Where to Farm Thorium Ore: Drop Rates by NPC and Zone

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.

Gold per kill: Living Decay is worth about 14s 5c a kill in item drops (at Auction House prices). Gold farming spots, level 50-60

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%
Zul'Gurub	19	Hakkari Thorium Vein		100.0%
Felwood	37	Small Thorium Vein		100.0%
Un'Goro Crater	38	Ooze Covered Thorium Vein		100.0%
Winterspring	45	Rich Thorium Vein		100.0%
Swamp of Sorrows	4	Small 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%
Azshara	29	Timbermaw Den Watcher	49-50	0.2%
Tanaris	12	Hazzali Tunneler	48-49	0.2%
The Hinterlands	7	Vilebranch Aman'zasi Guard	50-51+	0.1%

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Map of Silithus — Ooze Covered Rich Thorium Vein **39.8, 13.3**
Mistress Natalia Mar'alith **52.0, 100.0**
Hive'Regal Hive Lord **57.1, 100.0**
Rex Ashil **45.7, 28.9**
Hive'Ashi Defender **38.5, 12.8**
Hive'Zora Hive Sister **20.5, 64.8**
Hive'Zora Tunneler **19.1, 66.8**
Hive'Regal Ambusher **53.2, 99.5**
8 sources in Silithus, each where it spawns most often; click a pin for the source.Larger map

All sources, by drop chance:

Classic data: from the patch 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in Forever.
Source	Level	Zone	Spawns	How	Drop%	Map
Hive'Ashi Worker(elite)	57-58+	Silithus	11	Drop	0.1%	map
Hive'Zora Waywatcher(elite)	58-59+	Silithus	21	Drop	0.1%	map
Vilebranch Aman'zasi Guard(elite)	50-51+	The Hinterlands	28	Drop	0.1%	map
Arkkoran Clacker	53-54	Azshara	85	Drop	0.1%	map
Firegut Ogre Mage	51-52	Burning Steppes	73	Drop	0.1%	map
Winterfall Ursa	57-58	Winterspring	17	Drop	0.1%	map
Highlord Mastrogonde(rare)	51+	Searing Gorge	1	Drop	0.1%	map
Frenzied Plaguehound	57-58	Eastern Plaguelands	130	Drop	0.1%	map
Frenzied Pterrordax	52-54	Un'Goro Crater	60	Drop	0.1%	map
Scarlet Worker	55-57	Western Plaguelands	56	Drop	0.1%	map
Spellmaw(elite)	56+	Winterspring	1	Drop	0.1%	map
Gurubashi Berserker(elite)	62+	Zul'Gurub	18	Drop	0.1%	map
Warpwood Crusher(elite)	56+	Dire Maul	13	Drop	0.1%	map
Diseased Grizzly	55-56	Western Plaguelands	75	Drop	0.1%	map
Centipaar Worker	48-49	Tanaris	28	Drop	0.1%	map
Thistleshrub Rootshaper	49-50	Tanaris	13	Drop	0.1%	map
Twilight Fire Guard(elite)	48-49+	Searing Gorge	23	Drop	0.1%	map
Scorching Elemental	53-54	Un'Goro Crater	34	Drop	0.1%	map
Living Blaze	54-55	Un'Goro Crater	34	Drop	0.1%	map
Frostsaber Stalker	59-60	Winterspring	47	Drop	0.1%	map
Frostsaber Huntress	58-59	Winterspring	29	Drop	0.1%	map
Diseased Flayer	58-59	Eastern Plaguelands	62	Drop	0.1%	map
Abomination	59-60	Eastern Plaguelands	27	Drop	0.1%	map
Plaguehound	55-56	Eastern Plaguelands	94	Drop	0.1%	map
Scarlet Archmage(elite)	55-57+	Eastern Plaguelands	11	Drop	0.1%	map
Makrinni Scrabbler	52-53	Azshara	18	Drop	0.1%	map
Crimson Courier(elite)	60+	Eastern Plaguelands	1	Drop	0.1%	map
Plague Lurker	54-55	Western Plaguelands	75	Drop	0.1%	map
Centipaar Tunneler	47-48	Tanaris	13	Drop	0.1%	map
Dreadmaul Ogre Mage	46-47	Blasted Lands	17	Drop	0.1%	map
Arkkoran Muckdweller	53-54	Azshara	85	Drop	0.1%	map
Arkkoran Pincer	54-55	Azshara	85	Drop	0.1%	map
Arkkoran Oracle	54-55	Azshara	85	Drop	0.1%	map
Timbermaw Ursa	51-52	Azshara	46	Drop	0.1%	map
Makrinni Razorclaw	54-55	Azshara	24	Drop	0.1%	map
Un'Goro Gorilla	50-51	Un'Goro Crater	26	Drop	0.1%	map
Glutinous Ooze	52-54	Un'Goro Crater	43	Drop	0.1%	map
Firegut Ogre	50-51	Burning Steppes	51	Drop	0.1%	map
Scalding Broodling	53-54	Burning Steppes	16	Drop	0.1%	map
Frostsaber Cub	55-56	Winterspring	22	Drop	0.1%	map
Frostsaber Pride Watcher	59-60	Winterspring	5	Drop	0.1%	map
Winterfall Shaman	56-57	Winterspring	21	Drop	0.1%	map
Ice Thistle Matriarch	56-57	Winterspring	26	Drop	0.1%	map
Ice Thistle Patriarch	57-58	Winterspring	26	Drop	0.1%	map
Servant of Sevine	55-56	Blasted Lands	3	Drop	0.1%	map
Scourge Champion	59-60	Eastern Plaguelands	55	Drop	0.1%	map
Crypt Horror	57-58	Eastern Plaguelands	13	Drop	0.1%	map
Mossflayer Scout	57-58	Eastern Plaguelands	12	Drop	0.1%	map
Monstrous Plaguebat	56-58	Eastern Plaguelands	130	Drop	0.1%	map
Flamekin Torcher	54-56	Burning Steppes	30	Drop	0.1%	map
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Needed for:

Recipes:

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

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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 (classic data: from the patch 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.

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