What is Mysterious Arrow Unlock?
Mysterious Arrow Unlock is a service that pushes your Violet Eye reputation to Revered in WoW: TBC Anniversary, giving your Hunter permanent access to buy Mysterious Arrow (46.5 DPS ammo) from NPC vendors. The arrows are sold by Apprentice Darius at the Karazhan entrance and by Specialty Ammunition Vendors in Shattrath City - Marksman Bova for Aldor players and Archer Delvinar for Scryer. These are projectile items added in Patch 2.3.0 as an upgrade for players who grinded out their Violet Eye rep. Before that patch, Hunters in TBC were stuck on Warden's Arrow dreaming about decent ammo - then Blizzard slapped it behind a rep gate, and the dreaming just lasted longer.
Instead of spending 3–4 nights a week hunting for a Kara pug and hoping the raid leader doesn't fall apart on the Chess Event, it's easier to buy the result and get back to what you actually play the game for - raids, arena, and real DPS on bosses. Consistency is what separates this from solo grinding, where one bad pull on Shade of Aran can cost you an entire evening. You know the feeling - some mage drops Flamestrike right into Aran's Blizzard, the whole group is dead, and your rep for the night didn't move an inch.
Arrow Comparison in TBC Anniversary
To see why boosters and players grind specific reputations for an arrow upgrade, just look at the DPS numbers across ammo types in TBC.
| Arrow | DPS | Reputation | Rep Level |
| Jagged Arrow | 13.0 | None | Vendor |
| Warden's Arrow | 37.0 | Cenarion Exp. | Revered |
| Adamantite Stinger | 43.0 | Engineering | Craft |
| Mysterious Arrow | 46.5 | Violet Eye | Revered |
| Timeless Arrow | 53.0 | Scale/Sands | Honored |
The gap between Warden's and Mysterious is 9.5 DPS per shot. Over a five-minute fight with a Steady Shot rotation, that's hundreds of extra damage - and across a full raid night, it's the difference between a gray and a green parse on Warcraft Logs. If you haven't reached Hyjal for Timeless yet, Mysterious Arrow is the ceiling of what you can buy cheap from a vendor right now. That's why the arrow loot table is the first thing any Hunter checks when planning gear progression.
Note: Adamantite Stinger requires Engineering 350+ to craft and isn't available from any NPC vendor, making Mysterious Arrow the most accessible option for non-engineer Hunters in the current phase.



