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Comment by Celice

The Sand Skitterers in Silithus have about the highest drop rate for Ironweb Spider Silk and they are plentiful there. In the same place are many of the Twilight Avengers and Twilight Geolords who drop a lot of Runecloth which is common in the same tailoring recipes.

Comment by Iceknight

For players not in the 50's and want the Ironweb Spider Silk you can farm the Searing Lava Spider (45-47) and the Greater Lava Spider (47-49) found in the Searing Gorge.

The first time you use the Ironweb Spider Silk is for tailoring at the 260 skill level to make:

https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/item=13857 and https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/item=13858

Comment by 90468

I personally have had more luck with the Rock Stalkers in Sillithus than any other spider. In 1hr of grinding I got 14 Ironweb Silk, 31 Thick Spider's Silk and 23 Shadow Silk. And yes I have tried all the other areas / spiders.

Comment by 25685

I find the best place to farm this is in LBRS. The spiders around smolderweb seem to drop a lot of them. I think I averaged about 10 per run. At level 70 you can almost walk to them without stealth and they are not too hard to solo. I've stealthed to them on my druid and walked to them on the pally and was able to solo them easily. I wasn't looking for this silk, I was there for other things, but there was a high drop rate.

Comment by Thottbot

The droprates in WPL is totally bogus. I've been there for about 1hr now, killed about 100 Plague Lurkers - only got ONE Ironweb Spider Silk.

Comment by Thottbot

Since they've redone Silithus, the spiders right to the north of Cenarion Circle (around Hive'ashi) drop them. I was doin the quest that needs 8 of their fangs, in about 30-45 minutes got 4. dont know how many i killed and maybe i got kinda lucky, but that seemed kinda nifty to me.

Comment by Thottbot

go to LBRS... drops like crazy of the spiders in there

Comment by Thottbot

And now that the patch has come out, they go for about 5g...

Comment by Thottbot

Silithus, I believe is the best place to farm this silk. The spiders are very numerious there and it drops often.

Comment by Thottbot

Western plaguelands, just as you come in from Tirisfal Glads theres tons of Venom Mist Lurkers. Averaged 1 ironweb silk from every 6 kills...got tons of shadow silk too. (Tried Greater Lava Spiders-Searing Gorge- first and didn't get anything)

Comment by Thottbot

I spent 3 hours killing in southern Silithus, killed roughly 150 of those rock stalkers, and did not get a SINGLE silk.

Comment by Thottbot

WPL is the best and all spiders drop Ironweb Spider silk as well at Thick Spider silk and Shadow Spider silk. In about 1 1/2 hr I got 12 Ironweb would have gotten more but didn't know all would drop it till later.

Good luck!

Comment by Thottbot

i spent roughly 2.5 hours running around silithus killing all the sand skitterers i could find, adding up to 190 kills. i got 20 ironweb spider silks, along with 21 thick spider silks, 22 shadow silks, 5g worth of vendor trash and one green. dont know if i was lucky or if i have too much time on my hands, but i hope this helps some of you.

Comment by Thottbot

I got the best results from plague lurkers, just north of the road at the eastern end of the Western Plaguelands.

Out of 25 kills, I got 3 ironweb spider silk (plus 4 thick spider silk, 3 shadow silk, and 2 green armor drops).

This compares to only 1 ironweb spider silk from 21 kills of the other two spider types in Western Plaguelands combined (carrion lurkers and venom mist lurkers). I was so frustrated I was about to give up when I tripped over the plague lurkers, as noted above.

Comment by Thottbot

prices not as bad as others..but still pretty bad 2g per on Runetotem Horde side...about 3g per on Alliance

I tried Searing Gorge, killed about 30 glassweb spiders and about 20 searing lava spiders, 2 shadow silk, 1 thick spider silk.

Comment by Thottbot

for me it was silithus

Comment by Thottbot

Was able to get 10 of these in under an hour from Silithus.

***I would recommend going down to the bottom of Silithus to the Bronzebeard encampment, as there is a couple of spiders there that always seem to drop it first time.***

Comment by Thottbot

It all depends on where you're questing.

I've been doing a lot of WPL and EPL quests lately, so I've been spending a lot of recent time farming the spiders in WPL. Drop rate is tolerable, about one in every eight or ten spiders.

A nice thing about farming in WPL is that you're within riding distance of Undercity, where you can easily repair, hit auctions, bank your stuff, etc. Alliance would do better around the Burning Steppes, where it's a short hop to Stormwind.

Comment by Thottbot

Hey, for those of you trying to get to 300 tailor, buying/grinding Ironweb spider silk is not the only way.

I leveled tailong to 300 by making brightcloth cloak, only taking 4 runecloth, and bought gold bars cheap from AH.

Beats grinding for the spider drops!

I hope this helps.

Comment by Thottbot

bright cloth cloak is the way to go! forget the ironweb spider silk, gold bars sell for about 50s per bar on aggramar server. which beats just over 2g per silk. ! good job on the info.

Comment by Thottbot

Spent exactly 1:15 in WPL in the area specified above and got 20 Ironweb, 17 Shadow, and 18 Thick Spider Silk.

Needless to say, this is the place.

Comment by Thottbot

Update:

Silithus (North area):
42 Kills
5 Ironweb Spider Silk
7 Thick Spider's Silk
7 Shadow Silk
27 White Spider Meat
2 Green Armor Drops
about 6g in gray items

But I have had worse drop rates so it's totally random. It's like the Crap

Comment by Thottbot

Look, don't take seriously the drop rate percentage of 1 person killing 70 creatures! The percentages posted by thottbot are the averages of 100's or 1000's of drops.

Comment by Thottbot

68 disc priest in one hour and eight minutes got:

73 plague lurker kills and looted:
33 white spider meat
7 ironweb silk
10 thick spider's silk
1 huge venom sac
9 shadow silk
4 greens

9 carrion lurker kills and looted:
3 white spider meat
1 thick spider's silk
1 ironweb spider silk
1 shadow silk

The greens DE'd into lesser eternal essence and illusion dust.

Comment by Thottbot

I found that farming for felcloth was much easier than the ironweb spider silk. Not only did it drop faster, for me at least, but the demons that droped it also dropped other goodies including some greens. They also dropped runecloth like crazy.

Comment by Thottbot

Whoever posted the picture in WPL showing a good location THANK YOU! Great area and I found exactly what I needed and wasn't there long at all. Best drop rate was plague lurkers for me!

Thanks again!

Comment by Thottbot

went to wpl for 30 min killed 35 spiders and got

ironweb spider silk X4
thick spiders silk X5
shadow silk X4
dripping spider mandible X12
hard spider leg x 8
white spider meat X15
and one green pattern

so not to bad that about 11% drop rate

Comment by Thottbot

In WPL i just killed 61 for a total of

4 ironweb spider silks
9 shadow silk
6 thick Spider silk

many other spider parts and the like.

Comment by Thottbot

WPL is where its at when ur just about to go in to the EPL go north up around there is good well was for me

Comment by Thottbot

i was raging that no spider silks were dropping, then krol blade drops along with the ironweb silk xD

Comment by Allakhazam

You must be kidding! This can't be this valuable! I get these AT LEAST 20 a day, and I'm only at the 54th level! I have lost a small fortune by selling these to the vendors! From now on I'll be more careful...

Comment by Allakhazam

After 1½ hour in WPL, this is what i ended up with:

22 Ironweb Spider Silk
19 Thick Spiders Silk
29 Shadow Silk
and 2 green items.

I think thats quite good considering that its supposed to be a pain to get. So either they changed the spawn or i was extremely lucky.

Comment by Allakhazam

Took me 1 1/2 to 2 hours to get 10 Ironweb Spider Silk. The best place i found was just north of Dalson's Tears in WPL. There are about 10 of them there but they dont re-spawn very quick :(

Comment by Allakhazam

I needed some for my Flarecore gear & was surprised to find the 4 I needed in around 30-45 minutes time. I can recommend the far southwestern corner, just next to the BRM entrance, as the mobs tend to repop at a nice and steady pace.

Comment by Allakhazam

You need 1 of these for the Logistics Task Briefing VIII quest along with 2 Bolts of Runecloth and 1 mooncloth. So if you are ever going to do the quest for the Epic piece in Silithus and you get one of these...keep it because the AH is selling them in stacks of 10 for like 29g <argh>.

Comment by Allakhazam

Just to test Znowflakes drop rate per his/her posting below, I spent exactly 30 minutes and I got the following:

10 Ironweb Spider Silks
7 Thick Spider Silks
10 Shadow Silks
4 Green Items

So, you can see that since I only spent 30 minutes, and Znowflake spent 90 minutes, my drop rate was actually BETTER than his/hers. So, you definitely can farm about 20 Ironweb Spider Silks every 1 hour.

Note: I am a level 70, and I also farmed this in Western Plaguelands.

Edited, Apr 14th 2008 11:15am by IvannaPizza

Comment by Allakhazam

i grinded for 10min in eastern part of western plague lands (57 lock) to find the 4 i needed for felcloth bag...

Comment by Allakhazam

I seem to find a ton off the spider's all around Silithus also.

Comment by Allakhazam

From what I can tell the best place by far to farm them is the auction house. (=p)

But no seriously, I've tried SG and WPL and the rate they drop in WPL is higher and the spiders are relatively the same. If you happen to make it to Mother Smolderweb in LBRS those spiders (and the ones that come out of the cacoons) drop it quite often aswell.

Comment by Allakhazam

This stuff is a pain! Need lots of this, felcloth and ghost dye to lvl in tailoring fast but i dont think im gonna get much of it! i agree that the best place to farm it is the AH.

Comment by Allakhazam

Got 2 in SG in about 1 1/2 hours, I'm looking to buy 6 of them, Aggramar server, Horde side, character name Reddeth. PST if you have any.

Comment by Allakhazam

Killed 98 spiders in WPL and only got 7 of these! #$%^en Blizzard!

Comment by Allakhazam

This stuff is a pain! Im trying to lvl my tailoring and i need felcloth, ghost dye and ironweb silk! 3 of the hardest goods ive tried to get! I agree with what someone said before "The best place to farm this is the AH"

Comment by Allakhazam

got 1 in 35 kills in SG

Comment by Allakhazam

First Carrion Lurker in WPL. :P

Edited, Aug 26th 2006 at 2:24am EDT by Samah

Comment by Rothia

To craft Core Felcloth Bag you will need the following mats:

20 x Felcloth
16 x Core Leather
8 x Bloodvine
4 x Essence of Fire
4 x Ironweb Spider Silk

Droprates for Pattern: Core Felcloth Bag:

Comment by Rothia

The following quests can be picked up from Craftsman Wilhelm at the Light's Hope Chapel in the Eastern Plaguelands by completing Omarion's Handbook which you get from Master Craftsman Omarion.
He's trapped in a cage in the first room of trash in the Deathknight Wing inside Naxxramas.
With a skill of 300 and high enough reputation, you will be able to choose from a total of 13 different patterns depending on your professions: Tailoring (4), Leatherworking (6) or Blacksmithing (3).

Patterns / Plans doesn't exists, all of them are taught by Master Craftsman Omarion in Naxxramas

FROST RESISTANCE CLOTH ARMOR: →

----- cloak

--- vest

--- wrists

--- gloves

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--- cloak tailoring

Item / Tailoring	Quest / Pattern	Frozen Rune	Bolt of Runecloth	Essence of Water	Ironweb Spider Silk	Gold	Argent Dawn
Glacial Vest	Glacial Vest	8	8	6	4	300	Exalted
Glacial Wrists	Glacial Wrists	4	2	2	2	200	Neutral
Glacial Gloves	Glacial Gloves	5	4	4	2	200	Neutral
Glacial Cloak	Glacial Cloak	5	4	2	4	200	Exalted
Glacial Vest	Pattern: Glacial Vest	7	8	6	8	Free	Revered
Glacial Wrists	Pattern: Glacial Wrists	4	2	2	4	Free	Revered
Glacial Gloves	Pattern: Glacial Gloves	5	4	4	4	Free	Revered
Glacial Cloak	Pattern: Glacial Cloak	5	4	2	4	Free	Revered

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FROST RESISTANCE LEATHER ARMOR: →

--- vest

---bracers

--- vest

--- wrists

--- gloves

Item / Leatherworking	Quest / Pattern	Frozen Rune	Enchanted Leather	Essence of Water	Cured Rugged Hide	Ironweb Spider Silk	Gold	Argent Dawn
Polar Tunic	Polar Tunic	8	16	5	5	❌	300	Exalted
Polar Bracers	Polar Bracers	4	12	3	3	❌	200	Neutral
Polar Gloves	Polar Gloves	5	12	3	3	❌	200	Neutral
Polar Tunic	Pattern: Polar Tunic	7	16	2	4	4	Free	Exalted
Polar Bracers	Pattern: Polar Bracers	4	12	2	2	4	Free	Revered
Polar Gloves	Pattern: Polar Gloves	5	12	2	3	4	Free	Revered

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FROST RESISTANCE MAIL ARMOR: →

----- vest

----- wrist

----- gloves

--- vest

--- wrists

--- gloves

Item / Leatherworking	Quest / Pattern	Frozen Rune	Heavy Scorpid Scale	Essence of Water	Cured Rugged Hide	Ironweb Spider Silk	Gold	Argent Dawn
Icy Scale Breastplate	Icy Scale Breastplate	8	24	7	5	❌	300	Exalted
Icy Scale Bracers	Icy Scale Bracers	4	16	5	3	❌	200	Neutral
Icy Scale Gauntlets	Icy Scale Gauntlets	5	16	5	3	❌	200	Neutral
Icy Scale Breastplate	Pattern: Icy Scale Breastplate	7	24	2	4	4	Free	Exalted
Icy Scale Bracers	Pattern: Icy Scale Bracers	4	16	2	2	4	Free	Revered
Icy Scale Gauntlets	Pattern: Icy Scale Gauntlets	5	16	2	3	4	Free	Revered

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FROST RESISTANCE PLATE ARMOR: →

--- vest

---bracers

gauntles

--- chest

--- bracers

--- gloves

Item / Blacksmithing	Quest / Plans	Frozen Rune	Thorium Bar	Arcanite Bar	Essence of Water	Gold	Argent Dawn
Icebane Breastplate	Icebane Breastplate	8	16	2	4	300	Exalted
Icebane Bracers	Icebane Bracers	4	12	2	2	200	Neutral
Icebane Gauntlets	Icebane Gauntlets	5	12	2	2	200	Neutral
Icebane Breastplate	Plans: Icebane Breastplate	7	16	2	4	Free	Exalted
Icebane Bracers	Plans: Icebane Bracers	4	12	2	2	Free	Revered
Icebane Gauntlets	Plans: Icebane Gauntlets	5	12	2	2	Free	Revered

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ALL CLASSES

----- glacial legs

----- polar legs

----- icy scale legs

----- icebane legs

Reward	Quest	Frozen Rune	Essence of Water	Blue Sapphire	Gold	Argent Dawn
Glacial Leggings	The Only Song I Know...	2	2	2	30	Neutral
Polar Leggings	The Only Song I Know...	2	2	2	30	Neutral
Icy Scale Leggings	The Only Song I Know...	2	2	2	30	Neutral
Icebane Leggings	The Only Song I Know...	2	2	2	30	Neutral

--- head

--- shoulders

--- head

--- head

--- head

--- shoulders

--- head

--- head

DROP	BOSS	WOWHEAD DROP RATE: 2021-01-29

Glacial Headdress	Gothik the Harvester	22,44 %
Glacial Mantle	Grobbulus	19,35 %

Polar Helmet	Gothik the Harvester	20,51 %
Polar Shoulder Pads	Grand Widow Faerlina	20,26 %

Icy Scale Coif	Heigan the Unclean	22,59 %
Icy Scale Spaulders	Grobbulus	21,51 %

Icebane Helmet	Heigan the Unclean	17,47 %
Icebane Pauldrons	Grand Widow Faerlina	19,83 %

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