Escape from a spiders lair in Mirkwood.
Some objects copied from the equipment being carried by players currently online and/or some gold.
Start at the Rhosgobel or Thranduils signposts.
Search Mirkwood for a spider to carry you off into their lair. Then find a way to escape.
If you are doing this quest then you may as well also complete Thranduil's: Spider Specimen which requires a couple of extra steps but gives you a secondary reward.
If you are low on health and wish to leave the lair without killing the spider. You can do so by dropping any of the rewards you have found and distracting the spider from the exit (perhaps by smashing the eggs as described in Thranduil's: Spider Specimen) then simply leaving.
A hideous giant spider can be somewhat tricky to find, however there are a few places it most frequently spawns. The easiest way to find it is to start at the Rhosgobel signpost and head directly east. Otherwise you can start at the Thranduils signpost and head directly north and south. If you cannot find it on those routes you will have to search the whole of Mirkwood in order to find it. Once you find the spider you need to lose the fight. Once you are reduced to roughly a quarter of your health you will see the following Sensing your weakness, the spider effortlessly pins you down and injects its venom into you. In a drowsy haze of pain and weakness you realize with mounting terror that you are being trussed up in strong, sticky strands of webbing. You are helpless to stop it!. You will then have all of your equipment removed and you will be taken to the spider lair. If you are trying to do this quest in a group this is also when the group will be able to find An odd mound of earth in a nearby room which is the entrance to the spider lair. After a short period of being unable to escape you will see You feel a jostling, and then part of the cocoon is neatly cut open. Two enormous, hairy legs widen the slit and then prod you a few times, in just the same way you would to determine if a fine roast was ready for eating! Your last glimpse of the beast as it disappears is of eight beady eyes staring at you hungrily... You feel you may be able to get out of the cocoon now, but cannot help but wonder if it's not safer in here for the time being..
out
All of your equipment will be in cocoon 1.
do wear all from cocoon 1,get all from cocoon 1
Now there will be 2-4 other cocoons containing your rewards.
do cut cocoon <number>,open cocoon <number>,i cocoon <number>
After you open the cocoon you will find one of three possibilities. The worst thing you will find is a near death An ugly orc which you can simply kill for his A short sword. Secondly you can find a cocoon containing only gold and A bloodless corpse. Finally you might get lucky and the cocoon will contain a non unique item which is copied randomly from the current set of gear being carried by the players currently online and A bloodless corpse.
Once you have collected all your rewards and are ready to leave you can simply do the following.
do nw,kill spider
When the spider is dead you can leave by simply going out.
If you take to long deciding upon your rewards then the spider will come in and attack you. You can move to another room in order to escape temporarily.
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