Where to Farm Stag Meat

The best place to farm Stag Meat is Ashenvale, where Elder Shadowhorn Stag (level 26-27) drops it at 53.2%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 8 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Gold per kill: Elder Shadowhorn Stag is worth about 2s 91c a kill in item drops (prices from 10 Oct 2026). Gold farming spots, level 20-30

Best zones:

Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop% ▼
Ashenvale	3	Elder Shadowhorn Stag	26-27	53.2%
Azshara	3	Mosshoof Runner	45-47	47.8%
Stonetalon Mountains	2	Great Courser	24-25	35.6%

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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
Elder Shadowhorn Stag	26-27	Ashenvale	78		Drop	53.2%	map
Wild Buck	18-19	Ashenvale	81		Drop	51.2%	map
Shadowhorn Stag	22-23	Ashenvale	70		Drop	49.3%	map
Mosshoof Runner	45-47	Azshara	29		Drop	47.8%	map
Mosshoof Stag	49-50	Azshara	5		Drop	46.4%	map
Mosshoof Courser	52-53	Azshara	122		Drop	46.4%	map
Great Courser	24-25	Stonetalon Mountains	4		Drop	35.6%	map
Antlered Courser	22-23	Stonetalon Mountains	23		Drop	35.0%	map

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Needed for:

Recipes:

Recipe ▲	Profession	Needs
Cleansing Stew	Cooking	1x
Lean Venison	Cooking	1x
Savory Stag Sliders	Cooking	2x
Steaming Stag Steak	Cooking	3x

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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.