Mobs to Kill
Levels 40-60
Browman Mill - Eastern Plaguelands (57-60)
A decent spot to grind when I'm doing nothing else is Browman Mill. It's that area just north of the flight point in EPL. Single pulls, and they drop tons of Runecloth...like 0-3 pieces each. When something drops 3 Runecloth and 8 silver, that's pretty decent for one kill. Runecloth is selling well, even after Burning Crusade came out. Between green items (which I just DE), gray items that sell for over 1g each, stacks of runecloth, potions (Major Mana Potions included, which also still sell), etc., this spot will have you happily grind all by yourself. This spot has two spawn points for Black Lotus, which is a great seller. Plus lots of Mt. Silversage, Plaguebloom and some Dreamfoil.
Tar Elementals – Un’Goro Crater (level 50-54)
Tar elementals are the only mobs in UGC that drops money. The money they drop isn’t stellar…maybe 5s average per mob. But they also drop Living Essence, at a rate of about 4-5 an hour for me. AND they drop herbs that sell well, such as Blindweed. So even if you’re not an herbalist you can get in on the herb market. The drop rate for green items is also fairly decent for these, and even the GRAY items here can sell for over 1g to a vendor. I have even gotten a Lei of Lilies (epic – sold for 200g) off of one of them. If you are an herbalist, this area has some high-value herbs which can even respawn while you’re grinding away. Of special note: These things are VERY vulnerable to Fire. While Fire mages generally have a hard time soloing mobs, these things go down QUICKLY to fire! Being a fire mage myself, this is probably one of my favorite spots to grind, because of the herbs collected, herbs dropped, green and gray items, Living Essence and silver. Remember to collect Un'Goro Soil, too...to sell or use with your seed packets.
Giant Eggs – Deadwind Pass or Winterspring (level 55-56)
Used for the Artisan Cooking quest, and for Monster Omelets, these eggs always seem to go for good gold on the AH. You can get them all over the place, but I found Deadwind Pass to be the easiest. The birds there drop them at a very high rate, and drop some other nice gray items, too (including Vibrant Plumes). I mention Winterspring because the Ragged Owlbeasts there have a fabulous drop rate for them…but they’re more spread out and mixed in with other mobs. Deadwind Pass is just a loop where you kill a bird, then another, etc. until you’re back where you started. You can also run loops as a level 70 waiting for you Karazhan group to arrive. I’ve also heard rumors that they drop from the vultures in Westfall, just by the cemetery near Moonbrook, and that the respawn rate there is insane. If that’s true, that would be a farmer’s dream.
Water Elementals – Eastern Plaguelands (level 56-58)
These elementals are in the two big lakes in Eastern Plaugelands. They have a decent chance of dropping Essence of Water (13-15g). They are rarely farmed, and you can just do laps around the lake, and they will respawn. They also drop some other good loot. Lots of worthless water, but occasionally a Globe of Water and some green, blue and purple items. One day the first one I killed as I was passing through dropped a Lifestone (200g).
Air Elementals – Silithus (level 56-59)
Essence of Air drops here. In the northwest corner of Silithus is a group of Earth and Air elementals. They are easily fought one at a time. They drop Elemental Air, Breath of Wind and the occasional Essence of Air. They occasionally drop a decent item, but also sometimes drop nothing at all. You have to be patient, but an hour of grinding here can be well worth it.
Elemental Invaders – Un’Goro, Winterspring, Silithus (level 52-58)
Occasionaly, and I don’t know how often, but the ‘invaders’ will come to the zones listed above. Blazing Invaders come to Un’Goro, and patrol around the volcano in the middle. Watery Invaders appear at the lake in Winterspring just southwest of Everlook, and Whirling Invaders patrol around the mountain near where the Air and Earth elementals normally are (in the northwest corner). When the invaders appear, they are led by an elite boss elemental of their kind. And here’s the key…when he appears, he ‘yells’ a challenging message. Everyone in the zone will get the red text, so when that happens, head to the spot and start killing these ‘bonus’ elementals. They have better loot at a better drop rate than the normal elementals. However, beware of the elite if you’re soloing. They drop really good loot, but are not meant to be taken alone. The Windreaver is a level 60 elite Air Elemental in Silithus, the Blazerunner is a level 56 elite in Un’Goro, and Princess Tempestria is a level 60 elite in Winterspring.