Where to Farm Gold Ore

The best place to farm Gold Ore is Tanaris, where Hazzali Sandreaver (level 49-50) drops it at 0.1%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 264 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Gold per kill: Hazzali Sandreaver is worth about 9s 47c a kill in item drops (prices from 10 Oct 2026). Gold farming spots, level 40-50

Best zones:

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

Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop% ▼
Desolace	24	Gold Vein		100.0%
Felwood	6	Gold Vein		100.0%
Feralas	10	Ooze Covered Gold Vein		100.0%
Swamp of Sorrows	7	Gold Vein		100.0%
Gnomeregan	3	Large Iron Bound Chest		5.6%
Razorfen Downs	4	Large Iron Bound Chest		5.6%
Scarlet Monastery	10	Large Iron Bound Chest		5.6%
Duskwood	9	Solid Chest		5.3%
Hillsbrad Foothills	8	Alliance Chest		5.3%
The Stockade	2	Large Iron Bound Chest		4.2%
Westfall	1	Battered Chest		4.0%
Darkshore	1	Battered Chest		3.8%
Wetlands	2	Solid Chest		3.8%
Silverpine Forest	1	Alliance Chest		3.8%
The Barrens	1	Alliance Strongbox		3.8%

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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
Gold Vein		Desolace	1686		Mining	100.0%	map
Gold Vein		Felwood	38		Mining	100.0%	map
Ooze Covered Gold Vein		Feralas	23		Mining	100.0%	map
Gold Vein		Swamp of Sorrows	22		Mining	100.0%	map
Large Iron Bound Chest		Gnomeregan	10		Contains	5.6%	map
Large Iron Bound Chest		Razorfen Downs	10		Contains	5.6%	map
Large Solid Chest		Gnomeregan	10		Contains	5.6%	map
Large Solid Chest		Razorfen Downs	10		Contains	5.6%	map
Large Iron Bound Chest		Scarlet Monastery	8		Contains	5.6%	map
Large Solid Chest		Scarlet Monastery	8		Contains	5.6%	map
Solid Chest		Duskwood	78		Contains	5.3%	map
Alliance Chest		Hillsbrad Foothills	7		Contains	5.3%	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
Solid Chest		Alterac Mountains	64		Contains	3.3%	map
Alliance Chest		Alterac Mountains	12		Contains	3.3%	map
Alliance Strongbox		Alterac Mountains	8		Contains	3.3%	map
Horde Chest		Arathi Highlands	4		Contains	3.3%	map
Lady Szallah(rare)	46	Feralas	1		Drop	0.5%	map
Nefaru(rare)	34	Duskwood	2		Drop	0.2%	map
Smoldar(rare)	50	Searing Gorge	1		Drop	0.2%	map
Deepstrider Giant(elite)	38-39+	Desolace	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Lord Azrethoc(elite)	40+	Desolace	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Lord Sakrasis(rare)	45	Stranglethorn Vale	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Mosh'Ogg Lord(elite)	45+	Stranglethorn Vale	4		Drop	0.1%	map
Kor'gresh Coldrage	39	Arathi Highlands	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Krom'Grul	54	Burning Steppes	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Hazzali Sandreaver	49-50	Tanaris	60		Drop	0.1%	map
Gor'marok the Ravager	49	Tanaris	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Targ(elite)	41+	Alterac Mountains	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Hazzali Stinger	49-50	Tanaris	100		Drop	0.1%	map
Deepstrider Searcher(elite)	39-40+	Desolace	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Zukk'ash Stinger	45-46	Feralas	10		Drop	0.1%	map
Mosh'Ogg Shaman(elite)	43-44+	Stranglethorn Vale	9		Drop	0.1%	map
Dustbelcher Lord	44-45	Burning Steppes	7		Drop	0.1%	map
Swirling Vortex	33-34	Thousand Needles	6		Drop	0.1%	map
Margol the Rager(elite)	48+	Searing Gorge	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Narillasanz(rare)	44+	Alterac Mountains	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Hazzali Tunneler	48-49	Tanaris	60		Drop	0.0%	map
Verdantine Tree Warder(elite)	60+	The Hinterlands	44		Drop	0.0%	map
Zukk'ash Tunneler	45-46	Feralas	29		Drop	0.0%	map
Centipaar Sandreaver	49-50	Tanaris	28		Drop	0.0%	map
Firegut Brute	52-53	Burning Steppes	24		Drop	0.0%	map
Giant Ember Worg	55-56	Burning Steppes	12		Drop	0.0%	map
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Recipe ▲	Profession	Needs
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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 (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.