The best place to farm Defender Spaulders is Hillsbrad Foothills, where Torn Fin Tidehunter (level 31-32) drops it at 35.0%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 184 sources are ranked below by drop chance.
Gold per kill: Torn Fin Tidehunter is worth about 5s 42c a kill in item drops (at Auction House prices). Gold farming spots, level 30-40
Best zones:
| Zone | Sources | Best source | Level | Drop% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsbrad Foothills | 25 | Torn Fin Tidehunter | 31-32 | 35.0% |
| The Barrens | 12 | Minor Anubisath Warbringer | 25+ | 7.2% |
| Ashenvale | 8 | Branch Snapper | 25 | 5.7% |
| Wetlands | 39 | Gnawbone | 24 | 5.6% |
| Silverpine Forest | 5 | Snarlmane | 23 | 4.7% |
| Stonetalon Mountains | 3 | Foreman Rigger | 24+ | 4.3% |
| Alterac Mountains | 5 | Jimmy the Bleeder | 23 | 2.9% |
| Redridge Mountains | 28 | Seeker Aqualon | 21 | 2.5% |
| The Stockade | 7 | Large Iron Bound Chest | 1.2% | |
| Gnomeregan | 5 | 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 | 18 | Solid Chest | 0.9% | |
| Arathi Highlands | 1 | Horde Chest | 0.7% | |
| Darkshore | 1 | Battered Chest | 0.5% |
- Torn Fin Tidehunter 36.6, 70.1
- Creepthess 38.6, 58.4
- Alliance Chest 26.6, 59.6
- Alliance Chest 29.3, 39.4
- Farmer Getz 35.3, 40.8
- Citizen Wilkes 32.6, 39.8
- Hillsbrad Tailor 36.8, 44.4
- Jailor Eston 79.5, 41.9
All sources, by drop chance:
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.