08-03-2005, 10:17 PM
I went with my level 60 Undead Warrior to Feralas today to farm pearls from the Hatecrest Naga on the islands in the west (south of the Feathermoon Stronghold). The Feralas Hatecrest Naga have a chance of about 50% to drop the Big-mouth Clams, of which - according to Thottbot - about 0.5% (= about every 200th clam) can contain a Golden Pearl. In 5-6 hours, I killed about 600 of these very easy to kill guys there, resulting in 300 dropped Big-mouth Clams. Off these 300 clams, I got the following pearls:
15 Black Pearls
11 Iridescent Pearls
3 Small Lustreous Pearls and
0 Golden Pearls
Assuming the estimated 0.5% drop chance of Golden Pearls from Big-mouth Clams on Thottbot is correct, I just had bad luck today, or - what I think - I was too high level (level 60) compared to the "grey" Naga mobs (level 43-45) to get any Golden Pearl at all. This could be either extremely diminishing returns or a simple cap after a certain level, so that you can't exploit such areas for Golden Pearls farming. In fact, I was surprised that I hardly met anyone killing mobs there who had my character level, so I think the latter must be true. Can anyone confirm this? Do I have to go to Azshara and kill "green" Naga mobs (level 53-55) to have any chance on Golden Pearls from Big-mouth Clams at all?
15 Black Pearls
11 Iridescent Pearls
3 Small Lustreous Pearls and
0 Golden Pearls
Assuming the estimated 0.5% drop chance of Golden Pearls from Big-mouth Clams on Thottbot is correct, I just had bad luck today, or - what I think - I was too high level (level 60) compared to the "grey" Naga mobs (level 43-45) to get any Golden Pearl at all. This could be either extremely diminishing returns or a simple cap after a certain level, so that you can't exploit such areas for Golden Pearls farming. In fact, I was surprised that I hardly met anyone killing mobs there who had my character level, so I think the latter must be true. Can anyone confirm this? Do I have to go to Azshara and kill "green" Naga mobs (level 53-55) to have any chance on Golden Pearls from Big-mouth Clams at all?
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