Since live, Apothecary has been the only profession I have bothered to do, and as a PvP focused player, cultivating was my go to gathering since it could be done on the move, and generally was easy (albeit frustrating) to get all ranks of seeds. On RoR, however, some useful potions can only be crafted using ingredients obtained from Butchering. The issue I ran into was finding locations for the mobs that dropped these ingredients, as well as knowing which mobs dropped them in the first place. I couldn’t find a really good list anywhere on the wiki, or even on google from the days of live, so I decided that I would put this guide together for anyone who is running into troubles finding the appropriate mobs to farm and butcher.

Understand that as more content becomes implemented, these locations may become outdated, change, or otherwise become obsolete compared to newer ones. I do not claim that all the locations are absolute for farming some mobs/ingredients and/or leveling Butchering/Apothecary, and perhaps you all may know of one better. I did my best to perform an in-depth search of every map available at this time (both Order and Destruction sides), provided what I could find, and presented the location with the highest quantity and density. There are some mobs that only have a single spawn in a single location, and as such, it is easy to miss them. Also, some mobs that are hostile to Destruction, may not be to Order (many Griffons/Eagles) and vice versa. All of these locations should be accessible to Destruction as well, aside from PQ related mobs/locations. Finally, coordinates are a general location, and the mobs you seek are in the vicinity as opposed to that exact (x,y).

Butchering is the alternative to cultivating for an apothecary.

Butchering and Cultivating Exclusives

Butchering
-Armor Potions
-Toughness Potions
-Elemental Resistance Potions
-Absorb Potions

Cultivating
-Spirit Resist Potions
-Extenders
-Intelligence Potions
-Molotov
-Napalm

Pros to Butchering
-Besides the ingredients, you will have Gold flowing out of your alimentary canal
-Any class can do it, but AoE classes can sometimes farm ingredients faster than cultivators
-Armor potions are sought after and used by almost every class
-All zoic gores (Stabilizers) have a natural +1 multiplier
-You can farm an ingredient of any rank without having to hope RNG will give you a better seed
-No distractions while RvR’ing
-You get to see a lot of the Warhammer world

Cons to Butchering
-Not as convenient as cultivating
-Depending on ingredient, might be slower than cultivating
-No extenders built in
-A bit slower to level up apothecary with it

A few basics to keep in mind for both Butchering and Apothecary. I found some explanations really confusing, so I’m going to break this down how I understand it…

Butchering
-R1~4 mobs drop Skill Apothecary 1 materials
-R5~9 mobs drop Skill Apothecary 25 materials
-R10~14 mobs drop Skill Apothecary 50 materials
-R15~19 mobs drop Skill Apothecary 75 materials
-R20~24 mobs drop Skill Apothecary 100 materials
-R25~29 mobs drop Skill Apothecary 125 materials
-R30~34 mobs drop Skill Apothecary 150 materials
-R35~39 mobs drop Skill Apothecary 175 materials
-R40+ mobs drops Skill Apothecary 200 materials

Apothecary
-Skill Apothecary 1 materials produce Rank 5 Potions
-Skill Apothecary 25 materials produce Rank 10 Potions
-Skill Apothecary 50 materials produce Rank 15 Potions
-Skill Apothecary 75 materials produce Rank 20 Potions
-Skill Apothecary 100 materials produce Rank 25 Potions
-Skill Apothecary 125 materials produce Rank 30 Potions
-Skill Apothecary 150 materials produce Rank 32 Potions
-Skill Apothecary 175 materials produce Rank 35 Potions
-Skill Apothecary 200 materials produce Rank 38 Potions

In order to produce a functional potion, you must add stabilizers that exceed the negative stability of the main ingredient. The exception to this is Skill 200 materials, in which case you must use two Skill 200 Stabilizers, and a +2 Stability Container

Please note, there are many different ways to level apothecary. The list I’m about to give will have two categories for most ranks: Fastest and alternative. Fastest includes mobs that drop only main ingredients, and assumes that you have unlimited access to stabilizers (preferably resins); either from a friend, your own cultivator, or you can buy them from the auction house (you will have more than enough gold from butchering to buy resins).

Again, these are not absolute, but I was able to level my apothecary to 200 within 3 hours, and I did not have a guide or location list to aid me. Generally, you’ll want to collect on average, about 50 of any main ingredient to rank up to the next tier.

Rank 1~25
-Fastest: Nordland (18.4k, 21.4k)- The Burning Windmill PQ (Stage 1) – kill horrors/flamers.
-Alternative: Nordland (25.1k, 24.1k) – kill Wolves

Rank 26~50
-Fastest: Nordland (38.9k, 25.4k)- Faewulf’s Rest PQ (Stage 1) – kill horrors/flamers.
-Alternative: Nordland (36.4k, 20.7k) – kill Wolves

Rank 51~75
-Fastest: Troll Country (32k, 53k) – kill Spiders and LIzards
-Alternative: Barak Varr (18.1k, 54.1k) – kill Wolves and Boars

Rank 76~100
-Fastest: Marshes of Madness (48k, 42.7k) – kill Bats and Wolves – mobs are incredibly dense, no need for an alternative

Rank 101~125
-Fastest: The Badlands (7.2k, 22.5k) – kill Hounds
-Alternative: Avelorn (59.7k, 12.2k) – kill Bears

Rank 126~150
-Fastest: Saphery (59.5k, 28.6k) – kill Cockatrice
-Alternative: Saphery (59.2k, 35.6k) – kill Bears

Rank 151~175
-Fastest: Eataine (26.6k, 25k) – kill Wolves/Mountain Lions – Afraid I don’t really have a main ingredient-only mob for this this rank

Rank 176~200
-Fastest: Thunder Mountain (41.1k, 6.9k) – kill Spiders – I highly recommend this. They are right outside the warcamp and drop only main ingredients
-Alternative: Black Crag (45.7k, 58.5k) – kill Squigs – It’s a bit of a travel, but not only do they drop a main ingredient and zoic gores, but as a bonus they all drop the best multiplier you can get from Butchering

The section everyone has been waiting for, without further ado. . .

Mob Locations

The spreadsheet is organized by creature type. Notes on the side should be considered, as it may be important to the location/mob.

The areas that are highlighted in red are areas that are on Destruction’s side of the map, and the areas that are highlighted in blue are areas that are on Order’s side of the map. This does not mean they can’t be accessed. These locations are on the spreadsheet either because

a) They are the only location the mob can be found

or

b) It offers the highest density for the mob in question

As I have stated, these locations are not the only places you can find the mob. I have explored every available map, and these are the locations I chose based on their density and relative ease of access.

I had a ton of fun putting this together. It took many hours to explore the entire (available) Reckoning world, but it was well worth it. I found maps and locations I didn’t even know existed up until now. I truly hope this was helpful to some players (both Destruction and Order) who needed to find a specific mob to butcher. At the time of writing this, I know I saw several threads about mob locations, such as R40+ Bats which only have two locations, and one of those locations has a single bat.

Anything in this guide is fair game for Devs to use either for wiki or whatever else. If anyone finds any errors, or knows of mob locations that were left blank, please let me know (i.e. mobs that can only be found in later stages of PQs). With that in mind though, please don’t tell me mobs such as Griffons or Eagles, which other than the ones listed, are not able to be killed by Order players.

Buthcering Locations

Creature Type	Apothecary Ingredients	Butcher Level	Monster Rank	Location	Notes
Bats	Zoic Gore (Stabilizer) Bat Wing (Absorb) Animal Humor (Restoration)	1	R1-4	Nordland (21.5k, 36.5k)
		25	R5-9	Chrace (8.4k, 60.4k)	All around Major Landmark - Dragonscale Caverns
		50	R10-14	The Shadowlands (60.4k, 21.7k)
		75	R15-19	Marshes of Madness (48k, 42.7k)
		100	R20-24
		125	R25-29
		150	R30-34	Kadrin Valley (12.4k, 41.7k)
		175	R35-39
		200	R40+	Caledor (59.2k, 53.2k)
Boars	Zoic Gore (Stabilizer) Bile (% Special Chance) Animal Humor (Restoration)	1	R1-4	Nordland (30.7k, 37.9k)
		25	R5-9	Norsca (55.1k, 43.4k)
		50	R10-14	Barak Varr (18.1k, 54.1k)
		75	R15-19	Troll Country (60.4k, 45.6k)	Boars everywhere along the road going south
		100	R20-24	High Pass (7.2k, 41.5k)
		125	R25-29	The Badlands (44.5k, 31.4k)	Skullmasha's Boyz PQ (Stage 1)
		150	R30-34	Kadrin Valley (15.8k, 55.7k)
		175	R35-39	Chaos Wastes (57.3k, 22.9k)
		200	R40+	Black Crag (61.1k, 34.1k)	Major Landmark - Tunnel of Karak Drazh - Fairly sparse, didn't go very deep, though.
Bears	Zoic Gore (Stabilizer) Bear Tooth (Strength) Animal Humor (Restoration)	1	R1-4
		25	R5-9	The Blighted Isle (50.6k, 45.6k)
		50	R10-14	The Shadowlands (59k, 29.7k)
		75	R15-19
		100	R20-24	Avelorn (59.7k, 12.2k)
		125	R25-29	Saphery (59.2k, 35.6k)
		150	R30-34	Eataine (26.4k, 21.1k)
		175	R35-39	Dragonwake (10k, 29.3k)
		200	R40+	Eataine (53.1k, 51.9k)
Cockatrice	Cockatrice Feather (Corporeal Resist)	1	R1-4	The Blighted Isle (46k, 13.4k)
		25	R5-9
		50	R10-14	The Shadowlands (24.2k, 26.9k)
		75	R15-19
		100	R20-24	Avelorn (37.9k, 8k)
		125	R25-29	Saphery (59.5k, 28.6k)
		150	R30-34
		175	R35-39	Reikland (59.3k, 41.8k)	Mix of R39 and R40-41
		200	R40+	Reikland (59.3k, 41.8k)	Mix of R39 and R40-41
Cold Ones	Zoic Gore (Stabilizer) Scale (Armor) Lizard's Tongue (Flame Breath) Animal Humor (Restoration)	1	R1-4	The Blighted Isle (46.1k, 14k)
		25	R5-9
		50	R10-14	The Shadowlands (57.3k, 18k)	Found in Cold Hearted Predators PQ (Stage 1)
		75	R15-19	Ellyrion (42.9k, 17k)
		100	R20-24
		125	R25-29	Saphery (54k, 9.2k)
		150	R30-34	Kadrin Valley (5.8k, 45.7k)	Three in a pack; few scattered nearby
		175	R35-39	Dragonwake (51.2k, 10.1k)	Sparse
		200	R40+	Caledor (7.9k, 42.7k)	Cage with six
Eagles	Plume (Ballistics) ??????	1	R1-4
		25	R5-9	The Blighted Isle (20.8., 46.9k)	Only two available to kill
		50	R10-14
		75	R15-19	Troll Country (32.8k, 36.1k)
		100	R20-24	High Pass (6k, 52k)	Only two at this location, others around, but low density
		125	R25-29	High Pass (52.4k, 41.3k)	Low density, mostly run along mountain side due north (Found 6)
		150	R30-34	Saphery (12.2k, 40.7k)	Incredibly sparse
		175	R35-39	Kadrin Valley (50.9k, 7.6k)	Sparse
		200	R40+	Kadrin Valley (50.9k, 7.6k)	Sparse
Griffon	Zoic Gore (Stabilizer) Plume/Feather (Ballistics) Griffon Claw (Thorny)	1	R1-4
		25	R5-9
		50	R10-14
		75	R15-19
		100	R20-24
		125	R25-29
		150	R30-34
		175	R35-39	Reikland (43.4k, 44.9k)
		200	R40+	Reikland (43.4k, 44.9k)
Hydra	Scale (Armor) ??????	1	R1-4
		25	R5-9
		50	R10-14
		75	R15-19
		100	R20-24
		125	R25-29
		150	R30-34
		175	R35-39
		200	R40+	Caledor (13.8k, 37.5k)	One Champion; also gives you an unlock and title
Hounds	Daemon Flesh (Elemental Resist) Canine Tooth (Willpower)	1	R1-4
		25	R5-9	Nordland (38.9k, 25.3k)	Available only from Faewulf's Rest PQ (Stage 1)
		50	R10-14
		75	R15-19
		100	R20-24	The Badlands (7.2k, 22.5k)
		125	R25-29	The Badlands (52.2k, 34.3k)
		150	R30-34
		175	R35-39	Black Crag (39.8k, 36.7k)
		200	R40+	Chaos Wastes (54.5k, 13.7k)
Horrors/Flamers Screamers	Daemon Flesh (Elemental Resist)	1	R1-4	Nordland (18.3k, 21.1k)	Available only from The Burning Windmill PQ (Stage 1)
		25	R5-9	Nordland (38.9k, 25.3k)	Available only from Faewulf's Rest PQ (Stage 2)
		50	R10-14
		75	R15-19	Ostland (42.5k, 52k)
		100	R20-24	High Pass (14.6k, 24.7k)
		125	R25-29
		150	R30-34
		175	R35-39	Praag (9.8k, 14.9k)	Major Landmark - Summoning Circle
		200	R40+	Chaos Wastes (44.1k, 13.3k)
Lizards	Scale (Armor) Lizard's Tongue (Flame Breath) Zoic Gore (Stabilizer)	1	R1-4	The Blighted Isle (36.5k, 20.1k)	Major Landmark - Fire Crystal Cavern
		25	R5-9	Chrace (50.7k, 54.4k)
		50	R10-14	The Shadowlands (49.2k, 9.8k)
		75	R15-19	The Shadowlands (26.6k, 29.6k)
		100	R20-24	The Badlands (5.5k, 32.3k)
		125	R25-29	Black Fire Pass (49.7k, 19.2k)
		150	R30-34	Eataine (61.2k, 19.8k)
		175	R35-39	Dragonwake (10.9k, 19.9k)	Might be Destro area(?), but very easy to access
		200	R40+	Chaos Wastes (56.1k, 10.5k)
Manticore	Manticore Fang/Tooth (Energy)	1	R1-4
		25	R5-9	Chrace (35.5k, 22.5k)	All Champions
		50	R10-14	Chrace (35.5k, 22.5k)	All Champions
		75	R15-19
		100	R20-24
		125	R25-29	Saphery (55.2k, 15.3k)	Mounted manticores can't be butchered
		150	R30-34	Saphery (60.7k, 49.4k)	Only seen four, more scattered around, mixed with R28-29
		175	R35-39	Chaos Wastes (59.5k, 31.6k)	Some R40-41 mixed in
		200	R40+	Chaos Wastes (59.5k, 37.5k)	ALSO Caledor (8.4k, 45.7k); contains a cage with six R40-41 Manticores
Mountain Lion	Zoic Gore (Stabilizer) Feline Tooth (Strength) Cat Sinew (Willpower)	1	R1-4
		25	R5-9	Chrace (55.4k, 39.9k)	Some R10 Lions; Mostly R8-9; Lions all over Chrace
		50	R10-14	Chrace (61k, 27.4k)	Some R8-9 Lions; Mostly R10; Lions all over Chrace
		75	R15-19	Troll Country (63.1k, 45.1k)	Major Landmark - The Den - filled with Lions
		100	R20-24	Troll Country (39.7k, 10k)	A few R19, mostly R20-21
		125	R25-29	Saphery (49.7k, 47.4k)	Mixed with some R30
		150	R30-34	Eataine (26.6k, 25k)
		175	R35-39	Reikland (46.2k, 43.1k)	Mix of R39 and R40
		200	R40+	Black Crag (58.3k, 49.1k)
Nurgling	Daemon Flesh (Elemental Resist)	1	R1-4	Troll Country (51.8k, 28.4k)	I believe this is a Destro PQ location
		25	R5-9
		50	R10-14	Norsca (50.8k, 32.1k)	Ulfenwyr PQ (Stage 2 Only)
		75	R15-19
		100	R20-24	Avelorn (40.6k, 17k)	Rotten Embrace PQ (Stage 1)
		125	R25-29	Black Fire Pass (46.6k, 31.1k)	Be careful of Greenskin Camp
		150	R30-34	Chaos Wastes (18.6k, 14.8k)
		175	R35-39	Kadrin Valley (37.2k, 25.8k)
		200	R40+	Black Crag (45.5k, 45.5k)	The Defiled Anvil PQ (Stage 1)
Pegasus	Zoic Gore (Stabilizer) Animal Humor (Restoration) Pegasus Wing (Absorb)	1	R1-4
		25	R5-9
		50	R10-14
		75	R15-19
		100	R20-24
		125	R25-29	Saphery (12.5k, 39.7k)	A few scattered around; very sparse
		150	R30-34	Saphery (35.7k, 39.8k)	Group of three
		175	R35-39
		200	R40+
Rhinox	Zoic Gore (Stabilizer) Animal Humor (Restoration) ???????	1	R1-4
		25	R5-9
		50	R10-14
		75	R15-19
		100	R20-24
		125	R25-29
		150	R30-34
		175	R35-39	Cinderfall (47.3k, 8.9k)	Only time I've ever seen them. Don't know if they butcher for other material.
		200	R40+
Scorpions	Ichor (Healing) Chitin Shard (Armor) Venom (Toughness)	1	R1-4	The Blighted Isle (47.9k, 38.3k)	Few R5 Scorpions here
		25	R5-9	Chrace (12.5k, 0.7k)
		50	R10-14	The Shadowlands (57.2k, 34k)
		75	R15-19
		100	R20-24
		125	R25-29
		150	R30-34	Caledor (29k, 18.7k)	Right outside Destro Warcamp
		175	R35-39	Caledor (62.7k, 40.9k)	Major Landmark - Silverdeep Cavern
		200	R40+	Caledor (35.3k, 49k)	Only three
Spiders	Ichor (Healing) Venom (Toughness)	1	R1-4	Nordland (21.5k, 36.5k)
		25	R5-9	Nordland (45.9k, 30.4k)	Major Landmark/PQ - The Webworks
		50	R10-14	Troll Country (32k, 53k)
		75	R15-19	Troll Country (35.8k, 38.2k)
		100	R20-24	Ellyrion (25.2k, 52.1k)	Major Landmark - High Vale Cavern
		125	R25-29	Black Fire Pass (42.2k, 47.4k)	Major Landmark - Spida Hole - Vastly superior density to High Pass
		150	R30-34	Thunder Mountain (27.8k, 15.3k)
		175	R35-39	Thunder Mountain (41.1k, 6.9k)
		200	R40+	Black Crag (42.1k, 56.8k)
Squigs	Zoic Gore (Stabilizer) Animal Humor (Restoration) Squig Bits (Multiplier)	1	R1-4	Ekrund (61k, 21k)	Due to the nature of multipliers, I understand that the lower level ingredients are really not worth farming or obtaining. I included their location for completeness. However, the 175 and 200 squig bits both have a +16 Multiplier with no added benefits for the 200. This means the mixed location for the R35-39 and R40 Squigs is the optimal location.
		25	R5-9	Mount Bloodhorn (31.8k, 27.8k)
		50	R10-14
		75	R15-19
		100	R20-24	The Badlands (8.7k, 44.1k)
		125	R25-29	Black Fire Pass (55.4k, 9.9k)
		150	R30-34	Black Crag (19.4k, 11.3k)
		175	R35-39	Black Crag (45.7k, 58.5k)
		200	R40+	Black Crag (45.7k, 58.5k)
Unicorn/Steed	Zoic Gore (Stabilizer) Animal Humor (Restoration)	1	R1-4	The Blighted Isle (7.4k, 33.8k)	Not a lot around for Order to kill
		25	R5-9
		50	R10-14
		75	R15-19	Ellyrion (45.6k, 16.7k)
		100	R20-24
		125	R25-29	Saphery (17k, 38.6k)	Sparse
		150	R30-34	Saphery (17k, 38.6k)	Sparse
		175	R35-39	Praag (49.6k, 53.2k)
		200	R40+	Eataine (60.7k, 54k)	Only one and it's a Champion
Vines	Daemon Vines (Thorn)	1	R1-4
		25	R5-9
		50	R10-14
		75	R15-19
		100	R20-24	High Pass (10k, 22.2k)	The Foetid Plains PQ (Stage 1)
		125	R25-29	Avelorn (37.7k, 46.1k)	Corruption PQ (Stage 1) - Also contains R24, maybe better than High Pass
		150	R30-34	Chaos Wastes (17.7k, 19.9k)
		175	R35-39
		200	R40+	Black Crag (54k, 42.4k)	The Defiled Anvil PQ (Stage 1???)
Vultures	Zoic Gore (Stabilizer) Animal Humor (Restoration) Feather (Ballistics)	1	R1-4	Marshes of Madness (15.4k, 5.3k)
		25	R5-9	Mount Bloodhorn (42.2k, 25.8k)
		50	R10-14	Ostland (27.4k, 16.6k)
		75	R15-19
		100	R20-24	The Badlands (22.4k, 15.2k)
		125	R25-29	Talabecland (7.4k, 44k)	Few R30 scattered around
		150	R30-34	Black Crag (11.9k, 7.5k)
		175	R35-39	Cinderfall (63.8k, 25.6k)
		200	R40+	Black Crag (59.3k, 43k)
Wolves	Zoic Gore (Stabilizer) Canine Teeth (Willpower) Animal Humor (Restoration) Wolf Blood (Restoration)	1	R1-4	Nordland (25.1k, 24.1k)
		25	R5-9	Nordland (36.4k, 20.7k)
		50	R10-14	The Shadowlands (42.5k, 15.9k)
		75	R15-19	Marshes of Madness (48k, 42.7k)
		100	R20-24	Black Fire Pass (53.3k, 50.1k)	Healthy combination of R24-25
		125	R25-29	Black Fire Pass (53.3k, 50.1k)	Healthy combination of R24-25
		150	R30-34	Eataine (26.6k, 25k)
		175	R35-39	Praag (17.5k, 6.2k)
		200	R40+	Black Crag (28.8k, 30k)	Major Landmark - Stonemane Mine - Only seen three
Wyverns	Scale (Armor) Fang Lord's Blood (Healing)	1	R1-4
		25	R5-9
		50	R10-14
		75	R15-19
		100	R20-24
		125	R25-29
		150	R30-34	Black Crag (11.9k, 7.5k)
		175	R35-39	Cinderfall (43k, 16.1k)	Good density
		200	R40+	Black Crag (58.3k, 49.1k)	Poisonwing Canyon PQ (All stages; Stage 1 optimal); Look around Cliffrunner Den