Where to Farm Plans: Iron Shield Spike

The best place to farm Plans: Iron Shield Spike is Ashenvale, where Elder Shadowhorn Stag (level 26-27) drops it at 0.0%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 431 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Gold per kill: Elder Shadowhorn Stag is worth about 3s 83c a kill in item drops (at Auction House prices). Gold farming spots, level 20-30

Best zones:

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  1. Battered Chest 56.3, 26.2
  2. Blackfathom Oracle 31.4, 91.8
  3. Blackfathom Tide Priestess 31.2, 91.7
  4. Dark Strand Voidcaller 56.3, 26.0
  5. Fallenroot Satyr 31.1, 93.0
  6. Fallenroot Rogue 31.9, 92.7
6 sources in Darkshore, each where it spawns most often; click a pin for the source.Larger map

All sources, by drop chance:

SourceLevelZoneSpawnsSideHowDrop%Map
Shadethicket Stone Mover25-26Ashenvale50Drop0.0%map
Terrowulf Shadow Weaver29-30Ashenvale5Drop0.0%map
Severed Keeper29-30Ashenvale3Drop0.0%map
Forsaken Infiltrator29-30Ashenvale10Alliance onlyDrop0.0%map
Forsaken Dark Stalker28-29Ashenvale23Alliance onlyDrop0.0%map
Ashenvale Bear21-22Ashenvale111Drop0.0%map
Giant Ashenvale Bear29-30Ashenvale7Drop0.0%map
Blink Dragon26-27Ashenvale4Drop0.0%map
Shadowhorn Stag22-23Ashenvale70Drop0.0%map
Wildthorn Stalker20-21Ashenvale109Drop0.0%map
Wildthorn Venomspitter24-25Ashenvale28Drop0.0%map
Ghostpaw Alpha27-28Ashenvale29Drop0.0%map
Shadowfang Darksoul(elite)20-21+Shadowfang Keep12Drop0.0%map
Shadowfang Ragetooth(elite)23-24+Shadowfang Keep8Drop0.0%map
Lupine Horror(elite)24-25+Shadowfang Keep7Drop0.0%map
Tormented Officer(elite)23-24+Shadowfang Keep7Drop0.0%map
Haunted Servitor(elite)20-21+Shadowfang Keep18Drop0.0%map
Wailing Guardsman(elite)21-22+Shadowfang Keep10Drop0.0%map
Befouled Water Elemental23-25Ashenvale33Drop0.0%map
Thistlefur Ursa23-24Ashenvale11Drop0.0%map
Thistlefur Avenger23-24Ashenvale22Drop0.0%map
Rotting Slime20-22Ashenvale41Drop0.0%map
Pridewing Wyvern21-22Stonetalon Mountains14Drop0.0%map
Antlered Courser22-23Stonetalon Mountains23Drop0.0%map
Sap Beast22-23Stonetalon Mountains19Drop0.0%map
Bloodfury Harpy23-24Stonetalon Mountains44Drop0.0%map
Bloodfury Roguefeather25-26Stonetalon Mountains37Drop0.0%map
Bloodfury Slayer25-26Stonetalon Mountains37Drop0.0%map
Bloodfury Windcaller24-25Stonetalon Mountains42Drop0.0%map
Bloodfury Storm Witch26-27Stonetalon Mountains37Drop0.0%map
Charred Ancient25-26Stonetalon Mountains3Drop0.0%map
Rogue Flame Spirit23-24Stonetalon Mountains8Drop0.0%map
Burning Destroyer26-27Stonetalon Mountains7Drop0.0%map
Scorched Basilisk27-28Stonetalon Mountains11Drop0.0%map
Singed Basilisk25-26Stonetalon Mountains5Drop0.0%map
Cenarion Botanist23-24Stonetalon Mountains4Horde onlyDrop0.0%map
Laughing Sister24-25Ashenvale25Horde onlyDrop0.0%map
Mirkfallon Keeper(elite)26-27+Stonetalon Mountains10Horde onlyDrop0.0%map
Mirkfallon Dryad(elite)25-26+Stonetalon Mountains18Horde onlyDrop0.0%map
Dark Iron Bombardier30-31Arathi Highlands3Drop0.0%map
Blackrock Scout(elite)20-21+Redridge Mountains10Drop0.0%map
Blackrock Sentry(elite)21-22+Redridge Mountains30Drop0.0%map
Twilight Runner23-24Stonetalon Mountains15Drop0.0%map
Galak Wrangler25-26Thousand Needles69Drop0.0%map
Galak Scout24-25Thousand Needles69Drop0.0%map
Galak Mauler27-28Thousand Needles51Drop0.0%map
Galak Marauder26-27Thousand Needles51Drop0.0%map
Screeching Harpy28-29Thousand Needles16Drop0.0%map
Screeching Roguefeather29-30Thousand Needles16Drop0.0%map
Screeching Windcaller30Thousand Needles8Drop0.0%map
431 found
Classic data: from the patch 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in Forever.

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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.