The best place to farm Retractable Claw is Stranglethorn Vale, where Panther (level 32-33) drops it at 20.4%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 11 sources are ranked below by drop chance.
Gold per kill: Panther is worth about 12s 9c a kill in item drops (prices from 10 Oct 2026). Gold farming spots, level 30-40
Best zones:
| Zone | Sources | Best source | Level | Drop% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stranglethorn Vale | 7 | Panther | 32-33 | 20.4% |
| Alterac Mountains | 3 | Hulking Mountain Lion | 33-34 | 10.3% |
| Thousand Needles | 1 | Heartrazor | 32+ | 8.8% |
- Panther 28.8, 13.9
- Young Panther 42.1, 13.1
- Kurzen War Panther 45.7, 9.6
- Stranglethorn Tiger 29.2, 10.3
- Elder Stranglethorn Tiger 31.9, 19.0
- Young Stranglethorn Tiger 33.3, 10.4
- Kurzen War Tiger 45.9, 9.8
All sources, by drop chance:
| Source | Level | Zone | Spawns | Side | How | Drop% | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panther | 32-33 | Stranglethorn Vale | 16 | Drop | 20.4% | map | |
| Young Panther | 30-31 | Stranglethorn Vale | 25 | Drop | 20.1% | map | |
| Kurzen War Panther | 32-33 | Stranglethorn Vale | 2 | Drop | 19.1% | map | |
| Stranglethorn Tiger | 32-33 | Stranglethorn Vale | 26 | Drop | 13.7% | map | |
| Elder Stranglethorn Tiger | 34-35 | Stranglethorn Vale | 14 | Drop | 13.0% | map | |
| Young Stranglethorn Tiger | 30-31 | Stranglethorn Vale | 25 | Drop | 11.0% | map | |
| Hulking Mountain Lion | 33-34 | Alterac Mountains | 29 | Drop | 10.3% | map | |
| Kurzen War Tiger | 32-33 | Stranglethorn Vale | 2 | Drop | 9.6% | map | |
| Heartrazor(rare) | 32+ | Thousand Needles | 1 | Drop | 8.8% | map | |
| Mountain Lion | 32-33 | Alterac Mountains | 30 | Drop | 8.5% | map | |
| Araga(rare) | 35 | Alterac Mountains | 3 | Drop | 7.7% | 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.