Where to Farm Codex: Prayer of Shadow Protection

The best place to farm Codex: Prayer of Shadow Protection is Stratholme, where Ghostly Citizen (level 56-57) drops it at 0.3%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 170 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Gold per kill: Ghostly Citizen is worth about 50s 5c a kill in item drops (at Auction House prices). Gold farming spots, level 50-60

Best zones:

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

Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop% ▼
Unknown zone	14	Ragnaros	63+	2.6%
Azshara	1	Azuregos	63+	1.3%
Onyxia's Lair	1	Onyxia	63+	1.3%
Stratholme	31	Ghostly Citizen	56-57+	0.3%
Blackrock Spire	43	Blackhand Thug	60+	0.3%
Naxxramas	15	Venom Stalker	61+	0.2%
Blasted Lands	1	Lord Kazzak	63+	0.1%
Dire Maul	22	Warpwood Stomper	57-58+	0.1%
Scholomance	18	Splintered Skeleton	59-60+	0.1%
Blackrock Depths	10	Fireguard Destroyer	54-56+	0.1%
Blackwing Lair	8	Death Talon Overseer	62+	0.0%
Burning Steppes	2	Scarshield Sentry	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
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
Ghostly Citizen(elite)	56-57+	Stratholme	12		Drop	0.3%	map
Blackhand Thug(elite)	60+	Blackrock Spire	2		Drop	0.3%	map
Summoned Blackhand Dreadweaver(elite)	59-60+		0		Drop	0.3%	map
Blackhand Dragon Handler(elite)	59-60+		0		Drop	0.2%	map
Aspect of Corruption(elite)	60+		0		Drop	0.2%	map
Venom Stalker(elite)	61+	Naxxramas	3		Drop	0.2%	map
Firebrand Pyromancer(elite)	57-58+	Blackrock Spire	4		Drop	0.2%	map
Dark Keeper Pelver(elite)	55+		0		Drop	0.2%	map
Rookery Guardian(elite)	58-59+		0		Drop	0.2%	map
Patchwork Golem(elite)	61+	Naxxramas	16		Drop	0.2%	map
Smolderthorn Shadow Hunter(elite)	56-57+	Blackrock Spire	6		Drop	0.2%	map
Rookery Hatcher(elite)	58-59+		0		Drop	0.1%	map
Blackhand Elite(elite)	60-61+	Blackrock Spire	17		Drop	0.1%	map
Lord Kazzak(elite)	63+	Blasted Lands	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Smolderthorn Headhunter(elite)	56-57+	Blackrock Spire	10		Drop	0.1%	map
Blackhand Iron Guard(elite)	60-61+	Blackrock Spire	17		Drop	0.1%	map
Bloodaxe Veteran(elite)	58-59+	Blackrock Spire	16		Drop	0.1%	map
Blackhand Dreadweaver(elite)	59-60+	Blackrock Spire	19		Drop	0.1%	map
Blackhand Summoner(elite)	59-60+	Blackrock Spire	15		Drop	0.1%	map
Blackhand Veteran(elite)	59-60+	Blackrock Spire	35		Drop	0.1%	map
Blackhand Assassin(elite)	60-61+	Blackrock Spire	12		Drop	0.1%	map
Thuzadin Acolyte	59-60	Stratholme	15		Drop	0.1%	map
Chromatic Elite Guard(elite)	59-60+	Blackrock Spire	2		Drop	0.1%	map
Warpwood Stomper(elite)	57-58+	Dire Maul	8		Drop	0.1%	map
Spirestone Battle Mage(elite)	57-58+	Blackrock Spire	4		Drop	0.1%	map
Bloodaxe Warmonger(elite)	57-58+	Blackrock Spire	12		Drop	0.1%	map
Crimson Battle Mage(elite)	59-60+	Stratholme	7		Drop	0.1%	map
Splintered Skeleton(elite)	59-60+	Scholomance	5		Drop	0.1%	map
Shade of Naxxramas(elite)	61+	Naxxramas	5		Drop	0.1%	map
Smolderthorn Mystic(elite)	55-56+	Blackrock Spire	10		Drop	0.1%	map
Firebrand Legionnaire(elite)	57-58+	Blackrock Spire	4		Drop	0.1%	map
Rage Talon Flamescale(elite)	58-59+	Blackrock Spire	10		Drop	0.1%	map
Scholomance Acolyte(elite)	57-58+	Scholomance	15		Drop	0.1%	map
Rage Talon Dragonspawn(elite)	58-59+	Blackrock Spire	21		Drop	0.1%	map
Firebrand Darkweaver(elite)	56-57+	Blackrock Spire	13		Drop	0.1%	map
Firebrand Invoker(elite)	56-57+	Blackrock Spire	11		Drop	0.1%	map
Smolderthorn Berserker(elite)	57-58+	Blackrock Spire	13		Drop	0.1%	map
Rage Talon Dragon Guard(elite)	60-61+	Blackrock Spire	8		Drop	0.1%	map
Skeletal Berserker	56-57	Stratholme	65		Drop	0.1%	map
Black Guard Sentry(elite)	58-59+		0		Drop	0.1%	map
Rockwing Gargoyle(elite)	57-58+	Stratholme	7		Drop	0.1%	map
Crimson Sorcerer(elite)	58-59+	Stratholme	2		Drop	0.1%	map
Crimson Gallant(elite)	59-60+	Stratholme	18		Drop	0.1%	map
Shrieking Banshee(elite)	57-58+	Stratholme	9		Drop	0.1%	map
Scholomance Adept(elite)	58-59+	Scholomance	18		Drop	0.1%	map
Risen Warrior(elite)	59-61+	Scholomance	2		Drop	0.1%	map
Spectral Tutor(elite)	58-60+	Scholomance	7		Drop	0.1%	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.