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Kill the group of Shadow Silk Poachers that wander the Searing Gorge. Nilith has reason to believe that there are five of them that need to be exterminated. Return to Nilith in the Searing Gorge when this task is complete.
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 Shadowsilk Poacher slain (5)

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The spiders of the Searing Gorge are an invaluable source of shadow silk. As you know, shadow silk is highly sought after by the artisans of our trade.

Recently, a group of poachers has encroached upon these lands, carelessly slaying spiders en masse without so much as a thought as to the long term effect of their actions. The first task I ask of you, then, is a simple one: Find them... and end them.

Begin your search to the north.

If you require assistance, speak with Raze.

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Reward

You will receive:
Shadowy Bracers
You will also receive: 1 45

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
  • 4700 experience ( 28 20 at max. level)

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By Tehren on 06/15/2007 (Patch 2.1.1)
As part of this quest you can get Nilith's guardian elemental to help you fight. Speak to him after you have accepted the quest to get the Staff of Command http://classicdb.ch/?item=10464
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By Anonymous on 11/02/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)
They walked around at 56,26 (6 none elite mob�s)
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By Quigley on 11/04/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
I found the poachers at 60, 31 pathing as a group. Their levels ranged from 47-50. Shortly after I found them, they attacked a red spider, and I was able to pick them off one by one. They've got hardly any HP, so I'm sure I could have easily AoE'd them down as a 48 mage.
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By wolfdragonx on 03/25/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
This quest requires you to be a Tailor and be at 230 skill I think.
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By Anonymous on 05/04/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
But once I discovered a great strategy I was able to solo this on my LVL 46 Priest.

If you attack one while they are attacking a spider only one will come after you. The rest stay and fight the spider.
You will have just enough time to kill the one you pulled and then run away. Then you just repeat this until all are dead and you can go turn in your quest!

This was a fun quest with a great reward for most Shadow Priests.
(The Poachers roam around 58,31)
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By pelf on 02/22/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
As far as I know, having Tailoring as a profession is required to even see this quest as available. I'm not sure if there's any Tailoring level requirement.
Last edited by pelf on 01/09/2008 (Patch 2.3.2)
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By Anonymous on 12/09/2005 (Patch 1.8.4)
Be careful to not let raze kill a unit, if you use him. If he does you do NOT get credit for it.
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By sgm42c on 02/27/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
I agree with pelf. it appears you do have to be a Tailor in order to get this quest.

A friend (49 priest, tailor/enchanter) and I (48 rogue, herb/alch) were questing in searing gorge when we stumbled across the NPC quest giver. he could see a quest from her and I couldn't even talk to her. he took the quest and told me it is underneath the heading 'Tailoring' in his quest log, not Searing Gorge.
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By Anonymous on 07/16/2006 (Patch 1.11.2)
I think you can't talk with the questgiver cuz this is an only tailioring quest. (In my quest log it's under the "tailoring" class, not at Searing Groge.)
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By Anonymous on 08/21/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)
The big rock that follows is worthless.&nbsp After i attacked the poachers, he just stood there.&nbsp Of course i died.&nbsp THEN i saw him attack.&nbsp He was dead by time i got back..... only way for a cloth wearer to do this (and it's a tailoring quest&nbsp kinda funny)&nbsp is to kill one, die and go back and back....

THEN&nbsp i noticed a "Staff of Command" in my bag that when u put u coursor over says to right click for raze to attack poachers.&nbsp LOL
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By Anonymous on 12/09/2005 (Patch 1.8.4)
You can also wait until they swarm a spider, attack one and finish him off while the others are still poaching.&nbsp Then run when they kill their mob and begin chasing you.

Repeat until all five are gone.
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By Anonymous on 02/20/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
If you look on your map - they are in the area just about due north of the words 'The Cauldron'.

They roam a little bit up in that area - so be on the alert looking for a group of guys.&nbsp I think there were 2 lvl 47's, a 48, 49, and 50 in the group I finished off.

As a priest - it probably would have been easier to use Psychic Scream but I used the method posted above.&nbsp Wait till they are all attacking a spider - then pull one.&nbsp Run away when the rest of the mob comes after you (hopefully you've killed the first one).

Come back - rinse & repeat.&nbsp :D
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By Anonymous on 12/09/2005 (Patch 1.8.4)
The infernal tells you to "use staff" something about showing him the poachers.&nbsp Pfff.&nbsp He's not like a pet or summon.&nbsp He doesn't attack a mob that's attacking you (I nearly died finding that out).&nbsp You have to put him in their way and hope they agro on him.&nbsp The mobs are simple, non-elite so he can kill one or two himself if you let him.&nbsp His kills don't count if you haven't tagged them, so be careful.
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By Anonymous on 12/09/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
Found them around 58,24

Good luck, have fun
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By Anonymous on 10/13/2005 (Patch 1.8.0)
it's related to the shadowsilk and also, only if you have tailoring tradeskill will you get this quest..see?

i may need to check my bank if i have this staff though...first time i was confused too why he didn't attack. then i abandoned quest because the mobs in SG were too high for me anyway.

came back later and Raze talks to me and follows me but no staff in my inventory..im pretty sure i threw it away but now i need to check.

coincidentally, Raze followed me even to Badlands the first time (i was trying to abandon him since i gave up the quest) So technically, i believe he'll fight more than just the poachers. anyone want their own pet?
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By Anonymous on 06/09/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
I think this quest might be bugged because it wont let me talk to the quest giver. (the quest giver is the girl infront of raze right?) but anyhow i can talk to raze but nothing happens when i try and talk to the girl (no yellow exclamation mark either) so any help would b enice
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By Anonymous on 11/02/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
Has anyone been able to pickup any of the 3 quest from Nilith Lokrav?
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By Anonymous on 02/20/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
I did all the quests in the zone, and my tailoring was 191, on my way out, I tried to pick this up.

No can do.

I'm guessing my next rank of tailoring will unlock it.

That may be why some people can't pick up the quest.
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By Anonymous on 03/28/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
To find the quest giver just click on Nilith map above. She's in southern SG just west of the tip of Blackrock Mountain (on zone map).
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By Anonymous on 03/28/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
Soloed them at 49,34. Waited for them to attack the spider, then sicked pet on one and multishot trapped another while i took damage. Didn't need to pop a pot and only healed pet once, to make sure he didnt die. So easy.
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By Anonymous on 04/12/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
this was really easy....now u can take raze the infernal next to the questgiver and i also recoment taking out ur void on the poachers....all u have to do is send the infernal to one of them with the staff and put ur void on one at a time and kill them taht way...ur gonna find the poachers around dustfire valley...but i soloed this quest at 49 cuz i waited till the last minute to do this..but u could do this quest at about 47
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By Anonymous on 12/09/2005 (Patch 1.8.4)
I did it alone with my lvl 49 arcane mage. First - You can take a bodyguard with you next to the questgiver - tal to infernal and it will follow you to the poachers.
I used cone of cold, froze them, put on arcane power and used arcane esplosion, 1 health potion and some explosion again until they died.
Managed to do it on second attempt - first time didnt exactly know what to expect and bodyguard died, i blinked away. You can go back to questgiver and take a new bodyguard, if you want. I was just curious could i make it alone. Good practice.
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By Anonymous on 12/09/2005 (Patch 1.8.4)
is there a way to abandon raze without logging or quit ?
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By Anonymous on 01/14/2006 (Patch 1.9.2)
I managed to solo this as a level 47 warlock, however, it did take me 2 attempts. I thought the infernal, Raze, would be uber, but he sucks completely. I'd recomend you NOT to take him with you, and just go with the voidwalker.

With void, it was easy. Let him get aggro, fear a few, kill as many as you can before your pet has low HP, then sacrifise it and finish the mobs off :)
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By Anonymous on 05/04/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
Did it as a arcane/fire mage... First i did a flamestrike, then frost nova, then some arcane expl. when they get out of the frost nova i did blast wave... Then just run around them and keep out of range and spam arcane expl. :)&nbsp
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By Anonymous on 05/04/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
Raze can be used in addition to any pet you may have. Raze is useful for holding the rest of mobs at the start of the fight, while you attack just one. Just make sure Raze initiates the fight and so draws all the mobs. Note that anything Raze kills on its own won't count towards the quest - if this happens, you may need to wait for the mobs to respawn.
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By Anonymous on 07/16/2006 (Patch 1.11.2)
Im a lvl 37 UD priest, has tailoring and enchanting as proffesions...

Do I understand it right when you have to be lvl 50 to do these quests? The headpiece is what I need for the complete "set"...
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By Anonymous on 09/27/2006 (Patch 1.12.1)
Found them wandering about up in the north east.
Killed them with a team of 3 no problem.
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By Anonymous on 03/31/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
i found the 3 times at dust fire vally(56-30)ish.&nbsp but they wonder in a lope around that area! the bodygurd u get is a good idea to use the first time i had him i didnt get a staff like he said but the seconf time i did and when i got nier the potches (lvl48-50 not elite) i right cliked on the staff and he killed them but i had to do damage to them to get the kill!&nbsp

good luck all!
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By Anonymous on 10/22/2005 (Patch 1.8.0)
Soloed(without Raze) at 52
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By Anonymous on 01/27/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)
The poachers spawned in Dustfire Valley all in a bunch. This quest was a prerequisite to The Undermarket.
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By Anonymous on 12/19/2005 (Patch 1.8.4)
Need to be @ 230 skill to see the quest
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By Anonymous on 10/13/2006 (Patch 1.12.1)
THIS IS SOOOOO STUPID, if rage acutally kills one, that u havent touched, then u dont get kill count 4 that one, so u have to wait 4 them to respawn......
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By Anonymous on 09/27/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)
quest is pretty easy if you wait for them to attack a spider, send out Raze and blast away on the one he's workin on
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By Anonymous on 11/29/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
58,30

3 blizzards and they were dead

of course i am frost, 53 with 200 +frost dmg
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By Anonymous on 08/29/2005 (Patch 1.6.1)
What is he supposed to do? I figured with his assistance, we could take all 5 mobs. Unfortunately, he just stood there and didn't do a danged thing.

Just wanted to warn others NOT to use him.
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By Anonymous on 01/06/2006 (Patch 1.9.0)
I'm working on this quest and I've noticed somethings not mentioned here before.

First off I used the strategy mentioned before of waiting till they attack a spider then attacking them. This works great, they didn't even attack my pet, just kept killing the spider, I took out 2 of them this way. Only problem was that the one that was being beat on by the spider didn't get me any credit for killing.

Second, if you use Raze to help out, be sure to attack same poacher he is, as he apparantly if he outdamages you you get no credit for the kill.

not sure what the respawn time is on these guys, but having to wait for them to come back is a pain
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By Anonymous on 03/27/2006 (Patch 1.9.4)
A variation slow but sure. Pick off one (or two) while others fight kill fear, run. Come back and repeat.

Worked fine for me. One unforseen glitch was "friendly help" from a pally who took on the baddies chasing me the first time around. Had to bite tongue, thank him and wait for respawn.
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By Anonymous on 05/08/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
solo'd as a 47 priest. I found them at 58,31 but they do wander. I waited until they started attacking a spider, and then casted vampiric embrace on one of them, and then went to town with him. as soon as any others aggroed, I used fade to get them off of me.

granted, with this tactic, you only get 4 of the 5 poachers because of the one that the spider attacks, but its quite simple to just come back and snag another one. they have a relativly quick respawn tim (from 2 to 5 minutes), so I just spent the time killing spiders.
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By Anonymous on 08/14/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)
This is almost impossible to "solo" as a 46 shadow priest, even with Raze. He dies too quickly, doesn't hold aggro very well and then you have to deal with your fade cooling down while three or four of them beat on you. Spending fifteen minutes to find them, only to die, isn't really worthwhile and the bracers aren't even that good.

Face it, Priests aren't tanks and mana only lasts so long.
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