Hidden Artifact Weapon Appearances and Effects

By Wowhead Updated: 2025/10/17

Hidden Potentialoriginal Legion expansionLegion: RemixDeath KnightBloodHidden Effect:The Maw Must FeedHidden Appearance:Twisting Anima of SoulsWithered Army Training

To unlock this quest, you must have completed the main Suramar questline up toBuilding an Army and have plenty of Ancient Mana on hand.

In this scenario, you earn a score based on the number of mobs you kill in the instance. Based on your score, you will get more Arcane Tablet of Falanaar reputation items and other items from the final chest.

There are many tips and tricks to maximizing your potential, such as starting with a larger Withered Army for more Ancient Mana, and looting small chests along the way for items like Traveler's Banking Chest and Ancient Mana Basin. Please check out varenne's comment and video for more details.

FrostHidden Effect:SoulbladeMemory of ArthasHidden Appearance:Runes of the Darkening

Drop from The Soultakers World Boss.

In 7.1.5, many users have left comments on the Runes of the Darkening page that they have seen this item drop from various bosses in ICC 25 Heroic (Saurfang, Lich King) as well as the Four Horsemen in Naxxramas.

UnholyHidden Effect:Apocalyptic DeathbladeHidden Appearance:The Bonereaper's Hook

Summoning Army of the Dead has a small chance to spawn the special Army of the Dead who drops Professor Putricide's Lost Journal. This can spawn anywhere in the world, including Proving Grounds.

Following the description in the journal, a special trapdoor in Icecrown Citadel leads to Stitchwork who drops The Bonereaper's Hook.

More details in Leviatharan's comment.

Demon HunterHavocHidden Appearance:Guise of the Deathwalker

This is a drop from Downfall.

You need to find Candrael's Charm, a drop while doing world quests in Suramar.

Take this to Candrael Twinshadow on a hill west of Felsoul Hold.

She'll kick you into the air at the NPC Downfall. He has a debuff that creates winds around him that let you fight him in the air.

You'll have to glide / fight him, staying within his winds to keep from falling to the ground, gliding back to him when he knocks you away.

When he dies, you can loot Guise of the Deathwalker off him.

DownfallVengeanceHidden Appearance:Bulwark of the Iron Warden

Select the Order Hall trait Twisting Nether then take the Twisting Nether portal

Killing demons there gives the chance to drop Bulwark of the Iron Warden.

DruidBalanceHidden Effect:Feral SpiritFeral WorgenHidden Appearance:The SunbloomSeed of Solar FirePure Drop of Shaladrassil's Sap

Seed of Solar Fire is sold by Sylvia Hartshorn in Val'sharah and requires exalted with the Dreamweavers faction.

Pure Drop of Shaladrassil's Sap requires Dreamweavers Exalted, then drops from the first boss of Darkheart Thicket, Archdruid Glaidalis.

FeralHidden Effect:Hunter's RushHidden Appearance:Feather of the Moonspirit

Screeches in the Dreamway will take you to different portals. Go through the portal and click on the Owlcat stone, which can be found under trees.

When three stones are clicked on, Ela'Lothen will spawn in the Dreamway. /sit in front of him.

More elaborate information on the timing of the screeches, quest IDs, and portals in comments on the Feather of the Moonspirit page.

GuardianHidden Appearance:Mark of the Glade Guardian

Mark of the Glade Guardian drops from Ursoc in The Emerald Nightmare.

RestorationHidden Appearance:Acorn of the Endless

At the druid class order hall, choose the Evergreen Order Hall Talent and then plant the Evergreen Soil to grow Acorn of the Endless.

HunterBeast MasteryHidden Appearance:Designs of the Grand Architect

Designs of the Grand Architect is sold by Hobart Grapplehammer in Dalaran for gold

This is a notable appearance as it turns a gun into a bow.

MarksmanshipHidden Effect:WindrunningHidden Appearance:Syriel Crescentfall's Notes: Ravenguard

Syriel Crescentfall's Notes: Ravenguard is sold by Veridis Fallon in Azsuna for gold when you reach Revered with Court of Farondis.

Please see our Court of Farondis reputation guide here.

SurvivalHidden Effect:Call to the EaglesHidden Appearance:Last Breath of the Forest

Last Breath of the Forest is a drop from from Ursoc in The Emerald Nightmare.

MageArcaneHidden Effect:Overchargeperiodically speaksHidden Appearance:The Woolomancer's Charge

Polymorph specific mobs in 5 different Broken Isles zones:
Azsuna - Cliffwing Hippogryph

Highmountain - Highpeak Goat

Stormheim - Plains Runehorn Calf

Suramar - Heartwood Doe

Val'sharah - Wild Dreamrunner

at least Artifact Knowledge 6Extremely Volatile Stormheim SheepElwynn ForestOrder of the ShepherdFireHidden Effect:Hidden Appearance:The Stars' Design

The Stars' Design drops from mobs in Suramar.

FrostHidden Effect:The Council's WisdomMemories of EbonchillMemories NPCHidden Appearance:Everburning Crystal

Unlock the Teleportation Nexus talent for your Class Order Hall.

A set of 5 portals is generated in the Class Hall. There is a small daily chance you will instead be phased to Frostfire Ridge, where you can loot Everburning Crystal. You will be alerted to this chance by an emote when walking around on the stairs of your Class Hall.

MonkBrewmasterHidden Appearance:Legend of the Monkey King

Start by selecting Brewhouse in the Order Hall.

Tapping the Bubbling Keg once a day has a chance to drop Legend of the Monkey King.

MistweaverHidden Appearance:Breath of the Undying Serpent

Breath of the Undying Serpent drops from the Dragons of Nightmare (Ysondre, Emeriss, Lethon, Taerar) in The Emerald Nightmare.

WindwalkerHidden Effect:Lightning BurstHidden Appearance:The StormfistWithered Army Training

To unlock this quest, you must have completed the main Suramar questline up toBuilding an Army and have plenty of Ancient Mana on hand.

PaladinHolyHidden Effect:Might of the Silver HandHidden Appearance:Lost Edicts of the Watcher

Drops from demons in Azsuna (eg Faronaar) and Argus.

This appearance closely resembles Reinhardt's hammer from Overwatch.

ProtectionHidden Effect:The Light RevealsHidden Appearance:Spark of the Fallen ExarchWithered Army Training

To unlock this quest, you must have completed the main Suramar questline up toBuilding an Army and have plenty of Ancient Mana on hand.

RetributionHidden Effect:AshbringerHidden Appearance:Heart of Corruption

This is from an elaborate questline requiring books like Nat Pagle's Guide to Extreme Anglin', killing Nefarian, fishing up Shard of Darkness, and much more. Complete walkthrough in Kanegasi's comment.

Priest DisciplineHidden Effect:Overloaded with LightLight's WrathHidden Appearance:Writings of the End

Speak to Archivist Inkforge to begin.

You must collect 12 tomes from around the world and combine them to obtain The Annals of Light and Shadow

The Violet Citadel, Dalaran:
(1) To the left as you enter the citadel, stands Archivist Elysiana. Behind her, on the right bookshelf is one volume.

Netherlight Temple (Priest Class Order Hall):
(2) Behind Juvess the Duskwhisperer, on the table.
(3) Behind Meridelle Lightspark (sells the Class Order Hall set).
(4) On the bottom shelf of the hanging bookshelf. (4) Speak to Archivist Inkforge and pick the middle option when following his prompts.

Broken Isles:
(5) Drop: Inquisitor Ernstenbok, Stormheim, rare vignette mob southwest of Halls of Valor in a cave (visible on the map), entrance at , at the base of the cliffs right by the water. You will see Eye of Ernstenbok mobs outside the cave (See Map),
(6) Drop: Artificer Lothaire, Suramar, rare vignette mob in Moon Guard Stronghold in Suramar (northwest part of the zone) at (See Map),
(7) Drop: Chief Bitterbrine, Azsuna, rare vignette mob just off the coast of Azsuna at , on the ship “Queen's Reprisal”. Nearest flight path is Shackles Den (See Map). Chief Bitterbrine can be found below deck (which is underwater) towards the front of the ship.
(8) Black Rook Hold, Val'sharah - Found in the 5-player dungeon Black Rook Hold. After defeating the first boss, Amalgam of Souls, you will enter the Map Room. On the left side of the room, on one of the tables, is the volume.

Northrend:
(9) New Hearthglen in Dragonblight, Northrend (Take the portal to Wyrmrest Temple in the Chamber of the Guardian). In the church in New Hearthglen, entrance at . Turn left when entering, and go into the second room on the left (ground floor) – it is on top of the bookshelf (See Map).

Azeroth:
(10) Instructor Chillheart’s Room (Scholomance). Enter the room, kill the trash on the right. The volume is on the sixth bookshelf from the right.
(11) Flameweaver Koegler’s Room (Scarlet Halls). Enter the room, kill Flameweaver Koegler. On the left side of the room find the table with the 3-pronged candelabra. The volume is on the bench between the table and the bookshelf.
(12) Karazhan, Deadwind Pass (Take the portal to Karazhan in the Chamber of the Guardian) After killing The Curator, head down the ramp until you enter the Guardian’s Library. Instead of taking the ramp here to the left, jump off to the right and head into the side alcove that is immediately there. In the alcove, there will be 3 bookshelves at the very end (far wall) of the alcove, with a purple book tapestry (wall hanging) above them. On the bottom shelf of the leftmost bookshelf is the volume (See map).

HolyHidden Effect:Hidden Appearance:Staff of the Lightborn

This appearance is created by fusing together Crest of the Lightborn (a drop from Hyrja) and Rod of the Ascended which requires Valarjar Exalted.

ShadowHidden Effect:periodically whisperHidden Appearance:Claw of N'Zoth

Claw of N'Zoth drops from Il'gynoth in The Emerald Nightmare.

Rogue AssassinationHidden Effect:Hidden Appearance:The Cypher of Broken BoneOutlawHidden Effect:Taste of BloodHidden Appearance:Emanation of the Winds

The two Bindings required for this appearance drop in Neltharion's Lair and Vault of the Wardens and require Artifact Knowledge 5.

SubtletyHidden Effect:Hidden Appearance:Tome of Otherworldly Venoms

Within the Uncrowned Vault, you can find a Satchel of Keys, apparently visible on a pillar within the vault. This contains Key to the Palace of Lei Shen (reportedly multiple keys).

Speak to Taoshi at the bottom level of the Order Hall to start the Troves of the Thunder King scenario. 1 Key to the Palace of Lei Shen is required for each attempt of this scenario.

This is the exact same scenario that was available during Mists of Pandaria.

Burial Trove KeyBurial Trove Key

Golden Treasure Chest (Large Treasure Chests) – 20% drop rate

Mogu Treasure Chest (Small Treasure Chests) – 12% drop rate

Dropped by Skumblade Pillager who will spawn from treasure chests in the second room. When spawning, they will stun you and attempt to escape before being killed. Pre-emptive CC (e.g. Frost Rune Trap, which can be purchased in the initial preparation room of the scenario for Elder Charm of Good Fortune) can ensure he doesn’t get too far away. 100% drop rate for Burial Trove Key.

Dropped by God-Hulk Gulkan at the very end of the scenario (if you reach there before time is up). 100% drop rate for Burial Trove Key.

Rewarded by Tenwu of the Red Smoke at the very end of the scenario. If you reach him before the timer is up and speak to him to end the scenario, you get an extra Burial Trove Key.

Burial Trove KeyLei Shen's Burial Troveafter completing the scenarioTome of Otherworldly VenomsShamanElementalHidden Effect:Hidden Appearance:Lost Codex of the Amani

This is a drop from Underbelly rares which requires at least Artifact Knowledge 4.

EnhancementHidden Appearance:The Warmace of Shirvallah

The Warmace of Shirvallah is a drop from Broken Isles world bosses Flotsam and Levantus.

See our guide on Broken Isles World Bosses here.

The Warmace of ShirvallahRestorationHidden Effect:Hidden Appearance:Coil of the Drowned Queen

Coil of the Drowned Queen drops from mobs and bosses in Eye of Azshara.

WarlockAfflictionHidden Effect:Reap SoulsHidden Appearance:Essence of the Executioner

First, you need Grimoire of the First Necrolyte, which is a drop from Eredar Supplicants in Faronaar, Azsuna (west of Illidari Stand).

Next, you can begin the quest – The Grimoire of the First Necrolyte. This quest requires that you obtain 13 Skull of the Executed from “powerful champions” in the Broken Isles – namely the mobs that you kill for the Rare Elite World Quests (marked with a Blue Dragon on your Order Hall map). These elites typically require 3-5+ people to kill.

Once you have obtained the 13 skulls, which may take a number of days, you use them at the Executioner's Altar in Deadwind Pass to summon Sataiel. She drops Essence of the Executioner when defeated.

DemonologyHidden Effect:Hidden Appearance:Visage of the First Wakener

Players must first hit Artifact Knowledge 5, and then kill Eredar to loot these heads in the following order: Damaged Eredar Head, Deformed Eredar Head, Malformed Eredar Head, Deficient Eredar Head, Nearly Satisfactory Eredar Head, Visage of the First Wakener. This can drop on Argus.

Full details in Esinar's comment

DestructionHidden Effect:Hidden Appearance:The Burning Jewel of Sargeras

Select Demonic Offering.

The boss that is summoned by that Ritual of Doom has a chance to drop The Burning Jewel of Sargeras.

WarriorArmsHidden Effect:Surrounded by Trolls!Hidden Appearance:The Arcanite Bladebreaker

The Arcanite Bladebreaker is a reward from Secrets of the Axes.

This quest has a daily chance to spawn in the Warrior Order Hall.

FuryHidden Effect:Gaze of the Val'kyrHidden Appearance:The Dragonslayers

Acquire The Dragonslayers by fusing together Haft of the God-King from God-King Skovald, Skull of Shar'thos from Shar'thos, and Skull of Nithogg from Nithogg

You must be Exalted with Valarjar for the drops.

ProtectionHidden Appearance:Burning Plate of the Worldbreaker

Run the following script and if it returns true, the hidden skin 'event' will trigger for you:
/run print(IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44311))

Burning Plate of the Worldbreaker was found on the ground in the treasure piles in the upper level of Neltharion's Vault (not Lair) in Highmountain.

Comments

Comment by JasperKazai

Might be considered part of the hidden effect of Felo'melorn - occasionally, the corpses of mobs you kill will be charred black and smoldering.

Comment by donovan4893

If you go to the Ret Pallys hidden appearance item on the official website here http://us.battle.net/wow/en/item/139566 you see its awarded by a quest relating to the Ebon Blade however the quest isn't in wowheads database.

Comment by Kalrell

Soulblade - When it is active, either Bolvar Fordragon, Arthas Menethil, or Ner'zhul will appear and grant an effect. The effect varies based on who appears, but this includes restoring runic power, and restoring depleted runes. This effect was active in Alpha but has not been seen for a while, so it is possible that it was removed.

This was indeed removed.
Originally all artifacts had a passive effect on the weapon Equip: effect and a button that you unlock with the first point you spend in the weapon.
The souls of the lich king was Frost's passive effect, procing Ner'zhul would give 50 runic power, Arthas would give a rune and Bolvar would just do some damage.

In the middle of Alpha they went over every spec and removed these passive Equip: effects for everybody and redesigned and merged a lot of them with the active artifact button, designs much closer to what will go live next week.

Frost's "Hidden Artifact effect" is much less hidden than most, if you stand still ice forms under you and a cracking noise is heard when you move. Similar to the Restoration shaman effect mentioned above.

Also similar to Fire Mage artifact, a ghost of Arthas can be found in most (maybe all?) of the broken isles zones who gives Artifact Power when you talk to him.

Comment by AbiyBattleSpell

man blizz confused the frost artifact with the unholy one it look so much better on us

Comment by solitha

Interesting how some are simple cosmetic effects, while others are combat assists in some way.

Comment by Soeroah

This is probably an obvious answer but; the "complete 100 dungeons" triggers, does that require only Legion dungeons, or can it be older dungeons?

Also, any clues on which ones are account-wide? I'm sure the Glory of the Legion Hero one is but I'm not sure about the other achievement-based appearances.

Comment by TurtleBlue

Ok guys thanks for the guide, this is nice. One question. So far each appearance unlocked is for each and every specs. What about the hidden one? Basically if I get the hidden appearance for arcane artifact, does that also unlock the one for fire artifact, or do I have to get it anyway?

Comment by 317714

I can't believe Outlaw of all specs basically gets THUNDERFURY. Whaaaat? Doesn't seem very pirate-like to me.

Comment by stpaul

So some specs get speed increase, bigger XP gains, more AP drops, 8sec self-ress and others idle animations and pointless whispers? Sounds like great design.

Comment by Ghostile

Vengeance Artifacts are so ugly I feel like crying :(

Comment by Sapphirine

Ok, I love how BM and MM hunters are the only specs that have to BUY their hidden. No cool quests...8k gold for the BM hidden?

Comment by blissfire

Oh lord, the Feral owlcat. Welp, I know what my druid is doing asap. So bizarre, so adorable, so beaky.

Comment by robcurco1723

Do you need to be that specific specialization to get the hidden appearance to drop? Such as if you're a brew master monk doing the withered scenario (since generally tanking is the easiest way to handle it) will it still be able to drop the WW hidden appearance?

Comment by Warstain

Really? Arms Wars weapon fears trolls? Are there even any damn trolls on the BI's? So lame

Comment by Leviatharan

It seems that "Apocalyptic Deathblade" is in fact a spell that Ariden can cast during your fight against him, and not a hidden Execute effect like I once thought. (Pity that.)

According to a few posters on reddit, Apocalypse leaves some corpses diseased and fly-ridden, similar to the effect of Felo'melorn. Additionally, I've seen commentary from citizens and guards in Dalaran, the Temple of Elune in Val'sharah, and the Azurewing Repose in Azsuna about the weapon's "aura of disease and death".
Similarly, the Blades of the Fallen Prince emit an ice patch when you stand still. Neither appears to have a combat enhancement.

Comment by manofthelaw3

So through the entirety of the beta, no one managed to get the paladin or warlock's hidden appearances?

Comment by Jornak

idk if anyone mentioned it before but I'm fairly certain that a hidden effect of the Frost DK artifact is, that it enables you to see the "Memory of Arthas" as a special rare spawn throughout the broken isles. If you click him, he says some lines and then grants some artifact power to the blades.

For example, I found him
right in the room where you meet Mayla Highmountain, behind a statue. When I clicked him, he told me that I'm still a pawn of the Lich King and only exist by his whim.

Comment by borek921

Does everything really need to be datamined? There is no place for discovery or surprise left in this game...

Comment by Jevnaker

i would rather have had the oppurtunity to gain the original ashbringer corrupted look than the ones they have there.

Comment by Ghostile

Vengeance DH artifact skins still make me cry... First weapons, without the chance of transmogging them into good looking fist weapons...

Comment by Extremedark

Forgot to mention that when you equip the Warrior fury blades some npcs on stormheim will comment on it, also helya will make a comment about it (related to how you got it ;)) when you get to helheim

Comment by kafedzis

AGAIN...hunters are geting so nice things that they even have to pay for them to get them...and not only 3g or 10g ....8k this weapon that becomes bow is so beautifull it will look even more bad than thas dorah on my troll hunter. thanks developers...next time get me to draw one of thoes "hunter weapons" i just may do better job than just remodeling an egiststing skin :D...

Comment by Lorux

So, over the last few days I have noticed that Doomhammer sometimes goes transparent.
Which could be a hidden effect.

Screenshot:
http://imgur.com/a/yjbra

Has anyone else seen similar effects as Enhancement?

Comment by buffagor

I wondered why that eagle appeared to help when I was low on health.

I was passing through a town in Highmountain when a Highmountain Tauren said something to me about me holding Talonstrike. I have not officially started questing in the zone though, so there may be more interaction there.

Comment by Nirryti

Assassination's weapon sometimes pops a dialogue with repair vendor in Valdisdall in Stormheim - u borrow him weapon and he gives you 50 AP.

Enhancement's weapon can spawn elemental rares in zones: my friend spawned earth elemental 3 times - simply kill, air elemental will have a special event for u where u need to dodge whirlwinds, if u fail he gets mad and start to attack u, but if u succeed he will give u AP, I think he also spawned a fire elemental but im not sure. All elementals give AP

Comment by kittyanya

For Woolmancer, Chattbot on Mmo-Champion posted a list of neutral wooly animals across Broken Isles you sheep to get a Volatile Sheep to chat box with you and say ...

Quoted:
When you sheep a certain type of mob for the first time a volatile sheep appears and talk to you by saying "...", there is one in each zone, it's most likely the first step to unlocking the hidden artifact
The types are as follow:
-Cliffwing Hippogryph in Azsuna
-Shieldscar Doe in Suramar
-Wild Dreamrunner in Val'sharah
-Highlands Runehorn Calf in Stormheim
-Highpeak Goat in Highmountains
After doing all of these nothing happens, there must be something more to it

Source:
http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/2060222-Arcane-Mage-Hidden-Artifact-Weapon-clue

I checked and it does happen, but we're still working on what the next step is.

Comment by 1632155

I have noticed 2 additional things with the Restoration Druid staff G'Hanir. If you run by Applebough in Dalaran he throws you a Laden Apple. Also I have noticed if I go AFK a patch of flowers appear under my feet and do not disappear until I move, move being rotating in place or actually taking a step.

Comment by 1167871

There are some champions across the Broken Isles, like Brulf the Heavy, who will admire your Kingslayers for a brief moment and give you 50 artifact power in exchange.

Comment by Asylumsaint

The holy paladin thing isn't entirely true.

"Might of the Silverhand" can happen with any of the Artifact weapons. I just had it happen to me and I've yet to unlock the hidden artifact!

Comment by EmberDione

I know the warlock affliction weapon does a thing that when you kill a mob, it's ghost pops back up and wanders around.

Comment by 1616618

I just found out that Brewmaster Monk with his artifact sings some songs when he is completily smashed, that's probably important and could be a hidden effect of the artifact :)

Comment by Andydawg1

Not knowing what the Guardian Druid hidden ability is really bugging me!

All I can think of is that the weapon is always unsheathed, so maybe it's that? If so, how lame.

Comment by Sabinno

Beast Master hidden Effect:

Hati gains a new ability. He makes lightning drop from the sky in a small area in front of him for a short duration. It does just a little bit of damage but the effect is quite cool.

Comment by TurtleBlue

Has anyone unlocked a hidden appearance yet? (Thinking about the easy ones like disc priest). Just so we know if they are available or not

Comment by Darkr3nder

Does anyone know how to track progress of the other 3 skins for hidden artifacts? Such as 100 dungeons completed or 1000 players killed?

Comment by Eonarion

After talking to someone on the EU forums he believed the Guardian Hidden effect might be attracting critters to you, I have still to test this, but hey, its something

Comment by Railander

I think the Destruction Artifact hidden effect is summoning mini Infermals with melee attacks, as can be seen from this beta footage.
I can't seem to reproduce the effect as of now so it probably requires you to have unlocked the hidden appearance, or maybe obtained the Infernal golden trait.

Comment by vindurza

I really hope we figure out where the thunderfury skin comes from me and my fellow rogues have died in many unfortunate places chasing it

Comment by 321944

Corrupted Ashbringer has been discovered by combining both Nat Pagle's Guide to Extreme Anglin' (fished or looted from players in AV) and A Thoroughly Read Copy of "Nat Pagle's Guide (found in DM) to make "A Complete Copy of "Nat Pagle's Guide to Extreme Anglin'."

You also must have at least 10 AF knowledge to trigger the event in your order hall.

Ref: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20749117095

Comment by 1689833

Hi, i just want a clarification about the hidden artifact weapon appearance of the windwalker monk! The "final" chest is the one after every completion of the withered army world quest that depends on the score (i think) or when you finaly reach the end of the scenario you get this appearance? Thanks!

Comment by Samakoto

Wondering if it is both specs or just vengeance. But I only noticed it while tanking on my demon hunter. When I'm fighting demons at least that's when I notice it I will randomly get a buff called demon souls or something like that. It increases all my dmg by 20% for I don't remember how long. Could this be the vengeance artifact hidden ability? Or does this proc for havoc too?

Comment by evlen1291

It seems that I had found a way to unlock hidden apearances without finding the secret thingy thap opens them up.
What do you need to do:
1) Unlock secret appearence for any of your artifact.
2) Unlock their new color (do 200 local quests for an example)
3) Use your forge in a spec with unlocked artifact
4) Press SHIFT+RMB on any other artifact in your bag
5) You can choose recolor of the hidden look.

P.S. You NEED to do it in a spec that has unlocked hidden apearence.
P.P.S. This really seems like a bug, but when I hover over recolor it says that "To unlock you need to do 200 locals using artifact with a hidden appearence"

This opens up new looks for all of your artifacts.
Here is a proof of it - http://imgur.com/IzXjJoj I`m wielding third recolor of hidden Unholy`s artifact though it`s locked from me
Here you can see that initial recolor is still locked - http://imgur.com/hGcJUF1

Comment by Nikeru

I believe I've found hidden effect of Enhancement Shaman's artifact, It's similar to Balance Druid's effect, in Broken Isles region (so far I've found only in Stormheim) are oppressed elementals, they are visible on minimap with a rare mob star, as Enh shaman you can walk up to them and talk, if you choose so, you can help them, that will involve fighting with mobs which then rewards some AP.

Comment by mads535i

It seems like when you're in void form as a shadow priest and try to talk you talk in a kind of "old god-language". Could this be one of the hidden effects?

Comment by Kyeoss

Having the hidden appearance selected and then xmog'ing over it will still allow you to recieve credit for unlocking other tints. Did this today and was a question running through my mind the whole time. Hope this helps someone.

Comment by Koukoutsapol

For Discipline Priest: Just spoke with Archivist Inkforge after reaching Artifact Knowledge 4, and it starts the whole "quest". He gave me "The Annals of Light and Shadow" and asked me to recover all the tomes.

Comment by 1615008

People are reporting that the Assassination hidden skin is dropping from rares in the underbelly after reaching AK knowledge 4

Comment by douggie

For vengeance i can't get dazed when i'm mounted.

This is purely speculation but this is what i noticed.

Comment by Browden

As a tank DH I was using my artifact(ofc) when killing the daily in the order hall , fire-something -someone... And while killing I got a sudden buff called "siphoned soul" gave me 6% increased agility for about 8(?) seconds

Comment by permeus

really blizz your making us do AV to get Nat Pagle's Guide to Extreme Anglin i mean i like the fact that your making the joke but STOP putting PVE content in PVP zones you just upset both sides.

Comment by GrimCrow

I think, that shaman hidden weapon effect is Stormlash. In dungeon im chaining lightings at allies(i think max 2 players at same time) and they get bonus nature damage.

Comment by Tingle

The Subtlety weapon hidden skill is a mundane, but useful one. It lets you channel things while in stealth. Hearthstone, mounting up, etc., all can be done without leaving stealth. I've been enjoying it a lot when I'm running around solo.

Comment by LucidOblivion

I'm unsure if anyone else noticed this, but Titan's Reach changes the appearance of the Hunter's auto attack into an electric arrow. Wether this has any auxiliary effects or is simply cosmetic, I'm not sure.

Comment by HarkenRebirth

There is one thing that bother me a bit. If you are lets say mainly Elemental and want to get the Resto artifact item, is it enough to put yourself in Resto Loot Specialisation or do you actualy need to activatre that spec and have the artifact one for it to drop. Cus i would like to get the diferent look for later.

Comment by Dialout

Seriously bugging me what Assassination's hidden effect is. The random NPC's acknowledging my weapons and granting me a small AP boost has happened to me with all 3 specs so I'm reluctant to believe that is what it is. However, if that's the case... it's pretty lame... not very "flavorful" considering some of the other passive effects are downright awesome, like the Marks bow granting a constant speed buff (sooooo nice).

I keep checking my combat logs and stuff to see if anything unusual pops up but no luck. I want to knowwwww 😢

Comment by mooneater72

sometimes when i'm doing damage with holy nova on my holy priest it becomes empowered and deal extra damage. that can be holy priest artifact hidden treat!

Comment by 1708200

Not sure if it's been said yet, but it's not in the article. With doomhammer, I've found that there are earth shrines around the broken isles that have a torrmented earth spirit. You click on the spirit and either the mobs that are tormenting the spirit spawn, or a corrupted version of the spirit spawns. Either way, you kill them, the earth spirit is released, it thanks you and gives you 50 AP

Comment by ballen95

At least a portion of the Hidden for Doomhammer is occasionally triggering speech from Orgrimmar guards. "Is that really the Doomhammer, <name>? Is Thrall alive?"

Comment by TheScrane

My friend just got the hidden appearance for Havoc Demon Hunter. He just hit Artifact Knowledge level 5 and killed Downfall. And it dropped. No need to farm the charm. Proof

Comment by Qulinez

In order to loot the item for Havoc DH specc, you'll need to complete Artifact Research 5, then you will get the item drop from killing mobs while doing WQ in Suramar :) Been farming it for ages not a single drop, after getting AK5 it dropped instantly. Also heard that you can just engage Downfall after completing AK5 and still get the hidden artifact drop.. I have not tried it, so can't confirm.

Comment by xhlb69x

I guess this means I'm bringing back my demo warlock. I'd love to have the twisted face of a Draenei head floating next to my Horde alt.

Comment by Dialout

Is anybody able to confirm whether or not transmogging over a hidden appearance negates gaining any progress towards unlocking the remaining variations? Or does it still count as the "active" appearance?

I love the Cypher's appearance but it doesn't match my transmog lololol..

Comment by Metallyzed

Ok, to obtain Haft of the God-King from the king on normal, hero or mythic?

This dropped for me off Skovald tonight. My Fury artifact is at 21 points spent and I have Valarjar Exalted rep. The Exalted rep may be the key to getting these to drop, as many people were not able to loot the Skull of Nithogg and my rep seemed to be the only differentiating factor.

And maybe the reputation its the key to get that.

Comment by angelist

/run AddTrackedAchievement(11152)
/run AddTrackedAchievement(11153)
/run AddTrackedAchievement(11154)

Those add the trackers for each of the colour variations, the same way you track achievements, so that you can see how far along you are.
The dungeon one is a little hard to read though.

Comment by ReddeSpectre

Just speculation here, nothing really to back it up. But could the Destro Warlock Hidden passive be the variety of Portals Summoned by the Artifact ability? Or is that just an intended feature of the ability? It seems to be randomly choosing between portals that Use Chaos Bolt, Chaos Barrage and Shadow Bolt.

If that's not the case, the staff is linked to Ner'zhul and the destruction of the Non-WoD timeline Draenor, has anyone tried carrying it to him in Draenor, or poking around Outlands with it?

Comment by NinjaEaglee

can you add to the affliction warlock hidden look that you also requires at least Artifact Knowledge Level 5 to get it from eredar supplicants :D

Comment by FreeZeMaN55

I got Everburning Crystal for Frost Mage once I reached level 4 artifact knowledge, not sure if that's a requirement but like most of the other appearances I bet it is.

Comment by soulsuck

for the havoc demon hunter skin, go talk to Candrael on the hill above Fel Soul and she will have a dialogue box once you're Artifact Knowledge is at level 5. She will punt you into Downfall the mob and you kill him. Do Not try and glide into him because you will just be wasting your time since he won't be lootable that way!

http://imgur.com/hceFaAG

Comment by zalkanov

The havoc warglaives seem to yell something out occasionally when fighting.

Comment by Bearc1458

Hey guys, I just got the Guise of the Deathwalker, You need to have Artifact Knowledge Rank 5 in order for the Appearance to drop off Downfall. And you don't have to get the Candrael's Charm to get to him, you can go up to the top of the Mountains of Highmountain near the Neltharion's Lair dungeon (Take the Flight point to Thunder Totem and go up to Snowblind mesa and take a right, going up the mountain near said dungeon and going up to the top, the mobs will ignore you if you stay near the edge of the peak, just make sure to open the map and use the Suramar map since you will appear on it) and glide down, it'll save you some time. I hope this helps out fellow Demon Hunters!

Comment by TurtleBlue

The Stars Design (fire mage hidden weapon) drops from nightborn (suramar dungeons and outside NPC) once you've reached artifact knowledge 5

Comment by seamore

Updated macros to track hidden skin variants, since the dungeons are tracked separately I have grouped them into 3 macros, just have to add up the 3 results for your total.

To Track WQ's and Kills:

/run local _,_,_,c, d = GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(11153,1) local _,_,_,e, f = GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(11154,1) print("WQs: "..c.."/"..d) print("Kills: "..e.."/"..f)

and for dungeons all dungeons: (3 macros)

/run local _,_,_,a, b = GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(11152,1) local _,_,_,c, d = GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(11152,2) local _,_,_,e, f = GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(11152,3) local _,_,_,g, h = GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(11152,4) print("Dungeons: "..a+c+e+g)

/run local _,_,_,a, b = GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(11152,5) local _,_,_,c, d = GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(11152,6) local _,_,_,e, f = GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(11152,7) local _,_,_,g, h = GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(11152,8) print("+"..a+c+e+g)

/run local _,_,_,a, b = GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(11152,9) local _,_,_,c, d = GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(11152,10) local _,_,_,e, f = GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(11152,11) print("+"..a+c+e.."/100")

Comment by Sincaster

I would like to confirm that if you get a new colour variation for one of your hidden artifacts, the same colour varition is then unlocked across all artifacts. I have red both on my veng and havoc spec artifacts without needing to get the 1k kill for havoc.

Comment by sbensen

How about a reskin of the Anathema staff to apply to the appearance of my dopey shadow priest dagger please? >.<

Comment by 1615008

~~It appears as though~~ Bindings of the Windlord is dropping for players who are exalted with Highmountain in Neltharion's Lair (It's not confirmed whether or not AK is also related to the drop, and it may not be a 100% drop rate)

Presumably the right half will drop from Ash'Golm in Vault of the Wardens upon reaching exalted with The Wardens however that is yet to be confirmed

EDIT

The player who is thought to have first received the binding from Neltharion's lair has provided more screenshots, safe to say that at the very least the Left Binding is CONFIRMED, upon getting the binding he visited Thrymjaris in Stormheim and began Bindings of the Windlord

Comment by Squizzle

Regarding Havoc Demon Hunter:

1. U can just use a goblin glider to fly from dalaran to the mob and kill it that way without the item drop before.

2. I killed the Mob with Artifact Knowledge Lv 4 and the Hidden Artifact didnt drop so i opened a ticket. The GM replied that u need to have Artifact Knowledge Level 5 to drop the hidden skin

Comment by 1700663

Guys, I created another set of videos showing the location of every rare mob in Legion/Broken Isles that drop artifact power items through this playlist with Coordinates and instructions on how to implement them through the handynotes addon: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TR-sUFJyAxsPoKdvyB1pNnLJdzJ0URQ I hope these videos help you guys!

Comment by Styxberry

My friendo just got the Grimoire drop for Affliction from Eredar south of the Felbane camp FP, in highmountain.

Seems that they don't -only- drop in Azsuna, but I'll investigate further.

Comment by Manath

Speculation on Vengeance Demon hunter hidden effect.

At times when mobs are near death I see green spell effects go into the enemy. Have tried it a bunch and noticed that both my abilities don't look like that, and that spell effect only happened on mobs on 10% or less hp.

Comment by sonalita

For fire Mage:
talking to the elven blacksmith in Dalaran yields a unique dialogue which rewards artifact power.

You don't need hidden appearance for this, you can do this as soon as you get the base artifact at level 100.

Comment by ZIGMER

For those that have a hidden appearance for one of the weapons, Here's how to track your hidden artifact appearance color variants through achievement progress:

/run AddTrackedAchievement(11152) - Complete 30 dungeons using a hidden artifact appearance. (This achievement does not display correctly)
/run AddTrackedAchievement(11153) - Complete 200 world quests using a hidden artifact appearance.
/run AddTrackedAchievement(11154) - Kill 1,000 players using a hidden artifact appearance.

Check all your hidden artifact appearance progress using this script
/run local q,x,_,a,b = GetAchievementCriteriaInfo,0 for i=1,11 do _,_,_,a,b = q(11152,i) x=a end local _,_,_,c,d = q(11153,1) local _,_,_,e,f = q(11154,1) print("Dungeons: "..x.."/"..b) print("WQs: "..c.."/"..d) print("Kills: "..e.."/"..f)

Note: Completing any of these achievements will complete them for all your other specializations on that character, regardless of having unlocked the consumable items for your other specs.
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The correct achievement ID's were shared by hamza1306 on the WoW subreddit - source
The script was shared by MMOSimca on the same topic on WoW's subreddit - source

Comment by 707511

For discipline priests:

As has been suggested under the "Writings of the End" item, you have to be at artifact knowledge 4, and then you seemingly have to speak to Archivist Inkforge to obtain the first book to start you off.

He has a bit of dialogue, follow it and you get the book.

Comment by Xzenowulf

Retribution
Hidden Effect: Ashbringer - The Ashbringer has a chance to instantly destroy any lesser demon or undead creatures.

Demonology
Hidden Effect: The skull will periodically whisper to you - depending on zone, spell cast, or target killed, this whisper changes.

Why do I feel like some weapons "hidden effects" are really lame compared to others...? (examples above: ret-awesome.. demo- lame.... i mean, its nice it talks and all but... thats it?)

Comment by The1Squall

So, I think I figured out what the Destruction Warlock's Artifact ability is. I was going through Suramar and I found that the mobs that would expose you from your disguise had a red "eye" above the blue one, and it could be seen through terrain as shown in these two screen caps.

http://puu.sh/rsqeh/3129c0dff6.jpg

http://puu.sh/rsq1p/53cc3ea6b5.jpg

I could be mistaken but thats just my two sense worth

Comment by Skaferret

For Havoc on Demon Hunter, you have to have an artifact knowledge level 5 minimum for the charm to drop.

Comment by Tragicomical

Issue with the Edict of the Watchers being looted in just Azsuna, I ran the Arcway and got the hidden appearance for The Silver Hand on a trash demon, either a Wrathguard or Fel Lord I believe.

Comment by TamiayTheGnome

In addition to Fires "special effect" You can get another 50 artifact points from Aszuna, the blood elf Reliquary tents up the road from the Illidari Stand.

Comment by frankport88

How Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros wasn't chosen as an enhancement hidden artifact weapon is beyond me...I mean it only belongs to a damn elemental lord.

Comment by srobins6

Outlaw hidden gives you ability to track treasure like its a resource akin to tracking herbs or ore

Comment by Kitslinn

Possible that the holy priest hidden effect is related to this, hadn't seen it mentioned yet:
Lady Challiane at Challiance's Terrace will comment on your weapon saying "Ohhh... do you feel that? A warmth in the air? A great light shines from within this strange priest's staff..."
I haven't seen any other NPCs that comment on the weapon yet.

Comment by superXdrake

Wanted to add that the elemental artifact weapon appearance is also unlocked from large chests when pvp is enabled. If you could add that i think it would help a lot of people out. if they perfer the pvp aspect of the underbelly over the pve one.

Comment by rowaasr13

Fire mage artifact have "lend" dialogue too. I've seen one with Reliquary elf in Aszuna.

Comment by SOTWITCHGAMING

Got a guide for Corrupted Ashbringer ! Retribution Paladin Hidden Artifact Appearance!
On my YouTube / SofyaOrlena

Comment by gunsotsu

A lot of these seem like nonsense. Looting totally unrelated items to start quests which send you apparently to class restricted zones then running around drunk polymorphic random things to spawn explosive critters...

I'm sry but what drugs are you on.

I challenge you to prove a paladin can get into archerus.

Actually prove your findings. Peove a lot of the steps actually mattered. Cuz I'm sry, 99% of the hidden appearances are just edrops from mobs or bosses in legion..

The woolomancer corrupted ash and a few others just seem like a bunch of trollish nonsense with no proof any of the steps taken were remotely related to final result..

I call bull.

Comment by D4rk3l3m3nt

While playing demontechnology warlock the artifact made also my demon speak. Seems my voidwalker does not like Highmountain at all :-)

Comment by PziCrow

Do you have to be in a specific specc to loot the item for the weapons?
Like, If I'm on my druid, do I have to be in Guardian specc to loot the item for the hidden bear form weapon, or can I be in whatever specc I wan't?

Comment by tenchi1981

resto shaman can talk to the murloc morgi the oracle to occasionally gain 50 artifact power in the order hall

Comment by Poppleop

Per a comment I stumble upon in The Bonereaper's Hook from Windcrawler (whom seems to have stumbled across it form somewhere else).

Seems Putricide's sectret lab is indeed the correct method, ~~and the journal for accessing it comes from Court of Stars (2nd boss)~~, though this will need to be tested. I think it's safe to assume it is gated behind AK6 like some other appearances have been, and maybe even reputation with nightfallen. But considering how fresh this info seems, barring that you get it from Putricide's secret lab the rest is relatively speculative.

Edit1: Windcrawler passed on his source, (the massive mmo champion thread) - and seems it is legit. AK6 seems likely, potentially revered nightfallen, maybe having to make an abomination

Edit2: Army of the Dead seems to be the key, not CoS. should look for something in chat along the lines of

Army of the dead: "Why have I been brought back to fight for you?"

and then look for the book on the around - then go to Putricide and take a little look-see at his secret lab.

Comment by Ally4life

Can someone explain to me in a easier way how to get item for the bonereaper hook aka unholy dk

Comment by Ally4life

Can someone explain to me in a easier way how to get item for the bonereaper hook aka unholy dk

Comment by likwidd

There's plenty of macros out there, this updates Kamikaze28's to include the artifact icon and spaced output with 3 chars to spare:

#show 16
/run local a,x,g,b,y=0,11152,GetAchievementCriteriaInfo;for i=1,11,1 do _,_,_,y,b=g(x,i);a=a+y;end;print("Dungeons: "..a.."/"..b);_,_,_,a,b=g(x+1,1);print("WQs : "..a.."/"..b);_,_,_,a,b=g(x+2,1);print("Kills : "..a.."/"..b);

Comment by Aminiriirai

Can anyone actually provide a source on the Brewmaster hidden passive? I've gotten in game drunk plenty of times, and never had anything "extra" to say. I would like to suggest adding the new Brewmaster-artifact-only weapon drawn pose though, where you hold the staff on your shoulder even during combat. That could be all Brewmaster gets for their hidden passive for all I know, as it's all I've been able to find.

Comment by Nawin04

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq8OXKJ8x5o A vid how the Unholy dk Artifact 'Questline' is. (without the hours and hours of struggle before)

Comment by talosdarkvein

Has anyone tried going into the Vault of the Wardens with the Bulwark of the Iron Warden and seeing if it triggers an event?

Comment by Morrok

/sigh....again with this bull@#$% you give one class something easy meanwhile people are working every day to go out and get this *!@# in zones they cant stand. "oh we dont force you guys to do stuff that you like.". then why am i constantly having to do ^&*! in this game that i completely and utterly hate, just because you have a few people saying oooh i love this oooo i love that dont mean that everyone will im tired of having to waste time having to do stuff i hate in zones i dont like while other people fork over gold or go /sit in front of something and get @#$% handed to them.

Comment by davish

Prot Warrior Hidden effect seems to be a spear of light, like the ones Odyn does in Halls of valor. Can not confirm this but i keep seeing spears of light pop up under my targets feet.

Comment by Voldanar

I found that a Night Elf named Gravin Slight in Stormhiem near the Wreckage of the Skyfire where you get the Crystal Oscillator for the quest See Ya Later, Oscillator. He gives a small amount a AP after holding them a moment.

Comment by 1713827

in regards to the disc priest hidden artifact skin

I have struggled for 2 weeks to get this done!
Here are some information that i can share after all of the mess i went through.

Artifact Knowledge =4
Some books have re-spawn timer.
The "quest chain" starts by talking to the dwarf on the bench in the class order hall.
If you "START" this hidden skin chain make sure you "FINISH IT" within the week!
There is a hidden weekly reset on some of the books, even if you have them in bag, you actually don't!
If you went through the hidden weekly reset, then go back to the dwarf on the bench in the class order hall to re-start it.
Under no circumstance delete or throw away some of the books because then the quest chain might become broken.

Below is a more "ACCURATE" list of the numerical order of each volume and the corresponding "hidden" quest IDs
The script will tell you (true) or (false) if you are okay on the book or not.

Dalaran - The Violet Citadel
/script print(IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44339))
Class Order Hall - Juvess the Duskwhisperer
/script print(IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44340))
Northrend - New Hearthglen
/script print(IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44341))
START - Class Order Hall - Archivist Inkforge
/script print(IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44342))
Scholomance - Chillheart's Room - Dungeon
/script print(IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44343))
Class Order Hall - Meridelle Lightspark
/script print(IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44344))
Scarlet Halls - The Flameweaver's library - Dungeon
/script print(IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44345))
Azsuna - Chief Bitterbrine Azsuna - Rare
/script print(IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44346))
Suramar - Artificer Lothaire - Rare
/script print(IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44347))
Black Rook Hold - Library after First Boss - Dungeon
/script print(IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44348))
Karazhan - Guardian's Library - Dungeon
/script print(IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44349))
Stormheim - Inquisitor Ernstonbok - Rare
/script print(IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44350))

Comment by Novikmet

Has anyone tried running Shadowmoon burialgrounds for Runes of the darkening. I mean Ner'zul was the first lich king, his magic in WoD was pretty dark. Also in WoD we saw Darion Mograine trieing to find something about Ner'zul... It might be a lead.

Comment by adtr28

In case anyone was wondering. If you complete the 100 Dungeons 200 World Quests or 1000 Player kills it counts for all specs so you do not need to do it again for each artifact appearance.

You can also mix specs so if you don't have an appearance for your DPS spec you can run around as heals and get 120 world quests out of the way and then finish the last 80 as DPS if you'd like.

Also for some reason you can farm 1000 player kills on Mythic Nythendra. I got my mages appearance just during progression on that fight. Not sure if this has been fix and I don't think that it was intended.

Comment by ThisIsSonor

Does mythic+ count towards the 100 completed dungeons?

Comment by Stomphoof

So I have an Enhancement Shaman. I have noticed that while playing him a tiny tornado will sometimes appear and bounce my non combat pet away. It also has a pair of tiny cows in it and a house.

It only seems to occur when I am on my Shaman and he is specced Enhancement. Could that be its hidden effect?

I do have Stormcaller Myra as my combat follower, as a note.

Comment by rxlsoul

Still the Unholy DK Artifact FACTS of how to get it need to be fixed properly as Army of the Dead has nothing to do with it what so ever

All you need is Artifact Knowledge 6 and cast Festering Strike and gain 8 stacks of on a target and cast Apocalypse which in turn gives 8 ghouls to fight for you with the chance of the book to drop

Comment by mrcoolt

So I just found a secondary hidden effect for the shadow priest artifact. It translates the dialogue of Old God creatures. I noticed in the New Violet Hold dungeon and confirmed it in the the Dragon Soul raid.

Comment by XBarbarian

just completed Demon Hunter by jumping from Ironhorn Enclave, and gliding to him.
no drop required. couldn't get to him flying from dalaran, tried several times. made me think they patched to require the drop, but no. flying from High Mountain, g2g.
had to unassign Bodyguard (was causing issues, glitching around me)

Comment by Donkzore

i play a guardian druid. i've been thinking why i don't ever get dazed anymore. but when i re-specced to boomkin i got dazed all the time. this made me think maybe this could be the hinden effect for the guardian artifact. anyone else been thinking of this ?

Comment by 1715622

Talonclaw's hidden effect is that you become an eagle spirit when dead, and gain the ability to fly. Tested multiple times just now, not once did it occur while in marks or BM, but happened every time in survival spec.

Comment by Gissella

I think the hidden effect for Havoc would be transparent warglaives...I've seen mine do that more than once now.

Comment by NEkrom4nT

Don't know if it isn't just updated, but while wearing Doomhammer I've encountered several Elemental Shrines across the Broken Isles. There is always somehow troubled elemental, you talk to him, defeat the adds and you gain 50 Aritfact Power for that.

Comment by fixitman

For the Feral Druid appearance, just using /sit in front of Ela'Lothen didn't work for me. I tried several spots in front of it, and it didn't work until I targeted Ela'Lothen and then used the /sit command. I got the achievement for this as soon as I tapped the enter key.

Comment by salaprita

Saw somebody whit arms hidden appearance today http://imgur.com/a/joB3q , wouldnt tell me how to get it unfortunatly

Comment by jtbdiablo

Anyone else got the problem that your Artifacts always transfer back to the standard appearance after a relog?
I got the hidden appearance for my prot and holy pally and everytime I relog, I'm back to the first model from the first row.
And yes, I really have these appearances, I'm not exploiting them with the bug ;-)

Comment by jamesseaver

I have found multiple stealthed rogues throughout Stormheim while questing that grant +50 AP while using the Kingslayers.

Comment by 1218546

Does anyone know a way to keep track of the progress to unlock the other 3 color tints of the hidden artefact appearance? Maybe an addon or a macro?

Comment by Lacrimamorti

For the Affliction hidden skin, once you loot the Grimoire of the First Acolyte and are collecting skulls, it will take you a little while. They can only be collected from humanoid mobs as part of the DANGER wardens quests which spawn randomly. I have put together a spreadsheet showing the mobs currently known to drop them or not drop them based on what I have killed and reports from others. This is publicly editable so if you have something to add, please feel free to contribute to it.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wOsCFHbAGZToEjV1d2t-kYh1ID6stCs_BzbsgK0UhmQ/edit#gid=0

Comment by yellowbiz

For the Feral artifact skin, when you go back to the Dreamway to /sit infront of Ela'Lothen you need to be in Cat form.

Comment by 1717935

I have made some experiences taking Felo'melon on a walk. Several elvish character will react to it. At the court of Farondis, Nar'thalas Nightwatcher said: "My liege! A strange mage approaches, and he/she bears the flaming blade of Nath'Remar Sunstrider." Also, not only the smith at Dalaran will want to see the weapon, but also Examiner Andoren Dawnrise, an NPC from The Reliquary located at the Reliquary camp in Aszuna. Presumably more will do so, too, and these are not the only hidden trait effects of the Sunstrider blade.

Comment by gair

Prot warrior here. My hidden artifact skin was actually in heroic neltharion's lair dungeon against a rock just to the right of the last boss. Got it last night while doing the wq for this dungeon.

Comment by pro100tehb

Yesterday i got hidden appearence for my VDH. Today we go to try myth Nythendra and we wipe a lot. I got 425 "honnor kills" in 2.5 hours (22 wipes). So there is no need go BG and farm. Just go raid :D

Comment by meganerd18

Hidden effect for Apocalypse is sometimes corpses will be surrounded by green plague and flies.

Comment by 1512559

Doomhammer hidden effect: I found that during pvp combat while using stormstrike, bodies that are close by are struck by a lightning bolt from the sky on every stormstrike use.

Comment by 274787

For the discipline priest quest, I would suggest for the Meridelle Lightspark volume you replace the text to say "To the left of her there are three shelves attached to the wall. On the right side of the bottom shelf is the volume."

Comment by crixybb

Dear Blizzard,

Not only did you nerf the Arcane mage, but you give us a damn pony stick for our hidden appearance? What did Arcane ever do to you? Look at the Fire mage appearance and then back to Arcane a few times.

What on Earth is your problem? :(

Comment by spartans11

This is for the vengeance demon hunter spec relic weapon, i have seen every so often some red orbs that fly in randomly from a direction, and nothing is there to use a spell like that. still trying to figure out what it does whether its a heal to us or damage to the enemy, i have had it happen both at the boss in the class hall and out in the world.

Comment by alexwladimir79

HI guys need help I get to go to Frost rigde but I I did get DC when I come back I cant see the NPC now the question I would be able to get the portal again or lose my chance for good

Comment by Devower12

i saw a guy on Silvermoon EU with the hidden frost dk appearance!

Comment by nuzzilla

Applebough tosses you an apple for having the G'Hanir equipped. You don't need the special hidden skin to get the apple food.

Comment by onynx

The DK Frost hidden appearance can be unlocked by completing the "200 world quest with a hidden artifact appearance". I used the blood hidden artifact appearance for all my world questing and the purple mog is what unlocked for me in frost.

Comment by HappyTheCow

The warrior arms hidden appearance is in the game now, go see the smith in the class hall beside the forge to get the quest

Comment by Ademptio

Update for Arms Warrior:

Copied from MMO-Champ.

The Arms Warrior hidden artifact appearance has been hotfixed in for US servers.

Talk to Master Smith Helgar in the Warrior Order Hall to start Secrets of the Axes
Talk to High Overlord Saurfang in Dalaran and then return to Master Smith Helgar.
Go and duel High Overlord Saurfang in the Warrior Order Hall.
Return to Master Smith Helgar and claim The Arcanite Bladebreaker

Due all this I still can't get Helgar to give me the option... I am Artifact Knowledge 11 and arms is weapon 21...

Feels like this whole warrior thing is busted... Been trying to get Prot skin everyday... And now Arms skin is beeing stupid too...

Comment by Garodin94

Warrior hidden for Arms is finally out. No requirement. You need to have the weapon, and Helgar will give you the quest.
You can update the "The exact nature of triggering this quest is unknown." to Helgar will give you an option to find an "Axe".
*****SOURCE*****
http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/2066048-Has-anybody-unlocked-the-The-Arcanite-Bladebreaker/page34

Comment by Cynthya

Many of you have also been asking about the hidden appearance for Frost Death Knights. We’ve been trying to avoid giving out too much in the way of spoilers for these, but as it’s now the last one to be discovered, we figured we might as well give you guys a hint. This appearance is tied to a particular world boss, which hasn’t spawned yet. Once that boss is available, we expect the appearance to be found pretty quickly.

It is highly likely that the Frost DK appearance is linked to The Soultakers WB, the appearance itself is called The Dark Runeblade and the item unlocking it are the Runes of the Darkening.

The Soultakers are a trio of vrykul sent by Helya to plunder to ancient crypts of the kings. Considering the Vrykul nature of the unlock item and the appearance itself, it is highly likely that the unlock item is a drop from the WB.
So now all Frost DKs will have to do is wait for the WB to become availible.

Comment by xface2face

Ever since I got my Twinblades of the Deceiver hidden appearance, I've been using a WeakAuras template to track my progress towards the different colors. Just yesterday I got the red tint (1000 PvP kills). When I equipped it, I did some world quests and my tracker didn't count any. Could this be a flaw in my tracker, or does it really not track with a different color of the hidden appearance equipped?

Comment by KarlMedG

Hidden Artifact for enhancement shamans is dropped by the world boss Flotsam. Flotsam is from the WQ "A Dark Tide"
I got it from first time and i don't know if its 100% or not but it feelt like it

Comment by fizlebang

Should an Alliance Enhancement Shaman enter Stormwind city with Doomhammer the guard will comment in it saying either:

"An Alliance champion wields the Doomhammer now? The end times must surely be upon us..."

"<Name> has the Doomhammer in hand. Glory to the Alliance!"

"It's good to see the Doomhammer in Alliance hands, <name>"

"The rumors are true. <name> wields the Doomhammer now!"

"The Doomhammer is here! Keep the city safe, <name>"

I believe this is the hidden effect (at least for Alliance) enhancement shamans, I'm not too sure about horde though.

Comment by HarkenRebirth

You know.. SOmething that im still curious about... But do you get these hidden apearences if you just change loot spec or do you actualy need to be in the spec for these drops to apear?

Comment by Emcredible

Okay so hidden artifacts, if you unlock a tint for the weapon it unlocks the tint on all hidden skins regardless if you have unlocked the OG hidden skin, you just have to use the tint you have unlocked, how awesome is this hoping it's not a bug

Comment by law5121

I so want arms warriors to get the dragonslayer from Manga/Anime Berserk that would be cosmic as balls https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MHZeWE7nx6c/hqdefault.jpg
http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire1/e48b83793151f3817ce424e71c8645901231197081_full.jpg
https://prealliance-blog-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/blog_upload/wp_content/uploads/2014/08/berserk.jpg

Comment by Stellavore

For enh shaman its possible the hidden power is access to events in the broken isles, there will be elementals called restless earth or raging winds, talking to them will start a mini-event that rewards artifact power upon completion.

Comment by briare

Thanks for the amazing guide!
Just a heads up though, for the resto druid artifact, Applebough was sharing his laden apples with me as soon as I got the basic artifact, looooooooong before I managed to get the hidden appearance.

Comment by Karldin

For Arcane Mage artifact, do you have to sheep those particular mobs every day or just once? Doesn't specify anywhere

Comment by larwon666

I saw frost death knight with hidden skin. Probably drops fron Shar'thos, which is current world boss on EU.

Comment by ninjalink99

i have learned that if you are a affliction lock, and use the soul inhaler on a soulless corpse, you get a soul out of it. even got proof.

Comment by Rybat117

Prot Warrior: Reach artifact level 5, relog repeatedly for ~5 minutes

Fury Warrior: Reach exalted with Valajar, combine 3 rare drops from bosses, two of which spawn every 11 weeks

Comment by JakkFrost

Excellent guide, thank you!

Comment by Ekrotus

I believe I have found out what the Hidden Effect for the Mistweaver Artifact is, and it's disappointing.

I'm a Mistweaver Monk main, have been since Monks were released, and so I cruised into Legion after the new changes, wondering what the hidden effect might be. Recently, I have started playing a Demonology Warlock main-alt for my Guild's Raid Group. We have another Mistweaver Monk, and I noticed that the "mist clouds" that appear around the nearby area that count as the stacks for your next Sheilun Cast are actually ONLY visible to the MW Monk! This is exactly similar to the Affliction Warlock's Ulthalesh, whereas the "ghosts/spirits" of killed enemies get up and walk around by their corpses, which is also only visible to the actual Afflic Lock him/herself.

I know, disappointing, but taking into account the similarities it has to other noted effects (charred Felo'melorn corpses, Ulthalesh Spirits, etc) I truly think the mist clouds in-world visuals are the hidden effect.

~~EDIT: Why the hell was this downvoted into negative without a reply? If you disagree, explain it, this is entirely valid and justified information. Don't be a moron.~~

Comment by kodora1316

I've reported the inaccuracy with The Council's Wisdom for Frost Mages. It does NOT last through spec changes anymore.

Wowhead has not updated it yet, but hopefully this comment helps someone out if they're confused by the inaccurate information.

Comment by kodora1316

Wowhead's guide doesn't mention it, but you need artifact knowledge level SIX to get The Warmace of Shirvallah. It's important to know before you go do a water-based world boss and get nothing, even with the guaranteed loot drops now. :(

Comment by Geluvir

Hello,

Today (21/11/2016) I travelled east from Lorlathil in Val'Sharah and found a special event to help a tormented eath elemental that isn't there on my other two characters. After it was complete, artifact power was immediately added to the Doomhammer with the message 'Doomhammer + 50 power'.

Is this something that happens with all Shaman, or is the ability of the Doomhammer the ability to see and complete these special events?

Thanks for your consideration!

Comment by 1717874

At the time of writing this, I got the Frost Death Knight's Hidden Appearance item from the Soultakers World Bosses.

Comment by Waddleloo

Is there ANY information on what the Guardian hidden effect could be? anything at all?

Comment by eaglelv

Did get Runes of the Darkening this week from The Soultakers world boss

Comment by Sarthorius

Great guide, just, I think it is better to put all classes in their tab so it is more organized, and not everything in a single page, you know, for tendon safety :D

Comment by BananaBomb

Someone probably already posted this.

But you can use the hidden appearances in locked specs when you unlocked another specializations hidden appearance.

My mage for example, got the fire hidden pretty fast and has unlocked all the colour variations of it. Switching specc to frost or arcane, I can use all the hidden looks apart from the first one (the one of finding the hidden in teh first place).
Hence you can also progress for the dungeons completed/kills etc using another specc then the one you unlocked. Nice to know if you wanna go as healer / tank for faster queues.

Comment by Carrot1491

Actually the Doomhammer's secret effect is when you walk into Orgrimmar some of the guards will comment things such as "<Player> Will save us, he/she has the Doomhammer"

Comment by Goggii

So when you click on the artifact point calculator and selec appearances of the weapon, you can actually see that there are 2 hidden skins for each spec. So are those unknown appearances are not in game yet or it's just some kind of forgotten thing?

Comment by Xanis

Also the Affliction lock weapon talks to my blueberry once in a while

Comment by Skrapers

Doomhammer has access to special earth shrines in valshara and i think azsuna. you can fight earth elementals at the shrines for a small boost in AP.

Comment by WoflKnight

The Beast Mastery Hunter artifact hidden effect is the lightning wolf you get when you equip it. And then at 110 you get the Essence Swapper and can change it's appearance to match your current pet.

Comment by Zennen313

Yay! Finally I got the Moonpussy appearance!

Comment by lylarise

There's something.

I'm playing Warlock at the moment and I already dropped two of my Hidden Appearances, one being Demonology, the other being Affliction. I still haven't got Destruction one, since it's an RNG one. I farmed PvP kills for color and I was aware that I'll get Demonology even if I get my PvP kills as Affliction and that actually happened, it's all fine. However, I respecced to Destruction to check for my appearances and there it was, Legionterror's 4th option is available, which is the 1000 honorable kills one. I immediately opened a ticket about this, if this is bug and if I'm exploiting something. I'll edit here as soon as I got a response.

Edit:

Quoting from GM Xaleraphon's ticket after a Live Chat;

As discussed in our chat, so with this, it wouldnt be an exploit as it is just the normal mechanic of you getting credit while doing WQs or farming kills. As for it giving credit to the non gained appearance yet, I am not seeing anything that would indicate it is a bug so it should be fine to just continue as you are doing quests etc :)

So, if you get your skin for any other spec and unlocked a color of it, you can respec to another one and use that artifact's hidden skin color, the one you unlocked with hidden skin, as well and it's not exploiting anything. In example, if you dropped Mistweaver Hidden Skin and did 200 WQs with it, you can respec to Brewmaster and use its hidden skin in which is given from completing WQs and use it without any exploit chance. Hope it'll help you guys in the future!

Comment by 1525015

Is Feral Druids artifact bugged at the moment?
I had the Feralas screech, did the dump it came up as true
Went through the portal, looked and after 30 minutes, did the dump and got false.

Comment by ThatCrazySwede

Got the Havoc apperance yesterday, did not need the charm.
Went to high mountain and flew down to kill Downfall, first kill nothing did it again and it dropped.

Comment by SalcN

Demon Hunter can apparently get their Vengeance appearance at level 105 .. According to this guide Frost Mage should be able to as well. yet where ever I go I see people claiming that you need Artifact Knowledge level 4 as a Frost Mage - Can anyone confirm they got it below Artifact Knowledge level 4, maybe even character below level 110?

Comment by Eminence

protection warriors hidden artifact effect is a proc... im not sure if its when attacking, being attacked or blocked ect. but it does happen in combat

gives 30% more armor for a few seconds

Comment by Aerodawn

I can confirm that the assassination rogue's artifact makes the blacksmith in Valdisdall give you 50 AP for showing him the weapons.

He says: Come here, rogue. Let me see those blades - they stink of death. Ach, I can feel their thirst. Forged in darkness these were. Many have fallen to their caress. So slender, so quick. These are not the weapons of a warrior, no, they strike from the shadows. Very well, <Race>, I am impressed. many lives have been ended by the Kingslayers... go now, and send the weak to their end.

Afterward, you will gain 50 AP.

Comment by littlelili

Just saw this in game but Hudson Crawford in Bradensbrook sends out the emote 'Hudson Crawford eyes (Player Name)'s weapons. I was in my Windwalker spec.

Comment by Seffie

so, i found out today that completing the pvp color you can unlock that color for all of the hidden's, even the ones you haven't collected yet. The Dragonslayers i have not collected the fury weapon appearance at all yet after completing the pvp 1000 kills with my prot hidden it unlocked the pvp color of the fury weapon...

Comment by 1370611

I'd like to state that Timewalking dungeons do not count towards the 100 dungeons to be completed (which might be obvious).
As someone who takes the M out of MMO, this did hurt a little bit on the inside - don't worry, I'm okay now.

Comment by Meatsnacks

Fist of Ra-Den also enables the user to do little fight elemental events at various locations. Upon defeat you are granted 50base AP.

Comment by solitha

From what I can tell, the Rogue Subtlety appearance is gated behind the tier 2 order hall option The Vault, but this isn't listed in the guide.

Edit to add: Apparently frost mage req's also include AK4, according to multiple comments on the item.

Comment by Komesar

One silly question:

Does those hidden effect work in offspec? for example If i unlock feral hidden effect, does it work when I spec to resto?

Comment by niminamino

I have noticed, especially in highmountain, with the Affliction warlock artifact that there were spirit things i could click on to get some story background of what was going on.

maybe more hidden artifact ability?

Comment by detour211

Got a question i hope someone can answer before i go through all the trouble of doing it on 1 artifact. Will unlocking the color on 1 hidden appearance unlock that color for the others? Because i want the yellow one but i'm not about to grind out 3k kills as i hate pvp as it is -.-

Comment by pandazeus92

do you need to have the accual weapeon for the addition skins like the 1000 honorable kills or can it be transmoged to look likesomething else?

Comment by GerMcb

For Prot Warriors -Burning Plate of the Worldbreaker.

I tried the macro, as mentioned "Run the following script and if it returns true, the hidden skin 'event' will trigger for you:
/run print(IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44311))" while in the class hall.

It came back FALSE. I decided to check the cave anyway and as soon as I walked in I got the signal about a loud roar coming from the cave and found the shield laying against the wall as soon as I landed in the water.
The way it is mentioned in the description, it sounds like the macro will work no matter where you are... that is apparently not correct.

Comment by sakera

I think the Frost DK hidden appearances are in the wrong order on the pictures. The bright green one (currently pic # 2) should be first as it is the base tint. The bluish tinted one (currently # 1 pic) should be in the # 2 picture slot. I just unlocked my hidden appearance on my Frost DK and this is the order of the colours as it shows me at the Forge:

Green (base) --> Blue (100 dungeons) --> Purple (200 WQs) --> Red (1k kills)

Comment by Ymirjarik

For anyone that's wondering (or if it hasn't been clarified before) mythic+ dungeons do NOT count towards the artifact appearances AND can actually "throw off" the number's given by the "hidden" macro. I'm currently at 1300/100 dungeons with no artifact appearance for holy paladins.

I'm to assume mythic+ dungeon count as dungeons but not as completed dungeon's given through the dungeon finder, which means you can't farm m+'s for the appearance as I've been doing...

rip

Comment by schmilblick

Two addons that will help you greatly tracking your hidden appearance progress, choose the one you like :

https://mods.curse.com/addons/wow/hidden-skin-tracker

https://mods.curse.com/addons/wow/hiddenartifacttracker/2366900-client

PS : you can unlock a skin in any spec. exp : you can play as Arcane mage in Arcane spec and still get the Fire skin. An exception for Protection warrior.

Comment by Mumbungua

Not sure this is of any use or not. When I'm playing my enhancement shaman sometimes I have rare markers on my mini-map noting a special encounter. Kind of like the frost death knight deal with Arthas. There is an elemental that needs help and once I've finished helping them (usually killing a few mobs) I get 50 artifact power. I've only run into Earth elementals in Val'sharah. Not sure if each zone is different or if this is even the artifact hidden ability.

Comment by Kriandis

Here is a script you can use to create a Macro that you can then use to keep track of the total number of World Quests, Dungeons, and Total Kills you have done while having a Hidden Appearance equipped.

/run local _,_,_,a, b = GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(11152,1) local
_,_,_,c, d = GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(11153,1) local _,_,_,e, f
= GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(11154,1) print("Dungeons:
"..a.."/"..b) print("WQs: "..c.."/"..d) print("Kills:
"..e.."/"..f)

Comment by Zlatnoto

So let me get this straight... All of the classes get cool skins, fearful lights, etc. for their hidden appearance, and my arcane mage, bearing a Greatstaff, a staff with a personality, a weapon of renown... this staff gets turned into a damn shepherd staff? Thanks, Blizz. I guess. Exactly what I wanted - to sow fear and trepidation in the hearts of demons and Horde alike with a damn sheep's head staff. They would teabag me in PvP merely for the lulz. Hell, I would do it myself.

why. Aegwynn is shaking her head sadly in the afterlife, Medivh meanwhile is laughing hysterically.

Comment by Baystrup

I have ONLY done the hidden artifact for Warrior Arms... but I got it for all specs

I've been looking for the Skull Of Shar'thos to complete my hidden artifact for fury.. only to find out that I already have it... got it for protection aswell.. but I have done NO quests in fury/prot.. All specs are AK 35 or higher

Any thoughts?

Comment by Shadowtek

can confirm that the Frost DK hidden artifact wep item can drop from ICC heroic...just got mine from saurfang(icc heroic 25 man)

Comment by Shadowtek

can confirm that the Frost DK hidden artifact wep item can drop from ICC heroic...just got mine from saurfang(icc heroic 25 man)

Comment by Shadowtek

can confirm that the Frost DK hidden artifact wep item can drop from ICC heroic...just got mine from saurfang(icc heroic 25 man)

Comment by Colniett

"Northrend: New Hearthglen in Dragonblight, Northrend (Take the portal to Wyrmrest Temple in the Chamber of the Guardian). In the church in New Hearthglen, entrance at . Turn left when entering, and go into the second room on the left (ground floor) – it is on top of the bookshelf (See Map)."

Just one thing in connection with this tome. You may can not find it if u still have the priest class hall campaig questlline wich takes place at here (so you see mobs equal to your level), when you complete the quest line wich ends with collecting the companion Mariella Ward the mobs will go back to their normal level (70-72) and you can find the tome in the exact place where the article tells.

At least this is how I managed to find it.
Good luck, have fun :)

Comment by Barleduq

The guide for the Beast Master weapon mentions a hidden skin called Serpentbite - but it's not here. Is Titan's Reach really the hidden skin?

Comment by James

Other repair vendors will comment on your Felo'morn and award 50 AP, just like the one in Dalaran. They also appear as yellow stars on your mini-map. One is found at a blood elf camp northeast of Illidari Stand, outside Prince Farondis' building.

Comment by 1624310

Got the Frost DK deathknight Artifact appearance as a drop from Deathbringer saurfang(ICC10 HC)

Comment by Manniala

Im not sure what the heck Blizzard thought about, BM hunter just trow 8000g, and then you get your "hidden" oh yeah, not much hidden in that.

And then you look at Discipline priest,they have to fracking do like a gazillion things to get it, its like they started off with the Discipline, then it was 17.57 on a Friday just before weekend, and then !@#$ THIS, we still have the BM to go but i wont do overtime, lets just trow it in a vendor and we can all go home..

There are no freaking logic in this, its like watching some armor/transmog now, some they really thought about, and then other ah @#$% this, its Friday and i promises my kids they can play with the computer, and the kids then played with the computer for 5 mins, and some how the design got shipped off and now we have to look at that YEAK...

Comment by Serpentsaurus

For all the Restoration Shaman out there:
I got my Coil of the Drowned Queen on a Normal run through Eye of Azshara, confirming that it can drop at that difficulty. I was 110, Restoration, and had an Artifact Knowledge level of 21.

Comment by Mahmoudh10

So it seems the script is now unnecessary. While I was on my Artifact Skin tab, when I hovered over the color variants for the hidden skin, it gave me my progress towards the achievement. For example: Kill (500/1,000) players using a hidden artifact appearance.

Actually the advantage for the script is that you can access your progress while away from the table.

Comment by DraethDarkstar

As of 7.2, you want to change your tracking macro to:

/run local q,x,_,a,b = GetAchievementCriteriaInfo,0 for i=1,14 do _,_,_,a,b = q(11152,i) x=x+a end local _,_,_,c,d = q(11153,1) local _,_,_,e,f = q(11154,1) print("Dungeons: "..x.."/"..b) print("WQs: "..c.."/"..d) print("Kills: "..e.."/"..f)

to account for Upper and Lower Karazhan and Cathedral of Eternal Night.

Also, as of the April 12, 2017 Hotfixes, the Dungeon requirement has been lowered from 100 to 30.

Comment by kodora1316

We're pretty far into the expansion and some hidden effects are still unknown. Maybe not all weapons have a hidden effect? I wish Blizz would just tell us at this point.

Comment by schmilblick

Protection Warrior Skin :

The script "/run print(IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44311))" showed false, went to the cave with Fury spec, got the emote, so the script is not working.

Comment by Necrachilles

Can confirm that at least two of the repair vendors in Stormhiem offered AP dialogue options, didn't think anything of it though.

Comment by slavedheart

Dear Blizzard:

Can we please have the non-100% drops and daily rolls for hidden skins added to bad luck protection? I know it's for legendary drops, but I think it would take a bit of the sting of RNG for these as well.... or perhaps a second protection counter just for hidden? Just thoughts, I've been chasing the sub rogue since launch-ish and the s-priest/holy pally since not long after that, and it still kinda stings that my MM main just needed gold and rep. Thanking you in advance.

A tired grinder...

P.s. If this sounds like a good idea, I've got a bunch more of em :)

Edit: ...and just noticed in the blue posts that this was already implemented.... no wonder I got three of my appearances (arc mage, frost mage and sub rogue) in the span of 36 hours....

Comment by DeviantBanshee

I'm so freaking disappointed at the BM hunter bow, looks like your sporting a toy bow, i can't stand it. I feel like all the other artifact weapons are uniquely designed, with some type of look for that class. I would of expected the Hunter beast master would of been something of nature, animals, or something of that aspect. There's my vent..Huntress out! =P

Comment by ShockBlock

I ran the script for the Prot Warrior hidden appearance, and it came back false. But I decided to run to Neltharion's Vault and check, and it was there. So it might be best to just check every day.

Comment by Mmoore2434

I know this is an older guide, but for Enhancement shaman, i noticed it has the same effect as Ele, just for earth elementals. IE: across the broken isles i sometimes find a "troubled earth elemental" and clicking and talking to him will spawn a hostile rare, killing the hostile rare will give you 50 AP (ignores AK)

Comment by meganerd18

Apocalypse's hidden effect as listed here is wrong. Its actual hidden effect is to sometimes cause corpses to be surrounded by a plague cloud.

Comment by Fikicha

OK. This guide did point me in the right direction and how to unlock the hidden appearance for the Twinblades of the Deceiver and I just made it.

But there is something misleading in the guide also:

1. On my first try I flew to Downfall, because its the easiest way, killed him, but corpse was not lootable. (This one is on me I had a follower assigned).
2. On my second try i had unassigned my follower and again i flew there on my mount having Candrael's charm in my inventory and for my surprise again i killed him, but corpse wasn't lootable!
I did another try with the same tactics and I don't know why I expected a different result but nope... No luck corpse was not lootable again.

Finally I succeeded when I went and spoke to Candrael Twinshadow she kicked me I killed Downfall successfully and for the first time corpse was lootable and I got the item that unlocks the appearance.(BTW: The drop rate is probably 100% because it dropped for me on the first time that hes corpse was accessible to be looted by my char.)

Comment by Pinktree

I believe the subtlety hidden effect is, based on what I have seen, is that after you use Shadowstrike a shadow of an eredar appears right in front of your character and lasts for like a few seconds, idk if this is but I have noticed that recently

Comment by moippltjes

the restoration druid's artifact's hidden effect is that applebough periodically notices G'hanir and tosses a fresh apple
wich really came in handy quite a couple of times in dungeons and such

Comment by 1776433

I can confirm that if you walk past Applebough in dalaran with G'Hanir, the Mother Tree equipped, he will throw you a free apple.

Comment by TutorialBlox

As of June 27th 2017, you can now acquire the parts you need to create The Dragonslayers by defeating Odyn in The Trial of Valor, on any difficulty.

http://www.wowhead.com/news=266604/odyn-in-trials-of-valor-drops-items-for-fury-warrior-hidden-artifact-appearance

Comment by Torrero

The hidden effect for Guardian appears to be that sometimes when shifting into bear form you gain 75-100 rage instead of the base 20 while in the Broken Isles.

Comment by 1741918

15-07-2017

I can confirm that Frost Deathknight's Runes of the Darkening. Dropped by Lich King 25H

Comment by 1568410

I might've found atleast a part of subtlety rogue's hidden effect, ran by a demon hunter and he said
"<Name>, are you dual-wielding demon fangs? I like the way you think!"

Might be part of it atleast?

Comment by Thatsoureric

Based on comments on other boards, Beast Mastery does *NOT* have a hidden
effect on Titan's Reach.

Evidently this "Hati howling and a thunderstorm appears", is purely visual and
not a dps ability.

Which is a goddamn shame.

Comment by ljgard

the prot warrior one is out of date. the script for checking whether the event will spawn doesn't work anymore. I am ak40, I've read the tablet but it is showing as false for me.

Comment by deathxelf

In addition to the Unholy hidden effect, sometimes corpses also have a green i suppose plague aura around their corpses and flies around it.
this is how it looks like: https://prnt.sc/g1supr

Comment by Melizande

Not quite a hidden "effect", but for Subtlety, Tehd Shoemaker in Highmountain, Felbane Camp, will address you, saying:

Oh yes, <name>! Those daggers of yours would cut quite a swath through the Legion, wouldn't they? Are those demon bits? Biting the hand that breeds them! I like what I see.

https://gyazo.com/a5d9ef653342e46d9052214ff599a0d4

For reference, I am using the Venombite red/pvp appearance.

Comment by Arexx

This is pure bull%^&* what the Protection Paladin has to go through to get theirs! Why can't I just get a drop in an instance? Instead I have to endure the WORST world quest in the damn game! There's no way in hell I will get that appearance as I would rather delete my character than endure that @#$%ing annoying quest again! >:(

Comment by viaticum

Paladin holy appereance, Lost Edicts of the Wathcer, also drops from demons on Argus.

Comment by Eejhey

Sub rogue's artifact hidden effect:
Can any other rogue check this. I seem to not get any fall damage with this spec. I know fleet footed is supposed to reduce the fall damage but i don't get any damage at all.

Comment by rekt313

Is this bugged? I do mythic plus and doesnt count and im using the apperance.

Comment by AngelSword

Just had Grimoire of the First Necrolyte drop for me during a Stormheim Legion Assault.

Comment by 1093657

For a prot warrior what do u do if the command comes back false

Comment by Koterulezz

There's wrong info in the guide - Unholy DK appearance drops when using Apocalypse, not AotD. See more info in the corresponding section.

Comment by Zefferus

For the Holy Paladin appearance, I collected mine from a world quest (Legion Invasion) on the northern shore of Stormheim where you had to use a Fel Hammer to destroy Fel Corruptors. One of the demons I killed with my Retribution Paladin happened to drop it. So, I'm not sure if it will only drop in Azsuna and Argus, with the except of Legion Invasion quests, or if it can just drop anywhere.

I personally don't want to make another paladin just to test it out. Therefore, it is up to you if you would like to further test or just put my personal experience in as well for the Holy Paladin appearance.

Comment by 718478

Resto Druid Hidden Effect is patches of flowers appearing under your character periodically (thanks Rosaluna!)

Comment by 732862

Please note that for Beast Mastery Hunters your reputation with the Kirin Tor will lower the cost of the tome sold by Hobart Grapplehammer.

Comment by Delecti

Please note that the DH Havoc skin gained by killing downfall now requires that you have the charm and start at Candrael Twinshadow, with her throwing you to Downfall.

Comment by Fanaion

The Affli weapon shows the ghost of enemies even without the hidden skin, at least that's the case for me.
As a resto druid the vendor near the alliance HQ in Dalaran that looks like a treant throws "Laden Apple"s to me whenever I'm near him.

Comment by Jadedragon27

I don't know if this has already been mentioned, but the afflicted worgen for balance druid s are visible in other specs, my wife just had one appear in while in Restoration. I'm not sure if they can be clicked on though, she switched first.

Comment by Lorewind

Not sure if anyone's posted this yet, but I think I noticed the hidden effect for the brewmaster's hidden appearance, on occasion while using it you seem to get "drunk bubbles" coming up from your face, they don't seem to do anything but I've only noticed it while using the brewmaster's hidden appearance.

Comment by Mizumi

It should be worth noting, and as I just discovered, I needed to be in Protection spec (as Warrior) to see the shield on a pile of treasure.

This is after getting the emote notification and running the scripts to verify.

Comment by serhanalp

Destruction Warlock here. I believe hidden effects of the hidden artifact skin is when you kill an enemy sometimes it summons a voidwalker looking demon near the corpse. It can’t be targeted and just stays there for a few minutes.

Comment by Thralljr

Also for having the Doomhammer the guards in Orgrimmar and Stormwind (depending on your faction) will comment on it.

Comment by 1smallfavor

For the appearances that require a certain AK, such as the Unholy DK, does this mean you cannot unlock these appearances until you hit level 110 and are getting the full AP?

Comment by Unwyrden

I'm not sure if it was location or quest related, but I think my Scepter of Sargeras started talking to me this morning. I was doing the questline starting with Feline Frantic in Suramar around Irongrove Retreat and yellow text started showing up on my screen. I didn't think to get a screenshot unfortunately. One of them was along the lines of "This place is truly beautiful...Don't worry, I'll have more for you to do soon."

Could this be a hidden artifact effect? I've had NPCs comment on the power of my weapon before, but this was new to me.

Comment by radicarl

A bit late, but I'd like to point out that the prot warrior check MUST be done inside of Neltharion's Vault. I used it before entering the cave, and it turned up false, but when I was in it, I got the emote message, and it turned up true.

Comment by sat4christ

On the discipline priest hidden appearance you put Black Rook Hold, Stormheim, where actually Black Rook Hold is found in Val'sharah, just letting you know what I saw :)

Comment by bawabawa

For Underbelly hidden artifact appearance
i used Wild Mana Wand it was a 100% drop chance for both my Rogue and Shaman.
can someone else confirm this?
regards.

Comment by mootygrimes

Hey everybody. I cleaned up the formatting and some of the phrasing related to the Disc Priest hidden appearance. The original contributor deserves all the credit. I just wanted to share the formatting and some paraphrasing I made while running through this on my second priest. Hopefully it helps people organize their pathing by making it easier to parse.

Netherlight Temple:

Chat with Archivist Inkforge. Pick the middle option at every prompt. (This is what starts the Hidden appearance scavenger hunt and counts as 1 of 12.)
On the table directly to the right of High Priestess Ishanah
Behind Meridelle Lightspark -- She sells the Class Order Hall set. Book is on the bottom shelf of the hanging bookshelf on the left of the alcove.

New Dalaran:

The Violet Citadel -- To the left as you enter the citadel stands Archivist Elysiana. Behind her, on the right bookshelf is one volume

Broken Isles:

Stormheim: Drop off Inquisitor Ernstenbok. Rare mob southwest of Halls of Valor in a cave
Suramar: Drop off Artificer Lothaire, Rare mob in Moon Guard Stronghold
Azsuna: Drop off Chief Bitterbrine, Rare mob just off the coast of Azsuna . Chief Bitterbrine can be found below deck (underwater) towards the front of the ship. Screenshot.
Black Rook Hold (Dungeon) After defeating the first boss, Amalgam of Souls, you will enter the Map Room. On the left side of the room, on one of the tables, is the volume.

Northrend:

Dragonblight: New Hearthglen -- Church in Northeast New Hearthglen . Turn left when you enter. Go into the second room on the left (ground floor) – it is on top of the bookshelf.

Azeroth, Eastern Kingdoms:

Scholomance: Instructor Chillheart's Room -- Enter the room, kill the trash on the right. The volume is on the sixth bookshelf from the right. Screenshot.
Scarlet Halls Normal or Heroic: Flameweaver Koegler’s Room -- Enter the room, kill Flameweaver Koegler. On the left side of the room find the table with the 3-pronged candelabra. The volume is on the bench between the table and the bookshelf. Screenshot.
(Old) Karazhan -- After killing The Curator, head down the ramp until you enter the Guardian’s Library and follow the wall right on right (just hug the wall). In the alcove in front of you there are 3 bookshelves sitting under a purple tapestry with an image of a book. On the bottom shelf of the leftmost bookshelf is the volume.

Comment by DefilerTia

Does the Protection Warrior Appearance have an ability at all? I can't believe we're so close to the end of Legion and still have no clue..LOL

Comment by Shadowpint

For people having trouble finding the one near Maridelle, it's BESIDE her, and not behind her.

Comment by Morwo

Once i have aquired one hidden appearance ie. on my paladin, will all my other paladin alts have acces to it as well?

Comment by Namue

Note: You cannot simply fly up to Downfall to get the Demon Hunter hidden artifact. He will not drop any loot this way. You have to pick up the charm to be able to loot him.

I've wiped out the population of Suramar countless times, I almost feel bad about it at this point.

Comment by Coldaria

For the Feral Druid hidden artifact, you need to add "shift to cat form then /sit" otherwise /sit isn't enough to get the NPC to give you the token.

Comment by pmkaboo

Im not sure if this is a coincidence, but ive got the hidden appearance from the withered army training on all characters on the first run after picking up all the big chests.

Comment by znushu

The Hidden Effect on Bulwark of the Iron Warden and Guise of the Deathwalker for Demon Hunters is that it changes the glaive appearance on your Throw Glaive spell.

Comment by rogue626

Pretty sure Black Rook Hold is in Val'sharah not in Stormheim - as it states in Discipline Priest.

Comment by Zirakzigil

Seems like the thing with the npcs commenting on your weapon might be for all the weapons, it just depends on your location. I was just leaving the Temple of Elune in Val'Sharah wearing the druid balance weapon and a priestess commented on it as I passed her.

Comment by 1887609

Hello. Anyone know if the hidden artifact appearence is still avaliable?

Comment by PandariaRPLore

The hidden artifact effect for the doomhammer is that orcs will react to you wearing the doomhammer

Comment by 1831654

My favorite is DK - Memory of Arthas! Still wish there was some redemption to that guy

Comment by phooey182

Anyone know why some of the artifacts above are crossed out? Are they still available in 8.0 or have the requirements changed?

Comment by vindurza

what's with the text being slashed through were these removed?

Comment by WildWes

For anyone who have obtained them before, what is the easiest Rogue appearance to get?

Comment by 1878520

FYI: The Prot Warrior script doesn't work. It said false for today and I went in and got it.

Comment by deynao

Still available in 8.1

Comment by salemjs

Script that correctly tracks dungeons, because others in this thread are currently broken in BfA:

/run local a=0; local i=0; for i=1,11 do local _,_,_,x,b = GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(11152,i); a=a+x; i=i+1; if i==12 then print("Dungeons: "..a.."/"..b) end end

Remember that you still have to do Legion dungeons, not BfA ones.

Comment by reapersheart

Just got the hidden appearance on my prot pally and it isn't showing up in my transmog options. :(
Any way to fix that?

Comment by Verichiel

Anyone else having hidden skins suddenly appearing for no apparent reason?
I got the outlaw and sub rogue at the start of BFA, even though I only ever went after the Assassin.

Comment by guatafu

They've gotta loosen the requirements on some of these. The Balance Druid artifact requiring exalted with an old reputation is ridiculous. Same with the ones from Suramar withered scenario.

Comment by AbiyBattleSpell

man blizz confused the frost artifact with the unholy one it look so much better on us

Comment by AKiceberg

As a Demon Hunter, Candrael's Charm dropped for me while I was doing the quest to kill 100 demons on Broken Shore. I point this out because the guide says it drops while questing in Suramar.

Comment by raznasara

Has anyone managed to get the protection skin since Shadowlands?
My warr is 50, has read the lore as indicated in some comments and has been going into the vault for about a month, with no luck.
I got the DH skins, the Shaman skins without any problem, but this skin... seems to be bugged?

Comment by Ceviri

Any advice on which dungeon is the best to grind to get the "30 dungeons" color variants? I have been doing the Maw of Souls, but i havent played during Legion so I was wandering if someone who did know about a faster dungeon to go through.

Comment by kingcharlie

Does anyone know any hidden requirements to get hidden appearances? I just got an arcane on my 20 lvl mage, but everyday I get a "false" on my frost quest roll check.

Comment by rizskasa

For example you have to do 30 legion dungeon/100hk for each skin or just once for all if you unlocked the 1st skin?

Comment by GarishBus

So, if you were to get 1k PVP kills on one character with a hidden appearance, would you also get that color for another character of a different class? Or do you need to get 1K kills all over again?

Comment by Mechrazy

Death Knight - Unholy

Hidden Appearance: Bone Reaper

2023.2.26

No need to farm "Professor Putricide's Lost Journal" anymore.
Go directly to ICC, enter the room of Professor Putricide, and click the trapdoor at the right-hand side.
Go along to kill Stitchwork who drops The Bonereaper's Hook.

Comment by Velariana

It's nearly 2024, you'd think they would have made the 1000 HKs requirement account wide by now.

Comment by phreakwithanf

For the Legion dungeons, you do NOT need to have the artifact equipped in order to make progress.

Comment by Pyroqq

For those who are trying to figure out which Legion dungeon is the fastest for the 30 dungeons skin, I have timed the two supposedly fastest dungeons on my Frost Mage:

Maw Of Souls: 2:09 mins
Darkheart Thicket: 2:44 mins

Keep in mind I had 2 charges of Blink with movement speed buff afterwards, Greater Invisibility with movement speed, and Alter Time with movement speed buff + reset Blink charge. So for classes with a lot of indoors mobility, Maw of Souls is definitely faster, but for classes with less mobility like Death Knight, Darkheart Thicket might be the faster option since you are pretty much on a mount the whole time.

Comment by vaara

Warrior Protection script should now be: /script print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44311))

Comment by Dreadalous

LEGION DUNGEON COUNT BUGGED ISSUE DESCRIPTION!:

So I had The Stormfist (blue colour) unlocked from the Withered training during Legion. Now I came back trying to complete 30 dungs to get the green one. I was already on 8/30 Legion dungeons so I started to tick off each dung completion as I went. I just spammed Maw of Souls but noticed my count did not go past 25/30. At this point I did some 20 runs over 4 days so something was off.
I checked the stats tab and they were not updating either (why is updating such minor things always so janky in WoW?).

Just now I did a heroic and although yet again it did not update on the stat page I used Zen Pilgrimage , equipped the Artifact Weapon and checked the count at the Monk Class Hall and it DID count! So now I'm at 26/30

I then went BACK to the dungeon and did it on normal and see if THAT counts. It DID! And I shall explain why I think it bugs.

SOLUTION TO DUNGEON COUNT NOT GOING UP!:

One shotting Ymiron, the Fallen King was no problem. The game brought up the boss "defeated" title.

One shotting Harbaron causes the game to not register the boss defeat most of the time until you port to the entrance. When this happens it causes the Helya kill acknowledgement to be stuck.
So instead I taunted Harbaron and just auto attacked a couple of times, let him cast his Void Snap then killed him & then Helya. I used Zen Pilgrimage to port back to my monk Class Order Hall and checked the Artifact Appearance count again and the kill was registered!

Now at 30/30 so I got 'em :D

ADDITIONAL!:

Your new green colour should now be unlocked but if you can't see it in the transmogrification list don't worry. Just reload the game!
I have since recreated the bug a further 3 times just to be sure and in conclusion I can firmly attest to my solution working 100% based on these attempts.

Hope this helps peepz : ]

Comment by Teomo

I cannot buy from Sylvia Hartshorn the item for hidden artifact (Seed of Solar Fire). Balance spec activated and the artifact equipped, still not selling the item. Any idea what can be the problem?

Comment by Seliber

So, to get the hidden artifacts, it won't be possible in this version of Legion Remix? Or how is it? I don't quite understand.

Comment by Clagadin

all of these scripts and macros dont work anymore. I tried hidden artifact tracker addon, that kinda works, but only shows mage tower info. Spotlight however still works in legion remix.

Comment by Nolax

You should update this as all Artifact Knowledge requirements is no longer needed. (In retail or in remix)

Comment by vampiresinc

I'm adding this here for the Outlaw Rogue hidden artidact so someone else doesn't get the 20hr debuff.
Outlaw Rogue Hidden Appearance
Thunderfury, Hallowed Blade of the Windlord

What You Get

Hidden Effect: Taste of Blood

Fate and Fortune have fed on the blood of humanoid creatures, granting 2% increased movement speed.

Requirements / Notes

You must have The Dreadblades (Outlaw artifact) unlocked.
You must be in Outlaw spec for key steps.
Artifact Knowledge 5 is no longer required (old requirement).
Dungeon difficulty does not matter (Normal or higher works).

How to Unlock the Hidden Appearance (Step-by-Step)
1) Obtain both Bindings of the Windlord
You need both bindings. They drop independently.

Left Binding
Drops from Dargrul (final boss) in Neltharion’s Lair
Right Binding
Drops from Ash’Golm in Vault of the Wardens

Tips:

Can take multiple runs; RNG applies.
Loot spec should be Outlaw to be safe.

2) Gather 10× Infernal Brimstone

Obtain 10 Infernal Brimstone
Can be mined or purchased from the Auction House
Keep all 10 in your bags

3) Travel to Stormheim → Thorim’s Peak

Go to Thorim’s Peak in Stormheim
You must have progressed far enough in the Stormheim questline to access the peak
If you can’t reach it, continue Stormheim story quests until access is unlocked

4) Speak to Thrymjaris

At the top of Thorim’s Peak, find Thrymjaris
You must be in Outlaw spec
Thrymjaris will only offer the correct dialogue after you have both bindings
👉 Select the second dialogue option.

(This is the correct choice and avoids any lockout or debuff.)

5) Complete Audience with the Windlord

Thrymjaris summons Thunderaan
Accept and complete the quest Audience with the Windlord
Upon completion, you receive Emanation of the Winds

Comment by cadrios

You need to change /run print(IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44311)) into this /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(44311)) for the warrior prot artifact

Comment by Ezekeel

Correction for Havoc: You need to talk to the NPC first, or Downfall does not drop the appearance.

Comment by globalmenace

This guide is still relevant (and especially in Lemix), so it would probably be a good thing to update the provided Lua snippets to the current API.

For example IsQuestFlaggedCompleted has been moved into its own table and is now C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted (already since BfA!). People who are unaware of this change will have a hard time using your snippets.

There are probably more, that's just the one I stumbled upon.

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