Where to Farm Thorium Ore

The best place to farm Thorium Ore is Eastern Plaguelands, where Living Decay (level 55-56) drops it at 1.5%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 385 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Best zones:

The 15 zones with the best source; every source is listed below.

Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop%
Silithus	34	Small Thorium Vein		100.0%
Winterspring	45	Rich Thorium Vein		100.0%
Felwood	37	Small Thorium Vein		100.0%
Swamp of Sorrows	4	Small Thorium Vein		100.0%
Zul'Gurub	19	Hakkari Thorium Vein		100.0%
Un'Goro Crater	38	Ooze Covered Thorium Vein		100.0%
Blasted Lands	28	Kirith the Damned	55+	2.5%
Eastern Plaguelands	48	Living Decay	55-56	1.5%
Western Plaguelands	24	Foreman Jerris	62+	1.5%
Burning Steppes	31	Firetail Scorpid	56-57	0.7%
Feralas	7	Zukk'ash Tunneler	45-46	0.3%
Searing Gorge	16	Muck Splash	47-49	0.3%
Tanaris	12	Hazzali Tunneler	48-49	0.2%
Azshara	29	Timbermaw Den Watcher	49-50	0.2%
The Hinterlands	7	Vilebranch Aman'zasi Guard	50-51+	0.1%

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
Small Thorium Vein		Silithus	289		Mining	100.0%	map
Rich Thorium Vein		Winterspring	199		Mining	100.0%	map
Ooze Covered Rich Thorium Vein		Silithus	69		Mining	100.0%	map
Small Thorium Vein		Felwood	35		Mining	100.0%	map
Small Thorium Vein		Swamp of Sorrows	17		Mining	100.0%	map
Hakkari Thorium Vein		Zul'Gurub	15		Mining	100.0%	map
Ooze Covered Thorium Vein		Un'Goro Crater	13		Mining	100.0%	map
Mistress Natalia Mar'alith(elite)	61-62+	Silithus	1		Drop	3.8%	map
Kirith the Damned(elite)	55+	Blasted Lands	1		Drop	2.5%	map
Hive'Regal Hive Lord(elite)	59-61+	Silithus	34		Drop	2.4%	map
Spiked Stegodon(elite)	53-54+	Un'Goro Crater	3		Drop	1.6%	map
Rex Ashil(rare)	57+	Silithus	1		Drop	1.6%	map
Living Decay	55-56	Eastern Plaguelands	22		Drop	1.5%	map
Foreman Jerris(rare)	62+	Western Plaguelands	1		Drop	1.5%	map
Rotting Sludge	54-55	Eastern Plaguelands	10		Drop	1.2%	map
Plated Stegodon(elite)	52-54+	Un'Goro Crater	7		Drop	1.1%	map
Manaclaw(elite)	58+	Winterspring	1		Drop	1.1%	map
Deathspeaker Selendre(rare)	56	Eastern Plaguelands	1		Drop	0.9%	map
Archmage Allistarj(elite)	58+	Blasted Lands	1		Drop	0.8%	map
Scarlet Judge(rare)	60	Western Plaguelands	1		Drop	0.8%	map
Gorishi Stinger	52-53	Un'Goro Crater	24		Drop	0.8%	map
Gorishi Tunneler	52-53	Un'Goro Crater	24		Drop	0.7%	map
Firetail Scorpid	56-57	Burning Steppes	12		Drop	0.7%	map
Putrid Shrieker	56-58	Eastern Plaguelands	6		Drop	0.7%	map
Hederine Initiate(elite)	59-60+	Winterspring	17		Drop	0.6%	map
Hive'Ashi Defender(elite)	58-59+	Silithus	24		Drop	0.6%	map
Thunderstomp Stegodon(elite)	54-55+	Un'Goro Crater	2		Drop	0.6%	map
Krom'Grul	54	Burning Steppes	1		Drop	0.6%	map
Scryer(elite)	60+	Winterspring	1		Drop	0.6%	map
Large Vile Slime	56-57	Western Plaguelands	1		Drop	0.5%	map
Hive'Zora Hive Sister(elite)	59-60+	Silithus	29		Drop	0.5%	map
Hive'Zora Tunneler(elite)	58-59+	Silithus	9		Drop	0.5%	map
Hederine Slayer(elite)	59-60+	Winterspring	17		Drop	0.4%	map
Giant Ember Worg	55-56	Burning Steppes	12		Drop	0.4%	map
Gurubashi Bat Rider(elite)	61+	Zul'Gurub	11		Drop	0.4%	map
Lady Sevine(elite)	59+	Blasted Lands	1		Drop	0.4%	map
Hive'Regal Ambusher(elite)	59-60+	Silithus	24		Drop	0.4%	map
Frostmaul Preserver(elite)	59-60+	Winterspring	27		Drop	0.4%	map
Hederine Manastalker(elite)	59-60+	Winterspring	21		Drop	0.4%	map
Borelgore(elite)	61+	Eastern Plaguelands	1		Drop	0.4%	map
Stegodon(elite)	52-53+	Un'Goro Crater	13		Drop	0.4%	map
Uhk'loc(rare)	52-53	Un'Goro Crater	1		Drop	0.4%	map
Hive'Regal Slavemaker(elite)	59-60+	Silithus	42		Drop	0.4%	map
Dreadmaul Brute	46-47	Blasted Lands	17		Drop	0.4%	map
Flamescale Broodling	55-56	Burning Steppes	9		Drop	0.4%	map
Blazing Invader	54-56	Un'Goro Crater	3		Drop	0.4%	map
Deathlash Scorpid	54-55	Burning Steppes	12		Drop	0.3%	map
Gurubashi Headhunter(elite)	60+	Zul'Gurub	9		Drop	0.3%	map
Slavering Ember Worg	53-54	Burning Steppes	5		Drop	0.3%	map
Hive'Zora Wasp	58-59	Silithus	107		Drop	0.3%	map
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Needed for:

Recipes:

Recipe	Profession	Needs
Greater Stoneshield Potion	Alchemy	1x
Smelt Thorium	Mining	1x

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.