The best place to farm Thin Black Claw is The Barrens, where Savannah Matriarch (level 17-18) drops it at 64.4%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 14 sources are ranked below by drop chance.
Gold per kill: Savannah Matriarch is worth about 2s 72c a kill in item drops (prices from 10 Oct 2026). Gold farming spots, level 10-20
Best zones:
| Zone | Sources | Best source | Level | Drop% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Barrens | 2 | Savannah Matriarch | 17-18 | 64.4% |
| Darkshore | 2 | Moonstalker Matriarch | 19-20 | 54.3% |
| Unknown zone | 2 | Ghost Saber | 19-20 | 40.3% |
| Stonetalon Mountains | 7 | Pridewing Skyhunter | 23-24 | 18.9% |
| Hillsbrad Foothills | 1 | Starving Mountain Lion | 23-24 | 14.5% |
- Savannah Matriarch 62.0, 32.9
- Humar the Pridelord 62.1, 33.3
All sources, by drop chance:
| Source | Level | Zone | Spawns | Side | How | Drop% | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah Matriarch | 17-18 | The Barrens | 10 | Drop | 64.4% | map | |
| Moonstalker Matriarch | 19-20 | Darkshore | 12 | Drop | 54.3% | map | |
| Moonstalker Sire | 17-18 | Darkshore | 23 | Drop | 51.1% | map | |
| Ghost Saber | 19-20 | 0 | Drop | 40.3% | map | ||
| Echeyakee | 16 | 0 | Drop | 21.7% | map | ||
| Pridewing Skyhunter | 23-24 | Stonetalon Mountains | 10 | Drop | 18.9% | map | |
| Pridewing Consort | 22-23 | Stonetalon Mountains | 14 | Drop | 17.1% | map | |
| Twilight Runner | 23-24 | Stonetalon Mountains | 15 | Drop | 16.7% | map | |
| Humar the Pridelord(rare) | 23+ | The Barrens | 1 | Drop | 15.6% | map | |
| Pridewing Wyvern | 21-22 | Stonetalon Mountains | 14 | Drop | 15.5% | map | |
| Young Pridewing | 19-20 | Stonetalon Mountains | 5 | Drop | 14.8% | map | |
| Starving Mountain Lion | 23-24 | Hillsbrad Foothills | 42 | Drop | 14.5% | map | |
| Pridewing Patriarch(rare) | 25 | Stonetalon Mountains | 1 | Drop | 14.1% | map | |
| Sorrow Wing(rare) | 27+ | Stonetalon Mountains | 1 | Drop | 14.1% | map |
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.