Scythe of Elune — Transmog Set Guide

Scythe of Elune is an artifact two-handed staff that the Balance Druid wielded in the Legion expansion. It is not the Guardian's weapon: the Guardian received the Claws of Ursoc, while the Scythe of Elune granted the New Moon spell and suited the intellect and arcane magic of the lunar combat form. The staff has a recognizable silhouette: an elongated, sickle-shaped head echoing the form of a waxing crescent, with a cold silvery-lunar glow running along the blade.

The item's lore is darker than it seems. The scythe was forged by night elves, who added the fang of the wolf demigod Goldrinn to the Staff of Elune, and with that fang the weapon took in his fury. It is the Scythe of Elune that is tied to the appearance of the worgen: its power can both turn night elves into cursed wolves and cleanse them. The description plainly warns that balance and control only temporarily subdue the wolf within.

As a Legion artifact, the staff has long been irrelevant for its stats — the artifact system stayed behind in the previous expansion. Today the Scythe of Elune is valuable precisely as a set of appearances for transmogrification: the unique lunar model and its tints are available to druids who have unlocked this weapon.

The Scythe of Elune is granted over the course of the druid class campaign. In The Dreamgrove — the druids' stronghold — you take the starting quest The Scythe of Elune from the mentor Naralex. A druid can choose any of the three artifacts first, but reaching the Scythe among the first is entirely realistic.

The chain leads far beyond the Broken Isles. From the Dreamgrove you pass through the Emerald Dreamway into Duskwood, then into Deadwind Pass and on to Karazhan tower, investigating the story of the Dark Riders and the worgen curse. Completing the chain, you receive the staff itself and unlock the artifact's base appearance.

To unlock the artifact today, you need a druid character and access to Legion content. The class campaign is easiest to complete through the time-travel system across the Broken Isles, or through the seasonal Legion Remix mode when it is active.

• Suits Balance Druids who lean into the theme of Elune and moonlight: the silvery sickle-shaped head reads as a "lunar crescent" even in moonkin form.
• Harmonizes with white-and-silver and cool-blue cloth and leather sets, where the blade's lunar glow becomes the main color accent.
• Fitting for looks tied to the worgen and Goldrinn's curse: the staff's dark lore sits well on grim, "feral" sets.
• Contrasts with a warm fiery or solar palette — which is why the hidden "solar" appearance breaks the familiar lunar image and suits bright golden sets.
• Looks great in night and starry themes for Restoration and Balance druids, where the crescent silhouette supports the image of a night sky.