The best place to farm Bracers of Valor is Blackrock Spire, where Blackhand Iron Guard (level 60-61) drops it at 3.0%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 7 sources are ranked below by drop chance.
Gold per kill: Blackhand Iron Guard is worth about 55s 14c a kill in item drops (at Auction House prices).
Best zones:
All sources, by drop chance:
| Source | Level | Zone | Spawns | Side | How | Drop% | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackhand Iron Guard(elite) | 60-61+ | Blackrock Spire | 17 | Drop | 3.0% | map | |
| Smolderthorn Axe Thrower(elite) | 55-56+ | Blackrock Spire | 9 | Drop | 2.0% | map | |
| Quartermaster Zigris(rare) | 59+ | Blackrock Spire | 1 | Drop | 1.5% | map | |
| Firebrand Legionnaire(elite) | 57-58+ | Blackrock Spire | 4 | Drop | 1.3% | map | |
| Bloodaxe Warmonger(elite) | 57-58+ | Blackrock Spire | 12 | Drop | 1.3% | map | |
| Scarshield Legionnaire(elite) | 54-55+ | Blackrock Spire | 45 | Drop | 1.0% | map | |
| Firebrand Grunt(elite) | 56-57+ | Blackrock Spire | 25 | Drop | 0.8% | map |
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Quests:
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.