Where to Farm Tome of Arcane Brilliance

The best place to farm Tome of Arcane Brilliance is Naxxramas, where Plagued Ghoul (level 61) drops it at 0.7%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 196 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Gold per kill: Plagued Ghoul is worth about 12s 85c a kill in item drops (at Auction House prices).

Best zones:

The 15 zones with the best source; every source is listed below.

Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop% ▼
Blasted Lands	1	Lord Kazzak	63+	4.0%
Unknown zone	17	Ragnaros	63+	2.6%
Azshara	1	Azuregos	63+	1.3%
Onyxia's Lair	1	Onyxia	63+	1.3%
Naxxramas	18	Plagued Ghoul	61+	0.7%
Blackrock Spire	44	Blackhand Thug	60+	0.4%
Dire Maul	34	Warpwood Guardian	57-58+	0.4%
Scholomance	18	Scholomance Handler	59-60+	0.3%
Stratholme	32	Thuzadin Shadowcaster	58-59+	0.3%
Blackwing Lair	10	Death Talon Wyrmkin	61+	0.3%
Blackrock Depths	14	Anvilrage Captain	55-56+	0.2%
Burning Steppes	2	Scarshield Grunt	53-54+	0.0%
Duskwood	1	Emeriss	63+	0.0%
Ashenvale	1	Taerar	63+	0.0%
Feralas	1	Lethon	63+	0.0%

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All sources, by drop chance:

Classic data: from the patch 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in Forever.

Source	Level	Zone	Spawns	Side	How	Drop% ▼	Map
Lord Kazzak(elite)	63+	Blasted Lands	1		Drop	4.0%	map
Ragnaros(elite)	63+		0		Drop	2.6%	map
Onyxia(elite)	63+	Onyxia's Lair	1		Drop	1.3%	map
Azuregos(elite)	63+	Azshara	1		Drop	1.3%	map
Plagued Ghoul(elite)	61+	Naxxramas	150		Drop	0.7%	map
Aspect of Banality(elite)	60+		0		Drop	0.5%	map
Blackhand Dragon Handler(elite)	59-60+		0		Drop	0.5%	map
Blackhand Thug(elite)	60+	Blackrock Spire	2		Drop	0.4%	map
Warpwood Guardian(elite)	57-58+	Dire Maul	10		Drop	0.4%	map
Blackhand Veteran(elite)	59-60+	Blackrock Spire	35		Drop	0.4%	map
Blackhand Dreadweaver(elite)	59-60+	Blackrock Spire	19		Drop	0.4%	map
Unholy Swords(elite)	61+	Naxxramas	2		Drop	0.4%	map
Blackhand Elite(elite)	60-61+	Blackrock Spire	17		Drop	0.4%	map
Dark Shade(elite)	58-59+		0		Drop	0.4%	map
Warpwood Stomper(elite)	57-58+	Dire Maul	8		Drop	0.4%	map
Eldreth Phantasm(elite)	58-59+	Dire Maul	12		Drop	0.4%	map
Blackhand Assassin(elite)	60-61+	Blackrock Spire	12		Drop	0.3%	map
Black Guard Sentry(elite)	58-59+		0		Drop	0.3%	map
Scholomance Handler(elite)	59-60+	Scholomance	5		Drop	0.3%	map
Arcane Aberration(elite)	59-60+	Dire Maul	14		Drop	0.3%	map
Residual Monstrosity(elite)	59-60+	Dire Maul	18		Drop	0.3%	map
Firebrand Dreadweaver(elite)	57-58+	Blackrock Spire	5		Drop	0.3%	map
Blackhand Summoner(elite)	59-60+	Blackrock Spire	15		Drop	0.3%	map
Thuzadin Shadowcaster(elite)	58-59+	Stratholme	14		Drop	0.3%	map
Crimson Sorcerer(elite)	58-59+	Stratholme	2		Drop	0.3%	map
Petrified Treant(elite)	57-59+	Dire Maul	15		Drop	0.3%	map
Necrofiend(elite)	58-60+	Scholomance	4		Drop	0.3%	map
Deathknight Captain(elite)	61+	Naxxramas	14		Drop	0.3%	map
Plagued Deathhound(elite)	61+	Naxxramas	48		Drop	0.3%	map
Blackhand Iron Guard(elite)	60-61+	Blackrock Spire	17		Drop	0.3%	map
Ghostly Citizen(elite)	56-57+	Stratholme	12		Drop	0.3%	map
Thuzadin Acolyte	59-60	Stratholme	15		Drop	0.3%	map
Crimson Initiate(elite)	57-58+	Stratholme	9		Drop	0.3%	map
Splintered Skeleton(elite)	59-60+	Scholomance	5		Drop	0.3%	map
Mana Remnant(elite)	57-59+	Dire Maul	23		Drop	0.3%	map
Scholomance Dark Summoner(elite)	58-59+	Scholomance	6		Drop	0.3%	map
Spirestone Battle Mage(elite)	57-58+	Blackrock Spire	4		Drop	0.3%	map
Crimson Gallant(elite)	59-60+	Stratholme	18		Drop	0.3%	map
Crimson Battle Mage(elite)	59-60+	Stratholme	7		Drop	0.3%	map
Eldreth Sorcerer(elite)	58-59+	Dire Maul	18		Drop	0.3%	map
Death Talon Wyrmkin(elite)	61+	Blackwing Lair	12		Drop	0.3%	map
Aspect of Malice(elite)	60+		0		Drop	0.3%	map
Spirestone Warlord(elite)	57-58+	Blackrock Spire	9		Drop	0.3%	map
Rage Talon Flamescale(elite)	58-59+	Blackrock Spire	10		Drop	0.3%	map
Rage Talon Dragon Guard(elite)	60-61+	Blackrock Spire	8		Drop	0.3%	map
Ravaged Cadaver(elite)	56-57+	Stratholme	34		Drop	0.3%	map
Ghoul Ravener(elite)	58-59+	Stratholme	17		Drop	0.3%	map
Rockwing Gargoyle(elite)	57-58+	Stratholme	7		Drop	0.3%	map
Rockwing Screecher(elite)	58-59+	Stratholme	7		Drop	0.3%	map
Crypt Beast(elite)	59-60+	Stratholme	6		Drop	0.3%	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 (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.