Fame Waits for Gnome One is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-60 in Mechagon. It is step 1 of 17 in the Welcome to Mechagon storyline, the opening step. It rewards 1,000 experience and money.
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This quest unlocks AFTER you complete the quest A Tempered Blade in Nazjatar. After you complete the Nazjatar quest, you will be visited by a little Gnome who will offer the quest Fame Waits for Gnome One.
Interestingly, I just got this quest from Gila Crosswires at the Alliance Embassy, on a character I leveled purely through the Alterac event. In other words, he's 120 but I only just now did the Battle for Lordaeron quest, then saw this on my way to Uldum to go to Silithis. So if you wanna get to Mechagon without going through the Nazjatar intro first, check the Embassy and you might also be able to start it there.
Alliance Mechagon Quest Chain Intro:
1. Fame Waits for Gnome One
2. The Legend of Mechagon
3. Looking Inside
4. Let's Get It Started
5. You Must be This Height
6. Report to Gila
7. A Small Team
8. The Start of Something Bigger
9. Princely VisitFollow up chain that unlocks daily quests for the island:
10. The Resistance Needs YOU!
11. Rescuing the Resistance
12. My Father's Armies
13. We Can Fix It
14. Drill Rig Construction
15. Send My Father a Message
16. Welcome to the Resistance
| Type | Reward | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | XP | 1,000 |
| Money | Gold | 2g 57s |
| Turn-in map | Boralus |
|---|
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.
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Boralus, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Boralus:
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.
Part 1 of 17.
Next: Fame Waits for Gnome One
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 17.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
I came as soon as I heard! A mysterious vault has been discovered in Tiragarde. Centuries ago, the last king of the gnomes, King Mechagon, led his followers in search of a mythical land of technology. He left no clue as to where he was headed, and over time his legend faded into history.
Welcome to Mechagon has 17 steps, from Fame Waits for Gnome One to Welcome to the Resistance.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Mechagon Island (8), Boralus (5), Tiragarde Sound (4).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
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.
2 quests carry the name Fame Waits for Gnome One. They differ in the rewards shown here.
| Quest | Rewards | ID |
|---|---|---|
| Fame Waits for Gnome One (this page) | 1,000 XP | 57009 |
| Fame Waits for Gnome One | 8,150 XP | 58708 |
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