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Better... Stronger... Less Dead

A World of Warcraft quest in Mechagon Island. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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mew4ever23+84via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Because the quest objectives are less than clear, you need to kill the HK-3 Aerial Dissuasion Unit that patrols off the west coast of the main island, the Insurgent Crawler wandering around the northern wall of Junkwatt's Depot around 54, 54, and the Insurgent Cycloid, which wanders in the area around 54, 28 above the trog dens. Each will drop one part needed for the quest.

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jlrm365+41via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

mew4ever23's comment was a great help, so I wanted to add some information.

You'll need these:

  • Neural Accelerator

  • Omni Electromagnetic Amplifier

  • Flux Energized Servos

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(That's the order in which the items appear in the quest log.
Going to the north, then south and then southwest, I found this order easier:)

If you just want something to paste into a macro, for use with TomTom, here:

/way Mechagon Island 55 25 Insurgent Cycloid
/way Mechagon Island 53 52 Insurgent Crawler
/way Mechagon Island 34 75 HK-3 Aerial Dissuasion Unit

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For this: Omni Electromagnetic Amplifier
Kill this: Insurgent Cycloid
Go here: /way 55 25
(Go south of the "R" of, approximately level with the entrance of the cave under the word, "Scrapbone Den".
To the left of Uncle T'Rogg's cave is a gear suspended in the air. It's through a gap in the rocks, behind that.)
Note: This NPC moves a bit southeast of this point, along a ridge, which is where I saw it spawn.

For this (these): Flux Energized Servos
Kill this: Insurgent Crawler
Go here: /way 53 52
(Go south of the previous point, under the "S" of "Scrapbone Den", just north of Junkwatt Depot's northern wall.)
Note: This NPC moves in what looks like a clockwise direction, then southeast to and along the wall.

For this: Neural Accelerator
Kill this: HK-3 Aerial Dissuasion Unit
Go here: /way 34 75
(Go southwest of where it says "Junkwatt Depot", approximately level with the "O" of "The Outflow".)
Note: This NPC moves a touch south and quite far north of this point, which is where I saw it spawn.

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Please note that I have deliberately use whole numbers for the waypoints. This is because the NPCs move and one experience will differ from another. Go to these points and you'll see the NPCs nearby. If not, then the NPC has been killed or is moving. Wait a few seconds and you will see the NPC.

You can always use the good old target macro (which targets the NPC and puts a raid marker on it, to make it easier to see):
(Replace "Insurgent Cycloid" with the name of whatever you're looking for. I leave the icon on my action bar and just tweak the macro, as needed.)

/target Insurgent Cycloid
/stopmacro [dead][noexists]
/run SetRaidTarget("target", 6)

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mamapapaxp+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

For those vaguely interested in Blizzard's pop-culture references; this is a reference to the opening sequence of each episode of "The Six Million Dollar Man", a show about an astronaut who, following a near-fatal crash that destroyed some of his limbs, was 're-built' from cybernetic parts.

The dialogue is as follows: "We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man, Steve Austin will be that man. Better... stronger... faster."

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 40-90
CategoryMechagnome
Quest ID57491

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(57491))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

Description

King Mechagon may have been crazy, but his minions did have exemplary robotic creation capabilities. There are a few residual creations wandering Mechagon. Refusing to accept King Mechagon's dethroning. The logical conclusion to defeat is withdrawal, if one remains operational. Some do not excel at logic. They currently bear the latest in technical advancement. I believe retrieving specific pieces from these units would greatly benefit our recovery endeavor.

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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.

Mechagon Island Quest turn-in 27 mapped points
Mechagon Island map showing where to go for Better... Stronger... Less DeadTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #1462 73.5 31.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inMechagon Island 73.5, 31.9/way #1462 73.5 31.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mechagon Island 34.6, 64.4/way #1462 34.6 64.4
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mechagon Island 54.4, 27.1/way #1462 54.4 27.1
  • Objective areaMechagon Island 52.7, 51.9/way #1462 52.7 51.9
  • Objective areaMechagon Island 69.8, 32.4/way #1462 69.8 32.4

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Nearby on the Mechagon Island map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Mechagon Island, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Mechagon Island:

  • Overspark Expedition Camp, MechagonAlliance · about 170 yards south-east
  • Whitegrove Chapel, DrustvarAlliance and Horde · about 2,800 yards south-east
  • Outrigger Post, Tiragarde SoundAlliance · about 3,300 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,000 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 450 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 580 yards south-west

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.

Related
Money56 gold18 silver
Experience11,900 XP

Storyline

Allies of the Alliance: Mechagnome

Part 6 of 12.

Previous: Voyage to Safety · Next: Him?

  1. 1Urgent Care
  2. 2Waning Energy
  3. 3Someone Who Can Help
  4. 4The Current Schematic
  5. 5Voyage to Safety
  6. 6Better... Stronger... Less Dead
  7. 7Him?
  8. 8Mental Attunement
  9. 9A Strong Heart
  10. 10Ascension
  11. 11The Future of Mechagon
  12. 12Propagate the News

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.

  • Voyage to SafetyLevel 40-90

    One of our defenders saw the troggs take out the homing copter carrying Mekkatorque's pod. Since we started bringing goods in from Tiragarde, they have been a real thorn in our side. Piston, a very promising young inventor, has a vehicle able to handle this task. Meet his crew down in Bondo's yard.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Him?Level 40-90

    Speak to some of the gnomes in Mechagon, enhanced or otherwise. Of my people, ask what they hope for in a leader of our kind. Of our new friends, ask what they appreciate most about their current leader.

The storyline at a glance

Allies of the Alliance: Mechagnome has 12 steps, from Urgent Care to Propagate the News.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Mechagon Island (7), Boralus (2), Mechagon City (2), Stormwind City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Mechagon Island map

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.