This is a guide which uses an exploit to farm Elementium Ore
This method involves a small amount of preperation and exploiting trash mobs, we will be killing different and multiple mobs, this method allows for:
* Much higher chances of Elementium ore dropping (wowhead reports 15% per mob that can be reset instantly as opposed to the other method’s 3% per mob on a 30 minute reset timer).
* The enemies we are killing come in a pack, meaning chances of getting ore and the speed at which ore is obtained is increased yet again.
However this method is harder, it involves a larger risk factor and may be gear and skill dependant, this won’t be easy however if you can do this method it should be more rewarding.
Why should I farm Elementium ?
Elementium is a material needed to craft the Legendary Thunderfury, it is only obtainable by killing BlackWing Techcians – about 15% chance (which we will solo) and a named goblin that respawns every soft reset called Master Elemental Shaper Krixix – about 3% chance (which you can solo with the other guide linked above).
Elementium sells high to those crafting Thunderfury, if you can put it into bar form, this can be sold for 1000g a bar, which consists of one Elementium ore, a Fiery Core, 10 Arcanite Bars and 45g worth of vendor items. You can usually transmute an Arcane Crystal and one Thorium bar to an arcanite bar for much cheaper crafting, I usually spend about 230g to craft a bar however I find these sell much easier and better than the ores which fetch about 400g.
The Method
We will be farming groups of BlackWing Techcians: Blackwing Technician – NPC – World of Warcraft
Firstly, you need to have completed BlackWingLair UP TO Firemaw, this means NOT killing him; the idea is to arrange a bad raid and wipe / disband on firemaw before your raid can kill the trash mobs after the third boss.
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