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Comment by kreghx

87,18 in swamp of sorrows is a nice spot... there are level 42 crocs around, be careful... getting to the strand is half the battle. the crawlers drop plenty of the legs, most drop 2 at a time.

Comment by Tankme

Go to Darkshire in Duskwood, take the road East out of town.

That leads to Deadwind Pass.

East across this zone leads to the Swamp of Sorrows.

easy to have this done under 5 min!

Comment by kanaxya

You have to kill "silt crawlers" https://www.wowhead.com/classic/npc=922
or "monsterous crawlers" https://www.wowhead.com/classic/npc=1088
located along the eastern coast of Swamp of Sorrows.
I found the most around 95, 48 but they can be found anywhere along the water, they have a good drop rate.

Comment by 38883

Nice, each Crawler I killed dropped 1 and some even dropped 2!

Comment by Bawsderitchy

I found that the easiest place to farm these little sods was around 93,40.

There are no crocs around to pester you and the drop rate was just a good as any other location.

That said, if you are farming XP, then by all means go with the crocs.

Comment by Kore

They drop off Silt Crawlers (Level 40~ Beast) and Monstrous Crawler (Level 43~ Beast), they're located at the eastern coast of Swamp of Sorrows, along with some level 41~ Crocs.

Silt Crawlers drop Big-mouth Clams, which contains Zesty Clam Meat. 10 of those are needed for the Artisan Cooking quest: https://www.wowhead.com/classic/quest=6610
So it'd be a good idea to save those Zesty Clam Meats if you are leveling Cooking.

Another quest that takes action on the same coast is Driftwood: https://www.wowhead.com/classic/quest=1398

Comment by Thottbot

First off, the quest does NOT call them muckdwellers. he says the ones in theramore are called muckdwellers. the ones you are looking for are called slit crawlers and monstorous crawlers. the slit crawlers are level 40 and 41, the massive crawlers that i saw were all level 44. try not to go down to the southern shore area if you are alone, and don't have a pet, and happen to be under level 40. it's UNSAFE. there are dragonkin(40-45 elite), and murlocs(40-44), and spiders(40-41), and high level KOS humanoids(over 49) all about down there. unfortunatly, once i got down there, i was stuck down there, so i eventually suceeded. it took around 30-35 minutes at level 39 with my hunter, and the payoff was dismal compared to the effort to get to swamp of sorrows in the first place, and to trek across it(it appears almost all horde/KOS/dragonkin, so it's not kind to alliance folk. :-/ )
i would hold off soloing or partying it until level 41, for best results.

Comment by Thottbot

If you're going up to visit the crabs, then you really ought to combine this with the Driftwood quest which is in the same area:
http://www.thotbott.com/?qu=1398

Comment by Thottbot

Another interesing point for those who read the posts too quickly (like me) and miss that the 85,16 location is NOT in Dustwallow (where you get the quest):

That location in Dustwallow will put you just East of Alcaz Island. Home to level 59-61 elite guardians of the imprisoned King Wyrnn of Stormwind. Not good swimming water :-)

See this discussion as well.

Make sure to head over to the Swamp of Sorrows in the Eastern Kingdoms before locating 85,16.

Comment by Thottbot

You have to go to from Dustwallow to the Eastern Kingdoms, Swamp of Sorrows. That's why he asks if you're "willing to travel", it's a far away quest. The coordinates in the previous posts both correspond to areas near islands, but the pristine legs come from monsters in the Swamp of Sorrows, NOT Dustwallow . So take the ship back to the Eastern Kingdoms, from Menethil > Iron Forge > Stormwind > Darkshire, then walk along the road going EAST, keeping to the path on the LEFT, walk THROUGH Deadwind pass to the other side, you'll come out on the west side of the Swamp of Sorrows, in order to complete the quest, you need to go to the other side of the area into the water, where, at the locations mentioned above, you'll find your slit crab dealies.

Comment by Thottbot

i found them at 84,15 they were only lvl 40

Comment by Thottbot

My L40 warrior swam up from Booty Bay for this quest. No problems except along the southern coast where the crocs are higher level. (Also got one of the fish for the Artisan Fishing quest there!)

Comment by Thottbot

this is in swamp of sorrows not dustwallow. dont make the same mistake i did cuz the coords given will take u to a island of elites in dustwallow. i found out the hard way =\

Comment by Thottbot

You can get them off any of the silt crawlers that roam the beach at most of the co-ordinates mentioned above. Each usually drops 2.

Comment by Thottbot

When ya kill the crawlers for their legs, save any of the zesty clam meat ya get from the big clams, you'll need it for the cooking quest ya get in gadgetzan later

Comment by Thottbot

You have to go to from Dustwallow to the Eastern Kingdoms, Swamp of Sorrows. That's why he asks if you're "willing to travel", it's a far away quest.

85,16

Comment by Thottbot

You must kill silt crawlers or monsterous crawlers located along the eastern coast. I found the most around 91, 72 but they can be found anywhere along the water. Pretty good drop rate too.

Comment by Thottbot

experienced a minor hiccup along the way... fell off a bridge on the deadwind pass... had to swim to flat area then run past 10 lvl ? ogres. died twice.

if i hadnt been stupid this would have gone without a hitch. getting to the beach was easy. mana shielded a few times.

almost died once because i aggroed a lvl 40 crab thing and a lvl 41 croc at the same time. this is tough on a lvl 39 :D made it tho with evocation, and mana shield. *nods*

so as long as your not stupid, you can probably solo this at 37 or 38. as long as your good at PvE and figvhting things well above your lvl.

Have fun!

Comment by Thottbot

This is not in or near Theramore. It is Swamp of Sorrows. Now that makes sense.

Comment by Thottbot

From Theramore I flew to Ratchet. Took boat to BB and stayed there overnight. Flew to Darkshire. Rode on mount through the pass, up the top road East all the way to the coast. From the coast I walked South for them. They all dropped one, three dropped two. I got plenty of meat for my pet and scored a Black pearl to sell on AH. I than hearthed back to Theramore.

Comment by Thottbot

Started this as an early Lv 39 Rouge and almost reached 40, probably will when i turn in these legs. I found the best way for me to reach the Swap of Sorrows (SoS) was to fly to Darkshire then walk east from there. I thought Lakeshore would be easier but there were mountains blocking the way. The nice thing was that as long as you stayed on the path there were no mobs to contend with until I reached SoS. Within SoS there are a number of quests you can pick up from a small camp in the northwestern part of the map. You may as well do these while you're there because it's such a long ways to go, at least for walkers like me. There are a few 40 to mid-40s (including elites) close to the temple but they are easy enough to avoid. The lockboxes around the outside of the temple are a good place to practice lockpicking as well. Lots of humanoids to beat up on and a number of elementals in a couple of places that drop between 1-3 s each (usually 2 s). I think it might be tough for someone in the low 30's but very doable for those mid-30 and higher. A great place to pick up XP and assorted odd and ends. The crabs themselves aren't tough as they drop well but there's not much point going after the monster ones that are couple of levels above the others. They're just too tough to kill to be worth it. There wee a few ambushed panthers (shadowpanthers?) near the shore but they were easy enough to detect and deal with - I even go a shadowhide out of one. I'd suggest plutting SoS into the search fucntion of Thotbot that looks for "Quest involves killing in" in order to maximize your experience there. gl

Comment by Thottbot

Yepyep, I just did this as a level 37 Druid (feral), and while it wasn't entirely a walk in the park, it was definitely doable and good XP (3000+).
- Yes, go to Swamp of Sorrows in the Eastern Kingdoms (directions are above in another post) before you start looking. I dunno how exactly that place is tied to Kalimdor, but they seem to like it (Desolace quests send you there too).
- Follow the road, heading northish when it forks. (Level 40ish ogres here and there, and various high 30s spiders, jaguars and crocodiles in the swamp).
- Once you get to the place with the Lost One things (Fallow something), be on your toes...I mostly prowled through there in Catform (there's an escort quest here you can get from the guy in the cage, but do not try to do this on your own. You'll get owned. Cause like all the moronic escort quest mobs, he walks smack into the middle of all the surrounding monsters.)
- Once past the Fallowsomething, watch out for level 39 shadow panthers (rogue-like, will unstealth as you get close). The place is crawling with them, trying to fight one I immediately got 2 adds and barely made it just running for the coast.
- Coast: I did fine killing the level 40/41 crawlers, 41 crocs when in the way, and dodging the 42 crocodiles (and running northwards like hell when I did draw one). If you use ranged attacks on the crawlers, be careful to not back up into the swamp and into the panthers.
- They all drop 1-2 legs and the ones at the very northern point of the shore were starting to respawn by the time I'd moved on just a short bit, so you definitely shouldn't have to stray too far south.

Good luck!

Comment by Allakhazam

I found the crab legs on Silt Crawlers which are found down by the beach mixed in with the murlocs. Watch out for the middle area of this zone as there are 43+ level dragon elites.

Comment by Allakhazam

You can go into the water and offshore with underwater breathing potions and kill the Monstrous Crawlers probably easier than you can contend with the Murlocks.

Comment by Allakhazam

I have been trying to find these Crawlers all along the coast even up to Durotar but didnt see them. can some one give me a more direct location please?

Edited, Wed Jul 20 10:46:11 2005

Comment by Allakhazam

87,18 in swamp of sorrows is a nice spot... there are level 42 crocs around, be careful... getting to the strand is half the battle. the crawlers drop plenty of the legs, most drop 2 at a time.

Comment by Allakhazam

Why is this listed as starting in Durotar?

Comment by Allakhazam

Did the quest as a 37 warrior, the crawlers where doable (lvl 40/41), just watch out for the lvl42 aligators ! The crawlers are on the beach north side!

Comment by Allakhazam

87,18 in swamp of sorrows is a nice spot... there are level 42 crocs around, be careful... getting to the strand is half the battle. the crawlers drop plenty of the legs, most drop 2 at a time.

Comment by Allakhazam

Where is the Swamp of Sorrows located? No coordiantes please. I do not have any add ons that will give me coordinates. Please just give some accurate directions.

Thanks

Edited, Jul 7th 2006 at 12:10pm EDT by Raxcks

Edited, Jul 7th 2006 at 12:43pm EDT by Raxcks

Comment by Allakhazam

After you complete Morgan's two quests go to the Blue Recluse in the Mage District of Stormwind.

One of the guys there will offer you the quest Feast at the Blue Reclusefor helping out Morgan.

Really cool!

Comment by Allakhazam

Because its a continuation quest that you cant get until you complete the prereq?

Comment by Allakhazam

All of the crabs on the Misty Reed Strand (Beach area) will drop varying numbers of the legs.

Comment by Allakhazam

Was possible to solo quest as a 37 priest, however 2x death cos of croc pop on my head. And 1 death on way to the beach.

Comment by Allakhazam

drop rate is very high even 2 for each! u can make in 5 min!

Comment by LadyJessa

Good news is, 100% drop rate

Also, the murlocs near here drop clams containing zesty clam meat for the 300 cooking quest

Comment by GilD

Hard part is getting there.

I flew to Darkshire and then through the Deadwind Pass. The crawlers are found on the coast, crabs, eh? Navigating the Swamp of Sorrows eastwards needs a little care. The southern fork of the road takes you to the Horde Settlement of Stonard and this portion of the road is patrolled by Horde scouts. I settled on the northern road for its first part, but after the bridge at this is murloc territory, not that they are hard to kill. but there are a lot of them. To avoid the murlocs I paralleled the road on its southern side (do not go too far south at this point or you will be bumping into 43-44 dragonkin elites) and apart from crocs (38-39 mostly) and stealthed panthers (40ish) was able to reach the coast at around with no problems.

The Silt Crawlers in this region (40-41) drop the legs you want, are neutral, it seemed to be a 100% drop and some dropped more than one. The 12 required will not take long.

Repeat, you do not need the Monstrous Crawlers (further south and higher level).

Comment by Elnuvya

You definitely want to go to the northern end of the Swamp of Sorrows beach. Up north you'll find plenty of Silt Crawlers and only a few level 41 crocs that you can easily avoid. The southern end of the beach is crawling with level 42 - 44 Murlocs and crocs.

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Bring 12 Pristine Crawler Legs to Morgan Stern in Theramore.

	Pristine Crawler Leg (12)

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Another component of my new recipe is the shelled leg of a giant crab. And the crabs they have in Dustwallow -- Muckshells they call them -- just won't do! I'm afraid the only suitable crabs live far away, in the Swamp of Sorrows.

The shell of the crab leg is a key element of the dish's presentation so I need pristine, unscarred legs. An adult crab might only have one or two such legs, and I need a lot in order to research my dish.

So, <name>... are you willing to travel?

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