Golden Pearl

The Red Reaches in the Blasted Lands is the best place to farm Golden Pearls; I got one off of a naga very quickly. If you are unable to see them, do not worry like I did at first! You need to speak to Zidormi at TomTom coordinates /way 48.2, 7.2. In other words, to the left of the main path just before it leads you into the Swamp of Sorrows. She will turn back time and change the zone into the original, low-level version and then the naga will appear in The Red Reaches.

Call me a rebel but i don't like the cave... it's a good place but slaughtering lvl 44 mobs basically puts me to sleep after 20 min.

The fact is, none of the nagas "drop" the pearl, they just drop Big-mouthed Clam which is why we are there, so i thought i would do something slightly more challenging and way closer to a major city. It turns out that the 59-61 elites on the big island off the coast of Dustwallow marsh have a >>63-64%<< drop rate for the Clams that we all want!

They also have the added bonus of dropping a .2% chance epic axe and a .2% chance of a blue mace. Also, any greens they drop will certainly be high 50's Vannilla WoW equipment that DE's into Illusion dust and Greater Eternal Essence, both mats are in high demand and short supply because of heirloom enchanting.

Anyhow, I'm heading over there and trying it out, at the very least i can actually get real practice on my attack rotation for my DPS toon. I will update this comment with the results, in a while.

Also, the cave full of nagas is aproximately a 43% drop rate on clams, for comparison.

Update: ok first update.... DO NOT go try soloing Dr. Weavil just for fun. (map on his page does not show him on island but he is) You get to become his servant for 2 min solid, lol, at least at lvl 68 and then he just kills you when he's done with your ass. "CURSE YOU DOCTOR WEAVIL!" O.K. real update soon.

Real Update: Did a short run, collected just 40 clams. On a lvl 68 this place was way more interesting than the cave. The respawn times are just long enough that you would clear the whole island before respawn on a lvl 70 or higher toon, but at my lvl you can very easily waste single mobs and take up to 3 elites at a time if you want a small challenge.

I didn't watch my time closely but about 6-7 of every 10 mobs dropped clams. It probably took me about 20 min to grab 40 clams, not sure. I just wanted 40 to do a test run. 40 clams got me x1 golden pearl and x1 Black pearl. Obviously not a statistically large sample but the basic theory is clear... you CAN farm Big-mouthed clams nicely on this island in Dustwallow marsh and therefore get your Golden Pearls.

Oh ya... No epic or blue drops but off my very short run i had several greens drop and DE'd for Illusion dust x9, woot!

Good Luck everybody!

P.S. to Wowhead: why no loot table for Big-mouthed clams? i know they are not a container but they do have a drop table of meat and various pearls which we are all after... where is the table?

These are also needed for +30 spellpower to weapon which is the best enchant available for a caster or healers heirloom, making it a great enchant for nearly all twinking brackets and leveling alike. If there is a reason these are still expensive, this enchant and enchanters rods will be about the only reason