TheWoWDBI was having trouble with this quest too, but I found the easy way to beat it is after you kill the little sharks, hit the Mech shark once with the laser beam, then let it follow you around as you spam the egg-plosive button---of course you have to wait for the cool down. Hit the health button when you get below 50% or so. I kept getting killed at first because I would try to use the laser (which you have to be facing the target to use; that's when you get hit really hard) - forget the laser after you use it to get the big shark's attention. Backing up didn't work for me - it was too slow.
Quest
A Goblin in Shark's Clothing
A World of Warcraft quest in The Lost Isles. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Cool! You mean that I actually have frickin' sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their frickin' heads?
horribly scaled as of dragonflight
Quest facts
LevelLevel 1-20
ZoneThe Lost Isles
Quest ID24817
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(24817))
Requirements
RaceGoblin
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineThe Lost Isles, step 28 of 72
RewardsThe Hammer, 
Leftover Mechachicken Legs, 10g 70s, 3,450 XP
The Hammer, Leftover Mechachicken Legs, 10g 70s, 3,450 XPDescription
Combining the remains of the Mechachicken with these shark parts, we've assembled the greatest fighting submersible of all time: the Mechashark X-Steam! Hobart and I want you to pilot it, {name}. Go west to the water and activate the Mechashark X-Steam Controller. You must kill The Hammer if we're to have any hope of exploiting the natural resources of the Dire Strait to their fullest extent. It's for the good of the cartel!
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Turn-inTurn-inTurn-inTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #174 45.5 65.1
Coordinates
- Turn-inThe Lost Isles 45.5, 65.1
/way #174 45.5 65.1 - Turn-inThe Lost Isles 43.7, 65.5
/way #174 43.7 65.5 - Objective areaThe Lost Isles 42.3, 69.0
/way #174 42.3 69.0 - Objective areaThe Lost Isles 45.5, 65.3
/way #174 45.5 65.3
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Getting there
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
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3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Reward details
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TypeOne-Handed Mace One-Hand
Item level4
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon1 - 2 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+1 Agility, +1 Stamina
Suited toBrewmaster, Enhancement, Outlaw, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for1 silver82 copper
TypePlate Legs
Item level4
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor9
Stats+1 Strength or Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for1 silver34 copper
Reputation: Bilgewater Cartel +350
Run by the ruthless Trade Prince Gallywix, the Bilgewater Cartel is the most powerful trading company on the Isle of Kezan. From their headquarters at Bilgewater Port, the cartel dominates trade all over the South Seas.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in The Lost Isles that reward Bilgewater Cartel reputation: Goblin Escape Pods (+250), Get Our Stuff Back! (+250), Monkey Business (+250), Miner Troubles (+250), Capturing the Unknown (+250), Orcs Can Write? (+10).
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Storyline
The Lost Isles
Part 28 of 72.
Previous: Who's Top of the Food Chain Now? · Next: Invasion Imminent!
- 23Up, Up & Away!
- 24Cluster Cluck
- 25Trading Up
- 26The Biggest Egg Ever
- 27Who's Top of the Food Chain Now?
- 28A Goblin in Shark's Clothing
- 29Invasion Imminent!
- 30Bilgewater Cartel Represent
- 31Naga Hide
- 32Irresistible Pool Pony
- 33Surrender or Else!
- 34Get Back to Town
Showing steps 23 to 34 of 72.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Who's Top of the Food Chain Now?
Fine, fine, perhaps the whole egg thing didn't quite pan out. Who's up for some shark meat? Only one little problem. Well, a big problem, actually. A really BIG problem: The Hammer! Of course, I have a brilliant idea. Swim out into the Dire Strait to the west and get us some shark parts.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Invasion Imminent!
Your work here is done for now, but there's no rest for the wicked, eh? You remember Megs Dreadshredder, our old marketing rep? She's taken some others over the hills to the southeast, just past the Raptor Rise.
The storyline at a glance
The Lost Isles has 72 steps, from Don't Go Into the Light! to Message for Saurfang.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Lost Isles (71), Orgrimmar (1).
Other storylines on the Orgrimmar map
- The Missing Expedition
- Allies of the Horde: Vulpera
- Twilight Highlands
- Lost Honor
- An Uncertain Fate
- Cataclysm Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.