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Head Machinist Sparkflux
Machinist's Garden - Operation: Mechagon
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Machinist's Garden encounter in Operation: Mechagon.
Beautiful and dangerous, Head Machinist Sparkflux's metallic gardens are designed for both recreation and retribution. With a flick of a switch, the idyllic scenery transforms into a death trap from which no interloper can escape.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Operation: Mechagon, Head Machinist Sparkflux comes 7th of 8, after K.U.-J.0. and before King Mechagon.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Over the course of the encounter the Head Machinist activates the garden's defenses to stop the intruders.
Tanks
- Avoid touching Self-Trimming Hedge blades.
- At 100 energy, the Head Machinist activates the "Hidden" Flame Cannon.
Healers
- Dispel allies who fail to avoid Discom-BOMB-ulator.
- Avoid touching Self-Trimming Hedge blades.
- At 100 energy, the Head Machinist activates the "Hidden" Flame Cannon.
Damage Dealers
- Avoid touching Self-Trimming Hedge blades.
- At 100 energy, the Head Machinist activates the "Hidden" Flame Cannon.
Head Machinist Sparkflux
Garden Gadgets
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Head Machinist Sparkflux, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Discom-BOMB-ulator
Nature · Instant · Lasts 9 sec
"Hidden" Flame Cannon
Fire · Instant · Lasts 10 sec
Activates a nearby Flame Cannon, causing it to spew flame in multiple directions, inflicting Fire damage to all players caught in the flames every 2 sec for 10 sec. Flammable objects may be caught on fire.
Self-Trimming Hedge
Physical · Instant
Launches a blade that bounces around the garden, inflicting Physical damage.
Blossom Blast
Nature · Instant
Unleashes bolts of lightning at a target, inflicting Nature damage every 0.5 sec for 6 sec.
Oil Fountain
Physical · Instant
Upon death the Inconspicuous Plant begins to spew flammable fluid into the air.
Roaring Flame
Fire · Instant
Periodically spews forth flaming globs of oil that impact nearby, inflicting Fire damage to anyone within 4 yards of the impact.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Operation: Mechagon.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Machinist's Garden encounter lists 12 items in the dungeon journal, item level 78. Equip slots covered: Waist, Trinket, Feet, Two-Hand, Finger, Legs and One-Hand. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Automatic Waist Tightener Waist (Plate), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. Tooltip: “Always fits just right.” A vendor pays 37g 13s for it.
- Ingenious Mana Battery Trinket, item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 36s 28c for it. Use: Imbue Power.
- Machinist's Treasured Treads Feet (Leather), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 55g 6s for it.
- Neural Synapse Enhancer Two-Hand (Staff), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. Tooltip: “Safety not guaranteed.” A vendor pays 132g 41s for it. Use: Enhance Synapses.
- Omnipurpose Logic Board Gem, item level 78. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 12g 49s for it.
- Overclocking Bit Band Finger, item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 50g 18s for it.
- Protecting Bit Band Finger, item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 50g 54s for it.
- Rebooting Bit Band Finger, item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 47g 32s for it.
- Self-Repairing Cuisses Legs (Mail), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery, Versatility and Indestructible. A vendor pays 73g 28s for it.
- Shorting Bit Band Finger, item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 50g 36s for it.
- Tearing Sawtooth Blade One-Hand (One-Handed Sword), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 111g 10s for it.
- Subroutine: Overclock Gem, item level 74, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 12g 49s for it.
Read from the current game build's item data. Listed prices come from our latest US Auction House scan; a drop that binds when picked up never has one.