Where to Farm Essence of Fire

The best place to farm Essence of Fire is Un'Goro Crater, where Scorching Elemental (level 53-54) drops it at 3.2%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 33 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Gold per kill: Scorching Elemental is worth about 38s 2c a kill in item drops (at Auction House prices). Gold farming spots, level 50-60

Best zones:

Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop% ▼
Un'Goro Crater	5	Baron Charr	58+	75.2%
Unknown zone	6	Prince Skaldrenox	63+	59.2%
Molten Core	14	Baron Geddon	63+	50.0%
Blackrock Depths	3	Fireguard Destroyer	54-56+	6.8%
Felwood	2	Entropic Horror	53-54	3.0%
Burning Steppes	1	Volchan	60+	2.4%
Searing Gorge	1	Overmaster Pyron	52+	1.3%
Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj	1	Silicate Feeder	55	0.0%

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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
Baron Charr(elite)	58+	Un'Goro Crater	1		Drop	75.2%	map
Prince Skaldrenox(elite)	63+		0		Drop	59.2%	map
Baron Geddon(elite)	63+	Molten Core	1		Drop	50.0%	map
Ragnaros(elite)	63+		0		Drop	40.0%	map
Golemagg the Incinerator(elite)	63+	Molten Core	1		Drop	40.0%	map
Sulfuron Harbinger(elite)	63+	Molten Core	1		Drop	40.0%	map
Lucifron(elite)	63+	Molten Core	1		Drop	40.0%	map
Gehennas(elite)	63+	Molten Core	1		Drop	40.0%	map
Shazzrah(elite)	63+	Molten Core	1		Drop	40.0%	map
Flamewaker Elite(elite)	62+		0		Drop	11.6%	map
Flamewaker Healer(elite)	60+		0		Drop	11.4%	map
Flamewaker(elite)	62+	Molten Core	2		Drop	9.4%	map
Flamewaker Priest(elite)	62+	Molten Core	4		Drop	8.1%	map
Flamewaker Protector(elite)	62+	Molten Core	2		Drop	7.9%	map
Fireguard Destroyer(elite)	54-56+	Blackrock Depths	45		Drop	6.8%	map
Firelord(elite)	61-62+	Molten Core	18		Drop	6.2%	map
Molten Giant(elite)	62+	Molten Core	13		Drop	5.7%	map
Flameguard(elite)	61-62+	Molten Core	13		Drop	5.7%	map
The Duke of Cynders(elite)	62+		0		Drop	5.3%	map
Firewalker(elite)	61-62+	Molten Core	13		Drop	4.8%	map
Molten Destroyer(elite)	63+	Molten Core	9		Drop	4.4%	map
Fireguard(elite)	50-52+	Blackrock Depths	11		Drop	4.3%	map
Crimson Templar(elite)	60+		0		Drop	3.9%	map
Scorching Elemental	53-54	Un'Goro Crater	34		Drop	3.2%	map
Living Blaze	54-55	Un'Goro Crater	34		Drop	3.1%	map
Entropic Horror	53-54	Felwood	21		Drop	3.0%	map
Blazerunner(elite)	56+	Un'Goro Crater	1		Drop	2.5%	map
Volchan(rare)	60+	Burning Steppes	1		Drop	2.4%	map
Blazing Invader	54-56	Un'Goro Crater	3		Drop	2.4%	map
Entropic Beast	51-52	Felwood	21		Drop	2.2%	map
Blazing Fireguard(elite)	52-54+	Blackrock Depths	19		Drop	1.6%	map
Overmaster Pyron(elite)	52+	Searing Gorge	1		Drop	1.3%	map
Silicate Feeder	55	Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj	37		Drop	0.0%	map

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Needed for:

Quests:

Level ▲	Quest	Needs
60	Fiery Plate Gauntlets	2x

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Recipes:

Recipe ▲	Profession	Needs
Alchemist's Stone	Alchemy	8x
Belt of the Archmage	Tailoring	10x
Blazing Rapier	Blacksmithing	4x
Cindercloth Cloak	Tailoring	1x
Cindercloth Pants	Tailoring	1x
Cloak of Fire	Tailoring	4x
Devilcore Gauntlets	Leatherworking	8x
Enchant Weapon - Fiery Weapon	Enchanting	1x
Fiery Plate Gauntlets	Blacksmithing	2x
Fiery Plate Gauntlets of the Hidden Technique	Blacksmithing	2x
Goregasher Grips	Blacksmithing	3x
Goregasher Stompers	Blacksmithing	3x
Goregasher Support	Blacksmithing	3x
Gyrofreeze Ice Reflector	Engineering	4x
Inferno Gloves	Tailoring	10x
Masterwork Volcanic Breastplate	Leatherworking	1x
Masterwork Volcanic Leggings	Leatherworking	1x
Robe of the Archmage	Tailoring	8x
Scalegut Belt	Leatherworking	3x
Scalegut Clenchers	Leatherworking	3x
Smoking Heart of the Mountain	Enchanting	1x
Transmute: Fire to Earth	Alchemy	1x
Volcanic Breastplate	Leatherworking	1x
Volcanic Leggings	Leatherworking	1x
Volcanic Shoulders	Leatherworking	1x

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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.