Where to Farm Pattern: Guardian Armor

The best place to farm Pattern: Guardian Armor is Alterac Mountains, where Jailor Borhuin (level 37) drops it at 0.1%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 400 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Best zones:

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

Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop% ▼
Stranglethorn Vale	46	Solid Chest		0.5%
Arathi Highlands	39	Solid Chest		0.5%
Duskwood	18	Solid Chest		0.5%
Alterac Mountains	29	Solid Chest		0.5%
Razorfen Downs	14	Large Iron Bound Chest		0.5%
Scarlet Monastery	26	Large Iron Bound Chest		0.5%
Hillsbrad Foothills	18	Alliance Chest		0.5%
Thousand Needles	22	Silithid Ravager	36	0.3%
Gnomeregan	17	Irradiated Horror	28-29+	0.1%
Razorfen Kraul	18	Ward Guardian	31+	0.1%
Wetlands	19	Chieftain Nek'rosh	32+	0.1%
Unknown zone	5	Tomb Fiend	35	0.1%
Dun Morogh	3	Holdout Warrior	29-30+	0.1%
Ashenvale	14	Wrathtail Sea Witch	19-20	0.0%
The Barrens	6	Razorfen Thornweaver	33-34+	0.0%

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
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
Nefaru(rare)	34	Duskwood	2		Drop	0.4%	map
Silithid Ravager(rare)	36	Thousand Needles	1		Drop	0.3%	map
Sergeant Malthus	38	Stranglethorn Vale	1		Drop	0.2%	map
Nancy Vishas(elite)	33+	Alterac Mountains	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Jailor Borhuin	37	Alterac Mountains	3		Drop	0.1%	map
Irradiated Horror(elite)	28-29+	Gnomeregan	6		Drop	0.1%	map
Ward Guardian(elite)	31+	Razorfen Kraul	2		Drop	0.1%	map
Chieftain Nek'rosh(elite)	32+	Wetlands	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Grandpa Vishas(elite)	34+	Alterac Mountains	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Tomb Fiend	35		0		Drop	0.1%	map
Withered Spearhide(elite)	34-35+	Razorfen Downs	9		Drop	0.1%	map
Holdout Warrior(elite)	29-30+	Dun Morogh	8	Horde only	Drop	0.1%	map
Mechano-Frostwalker(elite)	31-32+	Gnomeregan	8		Drop	0.1%	map
Scarlet Conjuror(elite)	35-36+	Scarlet Monastery	2		Drop	0.1%	map
Eliza(elite)	31+		0		Drop	0.1%	map
Arados the Damned	35		0		Drop	0.1%	map
Morbent Fel(elite)	32+	Duskwood	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Greater Kraul Bat(elite)	32+	Razorfen Kraul	7		Drop	0.0%	map
Galak Windchaser	24-25	Thousand Needles	69		Drop	0.0%	map
Wrathtail Sea Witch	19-20	Ashenvale	13		Drop	0.0%	map
Razorfen Thornweaver(elite)	33-34+	The Barrens	25		Drop	0.0%	map
Scarlet Gallant(elite)	33-34+	Scarlet Monastery	20		Drop	0.0%	map
Gelkis Scout	32-33	Desolace	17		Drop	0.0%	map
Scarlet Diviner(elite)	34-35+	Scarlet Monastery	16		Drop	0.0%	map
Whirlwind Shredder	32-34	Desolace	13		Drop	0.0%	map
Withered Warrior(elite)	34-35+	The Barrens	13		Drop	0.0%	map
Death's Head Geomancer(elite)	35-36+	The Barrens	12		Drop	0.0%	map
Thorn Eater Ghoul(elite)	37-38+	Razorfen Downs	11		Drop	0.0%	map
Haunting Phantasm(elite)	32-33+	Scarlet Monastery	8		Drop	0.0%	map
Freezing Spirit(elite)	39-40+	Razorfen Downs	7		Drop	0.0%	map
Razorfen Earthbreaker(elite)	30-31+	Razorfen Kraul	5		Drop	0.0%	map
Peacekeeper Security Suit(elite)	30-31+	Gnomeregan	4		Drop	0.0%	map
Razorfen Totemic(elite)	29+	Razorfen Kraul	4		Drop	0.0%	map
Stonevault Seer(elite)	39-40+	Badlands	4		Drop	0.0%	map
Blacksmith Verringtan	26	Hillsbrad Foothills	3	Horde only	Drop	0.0%	map
Young Stranglethorn Raptor	30-31	Stranglethorn Vale	3		Drop	0.0%	map
Razorfen Beast Trainer(elite)	28-29+	Razorfen Kraul	2		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 (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.