The best place to farm Shiny Fish Scales is Felwood, where Mystlash Flayer (level 20-21) drops it at 53.3%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 101 sources are ranked below by drop chance.
Gold per kill: Mystlash Flayer is worth about 2s 59c a kill in item drops (at Auction House prices). Gold farming spots, level 20-30
Best zones:
| Zone | Sources | Best source | Level | Drop% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverpine Forest | 4 | Lake Frenzy | 15-16 | 100.0% |
| The Barrens | 4 | Muck Frenzy | 14-15 | 100.0% |
| Stranglethorn Vale | 15 | Sharptooth Frenzy | 31-32 | 100.0% |
| Felwood | 4 | Coastal Frenzy | 14-16 | 100.0% |
| Loch Modan | 2 | Loch Frenzy | 12-13 | 100.0% |
| Desolace | 14 | Enraged Reef Crawler | 30-32 | 36.2% |
| Hillsbrad Foothills | 10 | Scargil | 30 | 35.6% |
| Unknown zone | 2 | Vorsha the Lasher | 22 | 34.7% |
| Darkshore | 6 | Raging Reef Crawler | 20-21 | 31.6% |
| Swamp of Sorrows | 1 | Silt Crawler | 40-41 | 31.3% |
| Blackfathom Deeps | 14 | Deep Pool Threshfin | 24-25+ | 30.4% |
| Dustwallow Marsh | 9 | Mirefin Oracle | 37-38 | 29.8% |
| Wetlands | 10 | Bluegill Forager | 22-23 | 29.8% |
| Redridge Mountains | 2 | Murloc Nightcrawler | 21-22 | 29.3% |
| Ashenvale | 7 | Saltspittle Muckdweller | 20-21 | 29.0% |
- Coastal Frenzy 13.4, 52.0
- Mystlash Flayer 5.8, 96.1
- Coastal Frenzy 13.4, 52.0
- Spined Crawler 7.5, 76.9
All sources, by drop chance:
| Source | Level | Zone | Spawns | Side | How | Drop% | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gluggle(rare) | 37 | Stranglethorn Vale | 1 | Drop | 21.3% | map | |
| Aku'mai(elite) | 28+ | Blackfathom Deeps | 1 | Drop | 21.0% | map | |
| Mutanus the Devourer(elite) | 22+ | 0 | Drop | 20.0% | map | ||
| Lady Sarevess(elite) | 25+ | Blackfathom Deeps | 1 | Drop | 20.0% | map | |
| Gelihast(elite) | 26+ | Blackfathom Deeps | 1 | Drop | 20.0% | map | |
| Cookie(elite) | 20+ | The Deadmines | 1 | Drop | 20.0% | map | |
| Old Serra'kis(elite) | 26+ | Blackfathom Deeps | 1 | Drop | 17.0% | map | |
| Bluegill Muckdweller | 23-24 | Wetlands | 23 | Pickpocket | 1.8% | map | |
| Bluegill Murloc | 20-21 | Wetlands | 28 | Pickpocket | 0.2% | 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 (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.