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Ragged Strips of Silk

A World of Warcraft quest in Cathedral of Eternal Night. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Steiner14512+18via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you have rank 1 [spell=193292], [item=129135] will drop randomly while gathering Aethril with a rather small chance. I had about 180 Aethril in my bags when I finally got it, so it takes a while.
I got mine at about 54,17; right next to the withered area. Since the quest has to do with the withered, this might not be a coincidence.
If you're looking to learn Aethril, your best bet is probably to farm Aethril near withered in northern Azsuna.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-45
LocationCathedral of Eternal Night
CategoryHerbalism
Quest ID40015

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40015))

Description

Finely made strips of clothing, torn, tattered, and dirty: telltale signs of the withered. The feral, degenerate outcasts of nightborne society must also be harvesting the aethril... but why?

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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.

Cathedral of Eternal Night Objective area no plotted point

Nearby on the Cathedral of Eternal Night map

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

Getting there

Inside the dungeon: Cathedral of Eternal Night

The upper chambers of the Tomb of Sargeras were once a place of worship to Elune. Since the Legion's invasion, fel minions have desecrated this holy place, twisting it into their own image. Now, this site will host a battle that could turn the tide of the invasion.

Bosses in the Adventure Guide, in order: Agronox, Thrashbite the Scornful, Domatrax, Mephistroth.

Entrance: Broken Shore at 64.9, 16.8.

Instance text, bosses and entrances are the client’s Adventure Guide data.

Related
Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP

Storyline

Legion Herbalism

Part 3 of 5.

Previous: Spayed by the Spade · Next: Desperation Breeds Ingenuity

  1. 1Aethril Sample
  2. 2Spayed by the Spade
  3. 3Ragged Strips of Silk
  4. 4Desperation Breeds Ingenuity
  5. 5A Slip of the Hand

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.

  • Spayed by the SpadeLevel 10-45

    The stem, leaves, and petals are dazzling, to be certain... but look at the pollination filaments, here, and the reproductive organs in the center of the bloom. They contain more energy than the rest of the plant put together.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Desperation Breeds IngenuityLevel 10-45

    I believe we may be able to use this clue to our advantage, <name>. The withered are notoriously thirsty for mana, and will stop at nothing to get it. Perhaps we can study how they use the aethril and use the results to improve our own harvesting methods.

The storyline at a glance

Legion Herbalism has 5 steps, from Aethril Sample to A Slip of the Hand.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dalaran (3), Cathedral of Eternal Night (2).

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.