Where to Farm Shadowgem

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.

Gold per kill: Bristleback Geomancer is worth about 2s 34c a kill in item drops (prices from 14 Oct 2026). Gold farming spots, level 10-20

Best zones:

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

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%

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All sources, by drop chance:

Classic data: from the patch 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in Forever.

Source	Level	Zone	Spawns	Side	How	Drop% ▼	Map
Razormane Geomancer	12-13	The Barrens	18		Drop	1.0%	map
Blackrock Scout(elite)	20-21+	Redridge Mountains	10		Pickpocket	1.0%	map
Blackrock Grunt	19-20	Redridge Mountains	22		Pickpocket	1.0%	map
Mo'grosh Mystic(elite)	19-20+	Loch Modan	14		Drop	1.0%	map
Silver Vein		Ashenvale	1865		Mining	1.0%	map
Copper Vein		Elwynn Forest	1622		Mining	1.0%	map
Tin Vein		Ashenvale	941		Mining	1.0%	map
Tin Vein		The Barrens	60		Mining	1.0%	map
Copper Vein		The Barrens	48		Mining	1.0%	map
Silver Vein		Hillsbrad Foothills	28		Mining	1.0%	map
Tin Vein		Hillsbrad Foothills	28		Mining	1.0%	map
Tin Vein		Redridge Mountains	12		Mining	1.0%	map
Copper Vein		Redridge Mountains	10		Mining	1.0%	map
Ooze Covered Silver Vein		Thousand Needles	9		Mining	1.0%	map
Copper Vein		The Barrens	5		Mining	1.0%	map
Ol' Sooty(elite)	20+	Loch Modan	1		Drop	1.0%	map
Gravelflint Geomancer	20-21		0		Drop	1.0%	map
Sickly Refugee	19-20	Silverpine Forest	13	Horde only	Drop	1.0%	map
Bristleback Thornweaver	18-19	The Barrens	29		Pickpocket	1.0%	map
Searing Blade Cultist(elite)	13-15+	Ragefire Chasm	29		Drop	1.0%	map
Searing Blade Enforcer(elite)	13-15+	Ragefire Chasm	21		Drop	1.0%	map
Kolkar Marauder	15-16	The Barrens	14		Pickpocket	1.0%	map
Ragefire Shaman(elite)	13-15+	Ragefire Chasm	14		Drop	1.0%	map
Deviate Dreadfang(elite)	20-21+	Wailing Caverns	11		Drop	1.0%	map
Blackrock Scout(elite)	20-21+	Redridge Mountains	10		Drop	1.0%	map
Defias Blackguard(elite)	19-20+	The Deadmines	4		Drop	1.0%	map
Goblin Craftsman(elite)	18-19+	The Deadmines	13		Drop	1.0%	map
Felmusk Shadowstalker	26-27	Ashenvale	12		Drop	1.0%	map
Bluegill Murloc	20-21	Wetlands	28		Pickpocket	1.0%	map
Undead Dynamiter(elite)	17-18+	Westfall	23		Drop	1.0%	map
Tunnel Rat Geomancer	12-13	Loch Modan	20		Drop	1.0%	map
Undead Excavator(elite)	17-18+	Westfall	23		Drop	0.9%	map
Stonesplinter Geomancer	17-18	Loch Modan	31		Drop	0.9%	map
Searing Blade Warlock(elite)	13-15+	Ragefire Chasm	10		Drop	0.9%	map
Marisa du'Paige(rare)	18+	Westfall	1		Drop	0.9%	map
Ragefire Trogg(elite)	13-15+	Ragefire Chasm	29		Drop	0.9%	map
Searing Blade Cultist(elite)	13-15+	Ragefire Chasm	29		Pickpocket	0.9%	map
Bristleback Geomancer	19-20	The Barrens	34		Pickpocket	0.9%	map
Pyrewood Sentry(elite)	14-15+	Silverpine Forest	18	Horde only	Drop	0.9%	map
Cannoneer Whessan	19	The Barrens	1	Horde only	Drop	0.9%	map
Defias Pillager	14-15	Westfall	84		Pickpocket	0.9%	map
Silithid Protector	18-19	The Barrens	1		Drop	0.9%	map
Moonrage Sentry(elite)	14-15+		0		Drop	0.8%	map
Nightmare Ectoplasm	20-21		0		Drop	0.8%	map
Bristleback Hunter	17-18	The Barrens	60		Pickpocket	0.8%	map
Dalin Forgewright	20	Silverpine Forest	1	Horde only	Drop	0.8%	map
Gradok(elite)	19-21+	Loch Modan	1	Alliance only	Drop	0.8%	map
Black Dragon Whelp	17-18	Redridge Mountains	36		Drop	0.8%	map
Pyrewood Elder(elite)	14-15+	Silverpine Forest	12	Horde only	Drop	0.8%	map
Windshear Geomancer	20-21	Stonetalon Mountains	7		Drop	0.8%	map
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Recipes:

Recipe ▲	Profession	Needs
Brass Knuckles	Blacksmithing	2x
Brawler's Leather Belt	Leatherworking	1x
Brawler's Leather Boots	Leatherworking	3x
Brawler's Leather Gloves	Leatherworking	2x
Brawler's Leather Hood	Leatherworking	4x
Brawler's Leather Legguards	Leatherworking	8x
Brawler's Leather Tunic	Leatherworking	6x
Deadly Bronze Poniard	Blacksmithing	2x
Filigreed Shadow Circlet	Tailoring	6x
Filigreed Shadow Gown	Tailoring	2x
Filigreed Shadow Leggings	Tailoring	4x
Guard's Boots	Blacksmithing	5x
Guard's Chain Belt	Blacksmithing	2x
Guard's Chain Shirt	Blacksmithing	2x
Guard's Gloves	Blacksmithing	3x
Guard's Silvered Chain Helm	Blacksmithing	6x
Guard's Silvered Chain Leggings	Blacksmithing	8x
Guard's Silvered Chain Shirt	Blacksmithing	8x
Runed Copper Breastplate	Blacksmithing	1x
Shadow Boots	Tailoring	1x
Shadow Circlet	Tailoring	4x
Shadow Gloves	Tailoring	2x
Shadow Goggles	Engineering	2x
Shadow Gown	Tailoring	6x
Shadow Sash	Tailoring	3x

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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.