Mote of Life Farming in Zangarmarsh - Levels 62+
The best zone to farm Motes of Life is by far from the mobs in Zangarmarsh (Wowhead | WowWiki) in the Outland. But did you know there is a semi-secret way for some players to farm way more?
Here you have Withered Giants, Fungal Giants and Starving Fungal Giants, among others. All of these have a slightly higher than 18% drop rate for motes of life, are not the hardest mobs to kill and can be farmed for extra herbs by herbalists.
Did you know there is a special device Engineers can use to farm Motes of Life, however?
The Zapthrottle Extractor allows you to collect Motes of Life from the random mote clouds in Zangarmarsh. To make an extractor you need an Engineering skill of 305 and the Schematic: Zapthrottle Mote Extractor plans which you receive as a quest reward as either Horde or Alliance.
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The gas clouds extracted by engineers in Zangermarsh no longer yield motes of life. They have been changed to yield motes of water.