Gnomes! You either love them or hate them. Horde players tend to fit into the latter category, so I might be the exception here, cause I love those cute little guys. Many players, even Alliance, tend to skip Gnomeregan, maybe because they don't like the instance design or because of their animosity towards Gnomes. Probably both. But I enjoy helping them in their endeavour to retake their city.
Gnomeregan is the first instance that can be a little tougher at times. First of all, make sure to kill those alarm bots as they can pull half of the instance if they are not stopped in time. Also, make sure to pull carefully.
Techbot
Techbot is outside of the instance and has therefore been nerfed, he is no longer elite. For Horde there is no point in killing him really, but I decided to give him a visit anyway as he has some of the coolest quotes in the game. He comes second only to Cro Threadstrong in Shattrath.
Grubbis
This boss is only available at the end of an escort event where you help a cute little Gnome in blowing up the caves to prevent further invasion of Troggs.Fallout
My favorite boss of the instance. Fallout drops one of a few evergreen items in the game. While many will be replaced by better gear, his Hydrocane is still of use to high level characters. Even if you are playing a class with underwater breathing like druid, it can still be better to equip this staff when you run out of air than to switch to waterform. It doesn't use mana and you can continue casting (or use melee attacks if you are feral). The only downside is that it will take up 1 slot in your inventory.
At level 70, it's very easy to farm Fallout. Just jump down right after you enter the instance, kill Fallout and reset.Electrocutioner 6000
Killing the Electrocutioner will complete the first Dungeon attunement in the game, by looting the Workshop Key. It will open a shortcut to the last bosses in Gnomeregan, Crowd Pummeler 9-60 and Mekgineer Thermaplugg.
Crowd Pummeler 9-60
If you want to make a level 29 twink that can use maces, I suggest you farm this boss over and over. He drops a mace with an insane amount of haste rating. Unfortunately, the effect is on use and only has 3 charges, so it's kinda limited. But the mace is not unique, so you can have many of them in your bags.Dark Iron Ambassador
A rare boss in the instance. I was unlucky in my run, so no screenshot.Mekgineer Thermaplugg
The final boss of the instance. Usually you need a strategy for him with one member pushing the buttons to prevent bombs from dropping, but that's not necessary with 5x dps. Just nuke him. He deserved it.
Besides the usual blue items, he sometimes drops Engineering recipes, including the one for Flame Deflector that can not be obtained any other way. It's not bind on pickup though, so you might be lucky and see it on the auction house.
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