Gilnid

Gilnid
Title	<The Smelter>
Gender	Male
Race	Goblin (Humanoid)
Level	20 Elite
Reaction	Alliance Horde
Occupation	Engineer
Location	Deadmines
Status	Deceased (lore) Killable
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In-game.

Gilnid <The Smelter> was a goblin found in the Deadmines. Gilnid was the head smelter for Edwin VanCleef.

When Jerias Bloodvein invaded the Deadmines, he was killed by James Blackridge.

Adventure Guide

Glinid is a masterful engineer and head smelter of the Defias Brotherhood's operations. He ensures the juggernaut is loaded with sufficient cannons and ammunition and will tolerate no breaks until the work is complete.

In the RPG

This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

In the crafting of technological automatons, Gilnid may have had no equal. Amoral beyond the ability of the goblins to stomach, Gilnid was cast out of Booty Bay when his insane experiments ran amok in the city’s marketplace. Gilnid had no interest in politics, and played no part in the Brotherhood’s decision making, but the Brotherhood funded his experiments and kept him supplied with parts. VanCleef had enormous — perhaps too much — respect for his mad talents.

Combat info

Getting through the forge to Gilnid was harder than the actual fight with him. Most of the mobs around him could be pulled separately, usually leaving only one near him. The fight was fairly straightforward.

Abilities

Original

•  Molten Metal — Inflicted Fire damage every 3 sec. to an enemy, increasing the time between its attacks by 54% and its movement by 50% for 15 sec.

Classic Timewalking

•  Molten Metal  — Gilnid hurls molten metal, inflicting 20 Fire damage every 3 sec to an enemy, increasing the time between their attacks by 50%, and slowing their movement by 50% for 15 sec.
•  Melt Ore   — Gilnid covers nearby enemies in molten ore, inflicting 4 Fire damage every 1 sec and reducing their movement speed by 15% for 20 sec. This effect stacks.
•  Summon Remote-Controlled Golems   — Gilnid calls out 2 worker golems to attack a random target.
  • Remote-Controlled Golem   — This golem will randomly attack a target and ignores taunts.

Quotes

• "Anyone want to take a break? Well too bad! Get to work you oafs!"
• "Get those parts moving down to the ship!"
• "The cannons must be finished soon."

Loot

	Defias Scimitar			Forgemaster's Faceshield
	[Smelting Pants]			[Lavishly Jeweled Ring]

Notes

• Gilnid was bigger than the rest of the goblins in the room.
• You needed to kill Gilnid to get through the door behind him.

Patch changes

• Patch 11.0.5 (2024-10-22): Re-added as a Timewalking boss.
  
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Removed.
  
• Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Fixed some typos in Gilnid's text in The Deadmines.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB

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