Where to Farm Burnished Pauldrons: Drop Rates by NPC

The best place to farm Burnished Pauldrons is Redridge Mountains, where Murloc Nightcrawler (level 21-22) drops it at 0.1%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 148 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Gold per kill: Murloc Nightcrawler is worth about 1s 91c a kill in item drops (prices from 14 Oct 2026). Gold farming spots, level 20-30

Best zones:

The 15 zones with the best source; every source is listed below.
Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop%
The Stockade	6	Large Iron Bound Chest		1.2%
Gnomeregan	2	Large Iron Bound Chest		1.2%
Razorfen Downs	2	Large Iron Bound Chest		1.0%
Scarlet Monastery	2	Large Iron Bound Chest		1.0%
Duskwood	10	Solid Chest		0.9%
Hillsbrad Foothills	12	Alliance Chest		0.9%
Alterac Mountains	3	Solid Chest		0.7%
Arathi Highlands	1	Horde Chest		0.7%
Redridge Mountains	24	Chatter	23	0.7%
Darkshore	1	Battered Chest		0.5%
Wetlands	23	Solid Chest		0.5%
Silverpine Forest	11	Alliance Chest		0.5%
The Barrens	1	Alliance Strongbox		0.5%
Westfall	6	Battered Chest		0.4%
Shadowfang Keep	15	Shadow Charger	20-21+	0.2%

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Map of Duskwood — Solid Chest **33.8, 76.1**
Green Recluse **67.8, 22.4**
Starving Dire Wolf **35.9, 21.4**
Rabid Dire Wolf **19.9, 28.3**
Pygmy Venom Web Spider **66.4, 17.7**
Skeletal Mage **77.6, 68.1**
Venom Web Spider **14.9, 67.5**
Young Black Ravager **53.7, 73.7**
8 sources in Duskwood, 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
Large Iron Bound Chest		The Stockade	19		Contains	1.2%	map
Large Solid Chest		The Stockade	19		Contains	1.2%	map
Large Iron Bound Chest		Gnomeregan	10		Contains	1.2%	map
Large Solid Chest		Gnomeregan	10		Contains	1.2%	map
Large Iron Bound Chest		Razorfen Downs	10		Contains	1.0%	map
Large Solid Chest		Razorfen Downs	10		Contains	1.0%	map
Large Iron Bound Chest		Scarlet Monastery	8		Contains	1.0%	map
Large Solid Chest		Scarlet Monastery	8		Contains	1.0%	map
Solid Chest		Duskwood	78		Contains	0.9%	map
Alliance Chest		Hillsbrad Foothills	7		Contains	0.9%	map
Solid Chest		Alterac Mountains	64		Contains	0.7%	map
Alliance Chest		Alterac Mountains	12		Contains	0.7%	map
Alliance Strongbox		Alterac Mountains	8		Contains	0.7%	map
Horde Chest		Arathi Highlands	4		Contains	0.7%	map
Chatter(rare)	23	Redridge Mountains	1		Drop	0.7%	map
Battered Chest		Darkshore	109		Contains	0.5%	map
Solid Chest		Wetlands	109		Contains	0.5%	map
Alliance Chest		Hillsbrad Foothills	19		Contains	0.5%	map
Alliance Chest		Silverpine Forest	16		Contains	0.5%	map
Alliance Strongbox		The Barrens	4		Contains	0.5%	map
Battered Chest		Westfall	120		Contains	0.4%	map
Shadow Charger(elite)	20-21+	Shadowfang Keep	3		Drop	0.2%	map
Boss Galgosh(rare)	22	Loch Modan	1		Drop	0.2%	map
Murloc Nightcrawler	21-22	Redridge Mountains	4		Drop	0.1%	map
Vile Bat(elite)	22-23+	Shadowfang Keep	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Ashenvale Bear	21-22	Ashenvale	111		Drop	0.1%	map
Shadowfang Glutton(elite)	21-22+	Shadowfang Keep	4		Drop	0.1%	map
Blackrock Scout(elite)	20-21+	Redridge Mountains	10		Drop	0.1%	map
Blood Seeker(elite)	23-24+	Shadowfang Keep	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Wailing Guardsman(elite)	21-22+	Shadowfang Keep	10		Drop	0.1%	map
Mo'grosh Ogre(elite)	18-19+	Loch Modan	31		Drop	0.1%	map
Young Wetlands Crocolisk	21-22	Wetlands	77		Drop	0.1%	map
Blackrock Shadowcaster(elite)	22-23+	Redridge Mountains	18		Drop	0.1%	map
Mosshide Mistweaver	22-23	Wetlands	8		Drop	0.1%	map
Bluegill Forager	22-23	Wetlands	5		Drop	0.1%	map
Blackrock Sentry(elite)	21-22+	Redridge Mountains	30		Drop	0.1%	map
Old Murk-Eye	20	Westfall	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Shadowfang Darksoul(elite)	20-21+	Shadowfang Keep	12		Drop	0.1%	map
Shadowhide Assassin	23-24	Redridge Mountains	2		Drop	0.1%	map
Gradok(elite)	19-21+	Loch Modan	1	Alliance only	Drop	0.1%	map
Valdred Moray	21	Silverpine Forest	1	Horde only	Drop	0.1%	map
Mottled Raptor	22-23	Wetlands	27		Drop	0.1%	map
Gobbler	22	Wetlands	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Fel Steed(elite)	19-20+	Shadowfang Keep	3		Drop	0.1%	map
Syndicate Shadow Mage	21-22	Hillsbrad Foothills	29		Drop	0.1%	map
Defias Prisoner(elite)	23-24+	The Stockade	15		Drop	0.0%	map
Blackrock Renegade	21-22	Redridge Mountains	11		Drop	0.0%	map
Goblin Engineer(elite)	18-19+	The Deadmines	6		Drop	0.0%	map
Greater Tarantula	19-20	Redridge Mountains	13		Drop	0.0%	map
Mosshide Fenrunner	22-23	Wetlands	45		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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