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Norgannon's Shell

A World of Warcraft quest in The Storm Peaks. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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1
218024+16via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The quest wasn't bugged for me. What I had to do was right-click the Charged Disk in my inventory. The Charged Disk reads "Use: Issues a mummons to Archivist Mechaton, the guardian of Norgannon's Shell."
After you use it, Mechaton appears and scans you and finds you are an imposter then fights you.

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267257+9via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

All you have to do is to use: Charged Disk in the libary close to the end then Archivist Mechaton spawns and talk alot, then he will attack, and you kill him you get Norgannon's Shell then summon Bronzebeard and complete :)

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sandyra+8via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

To complete the Norgannon's Shell quest:


  2. Use the [item=44704] in your bags to summon Archivist Mechaton in the same room where you receive the quest.

  4. Wait for the super-sized gnome to go about getting cranky, then obliterate him.

  6. Loot [item=41258] from Mechaton's body.

  8. Use [item=40971] to summon Brann Bronzebeard again and hand in.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 25-30
ZoneThe Storm Peaks
Quest ID12872

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12872))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineThe Storm Peaks, step 25 of 113
RewardsHardened Vine of the Mauler, Maker's Edge, Maker's Touch, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

Charging inventor's disk. Disk charging completed. Preparing emergency protocol gamma. Emergency protocol loaded. Please use the charged disk to activate the guardian of Norgannon's shell, Archivist Mechaton. The archivist will release the shell once your identity has been verified. Please have a pleasant millennium.

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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.

The Storm Peaks Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
The Storm Peaks map showing where to go for Norgannon's ShellTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #120 37.4 46.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Storm Peaks 37.4, 46.6/way #120 37.4 46.6
  • Objective areaThe Storm Peaks 37.5, 46.5/way #120 37.5 46.5

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 The Storm Peaks map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Storm Peaks:

  • Bouldercrag's Refuge, The Storm PeaksAlliance and Horde · about 680 yards north-west
  • Ulduar, The Storm PeaksAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards north-east
  • Frosthold, The Storm PeaksAlliance · about 1,400 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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationExplorers' League +250

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeStaff Two-Hand
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon18 - 24 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+10 Agility, +13 Stamina
Suited toGuardian, Feral, Survival, Windwalker, Brewmaster
Sells to vendors for84 gold24 silver
TypeTwo-Handed Axe Two-Hand
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon14 - 28 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+16 Haste, +9 Strength
Suited toFury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for89 gold72 silver
TypeOne-Handed Mace One-Hand
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon5 - 6 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +8 Versatility
Suited toRestoration, Mistweaver, Shadow, Holy, Discipline, Elemental, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Balance
Sells to vendors for70 gold50 silver
TypeOne-Handed Sword One-Hand
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon9 - 14 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+4 Strength, +8 Critical Strike, +5 Stamina
Suited toProtection, Frost
Sells to vendors for72 gold54 silver
TypeDagger One-Hand
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon3 - 5 damage, speed 1.8
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +8 Haste
Suited toDestruction, Demonology, Affliction, Restoration, Elemental, Shadow, Holy, Discipline, Frost, Fire, Arcane, Balance, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation
Sells to vendors for66 gold61 silver

Reputation: Explorers' League +250

This organization seeks to find the origin of the dwarven race by collecting Titan artifacts. Their most recent research has led them to various archeological sites in Northrend.

Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.

Other quests in The Storm Peaks that reward Explorers' League reputation: Sniffing Out the Perpetrator (+250), Pieces to the Puzzle (+250), Data Mining (+250), Ancient Relics (+250), The Master Explorer (+10), The Brothers Bronzebeard (+500).

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 Storm Peaks

Part 25 of 113.

Previous: The Library Console · Next: The Missing Bronzebeard

  1. 20On Brann's Trail
  2. 21Sniffing Out the Perpetrator
  3. 22Pieces to the Puzzle
  4. 23Data Mining
  5. 24The Library Console
  6. 25Norgannon's Shell
  7. 26The Missing Bronzebeard
  8. 27The Nose Knows
  9. 28Sniffing Out the Perpetrator
  10. 29Speak Orcish, Man!
  11. 30Speaking with the Wind's Voice
  12. 31Catching up with Brann

Showing steps 20 to 31 of 113.

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.

  • The Library ConsoleThe Storm Peaks · Level 25-30

    Norgannon's shell is within our reach, <name>. Take the inventor's disk into the library's interior. There should be a console there that you can activate with the disk. I imagine Mimir stored more there than just Norgannon's shell.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Missing BronzebeardThe Storm Peaks · Level 25-30

    Before we left, I received the file Scout Vor'takh compiled on this Brann Bronzebeard. There can be no doubt that Brann was headed for the Storm Peaks from his journal entries and findings in Grizzly Hills.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · The Storm Peaks · Level 25-30.

Also counted by The Summit of Storm Peaks

Its criteria name 19 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

The Storm Peaks has 113 steps, from Clean Up to The Reckoning.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Storm Peaks (110), Zul'Drak (2), Crystalsong Forest (1).

Other storylines on The Storm Peaks 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

The Summit of Storm PeaksComplete the Storm Peaks storylines listed below.10