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
Crimson Monk(elite)	58-60+	Stratholme	3		Drop	0.1%	map
Bony Construct(elite)	61+	Naxxramas	5		Drop	0.1%	map
Firebrand Grunt(elite)	56-57+	Blackrock Spire	25		Drop	0.1%	map
Firebrand Dreadweaver(elite)	57-58+	Blackrock Spire	5		Drop	0.1%	map
Smolderthorn Witch Doctor(elite)	56-57+	Blackrock Spire	7		Drop	0.1%	map
Watchman Doomgrip(elite)	55+		0		Drop	0.1%	map
Bloodaxe Evoker(elite)	58-59+	Blackrock Spire	11		Drop	0.1%	map
Rage Talon Fire Tongue(elite)	60-61+	Blackrock Spire	7		Drop	0.1%	map
Spectral Citizen(elite)	55-56+	Stratholme	14		Drop	0.1%	map
Skeletal Guardian	55-56	Stratholme	67		Drop	0.1%	map
Rockwing Screecher(elite)	58-59+	Stratholme	7		Drop	0.1%	map
Crypt Crawler(elite)	58-59+	Stratholme	7		Drop	0.1%	map
Crypt Beast(elite)	59-60+	Stratholme	6		Drop	0.1%	map
Crimson Guardsman(elite)	57-58+	Stratholme	17		Drop	0.1%	map
Crimson Initiate(elite)	57-58+	Stratholme	9		Drop	0.1%	map
Crimson Defender(elite)	58-59+	Stratholme	9		Drop	0.1%	map
Risen Guard(elite)	57-59+	Scholomance	12		Drop	0.1%	map
Diseased Ghoul(elite)	58-59+	Scholomance	34		Drop	0.1%	map
Scholomance Dark Summoner(elite)	58-59+	Scholomance	6		Drop	0.1%	map
Thuzadin Necromancer(elite)	60-61+	Stratholme	17		Drop	0.1%	map
Plague Ghoul(elite)	57-58+	Stratholme	34		Drop	0.1%	map
Venom Belcher(elite)	60-61+	Stratholme	9		Drop	0.1%	map
Crimson Conjuror(elite)	57-58+	Stratholme	9		Drop	0.1%	map
Crimson Priest(elite)	58-59+	Stratholme	6		Drop	0.1%	map
Wailing Banshee(elite)	58-59+	Stratholme	6		Drop	0.1%	map
Scholomance Neophyte(elite)	57-58+	Scholomance	17		Drop	0.1%	map
Scholomance Necromancer(elite)	58-59+	Scholomance	15		Drop	0.1%	map
Summoned Blackhand Veteran(elite)	59-60+		0		Drop	0.1%	map
Scholomance Handler(elite)	59-60+	Scholomance	5		Drop	0.1%	map
Gordok Captain(elite)	59-60+	Dire Maul	6		Drop	0.1%	map
Warpwood Tangler(elite)	55-56+	Dire Maul	3		Drop	0.1%	map
Necrofiend(elite)	58-60+	Scholomance	4		Drop	0.1%	map
Smolderthorn Axe Thrower(elite)	55-56+	Blackrock Spire	9		Drop	0.1%	map
Rage Talon Captain(elite)	62+	Blackrock Spire	5		Drop	0.1%	map
Ravaged Cadaver(elite)	56-57+	Stratholme	34		Drop	0.1%	map
Thuzadin Shadowcaster(elite)	58-59+	Stratholme	14		Drop	0.1%	map
Ghoul Ravener(elite)	58-59+	Stratholme	17		Drop	0.1%	map
Bile Spewer(elite)	59-60+	Stratholme	4		Drop	0.1%	map
Chromatic Dragonspawn(elite)	59-60+		0		Drop	0.1%	map
Scholomance Necrolyte(elite)	57-58+	Scholomance	10		Drop	0.1%	map
Risen Protector(elite)	58-60+	Scholomance	4		Drop	0.1%	map
Risen Construct(elite)	58-61+	Scholomance	12		Drop	0.1%	map
Ironbark Protector(elite)	57-59+	Dire Maul	8		Drop	0.1%	map
Naxxramas Cultist(elite)	61+	Naxxramas	24		Drop	0.1%	map
Skeletal Smith(elite)	61+	Naxxramas	4		Drop	0.1%	map
Plagued Ghoul(elite)	61+	Naxxramas	150		Drop	0.1%	map
Fireguard Destroyer(elite)	54-56+	Blackrock Depths	45		Drop	0.1%	map
Spirestone Ogre Magus(elite)	54-55+	Blackrock Spire	5		Drop	0.1%	map
Spirestone Warlord(elite)	57-58+	Blackrock Spire	9		Drop	0.1%	map
Smolderthorn Shadow Priest(elite)	55-56+	Blackrock Spire	17		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.