Prune the Podlings is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-40 in Shadowmoon Valley. It is step 6 of 6 in the Ending the Gloom storyline, the final step. It rewards 6,850 experience and money.
The blood soaked body of Ryan is slumped up against the cave wall. Tiny teeth marks cover his body.
The podlings clearly are a threat to you and your garrison.
It's time to do a little pruning.
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Part of the quest chain beginning with Lost Lumberjacks, specifically after completing Gloomshade Grove. Next to you in the cave, you should see the corpse of Ryan Metcalf against the wall, right after picking up Game of Thorns from Jarrod Hamby.
Given the distance to kill King Deathbloom and the density of the podlings, I wound up killing far more than 15 of these pesky things. The mobs generally travel in packs of 2-3, and the increased chance of being stunned makes it risky to try to mount up across the area.
The quest is completed once you kill 15; you just click "complete" on your quest UI instead of having to turn this one into a NPC.
On the way out of the cave, don't forget to pick up Captured Critters just outside; it may take a second or two for the quest to appear next to one of the now hostile podlings.
Companion quest - Captured Critters.
I was unable to locate this quest on Alliance (mage, specifically, if that matters).
I can see the yellow exclamation point on my main map, but when I go to the area where it is, there is never an icon on the minimap for it. No regular icon, nothing showing it may be above or below me.
| Type | Reward | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | XP | 6,850 |
| Money | Gold | 33g 96s |
| Objective area | Shadowmoon Valley | 14 mapped points |
|---|---|---|
| Objective area | Lunarfall |
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.
Objective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #539 34.1 26.5
TheWoWDB/way #539 34.1 26.5/way #539 41.5 20.4/way #539 46.7 15.3/way #539 47.0 14.3Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Shadowmoon Valley, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Shadowmoon Valley:
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.
Part 6 of 6.
Previous: Gloomshade Game Hunter
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
<You find a list on a piece of parchment. Arsenio needs some ingredients for a new recipe he's preparing at your garrison.>
Ending the Gloom has 6 steps, from Gloomshade Grove to Prune the Podlings.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shadowmoon Valley (5), Lunarfall (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
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.
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