Winterspring’s southern elites drop the same expensive items in WoW Forever as in Classic: Forever keeps Classic’s mob spawns in the original zones, so the demons still drop the Eye of Shadow, the blue dragonkin the Mature Blue Dragon Sinew and the Frostmaul giants Frostmaul E’ko. What Forever changes is who buys them. Both epic quests that made the Eye and the Sinew worth 300 gold or more in Classic start in Molten Core, and WoW Forever is set before Molten Core, with Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia’s Lair as its first raids on December 9 (Blizzard’s raid overview). Southern Winterspring also gets busier: Blizzard’s What’s Next panel recap sends players into the new Mount Hyjal zone through Darkwhisper Gorge.
Updated November 6, 2026: ore counts now come from GatherMate2’s Wowhead data with duplicate records merged. Updated November 5, 2026: now covers WoW Forever, which keeps Classic’s elites in Winterspring. Prices are our 2019 Classic numbers; the Greater Frost Protection Potion recipe now shows classicdb’s drop chance.
Farming Expensive Items in Winterspring
The southern area of Winterspring has lots of different elite mobs, each of them dropping some quite expensive items. These locations for farming epic items are not suitable for all classes, as the drop rates are around 1%, so you need a decent kill speed. Classes like Hunters, Warlocks and Mages are ideal, though others can also do it. In the following post, I will go over these items and locations.
Farming The Eye of Shadow
This item can also be farmed in the south of the Blasted Lands, where Classic’s world boss “Lord Kazzak” spawns. This is why those mobs are a bit harder to kill, and also have a slightly increased drop chance. If you feel capable enough, you might want to try farming “The Eye of Shadow” there. I have marked the location in Winterspring in orange on the map below. In both of these areas, there are lots of Rich Thorium Vein spawns, which are not mined a lot, hence the elite mobs.
The eye is required for the epic quest for Priests, where they can get their staff. The initial part of the quest drops from Majordomo Executus in the Molten Core. With drop rates of around 1-2%, you will be there for quite some time until it drops. In the meantime though, the Demons also drop Felcloth and Demonic Runes, which are quite useful, especially if you have Tailoring. In 2019, the Eye of Shadow sold for around 300-400 gold on our Classic server.
Farming the Mature Blue Dragon Sinew
This item drops from the blue dragon kin, marked in dark blue on the map below. The Sinew is needed for the epic Hunter Quest and sold for around 300-400g in 2019, just like the Eye of Shadow. With drop rates of around 0.5%, it is not quite as good as the demons. If you have Skinning, though, it’s a bit better, as the Dragons can be skinned for Blue Dragon scales and Rugged Leather.
There is also a cave near the spot, containing many more of these dragons, and even some larger ones at the end. The “Manaclaw” has a slightly increased drop chance of just above 1%, so it can be worth it to only farm in the cave.
Frostmaul E’ko & Recipe: Greater Frost Protection Potion
The giants in the ravine just north of the demons, marked in light blue, don’t drop a very expensive item. What they do drop though, is the Recipe: Greater Frost Protection Potion, at about 4% drop chance in classicdb’s data. In addition to that, they also drop Frostmaul E’ko, which can be turned into Juju Might in Everlook. This is a consumable that increases the Attack Power by 40 for 10 minutes. The E’ko sold for around 4 gold per piece in 2019 and has a drop rate of 2% from the giants. All in all, you won’t be farming expensive items here, not that expensive at least, but you have better chances.
Winterspring Farming in WoW Forever
Winterspring farming in WoW Forever uses the same elites, maps and drop sources as this page; drop chances are Classic data. What changes:
- Epic quest items. The Eye of Shadow and the Mature Blue Dragon Sinew were expensive in Classic because the Priest’s Benediction quest and the Hunter’s Rhok’delar quest needed them, and both quests start with an item from Molten Core. WoW Forever is set before Molten Core and Blizzard hasn’t announced it, so farm these for a later market, not for launch gold.
- Felcloth. The demons’ Felcloth has more buyers in Forever, where Mooncloth goes into 55 recipes instead of 32 (beta client data).
- Rich Thorium. Winterspring has the most Rich Thorium Veins of any zone in GatherMate2’s Wowhead data (56, with spots closer than 15 yards counted once), and Forever keeps Classic’s node spawns.
- Mount Hyjal and Barrow Deeps. Darkwhisper Gorge in southern Winterspring leads to Mount Hyjal, a level 60 zone, and Blizzard’s raid overview lists Winterspring among the entrances to the Barrow Deeps raid from December 9. Expect more players in the south of the zone than in Classic.
Our Thorium farming guide has a Winterspring mining route, the WoW Forever leather farming guide covers Winterspring’s Frostsaber, Warbear and Chimera Leather, and WoW Forever zones by level explains how Mount Hyjal fits in.