Silithid Egg (The Barrens)

In the arid basin of the Field of Giants, bizarre insect-like beings have begun churning the earth into towering mounds. Deep within these nests lie their eggs, buried beneath hardened soil and watched over by territorial broods. The Horde knows remarkably little about the silithid, but scouts stationed at the Crossroads have noted signs of coordinated behavior and uncanny intellect far exceeding ordinary wild beasts. Gathering unhatched eggs offers scholars in Orgrimmar their best chance to study the lifecycle and nature of this emerging menace.

Reaching the eggs requires prying into silithid mounds with specialized digging claws. Disturbing these clutches is perilous work; the silithid react fiercely to intrusions near their subterranean nurseries, swarming any who threaten their unhatched young. For researchers like the troll Korran, securing intact, unbroken specimens is critical for analysis before the swarm spreads further across Kalimdor.