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A Tangled Skein

A World of Warcraft quest in Zul'Drak. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Spiderman, Spiderman,
Does whatever a spider can.
Spins a web, any size,
Catches Plague Sprayers just like flies.
Look out! Here comes the Spiderman.

Is he strong? Listen bud—
He's got radioactive blood.
Can he swing from a thread.
No he can't, but he's got flying mounts instead
Hey there! There goes the Spiderman.

In the chill of the night,
At the scene of the blight,
Like a streak of light,
He arrives just in time!

Spiderman, Spiderman,
Friendly neighborhood Spiderman.
Wealth and fame, he's ignored—
Gold and some greens are his rewards.
To him,
Life is a great big bang-up—
Wherever there's a hang-up,
You'll find the Spiderman!

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-30
ZoneZul'Drak
Quest ID12555

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12555))

What to do

StorylineZul'Drak, step 41 of 79
RewardsBlade of Diligence, Knife of the Dutybound, Cleaver of Diligence, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

There! One tangled skein thrower ready and waiting for you to take those plague sprayers down. You just aim and let loose. The webbing should foul up their hover spells long enough to cause them to crash to the ground just like Kolramas. Kind of poetic. I like that!

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Where to go

Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.

Zul'Drak Quest turn-in 6 mapped points
Zul'Drak map showing where to go for A Tangled SkeinTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #121 58.3 72.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inZul'Drak 58.3, 72.1/way #121 58.3 72.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Zul'Drak 56.7, 82.0/way #121 56.7 82.0

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Nearby on the Zul'Drak map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Zul'Drak, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Zul'Drak:

  • Zim'Torga, Zul'DrakAlliance and Horde · about 520 yards north
  • The Argent Stand, Zul'DrakAlliance and Horde · about 870 yards west
  • Westfall Brigade, Grizzly HillsAlliance · about 1,000 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 340 yards south

Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationArgent Crusade +250

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeOne-Handed Sword One-Hand
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon8 - 14 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+4 Agility, +8 Critical Strike, +6 Stamina
Suited toBrewmaster, Vengeance, Havoc, Windwalker, Outlaw, Survival
Sells to vendors for67 gold66 silver
TypeDagger One-Hand
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon6 - 10 damage, speed 1.8
Stats+4 Agility, +8 Critical Strike, +7 Stamina
Suited toSurvival, Subtlety, Assassination
Sells to vendors for66 gold64 silver
TypeTwo-Handed Axe Two-Hand
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon13 - 28 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+15 Critical Strike, +9 Strength
Suited toFury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for83 gold94 silver
TypeStaff Two-Hand
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon18 - 24 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+14 Critical Strike, +8 Agility
Suited toGuardian, Feral, Survival, Windwalker, Brewmaster
Sells to vendors for1 gold91 silver
TypeOne-Handed Mace One-Hand
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon5 - 6 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +8 Versatility
Suited toRestoration, Mistweaver, Shadow, Holy, Discipline, Elemental, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Balance
Sells to vendors for66 gold90 silver
TypeStaff Two-Hand
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon9 - 12 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+8 Intellect, +11 Stamina, +16 Versatility
Suited toAugmentation, Fire, Arcane, Restoration, Preservation, Devastation, Frost, Balance, Shadow, Mistweaver, Elemental, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Discipline, Holy
Sells to vendors for1 gold94 silver

Reputation: Argent Crusade +250

Led by Tirion Fordring, the Argent Crusade combines the reformed Order of the Silver Hand with the Argent Dawn in one final push against the forces of the Lich King.

Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.

Other quests in Zul'Drak that reward Argent Crusade reputation: Troll Patrol (+350), Defend the Stand (+250), Argent Crusade, We Are Leaving! (+250), New Orders for Sergeant Stackhammer (+10), Mopping Up (+250), Leave No One Behind (+250).

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

Storyline

Zul'Drak

Part 41 of 79.

Previous: Crashed Sprayer · Next: Pure Evil

  1. 36Cocooned!
  2. 37Death to the Necromagi
  3. 38Skimmer Spinnerets
  4. 39Malas the Corrupter
  5. 40Crashed Sprayer
  6. 41A Tangled Skein
  7. 42Pure Evil
  8. 43Lab Work
  9. 44New Orders for Sergeant Stackhammer
  10. 45Trouble at the Altar of Sseratus
  11. 46Argent Crusade, We Are Leaving!
  12. 47Mopping Up

Showing steps 36 to 47 of 79.

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Crashed SprayerZul'Drak · Level 20-30

    I know that one of those plague sprayers crashed somewhere within Drak'Sotra to the west of us. Why don't you see if you can find it. I can use the parts from the sprayer to create the device that's going to bring those things down!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Pure EvilZul'Drak · Level 20-30

    We know that Kolramas, the crashed necropolis to the southeast, was carrying a large amount of an ore known as saronite when the trolls shot it down. My scouts tell me that much of the saronite is strewn about within the innards of that thing.

Also counted by The Empire of Zul'Drak

Its criteria name 20 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Zul'Drak has 79 steps, from This Just In: Fire Still Hot! to Convocation at Zol'Heb.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Zul'Drak (79).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Zul'Drak map

Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

The Empire of Zul'DrakComplete the Zul'Drak storylines listed below.10