TheWoWDBJust an fyi, this quest is ridiculously easy. Like this should be the first quest done in all starting zones, it's that easy. This being said... do it. Almost 5k xp, for maybe 1 minute of your time.
Leave mill, go to horse (which you passed on the way in) mount up, go past the mill, find groups of spiders, press 1, find spiders, press 1. I think I was getting 3 or 4 each time.
Lots of spiders in groups around 46,36
Quest
Learning the Ropes
A World of Warcraft quest in Western Plaguelands. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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You can't mount the horses if you are already mounted. Doing so makes the horse disappear. So dismount first.
Did anyone else find themselves laughing evilly as they did this and making needless BLAAAGHRGHGAHGRHLE sounds at the spiders?
Just me then?
No problem. Arachnophobe's revenge! >:D
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
Quest ID27000
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27000))
What to do
StorylineWestern Plaguelands, step 48 of 63
Rewards10g 50s, 5,150 XP
Description
Ah, it's good to be back in Northridge! I've got my mill, my beautiful wife, a bouncing baby boy... I've even put in my hat with the Argent Crusade. We'll be supplying Tirion's forces with lumber. My lumberjacks were being exceptionally productive, too... up until the point when the spiders came. Now they refuse to go any deeper in the woods. Maybe you can help me out. Hop on one of my horses and use it to frighten those spiders. Maybe we can avoid bloodshed and just scare them away.
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #22 48.1 32.4
Coordinates
- Turn-inWestern Plaguelands 48.1, 32.4
/way #22 48.1 32.4 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Western Plaguelands 47.6, 36.4
/way #22 47.6 36.4
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 Western Plaguelands map
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,070 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,090 yards
- At War With The Scarlet Crusade about 1,150 yards
- Keeping the Peace about 1,340 yards
- Sacred Ground about 1,340 yards
- Seeking Guidance about 1,350 yards
- The Light Reveals about 1,470 yards
- Finding the Scepter about 1,620 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Western Plaguelands, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Western Plaguelands:
- Hearthglen, Western Plaguelands
- The Menders' Stead, Western Plaguelands
- Andorhal, Western Plaguelands
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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Reward details
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 Western Plaguelands that reward Argent Crusade reputation: Northridge Lumber Mill (+10), The Long Trip Home (+25), A New Era for the Plaguelands (+250), This Means WAR (Wild Arachnid Roundup) (+250), An Audience with the Highlord (+350), Memories from a Lost Past (+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
Western Plaguelands
Part 48 of 63.
Previous: The Reckoning · Next: This Means WAR (Wild Arachnid Roundup)
- 43Ashes to Ashes
- 44Lindsay Ravensun, Revealed
- 45Ace in the Hole
- 46Andorhal, Once and For All
- 47The Reckoning
- 48Learning the Ropes
- 49This Means WAR (Wild Arachnid Roundup)
- 50An Audience with the Highlord
- 51A New Era for the Plaguelands
- 52Gahrron's Withering Cauldron
- 53Return to the Stead
- 54Desperate Acts
Showing steps 43 to 54 of 63.
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.
- The Reckoning
Your performance was admirable, soldier. You make the Forsaken proud, which is more than I can say for our general, Koltira Deathweaver. I intend to have a word with that death knight. He has shamed himself and his cause.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- This Means WAR (Wild Arachnid Roundup)
The Highlord was generous enough to send some of his recruits to protect us here at the mill. With your horsemanship skills, and their martial prowess, we can do away with this spider problem easily.
Other quests with this name
This one: Western Plaguelands · Level 15-30.
- Learning the Ropes
- Learning the Ropes
- Learning the Ropes
- Learning the Ropes
- Learning the Ropes
- Learning the Ropes
- Learning the Ropes
- Learning the Ropes
The storyline at a glance
Western Plaguelands has 63 steps, from Scourge First... Horde Later to Turning Yourself In.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Western Plaguelands (63).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Western Plaguelands map
- The Ashbringer
- Tirisfal Glades
- Scepter of Sargeras
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.