saw this mentioned here, but it does proc off multiple hits of arcane missiles. They did fix it at some point so it wouldn't proc off sheep (had that happen a few times. Hilarity did not ensue.)

This is something you'll keep until you hit Outland. However, even enchanted, this gets replaced by one of the first quest greens in Hellfire. Not saying don't get it enchanted when you get it-- saying either get it done right away or don't at all. Don't wait till 57 or so.

Man I loved this dagger. :) I think I coupled it with Milli's Lexicon or with Cloud Stone, before Burning Crusade hit. If you're 58 but not hitting Outland yet, there's likely some green BoE offhand that'd make a nice match.

Comment by POINGjam

This is (I believe) a reference to "Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem," a Silicon Knights game for the Gamecube. One of the weapons you find on several of the characters in the game looks exactly like this dagger.

Comment by thebitterfig

has anyone tested this with Holy Nova? that spell has both an AoE heal and an AoE damage spell. With this dagger, in a tightly packed group of enemies, you could probably keep spamming HN in order to heal all your nearby allies.

Comment by mixter

I got this wep at lvl 40 on my first rogue(minimum lvl to use the item is 49 tho)
imagine the agony of waiting 9 lvl's to use your first epic ever,
BTW it looks awesome with unholy enchant+ poison
no i didnt see that it was a caster wep, no i didn't care

edit: it wasn't a caster wep before and it dealt 49-54 shadow dmg(dunno when it changed)

Comment by hialle

Is this item usefull for an DD hunter?

Comment by hablabalaba

I ran my friend (a rogue) through maraudon, and this dropped on my first and his first run ever. Now, he pwns in BGs using this and scouts blade. This comment will most likely get downrated, but the proc ads about 9 melee dps to the dagger, and is just simply amazing for pure dps. However, this should purely be a caster dagger and should be used until lvl 60 or so.

Comment by hablabalaba

o and i forgot to mention it does seem to proc of melee now according to the description within the real game (i think wowhead is wrong)

Comment by hablabalaba

o and i forgot to mention it does seem to proc of melee now according to the description within the real game (i think wowhead is wrong)

Comment by Nulgar

*edit* I was wrong.

Comment by Lanetolsun

It does work with Shadowfury It can proc for each target in the area of Shadowfury seperately. It is awesome.

Comment by Eviltwig

if 8 sp ~=~ 3000, then 11000/3000 * 8 = 29 ish spell power.

and as for the mp5...

mana gained / time * 5 = mp5

AE = 40 procs = 4000 mana / (1.5 * 200) * 5 = 67 ish mp5
AM = 50 procs = 5000 mana / (5 * 100) * 5 = 50 ish mp5
Sc = 10 procs = 1000 mana / (1.5 * 100) * 5 = 33 ish mp5
FB = 8 procs = 800 mana / (1.5 * 80) * 5 = 33ish mp5
Fb = 2 procs = 200 mana / (3 * 20) * 5 = 17 ish mp5

mulitplying by spells cast and then dividing by 500 = average mp5

(13400+5000+3300+2640+340) / 500 = ~49 mp5
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of course the more spell haste you have the more efficient it becomes, as the shorter interval between hits, the more effective it is. And the more mobs, the more hits...

for a mage AoE grinding with blizzard at level 49 with this... with 10 mobs...
averages to 1 proc per wave, each second.
gain 800 mana, and deal 800 more damage...
now blizzard costs about 800 mana at this level... and deals 128 damage per tick...
so you deal a massive 78% more damage.

14.37% SP coefficient per wave, and doing 100 more damage = 69 ish spell power and 500 mp5.

Blade of Eternal Darkness
Binds when picked up
Unique
One-Hand Dagger
33 - 70 Damage Speed 1.50
(34.3 damage per second)
Durability 75 / 75
Requires Level 49
Equip: Increases your spell power by 69 while casting Blizzard
Equip: Restores 500 mana every 5 seconds while casting Blizzard.

The Mage's Have Priority...

Comment by Eviltwig

MP5 = procs per second * 100 * 5
procs per second = hits per second / 10
hits per second = casts_or_ticks per second * number of mobs.
casts_or_ticks per second = 1/cast_time_or_interval_time
cast_time_or_interval_time = base_cast_time_or_interval_time / (1 + (haste% / 100))

MP5 = 50 * no_of_mobs * (1+(haste% / 100)) / base_cast_time
DPS = 10 * no_of_mobs * (1+(haste% / 100)) / base_cast_time

eqiv spell power = 10 * (1+(haste% / 100)) / (base_cast_time * (spell_coefficient% / 100))

eg, for spam casting scorch (single target) with no haste...

base_cast_time = 1.5
no_of_mobs = 1
coefficient% = 42.86%

MP5 = 50 * 1 * (1+0) / 1.5 = 33 mp5
DPS = 10 * 1 * (1+0) / 1.5 = 7 dps
SPE = 10 * (1+0) / (1.5 * 0.4286) = 16 spell power

which isnt bad.

Comment by dbosch

Was in Maraudon today on my Hunter. Rogue was in group, telling me not to steal this dagger coz it was for Rogues, lol.
He had at least 3 heirloom pieces on but was dumb enough not to realize that proc was on direct spell hit.

He trew a tantrum after I told him it was only for casters. He called me dumb that I didnt understand the tooltip. he even lied to group telling that he just looked it up and it was for rogues.

Rest of the group 2 casters were realizing "hey I want the dagger"
Rogue got so *!@#ed it was so funny.

P.S.

his guild name was <Noob Essence>, I told him he was in perfectly matching guild. rofl

Comment by Bucko

Interesting this weapon doesn't require to be in main hand. This could make it an viable option to, at least at level 85 when we'll get there, to be a dual-wielding elemental shaman. This in OH with a strong main hand, who knows?

Comment by wafafadaawger

I haven't tested this, but it seems like a leveling frost mage spamming blizzard or cone of cold on trash mobs might be able to proc this effect more frequently due to hitting more targets. Beltane says it has a proc rate of 10% meaning that in a group of ten, casting blizzard would guarantee at least one proc since the proc has no cooldown.

Comment by Ordayc

No internal cooldown. I have seen multiple procs from a single Chain Lightning many times.

Comment by Ordayc

BoED does not trigger from spell hits that are not a consequence of casting. That includes:
* Shaman weapon enchant procs (, , )
* Procs from weapons and other items (such as Darkmoon Card: Maelstrom)

Comment by Majai

I just won this dagger on my level 50 priest and can confirm it procs off the Holy Nova aoe, which provides a very good way for healing the group and doing damage while having mana returned, but generally only on big group pulls. It's otherwise difficult for a healer to find some occasion to use it. However, for the level, and with a BC +sp enchant on it, it is amazing for casters.

As a side note, not only the mage in the group but also the huntard rolled against me.

Comment by Ziur

I noticed it has its own glow. I recently got it and want to enchant it but want to know if any enchant in particular would change its glow effect or if it just keeps its normal glow like most items. Anyone know?

Comment by boom621

Dropped on my druid only to have a rogue need it and take the loot. The reason for this was that it was a better dagger and had a proc for a rogue. Although I did try to explain that it only procs casting a spell and I needed it. The rogue said It was better dps. I inspected and it was worse told her and she left with it without saying a word ><.

Comment by Grognok

The effect on this weapon makes it the best warlock weapon intell lvl 60 when you can get pvp and raid daggers because of the fact that this weapon has no internal cooldown spaming shadow blot is a little better now because of this giving you a better DPS rating and regenerate some of the mana you just used makes you be able to cast more spells, and this weapon has a 10% chance to proc you'll be able to get 1/2 to 1/3 your mana back from the spell you just used (at this lvl) making it the best spellcaster weapon tell lvl 60, but because of how rare it is makes it almost impossible to get at this lvl.

Comment by Hadarace

Had this drop the first time I ran the instance on my level 45 mage. The warrior tank needed on it, but I won 64 to 57 lol. Lucky I also won the Cloud Stone off-hand on a greed earlier in instance since I am currently using a staff.

Comment by doomzoom

NEVER!....THIS "SIR" is a HUNTER weapon!
I'll say it now im kidding.

Comment by Muratsuki

This item has been nerfed slightly. On my Warlock's Blade of Eternal Darkness, the tooltip now states:

Equip: Chance on landing a direct damage spell to deal 28 Shadow damage and restore 100 mana to you.

Granted, the mana is the same, but the Shadow damage has been significantly reduced.

Comment by c0unter

I've just got mine a few moments ago and guess what? a rogue did roll for it. I tell her this was not a melee dagger and she just said "it's an epic dagger, quite better than the ones I have, and I am a rogue; daggers are for rogues". In the end, when she saw the roll was mine, she left the party... WTF!

Comment by tniemuth95

This use to not be a rogue dagger. However, now, since it's one-hand and not main hand, it is an EXCELLENT rogue dagger for the offhand. Its low speed means you will be generating a ton of energy (not exactly sure if that talent is sure available), and the DPS is BiS for a dagger at that level.

Comment by MelRedcap

Just got this on my baby spriest, and sure enough, the rogue in party saw "purple" and "dagger" and needed it. After I won the roll, he said he should have it, opened trade to me and asked for it!

Me: "No."
Him: "Wow. o_o"

I'm pleased to report that the rest of the pug group informed him (fairly politely) that it was a caster dagger TYVM and no use to him. I told him to read the item info, after which he said he hadn't been able to see it before... I think he hadn't even looked. Can't blame him too much, the pixels are very shiny. :)

Comment by Trishi

Better for muti? Are you stupid? Assasination values high attackspeed higher than anything else, the reason why dungeon drops from wrath made the BiS dagger for several raid tiers, solely because of that. Poison procs are the king for assasination rogues, and the faster you attack, the better.

Comment by axl890h

i hate this dagger...

Comment by Keyboardmash

Dropped on my rogue last night. Let the mage have it, since it's an epic and I didn't really need it. They kept bragging about it all through the next few dungeons we did :)

Comment by abexy

Glowing enchants do not appear on this blade. It has its own faint black cloud.

Comment by abexy

Some comments on here said this will proc with rogue's poisons. This is no longer true, if it ever was. I've tested it out thoroughly and it has never proc'd off of poisons of any type.

Comment by Morwo

Transmogging: this might be a casting-only transogable dagger.

Comment by Aztecs

Was doing Maraudon today on my lvl 37 priest and we cleared everything up to Princess. This item actually dropped, haven't seen it drop before. Here it says 4% drop chance, but atlasloot says 0,2% which, if true, makes it one of the rarest items in game. I needed it of course as I am a shadow priest. But the rogue, warrior and hunter in my group also needed. And guess what, the hunter won it. I didn't biatch about it, since it doesn't help anyways. But the rogue did, because he thought it was a rogue dagger. The hunter said nothing and left group. I left dungeon and opened a ticket to talk to a GM. He told me that there was nothing he could do about it, since the item technically could be used by hunters, as they can wield daggars. He then told me that he also thought it was very unfair for me but said he couldn't do anything about it. He also told me that the need/greed system didn't work the same way in lower levels, as , for example a warrior can't need roll on plate items with int, spirit or mana regen on it on higher levels. I asked him what "higher levels" were and he told me around Outland Dungeon levels.
I hope Blizzard gets their stuff together and makes sure that, on lower levels, classes can't need items that they really can't benefit from, just as higher levels, since there are quite a few low level epic items to be found.

Comment by Samaramon1

The lowest level epic weapon.

Comment by Argiach

You can find how to obtain this and other epic items from Classic Dungeons here:Guide to all Epic Items in Classic WoW Dungeons

Comment by shaidyn

I was lucky enough to get this on my smite priest, so smite = heals + mana. I just finished a run of Zul'Farrak, and my recount says I got 4,000 mana back over the course of the run, which is about a full mana bar. Needless to say, I didn't need to stop and drink.

Comment by stradivarius84

Here follows a list of daggers with glows or effects that will override weapon enchants.
Please feel free to suggest additions or changes to the list.

Blade of Eternal Darkness - Black
Blade of Unquenched Thirst - Icy Blue
Ced's Carver - Black
Crystal-Infused Shiv - Black
Darkmoon Dirk - Poisonous Green
Feltooth Eviscerator - Poisonous Green
Jaded Crystal Dagger - Icy Blue with Particles
Perdition's Blade - Fiery
Riftmaker - Purple
Searing Golden Blade - Yellow
Sorcerous Dagger - Poisonous Green
The Lost Kris of Zedd - Blue
Twinblade of the Hakkari (and the off-hand) - Purple
Mindfang - Purple

Comment by Samaramon1

Did someone downvote this entire page? I'm guessing someone is mad for not getting this.

Comment by Runemauler

If you're farming this item; I recommend following these simple steps:

0). Make an equip-set that is completely blank (no items equipped) and call it "X" (it really makes no difference what you call it). Also; make sure you have enough bag space to hold all your equipped gear (and a few extra spaces, for good measure), before you head to the instance.

1). Head inside Maraudon via the "Earth Song Falls" (Inner) entrance.
2). Head to the Princess, kill her, loot her...
3). Equip set "X" (or whatever you named the blank set, in step 0).
4). Jump off the nearby falls and let Rotgrip kill you (face your back to him, to speed this up a bit).
5). Release and run back to the "The Wicked Grotto" (Purple) entrance, to res yourself.
6). Re-equip your gear, step back out of the instance and use:/run ResetInstances()
7). Repeat from step 1.

Comment by LoanzTheHunter

Just got this on my mage, didn't even need it cause i'm using the boa staff, but it dropped for me on my second run.

Comment by DeusSol

Isn't it awesome how hunters need on this, say "well you don't need it because you have heirlooms, so I'll keep it," and then leave?
Done with rage now. Thank you for your patience.

Comment by Sam97

Equip: Chance on landing a direct damage spell to deal 100 Shadow damage and restore 100 mana to you.

Does it stuck with spell power or mastery ?

Comment by Kefra

Sometime recently (Patch 5.0.4?) this weapon was changed from 1.5 speed to 1.8.

Don't hate me for saying this, but it's now best-in-slot for the 30-34 bracket for an ambush rogue.

Enchants since patch 4.3.4 have used the item level to determine enchant eligibility (it used to look at the item's level requirement, if there was one). Therefore, you can even put Mongoose on this; it's item level 39.

In case 34 twinks ever catch on somewhere...you read it here first.

Rogues should still never even think of taking this when a caster wants it, but at least now it's a defensible weapon choice for a rogue.

Comment by Raevenne

If you want to farm this for transmog, here's the "easy" way to do it. I say "easy" because it's still painful and takes a long time and is really just monotonous in the extreme. I did this with a level 90 rogue with engineering and I have two WoW accounts:

If you're not an engineer with access to repair bots or Jeeves for selling, set your HS in Karnum's Glade so that you can sell what you pick up off of the Princess every few runs and get back to Maraudon quicker. That flight down from Darnassus just takes way too long...

Head to Marudon and make your way in stealth to the "inner" entrance, at Earth Song Falls. Just do this whole thing in stealth so you don't have to kill anything if you happen to get too close--just saves time and there's no movement speed penalty in stealth anyway.

Once inside, jump down into the water from the top of the falls, hit your Sprint (you should glyph this so it lets you walk on water!) and head to the Princess. You should hit sprint once more as you go along, just to speed things up a little. Kill the Princess, offer up a prayer to the RNG gods, and loot.

If no dagger, here's the slick part that will get you OUT of Maraudon and back in to try again faster than any other way: invite an alt on your other account to a party and once you're in a party together, immediately leave party with the character in Maraudon. If you don't have another account, ask a guildy to help; this takes all of two seconds so they won't be inconvenienced for long.

Your character in Maraudon will be given a message that they're not in this instance's group and will be teleported to the nearest graveyard in one minute. Go back into stealth and wait out that minute. You'll be ported out to a point where you can head right back through the tunnels in the pre-instance to the Earth Song Falls entrance you went into before.

Be sure to right click your character portrait and select "Reset all instances" before heading back into the instance to try again! You'll run up against the "You've entered too many instances recently" problem after five runs--just log out in front of the instance portal, and come back in an hour to try five more times.

After 45 runs, I have my dagger. It looks ever so much nicer than that crappy Windsong enchant did. Happy farming!

Comment by ainotna

If you want this to transmog and you don't care about what the actual blade itself looks like, The Lobotomizer has a similar black glow and is much easier to obtain.

Comment by Valdym

Just a quick tip if you're going to farm this and you're alliance and willing to pvp inbetween runs - when halfway through the earth song falls entrance on your way to Theradras, queue up for a battleground. The queues for alliance are always under 1 minute. Finish the BG, reset instances, rinse and repeat.

Got it on my second run though. huzzah

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Blade of Eternal Darkness

Item Level 39
Binds when picked up
Unique

One-Hand	Dagger

10 - 19 Damage	Speed 1.80

(8.15 damage per second)
Durability 80 / 80

Equip: Chance on landing a direct damage spell to deal 91 Shadow damage and restore 91 mana to you.
Requires Level 34

Sell Price: 1 60 44

Dropped by: Princess Theradras

Drop Chance: 3.99%

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