TheWoWDBYou also simply tag the spiders with any attack, and kite them up to the NPCs. Faster that using the horse.
Quest
This Means WAR (Wild Arachnid Roundup)
A World of Warcraft quest in Western Plaguelands. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Yo dawg I heard you like horses so we put an horse on your horse so you can ride while you ride.
After you complete the quest, you are allowed to stay on the horse given and ride up to Hearthglen. Something to note though, is that you can actually ride indoors with it, right up to Highlord Tirion Fordring himself.
I found this to be a comforting tidbit, given that Fordring's dialogue seems to suggest that he has completely forgotten that only three years ago I was there with him when he killed Arthas. Apparently, my slaying of the Lich King makes me a "promising recruit".
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
Quest ID27001
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27001))
What to do
StorylineWestern Plaguelands, step 49 of 63
RewardsBand of the Arachnid Wrangler, 
Spider Frier, 
Spider Splatter Mace, 10g 50s, 6,200 XP
Band of the Arachnid Wrangler, Spider Frier, Spider Splatter Mace, 10g 50s, 6,200 XPDescription
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. Hop back on that mustang and scare those spiders again, but this time, scare them all the way up here to the mill. These Hearthglen recruits can handle things from there.
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
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TypeArmor Finger
Item level21
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Strength, +5 Stamina
Suited toProtection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for20 silver
TypeWand Ranged
Item level21
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon3 - 4 damage, speed 2.0
Stats+3 Intellect, +5 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike
Suited toFrost, Fire, Arcane, Destruction, Affliction, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Demonology
Sells to vendors for8 gold21 silver
TypeOne-Handed Mace One-Hand
Item level21
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon8 - 10 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+4 Agility, +3 Stamina
Suited toBrewmaster, Enhancement, Outlaw, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for6 gold54 silver
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), Learning the Ropes (+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 49 of 63.
Previous: Learning the Ropes · Next: An Audience with the Highlord
- 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
- 55Students of Krastinov
Showing steps 44 to 55 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.
- Learning the Ropes
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.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- An Audience with the Highlord
Oh, before you go, <name>... I have a message for you. There's someone in Hearthglen who'd like to meet with you. Said he's "heard your name pop up" a few times already. Consider yourself lucky, <name>. Not everybody gets a personal audience with Highlord Tirion Fordring.
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.