Where to Farm Black Pearl

The best place to farm Black Pearl is Azshara, where Young Wavethrasher (level 51-52) drops it at 0.5%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 130 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%
Blasted Lands	5	Lord Kazzak	63+	1.2%
Stranglethorn Vale	10	Solid Chest		0.5%
Arathi Highlands	6	Solid Chest		0.5%
Alterac Mountains	5	Solid Chest		0.5%
The Hinterlands	7	Solid Chest		0.5%
Feralas	18	Lady Szallah	46	0.5%
Azshara	34	Young Wavethrasher	51-52	0.5%
Dustwallow Marsh	1	Strashaz Hydra	59-61+	0.3%
Tanaris	8	Surf Glider	48-50	0.2%
Desolace	3	Deepstrider Searcher	39-40+	0.2%
Swamp of Sorrows	8	Monstrous Crawler	43-44	0.1%
Unknown zone	4	Zapped Deep Strider	47-49	0.1%
Western Plaguelands	2	Carrion Vulture	50-52	0.1%
Thousand Needles	1	Galak Windchaser	24-25	0.1%
Ashenvale	1	Wrathtail Sea Witch	19-20	0.1%

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
Lord Kazzak(elite)	63+	Blasted Lands	1		Drop	1.2%	map
Solid Chest		Stranglethorn Vale	104		Contains	0.5%	map
Solid Chest		Arathi Highlands	94		Contains	0.5%	map
Solid Chest		Alterac Mountains	64		Contains	0.5%	map
Solid Chest		The Hinterlands	52		Contains	0.5%	map
Alliance Chest		Alterac Mountains	12		Contains	0.5%	map
Alliance Strongbox		Alterac Mountains	8		Contains	0.5%	map
Alliance Chest		Arathi Highlands	4		Contains	0.5%	map
Horde Chest		Arathi Highlands	4		Contains	0.5%	map
Lady Szallah(rare)	46	Feralas	1		Drop	0.5%	map
Young Wavethrasher	51-52	Azshara	10		Drop	0.5%	map
Fingat(rare)	43	Blasted Lands	1		Drop	0.3%	map
Strashaz Hydra(elite)	59-61+	Dustwallow Marsh	12		Drop	0.3%	map
Lady Sesspira(rare)	51	Azshara	1		Drop	0.3%	map
Coralshell Lurker	53-54	Azshara	45		Drop	0.2%	map
Coralshell Tortoise	50-52	Azshara	8		Drop	0.2%	map
Mok'rash(elite)	50+	Stranglethorn Vale	1		Drop	0.2%	map
Warlord Krellian	55	Azshara	1		Drop	0.2%	map
Surf Glider	48-50	Tanaris	134		Drop	0.2%	map
Deepstrider Searcher(elite)	39-40+	Desolace	1		Drop	0.2%	map
Monstrous Crawler	43-44	Swamp of Sorrows	26		Drop	0.1%	map
Silt Crawler	40-41	Swamp of Sorrows	25		Drop	0.1%	map
Wavethrasher	52-53	Azshara	18		Drop	0.1%	map
Storm Bay Warrior	51-52	Azshara	25		Drop	0.1%	map
Zapped Deep Strider	47-49		0		Drop	0.1%	map
Great Wavethrasher	53-54	Azshara	30		Drop	0.1%	map
Spitelash Battlemaster	53-54	Azshara	30		Drop	0.1%	map
Coast Crawl Deepseer	43-44	Feralas	17		Drop	0.1%	map
Son of Arkkoroc(elite)	54-55+	Azshara	20		Drop	0.1%	map
Arkkoran Muckdweller	53-54	Azshara	85		Drop	0.1%	map
Hatecrest Sorceress	43-44	Feralas	69		Drop	0.1%	map
Marsh Flesheater	43-44	Swamp of Sorrows	31		Drop	0.1%	map
Servant of Arkkoroc(elite)	53-54+	Azshara	20		Drop	0.1%	map
Hatecrest Myrmidon	43-44	Feralas	19		Drop	0.1%	map
Hetaera(elite)	55+	Azshara	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Swamp Talker	50	Blasted Lands	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Giant Surf Glider(elite)	48-50+		0		Drop	0.1%	map
The Duke of Cynders(elite)	62+		0		Drop	0.1%	map
Zapped Wave Strider	47-48		0		Drop	0.1%	map
Carrion Vulture	50-52	Western Plaguelands	2		Drop	0.1%	map
Galak Windchaser	24-25	Thousand Needles	69		Drop	0.1%	map
Wrathtail Sea Witch	19-20	Ashenvale	13		Drop	0.1%	map
Gammerita(elite)	48+	The Hinterlands	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Arkkoran Pincer	54-55	Azshara	85		Drop	0.1%	map
Naga Explorer	43-44	Stranglethorn Vale	27		Drop	0.1%	map
Coast Strider(elite)	48-49+	Tanaris	10		Drop	0.1%	map
Marsh Murloc	41-42	Swamp of Sorrows	9		Drop	0.1%	map
Dreadlord(elite)	62+	Blasted Lands	6		Drop	0.1%	map
Scalebeard(rare)	52+	Azshara	1		Drop	0.1%	map
Makrinni Scrabbler	52-53	Azshara	18		Drop	0.1%	map
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Needed for:

Recipes:

Recipe	Profession	Needs
Big Black Mace	Blacksmithing	1x
Black Cord	Tailoring	12x
Black Gloves	Tailoring	4x
Black Handwraps	Tailoring	4x
Black Sandals	Tailoring	14x
Black Slippers	Tailoring	2x
Black Waistcord	Tailoring	12x
Feathered Breastplate	Leatherworking	2x
Mooncloth Boots	Tailoring	2x
Netherpearl Cuffs	Tailoring	10x
Netherpearl Shoulders	Tailoring	8x
Ornate Mithril Helm	Blacksmithing	1x
Runed Truesilver Rod	Enchanting	1x
Runic Leather Bracers	Leatherworking	1x
Shadowskin Gloves	Leatherworking	2x
Shining Mithril Breastplate	Blacksmithing	2x
Stalwart Helm	Blacksmithing	20x
Warder's Belt	Blacksmithing	2x
Warder's Boots	Blacksmithing	4x
Warder's Gauntlet	Blacksmithing	4x
Warder's Gloves	Blacksmithing	4x
Warder's Pauldrons	Blacksmithing	8x
Warder's Sabatons	Blacksmithing	6x
Warder's Waistguard	Blacksmithing	10x
Warder's Wristguards	Blacksmithing	6x

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.