Where to Farm Elemental Earth

The best place to farm Elemental Earth is Arathi Highlands, where Rumbling Exile (level 38-39) drops it at 11.1%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 44 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Best zones:

The 15 zones with the best source; every source is listed below.

Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop%
Azshara	2	Avalanchion	58+	77.1%
Unknown zone	7	Baron Kazum	63+	50.9%
Arathi Highlands	1	Rumbling Exile	38-39	11.1%
Badlands	5	Rock Elemental	39-40	11.1%
Alterac Mountains	2	Elemental Slave	33-34	7.8%
Stonetalon Mountains	2	Furious Stone Spirit	26-27	7.6%
Searing Gorge	1	Smoldar	50	7.1%
Tanaris	2	Ground Pounder	41-43	6.5%
Thousand Needles	2	Thundering Boulderkin	28-29	5.7%
Desolace	4	Ambershard Crusher	40-41+	5.7%
Burning Steppes	3	Greater Obsidian Elemental	55-57	5.5%
Felwood	2	Immolatus	56+	5.5%
Molten Core	6	Molten Giant	62+	5.2%
Silithus	3	Desert Rumbler	56-58	5.0%
Maraudon	2	Theradrim Shardling	46	4.4%

All sources, by drop chance:

Vanilla reference — from the 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in Forever.

Source	Level	Zone	Spawns	Side	How	Drop%	Map
Avalanchion(elite)	58+	Azshara	1		Drop	77.1%	map
Baron Kazum(elite)	63+		0		Drop	50.9%	map
Rumbling Exile	38-39	Arathi Highlands	16		Drop	11.1%	map
Rock Elemental	39-40	Badlands	30		Drop	11.1%	map
Lesser Rock Elemental	37-39	Badlands	18		Drop	10.0%	map
Elemental Slave	33-34	Alterac Mountains	22	Horde only	Drop	7.8%	map
Furious Stone Spirit	26-27	Stonetalon Mountains	1		Drop	7.6%	map
Stone Fury(rare)	37	Alterac Mountains	1		Drop	7.1%	map
Smoldar(rare)	50	Searing Gorge	1		Drop	7.1%	map
The Duke of Shards(elite)	62+		0		Drop	6.6%	map
Ground Pounder	41-43	Tanaris	4		Drop	6.5%	map
Infernal Bodyguard(elite)	53-54+		0		Drop	6.3%	map
Enraged Stone Spirit	24-25	Stonetalon Mountains	2		Drop	6.0%	map
Fam'retor Guardian	45		0		Drop	5.8%	map
Thundering Boulderkin	28-29	Thousand Needles	14		Drop	5.7%	map
Ambershard Crusher(elite)	40-41+	Desolace	2		Drop	5.7%	map
Enraged Rock Elemental	42-43	Badlands	12		Drop	5.5%	map
Greater Obsidian Elemental	55-57	Burning Steppes	8		Drop	5.5%	map
Immolatus(rare)	56+	Felwood	1		Drop	5.5%	map
Rok'Alim the Pounder(elite)	30+	Thousand Needles	1		Drop	5.5%	map
Greater Rock Elemental	42-44	Badlands	28		Drop	5.3%	map
Thundering Invader	55-57	Azshara	3		Drop	5.2%	map
Molten Giant(elite)	62+	Molten Core	13		Drop	5.2%	map
Desert Rumbler	56-58	Silithus	28		Drop	5.0%	map
Land Rager	45-47	Tanaris	5		Drop	4.5%	map
Lava Surger(elite)	61-62+	Molten Core	12		Drop	4.5%	map
Lava Reaver(elite)	62-63+	Molten Core	6		Drop	4.5%	map
Theradrim Shardling	46	Maraudon	24		Drop	4.4%	map
Rumbler(rare)	45	Badlands	1		Drop	4.4%	map
Volchan(rare)	60+	Burning Steppes	1		Drop	4.2%	map
Desert Rager	58-59	Silithus	3		Drop	4.1%	map
Infernal Sentry(elite)	52-53+	Felwood	4		Drop	3.9%	map
Ambershard Destroyer(elite)	42-43+	Desolace	2		Drop	3.8%	map
Molten Destroyer(elite)	63+	Molten Core	9		Drop	3.8%	map
Obsidian Elemental	51-53	Burning Steppes	7		Drop	3.8%	map
Theradrim Guardian(elite)	47-48+	Maraudon	8		Drop	3.8%	map
Lava Annihilator(elite)	61-62+	Molten Core	18		Drop	3.6%	map
Shadowshard Rumbler(elite)	40-41+	Desolace	8		Drop	2.9%	map
Lava Elemental(elite)	61-62+	Molten Core	14		Drop	2.6%	map
Shadowshard Smasher(elite)	41-42+	Desolace	7		Drop	2.6%	map
Earthen Templar(elite)	60+		0		Drop	2.6%	map
Myzrael(elite)	44+		0		Drop	2.6%	map
Lokholar the Ice Lord(elite)	61+		0	Alliance only	Drop	1.4%	map
Sand Skitterer	55-56	Silithus	156		Drop	0.0%	map

Needed for:

Quests:

Level	Quest	Needs
52	Elemental Mastery
52	Mastering the Elements

Recipes:

Recipe	Profession	Needs
Earthen Leather Shoulders	Leatherworking	1x
Earthen Leggings	Tailoring	1x
Earthen Silk Belt	Tailoring	4x
Earthen Silk Belt	Tailoring	4x
Earthen Silk Cuffs	Tailoring	1x
Earthen Silk Gloves	Tailoring	2x
Earthen Silk Hood	Tailoring	2x
Earthen Silk Shoulders	Tailoring	2x
Earthen Silk Slippers	Tailoring	1x
Elemental Sharpening Stone	Blacksmithing	2x
Enchant Weapon - Lesser Elemental Slayer	Enchanting	1x
Field Repair Bot 74A	Engineering	2x
Gloves of the Greatfather	Leatherworking	4x
Goblin Mining Helmet	Engineering	4x
Greater Nature Protection Potion	Alchemy	1x
Heavy Earthen Gloves	Leatherworking	2x
Truesilver Transformer	Engineering	2x
Warden's Leather Belt	Leatherworking	1x
Warden's Leather Boots	Leatherworking	6x
Warden's Leather Bracers	Leatherworking	4x
Warden's Leather Gauntlets	Leatherworking	4x
Warden's Leather Gloves	Leatherworking	2x
Warden's Leather Shoes	Leatherworking	2x
Warden's Leather Shoulder	Leatherworking	3x
Warden's Leather Waistguard	Leatherworking	8x

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 (vanilla reference — from the 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.