Get Chelley's Staff of Dark Mending

Chelley's Staff of Dark Mending is an epic-quality two-handed staff added in the Cataclysm expansion. Its stats make it a healer's weapon: it carries Intellect, Stamina, and Versatility and Mastery ratings, so it was originally worn by priests, healing druids, shamans, and monks.

Visually, the staff is done in dark purple and ashen tones with a twisted head, designed in the aesthetic of the Twilight's Hammer cult from the Twilight Highlands. The silhouette reads as a "dark healer's rod," which is exactly what the item's name plays on.

The item level is 44, and you need character level 35 to equip it. At the current maximum level these numbers are irrelevant: the item is interesting purely as a transmog appearance.

The staff is not tied to a specific boss — it drops from regular enemies (trash) inside the The Bastion of Twilight raid, located in the Twilight Highlands zone.

• The main loot carrier is the Faceless Guardian, an elite Twilight's Hammer cult aberration that patrols the raid's halls.
• The drop chance is low and variable, like that of any trash loot, so the staff may not drop on a single visit.
• The loot is not restricted by a weekly lockout on a specific boss: the raid's trash respawns, and you can clear it repeatedly in one run.
• The raid is part of Cataclysm's first tier and today is cleared solo without any difficulty.

The entrance to The Bastion of Twilight is at the top of the Twilight Citadel in the southwestern part of the Twilight Highlands, above Loch Modan.

• Suits Shadow priest and cultist looks — the dark palette echoes the Twilight's Hammer theme.
• Harmonizes with sets in purple and black tones, for example with the Cataclysm-era cloth tier sets.
• Fits "necromantic" and shadowy looks for healing druids and shamans.
• Stands out against light armor if you want an accent dark weapon in hand.