Where to Farm Pattern: Shadow Hood: Drop Rates by NPC

The best place to farm Pattern: Shadow Hood 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. 126 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	12	Solid Chest		0.5%
Arathi Highlands	13	Solid Chest		0.5%
Duskwood	3	Solid Chest		0.5%
Alterac Mountains	17	Solid Chest		0.5%
Razorfen Downs	5	Large Iron Bound Chest		0.5%
Scarlet Monastery	21	Large Iron Bound Chest		0.5%
Hillsbrad Foothills	2	Alliance Chest		0.5%
Razorfen Kraul	5	Ward Guardian	31+	0.1%
Unknown zone	3	Arados the Damned	35	0.1%
Desolace	10	Dread Swoop	32-33	0.0%
Ashenvale	4	Searing Infernal	29-30	0.0%
The Barrens	2	Razorfen Battleguard	33-34+	0.0%
Badlands	3	Elder Crag Coyote	39-40	0.0%
Gnomeregan	6	Irradiated Pillager	25-26+	0.0%
Loch Modan	4	Shadowforge Digger	35-36+	0.0%

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Map of Stranglethorn Vale — Solid Chest **27.9, 63.1**
Stranglethorn Tigress **46.3, 27.3**
Bloodscalp Headhunter **23.6, 9.3**
Half-Buried Bottle **34.2, 73.7**
Venture Co. Geologist **42.8, 18.9**
Stranglethorn Tiger **29.2, 10.3**
Bloodscalp Axe Thrower **29.6, 19.5**
Crystal Spine Basilisk **23.7, 17.1**
8 sources in Stranglethorn Vale, each where it spawns most often; click a pin for the source.Larger map

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
Ferocious Yeti	31-32	Alterac Mountains	27		Drop	0.0%	map
Hammerfall Peon	33-34	Arathi Highlands	27	Alliance only	Drop	0.0%	map
Scarlet Myrmidon(elite)	37-38+	Scarlet Monastery	27		Drop	0.0%	map
Sorrow Spinner	36-37	Swamp of Sorrows	27		Drop	0.0%	map
Scarlet Monk(elite)	35-36+	Scarlet Monastery	26		Drop	0.0%	map
Stranglethorn Tiger	32-33	Stranglethorn Vale	26		Drop	0.0%	map
Bloodscalp Axe Thrower	33-34	Stranglethorn Vale	25		Drop	0.0%	map
Razorfen Thornweaver(elite)	33-34+	The Barrens	25		Drop	0.0%	map
Burning Blade Felsworn	31-32	Desolace	24		Drop	0.0%	map
Syndicate Thief	33-34	Alterac Mountains	24		Drop	0.0%	map
Burning Blade Augur	30-31	Desolace	23		Drop	0.0%	map
Drysnap Crawler	33-34	Desolace	23		Drop	0.0%	map
Scarlet Defender(elite)	37-38+	Scarlet Monastery	23		Drop	0.0%	map
Syndicate Footpad	32-33	Alterac Mountains	23		Drop	0.0%	map
Syndicate Highwayman	30-31	Arathi Highlands	23		Drop	0.0%	map
Elemental Slave	33-34	Alterac Mountains	22	Horde only	Drop	0.0%	map
Shadowforge Ruffian(elite)	36-37+	Loch Modan	22		Drop	0.0%	map
Drysnap Pincer	34-35	Desolace	21		Drop	0.0%	map
Drywhisker Kobold	35-36	Arathi Highlands	21		Drop	0.0%	map
Saltstone Basilisk	30-31	Thousand Needles	21		Drop	0.0%	map
Saltstone Gazer	34-35	Thousand Needles	21		Drop	0.0%	map
Torn Fin Tidehunter	31-32	Hillsbrad Foothills	21		Drop	0.0%	map
Scarlet Gallant(elite)	33-34+	Scarlet Monastery	20		Drop	0.0%	map
Highland Fleshstalker	36-37	Arathi Highlands	19		Drop	0.0%	map
Withered Quilguard(elite)	35-36+	Razorfen Downs	18		Drop	0.0%	map
Bleakheart Shadowstalker	27-28	Ashenvale	17		Drop	0.0%	map
Dalaran Shield Guard	31-32	Alterac Mountains	17	Horde only	Drop	0.0%	map
Scarlet Soldier(elite)	35-36+	Scarlet Monastery	17		Drop	0.0%	map
Crushridge Mauler(elite)	36-37+	Alterac Mountains	16		Drop	0.0%	map
Crystal Spine Basilisk	34-35	Stranglethorn Vale	16		Drop	0.0%	map
Hammerfall Grunt	34-35	Arathi Highlands	16	Alliance only	Drop	0.0%	map
Mechanized Guardian(elite)	31-32+	Gnomeregan	16		Drop	0.0%	map
Scarlet Diviner(elite)	34-35+	Scarlet Monastery	16		Drop	0.0%	map
Magram Stormer	34-35	Desolace	15		Drop	0.0%	map
Quilguard Champion(elite)	30-31+	Razorfen Kraul	15		Drop	0.0%	map
Raging Agam'ar(elite)	25-26+	Razorfen Kraul	15		Drop	0.0%	map
Kurzen Elite	36-37	Stranglethorn Vale	14		Drop	0.0%	map
Stonevault Cave Lurker(elite)	38-39+	Uldaman	14		Drop	0.0%	map
Stranglethorn Raptor	33-34	Stranglethorn Vale	14		Drop	0.0%	map
Anguished Dead(elite)	31-33+	Scarlet Monastery	13		Drop	0.0%	map
Crushridge Enforcer(elite)	38-39+	Alterac Mountains	13		Drop	0.0%	map
Lost One Muckdweller	36-37	Swamp of Sorrows	13		Drop	0.0%	map
Scarlet Chaplain(elite)	34-36+	Scarlet Monastery	13		Drop	0.0%	map
Scarlet Torturer(elite)	30-31+	Scarlet Monastery	12		Drop	0.0%	map
Bleakheart Hellcaller	26-27	Ashenvale	11		Drop	0.0%	map
Bleakheart Satyr	26-27	Ashenvale	11		Drop	0.0%	map
Scarlet Protector(elite)	36-37+	Scarlet Monastery	11		Drop	0.0%	map
Withered Reaver(elite)	35-36+	Razorfen Downs	11		Drop	0.0%	map
Boiling Elemental	27-28	Thousand Needles	10		Drop	0.0%	map
Defias Insurgent(elite)	25-26+	The Stockade	10		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.

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