Quest Log

Culinary Crunch

Culinary Crunch is a Horde-only quest for level 1-30 in Ghostlands. It is step 19 of 41 in the Ghostlands storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Ghostlands at 48.4, 30.9. It rewards 2 reward items, 1 reputation reward and 4,100 experience. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

This is intolerable! I have nothing to work with here! Milady asks me to come from Silvermoon City; she deserves cuisine as befits her station. No? But I get here and there is no food. You must go out, <class>, and bring back fresh kills so that I have something to prepare.

Dame Auriferous prefers a crunchy texture to her food. There are plenty of spindleweb lurkers to the southwest on the other side of the Dead Scar. Disgusting, I know, but that's what we have to work with.

Rewards

You will receive:

Experience4,100 XP

ReputationTranquillien +1,000

Top Comments

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27402Feb 18, 2008+29via Wowhead

I spoke with a GM regarding this quest and why Undead couldn't see it. Apparently as a Blood elf you would have done this other quest that basically "Unlocks" this quest from being available so follow the requirements here:
Your reputation must be Friendly or above with Tranquillien, and you must have completed - the Pre-Requisite if you will is "The Forsaken" (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=9327) from Arcanist Vandril (http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=16197), he will then want you to talk with High Executor Mavren (http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=16252) who is about 30 yards away, then return. This quest chain when complete will do the needful, which unlocks this quest (Culinary Crunch). I just confirmed it and completed the quest gaining my recipe for cooking (As an Undead Rogue).
Enjoy Ladies...

pezzMar 2, 2007+22via Wowhead

You can get them from the lower level spiders (or just buy them if you feel lazy) as well, but I don't know if the drop rate is as good. The lurkers (the recommended spiders) start at around 34,38 if you come at them from Tranquillen.

FarseerLoloteaJan 23, 2009+15via Wowhead

As Crazyville stated, you have to be friendly with Tranquilien and have completed the short quest chain starting here for this to become available. Completing Suncrown Village and either Anok'suten or Tomber's Supplies should get you the necessary rep.
And for anyone doing this quest on an alt: Crunchy Spider Legs drop from quite a long list of mobs.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	4,100
Reputation	Tranquillien	+1,000

Reward details

Items you receive

Crunchy Spider Surprise

TypeConsumable

Item level3

UseFood

Requires level3

Sells to vendors for25 copper

Lowest listed price1 silver

Recipe: Crunchy Spider Surprise

TypeRecipe

Item level1

UseLearning

EffectCrunchy Spider Surprise

Sells to vendors for1 silver

“Teaches you how to cook Crunchy Spider Surprise.”

Reputation: Tranquillien +1,000

Once a high elf town, Tranquillien became abandoned after the Scourge invaded Quel'Thalas. It has now been reclaimed by the Forsaken and the blood elves who seek to rid the Ghostlands of the Scourge.

Reputation group: The Burning Crusade.

Other quests in Ghostlands that reward Tranquillien reputation: Suncrown Village (+1,000), Goldenmist Village (+1,000), Windrunner Village (+3,000), The Fallen Courier (+1,000), Delivery to Tranquillien (+250), The Plagued Coast (+1,000).

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.

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Ghostlands	Turn-in marker at 48.4, 30.9, 39 mapped points

World Map

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inGhostlands 48.4, 30.9/way #95 48.4 30.9
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Ghostlands 26.7, 61.1/way #95 26.7 61.1
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Ghostlands 47.7, 67.8/way #95 47.7 67.8
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Ghostlands 28.0, 29.8/way #95 28.0 29.8
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Ghostlands 51.9, 60.7/way #95 51.9 60.7
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Ghostlands 33.8, 21.0/way #95 33.8 21.0
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Ghostlands 28.5, 41.6/way #95 28.5 41.6

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 Ghostlands map

Tranquillien Besieged about 30 yards
Death to the Scourge about 30 yards
A Knight's Weapon about 30 yards
Return to the Ghostlands about 30 yards
Magus Installation about 30 yards
Walk Among Ghosts about 70 yards
Lament of the Highborne about 70 yards
The Day Hope Died about 70 yards
Honor the Flame about 110 yards
Powering our Defenses about 680 yards

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Ghostlands:

Tranquillien, GhostlandsHorde · about 100 yards west
Zul'Aman, GhostlandsAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards south-east
Fairbreeze Village, Eversong WoodsHorde · about 1,200 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 980 yards south-west
Objective areaabout 810 yards south
Objective areaabout 680 yards west

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Ghostlands

Part 19 of 41.

Previous: WANTED: Knucklerot and Luzran · Next: Trouble at the Underlight Mines

Showing steps 14 to 25 of 41.

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.

WANTED: Knucklerot and LuzranGhostlands · Level 1-30
A bounty is hereby declared for the abominations known as Knucklerot and Luzran. These dreadful creations of Dar'Khan are extremely dangerous and have been sighted patrolling near the Howling and Bleeding Ziggurats.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Trouble at the Underlight MinesGhostlands · Level 1-30
The Underlight Mines to the southwest have been overrun by a clan of gnolls calling themselves the Blackpaw. I don't need to remind you how important those mines are to us as a strategic asset in our ongoing campaign here in the Ghostlands!

Also counted by Ghostlands Quests

Its criteria name 21 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Ghostlands has 41 steps, from The Forsaken to The Traitor's Destruction.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Ghostlands (41).

Other storylines on the Ghostlands map

Knights of Blood16 steps, starts with Summons from the Matriarch
Lorewalking: Elves9 steps, starts with Lorewalking: Children of the Blood
Blood Elf Heritage Armor10 steps, starts with The Pride of the Sin'dorei
Allies of the Alliance: Void Elf2 steps, starts with The Ghostlands
Eversong Woods35 steps, starts with WANTED: Thaelis the Hungerer
Breaking the Cycle17 steps, starts with They Move Against Us

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.

Ghostlands QuestsComplete the Ghostlands storylines listed below.20

Ghostlands Quests: its criteria name 21 quests, this one included.

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