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 31c a kill in item drops (at Auction House prices). 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% ▼
Feralas	10	Ooze Covered Gold Vein		100.0%
Felwood	6	Gold Vein		100.0%
Desolace	24	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%
Wetlands	2	Solid Chest		3.8%
Silverpine Forest	1	Alliance Chest		3.8%
Darkshore	1	Battered Chest		3.8%
The Barrens	1	Alliance Strongbox		3.8%

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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
Nethergarde Miner	47-48	Swamp of Sorrows	155	Horde only	Drop	0.0%	map
Felguard	29-30	Ashenvale	54		Drop	0.0%	map
Draconic Magelord(elite)	53-54+	Azshara	5		Drop	0.0%	map
Arkkoran Clacker	53-54	Azshara	85		Drop	0.0%	map
Legashi Satyr	51-52	Azshara	48		Drop	0.0%	map
Caverndeep Burrower(elite)	25-27+	Gnomeregan	22		Drop	0.0%	map
Storm Bay Oracle	54-55	Azshara	26		Drop	0.0%	map
Anguished Dead(elite)	31-33+	Scarlet Monastery	13		Drop	0.0%	map
Un'Goro Stomper	51-52	Un'Goro Crater	26		Drop	0.0%	map
Gorishi Wasp	51-52	Un'Goro Crater	58		Drop	0.0%	map
Cold Eye Basilisk	39-40	Stranglethorn Vale	19		Drop	0.0%	map
Bloodscalp Shaman	33-34	Stranglethorn Vale	25		Drop	0.0%	map
Earthen Rocksmasher	42-43	Uldaman	28		Drop	0.0%	map
Bloodscalp Scavenger	33-34	Stranglethorn Vale	8		Drop	0.0%	map
Firegut Ogre Mage	51-52	Burning Steppes	73		Drop	0.0%	map
Thaurissan Firewalker	53-55	Burning Steppes	20		Drop	0.0%	map
Thaurissan Agent	54-55	Burning Steppes	20		Drop	0.0%	map
War Reaver	53-55	Burning Steppes	20		Drop	0.0%	map
Black Dragonspawn(elite)	52-53+	Burning Steppes	21		Drop	0.0%	map
Black Wyrmkin(elite)	53-54+	Burning Steppes	22		Drop	0.0%	map
Flamescale Dragonspawn(elite)	56-57+	Burning Steppes	27		Drop	0.0%	map
Flamescale Wyrmkin(elite)	57-58+	Burning Steppes	27		Drop	0.0%	map
Black Broodling	51-52	Burning Steppes	14		Drop	0.0%	map
Cleft Scorpid	35-36	Uldaman	30		Drop	0.0%	map
Tainted Ooze	51-52	Felwood	34		Drop	0.0%	map
Warpwood Moss Flayer	52-53	Felwood	30		Drop	0.0%	map
Warpwood Shredder	53-54	Felwood	30		Drop	0.0%	map
Shadowforge Sharpshooter(elite)	43-44+	Uldaman	2		Drop	0.0%	map
Stonevault Mauler(elite)	44-45+	Uldaman	9		Drop	0.0%	map
Withered Reaver(elite)	35-36+	Razorfen Downs	11		Drop	0.0%	map
Withered Quilguard(elite)	35-36+	Razorfen Downs	18		Drop	0.0%	map
Deadly Cleft Scorpid	42-43	Uldaman	10		Drop	0.0%	map
Winterfall Ursa	57-58	Winterspring	17		Drop	0.0%	map
Winterfall Totemic	54-55	Winterspring	18		Drop	0.0%	map
Shardtooth Bear	53-54	Winterspring	34		Drop	0.0%	map
Fledgling Chillwind	53-55	Winterspring	14		Drop	0.0%	map
Rogue Ice Thistle	53-55	Winterspring	31		Drop	0.0%	map
Marsh Flesheater	43-44	Swamp of Sorrows	31		Drop	0.0%	map
Marsh Oracle	44-45	Swamp of Sorrows	29		Drop	0.0%	map
Lost One Riftseeker	37-38	Swamp of Sorrows	6		Drop	0.0%	map
Servant of Grol	53-54	Blasted Lands	3		Drop	0.0%	map
Southsea Pirate	44-45	Tanaris	53		Drop	0.0%	map
Southsea Dock Worker	44-45	Tanaris	30		Drop	0.0%	map
Skeletal Healer	26-27	Duskwood	13		Drop	0.0%	map
Spitelash Battlemaster	53-54	Azshara	30		Drop	0.0%	map
Diseased Flayer	58-59	Eastern Plaguelands	62		Drop	0.0%	map
Death Singer	57-59	Eastern Plaguelands	67		Drop	0.0%	map
Abomination	59-60	Eastern Plaguelands	27		Drop	0.0%	map
Shadowmage	59-60	Eastern Plaguelands	32		Drop	0.0%	map
Crypt Slayer	58-59	Eastern Plaguelands	36		Drop	0.0%	map
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Recipe ▲	Profession	Needs
Smelt Gold	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.