War of the Dead
War of the Dead is a crafted legendary Mighty Weapon that can only be created in Reaper of Souls. This item requires Eyes of the Dead, one of the legendary materials for each weapon crafted.
To create this item, find the Plan: War of the Dead, which can be randomly dropped randomly by any level 70 target, and teach the plan to the Blacksmith. Once learned by the smith, any character on your account can make as many of these as you can afford to create, though only the Barbarian can equip it.
War of the Dead stats
This Two-Handed Mighty Weapon has no legendary affixes and only the standard 2H legenary weapon damage as an affix, making it one of the less useful crafted items, given how unpopular two-handed weapons are in Reaper of Souls.
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War of the Dead: Legendary Mighty Weapon
Primary Affixes:
Secondary Affixes:
Only the dead have seen the end of war. |
Salvages into:
- Level 1-60: 1 Fiery Brimstone
- Level 61-70: 1 Forgotten Soul
Crafting
Once a player finds the randomly-dropped plan and teaches it to the Blacksmith, the item can be created by any character on that account. This item always has a lvl 70 requirement, no matter what level character crafts it.
Crafting Costs:
- 66,960 Gold
- 80 Reusable Parts
- 30 Veiled Crystal
- 2 Forgotten Soul
- 1 Marquise Topaz
- 1 Eyes of the Dead
Legendary Material
The required legendary material, Eyes of the Dead is dropped by Unique (purple) melee Skeletons. These enemies are seen most often in the Act One catacombs.
- Fixed -- Headcleaver, Act 1, Leoric's Passage. Fixed spawn in Campaign Mode, during the Explore Cellar sub-quest of The Legacy of Cain quest.
- Bounty -- Merrium Skullthorn, Act 1, Cathedral Level 2.
Legendary materials drop more often on higher difficulty levels. Their drop rate was tripled in Patch 2.0.4 shortly after Reaper of Souls' release, making them all much easier to find. The figures are the percent chance the legendary material (or Deaths Breath will be dropped by a valid source. All legendary materials except Adventurer's Journals and Griswold's Scribblings can only be dropped by Unique (purple) bosses of a certain type. See the legendary materials article for full details.
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Item Examples
Several examples of this item can be seen below. View more samples of War of the Dead via DiabloNut's armory. Only one example was present as of June 2014, showing the extreme unpopularity of two-handed weapons.
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