The best place to farm Lava Core is Molten Core, where Lava Elemental (level 61-62) drops it at 23.8%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 7 sources are ranked below by drop chance.
Best zones:
All sources, by drop chance:
| Source | Level | Zone | Spawns | Side | How | Drop% | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lava Elemental(elite) | 61-62+ | Molten Core | 14 | Drop | 23.8% | map | |
| Lava Reaver(elite) | 62-63+ | Molten Core | 6 | Drop | 22.1% | map | |
| Molten Destroyer(elite) | 63+ | Molten Core | 9 | Drop | 15.4% | map | |
| Garr(elite) | 63+ | Molten Core | 1 | Drop | 14.0% | map | |
| Golemagg the Incinerator(elite) | 63+ | Molten Core | 1 | Drop | 14.0% | map | |
| Lava Annihilator(elite) | 61-62+ | Molten Core | 18 | Drop | 12.5% | map | |
| Lava Surger(elite) | 61-62+ | Molten Core | 12 | Drop | 3.5% | 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 (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.