Where to Farm Shadow Silk

The best place to farm Shadow Silk is Western Plaguelands, where Carrion Lurker (level 52-53) drops it at 19.1%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 46 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Best zones:

Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop%
Western Plaguelands	3	Carrion Lurker	52-53	19.1%
Eastern Plaguelands	4	Crypt Walker	55-56	18.6%
Silithus	3	Sand Skitterer	55-56	17.3%
Unknown zone	7	Cave Creeper	50-52	16.3%
Blackrock Spire	4	Spire Spiderling	55-56	14.0%
Scholomance	1	Necrofiend	58-60+	12.6%
Searing Gorge	5	Searing Lava Spider	45-47	12.5%
Stratholme	3	Crypt Crawler	58-59+	12.5%
The Hinterlands	1	Witherbark Broodguard	44-45	12.1%
The Barrens	1	Darkmist Widow	40	10.3%
Dustwallow Marsh	9	Giant Darkfang Spider	40-41	9.9%
Swamp of Sorrows	2	Deathstrike Tarantula	40-41	9.6%
Zul'Gurub	2	Razzashi Skitterer	56-58+	8.7%
Azshara	1	Timberweb Recluse	47-48	1.6%

All sources, by drop chance:

Vanilla reference — from the 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in Forever.

Source	Level	Zone	Spawns	Side	How	Drop%	Map
Carrion Lurker	52-53	Western Plaguelands	63		Drop	19.1%	map
Crypt Walker	55-56	Eastern Plaguelands	14		Drop	18.6%	map
Plague Lurker	54-55	Western Plaguelands	75		Drop	18.4%	map
Crypt Slayer	58-59	Eastern Plaguelands	36		Drop	18.4%	map
Crypt Horror	57-58	Eastern Plaguelands	13		Drop	18.0%	map
Crypt Fiend	53-54	Eastern Plaguelands	12		Drop	17.7%	map
Venom Mist Lurker	50-51	Western Plaguelands	49		Drop	17.7%	map
Sand Skitterer	55-56	Silithus	156		Drop	17.3%	map
Rock Stalker	57-58	Silithus	163		Drop	16.9%	map
Cave Creeper	50-52		0		Drop	16.3%	map
Spire Spiderling	55-56	Blackrock Spire	12		Drop	14.0%	map
Necrofiend(elite)	58-60+	Scholomance	4		Drop	12.6%	map
Searing Lava Spider	45-47	Searing Gorge	26		Drop	12.5%	map
Crypt Crawler(elite)	58-59+	Stratholme	7		Drop	12.5%	map
Spire Spider(elite)	57-58+	Blackrock Spire	7		Drop	12.3%	map
Witherbark Broodguard	44-45	The Hinterlands	20		Drop	12.1%	map
Crypt Beast(elite)	59-60+	Stratholme	6		Drop	12.1%	map
Glassweb Spider	43-45	Searing Gorge	20		Drop	12.0%	map
Shadra(elite)	55+		0		Drop	10.8%	map
Darkmist Widow(rare)	40	The Barrens	1		Drop	10.3%	map
Giant Darkfang Spider	40-41	Dustwallow Marsh	28		Drop	9.9%	map
Deathstrike Tarantula	40-41	Swamp of Sorrows	38		Drop	9.6%	map
Hedrum the Creeper(elite)	53+		0		Drop	9.0%	map
Razzashi Skitterer(elite)	56-58+	Zul'Gurub	8		Drop	8.7%	map
Tomb Reaver(elite)	37+		0		Drop	8.3%	map
Anub'shiah(elite)	54+		0		Drop	8.0%	map
Darkmist Lurker	37-38	Dustwallow Marsh	7		Drop	7.9%	map
Razzashi Broodwidow(elite)	61+	Zul'Gurub	7		Drop	7.7%	map
Darkfang Venomspitter	37-38	Dustwallow Marsh	82		Drop	7.7%	map
Darkfang Creeper	38-39	Dustwallow Marsh	45		Drop	7.6%	map
Tomb Fiend	35		0		Drop	7.4%	map
Sorrow Spinner	36-37	Swamp of Sorrows	27		Drop	7.3%	map
Darkmist Silkspinner	38-39	Dustwallow Marsh	24		Drop	7.1%	map
Crystal Fang(rare)	60+	Blackrock Spire	1		Drop	7.0%	map
Mother Smolderweb(elite)	59+	Blackrock Spire	1		Drop	7.0%	map
Nerub'enkan(elite)	60+	Stratholme	1		Drop	7.0%	map
Darkfang Lurker	36-37	Dustwallow Marsh	58		Drop	6.7%	map
Darkfang Spider	35-36	Dustwallow Marsh	37		Drop	6.5%	map
Darkmist Recluse	36-37	Dustwallow Marsh	19		Drop	5.5%	map
Darkmist Spider	35-36	Dustwallow Marsh	20		Drop	5.0%	map
Tuten'kash(elite)	40+		0		Drop	4.0%	map
Gretheer(rare)	57	Silithus	1		Drop	2.7%	map
Rekk'tilac(rare)	48	Searing Gorge	1		Drop	1.8%	map
Greater Lava Spider	47-49	Searing Gorge	26		Drop	1.6%	map
Timberweb Recluse	47-48	Azshara	24		Drop	1.6%	map
Twilight Fire Guard(elite)	48-49+	Searing Gorge	23		Drop	0.0%	map

Needed for:

Recipes:

Recipe	Profession	Needs
Gnomish Net-o-Matic Projector	Engineering	2x
Parachute Cloak	Engineering	2x
Shadoweave Boots	Tailoring	6x
Shadoweave Gloves	Tailoring	5x
Shadoweave Mask	Tailoring	8x
Shadoweave Pants	Tailoring	2x
Shadoweave Robe	Tailoring	2x
Shadoweave Shoulders	Tailoring	4x

Drop% is the rate recorded in Forever once a source has been looted ten times; a greyed figure is the vanilla 1.12 chance from the world data (vanilla reference — from the 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in forever). Spawns counts the source's spawn points in the world data. "Side" names which side can kill the NPC when the other finds it friendly. The lead picks the best chance among sources that are not a rare spawn and have at least three spawn points.