Where to Farm Swiftthistle

The best place to farm Swiftthistle is Ashenvale, where Dark Strand Enforcer (level 20-21) drops it at 20.0%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 573 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Best zones:

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

Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop%
Westfall	42	Briarthorn		40.0%
The Barrens	67	Briarthorn		40.0%
Ashenvale	40	Dark Strand Enforcer	20-21	20.0%
Silverpine Forest	25	Mageroyal		20.0%
Duskwood	31	Defias Drone	22	15.8%
Wailing Caverns	8	Large Battered Chest		8.3%
Gnomeregan	8	Large Iron Bound Chest		5.6%
The Stockade	7	Large Iron Bound Chest		4.2%
Darkshore	30	Battered Chest		3.8%
Wetlands	46	Solid Chest		3.8%
Hillsbrad Foothills	25	Alliance Chest		3.8%
Thousand Needles	10	Galak Windchaser	24-25	2.7%
Feralas	2	Wandering Forest Walker	44-46	2.2%
Stonetalon Mountains	33	Vengeful Ancient	30	2.1%
Western Plaguelands	4	The Husk	62	1.8%

All sources, by drop chance:

Vanilla reference — from the 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in Forever.

Source	Level	Zone	Spawns	Side	How	Drop%	Map
Briarthorn		Westfall	507		Herbalism	40.0%	map
Briarthorn		The Barrens	136		Herbalism	40.0%	map
Dark Strand Enforcer	20-21	Ashenvale	6		Drop	20.0%	map
Mageroyal		Silverpine Forest	409		Herbalism	20.0%	map
Mageroyal		The Barrens	143		Herbalism	20.0%	map
Defias Drone	22	Duskwood	2		Drop	15.8%	map
Malformed Defias Drone	23	Westfall	1		Drop	9.4%	map
Venture Co. Drone	22	The Barrens	4		Drop	8.5%	map
Branch Snapper(rare)	25	Ashenvale	1		Drop	8.3%	map
Large Battered Chest		Wailing Caverns	18		Contains	8.3%	map
Large Iron Bound Chest		Gnomeregan	10		Contains	5.6%	map
Large Solid Chest		Gnomeregan	10		Contains	5.6%	map
Large Iron Bound Chest		The Stockade	19		Contains	4.2%	map
Large Solid Chest		The Stockade	19		Contains	4.2%	map
Battered Chest		Westfall	120		Contains	4.0%	map
Battered Chest		Darkshore	109		Contains	3.8%	map
Solid Chest		Wetlands	109		Contains	3.8%	map
Alliance Chest		Hillsbrad Foothills	19		Contains	3.8%	map
Alliance Chest		Silverpine Forest	16		Contains	3.8%	map
Alliance Strongbox		The Barrens	4		Contains	3.8%	map
Wandering Protector(elite)	35+	Ashenvale	1	Horde only	Drop	3.1%	map
Fen Lord	25-26	Wetlands	3		Drop	3.0%	map
Galak Windchaser	24-25	Thousand Needles	69		Drop	2.7%	map
Wrathtail Sea Witch	19-20	Ashenvale	13		Drop	2.7%	map
Mirelow(rare)	25	Wetlands	1		Drop	2.6%	map
Shadethicket Raincaller	22-23	Ashenvale	32		Drop	2.5%	map
Elder Lake Skulker	16-17	Silverpine Forest	6		Drop	2.2%	map
Wandering Forest Walker	44-46	Feralas	5		Drop	2.2%	map
Deviate Shambler(elite)	19-20+	Wailing Caverns	24		Drop	2.1%	map
Vengeful Ancient(rare)	30	Stonetalon Mountains	1		Drop	2.1%	map
Defias Tower Patroller	23	Westfall	2		Drop	2.0%	map
Verdan the Everliving(elite)	21+	Wailing Caverns	1		Drop	2.0%	map
The Husk(rare)	62	Western Plaguelands	1		Drop	1.8%	map
Swampwalker Elder	39-40	Swamp of Sorrows	8		Drop	1.7%	map
Barbed Lasher(elite)	44-45+	Maraudon	17		Drop	1.7%	map
Shadethicket Stone Mover	25-26	Ashenvale	50		Drop	1.7%	map
Lake Creeper	17-18	Silverpine Forest	11		Drop	1.7%	map
Shadethicket Wood Shaper	23-24	Ashenvale	32		Drop	1.7%	map
Tangled Horror	40-41	Swamp of Sorrows	28		Drop	1.6%	map
Elder Lake Creeper	18-19	Silverpine Forest	15		Drop	1.6%	map
Riverpaw Herbalist	14-15	Westfall	49		Drop	1.6%	map
Forsaken Herbalist	18-19	Ashenvale	20	Alliance only	Drop	1.6%	map
Withered Protector	55-56	Felwood	1		Drop	1.5%	map
Blackened Ancient	27-28	Stonetalon Mountains	2		Drop	1.5%	map
Shadethicket Moss Eater	21-23	Ashenvale	17		Drop	1.5%	map
Charred Ancient	25-26	Stonetalon Mountains	3		Drop	1.4%	map
Bloodpetal Lasher	48-49	Un'Goro Crater	61		Drop	1.4%	map
Shadethicket Bark Ripper	26-27	Ashenvale	50		Drop	1.4%	map
Fen Dweller	20-21	Wetlands	17		Drop	1.3%	map
Shadethicket Oracle	30	Ashenvale	1		Drop	1.3%	map
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Needed for:

Recipes:

Recipe	Profession	Needs
Elixir of Lesser Agility	Alchemy	1x
Elixir of Minor Agility	Alchemy	1x
Fermenter	Alchemy	1x
Holy Protection Potion	Alchemy	1x
Speedstone	Enchanting	20x
Swiftness Potion	Alchemy	1x
Swim Speed Potion	Alchemy	1x
Thistle Tea	Cooking	1x

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.