The best place to farm Buzzard Talon is Desolace, where Dread Swoop (level 32-33) drops it at 51.7%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 18 sources are ranked below by drop chance.
Best zones:
| Zone | Sources | Best source | Level | Drop% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desolace | 4 | Dread Swoop | 32-33 | 51.7% |
| Arathi Highlands | 3 | Young Mesa Buzzard | 31-32 | 49.3% |
| Blasted Lands | 2 | Spiteflayer | 52 | 48.3% |
| Tanaris | 4 | Roc | 41-43 | 46.9% |
| Badlands | 3 | Starving Buzzard | 35-37 | 45.1% |
| Unknown zone | 1 | Bonepicker | 49-50 | 40.4% |
| Redridge Mountains | 1 | Dire Condor | 18-19 | 10.3% |
- Dread Swoop 67.9, 60.3
- Dread Flyer 58.1, 50.8
- Carrion Horror 49.4, 59.5
- Dread Ripper 29.8, 81.2
All sources, by drop chance:
| Source | Level | Zone | Spawns | Side | How | Drop% | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dread Swoop | 32-33 | Desolace | 98 | Drop | 51.7% | map | |
| Young Mesa Buzzard | 31-32 | Arathi Highlands | 18 | Drop | 49.3% | map | |
| Spiteflayer(rare) | 52 | Blasted Lands | 1 | Drop | 48.3% | map | |
| Roc | 41-43 | Tanaris | 15 | Drop | 46.9% | map | |
| Dread Flyer | 36-37 | Desolace | 49 | Drop | 46.3% | map | |
| Mesa Buzzard | 34-35 | Arathi Highlands | 14 | Drop | 45.7% | map | |
| Starving Buzzard | 35-37 | Badlands | 6 | Drop | 45.1% | map | |
| Carrion Horror | 35-37 | Desolace | 15 | Drop | 44.7% | map | |
| Fire Roc | 43-45 | Tanaris | 38 | Drop | 44.7% | map | |
| Searing Roc | 47-49 | Tanaris | 21 | Drop | 43.3% | map | |
| Elder Mesa Buzzard | 37-38 | Arathi Highlands | 7 | Drop | 42.9% | map | |
| Giant Buzzard | 39-41 | Badlands | 17 | Drop | 42.8% | map | |
| Buzzard | 37-39 | Badlands | 7 | Drop | 42.6% | map | |
| Dread Ripper | 39-40 | Desolace | 10 | Drop | 42.6% | map | |
| Black Slayer | 46-48 | Blasted Lands | 14 | Drop | 40.4% | map | |
| Bonepicker | 49-50 | 0 | Drop | 40.4% | map | ||
| Greater Firebird(rare) | 46 | Tanaris | 1 | Drop | 25.8% | map | |
| Dire Condor | 18-19 | Redridge Mountains | 21 | Drop | 10.3% | map |
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 (vanilla reference — from the 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.