Undermine

The Undermine
Type	City
Leader(s)	Trade princes Grimla Fizzlecrank
Formerly	Jastor Gallywix †
Government	Plutocracy
Race(s)	Goblin  Hobgoblin  Orc  Troll  Ogre  Virmen  Tauren  Pandaren  Ethereal  Human  Blood elf
Language(s)	Goblin
Affiliation(s)	Trade Coalition, Cartels of Undermine (Bilgewater Cartel, Blackwater Cartel, Steamwheedle Cartel, Venture Company), Darkfuse Solutions, Tinkers' Union
Location	Beneath Kezan
Status	Active

The Undermine, or just Undermine, is the subterranean capital city of the goblins, located in the bowels of Mount Kajaro on the Isle of Kezan in the South Seas. Weaving through the heart of Kezan in a dizzying network of tunnels, vaults, and lava tubes, Undermine epitomizes the goblins' complex, unpredictable mindset. The city has many sluicetowns such as Pyrix, and its air is stale and oily. Troll slaves work in the city. The city of Bilgewater Port, located on the surface of Kezan, linked to the underground metropolis.

History

Background

The Zandalari trolls originally enslaved the goblins and forced them to mine kaja'mite ore from the bowels of Mount Kajaro. After the goblins' intelligence was heightened by the magical mineral and they revolted against the trolls to claim Kezan for themselves, the mines that had been their prison, their slave camp, and the base of their rebellion now became the city of Undermine. It was there that they built the foundations of an empire in which their inventions would help them rule the world, but as the supply and effects of kaja'mite dwindled and the goblins' intelligence waned, they ultimately turned to mercantilism instead.

After Deathwing caused Kajaro to erupt during the Cataclysm, the molten lava threatened to incinerate the island. The fate of Undermine was initially unknown after the eruption, and the city was presumably heavily damaged, being as it was under Kajaro. Immediately after the disaster, some goblins believed all of Kezan to have been destroyed, though this later proved to be incorrect.

The War Within

This section concerns content related to The War Within.

Jastor Gallywix has taken over the city with his personal army, Darkfuse Enforcement.

Getting there

The first character on the account must complete the Trust Issues chapter of the Undermine(d) campaign, starting with  [80] When Opportunity Explodes in Foundation Hall of Dornogal and ending with  [80] Down Undermine. When Opportunity Explodes requires one character at level 80 that has completed the level-up campaign. Completing the chapter unlocks the Gutterside Rocket Station connection at ^{[77.1, 73.2]} in the Ringing Deeps. After that, all other characters on the warband can use the rocket drill to get to and from Undermine.

Immediately after arriving in Undermine, players unlock a teleporter that connects Gutterside Rocket Station at ^{[27.7, 54.3]} with the Forgegrounds at ^{[52.3, 50.7]} in Dornogal in the quest  [80] Test Run. This is also a warband-wide unlock.

In chapter three of the campaign, players unlock a rocket drill connection between the Kaja'Coast of Zuldazar at ^{[22.5, 54.2]} with the Slam Central Station at ^{[18.9, 52.1]} in  [80] The Kaja'Coast.

Geography

The explorable part of Undermine in-game is the downtown part of the city. More regions of Undermine exist in lore, connected to downtown via rockets at Slam Central Station, but are inaccessible to players. Uptown also exists.

Maps and subregions

Zone map

Airship Supply Depot Bilgewater Flats The Scrapshop Blackwater Marina Castaway Cove The Oily Octopus Demolition Dome Emerald Hills Golf Course Hovel Hill Cheap Grillz Inc. Cwik Career College The Diamond Lounge Hob Ross Studio & Supply Hocus & Pocus Fine Reagents Last Choice Bank Literal Flea Market The Low Blow Sweethearts Resort & Catering Undermine Sanitation Pleasant Heights Plunder Party Port Authority Public Parking Shipping and Handling Slam Central Station Steamwheedle Laboratories Tailgate Park The Gallagio The Heaps The Hoardroom The Incontinental Hotel The Moneymaker The Vatworks Venture Plaza Venturewood Lore locations Pyrix Undermine Commerce College

Instances

• Raid Liberation of Undermine ^[42, 49]
• Delve Sidestreet Sluice ^[35, 53]
• Delve Demolition Dome (challenge) ^[50, 10]

Travel hubs

• Demolition Dome ^[58, 10]
• The Gallagio ^[61, 49]
• The Heaps ^[44, 80]
• The Incontinental Hotel ^[43, 46]
• Slam Central Station ^[24, 51]

Undermine

Raid
Delve
Flight path

Notable characters

Main article: Undermine NPCs

Quests

Main article: Undermine(d) campaign

Weekly quests

There are two repeatable tasks in Undermine that are tied to weekly quests: S.C.R.A.P. digs and Shipping and Handling jobs. S.C.R.A.P. digs are unlocked at Renown 2 with the Cartels of Undermine, and after a brief tutorial quest chain, players unlock the weekly quest  [80W] Reduce, Reuse, Resell, rewarding reputation.

Shipping and Handling jobs are unlocked after acquiring the  [G-99 Breakneck] vehicle halfway through chapter two of the Undermine(d) campaign in  [80] License Not Required. The G-99 is a ground vehicle that has physics, similar to the transition from Steady Flight to Skyriding in Dragonflight. Boost to pick up speed and drift around corners to maintain that speed (and refill the turbo meter for more boosting).

With the G-99, two more weekly quests are available.  [80W] Many Jobs, Handle It! tasks players with completing 10 Shipping and Handling tasks, and  [80W] Urge to Surge has players take part in a Surge Pricing event that runs for 15 minutes at the bottom of every hour (starting at xx:30). Many Jobs, Handle It awards reputation, and Urge to Surge rewards  [Nanny's Surge Dividends], a standard weekly cache that contains materials for upgrading gear, gold, and more.

Finally, players are tasked with defeating The Gobfather, the world boss in the Demolition Dome, in  [80EEWQ] The Main Event.

World quests

Which cartel players choose affects which world quests they see each week. Most are unique to the chosen cartel, though a few are shared and will be available to all cartels at the same time.

• Bilgewater Cartel

  •  [80WQ] Boomball
  •  [80WQ] Boom and Burst
  •  [80WQ] One Goblin's Trash
  •  [80WQ] Hazardous Waste
  •  [80WQ] Scalper Scum

• Steamwheedle Cartel

  •  [80WQ] Boomball
  •  [80WQ] Free Samples!
  •  [80WQ] Underrider Grease
  •  [80WQ] Evidence of Effect
  •  [80WQ] Scalper Scum

• Blackwater Cartel

  •  [80WQ] Boomball
  •  [80WQ] For Love of Grog
  •  [80WQ] In The Heights
  •  [80WQ] Pictures! Pictures of Undermine!
  •  [80WQ] Scalper Scum

• Venture Company

  •  [80WQ] Boomball
  •  [80WQ] Reduce, Re-ooze, Recycle
  •  [80WQ] Bomb Voyage!
  •  [80WQ] Caddyshock
  •  [80WQ] Scalper Scum

Vignettes

Rare enemies

• Scrapbeak
• Tally Doublespeak
• V.V. Goosworth
• S.A.L.
• Candy Stickemup
• Swigs Farsight
• The Junk-Wall
• Chief Foreman Gutso
• M.A.G.N.O.
• Scrapchewer
• Darkfuse Precipitant
• Ratspit
• Slimesby
• Thwack
• Nitro
• Grimewick
• Ephemeral Agent Lathyd
• Slugger the Smart
• Flyboy Snooty
• Giovante
• Voltstrike the Charged
• Gallagio Garbage (S.C.R.A.P.)
• The Gobfather (world boss)

Treasures

• Unexploded Fireworks
•  [Fireworks Hat]
• Blackened Dice
• Potent Potable
•  [Papa's Prized Putter]
• Particularly Nice Lamp
• Marooned Floatmingo
•  [Crumpled Schematic]
• Suspicious Book
•  [Exploded Plunger]
• Lonely Tub
• Abandoned Toolbox
• Unsupervised Takeout
•  [Uncracked Cold Ones]
• Trick Deck of Cards

Lore Books

• Rocket Drill Safety Manual
• First Half of Noggenfogger's Journal
• Extractor Drill X-78 Safety Guide
• Misplaced Work Order
• A Threatening Letter
• Second Half of Noggenfogger's Journal
• Gallywix's Notes

Races

There are two different race types in Undermine, ground races for the  [G-99 Breakneck], and air races using the provided skyrocket jet pack. These are tracked in their respective achievements,  [Undermine Breaknecking: Gold] and  [Undermine Skyrocketing: Gold].

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  G-99 Breakneck
  Skyrocket

• G-99 Breakneck races

  Type	Race	Coords
  G-99	Breakneck Bolt	[26, 53]
  	Junkyard Jaunt	[43, 78]
  	Casino Cruise	[39, 54]
  	Sandy Scuttle	[48, 44]
  Sky	The Heaps Leap	[34, 76]
  	Rags to Riches Rush	[25, 42]
  	Skyrocketing Sprint	[39, 29]
  	Scrapshop Shot	[39, 11]

Achievements

• Exploration
  •  [Going Goblin Mode]
    •  [Adventurer of Undermine]
    •  [Nine-Tenths of the Law]
    •  [That Can-Do Attitude]
    •  [Treasures of Undermine]
    •  [Read Between the Lines]
    •  [You're My Friend Now]
  • S.C.R.A.P.
    •  [No Littering]
    •  [Really No Littering]
    •  [Absolutely Zero Littering]
    •  [Can You Believe What People Throw Away?]
    •  [Cleanin' the Streets]
  •  [Explore Undermine]
  •  [That Can-Do Attitude]
  • Under the Echoes
  •  [C.H.E.T.T. List]
    1.  [C.H.E.T.T. a Look]
    2.  [C.H.E.T.T.ing it Twice]
    3.  [C.H.E.T.T.mate]
    •  ["Employee" of the Month]
• Quests
  •  [Sojourner of Undermine]
  •  [Undermined]
• Reputation
  •  [A Long Fuse]
  •  [Ally of Undermine]
  •  [Cartels Bestie]
  •  [In with the Cartels]
  •  [Trade-Duke]
• Pet battles
  •  [Family Battler of Undermine]
  •  [Aquatic Battler of Undermine]
  •  [Beast Battler of Undermine]
  •  [Critter Battler of Undermine]
  •  [Dragonkin Battler of Undermine]
  •  [Elemental Battler of Undermine]
  •  [Flying Battler of Undermine]
  •  [Humanoid Battler of Undermine]
  •  [Magic Battler of Undermine]
  •  [Mechanical Battler of Undermine]
  •  [Undead Battler of Undermine]
  •  [Undermine Safari]
• Races
  •  [G-99 Breakneck]
    1.  [Undermine Breaknecking: Bronze]
    2.  [Undermine Breaknecking: Silver]
    3.  [Undermine Breaknecking: Gold]
  • Skyrocket
    1.  [Undermine Skyrocketing: Bronze]
    2.  [Undermine Skyrocketing: Silver]
    3.  [Undermine Skyrocketing: Gold]

Mentions prior to The War Within

World of Warcraft

•  [Undermine Clam Chowder].
• Wharfmaster Dizzywig of Ratchet states, "...you could tell him that I've got some things from Undermine for him..." at the opening of the quest  [14] The Missing Shipment.
• The ending of the quest  [10-30] Excelsior says, "Thanks to your help I'll have this order filled and sent off to Director Riddlevox on the next boat to Undermine."
• Gazlowe in Ratchet states that Pozzik "was one of the most respected tinkerers in Undermine before he retired to start working on the racers."
• When the quest  [16] Samophlange is turned in to Sputtervalve in Ratchet, he says, "This is... er... interesting... yes. I'll have it sent along to the Tinkers' Union headquarters in Undermine. I'm sure after some careful dissection and research, they'll be able to make some sense of it."
• When the quest Wenikee Boltbucket is received from Sputtervalve (after the above Samophlange quest), he says, "I think I might have broken that Samophlange. That's not good, because I already told some colleagues in Undermine about it and they were very intrigued."
• When the quest  [5-30] Miner's Fortune is turned into Wharfmaster Dizzywig in Ratchet, he says, "Look at the size of that thing! We're going to be rich! Let's see, according to the rates I've seen on gems going into Undermine, I should be able to figure out your cut--fifty percent, don't worry!"
• When you turn in the quest Southsea Freebooters to Gazlowe in Ratchet, he says, "I don't even want to think about the profits I've lost from pirate raiding, and now they set up camp on my doorstep? It's getting out of hand, Undermine's got to do something about it."
• In the Horde quest  [27] Further Instructions Sputtervalve says, "The matter of this gnome that has been hired by Venture Company has caused a bit of a stir in Undermine." It also mentions the trade princes, Director Riddlevox (the head of the Tinkers' Union), and Razdunk (the head of the Venture Company).
• In the shipment quests from Timothy Jones in Dalaran, a "wealthy shipping concern" from the Undermine request different collection of jewelry.
• After finishing the quest  [22] Gerenzo's Orders and bringing the  [Unidentified Ore] to Ziz Fizziks, he says, "I'm sure the engineers in Undermine will be most interested to look at this..."
• Al'tabim the All-Seeing mentions Undermine and how the trade princes took Kezan from the trolls.
• The Claims Adjuster on Kezan is from "Undermine Insurance Unlimited."
•  [Erorus' Ledger of Trade] allegedly contains "Absurdly detailed records of countless transactions between buyers and sellers in the Undermine". (Note: The flavor text is a nod to The Undermine Journal - a fan website which tracks items and transactions on auction houses for US and EU regions - that was created and is maintained by Erorus.)
• When Monte Gazlowe asks where the Venture Company goblins in Mmarl are from, Jenni Boombuckle says "You mean Undermine?"
•  [Tarnished Undermine Real] is an item exclusive to Season of Discovery that can be exchanged for various items in Booty Bay. The description mentions that the currency is "slowly being phased out of circulation, but it still enjoys a very favorable exchange rate throughout the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor."

Other mentions

New Year event

The New Year 2005 content on the official community site, which states: "The innovative and artistic engineers of Undermine have been slaving away since their display of pyrotechnics in July."

Midsummer Fire Festival Event

The Midsummer Fire Festival 2008 event on the official community site, which states: "The lengthy Midsummer Fire Festival traditionally ends with the sky itself being set alight. The goblins of Undermine have lent their considerable skill (and copious amounts of gunpowder) to the task, resulting in a tremendous fireworks show! Take up a festival mug and raise a toast to the season as the multicolored explosions dance across the sky above you!"

It is also mentioned in the Engineers' Explosive Extravaganza during the festival.

In the RPG

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

The Undermine in Lands of Mystery.

Undermine is the nefarious capital of the goblin's trade empire, the Trade Coalition. Located beneath and within Kezan, Undermine is the center of goblin civilization. It is connected to the island via a series of volcanic tunnels which were created by Mount Kajaro's volcanic and tectonic activities.

The trade princes each control their own private armies and trade fleets. As a result, Undermine is a busy place, as the goblin city goes about its business.

There are some Horde and Alliance ambassadors present in the Undermine.

Description

The main centers of population in Undermine are in volcanic caverns beneath Kezan. Secondary island caverns exist farther away, and the goblins have constructed tunnels of thick glass that lead to these smaller areas. Passing through these tubes means walking along the ocean's floor and looking out to see the colorful fish and hungry sharks nearby. Bilgewater Port is linked directly to Undermine.

As the capital of goblin culture, Undermine teems with chaotic activity. Goblin alchemists and tinkers practice their crafts and set off explosions. Slave markets bustle in out-of-the-way places. Shops and businesses of all kinds are based here, and the headquarters of the Trade Coalition, the Venture Company and myriad other enterprises are within this city. In Undermine, you can find the extremes on both ends: reeking slave pens in one area, the trade princes' lavish palaces in another. Zovzik's shop is located in the city.

Of particular interest is the fact that, wandering around Undermine, is a strange breed of a creature called hobgoblins. They resemble goblins, but are much taller and have purple skin.

Notes and trivia

• Vinny Slapchop sold  [Undermine Remnant] after Deathwing attacked Kezan.
• It was originally stated that jungle trolls were responsible for enslaving the goblins of Kezan, but World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1 later changed them to Zandalari trolls. Moreover, the game portrays them as forest trolls.
• The goblin creation screen description states that the trolls forced the goblins to mine kaja'mite out of the Undermine, but other sources state that the city was created from the camps in the mines after the goblins overthrew the trolls.
• Blizzard originally wanted to include Undermine in the original World of Warcraft along with goblins as a playable race, with Johnathan Staats describing it as "tinker town" and "crazy". However, as the team did not have a lot of goblin art assets, building the goblin homeland would have required "a ton" of work, leading to both Undermine and playable goblins being cut from classic WoW.
  • Note that the Undermine was already concepted in the early World of Warcraft beta not as a city on an island, but as a continent southeast of Kalimdor.
• There is an American server called Undermine and a Spanish server called Minahonda, which means Undermine (Minahonda is more precisely translated as Deepmine).
• During a build of the Battle for Azeroth alpha, the dungeon The MOTHERLODE!! was called "The Undermine".
  • Similarly, it was said that Mogul Razdunk and his Venture Company took control over the city and its Azerite to become a trade prince.

Gallery

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  Map of Kezan and the Undermine as seen on the World of Warcraft Behind the Scenes DVD.
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  Undermine on an early concept map.
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  Undermine on a 1999 concept map.
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  Undermine on a Warcraft III alpha map.
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  Undermine on a 1999 concept map.

The War Within artworks

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  Concept art.
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  Concept map showing a Kezan entrance and a different version of Gallywix's lab.
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Patch changes

• Patch 11.1.0 (2025-02-25): Added.
  

External links

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• Wago