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Comment by 598

one one the three rewards to choose from as a reward for the warlock class quest obtained at level 50. A good staff that will last for a decent amount of time.

Comment by 7857

This is an amazing staff! The stats are perfect for a lock and seeing how it's only obtained through a warlock quest, other people are envious of this bad boy. It has one of the most intimidating skins for a weapon, and after you add a +30 Spell Damage enchant to this staff it becomes even more formidable. If that isn't enough, the enchant also gives it a Purple Glow.

Pimped out with my Imp out.

Comment by 8003

Abyss Shard
www.wowhead.com/classic/quest=8422
One of your other two options is above. As a lock, I say this is the BEST option you can choose. Why? This staff may be wonderful for a moment. But- the abyss Shard will last forever. Whenever you need your VW, level 60, 65,70? Use the Abyss Shard and it doesn't cost you a shard. I can lay odds this staff will not be in your hands past 60... maybe not past 55?

Comment by stellas

The soul harvester is a reward from a warlock quest givin by Impsy in felwood. The quest Trolls of a Feather gives this Reward. The trolls of a feather quest can be compelted in the isntance "The Temple of Atal'Hakkar" better known as ST (Sunken Temple). Yes you could get the Abyss Shard but its easier to get a new wepaon with some stats other than just a free voidwalker because shards arent hard to achieve. In my opinion, get the Soul Harvester. You should get it for a few reason. Reson 1: Its a cool looking Scythe. Reson 2 the stats are quite good (+16 Stamina
Equip: Improves your chance to hit with spells by 1%.
Equip: Increases damage done by Shadow spells and effects by up to 24. ) And reason 3 its the only weapon you will need until you hit 60. And once you get 60 you should head for a Zul'Gurub weapon such as Fang of Venoxis and the Onyxia off-hand Etched Cornerstone Gimoire

Comment by 8506

This staff is the lvl 50 warlock quest reward and has to be the best weapon up to lvl 60 for any warlock.

Comment by vegasitguy03

I'm so glad i didn't choose this reward when i did this quest. One of the first quests in outland i got a stave that is as good as this. Yes it is a cool looking staff but I'm so glad i went with the shard instead, you'll never get anything else like it in the game.

Comment by Thottbot

Talk to your local Warlock Trainer

he will tell you talk to Impsy in Bloodraven Falls(remember the Infernal Quest and Niby The Almighty, Impsy is his pet) bring a Piece of Felcloth as a Sign of good faith.

He Will give you this quest:

The Wrong Stuff
https://www.wowhead.com/classic/quest=47364

Comment by Thottbot

I got this bad boy just for its looks, wanted to place a Unholy enchant on it... Did so.. and NOTHING! The damn enchant didn't work visually.. still doesn't..

Just thought i'd warn anyone wanting to do the same.

Comment by Thottbot

I was just wandering if the soul harvester from the lvl 50 warlock quest glows naturally straight from quest reward.

Comment by Thottbot

GOOD GOD!

Best looking thing I have seen in the game!

IMHO, this staff (graphically) PWNS thunderfury.

I am going after this right now.

Comment by Thottbot

I enchanted Unholy on my friend's Soul Harvester and the graphic doesn't seem to be showing up. Anyone have any idea why? Thanks.

Comment by Thottbot

except this staff does not already have a glow. You have to enchant one yourself. Therefore I do not see why it do not show up in Pyriels case.

Comment by Thottbot

The trinket is worthless for all the major instances sinse if you are smart you will get trinkets with + resistances.
Who cares if it wastes some mana or a soulshard, how hard is it to get that back?

The weapon is really cool and I'm getting it, even if I'm not pleased with the item I will sell it and I know I will be pleased with the gold amount your getting at the vendor

Comment by Thottbot

lifestealing

Comment by Thottbot

mmmmm just got mine! a little late (lvl 57)...but Amazing looking staff!....reminds me of the good old Diablo II days ;)

Can't wait till i get an enchant on this baby....yummy!

Comment by Thottbot

got Sorcerous Dagger and Ancient cornerstone grimorie so the staff sucked.

dont run around with shard on me, then i fly somewhere i put it on and summon my freebie VW as i land, and put on a nicer trink.

live long and prospher

Comment by Thottbot

A lot of people are entitled to their views and I wont bash any of them, so return the courtesy and be intelligent here ... with that said ...

This staff comes with 16 stamina which is 3 more the the Rod of Ogre Magi, and 4 more dmg *only to shadow school and thats our primary*. its lacking in int however. My view and that shared by many locks running MC and BWL is that Staff of Dominance is your first epic dream weapon, but until that day this staff is an END GAME weapon without much doubt.

Its easily attained to start, next its %hit is worth more then crit in any raiding scenario ... if you are ranged DPS you are not looking for 2k crits in MC, you just want nice consistent hits and never seeing a resist will allow for that. Most locks tend to focus on those huge crits which in ZG can wipe your whole raid quickly. Looking at the staff in that aspect the +22 int enchant is not a bad idea. If you have a good amount of guild support or an enchanter in guild with Revered in Thorium Brotherhood that is. I am not saying blow 200g on the enchant, that would be stupid, but if you can get a free combine then its worth every penny invested in mats, just buy Green's 55+ *2-3g each* and de them for ur mats its tooooo easy, many of the greens DE for 2-3 GEE's ... I just hit 50 and recieved this staff and already have GEEx8 of 12 and all the Dust, just need to get 15 shards now, should have 22int in no time at all. This plan may not work for everybody, but for me I am lookin at 22int for about 40-50g which is a steal on any server.

Also keep in mind that Rod of the Ogre Magi and SoD are NEVER promised to you like this staff, so if you save up early and work at it, by 52-53 you can have a staff that will carry you through MC problem free.

Comment by Thottbot

I rarely use it for farming shards, since I try not to run out period. I think the real beauty of it is the elimination of mana cost - especially when combined with Fel Domination and Master Summoner.

For instance, saccing a voidwalker for a shield, then instantly resummoning him. Now you have a full health voidwalker, a 30 second damage absorbing shield, and no dent to your mana. A perfect time for using something like hellfire, with the luxory of being able to sacc your VW a second time.

Comment by Thottbot

when your in instances ya the trinket would be nice, but you'll need something with a lot of resitance, it'll be easy to get a ss especially in instances since us locks just stand back, and let the tanks attack while we spell the attacker, so it's not hard, especially in instances to get an ss, and the trinket that is the last place you should use it -_- the robe is also useless, i have a 74 armor robe....not much of a difference and anyways it will be overrun by better robes as you get to higher levels. the soul harvester is the best, though the attack and additionals aren't to good, it is definitly worth the look, especially on the nemesis set. so soul harvester should be the choice, unless your way to lazy to get some mana or ss.....which you shouldn't!
NOT TO MENTION THE TRINKET DOES HAVE A COOLDOWN so you just can't keep sacrificing and then summoning....you'll have to wait 30 minutes to do that again, so IT IS WORTHLESS ESPECIALLY IN INSTANCES!

Comment by Thottbot

The trinket

What a useless piece of crap...

Oh noes! It costs me a soulshard to summon a big, ugly, party/raid/pvp useless Voidwalker! And more than 1k mana!

But Allelujah! This trinket will allow me to not go through a hell of a trouble to farm on more soulshard, every 30 minutes! Hell, I even think I'll summon a VW every 30 minutes, just for fun! I could even waste 3 talent points in Master Summoning and Fel Domination so I can sacrifice my VW two times in a row, giving me a whopping advantage in nothing!

I mean come on... life 3-4 times, and you have your mana back. Just make sure your brain reminds you of using Drain Soul before you victim dies.

Now the robe or the staff ?

That, as said upper, depends on your spec. If you're destro, you could use both Fire and Shadow +damage from the robe...

Affliction, you need the staff for the Shadow Damage...

But you could take the robe or the staff for any of 'em. Also depends if you think you'll be raiding like mad and get anything better for any of them... If so, take the staff. There's alot more chance for you to get a nicer robe than a nicer staff, IMHO.

Good luck even doing that quest, if you're wondering what the hell is that purple glow.

Comment by Thottbot

So I'm just starting this quest, and already trying to figure out which reward to pick, like many.
I already have:

Zum`Rah's Vexing Cane
+10sta
+10int
+21 spell damage

Granted, Soul Harvester looks much cooler.. but as far as stats go I'd be sacrificing 10int for 6sta and 3 shadow damage. I mean, it's not even spell damage, like Zum`Rah's. I think it's cool that it's shadow, of course, I love anything RP about warlocks. Everyone says to replace Zum`rah with the SH because stamina is so important.. I know, I have tons of stamina, it just doesn't seem smart considering the loss in int/spelldmg. Any opinions?

Comment by Thottbot

Personally i was having a hard time a while back choosing which reward to pick.

I picked the soul harvester and am very happy with my choice. Here's why:

Robes of Servitude - Sure these robes are nice, but it was well worth the time and effort for me to go and farm the mats for Robe of the Void. Those robes held me off until I got Felheart robes, and I still equip them when I want to do max damage. Otherwise, you can generally find better robes (try for Robe of Winter Night if you can't get Robe of the Void).

Abyss Shard - Absolutely not worth it unless you are demo spec or something, but even in that case I don't think that a free VW summon will help that much mainly because it is a 10 second cast. Plus, the Abyss Shard is just taking up a trinket slot that should be saved for Royal Seal of Eldre'Thalas or Eye of the Beast for more reliable damage (unless of course you swap trinkets which you can't do in combat). Even so, in endgame situations saving yourself a soul shard and a minimal amount of mana really does no good since both are so easily regained. If your raid is decent you shouldn't need a damage shield, you should be being healed.

Soul Harvester - Beautiful weapon, imho the right choice. Sure Zum'rah's Vexing Cane is similar, but this has more damage, more stamina (very important to a lock), and especially has that 1% chance to hit which can make a huge difference on big elite mobs and bosses in MC and BWL. Plus, it looks sweet ;)

Comment by Thottbot

At the moment, I'm a level 43 orc warlock - so yes, I realize it's still a ways away before I get the quest. But I had a discussion months ago with my guild wondering, when (actually at this point, if, considering how little I play now) I get this quest, what I should go for. I decided on the staff, considering all of the upgrades for summoning I have, but I'm a tad curious - exactly how does this staff work for a Demonology warlock? (At present I'm 0/30/4.) Would this be my best bet?

Thanks,
Joshmaul
Royal Undercity Mounties
Medivh (US)

Comment by Thottbot

I know this has stamina. It also has +damage. Basically its AWESOME LOOKING too. But it has 6 more stam than the vexing cane and 10 less intel! It does 4 more damage. The hit chance is nice but it does no fire damage. While I will begin farming mats for Robes of the Void, I am curius as to is this really better than the robes of servitude and if I were to get it should I go ahead and get Robes of Lich and trade them out with the Bloodrobe? What is the best choice for an all PVP Warlock?

-Barzul
Daggerspine- US
Guild: "Darkened Knights"

Comment by Thottbot

Well I'm a destro lock, and while this thing looks badass, the robe is undoubtedly better. So which one should I choose? Right now Im using robes of the lich on chest and zumrahs vexing cane for a weapon. The quest robe totally outclasses robes of the lich but soul harvester isnt much better than the cane...but it looks so damn cool..I cant decide...

Comment by Thottbot

got this last nite...... looks and feels amazing

Comment by Allakhazam

This has got to be one of the coolest looking items in the game. I love the look of it, its a scythe like the grym reaper has I would use it if the stats sucked but its a good staff. I got so many tells just standing in IF asking where to get it and how cool it looks. I always wanted to have a scythe in this game, thanks blizz for adding it in.

Comment by Allakhazam

I think a shadow priest would look great with this! Too bad it's Warlock only :(

Comment by Allakhazam

That is probably the coolest looking staff ever

Comment by Allakhazam

As of the 1/09/07 patch, the Soul Harvester makes a 'slashing' sound instead of the wooden pong sound. Hurray. ^^

Comment by Allakhazam

Chans to hit with spells? What does that mean? 1% lower chanse of resist? Or 1% crit chanse?

I R CONFUSED! D:

Comment by Allakhazam

You must play with a bunch of noobs. It's surprising to hear a former Warlock see Warlocks as free HK. Maybe you gave up because you can't play your class right? I see you play a Warrior, Hunter, Mage, Rogue, Druid... All Warlock food. I've got a 51 Warlock on Gorefiend, and I get jumped by 60's all the time, who must be as stupid as you are. They get theirs. Warlocks are only free HK if you're in a party and find one by themselves. That goes for any class, though. When I hit 50, I stopped worrying about non-epic'd 60's altogether.

This staff is pretty kickass, since Stamina is the only stat I care about. It looks killer, and gives a bonus to Shadow damgage. Best Quest-drop weapon for 'Locks I've seen yet.

Comment by Allakhazam

This staff is great. Looks good, good stats, and warlocks ARE NOT a free HK.

Comment by Allakhazam

UD lock > gnome lock

And this will last you till HWL weps.

Comment by Allakhazam

i'm figuring that this will be the final weapon for my warlock. i don't do any high-end raiding, so i'm probably not going to get any weapons from MC, BWL, ZG, or AQ. i'm an affliction/demonology warlock, so the rod of the ogre magi wouldn't help me too much. the only other weapons that i know of that would replace this are the grand marshal's stave (which i probably won't get) and the ironbark staff (from arathi basin faction). the ironbark staff doesn't have a bonus to spell hits, but it is better in every other way. now i just need to get to exalted...

Comment by Allakhazam

too bad they didn't bother to make something like this when i actualy played my warlock, but, too little too late, im not going back. yes do thank bliz for adding it, but curse them again for making it warlock only, and not having deathknight in the first place.

i only wish this wasn't warlock only. i'd get this just for my warrior to carry around and look evil. whats sad is that making this weapon caster only means its never gunna get swung at anything above gray cons, a sad fact for something this kewl. if other class's could use it, you'd see it swung at something, since other class's can melee.

but the "Warlock only" just means its another "this player is a warlock, hk for you" sign, like the dreadsteed itself.(when you see dreadsteed, you know your about to get an hk) custom mounts is worst idea ever on pvp.

other then that, its not really great, easily replaced in molten core by a huge number of purples. even that staff of the ogre king is almost as good as this.

Comment by Allakhazam

The only reason I got this staff at level 60 is because of 1 thing... Pimp @$$ riding gear. Throw a demonslaying enchant on it, and it matches the felsteed just about perfectly. It's all about being able to strike fear into the hearts of alliance seeing an undead on a flaming stead, strapped with a sythe that is equally ablaze. Quickmountequip, and you too can look dope with very little effort, as seen here.

Edited, Wed Apr 26 12:15:45 2006

Comment by Allakhazam

This is sweet and i really don't care that its caster only maybe blizz should make a polearm that looks liek a scyth so that the melee class can use it but this is amazing ucz of the passives and the look

Comment by Allakhazam

Im having trouble keeping a character because after one point or another they bore me and about the only class i can be is one not in the game and that is the deathknight

Comment by Allakhazam

no pick, but i saw this running through orgrimmar tonight. very very sweet looking scythe w/ a decent stat bonus and some nice passives. this is nice enough for me to pick up my warlock again (3o current) and give them a try..

maybe they are done ignoring the lock class?

maybe.

Comment by Allakhazam

I wish there was a non-warlock item with this skin, I'd use it no matter what, just because it looks so good.

Comment by Allakhazam

Its funny how when they do melee it sounds like a regular staff hit it. Bliz should change it to a slashing soulnd like a sword.

Comment by Allakhazam

While I do love the way this staff looks, and I do love that very much (besides which, the various bonuses to spell damage and Stamina are incredible) I do not intend to use it as it is. I'm planning on having Enchanting fairly high by the time I'm eligible to pick this up, and even if I don't, I'm going to pay someone to put a +22 Intellect enchant on it- thus making it one of the best Warlock staves around. Is this a sound plan?

Comment by Allakhazam

Agreed, it may not milk all the potential out of a staff for a 60 warlock, but sometimes we have to afford ourselves an item or two that makes us happy cause it looks cool or whatever. Any locks out there who say we are silly for using this at 60 are just jealous cause they chose that silly trink. Stick +30 spell damage on this thing and it outperforms any non epic lvl 60 staff.

Edited, Wed Oct 12 09:31:23 2005

Comment by Allakhazam

can u post a pic of this plz? thx ^^

Comment by Allakhazam

Someone post a pic of this bad boy without the stupid gnome.

Comment by Allakhazam

what a sexy looking staff.

Comment by Allakhazam

http://plaz.net.nz/pictures/wow-screens/soul-harvester-1.jpg
http://plaz.net.nz/pictures/wow-screens/soul-harvester-2.jpg

Comment by Allakhazam

I do believe that this would look better on an undead or possibly a human...... but who cares, it's a scythe! Does anyone have a pic of an undead with it?

Comment by Allakhazam

I've been wondering which staff is actually better: this one or Zum'rah's Vexing Cane (Zum'rah's Vexing Cane

What do you think? I think I'd rather have 10 intellect than stamina, as I always life-tab in a battle at least once.
+1% hit is not really that good IMO.
And +24 damage to shadow spells vs +21 to ALL spells.... hm.....

I'll probably get it anyway, at least for looks.

Comment by Allakhazam

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/7197/death2qu.gif

Cool pic of it :D

Comment by Allakhazam

This staff is just alright. It is goos becuase it gives stamina and helps with ur shadow spell damage but no int. or spirit. I have it on my 52 warlock in Eitrig but i also have the Soul keeper for when im doin an instance. It is very cool with a demonslaying enchant and is a good choice from the quest but u should probly make sure u also have a backup staff.

Comment by Allakhazam

I use
Arbiter's Blade Spirit of Aquementas this staff, thats my opinion... 1h with offhand beats staff;D

Comment by Kittyx

Class	Starting Quest	Rewards To Choose From at the End of the Questline
Druid	A Better Ingredient	Grizzled Pelt, Forest's Embrace or Moonshadow Stave.
Hunter	The Green Drake	Hunting Spear, Devilsaur Eye or Devilsaur Tooth.
Mage	Destroy Morphaz	Glacial Spike, Arcane Crystal Pendant or Fire Ruby.
Paladin	Forging the Mightstone	Lightforged Blade, Sanctified Orb or Chivalrous Signet.
Priest	Blood of Morphaz	Blessed Prayer Beads, Woestave or Circle of Hope.
Rogue	The Azure Key	Ebon Mask, Whisperwalk Boots or Duskbat Drape.
Shaman	Da Voodoo	Azurite Fists, Wildstaff or Enamored Water Spirit.
Warlock	Trolls of a Feather	Soul Harvester, Abyss Shard or Robes of Servitude
Warrior	Voodoo Feathers	Diamond Flask, Fury Visor or Razorsteel Shoulders.

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Soul Harvester

Item Level 52
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Two-Hand	Staff

118 - 178 Damage	Speed 3.30

(44.85 damage per second)
+16 Stamina
Durability 100 / 100

Equip: Improves your chance to hit with spells by 1%.
Equip: Increases damage done by Shadow spells and effects by up to 24.

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