Where to Farm Thick Scaly Tail

The best place to farm Thick Scaly Tail is Thousand Needles, where Mudrock Snapjaw (level 41-42) drops it at 68.5%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 25 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Gold per kill: Mudrock Snapjaw is worth about 9s 96c a kill in item drops (prices from 10 Oct 2026). Gold farming spots, level 40-50

Best zones:

Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop% ▼
Unknown zone	1	Giant Surf Glider	48-50+	78.4%
Thousand Needles	4	Mudrock Snapjaw	41-42	68.5%
The Hinterlands	3	Ironback	51	64.2%
Azshara	3	Coralshell Tortoise	50-52	63.6%
Dustwallow Marsh	4	Mudrock Burrower	39-40	63.5%
Tanaris	2	Surf Glider	48-50	60.0%
Maraudon	1	Stolid Snapjaw	46-47	59.2%
The Barrens	1	Oasis Snapjaw	15-16	34.0%
Wailing Caverns	1	Kresh	20+	30.0%
Blackfathom Deeps	3	Aku'mai Snapjaw	26-27+	26.7%
Alterac Mountains	2	Snapjaw	30-31	26.2%

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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
Giant Surf Glider(elite)	48-50+		0		Drop	78.4%	map
Mudrock Snapjaw	41-42	Thousand Needles	12		Drop	68.5%	map
Ironback(rare)	51	The Hinterlands	1		Drop	64.2%	map
Coralshell Tortoise	50-52	Azshara	8		Drop	63.6%	map
Mudrock Burrower	39-40	Dustwallow Marsh	20		Drop	63.5%	map
Mudrock Spikeshell	37-38	Dustwallow Marsh	68		Drop	63.5%	map
Saltwater Snapjaw	49-50	The Hinterlands	63		Drop	61.3%	map
Surf Glider	48-50	Tanaris	134		Drop	60.0%	map
Coralshell Lurker	53-54	Azshara	45		Drop	60.0%	map
Stolid Snapjaw	46-47	Maraudon	26		Drop	59.2%	map
Scalebeard(rare)	52+	Azshara	1		Drop	56.4%	map
Gammerita(elite)	48+	The Hinterlands	1		Drop	54.5%	map
Steeljaw Snapper	42-43	Tanaris	43		Drop	54.4%	map
Mudrock Borer	42-43	Dustwallow Marsh	11		Drop	52.7%	map
Mudrock Tortoise	36-37	Dustwallow Marsh	68		Drop	38.9%	map
Sparkleshell Snapper	34-35	Thousand Needles	32		Drop	37.6%	map
Sparkleshell Borer	32-33	Thousand Needles	6		Drop	34.8%	map
Oasis Snapjaw	15-16	The Barrens	37		Drop	34.0%	map
Kresh(elite)	20+	Wailing Caverns	1		Drop	30.0%	map
Sparkleshell Tortoise	30-31	Thousand Needles	28		Drop	28.8%	map
Aku'mai Snapjaw(elite)	26-27+	Blackfathom Deeps	7		Drop	26.7%	map
Aku'mai Fisher(elite)	23-24+	Blackfathom Deeps	6		Drop	26.6%	map
Snapjaw	30-31	Alterac Mountains	83		Drop	26.2%	map
Cranky Benj(rare)	32	Alterac Mountains	1		Drop	23.5%	map
Ghamoo-ra(elite)	25+	Blackfathom Deeps	1		Drop	13.0%	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.