The best place to farm Hardened Tumor is Silverpine Forest, where Vile Fin Lakestalker (level 18-19) drops it at 5.0%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 6 sources are ranked below by drop chance.
Gold per kill: Vile Fin Lakestalker is worth about 1s 2c a kill in item drops (prices from 14 Oct 2026). Gold farming spots, level 10-20
Best zones:
- Vile Fin Lakestalker 73.3, 16.5
- Vile Fin Shredder 65.6, 12.6
- Vile Fin Tidecaller 80.2, 28.5
- Vile Fin Tidehunter 66.3, 12.9
- Vile Fin Oracle 73.2, 17.3
- Vile Fin Shorecreeper 77.9, 31.1
All sources, by drop chance:
| Source | Level | Zone | Spawns | Side | How | Drop% | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vile Fin Lakestalker(quest) | 18-19 | Silverpine Forest | 56 | Drop | 5.0% | map | |
| Vile Fin Shredder(quest) | 12-13 | Silverpine Forest | 43 | Drop | 5.0% | map | |
| Vile Fin Tidecaller(quest) | 17-18 | Silverpine Forest | 40 | Drop | 5.0% | map | |
| Vile Fin Tidehunter(quest) | 13-14 | Silverpine Forest | 26 | Drop | 5.0% | map | |
| Vile Fin Oracle(quest) | 19-20 | Silverpine Forest | 18 | Drop | 5.0% | map | |
| Vile Fin Shorecreeper(quest) | 16-17 | Silverpine Forest | 11 | Drop | 5.0% | map |
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Quests:
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.