Splitshroud Stinger — Transmog Set Guide

Splitshroud Stinger is a one-handed dagger added to World of Warcraft with the dungeons of the Midnight expansion (patch 12.0.1). It is a weapon with stats for cloth classes: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. It can be carried by every class with access to daggers, and as a transmog appearance it is unlocked account-wide.

Visually the blade is built around a Void creature aesthetic. The thin, curved blade of a cold blue color is covered with translucent layered "membranes" that run along the spine, while the dark hilt is wrapped in lumpy biomass. These "shrouds" reference the boss mechanic itself: Gemell splits into copies and stretches the threads of a shared neural network between them. The dagger looks like a trophy torn from this creature's flesh.

The model fully matches the silhouette of the Ceremonial Hexblade from the Caverns of Maisara dungeon — it is one graphic base, but in a radically different palette. The troll ritual dagger is rendered in a brown-and-bone scheme, while the Splitshroud Stinger comes in cold blue and turquoise tones with a glassy, semi-transparent effect. More about this pair in the "Alternatives and Recolors" section.

The dagger is prized by collectors of "otherworldly" aesthetics. It is picked up by Rogues for a dual-dagger style, by Elemental Shamans, Priests and Warlocks for its "magical" silhouette, and by Mages too — for cloth specs in Midnight season one it is a perfectly usable weapon, not just a wardrobe look.

Splitshroud Stinger drops from Gemell — the third of the four bosses in the Magisters’ Terrace dungeon. This is a five-player dungeon for levels 80–90, added in patch 12.0.1 and included in the Mythic+ rotation of Midnight season one.

Where the Dungeon Is Located

The entrance to Magisters’ Terrace is in the north-eastern part of the Isle of Quel’Danas, by the Sunwell complex. It is a reworked version of the classic dungeon from The Burning Crusade: the overall layout is unchanged, but the bosses and all loot are fully updated for Midnight.

You can reach the Isle of Quel’Danas via a portal from Shattrath or by flight from the Eastern Kingdoms; from Silvermoon the path leads north-east, toward the Sunwell. The dungeon opens at level 90 or during the story quest "Magisters’ Terrace: Homecoming." After accumulating experience clearing high Mythic+ keys, the character gains a direct teleport to the entrance — the overland road is no longer needed.

Who Gemell Is

Gemell is an otherworldly spawn of the Void, described in the dungeon as a member of the siphoid species. It uses Void energy not only for its own defense but also for reproduction: each segment of its body can detach and become an independent creature, sharing a common health pool with the "parent." Outwardly it is a huge floating blue jellyfish. The fight takes place in the Star Chamber — a hall on the upper tier of Magisters’ Terrace.

Difficulties and Drop Chance

The dagger is available in every dungeon difficulty — Normal, Heroic, Mythic and Mythic+. The item level scales with difficulty, and in Mythic+ the item can come both from the boss itself and from the weekly Great Vault chest.

Blizzard does not publish an exact drop percentage. Gemell drops six pieces of gear: the dagger, a ring, leather gloves, a plate belt, a mail chestpiece and a trinket. Therefore seeing the dagger specifically from a single kill happens roughly one time in six. The dungeon can be run an unlimited number of times on any difficulty — the weekly limit applies only to Great Vault rewards.

Gemell’s Key Mechanics

Abilities that can keep you from grabbing the dagger on the first run:

• At the start of the fight and at 50% health, Gemell creates two copies of itself, linked by a shared health pool through a single neural network — damage to any copy drains the shared health, so the group benefits from hitting several copies at once.
• One player is marked with a neural link debuff that simultaneously highlights one of the boss copies with a red beam and arrow — the marked player needs to move right up to the highlighted copy to remove its shield and clear the mark.
• Astral Grasp is a directed channel that pulls the chosen target to the boss and leaves a zone of cosmic radiation on the floor; use speed boosts and dashes to get out of it.
• Cosmic Sting hits a random target and leaves a puddle of Void secretions beneath them — the puddles need to be dragged to the edge of the room so the group does not lose maneuvering space.
• In Mythic+ the ability timers are shorter and weekly affixes are added, but the basic logic of the fight does not change.

The graphic base of the Splitshroud Stinger is used in Midnight by at least two items with fundamentally different themes and palettes. For collectors this is convenient: one model — two different "characters" in the wardrobe.

These are two full appearances: they unlock separately, and obtaining one does not unlock the other. If you specifically want a "shard of the Void" in a cold palette, the target is the Splitshroud Stinger. If the troll ritual aesthetic is closer to your taste, farm the Ceremonial Hexblade in the Caverns of Maisara dungeon. This model has no other recolors as of Midnight season one.

Splitshroud Stinger fits organically into sets with an otherworldly, magical or icy aesthetic and into looks that reference Void creatures.

• It pairs with cloth sets of Frost Mages and Shadow Priests — the cold turquoise glow of the blade echoes the color scheme of most ice effects in the game.
• It harmonizes with dark Nazjatar-style sets from Battle for Azeroth, especially the garments of the Nazjatar priestesses.
• It suits a ritualist Warlock together with dark robes — the dagger reads like a "binding artifact" of a Void cultist.
• It is appropriate for the look of a necromancer Rogue or a Shadow Priest: paired daggers with this glassy membrane hint at a weapon forged from the flesh of an otherworldly beast.
• It contrasts with the warm golden-red elven sets of Quel’Thalas — for classic sin’dorei looks the paired brown Ceremonial Hexblade is the better choice.