Get Hollowfang Blade

by SophiaHoney

Updated08/28/2026, 18:34

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Overview

Hollowfang Blade is a one-handed dagger of uncommon quality (green) that was added back in the original World of Warcraft. It has an item level of 10 and requires character level 6, so in terms of combat it has long been irrelevant and appeals exclusively to appearance collectors.

The weapon model is a short dark blade with a curved edge and a simple hilt that visually echoes the theme of spiders and forest predators. The icon uses the "short blade" silhouette (inv_weapon_shortblade_16), and the appearance itself fits nicely into the sets of early rogues, hunters, and any "wild" transmog collections.

Stats of the original item:

Type: one-handed dagger.
Damage: 1–3, speed 1.80 (1.1 damage per second).
Bonus: +2 Agility.
Durability: 40/40.
Sell price: 21 copper.
Becomes soulbound when equipped.

Source

The blade drops from an ordinary mob — the Black Widow, a level 12 spider that inhabits Duskwood. This is the open world of the Eastern Kingdoms, the Alliance faction, a level 10–30 location.

Mob: Black Widow, level 12, type "Beast" (spider).
Location: Duskwood, the central and eastern part of the zone (dense clusters of spiders east of Darkshire).
Difficulty: open world, solo farming on any class.
Attempt limit: none — the mobs respawn, so you can keep killing them indefinitely.
Drop binding: the appearance is added to the character's collection upon pickup or equipping.

To unlock the appearance, it is enough to loot the item from the mob's corpse and pick it up into your inventory — you do not have to equip the blade for the collection. If you actually need to use the item, the level requirement is 6.

Alternatives and recolors

The Hollowfang Blade has no official recolors: the appearance displayid=6456 is used exclusively by this item, and no additional color variations of the model have appeared in the game.

If you want a more pronounced "beastly" or "forest" dagger of the same tier, it makes sense to collect this appearance alongside other early drop daggers from Duskwood, Westfall, and the Swamp of Sorrows — they complement each other well in a single set and are farmed in the open world at the same levels.

Who it suits visually

Dark low-level rogue sets — the simple hilt and small blade do not draw attention away from the armor.
Sets with a "spider" or "forest" theme: cloth and leather in a green-and-black palette, dark cloaks, the theme of Duskwood.
Starter hunter looks with an emphasis on agility: leather chest pieces and hoods from early quests pair well with the set.
Dual-dagger transmog builds — the model is compact and does not clash with most companion blades of the same tier.

Tips

Farming is as simple as it gets: all you need is an Alliance or Horde character of any class capable of killing level 12 mobs. On low-level alts the drop comes faster thanks to quests in the same zone.

There are plenty of Black Widows in Duskwood, but the drop chance is low — count on a series of kills rather than one or two mobs.

The optimal classes for clearing are any with early area damage: mage, druid, demon hunter. They sweep up several spiders at once and cut down farming time.

If you are collecting other appearances from Duskwood at the same time, it makes sense to clear neighboring mob groups simultaneously: the zone drops several early transmog items from a single farm cycle.

After picking up the item you can immediately scrap it or sell it to a vendor — the appearance will already be in your collection and will appear in the transmogrifier wardrobe.

There is no per-character limit: if you wish, you can farm with different alts and exchange items through the guild bank when gathering for several accounts.

Do not count on buying it from other players — the blade is soulbound when equipped and cannot be traded through the auction house.

Author

SophiaHoney

Started playing back in Pandaria, when the pandaren were still a novelty. Got stuck on Monk because it's the only class where you don't get dizzy after a dash. Tries to manage both tanking and kicking enemies in the face.