Shadowed Halls and Dusty Cogs
 Shadowed Halls and Dusty Cogs | |
|---|---|
 The halls of Gnomeregan | |
| Start | Captain Tread Sparknozzle[41.8, 31.4] |
| End | Captain Tread Sparknozzle[41.8, 31.4] |
| Level | 50-70 |
| Category | Heritage |
| Race |
  Gnome |
| Experience | 22,300 |
| Rewards |
46 80 |
| Previous |
 [50-70] Gnomeregan's Finest |
| Next |
[50-70] A Tundra Conundrum |
Objectives
Find the Prototype Arcane Engine within the Engineering Labs of Gnomeregan.
- Enter Gnomeregan through the Workshop Entrance
- Prototype Arcane Engine
Description
An elite aerial unit wouldn't be complete without the newest innovations in flying machine technology.
There's just one small problem.
The innovative new engine we built was left behind when we evacuated Gnomeregan. We need that prototype if we want these bombers to safely get off the ground!
Rewards
You will receive:
- 46 80
- 22,300 XP
Completion
Excellent! I've sent Tinkerbow and Autoblast ahead to prepare for[sic] the engine for installation.
Notes
On accept, Tread begins pacing back and forth on the platform to deliver a briefing to Tinkerbow, Winklespring, and Autoblast:
- Captain Tread Sparknozzle says: You are Gnomeregan's finest soldiers. Paragons of gnomanity. The best examples of gnomish ingenuity and determination.
- Captain Tread Sparknozzle says: And so, you four will be the first to take to the skies as Gnomish Aerial Elite Rangers, and--
- Emaedi Autoblast says: Elite Aerial Rangers, sir!
- Captain Tread Sparknozzle says: Excuse me, soldier?
- Emaedi Autoblast says: You said Aerial Elite Rangers, which would be G.A.E.R. If you wanted G.E.A.R.--
- Captain Tread Sparknozzle says: I know what I said! Anyway, you are the first Gnomish Elite Aerial Rangers. And you will show Azeroth everything we gnomes can accomplish.
- Tread returns to his previous position.
Head down into Gnomeregan, where members of S.A.F.E. are busy clearing out the Loading Room, the Train Depot, and the Old Dormitory. Leper gnomes are nowhere to be seen. Instead, Sanitation Technicians can be seen all over the area, spraying water with the help of GS-10x Multi-Bots, scrapping metal in large machines, tinkering with GS-5x Cargo-Bots, or overseeing teams of Gnomish Excavating Machines. GS-2x Demo-Bots are pummeling away at piles of debris, and G-5 CANARY bots are running around scouring the area for any remaining signs of radiation.
A Sanitation Technician cleaning up the tunnels with a GS-10x Multi-Bot
A GS-2x Demo-Bot pummeling debris
A group of Gnomish Excavating Machines trying to clear out a collapsed tunnel
A Sanitation Technician working on some GS-5x Cargo-Bots
A Sanitation Technician scrapping metal
Head north through the Train Depot until you get to the Workshop Entrance. Click the Workshop Door to open it, then head through the instance portal to enter a special phased version of the Gnomeregan dungeon, specifically the back tunnel leading to the Engineering Labs. Upon entering:
- Fizzi Tinkerbow says: Testing. One, two, three. Can you hear me, Commander?
- Cog Captain Winklespring says: Looks like your communication device is working, tinker.
- Cog Captain Winklespring says: Commander, the last gnomes to visit this wing were my own unit on their way to Sector 17. Watch out for any steam pipes or gnomebots in disrepair.
The halls are filled with hazards in the form of roaming Dust Crawlers, stationary Broken Robots, and broken pipes. Broken Robots will periodically emit an electric pulse in a large area around them, dealing around 20% of your health in damage, while broken pipes will regularly emit clouds of steam, knocking you back and dealing a significant amount of damage if you try to run through it or jump over it. Dispatch any Dust Crawlers you encounter and time your movements such that you can get past the robots and pipes without taking damage.
At the Engineering Labs, a pack of four Leperous Rats will fall down from the ceiling and attack you. The western circuit path is blocked off by a closed gate while an impassable energy field prevents you from heading down into the center of the labs, so continue down the southern path while avoiding hazards and killing more rats and Dust Crawlers.
A Broken Robot about to emit a pulse
A pipe leaking steam
A Dust Crawler
A pack of Leperous Rats
The energy field blocking the path to the Engineering Labs
Eventually, upon reaching the western side of the Engineering Labs, you will enter a small workshop containing a Broken Teleporter and the Prototype Arcane Engine, guarded by a sleeping mechanical wolf named LASS-E x12.
- Fizzi Tinkerbow says: My old workshop! The engine should be on the other side of the room. But I don't detect my old combat suit. How odd...
LASS-E will aggro as soon as you get close:
- LASS-E x12 says: GUARD MODE ACTIVATED.
The wolf periodically casts ERROR, bombarding the area with damaging sparks, with the duration increased by 1 second after each use. Kill the wolf:
- LASS-E x12 says: WAS I A G-GOOD B-B-B-BOY...
...and then loot the Protoype Arcane Engine. The moment you do so, the city's security system will activate:
- Gnomeregan Security System yells: Warning! Warning! Intruder alert! Intruder alert!
The system will keep repeating its warning roughly every 12 seconds. Luckily, you can now interact with the nearby Broken Teleporter to fix it and instantly teleport back to the surface of New Tinkertown. Head back to Captain Sparknozzle, who is now all by himself; the other members of G.E.A.R. have left.
LASS-E x12
Prototype Arcane Engine
Broken Teleporter
Progression
-
[50-70] Shifting Gears - [50-70] Gnomeregan's Finest
- [50-70] Shadowed Halls and Dusty Cogs
- [50-70] A Tundra Conundrum
- [50-70] Now With More Mechanical Fowl
- [50-70] Smarter Than Your Average Trogg
- [50-70] The Gnome Behind the Trogg
- [50-70] A Signal in Storm Peaks
- [50-70] Gnomercy!
- [50-70] Operation: Troggageddon
- [50-70] For Gnomeregan!
- [50-70] G.E.A.R. Up
Patch changes
Patch 8.2.0 (2019-06-25): Added.
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