Get Excavator's Brand

Excavator's Brand is a one-handed mace (Blunt type) of rare quality that has been in the game since the classic era. Visually it is not the usual head on a handle but a burning torch: the wide top is wreathed in living flame, so in your character's hand the item reads as a blazing beacon. The model is universal for every specialization that uses one-handed maces, from warriors and paladins to shamans and priests.

The defining feature of the look is the constant flame. The item carries a Chance on Hit effect that periodically launches a fireball, dealing fire damage. At the transmog level the combat value has long been irrelevant, but the burning torch itself makes the item one of the most recognizable fiery one-handed options of early Azeroth.

The item drops out in the open world — it is dropped by the Shadowforge Surveyor, a level 30 humanoid from the Dark Iron clan.

• You should look for the enemy in the Badlands zone — a contested territory for characters of levels 15–30.
• The surveyors roam the surface near the entrance to the Uldaman dungeon, in the western part of the zone.
• This is not a dungeon drop: you can kill the mobs right in the open world, without forming a group and without entering the instance.
• The drop chance is low — around 1–2 %, so count on a series of kills rather than a couple of attempts.
• There is no limit on the number of attempts: the surveyors respawn quickly, so the farm runs in a loop with no weekly lockouts.

At the current Midnight max level (90) any of these enemies dies in one or two hits, so the farm comes down to clearing the spawn point and waiting for the respawn.

• It works well for fiery and "priestly" concepts: the burning torch fits naturally with cloth and mail sets in warm tones.
• It pairs nicely with red-and-orange armor and shoulders bearing tongues of flame — an overall "fire-bearer" image.
• It harmonizes with a retribution paladin or inquisitor priest theme, where the torch reads as a symbol of purifying flame.
• A contrasting option for dark plate sets: a lone source of light in the hand makes the character's silhouette stand out.
• It echoes the fire theme of the Fiery War Axe look, if you are assembling a "pyro" image from several items.