Where to Farm Black Dragonscale: Drop Rates by NPC

The best place to farm Black Dragonscale is Burning Steppes, where Black Broodling (level 51-52) drops it at 0.0%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 40 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Gold per kill: Black Broodling is worth about 7s 99c a kill in item drops (prices from 10 Oct 2026). Gold farming spots, level 50-60

Best zones:

Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop%
Blackwing Lair	16	Ebonroc	63+	100.0%
Unknown zone	11	Nefarian	63+	100.0%
Blackrock Spire	14	Overlord Wyrmthalak	60+	34.8%
Burning Steppes	17	Flamescale Dragonspawn	56-57+	25.9%
Dustwallow Marsh	1	Emberstrife	61+	24.7%
Dire Maul	1	Knot Thimblejack's Cache		7.7%

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Map of Burning Steppes — Flamescale Dragonspawn **30.8, 62.0**
Flamescale Wyrmkin **30.8, 62.0**
Searscale Drake **20.0, 59.5**
Hematos **26.2, 50.6**
Black Wyrmkin **77.3, 62.1**
Black Dragonspawn **56.7, 61.0**
Black Drake **82.4, 61.8**
Scalding Drake **57.6, 65.2**
8 sources in Burning Steppes, each where it spawns most often; click a pin for the source.Larger map

All sources, by drop chance:

Vanilla reference: from the 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in Forever.
Source	Level	Zone	Spawns	How	Drop%	Map
Ebonroc(elite)	63+	Blackwing Lair	1	Skinning	100.0%	map
Firemaw(elite)	63+	Blackwing Lair	1	Skinning	100.0%	map
Flamegor(elite)	63+	Blackwing Lair	1	Skinning	100.0%	map
Nefarian(elite)	63+		0	Skinning	100.0%	map
Gyth(elite)	62+		0	Skinning	95.8%	map
Chromaggus(elite)	63+	Blackwing Lair	1	Skinning	49.2%	map
Death Talon Overseer(elite)	62+	Blackwing Lair	18	Skinning	38.0%	map
Death Talon Hatcher(elite)	61+	Blackwing Lair	11	Skinning	36.5%	map
Death Talon Wyrmguard(elite)	63+	Blackwing Lair	10	Skinning	34.8%	map
Overlord Wyrmthalak(elite)	60+	Blackrock Spire	1	Skinning	34.8%	map
Death Talon Wyrmkin(elite)	61+	Blackwing Lair	12	Skinning	34.3%	map
Death Talon Flamescale(elite)	62+	Blackwing Lair	12	Skinning	33.3%	map
Death Talon Seether(elite)	62+	Blackwing Lair	12	Skinning	32.5%	map
Rage Talon Fire Tongue(elite)	60-61+	Blackrock Spire	7	Skinning	28.3%	map
Death Talon Captain(elite)	62+	Blackwing Lair	12	Skinning	27.9%	map
Flamescale Dragonspawn(elite)	56-57+	Burning Steppes	27	Skinning	25.9%	map
Rage Talon Flamescale(elite)	58-59+	Blackrock Spire	10	Skinning	25.4%	map
Flamescale Wyrmkin(elite)	57-58+	Burning Steppes	27	Skinning	25.1%	map
Rookery Guardian(elite)	58-59+		0	Skinning	25.0%	map
Rookery Hatcher(elite)	58-59+		0	Skinning	25.0%	map
Rage Talon Dragon Guard(elite)	60-61+	Blackrock Spire	8	Skinning	24.9%	map
Emberstrife(elite)	61+	Dustwallow Marsh	1	Skinning	24.7%	map
Rage Talon Dragonspawn(elite)	58-59+	Blackrock Spire	21	Skinning	24.2%	map
General Drakkisath(elite)	62+	Blackrock Spire	1	Skinning	24.1%	map
Rage Talon Captain(elite)	62+	Blackrock Spire	5	Skinning	23.2%	map
Searscale Drake(elite)	56-58+	Burning Steppes	4	Skinning	23.0%	map
Solakar Flamewreath(elite)	60+		0	Skinning	21.3%	map
Hematos(rare)	60+	Burning Steppes	1	Skinning	20.0%	map
Black Wyrmkin(elite)	53-54+	Burning Steppes	22	Skinning	15.2%	map
Black Dragonspawn(elite)	52-53+	Burning Steppes	21	Skinning	14.8%	map
Black Drake(elite)	50-52+	Burning Steppes	3	Skinning	14.1%	map
Scalding Drake(elite)	53-55+	Burning Steppes	2	Skinning	14.0%	map
Chromatic Elite Guard(elite)	59-60+	Blackrock Spire	2	Skinning	8.5%	map
Knot Thimblejack's Cache		Dire Maul	1	Contains	7.7%	map
Chromatic Dragonspawn(elite)	59-60+		0	Skinning	6.9%	map
Flamescale Broodling	55-56	Burning Steppes	9	Skinning	3.1%	map
Black Broodling	51-52	Burning Steppes	14	Skinning	2.9%	map
Chromatic Whelp	57-58		0	Skinning	2.7%	map
Scalding Broodling	53-54	Burning Steppes	16	Skinning	2.4%	map
Death Talon Seether(elite)	62+	Blackwing Lair	12	Drop	0.8%	map
Black Drake(elite)	50-52+	Burning Steppes	3	Drop	0.7%	map
Death Talon Captain(elite)	62+	Blackwing Lair	12	Drop	0.4%	map
Rage Talon Dragonspawn(elite)	58-59+	Blackrock Spire	21	Drop	0.3%	map
Death Talon Hatcher(elite)	61+	Blackwing Lair	11	Drop	0.3%	map
Onyxia's Elite Guard(elite)	60+		0	Drop	0.3%	map
Flamescale Wyrmkin(elite)	57-58+	Burning Steppes	27	Drop	0.2%	map
Death Talon Overseer(elite)	62+	Blackwing Lair	18	Drop	0.2%	map
Death Talon Wyrmguard(elite)	63+	Blackwing Lair	10	Drop	0.2%	map
Rage Talon Dragon Guard(elite)	60-61+	Blackrock Spire	8	Drop	0.2%	map
Rage Talon Fire Tongue(elite)	60-61+	Blackrock Spire	7	Drop	0.2%	map
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Quests:

Level	Quest	Needs
60	Doomsday Candle	35x

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Recipes:

Recipe	Profession	Needs
Black Dragonscale Boots	Leatherworking	30x
Black Dragonscale Breastplate	Leatherworking	60x
Black Dragonscale Helm	Leatherworking	40x
Black Dragonscale Leggings	Leatherworking	60x
Black Dragonscale Shoulders	Leatherworking	45x
Brilliant Chromatic Cloak	Leatherworking	30x
Cacophonous Chain Shoulderguards	Leatherworking	4x
Chromatic Cloak	Leatherworking	30x
Hardened Black Dragonscale Breastplate	Leatherworking	60x
Hardened Black Dragonscale Leggings	Leatherworking	60x
Hardened Black Dragonscale Shoulders	Leatherworking	45x
Onyxia Scale Breastplate	Leatherworking	60x
Shrieking Spaulders	Leatherworking	8x

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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 (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.

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