Winter's Bite
Winter's Bite is a Rare Main Hand Axe (item level 48, requires level 43) in the WoW Forever client. Forever changed it from Classic Era. Where it comes from: World drop from level 47–55 creatures (Classic data); Drops from Shade of Eranikus (boss) in Sunken Temple, 0.02% (Classic data).
- Item level 48
- Binds when equipped
- Slot: Main Hand (Axe)
- 47 - 88 damage, speed 2.10
- 32.1 damage per second
- +4 Frost Resistance
- Requires level 43
- Chance on hit: Launches a bolt of frost at the enemy causing 40 to 60 Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 50% for 5 sec.
- Sells to vendors for 2g 47s 48c
Revealed 10 November 2026: one of the items Blizzard hid from dataminers until a player found it (hidden items). New in the live client (build 70888): this item wasn't in beta build 70450. Auction house (lowest buyout each, from players' ForeverDB addon scans): 3g 50s 50c on CAMWOW US2 Realm 5 PvE (Horde), 6 listed, from 4 scans by 2 players on 2026-11-15; 4g 50s on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 7 PvE (Alliance), 5 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-15; 4g 50s on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 3 PvE (Alliance), 3 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-15; 4g 44s 99c on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 6 PvP (Alliance), 5 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-14; 9g 99s 99c on CAMWOW EU4 Realm 7 PvE (Horde), 3 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-14; 9g 99s 99c on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 3 PvE (Horde), 2 listed, from one player's scan on 2026-11-13. Price over time on CAMWOW EU5 Realm 7 PvE (Alliance): 8g 68s on 2026-11-11, 4g 75s on 2026-11-15 (the median, else the lowest buyout; 4 days with scans). All auction house prices
Changes from Classic Era
- Stats: none in Classic Era; +4 Frost Resistance in Forever
Where to get it
- World drop from level 47–55 creatures (Classic data)
- Drops from Shade of Eranikus (boss) in Sunken Temple, 0.02% (Classic data)
- Drops from Jammal'an the Prophet (boss) in Sunken Temple, 0.02% (Classic data)
- Drops from Morphaz (boss) in Sunken Temple, 0.02% (Classic data)
Drops, quest rewards and vendors marked Classic data come from Classic (CMaNGOS classic-db) until someone sees them in Forever.
Disenchanting
Disenchants into: (Classic data)
- Large Radiant Shard: 100%, 1
Data from the WoW Forever client, build 1.60.1.70938, extracted .