Make sure you get the quests Jarl Needs Eyes and The Black Shield before you do this quest. I killed 9000 of these spiders for this and then when I got Jarl Needs Eyes I wanted to bash my head on the keyboard.
Quest
Darkmist Extermination
A World of Warcraft quest in Dustwallow Marsh. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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The eggs are inside of the cave. You may need to go back farther if you do not see any.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25051))
Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Description
The spiders that occupy Darkmist Cavern to the northwest are another vicious threat to us here. They are nothing the ogres cannot handle, but splitting our attention to them when Theramore's forces lurk nearby is a deadly mistake. I need someone to destroy the eggs inside Darkmist Cavern, to cut off this infestation. You will find the eggs in the deepest part of the webbed mines... along with their guardians.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #70 36.4 31.9
Coordinates
- Turn-inDustwallow Marsh 36.4, 31.9
/way #70 36.4 31.9 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dustwallow Marsh 30.9, 21.4
/way #70 30.9 21.4
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 Dustwallow Marsh map
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,380 yards
- The Sullied Banner about 1,530 yards
- Creative Solutions about 1,780 yards
- Aftershocks about 1,790 yards
- Breaking the Cycle about 1,790 yards
- A Bitter Reunion about 2,140 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dustwallow Marsh, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dustwallow Marsh:
- Brackenwall Village, Dustwallow Marsh
- Desolation Hold, Southern Barrens
- Mudsprocket, Dustwallow Marsh
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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.
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A Youtube video of the quest.
Other quests on the Dustwallow Marsh map
Reward details
Reputation: Orgrimmar +250
Founded by Thrall, this Horde capital city is home to many of the proud orc clans of Durotar.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Dustwallow Marsh that reward Orgrimmar reputation: Theramore Spies (+250), The Theramore Docks (+250), A Shambling Threat (+250), SMASH BROODQUEEN (+350), The Lost Report (+350), Justice Dispensed (+500).
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
Dustwallow Marsh
Part 6 of 83.
Previous: A Shambling Threat · Next: SMASH BROODQUEEN
- 1Traitors Among Us
- 2Propaganda War
- 3Discrediting the Deserters
- 4The End of the Deserters
- 5A Shambling Threat
- 6Darkmist Extermination
- 7SMASH BROODQUEEN
- 8Twilight of the Dawn Runner
- 9Theramore Spies
- 10Marsh Frog Legs
- 11Jarl Needs Eyes
- 12Jarl Needs a Blade
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 83.
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.
- A Shambling Threat
Dustwallow is Horde territory, <name>. The humans may have their little island and their precious sand bar, but the marsh belongs to us. In time, we will surely win this stalemate with the humans. For now, we must master our own territory.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- SMASH BROODQUEEN
<The following is written in very large print.> SPIDERS IN NORTH CAVE BAD. POISON OGRES. OGRES GET SICK. BAD! BIG BIG SPIDER IN CAVE MAKE MORE SPIDERS. MORE SPIDERS BAD! KILL BIG SPIDER, STOP MORE SPIDERS. KILL BIG SPIDER, GET BIG PRIZE! GOOD! <A crude drawing accompanies this.>
Also counted by Dustwallow Marsh Quests
Its criteria name 14 quests; others include:
- Army of the Black Dragon
- The Theramore Docks
- Twilight of the Dawn Runner
- A Shambling Threat
- Jarl Needs a Blade
- Cleansing Witch Hill
- Hungry as an Ogre!
- SMASH BROODQUEEN
The storyline at a glance
Dustwallow Marsh has 83 steps, from Traitors Among Us to Challenge to the Black Flight.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dustwallow Marsh (81), Stormwind City (1), Thunder Bluff (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Dustwallow Marsh map
- The Blue Dragons
- Testing Loyalties
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.
- Dustwallow Marsh Quests: its criteria name 14 quests, this one included.
Guides for this zone
Guides and routes on this site that cover Dustwallow Marsh.