Dagger guide

The Blade of Cunning is widely available from a variety of quests at level 10 for the Alliance and level 13 for the Horde. This dagger improves your Subtlety skill by one and does 6.7 DPS. The appropriate quest can be obtained from the Rogue Trainer in the race specific level 1-10 areas. At level 10 this is a good dagger to obtain. Gnome rogue spoiler

There are many green dropped daggers in this level range. They will not all be described here in an attempt to lessen confusion. Top DPS numbers for each level are as follows:
lvl DPS
10 6.7 The above mentioned Blade of Cunning
12 8.7 The rare Slicer Blade from Westfall.
13 8.9 Scrimshaw dagger as shown below
14 9.7+1 This is the Venom Web Fang that drops in Duskwood.
15 10 Big Bronze Knife as shown below
17 11.1 See below
18 15.3 See below
19 15.5 See below

Questable daggers include Scrimshaw Dagger at level 13 with 8.9DPS, Harpy Skinner at level 15 for the Horde with 9.6 DPS amd 3 Agi, Relic Blade at level 15 for the Alliance in Darkshore with 10DPS and 3 Sta.

The crafted Big Bronze Knife, aka BBK, is a viable alternative to dropped weapons. This weapon provides 3 Sta and 10DPS at level 15.

There are an additional 11 daggers listed for levels 16-19. In this range we start to see the first blue items.

Assassin's Blade, a rare drop off of Archmage Arugal in Shadowfang keep. This weapon provides 15.5 DPS, +3 Str and +4 Agi.

The Evocator's Blade is a caster weapon with 15.3 DPS and provides 4 Int and 2 Spi. It will be tough to pry this one from the Mage/Warlock in your party.

The Boss Sneed in The Deadmines drops the Buzzer Blade. This weapon is slightly inferior to the level 15 crafted dagger.

The Spikelash and Tail Spike daggers are identical daggers with 11.1 DPS, +2 Str and +2 Agi.

The crafted Pearl-handled Dagger is good to obtain at level 18 if you have not already obtained a better dropped item. This dagger provides 11.5 DPS along with 2 each of Agi and Sta.

Levels 20-24

Superior Daggers level 20-24

Name	DPS	Speed	Max Damage	Stat bonus	proc	Source	Notes
Deadly Bronze Poniard	12.8	1.8	-	4 Agility	-	crafted	-
Battle Knife of <stat>	13.4	1.6	-	random	-	random world drop	-
Wyvern Tailspike	13.6	1.8	-	-	2 DPS poison	Pridewing Patriarch in the Stonetalon Mountains	-
Naraxis Fang	13.7	1.6	-	-	2DPS poison	Naraxis in eastern Duskwood	-
Cross Dagger of <stat>	14.6	1.30	-	random	-	random world drop	-
Flesh Piercer	15.2	2.0	-	-	1DPS bleed	Hillsbrad Foothills	-
Blackfang	16.3	1.5	-	-	-	random world drop	-
Doomspike	16.3	1.5	-	-	-	unknown	-
Prison Shank	16.7	1.8	-	-	-	Bruegal Ironknuckle in the Stockades	-
Talon of Vultros	16.7	2.0	-	-	-	named rare spawn Vulture in Westfall	-
Bite of Serra'kis	17.7	1.3	-	-	-	Old Serra'kis in Blackfathom Deeps	-
Meteor Shard	18.3	1.8	-	-	Firebolt	Archmage Arugal in ShadowFang Keep	-
Blackvenom Blade	18.9	1.8	-	-	-	Rohh the Silent in eastern Redridge Mountains	Rohn may be hard to find

Levels 25-29

Past level 25 the number of useful daggers starts to drop off. There are 6 useful daggers in the 25-29 range.

Superior Daggers level 25-29

Name	DPS	Speed	Max Damage	Stat bonus	proc	Source	Notes
Honed Stilettos of <stat>	15.7	1.4	-	random	-	random world drop	-
Broad Bladed Knife	16.7	2.0	44	5 Stamina	-	Vendor in Duskwood/Hillsbrad	2 Gold 83 Silver 71 Copper
Daring Dirk	17.5	1.6	37	5 Agi	-	Vendor in Dustwallow Marsh / Stranglethorn Vale	2 Gold 88 Silver 25 Copper 3 Gold 20 Silver 28 Copper
Claw of the Shadowmancer	20.5	1.9	-	2 Int	35 damage shadobolt	rare world drop	-
Toxic Revenger	20.5	1.9	-	-	5 second 5DPS PBAoE	Vicious Fallout in Gnomeregan	Unique
Torturing Poker	21.2	1.7	-	-	+5-7 fire damage per hit	Interrogator Vishas in the Scarlet Monastery	-

Levels 30-39

Superior Daggers level 30-39

Name	DPS	Speed	Avg Damage	Stat bonus	proc	Source	Notes
Swinetusk Shank	23	1.50	34	6 Sta 4 Spi	-	Agathelos the Raging in Razorfen Kraul	-
Howling Blade	23.9	1.40	33.5	-	Reduces targets' attack power by 30 for 30 seconds	Skhowl, a random spawn Yeti in Alterac	-
Stonevault Shiv	24	1.50	36	7 Agi 3 Sta	-	Various mobs in Uldaman	-
Sliverblade	25	1.40	35	-	45 frost damage	various mobs in Scarlet Monastery	-
The Ziggler	26.5	1.70	45	-	10-20 Nature damage	Random world drop	-
Hypnotic Blade	26.8	1.40	37.5	8 Int 3 Spi	-	Arcanist Doan in the Library section of the Scarlet Monastery	A nice caster weapon, don't be greedy :)
Black Menace	29.7	1.50	44.5	-	30 Shadow Damage	Quest reward from In the Name of the Light quest in Scarlet Monastery	No reason not to get this one
Coldrage Dagger	29.7	1.50	44.5	-	20-30 Frost damage with 5 second 50% snare	Drops from Amnennar the Coldbringer in Razorfen Downs	-

Levels 40-49

Superior+ Daggers level 40-49

Name	DPS	Speed	Avg Dmg	Stat bonus	proc	Source	Notes
Widowmaker	31.6	1.90	60	8 Agi 7 Str	-	random world drop	Nice slow dagger - Unique
Gutwrencher	31.6	1.60	50.5	-	bleed for 80 damage over 30 sec	unknown	Unique
Stealthblade	32.9	1.40	46	-	Each hit reduces threat on all enemies	Random drop in The Temple of Atal'Hakkar	Unique
Satyr's Lash	33.2	1.70	56.5	-	55 to 85 Shadow damage	Drops from Lord Vyletongue in Maraudon	Unique
Gut Ripper	33.9	1.80	61	-	Wounds for 95 - 121	Random world drop?	Epic
Searing Needle	33.9	1.80	61	-	60 Fire damage and increase future fire damage by 10	Random drop in Blackrock Depths	Would be fun to use with a fire mage around
Hookfang Shanker	35.7	1.40	50	-	7 Nature damage every 3 sec and lowers target's armor by 50 for 30 sec	Hedrum the Creeper in Blackrock Depths	Unique
Lifeforce Dirk	35.9	1.60	57.5	11 Sta	-	Quest reward from The God Hakkar quest in The Temple of Atal'Hakkar	Get this if you are still using the Black Menace
Shadowblade	38.9	1.40	54.5	-	110 - 140 shadow damage	Random world drop	Unique Epic

Levels 50-59

Superior+ Daggers level 50-59

Name	DPS	Speed	Avg Damage	Stat bonus	proc	Source	Notes
Barman Shanker	36.5	2.00	73	-	Target bleeds for 100 damage over 30 sec	Dropped by Plugger Spazzring in Blackrock Depths	Possibly the best main hand dagger in the game
Julie's Dagger	36.5	1.30	47.5	-	Heals wielder of 78 damage over 12 sec	Random drop, either world or in Blackrock Spire	-
Dire Nail of the XXX	36.7	1.50	55	+7-8 for two stats, +5 shadow resist	-	Drops from the Shade of Eranikus in The Temple of Atal'Hakkar	Unique
Keris of Zul'Serak	39.4	1.80	71	-	10 Nature damage every 2 sec and slows target's attack speed by 10% for 10 sec	Dropped by War Master Voone in Blackrock Spire	-
Finkle's Skinner	41.2	1.30	53.5	-	Skinning +10. +45 Attack Power when fighting Beasts.	Dropped by The Beast in Blackrock Spire	-