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Comment by 2103

This herb can only be found underwater.

Comment by iammercy

Off the coast of Hillsbrad was always my favorite gathering spot. 4-7 clumps on a fast respawn.

Comment by 7826

You can also get it when you fish in the floating wreckage.

Comment by 2874

like BenoitXVI said Stranglekelp is an underplant horde chars can find this very eazy around Rachet.

Comment by 33265

if you need it quick and you dont want to fight for it, there is a few places in menethill harbor where you can find it.

just jump off the boat :)

Comment by 45512

My favourite method of procuring Stranglekelp is off the coast of Darkshore with my Druid in aquatic form (which, thank the gods, does allow gathering). Good, fast swim speed and water breathing -- ironically two of the main uses of this herb. Needless to say it's a major cash herb for me. :)

Comment by circuitloss

I made loads and loads of money off of this herb. It helped to have a druid with aquatic form, but a warlock with their underwater breathing buff would also do fine. Favorite place to farm? Just off shore of Ratchet. The fishing there also yields some good stuff.

Comment by 39439

this herb can found near water not only in water

Comment by 49530

my favorite spot is the left side of STV. just keep going up and down the coast.

Comment by gizmovision

can be found in Silverpine Forest: North Tide's Run at a few spots that i have found. next to the ship...(34.1,24.2) (35.5,29.2) ( 35.7,34.8) then next to the fisherman Killian Sanatha (31.0,18.6) and down slightly from Tiev Mordune @ (34.9,52.9) and work your way to the South Tide's Run (41, 71) (35.9,60.0) (39.0,68.6) (39.5,70.2) (40.2,76.2) (38.0,80.3) watch out for the reef frenzy they'll tear you up!

Comment by gizmovision

Some of the spots shown on the maps are from Fishing Pools not just from Spawn locations

Comment by 99925

Another good gathering spot is Westfall. If you're high enough level, the Murlocs won't even turn around when you're farming it. Fast respawn rate. I've found that the Mageroyal in the area drops lots of Swiftthistle.

Comment by Sandos

On my server these sell for 8-10g a stack. If I ever need some cash I just jump in the water at Ratchet and swim around the bay. If I'm lucky I get a full stack. Takes 5 min in aquatic form.

Comment by 32347

Dks tip : Use path of frost, its faster

Comment by 146819

One interesting thing to note: it's the ONLY herb that grows exclusively underwater. The closest any other herb gets is growing either by the water's edge or in very shallow water.

Comment by 271037

Real nice farm in Barrens. You can get about 20 herbs in 15 minutes. Your start is Ratchet.
1. To the left to Durotar. 5-15
2. Dive to the ship. 3-10
3. To the right as far as you can get. Visit the Battle Island. You can get 15-30

Good luck!

Comment by Wildesane

I love farming this in Westfall. I just swam up and down the coast and I got a lot. The map here shows a lot less nodes in Westfall than I ran upon. Unfortunately, I cannot give the locations because of my addon, so I can't confirm what ones I picked up and what ones I didn't.

So yeah, if you're a lowbie, go to Westfall!

Edit: Going down the coast 1 time, I acquired 30 Stranglekelp.

Comment by 268230

A simply great farming place is on the Zoram Strand in Ashenvale. I was there for about 20 minutes and I went from the south of the coast to the north and I gathered 133 herbs!

Comment by 500067

I think a safe one for alli would be Menethil.... i always see dots on the map when i go there to get on a boat. There's no threshers in the water either, unlike Auberdine.

Comment by 628426

Several spots in Silverpine: One right outside the small isles on the upper right, and a few near where you can get Oily Blackmouth schools on the upper left near the shore.

Comment by 630337

You gotta love Path of Frost as a DK...

Comment by Perudo

For a bit of farming reference: running up and down the coast between Ratchet and Northwatch Hold for 30 minutes netted me 4 stacks of Stranglekelp.

Water Walking elixirs are recommended if your class don't have a spell for it (Shaman Water Walking, Death Knight path of frost, Druid Aquatic form)

Comment by 338236

It's very important to know that if you ride along the coast of any region without getting in the water you WILL miss about half of the Stranglekelp herbs.

To effectively farm, you need some form of swim speed or waterwalking and in the water to the point where the coast is barely visible.

Comment by Shimijimito

there are also some in the lake around Scholomance, but not worth to wait for. it's ok if you're just passing :)

Comment by 712876

A great way to get stranglekelp in 4.0.3 is in Thousand needles. The zone is completely flooded and has a lot of spawns.
if you're worried about having to swim a lot, dont worry, the questline that leads you to this area eventually provides you with diving gear (wather breathing + swim speed) and a personal river boat.

Comment by CzechMirco

For low level dwarf, human, gnome characters the best post-Cataclysm spot is Wetlands shelf including Menethil harbor.

Comment by 793814

Wetslands is a nice place to farm it.
On the coast or in the water

Comment by 476083

Post-Cataclysm, the single best place to farm these is Thousand Needles.

They are literally all over the place underwater and the only aggressive mob i've seen is Remora Scrounger and that's only a threat if you're under level 40 or so.

You can get the Speedbarge Diving Helm from doing quests and it gives you underwater breathing and a swimming speed buff similar to Sea Legs in Vashj'ir. Plus, the helm buff stacks with a mount.

Thousand Needles underwater. Do it.

Comment by 825252

Farming this would really help to have gotten poseidons reins first... (underwater mount, not restricted to vash'jr like the quest reward is)

Comment by eschient

If you want to farm this in Thousand Needles, take a little time to do the quest for the water breathing/movement boost. It starts with The Grimtotem Are Coming @Westreach Summit.

Very simple - kill a few guys, take a super fast boat ride, turn in a list. As a high level, it'll take less time than reading this post. Once you turn in the list and pick up Down in the Deeps, you'll get the buff for the Speedbarge Diving Helm.

You can keep the buff temporarily if you abandon the quest, and just pick it up again later if you really want, but it'll take you all of a minute to complete the quest as a high level, so may as well knock it out while you're there.

Because of the buff, I was able to mount up and ride along the ocean floor and it took me less then 10 minutes to get 3 stacks of Stranglekelp.

Comment by kscott

According to www.cuckhead.com/cata, this item has a 101% chance to be herbed. Very efficient indeed!

Comment by Thottbot

In the spawn list, it says they don't spawn in Wetlands, but the screenie shows Wetlands...

Comment by Guggenheim

As of Season of Mastery, this herb node now has a chance to contain Elemental Water

Comment by Moonstaker

I've found the bay of Ratchet to be a great place to farm this. Spawns are close together, and you can swim down the coast and back to look for more while you wait for the bay nodes to respawn.

I'd advise bringing a Water Breathing potion if you can though, some of the dives are deep, and there are some hostile Makrura walking around.

Comment by reelic

January/2023

Classic WOTLK Herbalism Chart
Courtesy Of Wowhead Database with a few personal mods;

Classic Vanilla Zones

(001) —— Peacebloom
(001) —— Silverleaf
(015) —— Earthroot
(050) —— Mageroyal
————— `·.¸ Swiftthistle only drops from herbing Mageroyal, or Briarthorn
(070) —— Briarthorn
————— `·.¸ Swiftthistle only drops from herbing Mageroyal, or Briarthorn
(085) —— Stranglekelp
(100) —— Bruiseweed requirements will not drop to 85 until next expansion
(120) —— Grave Moss requirements will not drop to 105 until next expansion
(115) —— Wild Steelbloom
(125) —— Kingsblood
(150) —— Liferoot
(160) —— Fadeleaf requirements will not drop to 150 until next expansion
(170) —— Goldthorn requirements will not drop to 150 until next expansion
(185) —— Khadgar's Whisker requirements will not drop to 160 until next expansion
(195) —— Dragon's Teeth name changes to Dragon's Teeth in next expansion
(205) —— Firebloom
(210) —— Purple Lotus
————— `·.¸ Wildvine only drops from herbing Purple Lotus
(220) —— Arthas' Tears
(230) —— Sungrass
(235) —— Blindweed
(245) —— Ghost Mushroom
(250) —— Gromsblood
(260) —— Golden Sansam
(270) —— Dreamfoil
(290) —— Icecap requirements will not drop to 270 until next expansion
(280) —— Mountain Silversage
(285) —— Sorrowmoss name changes to Sorrowmoss in next expansion
(300) —— Black Lotus

Classic Burning Crusades Zones

(300) —— Felweed
(315) —— Dreaming Glory
(325) —— Ragveil
(325) —— Terocone
(335) —— Flame Cap
(340) —— Ancient Lichen
(350) —— Netherbloom
(350) —— Netherdust Bush
(365) —— Nightmare Vine
(375) —— Mana Thistle
————— `·.¸ Fel Lotus Drop rates only no node. Has a very small drop rate (1.2% - 5%) off all herbs picked through out outland, to view best to worse drop rates follow link tab gathered from shows all herbs and chance of drop rate on each herb.

Classic Wrath Of The Lich King Zones

(350) —— Goldclover
————— `·.¸ Deadnettle Drop rates only no node
————— `·.¸ Frost Lotus
(360) —— Firethorn
————— `·.¸ Frost Lotus
(375) —— Tiger Lily
————— `·.¸ Deadnettle Drop rates only no node
————— `·.¸ Frost Lotus
(385) —— Talandra's Rose
————— `·.¸ Deadnettle Drop rates only no node
————— `·.¸ Frost Lotus
(400) —— Frozen Herb FYI = you can max to 450 node doesn't grey out
————— `·.¸ Goldclover
————— `·.¸ Tiger Lily
————— `·.¸ Talandra's Rose
(400) —— Adder's Tongue
————— `·.¸ Frost Lotus
(425) —— Lichbloom
————— `·.¸ Frost Lotus
(435) —— Icethorn
————— `·.¸ Frost Lotus
(450) —— Frost Lotus Shares the same nodes as Frozen Herb in wintergrasp
————— `·.¸ Deadnettle Drops rates only no node
————— `·.¸ Frost Lotus Yes it has a small chance to drop from it's self allowing x2 from one herb

I hope this helps, good luck and happy hunting

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Stranglekelp

This object can be found in Northern Stranglethorn (167), Thousand Needles (166), Westfall (139), Wetlands (123), Hillsbrad Foothills (98), Ashenvale (92), Darkshore (81), Swamp of Sorrows (81), Desolace (75), The Cape of Stranglethorn (57), Bloodmyst Isle (54), Silverpine Forest (53), Northern Barrens (51), The Hinterlands (49), Azshara (42), Feralas (42), Western Plaguelands (39), Dustwallow Marsh (34), Tanaris (28), Ghostlands (12), Azuremyst Isle (6), Blackfathom Deeps , Arathi Highlands (2), Maraudon , and Alterac Valley .

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