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Field Test: Gnomecorder

Field Test: Gnomecorder is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-30 in Stonetalon Mountains. It is step 7 of 48 in the Stonetalon Mountains, Alliance storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Ashenvale at 35.4, 71.1. It rewards 2 reputation rewards and 1,050 experience.

Description

Ze Gnomecorder iz complete! Now ve must test zit!

Venture into Stonetalon Mountains to ze southeast and valk down ze Talondeep Pass until you reach a filzy goblin drill machine. I vill activate ze gnomecorder ven you reach your destination!

Rewards

You will receive:

Spell: GnomecorderProfessor Xakxak's Gnomecorder.

Experience1,050 XP

ReputationDarnassus +25, Gnomeregan +25

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708409Nov 25, 2010+14via Wowhead

Return to Stardust appears to be a prerequisite for this quest.
Of course, Professor Xakxak says that he has finally had time to construct the Gnomecorder, in reality this is an indirect way of requiring you to complete Huntress Jalin's quests to free Boog the "Gear Whisperer" who you will need to talk to later in the quest chain. Not to mention setting up the whole bombing of Stonetalon that seems to be the undercurrent for all of the quests in that zone.

WhiterockDec 5, 2010+12via Wowhead

CHASING THE BOMB Quest Tree From Whiterock
Give + to 11/25/2010 Ravenhurst aswell

1)They Took Our Gnomes*
 |
 | 1)Ze Gnomecorder* 1)The Goblin Braintrust*
 |__|_________________|
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2)Do Yourself a Favor
2)The Only Way Down is in a Body Bag
1)Return to Stardust-->2)Hellscream's Legacy
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2)Field Test: Gnomecorder
2)Burn, Baby, Burn!
2)Bombs Away: Windshear Mine!
 |                     |->2)Don't Look Them in the Eyes
2)Illegible Orc Letter |->2)Windshear Mine Cleanup
2)Minx'll Fix It
2)Orders from High Command
2)Commandeer That Balloon!-->2)Just Ask Alice
 |->1)Gerenzo the Traitor    2)Mr. P's Wild Ride
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2)Free Our Sisters              1)BEWARE OF CRAGJAW!
2)Rumble in the Lumber... Mill
 |  |               |->3)Preparations for the Future
 |  |               |
 | 3)Arcane Legacy 3)Capturing Memories
 |  |              /
 | 2)Fallowmere Beckons
 | 4)Bombs Away: Mirkfallon Post!
 |  |                    |->4)Schemin' That Sabotage
 | 4)Gnome on the Inside |->4)The Lumbering Oaf Problem
 | 4)It's Up There!
 | 4)No Time for Goodbyes!
 | 1)Warn Master Thal'darah
 | 6)Save the Children!
 | 6)Last Ditch Effort
 |  |->5)Back to the Depths!
 |  |->5)Putting Them to Rest
 |  |->5)Seen Better Days        Help for Desolace*
 |  |
 | 1)Thal'darah's Vengeance
 |  |                   |->7)Hungry Pups
 | 7)Ascending the Vale |->7)World First: Gnomegen
 | 7)Brood of Seldarria
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 |
3)If the Horde Don't Get You...
1)Tell 'Em Koko Sent You
8)The Deep Reaches
 |_________________________________________
 |                 |                      |
8)Shuttin Her Down |        8)Leave No Man Behind!
 |                /                       |
 | 8)They Put the Assass in... Never Mind |
 | 8)Is This Thing On?                    |
 |___|____________________________________|
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1)A Special Kind of Job
1)Death by Proxy
1)A Proper Peace Offerin'
9)Sating the Savage Beast
1)Terms of Service-->8)The Unrelenting Horde
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8)Armaments for War
9)Grundig Darkcloud, Chieftain of the Grimtotem
9)Grimtotem Supremacy
9)Downfall
1)Dances with Grimtotem
1)All's Clear

D)Thinning the Horde(Not aviable?)
Hero's Call: Stonetalon Mountains!(WTB info)
They Set Them Up The Bomb!(Ashenvale quest)
Quest zones:
1)Unique zones_____2)Windshear Crag+Windshear Mine_____3)Ruins of Eldre'thar+Webwinder Hollow_____4)The Sludgewerks_____5)Stonetalon Peak_____6)Thal'darah Grove_____7)The Charred Vale_____8)The Deep Reaches+Unearthed Grounds_____9)Camp Aparaje+Grimtotem Post
D)Daily_____G)Gluing Separate Questlines
*Click to see more info about that quest-line.
Stonetalon Mountains(Alliance) is done! Leave your comments/sugestions at my comment in Stonetalon Mountains zone. Thanks everyone who helped me to make it via comments on wowhead and in-game pre-quest tracking. Special thanks to Ravenhurst.

734648Dec 16, 2010+8via Wowhead

Simply walk to the drill at the end of the path next to orc camp..

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	1,050
Reputation	Darnassus	+25
Reputation	Gnomeregan	+25

Reward details

Reputation: Darnassus +25

This Alliance capital is populated by Night Elves and is located in the Island of Teldrassil. Ruled by the Priestess of the Moon, Tyrande Whisperwind.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Stonetalon Mountains that reward Darnassus reputation: Do Yourself a Favor (+10), The Only Way Down is in a Body Bag (+250), Return to Stardust (+10), Hellscream's Legacy (+250), Burn, Baby, Burn! (+250), Bombs Away: Windshear Mine! (+10).

Reputation: Gnomeregan +25

The former denizens of Gnomeregan, now living in New Tinkertown and in league with the Alliance.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Stonetalon Mountains that reward Gnomeregan reputation: Do Yourself a Favor (+10), The Only Way Down is in a Body Bag (+250), Return to Stardust (+10), Hellscream's Legacy (+250), Burn, Baby, Burn! (+250), Bombs Away: Windshear Mine! (+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.

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Ashenvale	Turn-in marker at 35.4, 71.1, 1 mapped point
Objective area	Stonetalon Mountains	4 mapped points

World Map

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.

Stonetalon Mountains map showing where to go for Field Test: Gnomecorder — **Stonetalon Mountains** Objective area 4 mapped points

Coordinates

Turn-inAshenvale 35.4, 71.1/way #63 35.4 71.1
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Stonetalon Mountains 73.2, 46.7/way #65 73.2 46.7

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 Ashenvale map

Retaking Mystral Lake about 20 yards
The Goblin Braintrust about 20 yards
All's Well about 750 yards
Orendil's Cure about 750 yards
Elune's Tear about 750 yards
A Disturbance in Ashenvale about 800 yards
The Light of Elune about 800 yards
Knives of the Forsaken about 800 yards
Astranaar's Burning! about 820 yards
Return Fire about 820 yards

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

Getting there

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

Stardust Spire, AshenvaleAlliance · about 40 yards south-west
Astranaar, AshenvaleAlliance · about 890 yards north
Windshear Hold, Stonetalon MountainsAlliance · about 1,000 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 380 yards south (on the Stonetalon Mountains map)

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Stonetalon Mountains, Alliance

Part 7 of 48.

Previous: Hellscream's Legacy · Next: Burn, Baby, Burn!

Showing steps 2 to 13 of 48.

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.

Hellscream's LegacyStonetalon Mountains · Level 10-30
Enter Stonetalon Mountains through Talondeep Pass and head towards the smoldering trees. Seek out the Krom'gar incinerators that are destroying the forest and slay as many as you can! Be warned, the incinerators are powerful orcs.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Burn, Baby, Burn!Stonetalon Mountains · Level 10-30
Deze orc incinerators zat burn ze forest carry viz zem powerful veaponry! You must kill zem and take zhere flame thrower. Vonce you have ze flame thrower, search ze forest for varsong stockpilez and use ze flame thrower to burn zem down! Burn zem all and I vill reward you!

The storyline at a glance

Stonetalon Mountains, Alliance has 48 steps, from They Took Our Gnomes to Dances with Grimtotem.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Stonetalon Mountains (43), Ashenvale (5).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Stonetalon Mountains Quests Complete the Stonetalon Mountains storylines listed below.

Other storylines on the Ashenvale map

Ashenvale, Alliance50 steps, starts with Bathran's Hair
Ashenvale, Horde42 steps, starts with Find Gorat!
The Warchief's Command28 steps, starts with The Warchief Awaits
In Darkest Night9 steps, starts with On Whispered Winds
Ashenvale, Everyone2 steps, starts with Hot Lava
Battle Pet Tamers18 steps, starts with Zunta, The Pet Tamer

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.

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Field Test: Gnomecorder

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