Free kills/exp/loot near Venomspite (Dragonblight)

[Dendra]

I'm still new here (only just got approved last night) and I wanted to start posting immediately, but I had to build up my post count first. Nevertheless, this is my first attempt to post something useful to the community. I hope this isn't a repost (I searched and I couldn't find anything) or it's not a useless exploit that can't be replicated.

In Dragonblight, there's a Flight Point and town called Venomspite (near Naxx.) that offers several quests to fight the nearby Scarlet Onslaught. The only quest that is worthwhile taking and completing (for the purposes of this exploit) is Fresh Remounts offered by Hansel Bauer (I'll explain why later).

Once you've completed it, head back down to the outskirts of New Hearthglen and start killing mounted knights. Target the Knight, NOT the horse. I did this as a Mage, using Fireball/Pyroblast/Frostfire Bolt and Fire Blast. The Knight cannot dismount to engage you in combat, and thus, you can kill him with no threat to yourself. As long as you don't aggro the horse, the Knight has no way to reach you.

If you have previously completed Fresh Remounts, the Horse will turn friendly when you kill his rider and you can loot the body without any danger. If you haven't, it's not that important, since the horses (by themselves) have a very small aggro circle and it's possible to loot the body of a Knight without aggroing a horse.

I was getting (with rest state exp) about 1.4k a kill + silver + Frostweave cloth + the occasional green. I like it more than some of the Northrend AoE farm spots, since there's no danger and they're on a fairly fast respawn timer because of the quest.

Update
The best class to do this with is a ranged DPS, such as Mage/Hunter/Warlock/Shadow Priest

You could make it work with most other classes, except for melee only ones. Death Knights have a couple of ranged attacks (can somebody try Death-Gripping a rider?) and you can always turn to wands/bows/guns

Short Version:

1. Get to Venomspite
2. Complete "Fresh Remounts" (Optional)
3. Kill mounted Knights (not their horses)
4. Loot

[shadowsturm]

I'd try it out but it would be difficult to do a quest I've done before. I'll let you know if I can find a friend though.

[Dendra]

You don't need to do the quest if you've already completed it. Just having done it makes the riderless horses friendly when you kill the rider

[Dale93]

Hmmm, so what you are saying is that its like killing. Just without getting hit?

[Dendra]

^^
Yes, exactly. As long as you don't aggro the horse, the Knight is helpless. I was killing them quite quickly and making decent money/exp considering how easy it was. The horsemen are on a fairly fast spawn timer because of the quest requiring you to steal their mounts.

[World of Borat]

Thanks for the tips

[sol82]

That's actually pretty useful, especially since they won't be able to charge.

+Rep from me.

EDIT: Gratz on losing leecher status! Most people are leechers for years...

[Dendra]

I think that's why they're leechers!
Thanks for the rep, and I'll post anything else I find

[elliotps932]

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ICH MAG BUTTER!!!1!1!

[seeker37]

+Rep+RepThis is useful...

[Dendra]

Thanks
What did the german mean?

[chartgraves]

anyone confirm this works?

[Dendra]

It works, people above have confirmed it.

[warxhead]

No, you sadly can not death grip the riders(you can but they just aggro I think).

halo ich bin ein madchen. weisst du was das es.
ICH MAG BUTTER!!!1!1!

Ihr Deutsch ist schrecklich.

[Dendra]

Ah well, thanks for trying. Ranged DPS classes will have the easiest time then