Where to Farm Plans: Thorium Helm

The best place to farm Plans: Thorium Helm is Silithus, where Whirling Invader (level 57-58) drops it at 0.1%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 517 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Gold per kill: Whirling Invader is worth about 8s 7c a kill in item drops (at Auction House prices). Gold farming spots, level 50-60

Best zones:

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  1. Lord Kazzak 35.6, 74.4
  2. Shadowsworn Adept 66.8, 30.5
  3. Helboar 51.8, 53.6
  4. Shadowsworn Dreadweaver 39.5, 31.4
  5. Shadowsworn Enforcer 39.5, 31.4
  6. Redstone Crystalhide 51.8, 53.6
  7. Dreadmaul Mauler 47.6, 43.0
  8. Dreadmaul Warlock 47.6, 43.0
8 sources in Blasted Lands, each where it spawns most often; click a pin for the source.Larger map

All sources, by drop chance:

SourceLevelZoneSpawnsSideHowDrop%Map
Firebrand Invoker(elite)56-57+Blackrock Spire11Drop0.1%map
Firebrand Pyromancer(elite)57-58+Blackrock Spire4Drop0.1%map
Bloodaxe Raider(elite)57-58+Blackrock Spire8Drop0.1%map
Bloodaxe Warmonger(elite)57-58+Blackrock Spire12Drop0.1%map
Blackhand Dreadweaver(elite)59-60+Blackrock Spire19Drop0.1%map
Blackhand Veteran(elite)59-60+Blackrock Spire35Drop0.1%map
Zulian Panther(elite)60+Zul'Gurub53Drop0.1%map
Smolderthorn Witch Doctor(elite)56-57+Blackrock Spire7Drop0.1%map
Spire Scarab580Drop0.0%map
Blackhand Elite(elite)60-61+Blackrock Spire17Drop0.0%map
Rage Talon Dragon Guard(elite)60-61+Blackrock Spire8Drop0.0%map
Ghostly Citizen(elite)56-57+Stratholme12Drop0.0%map
Black Guard Sentry(elite)58-59+0Drop0.0%map
Thuzadin Shadowcaster(elite)58-59+Stratholme14Drop0.0%map
Plague Ghoul(elite)57-58+Stratholme34Drop0.0%map
Ghoul Ravener(elite)58-59+Stratholme17Drop0.0%map
Fleshflayer Ghoul(elite)59-60+Stratholme10Drop0.0%map
Rockwing Gargoyle(elite)57-58+Stratholme7Drop0.0%map
Rockwing Screecher(elite)58-59+Stratholme7Drop0.0%map
Crimson Sorcerer(elite)58-59+Stratholme2Drop0.0%map
Scholomance Adept(elite)58-59+Scholomance18Drop0.0%map
Risen Aberration57-58Scholomance52Drop0.0%map
Risen Warrior(elite)59-61+Scholomance2Drop0.0%map
Risen Protector(elite)58-60+Scholomance4Drop0.0%map
Risen Guard(elite)57-59+Scholomance12Drop0.0%map
Spectral Tutor(elite)58-60+Scholomance7Drop0.0%map
Blackhand Dragon Handler(elite)59-60+0Drop0.0%map
Malor the Zealous(elite)60+Stratholme1Drop0.0%map
Hakkari Shadow Hunter(elite)61+Zul'Gurub14Drop0.0%map
Gurubashi Berserker(elite)62+Zul'Gurub18Drop0.0%map
Gurubashi Warrior(elite)54-55+Stranglethorn Vale19Drop0.0%map
Son of Hakkar(elite)60+Zul'Gurub20Drop0.0%map
Zulian Tiger(elite)60+Zul'Gurub35Drop0.0%map
Gordok Brute(elite)57-58+Dire Maul47Drop0.0%map
Gordok Mage-Lord(elite)57-58+Dire Maul33Drop0.0%map
Gordok Warlock(elite)59-60+Dire Maul15Drop0.0%map
Wildspawn Trickster(elite)56-57+Dire Maul4Drop0.0%map
Petrified Treant(elite)57-59+Dire Maul15Drop0.0%map
Warpwood Tangler(elite)55-56+Dire Maul3Drop0.0%map
Eldreth Sorcerer(elite)58-59+Dire Maul18Drop0.0%map
Arcane Aberration(elite)59-60+Dire Maul14Drop0.0%map
Mana Remnant(elite)57-59+Dire Maul23Drop0.0%map
Hive'Zora Waywatcher(elite)58-59+Silithus21Drop0.0%map
Flamewaker Protector(elite)62+Molten Core2Drop0.0%map
Fel Lash(elite)56+Dire Maul11Drop0.0%map
Blazing Invader54-56Un'Goro Crater3Drop0.0%map
Razzashi Skitterer(elite)56-58+Zul'Gurub8Drop0.0%map
Zulian Crocolisk(elite)60+Zul'Gurub41Drop0.0%map
Mad Servant(elite)61+Zul'Gurub14Drop0.0%map
The Duke of Cynders(elite)62+0Drop0.0%map
517 found
Classic data: from the patch 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in Forever.

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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.