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
Wailing Guardsman(elite)	21-22+	Shadowfang Keep	10		Drop	0.0%	map
Befouled Water Elemental	23-25	Ashenvale	33		Drop	0.0%	map
Thistlefur Ursa	23-24	Ashenvale	11		Drop	0.0%	map
Thistlefur Totemic	23-24	Ashenvale	16		Drop	0.0%	map
Thistlefur Shaman	23-24	Ashenvale	29		Drop	0.0%	map
Venture Co. Deforester	19-20	Stonetalon Mountains	103		Drop	0.0%	map
Venture Co. Engineer	20-21	Stonetalon Mountains	7		Drop	0.0%	map
Windshear Digger	21-22	Stonetalon Mountains	46		Drop	0.0%	map
Raging Cliff Stormer	18-19	Stonetalon Mountains	29		Drop	0.0%	map
Pridewing Wyvern	21-22	Stonetalon Mountains	14		Drop	0.0%	map
Antlered Courser	22-23	Stonetalon Mountains	23		Drop	0.0%	map
Sap Beast	22-23	Stonetalon Mountains	19		Drop	0.0%	map
Bloodfury Harpy	23-24	Stonetalon Mountains	44		Drop	0.0%	map
Bloodfury Roguefeather	25-26	Stonetalon Mountains	37		Drop	0.0%	map
Bloodfury Slayer	25-26	Stonetalon Mountains	37		Drop	0.0%	map
Bloodfury Windcaller	24-25	Stonetalon Mountains	42		Drop	0.0%	map
Bloodfury Storm Witch	26-27	Stonetalon Mountains	37		Drop	0.0%	map
Charred Ancient	25-26	Stonetalon Mountains	3		Drop	0.0%	map
Young Chimaera	23-25	Stonetalon Mountains	2		Drop	0.0%	map
Burning Destroyer	26-27	Stonetalon Mountains	7		Drop	0.0%	map
Blackened Basilisk	23-24	Stonetalon Mountains	9		Drop	0.0%	map
Cenarion Botanist	23-24	Stonetalon Mountains	4	Horde only	Drop	0.0%	map
Mirkfallon Dryad(elite)	25-26+	Stonetalon Mountains	18	Horde only	Drop	0.0%	map
Blackrock Scout(elite)	20-21+	Redridge Mountains	10		Drop	0.0%	map
Blackrock Sentry(elite)	21-22+	Redridge Mountains	30		Drop	0.0%	map
Twilight Runner	23-24	Stonetalon Mountains	15		Drop	0.0%	map
Galak Wrangler	25-26	Thousand Needles	69		Drop	0.0%	map
Galak Scout	24-25	Thousand Needles	69		Drop	0.0%	map
Galak Mauler	27-28	Thousand Needles	51		Drop	0.0%	map
Galak Windchaser	24-25	Thousand Needles	69		Drop	0.0%	map
Galak Stormer	26-27	Thousand Needles	51		Drop	0.0%	map
Galak Marauder	26-27	Thousand Needles	51		Drop	0.0%	map
Screeching Harpy	28-29	Thousand Needles	16		Drop	0.0%	map
Screeching Windcaller	30	Thousand Needles	8		Drop	0.0%	map
Highperch Wyvern	28-29	Thousand Needles	18		Drop	0.0%	map
Highperch Consort	28-29	Thousand Needles	8		Drop	0.0%	map
Cloud Serpent	25-26	Thousand Needles	5		Drop	0.0%	map
Venomous Cloud Serpent	26-28	Thousand Needles	12		Drop	0.0%	map
Thundering Boulderkin	28-29	Thousand Needles	14		Drop	0.0%	map
Needles Cougar	27-28	Thousand Needles	41		Drop	0.0%	map
Hecklefang Stalker	22-23	The Barrens	39		Drop	0.0%	map
Hecklefang Snarler	18-19	The Barrens	28		Drop	0.0%	map
Silithid Searcher	32-33	Thousand Needles	9		Drop	0.0%	map
Silithid Invader	34-35	Thousand Needles	8		Drop	0.0%	map
Silithid Hive Drone	33-34	Thousand Needles	14		Drop	0.0%	map
Scorpid Reaver	31-32	Thousand Needles	35		Drop	0.0%	map
Saltstone Basilisk	30-31	Thousand Needles	21		Drop	0.0%	map
Saltstone Crystalhide	32-33	Thousand Needles	42		Drop	0.0%	map
Murloc Flesheater	18-19	Redridge Mountains	24		Drop	0.0%	map
Redridge Mongrel	15-16	Redridge Mountains	21		Drop	0.0%	map
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Needed for:

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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