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Graverobber's Shovel: What the Graves of WoW Forever Hide

Most weapons in World of Warcraft: Forever are only for hitting things. The Graverobber's Shovel also digs: use it at the right cemetery and you can open a grave. What players find in them is still being collected, and this page is updated as reports come in.

The Graverobber's Shovel.
The Graverobber's Shovel.
  • TypeUnsolved secret
  • ExpansionWoW Forever
Graverobber's Shovel
Item Level 28

Binds when picked up
Unique
Two-HandMace
68 - 102 Damage Speed 3.70
(22.97 damage per second)
+10 Stamina
Durability 95 / 95
Requires Level 23
Equip: +12 Attack Power, doubled against Undead targets.

Use: Dig up a grave. Usable at Raven Hill Cemetery and Scarlet Monastery Graveyard. (2 Min Cooldown)
20 Charges
Wowhead
Status: partly solved (beta, early October 2026) · Type: two-handed mace · Requires: level 23 · Drops from: Dextren Ward, The Stockade

Where it drops

Wowhead lists the shovel as a drop from Dextren Ward in The Stockade, at about 0.5%. Expect to run the Stockade many times.

Dextren Ward, the Stockade boss who drops the shovel.
Dextren Ward, the Stockade boss who drops the shovel.

The weapon

Item level 28, 68 to 102 damage at 3.70 speed, +10 Stamina and +12 Attack Power, doubled against undead. It is a solid levelling weapon even before you dig with it.

Digging

The shovel has 20 charges and a two-minute cooldown. It works on graves in two places:

  • Raven Hill Cemetery in Duskwood.
  • The Scarlet Monastery Graveyard in Tirisfal Glades.
Raven Hill Cemetery in Duskwood.
Raven Hill Cemetery in Duskwood.

What the graves give

This is the open part of the secret. No reliable list of what comes out of the graves has been published yet. If you dig one up, tell us what you found and where.

Editor, Lost WOW

Mira Duskwood is the pen name of the Lost WOW editorial team. Mira writes the secret walkthroughs and the history of the lost areas, and keeps them up to date when a patch changes something.

  • How this guide was made. Every step was checked against at least two independent sources (Warcraft Wiki, Wowhead and Icy Veins), and against the patch notes for anything that changed over time.
  • Last updated . When a patch moves a step or breaks a puzzle, the page is corrected and the date changes.
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