The best place to farm Essence of Undeath is Eastern Plaguelands, where Scourge Champion (level 59-60) drops it at 2.0%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 63 sources are ranked below by drop chance.
Gold per kill: Scourge Champion is worth about 30s 80c a kill in item drops (at Auction House prices). Gold farming spots, level 50-60
Best zones:
| Zone | Sources | Best source | Level | Drop% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Plaguelands | 4 | Nathanos Blightcaller | 62+ | 19.3% |
| Unknown zone | 9 | Ragged Ghoul | 58+ | 7.5% |
| Naxxramas | 17 | Necro Knight | 61+ | 7.3% |
| Zul'Gurub | 1 | Withered Mistress | 60+ | 5.4% |
| Scholomance | 10 | Risen Warrior | 59-61+ | 4.5% |
| Dire Maul | 8 | Eldreth Sorcerer | 58-59+ | 4.1% |
| Stratholme | 11 | Ghostly Citizen | 56-57+ | 4.0% |
| Western Plaguelands | 3 | Araj the Summoner | 61+ | 2.9% |
- Nathanos Blightcaller 22.3, 63.5
- Lord Darkscythe 22.0, 25.7
- Scourge Champion 67.6, 42.9
- Scourge Warder 22.2, 17.5
All sources, by drop chance:
| Source | Level | Zone | Spawns | Side | How | Drop% | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plagued Gargoyle(elite) | 61+ | Naxxramas | 8 | Drop | 1.1% | map | |
| Shade of Naxxramas(elite) | 61+ | Naxxramas | 5 | Drop | 1.1% | map | |
| Aspect of Banality(elite) | 60+ | 0 | Drop | 1.1% | map | ||
| Stoneskin Gargoyle(elite) | 61+ | Naxxramas | 8 | Drop | 0.8% | map | |
| Bile Retcher(elite) | 61+ | Naxxramas | 7 | Drop | 0.8% | map | |
| Stitched Spewer(elite) | 63+ | Naxxramas | 7 | Drop | 0.8% | map | |
| Aspect of Malice(elite) | 60+ | 0 | Drop | 0.6% | map | ||
| Rotting Highborne | 58-59 | Dire Maul | 17 | Drop | 0.5% | map | |
| Risen Guardian | 59-61 | 0 | Drop | 0.4% | map | ||
| Spirit of Naxxramas(elite) | 61+ | Naxxramas | 15 | Drop | 0.4% | map | |
| Bony Construct(elite) | 61+ | Naxxramas | 5 | Drop | 0.4% | map | |
| Skeletal Highborne | 57-58 | Dire Maul | 24 | Drop | 0.3% | map | |
| Spectral Attendant | 60 | Western Plaguelands | 3 | Drop | 0.3% | 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.