The best place to farm Shadowgem is The Barrens, where Bristleback Geomancer (level 19-20) drops it at 1.6%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 988 sources are ranked below by drop chance.
Best zones:
| Zone | Sources | Best source | Level | Drop% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stonetalon Mountains | 61 | Gorehoof the Black | 17 | 20.0% |
| Redridge Mountains | 56 | Murloc Tidecaller | 19-20 | 10.0% |
| Westfall | 75 | Murloc Minor Oracle | 13-14 | 8.3% |
| The Deadmines | 21 | Cookie | 20+ | 8.3% |
| Loch Modan | 53 | Dark Iron Insurgent | 18-19 | 6.3% |
| Ashenvale | 67 | Dark Strand Excavator | 19-20 | 5.0% |
| Silverpine Forest | 69 | Pyrewood Leatherworker | 14-15+ | 4.8% |
| Unknown zone | 43 | Moonrage Leatherworker | 14-15+ | 3.7% |
| Darkshore | 69 | Reef Shark | 21-22+ | 3.2% |
| Shadowfang Keep | 18 | Deathstalker Adamant | 18+ | 3.1% |
| The Barrens | 146 | Burning Blade Acolyte | 11-12 | 3.0% |
| Ragefire Chasm | 11 | Bazzalan | 16+ | 2.2% |
| Wailing Caverns | 14 | Deviate Shambler | 19-20+ | 2.1% |
| Felwood | 5 | Mystlash Flayer | 20-21 | 1.3% |
| Thousand Needles | 20 | Galak Mauler | 27-28 | 1.3% |
- Gorehoof the Black 77.4, 85.4
- Grimtotem Ruffian 82.1, 87.1
- Grimtotem Brute 78.4, 85.8
- Windshear Geomancer 73.9, 59.2
- Grimtotem Mercenary 82.1, 87.1
- Foreman Rigger 66.7, 52.3
- Deepmoss Creeper 54.2, 75.6
- Enraged Stone Spirit 30.4, 66.0
All sources, by drop chance:
Needed for:
Recipes:
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.