Death Knight FAQs

What is the Death Knight?

Death Knights are the first hero class to be introduced in World of Warcraft. While they are a hero class, they are still on the same playing field as normal characters.

What type of a class is the Death Knight?

Death Knight’s are a hybrid melee DPS / tank class. While the class is primarily centered around it’s melee attacks, death knight’s also have a variety of spells designed to be augment melee abilities and function as direct nuke / debuff / buffs spells.

How do I make a Death Knight?

You must have a current level 55+ character on your account. This will unlock your accounts ability to create a death knight class.  You may only create one death knight per server.

Where do I begin begin?

Death Knight’s start at level 55 in The Ebon Hold. This is a floating city above Eastern Plaguelands (just like Naxxaramas).

What about Death Knight starting gear?

Death Knights start with a full set of uncommon quality armor and a rare quality sword. In addition to the starting armor and weapons you also will get a 100% epic mount for free. Just complete the short quest chain to unlock the epic mount.

• Acherus Knight’s Hood
• Choker of Damnation
• Acherus Knight’s Pauldrons
• Acherus Knight’s Shroud
• Acherus Knight’s Tunic
• Acherus Knight’s Wristguard
• Acherus Knight’s Gauntlets
• Acherus Knight’s Gridle
• Acherus Knight’s Cover
• Acherus Knight’s Greaves
• Plague Band
• Corrupted Band
• Runed Soulblade (requires completion of early quest)

What types of weapons can Death Knights use?

Death Knights can use any of the following weapons.

• polearms
• one-handed swords
• two-handed swords
• one-handed maces
• two-handed maces
• one-handed axes
• two-handed axes
• relics

What about the Death Knight Rune System?

Unlike other classes that use mana, rage or energy, Death Knights use a completly new “rune system” for their power.

• There are 6 runes, 2 blood runes, 2 frost runes, and 2 unholy runes
• When a rune is used it takes 10 seconds to be recovered
• When a rune is used you also power up another bar called your “runic power”. This runic power can then be used for other abilities.