Where to Farm Coal

The best place to farm Coal is Searing Gorge, where Blazing Elemental (level 45-47) drops it at 28.4%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 52 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Best zones:

Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop% ▼
Silverpine Forest	1	Dalaran Miner	15-16	100.0%
Searing Gorge	5	Blazing Elemental	45-47	28.4%
Molten Core	5	Molten Giant	62+	24.7%
Un'Goro Crater	5	Blazerunner	56+	23.5%
Felwood	2	Entropic Beast	51-52	23.3%
Badlands	1	Ambassador Infernus	42+	20.1%
Blackrock Depths	5	Blazing Fireguard	52-54+	18.5%
Arathi Highlands	1	Burning Exile	38-39	18.0%
Burning Steppes	1	Volchan	60+	14.0%
Stonetalon Mountains	17	Burning Destroyer	26-27	7.8%
Blackrock Spire	1	Pyroguard Emberseer	60+	5.0%
Gnomeregan	7	Holdout Technician	29-30+	0.3%
Dun Morogh	1	Holdout Warrior	29-30+	0.2%

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
Dalaran Miner	15-16	Silverpine Forest	1	Horde only	Drop	100.0%	map
Blazing Elemental	45-47	Searing Gorge	8		Drop	28.4%	map
Inferno Elemental	47-49	Searing Gorge	7		Drop	24.7%	map
Molten Giant(elite)	62+	Molten Core	13		Drop	24.7%	map
Magma Elemental	46-48	Searing Gorge	24		Drop	24.6%	map
Blazerunner(elite)	56+	Un'Goro Crater	1		Drop	23.5%	map
Firelord(elite)	61-62+	Molten Core	18		Drop	23.4%	map
Entropic Beast	51-52	Felwood	21		Drop	23.3%	map
Blazing Invader	54-56	Un'Goro Crater	3		Drop	22.4%	map
Entropic Horror	53-54	Felwood	21		Drop	21.5%	map
Scorching Elemental	53-54	Un'Goro Crater	34		Drop	21.2%	map
Firewalker(elite)	61-62+	Molten Core	13		Drop	21.1%	map
Baron Charr(elite)	58+	Un'Goro Crater	1		Drop	21.1%	map
Flameguard(elite)	61-62+	Molten Core	13		Drop	20.7%	map
Living Blaze	54-55	Un'Goro Crater	34		Drop	20.6%	map
Ambassador Infernus(elite)	42+	Badlands	1		Drop	20.1%	map
Blazing Fireguard(elite)	52-54+	Blackrock Depths	19		Drop	18.5%	map
Fireguard(elite)	50-52+	Blackrock Depths	11		Drop	18.4%	map
Fireguard Destroyer(elite)	54-56+	Blackrock Depths	45		Drop	18.2%	map
Burning Exile	38-39	Arathi Highlands	14		Drop	18.0%	map
Molten Destroyer(elite)	63+	Molten Core	9		Drop	17.2%	map
Overmaster Pyron(elite)	52+	Searing Gorge	1		Drop	14.8%	map
Volchan(rare)	60+	Burning Steppes	1		Drop	14.0%	map
Scald(rare)	49	Searing Gorge	1		Drop	12.8%	map
Bael'Gar(elite)	54+	Blackrock Depths	1		Drop	10.0%	map
Magmus(elite)	57+	Blackrock Depths	1		Drop	10.0%	map
Burning Destroyer	26-27	Stonetalon Mountains	7		Drop	7.8%	map
Rogue Flame Spirit	23-24	Stonetalon Mountains	8		Drop	7.7%	map
Scorched Basilisk	27-28	Stonetalon Mountains	11		Drop	6.9%	map
Singed Basilisk	25-26	Stonetalon Mountains	5		Drop	6.6%	map
Furious Stone Spirit	26-27	Stonetalon Mountains	1		Drop	6.4%	map
Blackened Basilisk	23-24	Stonetalon Mountains	9		Drop	6.3%	map
Enraged Stone Spirit	24-25	Stonetalon Mountains	2		Drop	5.8%	map
Blackened Ancient	27-28	Stonetalon Mountains	2		Drop	5.7%	map
Bloodfury Storm Witch	26-27	Stonetalon Mountains	37		Drop	5.0%	map
Pyroguard Emberseer(elite)	60+	Blackrock Spire	1		Drop	5.0%	map
Burning Ravager	24-25	Stonetalon Mountains	5		Drop	4.9%	map
Bloodfury Slayer	25-26	Stonetalon Mountains	37		Drop	4.9%	map
Bloodfury Roguefeather	25-26	Stonetalon Mountains	37		Drop	4.7%	map
Vengeful Ancient(rare)	30	Stonetalon Mountains	1		Drop	4.7%	map
Charred Ancient	25-26	Stonetalon Mountains	3		Drop	4.4%	map
Bloodfury Harpy	23-24	Stonetalon Mountains	44		Drop	4.1%	map
Bloodfury Windcaller	24-25	Stonetalon Mountains	42		Drop	4.0%	map
Bloodfury Ambusher	23-24	Stonetalon Mountains	42		Drop	3.7%	map
Holdout Technician(elite)	29-30+	Gnomeregan	3	Horde only	Drop	0.3%	map
Holdout Warrior(elite)	29-30+	Dun Morogh	8	Horde only	Drop	0.2%	map
Irradiated Pillager(elite)	25-26+	Gnomeregan	46		Drop	0.0%	map
Leprous Machinesmith	29-30	Gnomeregan	26		Drop	0.0%	map
Caverndeep Burrower(elite)	25-27+	Gnomeregan	22		Drop	0.0%	map
Caverndeep Reaver(elite)	27-28+	Gnomeregan	16		Drop	0.0%	map
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Needed for:

Quests:

Level ▲	Quest	Needs
42	Replacement Phial
60	Making Amends	4x
60	Restoring Fiery Flux Supplies via Heavy Leather
60	Restoring Fiery Flux Supplies via Iron
60	Restoring Fiery Flux Supplies via Kingsblood

Recipes:

Recipe ▲	Profession	Needs
Smelt Azerothium	Mining	1x
Smelt Steel	Mining	1x

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.