The best place to farm The Arcanist's Cookbook is Dire Maul, where A Dusty Tome holds it at 3.0%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 17 sources are ranked below by drop chance.
Best zones:
All sources, by drop chance:
| Source | Level | Zone | Spawns | Side | How | Drop% | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Dusty Tome | Dire Maul | 11 | Contains | 3.0% | map | ||
| Alzzin the Wildshaper(elite) | 58+ | Dire Maul | 1 | Drop | 0.4% | map | |
| Hydrospawn(elite) | 57+ | Dire Maul | 1 | Drop | 0.4% | map | |
| Pusillin(elite) | 57+ | Dire Maul | 1 | Drop | 0.4% | map | |
| Zevrim Thornhoof(elite) | 56-57+ | Dire Maul | 1 | Drop | 0.4% | map | |
| Captain Kromcrush(elite) | 61+ | Dire Maul | 1 | Drop | 0.2% | map | |
| Cho'Rush the Observer(elite) | 60+ | Dire Maul | 1 | Drop | 0.2% | map | |
| Guard Fengus(elite) | 59+ | Dire Maul | 1 | Drop | 0.2% | map | |
| Guard Slip'kik(elite) | 59+ | Dire Maul | 1 | Drop | 0.2% | map | |
| Illyanna Ravenoak(elite) | 60+ | Dire Maul | 1 | Drop | 0.2% | map | |
| Immol'thar(elite) | 61+ | Dire Maul | 1 | Drop | 0.2% | map | |
| King Gordok(elite) | 61-62+ | Dire Maul | 1 | Drop | 0.2% | map | |
| Lethtendris(elite) | 57+ | Dire Maul | 1 | Drop | 0.2% | map | |
| Magister Kalendris(elite) | 59-60+ | Dire Maul | 1 | Drop | 0.2% | map | |
| Pimgib(elite) | 56+ | Dire Maul | 1 | Drop | 0.2% | map | |
| Tendris Warpwood(elite) | 59-60+ | Dire Maul | 1 | Drop | 0.2% | map | |
| Gordok Reaver(elite) | 58-59+ | Dire Maul | 13 | Drop | 0.0% | map |
Needed for:
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 (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.