The best place to farm Scaled Shield is Arathi Highlands, where Highland Strider (level 30-31) drops it at 0.0%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 386 sources are ranked below by drop chance.
Gold per kill: Highland Strider is worth about 5s 83c a kill in item drops (prices from 10 Oct 2026). Gold farming spots, level 30-40
Best zones:
| Zone | Sources | Best source | Level | Drop% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alterac Mountains | 33 | Cranky Benj | 32 | 1.1% |
| Thousand Needles | 38 | Heartrazor | 32+ | 1.1% |
| Hillsbrad Foothills | 27 | Lady Zephris | 33 | 1.1% |
| Desolace | 49 | Prince Kellen | 33 | 1.1% |
| Ashenvale | 36 | Prince Raze | 32 | 1.1% |
| Razorfen Downs | 5 | Large Iron Bound Chest | 0.3% | |
| Scarlet Monastery | 16 | Large Iron Bound Chest | 0.3% | |
| Duskwood | 21 | Solid Chest | 0.3% | |
| Arathi Highlands | 30 | Solid Chest | 0.2% | |
| Stranglethorn Vale | 34 | Solid Chest | 0.2% | |
| Unknown zone | 11 | Arados the Damned | 35 | 0.1% |
| The Barrens | 7 | Razorfen Battleguard | 33-34+ | 0.0% |
| Loch Modan | 1 | Shadowforge Surveyor | 35-36+ | 0.0% |
| Gnomeregan | 17 | Dark Iron Agent | 32-33+ | 0.0% |
| Tirisfal Glades | 6 | Scarlet Magician | 29-30+ | 0.0% |
- Cranky Benj 37.3, 19.8
- Solid Chest 63.5, 44.0
- Alliance Chest 11.8, 73.8
- Alliance Strongbox 11.8, 73.8
- Crushridge Mauler 39.4, 39.5
- Crushridge Enforcer 37.6, 51.2
- Crushridge Mage 38.5, 40.2
- Grandpa Vishas 32.3, 33.0
All sources, by drop chance:
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.