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Arcanite Reaper is a free warrior weapon card, from the Legacy set.

Other versions

How to get

The Regular and Golden copies of Arcanite Reaper are uncraftable and cannot be crafted, disenchanted, or opened from card packs.
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Previous availability

Arcanite Reaper used to be obtainable through these means.

TypeSourceQualityCount
Custom Level up warrior to 51 until March 30, 2021. Golden 1
Custom Level up warrior to 52 until March 30, 2021. Golden 1
Custom Level up warrior to 10 until March 30, 2021. Regular 2

Lore

Arcanite Reaper was a craftable weapon in the original World of Warcraft and very popular for orc warriors due to their racial axe bonus. It's now an heirloom and also used for transmog models.

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The weapon remains something of an endearing symbol for veteran warriors since, due to weapon mechanics at the time, the axe's incredible attack speed made attacks such as Mortal Strike incredibly powerful. This led to the warrior class becoming, at level 60, much more adept at PvP. This is something that many warriors had been hoping for since release and the "awesome changes" in the beta and reversed the feeling by many that warriors had been left at the bottom of the PvP food chain. Soon after the Arcanite Reaper's popularization, many servers' low warrior-population reportedly surged. Before Windfury was nerfed and two handed weapon mechanics rebalanced, shamans were occasionally able to "one-shot" equal level players with inferior gear by utilizing the Arcanite Reaper and Windfury Weapon proc.
Arcanite Reaper gained additional fame from the machinima movie, "Zinwrath: The Movie", where the famous saying "ARCANITE REAPER HOOOOOOOOOOO" originated, and gained further recognition from the machinima movie "Illegal Danish: Super Snacks".
Also the Arcanite Reaper is the favored weapon by the warlock minion LegacyFelguard.

Trivia

  • The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Heroes of Azeroth" series, for the card Arcanite Reaper.
  • The flavor text is a pun on the 1976 rock song, "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult.
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    Patch changes

    • Forged in the Barrens logoPatch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25):
    • Journey to Un'Goro logo Patch 8.0.0.18336 (2017-04-04):
      • Rarity is now Free (previously: Common).
    • Hearthstone logo Patch 1.0.0.4217 (Closed beta, 2013-12-10):
      • Golden card unlock requirement is now: "Unlocked at Level 51." (previously: "Unlocked at Level 48.").
    • Hearthstone logo Patch 1.0.0.3890 (Closed beta, 2013-10-02):
      • Unlock requirement is now: "Unlocked at Level 10." (previously: no special unlock requirement).
      • Golden card unlock requirement is now: "Unlocked at Level 48." (previously: no special unlock requirement).
    • Hearthstone logo Patch 1.0.0.3140 (Alpha, April or May 2013):
      • Added.
    • Hearthstone logo Alpha patch (unknown date, pre-May 2013):
      • Now costs 5 (Down from 6). (Source)
      • Now has 5 attack (Down from 6). (Source)

    External links

  • PlayHearthstone
  • HSReplay.net
  • Hearthpwn
  • OutOf.Cards
  • References[]

     
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