Where to Farm Copper Ore

The best place to farm Copper Ore is Wetlands, where Fen Lord (level 25-26) drops it at 8.1%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 782 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%
The Barrens	89	Copper Vein		100.0%
Redridge Mountains	46	Copper Vein		100.0%
The Deadmines	11	Goblin Craftsman	18-19+	99.3%
Loch Modan	44	Mountaineer Haggis	30	23.5%
Durotar	49	Battered Chest		8.3%
Wailing Caverns	10	Large Battered Chest		8.3%
Wetlands	33	Fen Lord	25-26	8.1%
Elwynn Forest	35	Kobold Tunneler	5-6	5.0%
Mulgore	23	Venture Co. Laborer	6-7	5.0%
Westfall	55	Malformed Defias Drone	23	4.7%
Dun Morogh	38	Grik'nir the Cold	5	4.3%
The Stockade	8	Large Iron Bound Chest		4.2%
Darkshore	50	Battered Chest		3.8%
Hillsbrad Foothills	22	Alliance Chest		3.8%
Silverpine Forest	44	Alliance Chest		3.8%

All sources, by drop chance:

From 1 recorded loots in Forever. Rows marked (vanilla): Vanilla reference — from the 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in Forever.

Source	Level	Zone	Spawns	Side	How	Drop%	Map
Copper Vein(vanilla)		The Barrens	48		Mining	100.0%	map
Copper Vein(vanilla)		Redridge Mountains	10		Mining	100.0%	map
Copper Vein(vanilla)		The Barrens	5		Mining	100.0%	map
Goblin Craftsman(elite) (vanilla)	18-19+	The Deadmines	13		Drop	99.3%	map
Mountaineer Haggis(vanilla)	30	Loch Modan	1	Horde only	Drop	23.5%	map
Armor Crate(vanilla)		The Barrens	28		Contains	14.3%	map
Battered Chest(vanilla)		Durotar	193		Contains	8.3%	map
Large Battered Chest(vanilla)		Wailing Caverns	18		Contains	8.3%	map
Fen Lord(vanilla)	25-26	Wetlands	3		Drop	8.1%	map
Kobold Tunneler(vanilla)	5-6	Elwynn Forest	45		Drop	5.0%	map
Venture Co. Laborer(vanilla)	6-7	Mulgore	14		Drop	5.0%	map
Venture Co. Worker(vanilla)	8-9	Mulgore	127		Drop	4.8%	map
Malformed Defias Drone(vanilla)	23	Westfall	1		Drop	4.7%	map
Bael'dun Digger(vanilla)	7-8	Mulgore	21	Horde only	Drop	4.7%	map
Grik'nir the Cold(vanilla)	5	Dun Morogh	1		Drop	4.3%	map
Large Iron Bound Chest(vanilla)		The Stockade	19		Contains	4.2%	map
Large Solid Chest(vanilla)		The Stockade	19		Contains	4.2%	map
Battered Chest(vanilla)		Westfall	120		Contains	4.0%	map
Defias Digger(vanilla)	15-16	Westfall	40		Drop	4.0%	map
Lord Condar(rare) (vanilla)	16	Loch Modan	1		Drop	3.9%	map
Defias Worker(vanilla)	16-17	Westfall	28		Drop	3.9%	map
Battered Chest(vanilla)		Darkshore	109		Contains	3.8%	map
Solid Chest(vanilla)		Wetlands	109		Contains	3.8%	map
Alliance Chest(vanilla)		Hillsbrad Foothills	19		Contains	3.8%	map
Alliance Chest(vanilla)		Silverpine Forest	16		Contains	3.8%	map
Alliance Strongbox(vanilla)		The Barrens	4		Contains	3.8%	map
Wrathtail Sea Witch(vanilla)	19-20	Ashenvale	13		Drop	3.6%	map
Gesharahan(rare) (vanilla)	20+	The Barrens	1		Drop	3.2%	map
Dalaran Miner(vanilla)	15-16	Silverpine Forest	1	Horde only	Drop	3.0%	map
Kobold Digger(vanilla)	12-13	Westfall	7		Drop	2.7%	map
Bjarn(rare) (vanilla)	12	Dun Morogh	1		Drop	2.7%	map
Goldtooth(vanilla)	8	Elwynn Forest	1		Drop	2.7%	map
Compact Harvest Reaper(vanilla)	40-41	Stranglethorn Vale	1		Drop	2.4%	map
Riverpaw Miner(vanilla)	14-15	Westfall	8		Drop	2.2%	map
Undead Excavator(elite) (vanilla)	17-18+	Westfall	23		Drop	1.8%	map
Shanda the Spinner(rare) (vanilla)	19	Loch Modan	1		Drop	1.7%	map
Moonkin Oracle(vanilla)	13-14	Darkshore	3		Drop	1.6%	map
Fedfennel(rare) (vanilla)	12	Elwynn Forest	1		Drop	1.6%	map
Kobold Miner(vanilla)	6-7	Elwynn Forest	79		Drop	1.6%	map
Master Digger(rare) (vanilla)	15	Westfall	1		Drop	1.6%	map
Ma'ruk Wyrmscale(rare) (vanilla)	23	Wetlands	1		Drop	1.5%	map
Great Father Arctikus(rare) (vanilla)	11	Dun Morogh	1		Drop	1.5%	map
Thunder Lizard(vanilla)	9-10	Durotar	11		Drop	1.4%	map
Edan the Howler(rare) (vanilla)	9	Dun Morogh	1		Drop	1.4%	map
Defias Strip Miner(vanilla)	18-19	The Deadmines	27		Drop	1.3%	map
Defias Miner(vanilla)	17-18	The Deadmines	47		Drop	1.3%	map
Cliff Stormer(vanilla)	15-17	Stonetalon Mountains	17		Drop	1.2%	map
Narg the Taskmaster(rare) (vanilla)	10	Elwynn Forest	1		Drop	1.2%	map
Skeletal Miner(elite) (vanilla)	17-18+	Westfall	23		Drop	1.2%	map
Taskmaster Whipfang(rare) (vanilla)	22+	Stonetalon Mountains	1		Drop	1.1%	map
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Needed for:

Recipes:

Recipe	Profession	Needs
Smelt Copper	Mining	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.