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Series

1.	Return to Karazhan: Book Wyrms
2.	Return to Karazhan: Rebooting the Cleaner
3.	Return to Karazhan: New Shoes
4.	Return to Karazhan: High Stress Hiatus
5.	Return to Karazhan: Clearing Out the Cobwebs

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Comment by Noxos

When you tought this chain couldnt get worse, yeah.

Comment by Zaole

i've completed and turned in this quest, but don't see any more quests. does anyone know where to start the next part of this chain? are there some requirements to move forwards further?

Comment by serrie

how many spiders are there per run?

Comment by fouad

After completing this, you need to kill Nightbane and the next quest starts from his loot.

No Bones About It

rewards Violet Seal of the Grand Magus

Comment by Jawless

Web Spray cannot be interrupted, so you basically have two options:
1) bring a tank
or
2) LoS it

Having said that we 4 manned it (2 mages, shadow priest, resto shaman), quite easily.

Comment by Vodkaice

Make sure to run over the webs on the ground to get the smaller spiders down the bottom of Karazhan to make sure you get all 40

Comment by Wexen

An other idiot quest which your party will refuse to help and then you need more than 1 week.

Comment by Opetto

Seems self-evident, but you can only complete this in New Karazhan, not in Old Kara. Only reason I wondered otherwise, is the quest itself doesn't state it has to be MYTHIC difficulty. But there you have it.

Comment by husky2449

Easily solloable as an affliction warlock, pet helped a lot

Comment by Downhitted

It's a cool dungeon and I enjoy it alot (when it isn't a +15 with Teeming, Explosive and Fortified).
But meanwhile completing those quests to get the unique ring I personally got way above that ilvl. By the time you will complete the next part for the 875 ring you will probably don't be needing it anymore either.
I think they should add 5 more ilvls for each upgrade instead.

Comment by Ezorde

Solo'd as a 890 MM, coincidentally, Roots of Shaldrassil dropped two days before I had to do the quest, and it was pretty useful, but I had Prydaz anyways and both are enough for you to survive while they attack you. (I didn't put the two at the same time on purpose to see if I would survive, and I did.)

If you don't have them, you can still kite the spiders, though it'll be longer. Didn't die once.

Comment by in2it

Nuke all the spiders and run over the cobwebs in Servant's Quarters (in "basement") for more spiders dropping from the roof. There are a few room with cobwebs and spiders so there are plenty to complete the quest in one run. I cleared it with my Infernal myself (ilvl 942 affliction warlock), but you should be able to do it with a lot less gear.

With a bit of luck you have my screenshot to see the room I was in. I forgot to hide my UI so we'll see if they agree on my picture or not.

Comment by pmleahy777

This is in Lower.

Comment by mplh89

I didn't complete this before Battle for Azeroth, and when I go back to solo it, I kill spiders, but none register against the 40 (still shows 0/40 Spiders slain).

Comment by Fyuriagosa

It's might worth mentioning, that in BFA you CAN actually complete the whole quest chain on Heroic difficulty, then for the last item change to Mythic, summon Nightbane and kill him for the bones. Bamm you have a teleporter ring within 1 hour. Also to mention, don't reset the dungeon every time you complete a quest, since it drops you into different phases after a boss dies, so you don't have to run (and kill them again) back too much. You need a reset after the bookwyrm part. Then do the horseshoes, then get the cape and reset only after that. You kill first boss and can do the spider quest in the same id aswell.

Comment by Elfizm

EDIT May 2023: There has been a change where the portal from the library to the entrance is no longer there. I have made several attempts since early 2023 to get an answer re this on the WoW Forums with no result. When I find out if this is a bug or intended, I will alter my posts accordingly for this quest chain.

FURTHER EDIT September 2023: I'm still posting on the forums trying desperately to either get them to respond/fix it/or change where you pop upon release if you die in the latter part of the dungeon. At the moment, Khadgar and Medivh hang around after the last boss is killed for a chat and then Khadgar puts a portal up to "Dalaran". You will either need to take this portal or hearth out and journey back, adjusting the strategy for the Mana Devourers accordingly for the next quest. Fingers crossed someone decides to fix this debacle.

Just a bit of an update on this quest chain since changes have been made in recent patches.

You can reset this dungeon in heroic mode as many times as needed to complete the chain in a very short time.

For Return to Karazhan: In the Eye of the Beholder, clear Opera, Moroes (pick up Rusty Keys from the floor near Moroes' corpse), Curator, Medivh, Mana Devourer, and then Viz'aduum.

Along the way grab the crystals for Fragments of the Past - first one is after Opera; exit the stage on the opposite side from where you entered, hug left all the way into the room with the 'backup singers', clear room and go out the door on the opposite side and directly up the ramp. Once through the door at the top of the ramp you're in the audience area of the Opera event; turn right and clear the closest patch of adds in the corner. The crystal is in the aisle between the patron seats.

The next crystal is in the last room on the left (Guest Chambers) in the hall leading to Maiden. You don't need to kill her, just clear trash up the hallway and left side of the room, grab crystal and go back out the way you came in all the way to the entrance from the Opera Event to the The Banquet Hall. Facing the triple archway (looking through towards the stage) turn left and jump over the balcony into Moroes area. If you aim for the line between the tables you shouldn't agro any trash. After picking up the Rusty Key and getting the crystal behind Moroes, there's one elemental to kill in the doorway out then turn hard right and go down the stairs towards Attumen.

You don't need to kill Midnight/Attumen, instead turn left into the Servants Quarter's and in the farthest room is the last crystal for lower Kara and a portal back to the entrance. Take both (in that order). Turn to face the opposite direction you're in after landing from portal and go down to the base of the ramp. Head up the ramp, out the door, turn left and follow up ramp to broken stairs up to Curator. The last crystal is between Curator's feet when you've killed him.

Complete the rest of the dungeon (kill the minimum amount of Mana Devourers in the library on your way through) but after killing Viz'aduum jump off the ship and release. You will pop back at the library. Go up the spiral staircase and use the portal back to the entrance. Leave and hand in the quests, pick up the next in the questline. (Just a heads-up with Viz, as mentioned in other posts; when you land on each ship wait a couple of seconds before you move or it glitches the fight and resets it, also on the second ship wait until pools of yellowy green swirls appear on the ground before damaging Viz again.) EDIT September 2023: having just done this all through again on an alt, you can now one shot Viz without it bugging. The portal to the ship that Viz normally takes to escape from you still spawns and you can take this to the final destination where Khadgar puts up his Dalaran portal after Medivh flies away.

DO NOT RESET INSTANCE. Pick up the next quest Return to Karazhan: Book Wyrms and when you zone back into the dungeon you will pop at the library. Once done, take the portal back out to hand in. Pick up next quest Return to Karazhan: Rebooting the Cleaner and this time reset the instance before entering. You will need to clear Opera and then Moroes for the Rusty Key to access upper Kara to kill Curator but nothing else so it's a quick run. After Moroes run through spiders to the portal in Servant's Quarters. Straight after Curator (pick up the quest item from the ground in the corner of the room near portal) just run back out and down broken stairs to entrance.

Pick up next quest Return to Karazhan: New Shoes (and make sure you loot the box next to the quest giver) but DO NOT RESET INSTANCE. When you zone back in you'll be through the portal at Curator but you can portal back into his room and then just run back (or jump) down the broken stair. There is a door underneath the start of the ramp up to Master's Terrace. If you reset the instance it will be locked and you'll have to kill Moroes again for the Rusty Key. Go through this door and follow along the Terrace to the double wooden doors at the other end (they're open). Through these doors and go slightly to your left is a ramp, go up the ramp and straight ahead is another open wooden door. This brings you to the Grand Ballroom. Go straight ahead and jump over the railing onto the steps down to Attumen. You'll have to clear the trash around Koren to hand in the quest. You can run across to Servant's Quarters again and run the gauntlet of spiders to the portal or, take the stairs up near Koren, kill the two npc's at the doorway, go through and up the stairs which brings you to The Broken Stair with the exit not far away.

For Return to Karazhan: High Stress Hiatus DO NOT RESET INSTANCE. Continue on from where you port in just past Curator's portal and kill Shade of Medivh, drop down the hole for Mana Devourer and then make your way to the Gamesman's Hall. You don't need to kill any of the mobs on the chess board, just hug left when you enter the room, Little Red's Cape is draped on a chair on the left side of the chess event. It's a quick run back to the library from the chess event to use the portal back to the entrance and leave. Reset the dungeon and re-enter, the Positive Review drops from trash leading up to Opera and Bouquet of Roses drops from the Opera boss.

For Return to Karazhan: Clearing Out the Cobwebs you can easily do this without resetting after the previous quest providing you haven't killed too many spiders getting to the portal. For classes that can stealth, prowl, or invis it should be fine. Shadowmelding can work (it's only tricky if you've been poisoned) if you stop right next to the portal and once agro has dropped click immediately on the portal in case a spider is nearby. Alternatively, after obtaining the items for Return to Karazhan: High Stress Hiatus, from Opera proceed towards Moroes as previously suggested. Jump over the balcony, kill Moroes, pick up the Rusty Keys and exit as before. Head downstairs towards Attumen, go past Koren and take the stairs leading up to the Livery Stables. At the top of the stairs you're faced with an archway, go through and take the set of stairs up to Master's Terrace and then through the door and on to the entrance. This way you can avoid killing any spiders completely to ensure there's enough for the next quest without resetting. It takes a little longer and there may be a little trash to clear this way but nothing excessive.

Edit 1: I did a little experiment where I ran through to the portal and killed a lot of spiders getting to it after completing Return to Karazhan: High Stress Hiatus. After picking up the Return to Karazhan: Clearing Out the Cobwebs quest I went back in without resetting and I came up three short for completion. It would be difficult to assess how many exactly I killed on the way to the portal but I wasn't careful where I ran so, in essence, if you're aware of what you're doing you'd have to be particularly unlucky not to be able to complete 40 spiders without resetting.

Edit 2: Made an adjustment as per suggestion by Gwiez.

Edit 3: Made a further adjustment as per suggestion by rngt.

Once this last quest is completed you can then do a Mythic run to summon Nightbane and he may drop Charred Bone Fragments for the item to port you to Karazhan. This only drops for those who have completed this quest chain.

This is the quickest and cleanest way to complete the quest chain that I've found so far. If anyone has a better method or notes any errors, please comment and I'll adjust the post.

Comment by Smithfan

Figured I'd write up what to do after this quest so it's all in one place. You need to activate the hidden Nightbane boss in mythic Return to Karazhan, so after turning in Return to Karazhan: Clearing Out the Cobwebs, switch your dungeon difficulty to Mythic if you haven't already, reset instances, and head back into the upper gate.

As soon as you open the door just inside at the top of the steps, you have eight minutes to complete the Opera boss and get through to the seat section in front, where you'll need to get out of combat and channel the Soul Fragment. It will then give you the Medivh's Echo buff for another eight minutes, this is now your timer for the rest of the trip.

Head over to Maiden of Justice, in the last room to the left as you approach her is the second Soul Fragment, channel that when out of combat again, it will give you a couple more minutes on the buff and a second stack.

The third Soul Fragment is at Moroes, easiest way to get to the dining area is to go back to the Opera room entrance, go past it to the left and jump off the balcony. Kill Moroes and the adds, get out of combat, and channel the third Soul Fragment.

Lastly, head out through the main door of the dining room, to the right, down the stairs, then to the left into the Servant's Quarters. In a room to the back, top left of the map, is the fourth Soul Fragment, and a portal back to the entrance. Run through the spiders, kill enough to get out of combat, channel the Soul Fragment, and use the portal to get back to the Broken Stair.

From the entrance, head down the ramp to the left. Take note of the door under the stairs, you'll be coming back there, but for now go up the ramp over that door. Keep going until you get to The Curator, kill him, get out of combat and channel the last Soul Fragment. If you didn't run out of time (keep an eye on the Medivh's Echo buff), you'll have the buff Medivh's Presence. Run back downstairs, jump off ledges, get back to the door I mentioned earlier leading out to Master's Terrace. Go around the stairs down, along the outside area, until you see Image of Medivh standing there. Talk to him to begin the RP to summon Nightbane, then kill the boss.

You'll get Smoldering Ember Wyrm if you don't have it already, the achievement One Night in Karazhan, and Charred Bone Fragments if you've completed Return to Karazhan: Clearing Out the Cobwebs, which you can turn in for Violet Seal of the Grand Magus.

I found this video from HeelvsBabyface helpful while writing this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCFQ6LVg7mc

Comment by MihailofMedivh

I'm trying to complete this. I've done Opera, the Horseman, Moroes, and the Maiden, but I am instantly killed when I try to walk down the ramp to the spiders. What am I missing?

Comment by Killigann

I can't seem to get past Medivh solo on my 330 holy priest. Everything is fine until Medivh gets around 70%, and then I start taking massive damage, idk why/what is happening, then I get into an iceblock/stunned, and HP drops like a rock from there. By the time I can cast, I am down to 20% and ... seconds later I'm dead.

Will try other specs, but holy usually keeps me alive long enough to smite my way past almost anything.

Comment by Wundar

It seems bugged this part of the quest. I killing the spiders, but doesn't count the kills... :( Somebody knows the trick here?

Comment by fday

At least on this final step, there’s a working portal in Servants' Quarters taking you outside. (Unlike the various runs with ports elsewhere and having to get back to Deadwind Pass.)

No true reward – pretty fruitless quest chain.

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Return to Karazhan: Clearing Out the Cobwebs

Clean out spiders from the Servant's Quarters.

Spiders slain (40) (1)

Description

I admit it... even as a spirit, I am deathly afraid of spiders. All those legs! Dripping fangs! Sticky webs coming out of their...

<Darius does a squirming sort of shimmy that is uncomfortable to watch.>

I'm sure a world-saving hero like you doesn't mind them, though. Which is good, since a whole brood of spiders has taken over the Servant's Quarters.

You'll handle this, right? If you don't get them all, they'll keep multiplying.

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