Best Places to Farm Spider’s Silk

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FAQ

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What are your PC specs?

• You can find them on my PC specs page.

What addons are used for farming Spider’s Silk in WoW?

• The addon Routes.
• The addon FarmHUD.

What professions benefit from Spider’s Silk?

Since this is an open world farmable item, the good news is, you don’t need to have a profession in order to obtain it. You just have to have a character that you’re willing to send out and kill the appropriate mobs that drop said item.

The specific professions you’ll likely be wanting are:

• Leatherworking
• Tailoring

Leatherworking will only offer one piece of crafting equipment, so try not to go out of your way to get this profession for this silk’s sake.

Tailoring, on the other hand, is where it’s at if you’re wanting to get the most out of Spider’s Silk in the crafting department. It’ll allow you to craft a lot of equipment people will wear for transmog appearances.

What Mining/Herbalism routes aren’t mentioned?

There are a couple of zones that have spiders who can drop this silk, but…well there’s a technicality to one area, depending on your faction, and the other is just…meh.

Dismissed Zones

• Hillsbrad Foothills
  Since I’m on a Horde character, I’m unable to kill the enemy spiders in this area, as they’re friendly to our faction.
• Wetlands
  There’s a cave in the Wetlands that has spiders roaming in and around the outside of it, however their respawn is not good enough for continuous killing.

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Maps, Routes, and Data

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Reduced resolution
The routes in this section offer you full view of the maps in question, at a reduced resolution of 1280×720. In order to get the full resolution of 2560×1440, you’ll need to purchase my In-Depth Farming Guide. It offers a variety of routes for each zone, with all the data I’ve accumulated over the years of farming.

• My farmer is a Horde druid, so I can use a specific Moonfire macro mentioned below.
• Each zone was timed for 10 minutes.
• My Moonfire macro (that you can alter for another spell if you’re using another class):

/cleartarget
/tar Venom We
/tar Black Wi
/tar Leech St
/tar Cave St
/tar Domesticated
/tar Wildthorn St
/cast moonfire

Eastern Kingdoms

The one zone on this continent is probably everyone’s favorite, because anyone who’s played in this area has killed these spiders and know they can get silk, and also probably know how rare it is.

Duskwood

This zone is full of a variety of spiders that can drop silk for you, however that doesn’t mean they’ll drop more often. Plus, you’ve got players that quest for some of these spiders, so there can be competition, without them really wanting to compete with you. Another downside of this zone is all the trees. They can get in your way damn near all the time.

• Spider’s Silk – 8

This zone has been farmed to completion in my In-Depth Farming Guide, meaning you can now see how long it took me to get 50 Silk and more from this route alone.

Kalimdor

Now the area in this zone isn’t one most people come to because it’s overshadowed by the amount of knowledge people have of killing spiders in Duskwood. This zone still has a nice area for those wanting Spider’s Silk.

Ashenvale

This is a pretty short and simple route to take when it comes down to it. You don’t have much trees in the way, which is one of the reasons this is my favorite route to farm. Also, not many people come here–most flock to Duskwood where they know a lot of the spiders reside.

• Spider’s Silk – 7

This zone has been farmed to completion in my In-Depth Farming Guide, meaning you can now see how long it took me to get 50 Silk and more from this route alone.

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Professions

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If you’re curious as to how much gold you can possibly gain from the items listed below, you can always check out The Undermine Journal, choose your region, and then your realm. After that, search for the items below and see what they’ve been selling for lately.

Leatherworking

Toughened Leather Gloves
Skill: 135 | Equipment | Learned via Profession Trainer
If you’re able to craft this on your own, then it’s perfect if you’re a lower level and use either agility or intellect while going through the leveling process of quests or dungeons without technically focusing on just being a healer, because the stamina is just nice if you know you’ll be prone to being hit, and the crits are an extra success in taking enemies down.

Requires:

• (4) Medium Leather
• (2) Cured Medium Hide
• (2) Elixir of Defense
• (2) Spider’s Silk
• (2) Fine Thread

Tailoring