Guild Wars 2 Walkthrough – Help Elain clear the Spider cave

“Find and Destroy Spiders in their Hiding Places, Gather Edible Mushrooms for Elain, Tear Down Spider Webs and Destroy Toxic Mushrooms.”

You will find Elaine none too far from the nearby lake that sits close by the spider caves. Talk with her to learn more about why she wants you to find Redcap Mushrooms and a few other things.

Elain: “As an aspiring chef, I'm always on the lookout for new tastes and flavors here had some great ingredients to work with until those spiders moved in.”
Hero: A) “Can I help?”, B) “What do you know about the area?” C) “I found some redcaps. Do you want them?”
Elain: A) “The best mushrooms are in the caves up north,  but they've been infested by spiders. Could you clear out the spiders and their webs, and pick up some mushroom? Check under rocks and in nests too.”
Elain: B) “Besides how vicious the spiders here are? Mostly just that the local plant life produces some excellent  ingredients for culinary experimentation. I love to put new twists on classic dishes!”
Elain: C) “Oh my, these are perfect! Redcap mushrooms are naturally poisonous, but I've learned how to detoxify them so they're safe for cooking. I can make some great dishes with these.
Hero: D) “Poisonous? Go ahead and take them.” (get money) E) “You want to work with poisonous ingredients?”

Scattered around the area you will spot green glowing Mushrooms. These are the toxic mushrooms you want to track down and destroy. Each gives only a little progress toward helping Elain. When one of the Toxic Mushrooms is destroyed then a lvl 3 Toxic Ooze will appear and attack your character. The attacks that follow along the ground do the best overall to hit it.

Exploring around the area more will reveal Red Cap Mushrooms. Some will cause your character to grow to double their present size while the other will cause them to shrink to half their present size. That is just the first half of the points gathered this way though. Once you have collected a fair number of mushrooms take them to Elaine. She will not only pay your character but it will count as progress on her track. While you character is small they can crawl inside the Spider Nest found just inside the nearby caves. While they are larger they can lift up the Big Rocks and reveal spiders that will attack.

When you finish up this event, she will send you the following letter: “Spiders”
“I'm still having nightmares, but I'm glad we cleared that spider cave. Looking on the bright side, I found some real culinary delights! - Elain