Animated Weapon Glows
This is a static version of a fan section that was once available at Chordian.net, compiled June 18, 2011. It will no longer be updated because I don't play the game anymore. You are welcome to use this (or parts of it) in any way you want.— Chordian
All weapon glows in World of Warcraft can be examined here, including Death Knight runes and the newest enchants in Cataclysm. You can click any of the static images to play a GIF animation. All the glows are shown using the same 1H vendor sword.
Weapons
These are the glows for the standard weapon enchants that can be applied by players with the enchanting profession. You can apply them to both 1H and 2H weapons, but the unique enchants for 2H weapons are usually better.
Minor Beastslayer
Skill: 90 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to do 2 additional points of damage to beasts.
Minor Striking
Skill: 90 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to do 1 additional point of damage.
Lesser Beastslayer
Skill: 175 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1Permanently enchant a melee weapon to increase its damage to beasts by 6.
Lesser Elemental Slayer
Skill: 175 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to increase its damage to elementals by 6.
Striking
Skill: 195 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to do 3 additional points of damage.
Demonslaying
Skill: 230 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to have a chance of stunning and doing additional damage against demons.
Fiery Weapon
Skill: 265 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to often strike for 40 additional fire damage.
Icy Chill
Skill: 285 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to often chill the target, reducing their movement and attack speed. Has a reduced effect for players above level 60.
Strength
Skill: 290 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to increase Strength by 15.
Unholy Weapon
Skill: 295 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to often inflict a curse on the target, inflicting Shadow damage and reducing their melee damage.
Healing Power
Skill: 300 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to increase spell power by 29.
Lifestealing
Skill: 300 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to often steal life from the enemy and give it to the wielder. Has a reduced effect for players above level 60.
Mighty Intellect
Skill: 300 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to increase Intellect by 22.
Spellpower
Skill: 300 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to increase spell power by 30.
Major Striking
Skill: 340 / Level: 35+Patch: 2.1.0
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to increase its damage by 7.
Major Intellect
Skill: 340 / Level: 35+Patch: 2.0.1
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to increase Intellect by 30.
Major Spellpower
Skill: 350 / Level: 35+Patch: 2.0.1
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to increase spell power by 40.
Major Healing
Skill: 350 / Level: 35+Patch: 2.0.1
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to increase spell power by 40.
Deathfrost
Skill: 350 / Level: 60+Patch: 2.4.2
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to cause your damaging spells and melee weapon hits to occasionally inflict additional Frost damage and slow the target. Slow effect does not work on targets 73 or higher.
Spellsurge
Skill: 360 / Level: 35+Patch: 2.0.1
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to make your spells sometimes restore 100 mana to nearby party members.
Sunfire
Skill: 375 / Level: 35+Patch: 2.0.1
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to increase fire and arcane spell power by 50.
Soulfrost
Skill: 375 / Level: 35+Patch: 2.0.1
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to increase Frost and Shadow spell power by 54.
Executioner
Skill: 375 / Level: 60+Patch: 2.3.0
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to occasionally grant you 120 critical strike rating. Only one instance of this effect can be active at a time.
Greater Potency
Skill: 380 / Level: 60+Patch: 3.0.2
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to increase attack power by 50.
Exceptional Agility
Skill: 410 / Level: 60+Patch: 3.0.2
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to increase Agility by 26.
Exceptional Spirit
Skill: 410 / Level: 60+Patch: 3.0.2
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to increase Spirit by 45.
Lifeward
Skill: 425 / Level: 60+Patch: 3.0.2
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to sometimes heal the wielder when striking in melee.
Giant Slayer
Skill: 430 / Level: 60+Patch: 3.0.2
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to have a chance of reducing movement speed and doing additional damage against giants.
Mighty Spellpower
Skill: 435 / Level: 60+Patch: 3.0.2
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to increase spell power by 63.
Berserking
Skill: 440 / Level: 60+Patch: 3.0.2
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to sometimes increase your attack power by 400, but at the cost of reduced armor.
Black Magic
Skill: 440 / Level: 60+Patch: 3.0.2
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to cause your harmful spells to sometimes increase haste rating by 250.
Blood Draining
Skill: 450 / Level: 75+Patch: 3.1.0
Sometimes grant Blood Reserve when striking an enemy or inflicting damage with bleed attacks. When you fall below 35% health, Blood Reserve restores 360 to 440 health. Lasts 20 sec and stacks up to 5 times.
Avalanche
Skill: 450 / Level: i300+Patch: 4.0.3
Permanently enchant a weapon to often deal 463 to 537 Nature damage to an enemy struck by your melee attacks.
Mending
Skill: 450 / Level: i300+Patch: 4.0.3
Permanently enchant a weapon to sometimes heal you when damaging an enemy with spells and melee attacks.
Hurricane
Skill: 480 / Level: i300+Patch: 4.0.3
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to sometimes increase haste rating by 450 for 12 sec when casting spells or dealing melee damage.
Heartsong
Skill: 485 / Level: i300+Patch: 4.0.3
Permanently enchant a weapon to sometimes increase Spirit by 200 for 15 sec when casting spells.
Power Torrent
Skill: 525 / Level: i300+Patch: 4.0.3
Permanently enchant a weapon to sometimes increase Intellect by 500 for 12 sec when dealing damage or healing with spells.
Two-Handed Weapons
These are the glows for the two-handed weapon enchants that can be applied by players with the enchanting profession. Most of the enchants are 2H only, but note that there are also a couple of enchants for staffs.
Minor Impact
Skill: 100 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1Permanently enchant a two-handed melee weapon to do 2 additional points of damage.
Lesser Intellect
Skill: 100 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1
Permanently enchant a two-handed melee weapon to increase Intellect by 3.
Lesser Impact
Skill: 145 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1
Permanently enchant a two-handed melee weapon to do 3 additional points of damage.
Impact
Skill: 200 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1
Permanently enchant a two-handed melee weapon to do 5 additional points of damage.
Agility
Skill: 290 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1
Permanently enchant a two-handed melee weapon to increase Agility by 25.
Superior Impact
Skill: 295 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1
Permanently enchant a two-handed melee weapon to increase its damage by 9.
Major Spirit
Skill: 300 / All LevelsPatch: 1.11.1
Permanently enchant a two-handed melee weapon to increase Spirit by 9.
Savagery
Skill: 350 / Level: 35+Patch: 2.0.1
Permanently enchant a two-handed melee weapon to increase attack power by 70.
Spellpower
Skill: 385 / Level: 60+Patch: 3.0.2
Permanently enchant a staff to increase spell power by 69.
Greater Savagery
Skill: 390 / Level: 60+Patch: 3.0.2
Permanently enchant a two-handed weapon to increase attack power by 85.
Massacre
Skill: 430 / Level: 60+Patch: 3.0.2
Permanently enchant a two-handed weapon to increase attack power by 110.
Greater Spellpower
Skill: 450 / Level: 60+Patch: 3.1.0
Permanently enchant a staff to increase spell power by 81.
Weapon Chains
A weapon chain is an item created by blacksmiths. Currently only one weapon chain adds a glow to a weapon.
Death Knight Runes
Death Knights can make use of runeforging to affix their weapons with a rune. Runeforge enchantments are permanent and they overwrite any regular enchantments. Modifying a rune weapon requires a runeforge.
Cinderglacier
Level: 55Patch: 3.0.2
Affixes your rune weapon with a rune that has a chance to increase the damage by 20% for your next 2 attacks that deal Frost or Shadow damage.
Razorice
Level: 55Patch: 3.0.2
Affixes your weapon with a rune that causes 2% extra weapon damage as Frost damage and increases enemies' vulnerability to your Frost attacks.
Spellshattering
Level: 57Patch: 3.0.2
Affixes your two-handed rune weapon with a rune that deflects 4% of all spell damage and reduces the duration of Silence effects by 50%.
Lichbane
Level: 60Patch: 3.0.2
Affixes your rune weapon with a rune that adds 2% extra weapon damage as Fire damage or 4% versus Undead targets.
Swordshattering
Level: 63Patch: 3.0.2
Affixes your two-handed rune weapon with a rune that increases Parry chance by 4% and reduces the duration of Disarm effects by 50%.
The Fallen Crusader
Level: 70Patch: 3.0.2
Affixes your rune weapon with a rune that has a chance to heal you for 3% and increase total Strength by 15% for 15 sec.
