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
Vagash(elite)	11+	Dun Morogh	1		Drop	0.5%	map
Wrathtail Sorceress	18-19	Ashenvale	26		Pickpocket	0.5%	map
Battered Chest		Westfall	120		Contains	0.5%	map
Battered Chest		Darkshore	109		Contains	0.5%	map
Solid Chest		Wetlands	109		Contains	0.5%	map
Solid Chest		Duskwood	78		Contains	0.5%	map
Solid Chest		Alterac Mountains	64		Contains	0.5%	map
Savannah Huntress	11-12	The Barrens	47		Drop	0.5%	map
Greymist Oracle	18-19	Darkshore	30		Drop	0.5%	map
Defias Strip Miner	18-19	The Deadmines	27		Drop	0.5%	map
Silithid Grub	20	The Barrens	24		Drop	0.5%	map
Blackrock Grunt	19-20	Redridge Mountains	22		Drop	0.5%	map
Forsaken Herbalist	18-19	Ashenvale	20	Alliance only	Drop	0.5%	map
Alliance Chest		Hillsbrad Foothills	19		Contains	0.5%	map
Large Iron Bound Chest		The Stockade	19		Contains	0.5%	map
Large Solid Chest		The Stockade	19		Contains	0.5%	map
Large Battered Chest		Wailing Caverns	18		Contains	0.5%	map
Alliance Chest		Silverpine Forest	16		Contains	0.5%	map
Theramore Preserver	16-17	The Barrens	15	Horde only	Drop	0.5%	map
Wrathtail Sea Witch	19-20	Ashenvale	13		Drop	0.5%	map
Alliance Chest		Alterac Mountains	12		Contains	0.5%	map
Ravenclaw Drudger	19-20	Silverpine Forest	11		Drop	0.5%	map
Skittering Crustacean(elite)	22-23+	Blackfathom Deeps	11		Drop	0.5%	map
Large Iron Bound Chest		Gnomeregan	10		Contains	0.5%	map
Large Iron Bound Chest		Razorfen Downs	10		Contains	0.5%	map
Large Solid Chest		Gnomeregan	10		Contains	0.5%	map
Large Solid Chest		Razorfen Downs	10		Contains	0.5%	map
Dalaran Warder	16-17	Silverpine Forest	9	Horde only	Drop	0.5%	map
Alliance Strongbox		Alterac Mountains	8		Contains	0.5%	map
Large Iron Bound Chest		Scarlet Monastery	8		Contains	0.5%	map
Large Solid Chest		Scarlet Monastery	8		Contains	0.5%	map
Alliance Chest		Hillsbrad Foothills	7		Contains	0.5%	map
Alliance Strongbox		The Barrens	4		Contains	0.5%	map
Horde Chest		Arathi Highlands	4		Contains	0.5%	map
Barak Kodobane	16	The Barrens	1		Drop	0.5%	map
Carnivous the Breaker(rare)	16	Darkshore	1		Drop	0.5%	map
Licillin(rare)	14	Darkshore	1		Drop	0.5%	map
Overseer Glibby	16	The Barrens	1		Drop	0.5%	map
Rathorian(rare)	15	The Barrens	1		Drop	0.5%	map
Windshear Tunnel Rat	19-20		0		Drop	0.5%	map
Xabraxxis	19		0		Drop	0.5%	map
Deepmoss Venomspitter	17-18	Stonetalon Mountains	55		Drop	0.5%	map
Defias Miner	17-18	The Deadmines	47		Drop	0.5%	map
Defias Worker	16-17	Westfall	28		Drop	0.5%	map
Rot Hide Savage	18-19	Silverpine Forest	17		Drop	0.5%	map
Den Mother	18-19	Darkshore	1		Drop	0.5%	map
Foreman Grills(rare)	19	The Barrens	1		Drop	0.5%	map
Gatekeeper Kordurus(elite)	25+	Stonetalon Mountains	1	Horde only	Drop	0.5%	map
Defias Smuggler	11-12	Westfall	73		Pickpocket	0.5%	map
Redridge Basher	19-20	Redridge Mountains	34		Drop	0.5%	map
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Needed for:

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.