The best place to farm Gold Dust is Elwynn Forest, where Kobold Tunneler (level 5-6) drops it at 50.0%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 4 sources are ranked below by drop chance.
Gold per kill: Kobold Tunneler is worth about 45c a kill in item drops (prices from 10 Oct 2026).
Best zones:
- Kobold Tunneler 38.9, 81.9
- Kobold Geomancer 64.6, 56.8
- Kobold Miner 41.0, 80.4
- Goldtooth 41.7, 77.8
All sources, by drop chance:
| Source | Level | Zone | Spawns | Side | How | Drop% | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kobold Tunneler(quest) | 5-6 | Elwynn Forest | 16 | Drop | 50.0% | map | |
| Kobold Geomancer(quest) | 7-8 | Elwynn Forest | 6 | Drop | 50.0% | map | |
| Kobold Miner(quest) | 6-7 | Elwynn Forest | 5 | Drop | 50.0% | map | |
| Goldtooth(quest) | 8 | Elwynn Forest | 1 | Drop | 50.0% | map |
Needed for:
Quests:
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.