TheWoWDBPart 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.
Quest
Prune the Podlings
A World of Warcraft quest in Shadowmoon Valley. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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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.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(34806))
Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Description
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.
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.
Objective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #539 34.1 26.5
Coordinates
- Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 34.1, 26.5
/way #539 34.1 26.5 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Shadowmoon Valley 41.5, 20.4
/way #539 41.5 20.4 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Shadowmoon Valley 46.7, 15.3
/way #539 46.7 15.3 - Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 47.0, 14.3
/way #539 47.0 14.3
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 Shadowmoon Valley map
- Catching His Eye about 330 yards
- Ominous Portents about 330 yards
- Shrouding Stones about 330 yards
- To Catch a Shadow about 330 yards
- Meet Us at Starfall Outpost about 330 yards
- And The Mole You Rode In On about 330 yards
- Darkest Night about 480 yards
- Into Anguish about 480 yards
- Supply Drop about 480 yards
- Honor the Flame about 710 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Shadowmoon Valley, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Shadowmoon Valley:
- Lunarfall (Alliance), Shadowmoon Valley
- Exile's Rise, Shadowmoon Valley
- Embaari Village, 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.
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Other quests on the Shadowmoon Valley map
Storyline
Ending the Gloom
Part 6 of 6.
Previous: Gloomshade Game Hunter
- 1Gloomshade Grove
- 2Lost Lumberjacks
- 3Captured Critters
- 4Game of Thorns
- 5Gloomshade Game Hunter
- 6Prune the Podlings
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.
- Gloomshade Game Hunter
<You find a list on a piece of parchment. Arsenio needs some ingredients for a new recipe he's preparing at your garrison.>
The storyline at a glance
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:
Other storylines on the Shadowmoon Valley map
- The Exarch Council
- The Light of Karabor
- On the Shadow's Trail
- Garrison Campaign
- The Dark Side of the Moon
- Shadows Awaken
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.