Where to Farm Pattern: Guardian Belt

The best place to farm Pattern: Guardian Belt is Arathi Highlands, where Highland Strider (level 30-31) drops it at 0.0%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 136 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Gold per kill: Highland Strider is worth about 4s 94c a kill in item drops (prices from 14 Oct 2026). Gold farming spots, level 30-40

Best zones:

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

Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop% ▼
Stranglethorn Vale	16	Solid Chest		0.5%
Arathi Highlands	13	Solid Chest		0.5%
Duskwood	5	Solid Chest		0.5%
Alterac Mountains	15	Solid Chest		0.5%
Razorfen Downs	5	Large Iron Bound Chest		0.5%
Scarlet Monastery	19	Large Iron Bound Chest		0.5%
Hillsbrad Foothills	6	Alliance Chest		0.5%
Dun Morogh	2	Techbot	26+	0.0%
Desolace	8	Dread Swoop	32-33	0.0%
Gnomeregan	7	Leprous Assistant	28-29	0.0%
Ashenvale	2	Mannoroc Lasher	29-30	0.0%
Thousand Needles	8	Galak Stormer	26-27	0.0%
The Barrens	2	Razorfen Battleguard	33-34+	0.0%
Loch Modan	4	Shadowforge Digger	35-36+	0.0%
Wetlands	4	Bluegill Raider	28-29	0.0%

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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
Solid Chest		Stranglethorn Vale	104		Contains	0.5%	map
Solid Chest		Arathi Highlands	94		Contains	0.5%	map
Solid Chest		Duskwood	78		Contains	0.5%	map
Solid Chest		Alterac Mountains	64		Contains	0.5%	map
Alliance Chest		Alterac Mountains	12		Contains	0.5%	map
Large Iron Bound Chest		Razorfen Downs	10		Contains	0.5%	map
Large Solid Chest		Razorfen Downs	10		Contains	0.5%	map
Alliance Strongbox		Alterac Mountains	8		Contains	0.5%	map
Large Iron Bound Chest		Scarlet Monastery	8		Contains	0.5%	map
Large Solid Chest		Scarlet Monastery	8		Contains	0.5%	map
Alliance Chest		Hillsbrad Foothills	7		Contains	0.5%	map
Alliance Chest		Arathi Highlands	4		Contains	0.5%	map
Horde Chest		Arathi Highlands	4		Contains	0.5%	map
Techbot(elite)	26+	Dun Morogh	1		Drop	0.0%	map
Highland Strider	30-31	Arathi Highlands	118		Drop	0.0%	map
Dread Swoop	32-33	Desolace	98		Drop	0.0%	map
Leprous Assistant	28-29	Gnomeregan	88		Drop	0.0%	map
Snapjaw	30-31	Alterac Mountains	83		Drop	0.0%	map
Scorpashi Snapper	30-31	Desolace	69		Drop	0.0%	map
Highland Thrasher	33-34	Arathi Highlands	67		Drop	0.0%	map
Skullsplitter Warrior	39-40	Stranglethorn Vale	64		Drop	0.0%	map
Mannoroc Lasher	29-30	Ashenvale	63		Drop	0.0%	map
Galak Stormer	26-27	Thousand Needles	51		Drop	0.0%	map
Razorfen Battleguard(elite)	33-34+	The Barrens	49		Drop	0.0%	map
Gelkis Windchaser	33-34	Desolace	48		Drop	0.0%	map
Crushridge Ogre	34-35	Alterac Mountains	47		Drop	0.0%	map
Pesterhide Hyena	26-27	Thousand Needles	46		Drop	0.0%	map
Horde Scout	26-28	Ashenvale	45	Alliance only	Drop	0.0%	map
Shadowforge Digger(elite)	35-36+	Loch Modan	45		Drop	0.0%	map
Bluegill Raider	28-29	Wetlands	44		Drop	0.0%	map
Scorpid Hunter	40-41	Tanaris	44		Drop	0.0%	map
Giant Plains Creeper	35-36	Arathi Highlands	43		Drop	0.0%	map
Half-Buried Bottle		Stranglethorn Vale	42		Contains	0.0%	map
Saltstone Crystalhide	32-33	Thousand Needles	42		Drop	0.0%	map
Venture Co. Geologist	35-36	Stranglethorn Vale	40		Drop	0.0%	map
Kurzen Jungle Fighter	32-33	Stranglethorn Vale	39		Drop	0.0%	map
Kurzen Medicine Man	32-33	Stranglethorn Vale	39		Drop	0.0%	map
Shadowforge Surveyor(elite)	35-36+	Loch Modan	39		Drop	0.0%	map
Unfettered Spirit	31-32	Scarlet Monastery	39		Drop	0.0%	map
Magram Windchaser	33-34	Desolace	38		Drop	0.0%	map
Syndicate Spy	35-36	Alterac Mountains	37		Drop	0.0%	map
Pesterhide Snarler	28-29	Thousand Needles	36		Drop	0.0%	map
Dark Iron Agent(elite)	32-33+	Gnomeregan	34		Drop	0.0%	map
Scarlet Preserver(elite)	29-30+	Tirisfal Glades	32		Drop	0.0%	map
Stonevault Rockchewer(elite)	36-37+	Loch Modan	32		Drop	0.0%	map
Cleft Scorpid	35-36	Uldaman	30		Drop	0.0%	map
Crushridge Brute	35-36	Alterac Mountains	30		Drop	0.0%	map
Hulking Mountain Lion	33-34	Alterac Mountains	29		Drop	0.0%	map
Mechanized Sentry(elite)	28-29+	Gnomeregan	29		Drop	0.0%	map
Plague Spreader	27-28	Duskwood	29		Drop	0.0%	map
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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.