Gnomeregan

Gnomeregan Route & Boss Strategy

Gnomeregan is big, looping, and easy to get lost in: a ring of halls around a central shaft, joined by ramps and tunnels. Bosses here are mild. What kills groups is the trash that calls for help, and one hallway near the end. Level 31 or 32 suits the last boss, who is 34. Allow ninety minutes to two hours with quests.

1. The way in

   • Alliance groups walk in from Dun Morogh; Horde groups arrive by the goblin transponder in Booty Bay. Wait for the lift outside the portal and ride it down. Jumping the shaft kills.
   • Techbot stands in the tunnels before the portal, for Save Techbot's Brain! The first punch card machine for Data Rescue is out here too; the rest are inside, one after another along the route.

2. Grubbis

   Boss
   • Inside, clear to the left into the Hall of Gears and its side cave, where Blastmaster Emi Shortfuse waits. Talking to her starts a defense that lasts several minutes.
   • Troggs pour out of two tunnels while she sets charges. Stand well back from the tunnel mouths: the blast that seals each one kills anyone next to it.
   • Grubbis and his pet Chomper come out of the second tunnel just before it blows. Tank both away from the opening and kill them in turn.

3. The Clean Zone and the Dormitory

   • Continue around and down to the Clean Zone, where vendors let you repair and empty your bags, then into the Dormitory.
   • Enemies in the Dormitory run when they are low. Slow or stun them before they bring back a second pack.
   • Kernobee waits in a room on the east side for A Fine Mess. Stay close to him during the escort to the exit: wander too far and it fails.

4. Viscous Fallout

   Boss
   • He patrols the irradiated lower level among Irradiated Slimes. Clear the slimes near his path, then pull him to where you are standing.
   • A plain tank fight once he comes alone.

5. To the Launch Bay

   • The next hallway has two levels. Keep to the left wall and do not jump down: a pet that cannot follow runs the long way round and brings everything with it.
   • Mobile Alert Systems patrol here. They have very little health and summon reinforcements if left alive, so kill each one the instant it joins a fight.
   • The Launch Bay is a wide ring of enemies around a central platform, with several patrols. Mark the patrols and pull packs back behind the walls.

6. Electrocutioner 6000

   Boss

   Megavolt

   Heavy lightning damage on one player.

   Chain Bolt

   Lightning that jumps between players standing together.

   • He stands on the raised launch pad in the middle of the bay, reached by a ramp.
   • Spread out and heal through the lightning. He drops the Workshop Key, which opens the door to the last wing, so someone must loot it.

7. Crowd Pummeler 9-60

   Boss

   Arcing Smash

   Hits everyone in front of him.

   Crowd Pummel

   Knocks down the players around him.

   • Past the Launch Bay, turn right through the loading bay into the Engineering Labs. He stands on the upper ledge on the south side.
   • The tank faces him away from the group. Ranged players and the healer keep their distance.

8. The last hallway

   • This is where most groups die. The hallway has an upper and a lower channel: hug the left wall all the way down. Anything pulled from the lower channel walks up and around to reach you and brings every pack on the way.
   • Dark Iron Agents drop Dark Iron Land Mines. A mine takes about ten seconds to arm and then explodes on anyone near it: ranged players kill each mine as it appears, and melee stay away from it.
   • Arcane Nullifier X-21s raise a Reflection Field for five seconds. Casters hold their big spells while the robot glows.
   • The Dark Iron Ambassador, a rare spawn, sometimes patrols the tunnel that leads to the last room.

9. Mekgineer Thermaplugg

   Boss

   Knock Away

   Throws the tank back and drops their threat.

   Walking Bombs

   Six dispensers around the room release bombs that walk to the group and explode.

   • He waits in the Tinkers' Court. The last pack before him is five ordinary gnomes and two elites: area damage for the gnomes while the tank holds the elites.
   • Choose one way to deal with the bombs before the pull. Either ranged players kill each bomb before it arrives, or one player runs the room pressing the button on the right-hand side of each dispenser to shut it off.
   • Damage dealers ease off after each Knock Away until the tank has him again.
   • Alliance players finish The Grand Betrayal here; Horde players take the Rig Blueprints and the safe combination for Rig Wars.