Sacred Mallet

Learning the Ropes
Start	Nathaniel Dumah
End	Nathaniel Dumah
Level	37 (Requires 34)
Category	Western Plaguelands
Experience	4,600
Reputation	+250 Argent Crusade
Rewards	40
Previous	Quest:Northridge Lumber Mill
Next	Quest:This Means WAR (Wild Arachnid Roundup)

Learning the Ropes
Level: 37 (Requires 34)
Nathaniel Dumah
Nathaniel Dumah
XP: 4,600
Rep: +250 Argent Crusade
Rewards:
40

Objectives

Mount a Hearthglen Mustang at Northridge Lumber Mill, then use its Whinny ability to frighten 25 Northridge Spiders.

• Northridge Spiders frightened (25)

Description

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. Now they refuse to go any deeper in the woods.

Maybe you can help me out. Hop on one of my horses and use it to frighten those spiders. Maybe we can avoid bloodshed and just scare them away.

Completion

Well, it sounds like they're certainly afraid of the mustang, but they're not leaving for good. I can't have you running around on a horse forever. Nor do I think you'd want to.

Rewards

You will receive: 40

Progression

Part 1 - The first battle for Andorhal

1.  [15-30] The Battle for Andorhal /  [15-30] Hero's Call: Western Plaguelands! /  [15-30] Warchief's Command: Western Plaguelands!
2. Both of the following, in either order:
   •  [15-30] Scourge First... Alliance Later /  [15-30] Scourge First... Horde Later
   •  [15-30] The Endless Flow
3. All of the following, in any order:
   •  [15-30] Scholomancer
   •  [15-30] Araj the Summoner
   •  [15-30] Brute Strength
   • Side quest:  [15-30] War Machines
4.  [15-30] Victory, For Now (breadcrumb)

Part 2 - The uneasy calm

1. • Both of the following independent quests, in either order:
     •  [15-30] Go Fletch! /  [15-30] After the Crusade
     •  [15-30] A Mighty Hunger /  [15-30] Foxes and Hounds
   • Side quest:  [15-30] Those That Couldn't Let Go /  [15-30] Foes Before Hoes
2.  [15-30] Uther's Blessing /  [15-30] Latent Disease
3.  [15-30] The Abandoned Crypt /  [15-30] Who Needs Cauldrons?
4.  [15-30] Ambushed! /  [15-30] Lower the Boom
   • Side chain:
   1.  [15-30] The Writhing Haunt /  [15-30] Strange New Faces
   2.  [15-30] This Is Our Army /  [15-30] When Death is Not Enough
   3.  [15-30] Combat Training

Part 3 - The mending of the Plaguelands

1. The Menders' Stead (quest) (breadcrumb)
2.  [15-30] A New Era for the Plaguelands
   • Side quest:  [15-30] I Ain't Sayin' You a Gourd-Digger...
   • Side chain:
   1.  [15-30] Zen'Kiki, the Druid
   2.  [15-30] A Different Approach

Part 4 - Living in the Plaguelands

1.  [15-30] Northridge Lumber Mill (breadcrumb)
2.  [37] Learning the Ropes (no prerequisites)
   • Side quests:  [15-30] Too Close for Comfort
3.  [15-30] This Means WAR (Wild Arachnid Roundup)
   • Side quests:  [15-30] Redpine Thievery,  [15-30] A Gnoll's Resolve

Part 5 - Hearthglen

1.  [15-30] An Audience with the Highlord (breadcrumb)
   • Side chain:
   1.  [15-30] It's About Time!
   2.  [15-30] Drudges... <Sigh>
2.  [15-30] Taelan Fordring's Legacy
3.  [15-30] Unusual Behavior... Even For Gnolls
4.  [15-30] The Good People of Hearthglen
5.  [15-30] Bagging Bisp
6.  [15-30] Turning Yourself In

Part 6 - The renewed plague

1. • Side chain:
   1.  [15-30] The Long Trip Home
   2.  [15-30] Memories from a Lost Past
2.  [15-30] Gahrron's Withering Cauldron
3.  [15-30] Return to the Stead
4.  [15-30] Desperate Acts
   • Side quest:  [15-30] Zen'Kiki and the Cultists
5.  [15-30] Students of Krastinov

Part 7 - The battle resumes

1.  [15-30] The Battle Resumes! (breadcrumb)
2. Both of the following, in any order:
   •  [15-30] Ashes to Ashes
   •  [15-30] Supporting the Troops
3.  [15-30] The Depravity of the Forsaken /  [15-30] Lindsay Ravensun, Revealed
4. Both of the following, in any order:
   •  [15-30] Val'kyr Incursion /  [15-30] Ace in the Hole
   •  [15-30] Brother Against Brother /  [15-30] The Farmers' Militia
5.  [15-30] Aradne /  [15-30] Andorhal, Once and For All
6.  [15-30] Alas, Andorhal /  [15-30] The Reckoning

Patches and hotfixes

• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Added.
  

External links

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