Webwood Egg

Taming or subduing a fully grown, venomous Webwood spider is a perilous task far beyond the reach of solitary researchers. Rather than wrestling mature predators, scholars like Gilshalan Windwalker rely on unhatched eggs collected directly from clutches hidden in the dark recesses of Shadowthread Cave. Securing an unhatched egg allows naturalists to safely transport the creature and contain the emerging spiderlings upon hatching, giving them live subjects to study without facing the deadly fangs of fully grown beasts.

The unnatural aggression and corruption plaguing the native wildlife of Teldrassil has alarmed scholars across the boughs. Once secured at Aldrassil, these collected eggs and gathered venoms are slated for transport down the boughs to the capital of Darnassus. Researchers hope that raising and examining the spiders in controlled environments will yield valuable insight into the dark affliction creeping through the World Tree's boughs.