Spider Silk  

 

EK is definitely the best place. Plenty of Crag Spiders spawning quickly and dropping a lot of silk. Some don't drop any, but that is rare. With casual observation, I'd say the average is about 3. Wow, about 10 minutes after posting this, I saw a Crag Spider drop 8 silks.

Edited, Mar 28th 2020 11:35pm by Philliden

Most giant spiders drop 6-8 silks a kill. I was in the Karanas... West karana i think... anyway, I was hunting those guys and I killed about 50 and I had 4 stacks of spider silk.

Not many more hairs then silks

Nah, you are thinking about spiderling silk, not spider silk.

but yea if you want spiderling silk go there

The monks in Qeynos need this for their newbie armor quests, as do the High Elf spellcasters.

shhh.. I hope no one from The Nameless server sees this :P

Aye, I will support the Crag Spiders as one of the best. I've also seen them drop as many as 8 silks at a time. I know I'm probably endangering many people out there who enjoy the solitude of Eastern Karana, but knowledge is meant to be shared (just don’t abuse it).

If you are coming from Highpass Hold:

The chasm area will open up and you’ll see a hill on your right side, and a mountain (well, bigger hill) on your left side. Crags spawn around both areas; however, more Crags spawn on the left then they do on the right (Carrion spiders tend to spawn along with the Crags on the right hill).

If you are coming from North Karana:

Keep following the road and you’ll see the entrance to a huge chasm. The hill on the right is the “Crag hill” and the one of the left spawns a mix of both Crags and Carrions.

If you are coming from the Gorge:

Keep going straight out, over the small hill and you’ll hit a road. Directly in front of you is “Crag hill.” Behind you is the lesser hill were Carrion and Crags both spawn.

A few things to note:

Around both hills (basically the east side of the zone) wonders a very annoying (and potentially nasty) Rogue by the name of Theoris Bladespur. If you are a Ranger or Druid I am sure he will attack you (if you are hunting in this zone for experience that is). His backstab to a 25 Druid was 221 every time with normal hits in the 40’s. F9 is your friend, because when you least expect it, he’ll unleash his attack on you.

The only other notable danger (besides the Crag’s poison if you are meleeing and they can give you experience) is a named giant that roams the Crag Hill: Tarbul Earthstrider. On some of the older servers he may not be up much, but just something to keep an eye out.

The last danger for those that are hunting here is the evil eye. He usually roams the lesser hill and patrols around the Gorge chasm entryway, though he stands out from everything else so much that he’s pretty easy to spot (besides, if you are going solo it’s fun to take this guy on).

Also, if no one is camping them; there is a family of Knolls at the base of Crag hill - the Mucktails. Vexven Mucktail drops the Darkwood Shield, a pretty nice shield for the level you can get it.

Overall Eastern Karana is just a GREAT place to hunt for experience. Bandits, evil eyes (fast spawn most of the time), hounds, cats (that drop up to 3 HQ pelts at a time (farmers are going to kill me)), giants, Broon, Droon, spiders, snakes, wisps, gnolls, griffs, and the most beautiful fishing spot you’ve ever seen... it boggles my mind why in the world anyone would hunt in Oasis compared to this place. One of the gems of the old world - if you are 12-25 and can’t stand the over-populated, boring places you may want to consider Eastern Karana.

On a note, the only thing I advise against is "farming" the spiders if someone is there for experience (yes, I've actually hunted them for experience while at the same time for their silk). This shouldn't be a problem, as Eastern Karana has many spiders to go around, but I have seen a high-level character simply wipe out every spider in sight, and this generally sours the experience (literally).

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