Where to Farm Rugged Hide

The best place to farm Rugged Hide is Feralas, where Jademir Tree Warder (level 60) is skinned for it at 16.0%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 171 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% ▼
Eastern Plaguelands	8	Blighthound	58-59+	20.0%
Azshara	16	Antilos	50	20.0%
Un'Goro Crater	13	Gruff	57+	20.0%
Blasted Lands	5	Grunter	50	20.0%
Blackrock Spire	13	Halycon	59+	20.0%
Feralas	7	Lord Lakmaeran	62+	20.0%
Blackwing Lair	7	Death Talon Captain	62+	10.5%
Winterspring	29	Rak'shiri	57	9.5%
Unknown zone	7	Gizrul the Slavener	60+	9.2%
Wetlands	6	Wyrmkin Firebrand	61-62+	8.1%
The Temple of Atal'Hakkar	2	Spawn of Hakkar	51+	6.5%
Dustwallow Marsh	2	Emberstrife	61+	6.3%
Burning Steppes	18	Searscale Drake	56-58+	6.2%
Ashenvale	2	Emeraldon Boughguard	62+	6.0%
Zul'Gurub	12	Zulian Cub	60	5.9%

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
Blighthound(elite)	58-59+	Eastern Plaguelands	2	Alliance only	Skinning	20.0%	map
Antilos(rare)	50	Azshara	1		Skinning	20.0%	map
Gruff(rare)	57+	Un'Goro Crater	1		Skinning	20.0%	map
Grunter(rare)	50	Blasted Lands	1		Skinning	20.0%	map
Halycon(elite)	59+	Blackrock Spire	1		Skinning	20.0%	map
Lord Lakmaeran(elite)	62+	Feralas	1		Skinning	20.0%	map
The Beast(elite)	62+	Blackrock Spire	1		Skinning	18.0%	map
Jademir Tree Warder(elite)	60+	Feralas	60		Skinning	16.0%	map
Jademir Boughguard(elite)	62+	Feralas	60		Skinning	13.0%	map
Death Talon Captain(elite)	62+	Blackwing Lair	12		Skinning	10.5%	map
Rak'shiri(rare)	57	Winterspring	1		Skinning	9.5%	map
Gizrul the Slavener(elite)	60+		0		Skinning	9.2%	map
Solakar Flamewreath(elite)	60+		0		Skinning	8.5%	map
Wyrmkin Firebrand(elite)	61-62+	Wetlands	11		Skinning	8.1%	map
General Drakkisath(elite)	62+	Blackrock Spire	1		Skinning	8.0%	map
Hematus(elite)	50+		0		Skinning	8.0%	map
Death Talon Flamescale(elite)	62+	Blackwing Lair	12		Skinning	7.0%	map
Ursius(elite)	56+	Winterspring	1		Skinning	6.7%	map
Chromatic Elite Guard(elite)	59-60+	Blackrock Spire	2		Skinning	6.6%	map
Hederine Manastalker(elite)	59-60+	Winterspring	21		Skinning	6.5%	map
Spawn of Hakkar(elite)	51+	The Temple of Atal'Hakkar	2		Skinning	6.5%	map
Red Dragonspawn(elite)	57-58+	Wetlands	2		Skinning	6.4%	map
Rabid Shardtooth	59-60	Winterspring	21		Skinning	6.4%	map
Emberstrife(elite)	61+	Dustwallow Marsh	1		Skinning	6.3%	map
Thunderstomp Stegodon(elite)	54-55+	Un'Goro Crater	2		Skinning	6.3%	map
Rage Talon Fire Tongue(elite)	60-61+	Blackrock Spire	7		Skinning	6.2%	map
Scalebane Lieutenant(elite)	60-61+	Wetlands	7		Skinning	6.2%	map
Searscale Drake(elite)	56-58+	Burning Steppes	4		Skinning	6.2%	map
Brumeran(elite)	58+	Winterspring	1		Skinning	6.1%	map
Rage Talon Flamescale(elite)	58-59+	Blackrock Spire	10		Skinning	6.1%	map
Emeraldon Boughguard(elite)	62+	Ashenvale	21		Skinning	6.0%	map
Red Wyrmkin(elite)	58-59+	Wetlands	3		Skinning	5.9%	map
Zulian Cub	60	Zul'Gurub	12		Skinning	5.9%	map
Cobalt Mageweaver(elite)	57-58+	Winterspring	36		Skinning	5.9%	map
Frostsaber Pride Watcher	59-60	Winterspring	5		Skinning	5.8%	map
Razzashi Cobra(elite)	60+	Zul'Gurub	4		Skinning	5.8%	map
King Mukla(elite)	51+	Stranglethorn Vale	1		Skinning	5.7%	map
Zulian Crocolisk(elite)	60+	Zul'Gurub	41		Skinning	5.6%	map
Spiked Stegodon(elite)	53-54+	Un'Goro Crater	3		Skinning	5.5%	map
Verek(rare)	55+	Blackrock Depths	1		Skinning	5.5%	map
Bloodhound Mastiff	54-55	Blackrock Depths	6		Skinning	5.4%	map
Rage Talon Captain(elite)	62+	Blackrock Spire	5		Skinning	5.4%	map
Frostsaber Stalker	59-60	Winterspring	47		Skinning	5.4%	map
Bloodseeker Bat	60	Zul'Gurub	42		Skinning	5.3%	map
Chimaerok(elite)	60-61+	Feralas	8		Skinning	5.3%	map
Zulian Tiger(elite)	60+	Zul'Gurub	35		Skinning	5.3%	map
Giant Ember Worg	55-56	Burning Steppes	12		Skinning	5.3%	map
Chillwind Chimaera	55-57	Winterspring	31		Skinning	5.2%	map
Elder Shardtooth	57-58	Winterspring	45		Skinning	5.2%	map
Razzashi Adder(elite)	60+	Zul'Gurub	29		Skinning	5.2%	map
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Needed for:

Recipes:

Recipe ▲	Profession	Needs
Cured Rugged Hide	Leatherworking	1x

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.