Where to Farm Silver Ore: Drop Rates by NPC and Zone

The best place to farm Silver Ore is Ashenvale, where Wrathtail Sea Witch (level 19-20) drops it at 1.3%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 502 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Gold per kill: Wrathtail Sea Witch is worth about 7s 80c a kill in item drops (at Auction House prices). Gold farming spots, level 10-20

Best zones:

The 15 zones with the best source; every source is listed below.
Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop%
Hillsbrad Foothills	25	Silver Vein		100.0%
Ashenvale	17	Silver Vein		100.0%
Thousand Needles	30	Ooze Covered Silver Vein		100.0%
Elwynn Forest	1	Battered Chest		8.3%
Wailing Caverns	10	Large Battered Chest		8.3%
The Stockade	6	Large Iron Bound Chest		4.2%
Westfall	24	Battered Chest		4.0%
Wetlands	24	Solid Chest		3.8%
Silverpine Forest	12	Alliance Chest		3.8%
Darkshore	7	Battered Chest		3.8%
The Barrens	38	Alliance Strongbox		3.8%
Loch Modan	26	Brawler	16	0.6%
Redridge Mountains	32	Ardo Dirtpaw	24	0.4%
Badlands	16	Anathemus	45+	0.4%
Stonetalon Mountains	24	Cliff Stormer	15-17	0.2%

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Map of Ashenvale — Wrathtail Sea Witch **11.3, 26.7**
Ghostpaw Runner **22.4, 47.6**
Felguard **79.4, 81.8**
Shadethicket Bark Ripper **66.3, 80.4**
Befouled Water Elemental **47.3, 71.1**
Thistlefur Shaman **31.1, 44.1**
Wrathtail Sorceress **14.5, 20.2**
Bleakheart Shadowstalker **81.2, 49.3**
8 sources in Ashenvale, each where it spawns most often; click a pin for the source.Larger map

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
Elder Moss Creeper	26-27	Hillsbrad Foothills	26		Drop	0.0%	map
Forest Moss Creeper	20-21	Hillsbrad Foothills	44		Drop	0.0%	map
Gray Bear	21-22	Hillsbrad Foothills	46		Drop	0.0%	map
Vicious Gray Bear	22-23	Hillsbrad Foothills	45		Drop	0.0%	map
Elder Gray Bear	25-26	Hillsbrad Foothills	109		Drop	0.0%	map
Elemental Slave	33-34	Alterac Mountains	22	Horde only	Drop	0.0%	map
Daggerspine Shorestalker	28-29	Hillsbrad Foothills	18		Drop	0.0%	map
Daggerspine Siren	31-32	Hillsbrad Foothills	19		Drop	0.0%	map
Torn Fin Coastrunner	29-30	Hillsbrad Foothills	32		Drop	0.0%	map
Torn Fin Oracle	30-31	Hillsbrad Foothills	20		Drop	0.0%	map
Torn Fin Tidehunter	31-32	Hillsbrad Foothills	21		Drop	0.0%	map
Starving Mountain Lion	23-24	Hillsbrad Foothills	42		Drop	0.0%	map
Feral Mountain Lion	27-28	Hillsbrad Foothills	18		Drop	0.0%	map
Mountain Lion	32-33	Alterac Mountains	30		Drop	0.0%	map
Hulking Mountain Lion	33-34	Alterac Mountains	29		Drop	0.0%	map
Snapjaw	30-31	Alterac Mountains	83		Drop	0.0%	map
Witherbark Axe Thrower	32-33	Arathi Highlands	32		Drop	0.0%	map
Witherbark Witch Doctor	33-34	Arathi Highlands	31		Drop	0.0%	map
Witherbark Headhunter	34-35	Arathi Highlands	37		Drop	0.0%	map
Witherbark Shadow Hunter	35-36	Arathi Highlands	16		Drop	0.0%	map
Highland Strider	30-31	Arathi Highlands	118		Drop	0.0%	map
Highland Thrasher	33-34	Arathi Highlands	67		Drop	0.0%	map
Boulderfist Ogre	32-33	Arathi Highlands	18		Drop	0.0%	map
Plains Creeper	32-33	Arathi Highlands	113		Drop	0.0%	map
Giant Plains Creeper	35-36	Arathi Highlands	43		Drop	0.0%	map
Boulderfist Brute	35-36	Arathi Highlands	21		Drop	0.0%	map
Boulderfist Lord(elite)	39-40+	Arathi Highlands	9		Drop	0.0%	map
Drywhisker Kobold	35-36	Arathi Highlands	21		Drop	0.0%	map
Drywhisker Surveyor	37-38	Arathi Highlands	8		Drop	0.0%	map
Drywhisker Digger	36-37	Arathi Highlands	14		Drop	0.0%	map
Young Mesa Buzzard	31-32	Arathi Highlands	18		Drop	0.0%	map
Stromgarde Defender(elite)	38-39+	Arathi Highlands	11	Horde only	Drop	0.0%	map
Syndicate Highwayman	30-31	Arathi Highlands	23		Drop	0.0%	map
Syndicate Pathstalker	32-33	Arathi Highlands	10		Drop	0.0%	map
Rumbling Exile	38-39	Arathi Highlands	16		Drop	0.0%	map
Daggerspine Raider	38-39	Arathi Highlands	42		Drop	0.0%	map
Witherbark Hideskinner	42-43	The Hinterlands	18		Drop	0.0%	map
Green Sludge	46-47	The Hinterlands	47		Drop	0.0%	map
Dustbelcher Ogre	38-39	Badlands	4		Drop	0.0%	map
Dustbelcher Brute	39-40	Badlands	2		Drop	0.0%	map
Dustbelcher Shaman	42-43	Badlands	7		Drop	0.0%	map
Dustbelcher Ogre Mage	43-44	Badlands	10		Drop	0.0%	map
Stone Golem	38-39	Badlands	5		Drop	0.0%	map
Crag Coyote	35-36	Badlands	28		Drop	0.0%	map
Elder Crag Coyote	39-40	Badlands	46		Drop	0.0%	map
Ridge Stalker	36-37	Badlands	25		Drop	0.0%	map
Burning Exile	38-39	Arathi Highlands	14		Drop	0.0%	map
Cresting Exile	38-39	Arathi Highlands	14		Drop	0.0%	map
Thundering Exile	38-39	Arathi Highlands	12		Drop	0.0%	map
Giant Buzzard	39-41	Badlands	17		Drop	0.0%	map
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Recipes:

Recipe	Profession	Needs
Enchant Weapon - Recovery	Enchanting	4x
Smelt Silver	Mining	1x

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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.

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