Where to Farm Plans: Searing Golden Blade

The best place to farm Plans: Searing Golden Blade is Hillsbrad Foothills, where Torn Fin Tidehunter (level 31-32) drops it at 35.0%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 26 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Gold per kill: Torn Fin Tidehunter is worth about 5s 42c a kill in item drops (prices from 14 Oct 2026). Gold farming spots, level 30-40

Best zones:

Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop% ▼
Hillsbrad Foothills	1	Torn Fin Tidehunter	31-32	35.0%
Desolace	3	Gritjaw Basilisk	31-32	0.0%
Feralas	1	Woodpaw Trapper	41-42	0.0%
Stranglethorn Vale	1	Skullsplitter Warrior	39-40	0.0%
Zul'Farrak	2	Sandfury Witch Doctor	44-45+	0.0%
Loch Modan	1	Stonevault Rockchewer	36-37+	0.0%
Uldaman	5	Cleft Scorpid	35-36	0.0%
Tanaris	1	Southsea Dock Worker	44-45	0.0%
Scarlet Monastery	4	Scarlet Myrmidon	37-38+	0.0%
Razorfen Downs	3	Boneflayer Ghoul	38-39+	0.0%
Arathi Highlands	2	Boulderfist Magus	36-37	0.0%
Swamp of Sorrows	1	Adolescent Whelp	34-35	0.0%
Unknown zone	1	Thenan	42+	0.0%

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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
Torn Fin Tidehunter(quest)	31-32	Hillsbrad Foothills	21		Drop	35.0%	map
Gritjaw Basilisk	31-32	Desolace	78		Drop	0.0%	map
Woodpaw Trapper	41-42	Feralas	75		Drop	0.0%	map
Skullsplitter Warrior	39-40	Stranglethorn Vale	64		Drop	0.0%	map
Hatefury Rogue	31-32	Desolace	45		Drop	0.0%	map
Sandfury Witch Doctor(elite)	44-45+	Zul'Farrak	40		Drop	0.0%	map
Magram Windchaser	33-34	Desolace	38		Drop	0.0%	map
Stonevault Rockchewer(elite)	36-37+	Loch Modan	32		Drop	0.0%	map
Cleft Scorpid	35-36	Uldaman	30		Drop	0.0%	map
Southsea Dock Worker	44-45	Tanaris	30		Drop	0.0%	map
Scarlet Myrmidon(elite)	37-38+	Scarlet Monastery	27		Drop	0.0%	map
Sandfury Shadowcaster(elite)	43-44+	Zul'Farrak	25		Drop	0.0%	map
Stonevault Oracle(elite)	37-38+	Uldaman	23		Drop	0.0%	map
Boneflayer Ghoul(elite)	38-39+	Razorfen Downs	20		Drop	0.0%	map
Withered Quilguard(elite)	35-36+	Razorfen Downs	18		Drop	0.0%	map
Stonevault Brawler(elite)	43-44+	Uldaman	17		Drop	0.0%	map
Scarlet Protector(elite)	36-37+	Scarlet Monastery	11		Drop	0.0%	map
Scarlet Wizard(elite)	38-39+	Scarlet Monastery	11		Drop	0.0%	map
Thorn Eater Ghoul(elite)	37-38+	Razorfen Downs	11		Drop	0.0%	map
Boulderfist Magus	36-37	Arathi Highlands	9		Drop	0.0%	map
Scarlet Champion(elite)	39-40+	Scarlet Monastery	9		Drop	0.0%	map
Adolescent Whelp	34-35	Swamp of Sorrows	8		Drop	0.0%	map
Earthen Stonecarver	44-45	Uldaman	7		Drop	0.0%	map
Venomlash Scorpid(elite)	39-40+	Uldaman	4		Drop	0.0%	map
Marez Cowl(elite)	40+	Arathi Highlands	1		Drop	0.0%	map
Thenan(elite)	42+		0		Drop	0.0%	map

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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.