For Elemental Earth farming in WoW Forever, the best spots are the Badlands, which has more earth elementals, and Arathi Highlands, which usually has fewer players at its earth spot; the mobs with the best drop chance are around level 40 in both. WoW Forever keeps Classic’s mob spawns in the original zones, so the spots below work in both WoW Forever and WoW Classic. Blizzard hasn’t announced changes to earth elementals or their drops. One Forever difference: the Badlands now borders the Riverglades, Forever’s new zone for the mid-30s to mid-40s, so more players will pass through at the levels where this farm pays best (our expectation).

Updated November 3, 2026: now covers WoW Forever, which keeps Classic’s mob spawns.

Why Elemental Earth farming is so lucrative

Elemental Earth is used primarily by Alchemists to make several kinds of potions. These Potions are much-needed for Raids, which is why a single hour of Elemental earth farming can make up to 20-30 gold! On my Server, I regularly sell my farmed Elemental Earth for 2g, and it sells very well at that price.

Another great thing about this specific farm is, that the mobs with the highest drop chance for Elemental Earth are actually all around level 40. This means, that Elemental Earth farming is amazing to farm for your first mount at level 40. In addition to this, there is a bit of a gap in quests between level 38 and 42, so it is perfect to grind experience farming Elemental Earth for a while and getting the gold for your mount at the same time.

Badlands

While there are more mobs here than in the Arathi Highlands, there are more players farming here. Additionally, there are a couple of quests at this location, which increases the competition some more. You should be aware that the Badlands is primarily a Horde zone, as the Alliance does not have a Flight Master here.

I recommend trying for the northern spot first, and if there are too many people there, check the ones in the south. Keep in mind though, that there are less mobs in the south.

badlands elemental earth farming
Badlands elemental earth spots

Arathi Highlands Elemental Earth farming

Arathi Highlands has all the Elementals, and Earth and Fire are usually the ones that are farmed the most. Elemental Fire is still a lot more expensive than Earth is, though, so there should usually be fewer people at the earth spot. In the map below, I have marked the locations for all the Elements, just in case you want to switch over every once in a while.

arathi highlands elementals map
Arathi Highlands elementals map

Elemental Earth Farming in WoW Forever

The Badlands and Arathi Highlands elementals stand in the same places in WoW Forever as in Classic, since Forever keeps Classic’s mob spawns in the original zones. Blizzard hasn’t published Forever’s drop rates, so plan with Classic’s. What’s different:

  • Alchemy: raid consumables keep Alchemy busy at level 60 in WoW Forever, even after it handed regular Healing Potions to First Aid; our WoW Forever professions guide has Alchemy plus Herbalism as its raiding pair.
  • A smaller quest gap: the gap in quests between level 38 and 42 mentioned above is a Classic problem. Forever’s new Riverglades, next to the Badlands, has more than 150 new quests for the mid-30s to mid-40s, according to Blizzard’s What’s Next panel recap.
  • Mount cost: Blizzard moved the mount cost into riding training, and learning to ride gives you the mount. In the live game’s data the level 40 mount costs 20 gold; the level 40 riding training price isn’t confirmed yet, and epic riding at 60 costs 1,000 gold plus 200 gold for the mount (checked in the live game, November 6). Our WoW Forever mount guide sorts the confirmed, datamined and guessed prices and has a gold plan for level 40.

Our WoW Forever zones by level guide shows where the Badlands, Arathi Highlands and the Riverglades fit on the way to 60.