Tusks of Mannoroth

Want to show everyone that you wreck Pit Lords for breakfast, eh? Well… The Tusks of Mannoroth drop from none other than Garrosh Hellscream, the final boss of the Siege of Orgrimmar raid. Now, before you think you’ll just farm this and be done by the weekend, we’ve got some news. Drop rate is 0.5% chance.

But hey, if you’re tired of the grind there’s always the Black Market Auction House. Just be ready to throw some gold at it like you’re making it rain in Goldshire, because it’s not gonna come cheap. Oh, and make sure you’ve got plate-wearing classes ready, because otherwise… yeah, it’ll be a sad day.

In true Blizzard fashion, these shoulder plates are a big ol’ middle finger to anyone who doesn’t wear plate. So, if you’re a cloth-wearing mage thinking you’ll get these bad boys, think again. Plate only! Warriors, Death Knights, and Paladins. You’re the chosen ones. For the rest of you? Sorry, better luck next expansion.

But hey, you can still admire them from afar! Maybe tell your warrior buddy how nice they look while you sit there in your flimsy robes. Or, just roll a plate class and the problem solved! Seriously though, these are as plate-exclusive as it gets, so if you’re not sporting heavy armor, you can forget about it.

There indeed was a rumor. People have been saying that the Tusks were removed from the game, probably because they’ve run Siege of Orgrimmar more times than they can count and have nothing to show for it. Well, guess what? They still drop! That’s right, Garrosh is still hoarding those tusks like a dragon sitting on treasure, and yes, you can still pry them off his cold, dead body.

It all started when Grom Hellscream decided he was done being a puppet for the Burning Legion and went full Hulk on Mannoroth, the demon who had enslaved the orcs. In one epic clash, Grom took down Mannoroth, ending the demonic enslavement and earning a spot in orc history. To commemorate this, Thrall slapped Mannoroth’s skull on a memorial in Orgrimmar like it was a trophy from a big game hunt.

Fast forward to Grom’s kid, Garrosh Hellscream. Junior decides to take dad’s trophy for himself and carves up the skull, turning the tusks into his shoulder plates. Because why not, right? Gotta show off that you’re the boss somehow. So now, you get the chance to loot the very same tusks from Garrosh’s fashion-forward shoulders when you face him in Siege of Orgrimmar.

Oh boy, where do we start? The Tusks of Mannoroth are rare. Like, winning-the-lottery-while-getting-struck-by-lightning rare. With a measly 0.5% drop rate from Garrosh, it’s safe to say you’re going to be spending more time in Siege of Orgrimmar than you’d care to admit. Some players report doing over a thousand runs, without ever seeing these drop. Yep, you read that right. Welcome to the grind.

But don’t lose hope entirely! If you’ve got gold burning a hole in your pocket, you might find these beauties on the Black Market Auction House. Or simply hit up a boosting service like Epiccarry.

Nice try, but Blizzard saw that loophole coming from a mile away. While LFR might seem like the easy ticket to farm those Tusks of Mannoroth, the devs were one step ahead. They knew players would be queuing endlessly and cheesing the system, so they shut it down. Garrosh doesn’t drop the Tusks in LFR mode.

So, if you thought you were going to be the smartest player in Azeroth by spamming LFR to collect Tusks, think again. You’ll have to brave normal, heroic, or mythic difficulty to have a shot at those spiky trophies.